So I am doing a hydro run and decided to go with a top feed system but I would just like to ask some folks on here about what schedule should the water cycle?? I have seen some that run constantly thats what my buddy at the grow shop suggested. I am growing in hydroton which allows the water to drain right through but I am starting my seeds in grow plugs so I dont want to drowned the seedlings should I take them out of the plugs before putting them in the system?? Or will they be ok in the plugs with the system running constantly?
Ok let me rephrase my question I would just like to get an opinion on when to transplant a seedling into my top feed buckets?? And what would be the best water cycle to run I was planning to just let them run constantly??
Bump.. Interested in hearing someone with experiences opinion. I just built a hydro system that does bubbleponics along with sprayers at the top and I leave my system running 24/7 in a 35 gallon rubber maid thing with 14 g of water. I started a few in some sponge like material (you can use rock wool or whatever) and waited till I had noticeable root development then transplanted to my hydro set up with RO water and hygrozym and super thrive till it gets to about the 4th leaf set then I will be adding nutes. As this is my first grow not 100% sure it's the correct way just the way im trying it.
Well I just popped them into the buckets and they have taken off. I am using the lucas formula and they hit two weeks and I bumped up the ppms to 550 ph stays at 6.0. They are growing like crazy I have never seen growth like this my only question now is if I am running my pumps 24/7 when I switch my light to 18/6 do I shut the pumps off too during dark period?