Guess I'll join the band wagon also. Rockwool should be soaked until the water you start with (5.3-5.8) is in the same range when you finish soaking. In other words PH water to specified range, put in RW to soak. After 4-6 hours check PH. It most likely drifted out of range so dump and refill PH'd water and soak, then chaeck PH. Rinse and repeat as many times as needed to get PH to stabilize in this soaking process. It all up to you. You can fix the PH drift issue while soaking or you can do it while your growing and hopefully not to far out of range for plants. Btw while using RW be prepared to do some flushing to remove salt build up on the cubes.
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tinytoon Reviewed by tinytoon on . my new room Hi i have a 8X8X9 room i am going to use a drip to waste system. i expect to have 12-15 plants set up in three 2x7' beds. I am thinking of 6 400w lights to good coveage and less heat. Ballasts, resevoirs, pumps all outside the room as well a ducting. Using rockwool as a media. Do i need to do anything to the rockwool or is it really sterile. Also how can i steralize the nutrient lines from the pumps to the plants? Also does this sound like a good set up? I also have co2 emitter. ajp Rating: 5