Wilma 8 system operation schedule? Hydro schedule in general?

[Lowryder1]

Hi,

can you please tell me how often/on what schedule should I keep my wilma 8 drip system working during 24hours or one hour?

From seedling to flower... Please advice..
Thanks!:thumbsup:

Lowryder1 Reviewed by Lowryder1 on 02-24-2009. Wilma 8 system operation schedule? Hydro schedule in general? Hi, can you please tell me how often/on what schedule should I keep my wilma 8 drip system working during 24hours or one hour? From seedling to flower... Please advice.. Thanks!:thumbsup: Rating: 5

[SpaceNeedle]

Hi,

can you please tell me how often/on what schedule should I keep my wilma 8 drip system working during 24hours or one hour?

From seedling to flower... Please advice..
Thanks!:thumbsup:

A lot depends on the kind of media you are using, which you didn't state. The media determines the amount of watering required, rockwool holds water a lot more than clay pellets!
For example if you use a 6" square rockwool cube you will need a lot less dripping than if you had your plant in a pot just filled with hydroton (clay pellets). I use a drip system with the latter, and I just let the nutes rip thru 24/7 with a 1/4" tube .... not even using a dripper! I just stick the tube into the hydroton and turn the pump on.

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[Lowryder1]

Hi,

clay pellets would be the choice... How often would you recommend keeping the system turned on?

Please advice:thumbsup:

[Daddynobucks]

[I just let the nutes rip thru 24/7 with a 1/4" tube .... not even using a dripper! I just stick the tube into the hydroton and turn the pump on.

no kidding, The times I have tried this,it grows green algie or the top and the leaves droop from over watering.
must be the pump flow rate,I do tend to over kill everything.:stupid: how big is the pump and how many feed lines?

[SpaceNeedle]

[I just let the nutes rip thru 24/7 with a 1/4" tube .... not even using a dripper! I just stick the tube into the hydroton and turn the pump on.

no kidding, The times I have tried this,it grows green algie or the top and the leaves droop from over watering.
must be the pump flow rate,I do tend to over kill everything.:stupid: how big is the pump and how many feed lines?

The pump is 400 gal per hour..... but I can adjust that down if I wanted to, because I've installed a valve at the end of my "drip" system, reducing any pressure. Generally speaking however, I never use it, and the valve stays closed. Never have I ever had an algea problem.

sn

[Divestoned]

In my "pro hydro" Log I learned that it's easy too overwater hydroton using a flood an drain system.It caused root rot and stunted plant growth. I was flooding 3 time's a day.now i flood for 15 minutes,once a day.

[Daddynobucks]

ah ha, think I'll cut back the feed schedule on my F/D table for the youngsters and see if that helps.how big are your net pots?

hey; down under where do you dive?off the beach, or on the undersea mount,I think its out of Newport.

[Divestoned]

I'll Dive a mudd puddle if i think it's deep enough...lol.And yea overwatering can look like several deficiency so it's often hard to figure...especially in hydro where you'd figure more is better..


Dive:stoned:

[Divestoned]

oh ..and i use 2 gallon pots w/hydroton .

[SpaceNeedle]

I use ebb/flow in vegging. 4" netpots in Hydroton. I've found it even makes a difference if your clone is in rockwool....the roots growing thru the area of greater water absorption is not as healthy as just putting clones in without rockwool. I run my e/f every 4 hours for 15 minutes and have healthy roots.