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Old 01-31-2009, 04:15 AM
Wayne Wayne is offline
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Great Site!! I need some info on timing for nutrients.Using your 11 plant system with grow rocks and a 6 event per day digital timer what would be the best settings? Once every 4 hours? Thanks for the help.

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Old 01-31-2009, 04:16 AM
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That's the problem with inexpensive timers is that they don't water enough times during a 24 hour period to be adequate for hydro systems that use grow rocks. I have to water every half hour to keep my plants from wilting and to get the benefits from force feeding my plants for them to grow faster.
I use a Dayton 1 hour cycle timer that repeats every hour with one minute pins that I add depending on the size of my gardens. It cost about 70 dollars but I can use it for all my gardens by putting a flow control valve on the smaller gardens to water to the correct height as the largest garden.
Ron

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