phatpharmer said:I use Pro Mix Bx, instead of soil, I've never herd of using Pro mix for Hydro? I thought Hydro was plants grown in liquid high in nutrients! Either your confused or I am? Mind you I've never grown hydro or claim to no much about it!
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well me to. i also thought everything i was told and was set up with was true. found out alot of it was bull durm.. to me an ebb n flow table is more of a timed water schedule.
when i was first set up it was in pro mix bx. and i was told that would do. dont the roots dry out when you use the rockwool and clay pellets?? or are the all good because there watered everyday.??![]()
the pro mix bx does dry out good and quick..
I would suggest that you use Hydroton as your media for your ebb and flow system.LEFTHAND said:hello to all
i am about to go with an ebb n flow system. diy probably.. my question to all is has anyone used pro mix bx soil as a medium in an ebb n flow??
Lets make sure what you've asked is answered.LEFTHAND said:well i found a container about 21"w X 30"L what size of res would a guy need.. the hydroton can you get that at any other stores then the grow stores. or internet... does pot size matter as much going with the 1"X1" rockwool cubes and hydroten. 1.75L pots wrk as well?? or 1 gallon?>?
since my grows gonna be a long haul i just intalled a screen and am attempting my first scrog.. lol with out a table this go..
i figure i wil get me sh1t ready then give er a shot.... can one water twice a day with the hydroten?? 15 minutes a feeding once in the morning once at night or is that over kill??
phatpharmer said:I use Pro Mix Bx, instead of soil, I've never herd of using Pro mix for Hydro? I thought Hydro was plants grown in liquid high in nutrients! Either your confused or I am? Mind you I've never grown hydro or claim to no much about it!
Phatpharmer
smokingjoe said:By loose definition all soil growers will grow via Hydroponics from the outset or at least part way through their cultivation.
The definition seems to have changed over the years but in all the old media and text I've read defines Hydro as the provision of nutrients via water.
That said there is no way I would grow soil with flood drain, run to waste ok, but how on earth in a recirculating system would you keep the debris out of the pump? You would need a screen on the return fitting, and another pre-pump.
The most common phrase I've run into over the years in reference to hydroponics is "Soilless Gardening". In all the systems of hydroponics I've seen or read of, none used soil. Even those who chose the drip method of hydroponics used some sort of inert media.smokingjoe said:The definition seems to have changed over the years but in all the old media and text I've read defines Hydro as the provision of nutrients via water.
phatpharmer said:I use Pro Mix Bx, instead of soil, I've never herd of using Pro mix for Hydro? I thought Hydro was plants grown in liquid high in nutrients! Either your confused or I am? Mind you I've never grown hydro or claim to no much about it!
Phatpharmer
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