Quote Originally Posted by the image reaper
you can run it's 'wet' cycles at night, why not ? :wtf: ... if those roots dry out, you have a dead plant ... mine run 15 minutes, every 2.5 hours, 'round the clock', and a good fan pulled out excess humidity ... :smokin:
During the nite cycle the plant is concentrating on root growth.It uses the stored energy from the plant to accomplish this.Having the medium more to the dry side encourages the root's too grow larger in search of more food,as we all know the bigger the root system,the bigger an healthier the plant.
How often you need to water has many variable's including but not limited too.Heat, humidity,growing medium,plant size,feed flow rate's,evaperation,and container size too name a few.
What work's for one guy will not always work for another.For example I learned this lesson while watering my ebb/flow system every 3 hours for 15 minute's,it caused root rot.When i went too watering once at light's on and once 6 hour's later I instantly saw vast improvement.
I was able too solve a confusing and difficult too diagnose issue.
Many ppl believe it's impossible too over water in hydro..but they would be misstaken.
Divestoned Reviewed by Divestoned on . Drip system overwater or underwater I am using a drip system with rockwool. I am on a 3 times a day for 15 minutes feed. How do you know if my babies are getting too much? I am so worried of root rot. What are the signs of root rot? What are the signs of over or under watering? I am new at this. Trying to get my first grow. Rating: 5