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I stay away from H2O. It messes with the chemistry of some fertilizers. Instead, use Hypochlorous Acid (AquaCleanse, UC Roots, Athena Cleanse). Its stronger than bleach, but extremely mild. It helps irradicate/prevent root rot, dissolve excess salts/prevent buildup, and it helps your plants thrive in higher temp water (kills any bacteria/microbial life in the water).
please STOP USING STYROFOAM DUDE LOOK IT UP . AND IT ALL COMES DOWN HERE TO COSTA RICA.. YOU ARE KILLING THE PLANET ...NOT COOL BRAHHHHH.SALUDOS CORDIALES
Do the same with a hand full of soil and plant matter. Without the risk of dissolved metals and pathogens. Soil is free save your Pennies. I think this is risky and stupid to use on anything that you’re ingesting. 🤮 even if it does work.
Using a hole saw, you need the center drill bit to keep hole saw stay aligned. Also drill backwards it will make a smooth finish hole, and less tear out.
You sure lack the inititive to do a proper controled review of a plant on this project... I think you totally failed to take care of them at all.. temps.. light.. thats just a maturity thing i guess..
I believe the addition of this product to my care routine saved a Paphiopedilum I received from an Ebay seller that was in questionable condition when I received it.
My first setup was made from a sheet of foam insulation with the foil coating, and draped over the top and front with Mylar. I also made my first grow light from three LED headlights. Works great! DIY is always rewarding.
Because you're also reflecting a lot of infra-red light, aka heat... Setup an extraction fan at the top and you're good.... as long as cold water from an external source is pumped into the plant ls roots you'll be fine...
A few important considerations: 1) you may be better of with a simple "Short interval timer," not a "scheduling timer" 2) The times vary widely depending on advice. Tower Garden sells a foolproof preprogrammed timer for US$32 with two foolproof inside and outside settings of 5/45 and 3/12 minutes respectively. However, when they sold a regular mechanical timer, they suggested more manual settings for outdoor, depending on increasing temperature. You may want to cycle every 15/15 m. That's 48 cycles/day. Electronic Scheduling timers can't do that many. They only offer 8 programming times. Mechanical scheduling timers however can and may be perfect. Short interval timers on Amazon are around 40mbux from what i've seen, but worth it. These are all AC options Im familiar with. I like that you use a DC option. One could use a couple of uninterruptable power supplies for blackouts , one for pump/smart plug and other for router if you are in a smart house. If you use a smart plug, Alexa for instance doesn't offer a repeating interval option, so it takes 24 routines of allowable 20 steps each for a simple 15 min interval. And apparently the smart plugs' relays wear out when switched on/off a hundred times a day. For flexibility, you could buy a "Short Interval Timer" in Amazon. As temp goes up over 90F, one Tower Garden distributor recommends 15 min on 15 min off. This is the distributor talking about tower garden settings, "Setting the Tower Garden Pump Timer | True Garden" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Smk0jsSYecI.html for reference.
i will add that Tower Garden's ®well-researched on/off times seem to be at a 1:4 ratio for outdoor, with 1:1 for hot, and 1:9 for indoor. if that is instructive. I'm in BC on the Sunshine Coast. My glass covered deck by the water has mild and humid air circulation, and lots of sun. ranges 50F night sometimes to 80F to 100F day. I should put a fan on the tower on hot days. I am leaning toward 3 min on, 20-30 min off semi indoor but outdoor, maybe like a greenhouse. Perhaps a smart plug could be put before the short interval timer, (which saves settings when disconnected) and attempt to calculate timings for a 45 min off interval at night, to let the roots breathe some air.
You really gotta be prepared to leave plants for a few weeks. I see you have tomatoes, they can get pretty darn big in a few weeks, especially in a flood and drain system. I did this once with a big grow tent full of cannabis. When I got home my plants had taken over the whole space and looked amazing. I planned on 2 weeks but was gone 3. The only issue was my water pump was blown due to the reservoir being empty. I must have gotten back in time. One of my best indoor grows ever
I've been doing hydroponics and aeroponics and the helpful discoveries have come a long way on youtube. To clean my systems I run pool shock through them for pennys. I then use fresh water and plant my plants with nutrients and peroxide. The reason I had to learn about disease control in my systems is because I grow outside in tower gardens and the temperatures of the water are non sustainable @ 70 degrees and under and pyrithian (spell check) root rot can start in a minute and moves rapidly through the systems and it's hard to kill and recover from if not detected early on. The consistent use of peroxide keeps things clean and healthy through a spring through fall growing season for me. Thank you for your measurements for the 35% peroxide. is it as corrosive when diluting it in 20 gallons of water? I've been using 12% but with 4 systems I go through gallons and was hoping using 35% would reduce the number of bottles I have to buy. Thank you and happy growing
