Pump turn on times

[LinuxLover]

I have had a look around for the answers to my question but have been unable to find the answer. I am using Coconut Coir as a medium for my plants but am unable to work out how often i need to set the timer to turn the pump on to water the plants and for how long. I thank you in advance for any help. Edited December 6, 2011 by LinuxLover

[STONEDAJ69]

how big's ya everything*?

 

 

(*plants, lights, pots, blahdablahdablah...)

[LinuxLover]

how big's ya everything*?

 

 

(*plants, lights, pots, blahdablahdablah...)

Sorry plants are only two weeks old got them under 8 cfl 130 watts each light on 24/7 Edited December 6, 2011 by LinuxLover

[STONEDAJ69]

Okay, what size are your pots(in litres), what type of pumps (how many LPM/LPH?) and what kind of timers do you have? Do they run in 1, 5 or 15 minute intervals (or something else?)

[uncle chron]

you can treat it like soil and just let the coco dry right out in between feeds/waterings...

you`ll get best results if you do it by hand imo .... and make sure ya get a fair whack of runoff (water/nutrients) coming out the bottom of the pots ... anywhere from 25 to 50% of what goes in, should come out the bottom.

this method is used on all pot and plant sizes....times vary due to plant size, lighting and ventilation

 

young plants dont need very strong nutes at all, if any, i would go roughly 500 to 700ppm for veg stage and 1000/1200 to 1500/1800 for flower/bloom.

 

hope that helps

[LinuxLover]

uncle chron thank you so much for that information it was what i needed to know. Once again thank you to all

[uncle chron]

no wukkas mate