Grow Mediums Deep Water Culture Basics - Bubbleponics

[d.t]

If your not using microbes, and going for the sterile route with something like silver bullet roots is there any need to decolorisation the water?

Also I’m really unsure on water levels, I have lowered it a few times now, but not sure how low should go, I got 10L in a 20L bucket so about half full.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

If your not using microbes, and going for the sterile route with something like silver bullet roots is there any need to decolorisation the water?

Also I’m really unsure on water levels, I have lowered it a few times now, but not sure how low should go, I got 10L in a 20L bucket so about half full.

You want the water level consistent at 1/2" below the bottom of the net pot. The roots will create an ecosystem of bacteria and enzymes (not always good ones) on their own. Hydroguard is a bacteria. So yes you always want to dechlorinate.

 

[d.t]

OK Cheers, thanks for the info on the vitamin C thats really interesting I have some on the way. I dont have the money or space for a R.O filter right now.

How bad is chloramine? When the waterbut is dry which is has been alot this summer, all my house plants, chillis and tomatoes and other plants have seem to have done fine being watered wth tap water. Guess hydro is more sensitive. Do some hydro growers not worry about it at all and do OK?

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

OK Cheers, thanks for the info on the vitamin C thats really interesting I have some on the way. I dont have the money or space for a R.O filter right now.

How bad is chloramine? When the waterbut is dry which is has been alot this summer, all my house plants, chillis and tomatoes and other plants have seem to have done fine being watered wth tap water. Guess hydro is more sensitive. Do some hydro growers not worry about it at all and do OK?

Maybe you just think they are doing fine? There are many scientific studies that say differently just google it. Google - chloramines in hydroponics in scholarly articles.

 

[Jimmy Joe James]

OK Cheers, thanks for the info on the vitamin C thats really interesting I have some on the way. I dont have the money or space for a R.O filter right now.

How bad is chloramine? When the waterbut is dry which is has been alot this summer, all my house plants, chillis and tomatoes and other plants have seem to have done fine being watered wth tap water. Guess hydro is more sensitive. Do some hydro growers not worry about it at all and do OK?

You can do all the research you want and yes chloramine is bad and everyone will tell you this cause honestly water quality is just inconsistent all over the place. The only way you're gonna know 100% clear what's in your water is if you request a report from the utility company. They're supposed to give you a free one if you request it detailing the ppm's of everything in it.

Just like I discovered with that report the bad way that while my 77ppm in my tap are mostly cal mag and 4ppm of chloramine, I discovered my water also has high carcinogenic trihalomethanes (over the EPA safe standards for human comsumption )

You might discover other reason why you need to use RO. You just never know what's IN THAT TAP!!!

 

[d.t]

You can do all the research you want and yes chloramine is bad and everyone will tell you this cause honestly water quality is just inconsistent all over the place. The only way you're gonna know 100% clear what's in your water is if you request a report from the utility company. They're supposed to give you a free one if you request it detailing the ppm's of everything in it.

Just like I discovered with that report the bad way that while my 77ppm in my tap are mostly cal mag and 4ppm of chloramine, I discovered my water also has high carcinogenic trihalomethanes (over the EPA safe standards for human comsumption )

You might discover other reason why you need to use RO. You just never know what's IN THAT TAP!!!

My tap water Ec is 0.15. That’s fairly good right? but yeah know what your saying it’s pretty mad I drink water I shouldn’t give to my plants. Does any one know about using a Berkey water filter? Think if I’m going to invest in one, it will be something for me (and wife friendly!) as well as my plants.
A guy I know lives ‘sort of ‘off-grid’ drinks rain water using a ‘Berkey’ , think might invest in one of these as heard it’s better than drinking r.o water.

 

[d.t]

I bought the ‘eco grow max 240’ water filter but seeng as I got th vitamin c it may have been a slight waste of money. Oh well. Also got the bluelab ph pen, measured current res a little high was at 6.5, made fresh res was bang on 5.8.
Looks ok so far guess could have been faster growth but seems ok.

 

[d.t]

Ok so it seems that the advanced nutrients ‘ph perfect’ only works for so long. Anyone else noticed this? By tap water is about 7 , after I mix in the nutrients its a lovely 5.8 then creeps back up to 6.4 (not sure on exact times as had so much on had to leave it for 5 days. Plants looking fine now but rather have it at about to 5.8-6.

Not as big as I’d have liked but time is ticking so flipped to 12/12 yesterday as her mother is too big for my space already and she’s in there too (She’s sat in plagron batmix soil being fed occasionally with biobizz. Interested to see difference first hand in organic soil and hydro)
I got a bottle of an extremely strongly acidic flowering nutirent called ‘Alaska mor bloom’ I’m thinking I can add this in a tiny amount as a ph adjuster to my water to bring it down to 6 whilst giving it a little PK kick, I’m going to probably have gone done it by time read replies but is there any reason why not?

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Ok so it seems that the advanced nutrients ‘ph perfect’ only works for so long. Anyone else noticed this? By tap water is about 7 , after I mix in the nutrients its a lovely 5.8 then creeps back up to 6.4 (not sure on exact times as had so much on had to leave it for 5 days. Plants looking fine now but rather have it at about to 5.8-6.

Not as big as I’d have liked but time is ticking so flipped to 12/12 yesterday as her mother is too big for my space already and she’s in there too (She’s sat in plagron batmix soil being fed occasionally with biobizz. Interested to see difference first hand in organic soil and hydro)
I got a bottle of an extremely strongly acidic flowering nutirent called ‘Alaska mor bloom’ I’m thinking I can add this in a tiny amount as a ph adjuster to my water to bring it down to 6 whilst giving it a little PK kick, I’m going to probably have gone done it by time read replies but is there any reason why not?

Liebig's Law of the minimum is the reason why not. But I am interested to see how it does.

 

[d.t]

Had a little bit of a change of plans going to need another week or 2 of veg. No where near enough tops. Went in rather heavy with the secateurs after a few too many glasses of wine, never mind she will bounce back in sure. Beauty of photos.
I shall need to re read l up on the the law of the minimum as little confused how a little extra PK will impact on that but thanks. Actually made up a mix for soil plant of bio bizz and some of the microbes ‘biosys tea’ and added that into the dwc. Will see how that goes down.