Quote Originally Posted by Hightimes817
[align=center]Hey Latewood, yeah- something else was definately wrong. My little babies were nice and healthy, above 5-6 nodes and climbing, when it all went downhill. Even with constant water changes, i still got nasty bacteria and awful smells..

One thing I didnt consider was the temperature of the water. If i was hypothetically using just a 5 gallon bucket, that is non recircilating with a simple airstone, is cooling the water absolutely critical? I drilled holes at the top of the bucket for the airlines so it would be air tight, so the only thing I can think of is the temps.

How would people that grow in this way be able to cool their temps? I know a simple solution would be dropping some frozen bottle waters in there, but honestly.. whats the deal? I started to use this method about 2 months ago and have nothing to show for it. The plants drooped until their death

Im prolly the only first time grower that tried hydro first and is considering going to soil!!

p.s. Blueberry x AK-47 .. is uploading attachments the only way to show photos?

I didnt grow it unfortunately
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Without knowing more about your growing conditions, I couldn't tell you. I didn't see this post until today. sorry

You need rez temps 65-70 dgrees. Ice water bottles are OK, but why was rez temps so Hot? I have never used anything or done any more than I showed you here. Peace