oldsilvertip
Really Active Member
cal /mag currently brewing,i like this light this is first run where I can see trics on the three finger leaves and buds are swelling faster than the lights i was running .you just helped me a lot.
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oldsilvertip
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baked egg shell break down with food chopper add vinagar wait for bubbles to stop right?
ttystikk
Nerd Gone Vertical
I just read this whole thread and I really like what I see.
I was the silent co-founder of HLG, we parted ways on friendly terms about 4 years ago or so and they've really kicked ass.
For those interested, I have a thread going here;
Please stop by! I'm just getting things ramped up and there's gonna be some big plant craziness happening soon!
@TerpyTyrone we should have a serious conversation about a new light design I'm working on. If I'm wrong, it's just another dead end tech but if I'm right it will reduce the energy bills of commercial facilities by 2/3.
I was the silent co-founder of HLG, we parted ways on friendly terms about 4 years ago or so and they've really kicked ass.
For those interested, I have a thread going here;
Vertical Goodness and Other Batshit Craziness
Vertical plane gardening, RDWC, water cooled LED, water chiller climate control I'm throwing down some crazy ideas and we'll see what works and what doesn't.
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Please stop by! I'm just getting things ramped up and there's gonna be some big plant craziness happening soon!
@TerpyTyrone we should have a serious conversation about a new light design I'm working on. If I'm wrong, it's just another dead end tech but if I'm right it will reduce the energy bills of commercial facilities by 2/3.
oldsilvertip
Really Active Member
i'd take those savings on my small bunch!
oldsilvertip
Really Active Member
there are things i dont understand compleatly yet, still learning.
m4s73r
The Laziest
ttystikk
Nerd Gone Vertical
Not everyone's muni water is hard; mine is .05 EC out of the tap.
TerpyTyrone
LED Recruiter
Thats incredible bro! We have to talk for sure!
m4s73r
The Laziest
Damn thats good! How much of that is CaC03?
ttystikk
Nerd Gone Vertical
Nobody needs a jet engine on their ultralight; the tech I'm working on doesn't really make sense below a couple thousand square feet, special cases excepted. It's expensive to install and then there's a return on investment timeline. It isn't very portable but then greenhouses aren't either. That timeline is shorter than just swapping to LED lights, in part because my approach does away with most of the AC. The rest is energy savings. It should sell like hotcakes wherever power is expensive.
It will reduce the overall cost of indoor gardening to the point where many more kinds of fruit, flower, vegetable and herb crops become economically viable to grow indoors under a solid roof.
oldsilvertip
Really Active Member
kool i'll check it out hard water for sure have to drain water heater every 6 months, water is calciaum iron rich.
ttystikk
Nerd Gone Vertical
The vast majority of it. Another interesting fact is no iron, so it's great for breweries and distilleries. This helps explain why we've got so many of them here.
m4s73r
The Laziest
Well if its calcium iron rich, you may not even need cal/mag. Use some good compost for the mg and save that money on Cal/mag.
Yeah it does. See that adds a whole other layer to growing to consider when setting up even a home grow. i can see why hydroponics is so easy in that area if the water is that clean. Where as someone trying to do hydro in like the midwest USA would find that their water is higher in minerals. I have very hard water here. Caco3 is 225ppm. I also have iron, this is proly why you will see a rust crust on my beds.
m4s73r
The Laziest
@TerpyTyrone I am wondering if you have ever made some strip lights that are spectrum specific. I am in the market for a strip light that I can drop in between the light bars on my ChilLed lights. Mainly im looking for some added blue during veg and UVA during bloom.
ttystikk
Nerd Gone Vertical
PSA: Cal-mag IS MOSTLY NITROGEN.
Here's why; the only way to make calcium water soluble in a way that won't kill plants is as calcium NITRATE. Calcium also binds readily with sulphur so that's why you always mix calcium nitrate into solution separately from mag sulfate, aka epsom salt. When calcium and sulphur bind, they "flocculate" and become 98% water insoluble, fall to the bottom and remain unavailable to plants in your hydroponic system. That tan colored sandy shit at the bottom of your res is evidence you screwed up the mixing process.
So how do they get the mag in Cal-mag? Magnesium nitrate.
Soooooo... Calcium nitrate plus magnesium nitrate equals suddenly greener, healthier looking plants because of the nitrate.
Don't believe me? Look up nutrient deficiency pictures and see what calcium and magnesium deficiencies look like.
Thanks for coming to my Ty Talk!
Here's why; the only way to make calcium water soluble in a way that won't kill plants is as calcium NITRATE. Calcium also binds readily with sulphur so that's why you always mix calcium nitrate into solution separately from mag sulfate, aka epsom salt. When calcium and sulphur bind, they "flocculate" and become 98% water insoluble, fall to the bottom and remain unavailable to plants in your hydroponic system. That tan colored sandy shit at the bottom of your res is evidence you screwed up the mixing process.
So how do they get the mag in Cal-mag? Magnesium nitrate.
Soooooo... Calcium nitrate plus magnesium nitrate equals suddenly greener, healthier looking plants because of the nitrate.
Don't believe me? Look up nutrient deficiency pictures and see what calcium and magnesium deficiencies look like.
Thanks for coming to my Ty Talk!
TerpyTyrone
LED Recruiter
Absolutely. Let me know the exact spectrums your looking for.
@Lanestrainley and I have been talking recently about such things
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
And for organic growers worm castings are the bomb. The actual casing of each casting is a calcium based shell. So the elements you get from the castings are augmented by calcium in every little capsule.
TerpyTyrone
LED Recruiter
So epsom salt is useless?