Shorebilly

Howdy Folks,
I am a newbie to hydroponics, but have been an outdoor grower for some time (also veggie garden and sorghum). My problem is...as I heat with wood supplimented by electric heat, I have great difficulty in maintaing humidity in excess of 35%!!! I have begun to foliar feed in the AM (like the mornin' mountain dew around here). I am using distilled water (my well has a bit of calcium and is fairly alkaline) and a 1/8th solution of my hydro neuts ("Hydro Farm Grow" 20-6-16). This is my first hydro grow, and my plants are nice and healthy at near 2 weeks...just wondering if anyone else has been foliar feeding in addition to hydro???

Main solution is 6.5PH well water (no additives whatsoever) with the "Hydro Farm Grow" 20-6-16 and with the recommended dose of "Liqiod Karma"...whaddya think....

also..... http://www.americanagritech.com/catalog.html ...is an interesting place to browse...at least for other hydrofolk.

SB

HydroSan

Hi Shorebilly,

With the fast growth rates I don't see the need to folier feed at all. It is becomming more pervelant, but I suspect this is because of the hydroshops selling kits with instructions for folier feeding and selling more suppliments

Watch for nutrient burn with low humidity, I've just been caught unawares by this and burnt the whole grow I usually increase RH manually, by spraying water in the inner walls of my small space but had some access issues where I couldn't do it and suffered the burn. I'm going to hang wet towels in there until the plants recover to sufficient size where the RH is kept up by the transpiration. I will consider dropping the nute strength when I can't raise RH in future.

pH 6.5 is a little high for starting IMO, recomended range for hydro is 5.5 - 6.1, I start at 5.8 monitoring, topping up and adjusting daily.

San