1 Plant IWS Oxy-Pot - Instructions

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Plant IWS Oxy-Pot - Instructions page /8 Kit Information Growing indoors using a Plant IWS Oxy-Pot is incredibly productive and remarkably simple!

By providing this continuous supply of oxygen around submerged roots, the Budget Air Pump stops your plant from saturating and dying out whilst also contributing towards truly prolific growth rates.

This system is very compact and can be set up just about anywhere! We recommend choosing an area with as much head room as possible.

Making Your IWS Oxy-Pot Watertight To ensure that your IWS Oxy-Pot is a watertight unit, just follow the instructions below: 2 Large Nut Nut A Table of contents Kit Information Page Where Can You

1 Plant IWS Oxy-Pot - Instructions page /8 Kit Information Growing indoors using a Plant IWS Oxy-Pot is incredibly productive and remarkably simple! Your plant grows from a net pot with its roots free to develop to full potential inside a bucket containing aerated nutrient solution. By providing this continuous supply of oxygen around submerged roots, the Budget Air Pump stops your plant from saturating and dying out whilst also contributing towards truly prolific growth rates. As the system needs to be on at all times to keep your plant alive and thriving, there s no worries about remembering when to start and finish cycles! Brilliant! Where Can You Garden? This system is very compact and can be set up just about anywhere! We recommend choosing an area with as much head room as possible. A spare room, garage or loft would be ideal, but even a disused cupboard contains enough space for it! Making Your IWS Oxy-Pot Watertight To ensure that your IWS Oxy-Pot is a watertight unit, just follow the instructions below: 2 Large Nut Nut A Table of contents Kit Information Page Where Can You Garden? Page Making Your IWS Oxy-Pot Watertight Page Installing Your Bubbler System Page 3 Let the Growing Commence: Cuttings or Seeds Page 4 - The Growing From Cuttings/Cloning Method Page 4 - The Growing From Seeds Method Page 5 Transplanting Page 6 Running the System Page 6 Feed Plan Page 7 Tips and Recommendations Page 8 Kit Contents x IWS Oxy-Pot Base x Combined Lid and Net Pot x Sealing Gland x 3mm Elbow x Hook x Feed Level Indicator x Removable Feed Port Seal x Budget Air Pump x Blue Economy Airstone 2m of Airline 2.5 litres of Clay Pebbles Pot Outside of the Pot Inside of the Pot Washer Y Washer Z Nut B Large Nut Nut A Washer Nut B Take a sealing gland and unscrew the small end nut (Nut B on the diagram above). Remove the first one of the two washers that you can now access (Washer Z on the diagram above). Carefully screw the sealing gland through the hole at the bottom of the pot so that the end without Nut B and one of the washers is on the inside. Place the removed washer back on this end and up against the inside of the pot. Then screw Nut B back into its original position. or completeness of the information and cannot be held responsible for any resultant effects of using this information on any son or thing including plants or equipment. We reserve the

2 Plant IWS Oxy-Pot - Instructions page 2/8 3 4 Large Nut of a Sealing Gland Squeeze one end of the Feed Level Indicator over the ribbed section of the 3mm Elbow. Loosen the Large Nut of the 3mm Sealing Gland and push the non-ribbed end of the 3mm elbow all the way through it and as far into the IWS Oxy-Pot Base as possible. 5 6 Push the end of the hook component into the largest available hole in the side of the IWS Oxy-Pot Base. Force the top of the Feed Level Indicator into the grip of the hook so that it is vertical in position. 7 7 Retighten all of the Sealing Gland nuts to complete a watertight fitting. Your Plant IWS Oxy-Pot is now watertight or completeness of the information and cannot be held responsible for any resultant effects of using this information on any son or thing including plants or equipment. We reserve the

3 Plant IWS Oxy-Pot - Instructions Installing Your Bubbler System page 3/8 The Budget Air Pump, Blue Economy Airstone and Air Line combine to create your Bubbler System. Here s how to set it up: Airstone 2 Budget Air Pump Budget Air Pump Attach one end of the Air Line to your Blue Economy Airstone and position this in the IWS Oxy-Pot Base. 3 4 Plant Feed the other end of the Air Line through the vacant hole in the side of the IWS Oxy-Pot Base and connect it to your Budget Air Pump Feed Port Seal Lid & Net Pot Water & Nutrients After transplanting a plant into the Combined Lid and Net Pot (see page 6 for details), position this over the IWS Oxy-Pot Base. Remove the Feed Port Seal and fill your IWS Oxy-Pot Base with an appropriate amount of nutrient solution (see page 7 for a recommended feed plan). Replace the Feed Port Seal and plug in your Budget Air Pump. or completeness of the information and cannot be held responsible for any resultant effects of using this information on any son or thing including plants or equipment. We reserve the

4 Plant IWS Oxy-Pot - Instructions page 4/8 Let the Growing Commence: Cuttings or Seeds? The Growing from Cuttings/Cloning Method Growing from cuttings allows you to duplicate a particular plant that has already been successful. To do so: Nodal intersection 2 Nodal intersection 3 CLONEX Find a healthy growing tip and remove the new shoots and leaves about 0cm (4 ) from the back of the tip. At the base of this nodal intersection make a clean diagonal cut removing the cutting from the mother plant using a disposable cloning scalpel. Immediately place the cutting in a good rooting gel, such as Clonex, and leave for a minute or two. 4 Cutting Cuttings seed cube Pre-soak a cuttings seed cube in a quarter strength solution of Max Grow (ml of A and ml of B to litre of water). Add the feed to the solution then check the ph level with your Hobby ph Meter. Adjust ph to about 6. If ph is higher, add a drop of ph Down. When totally soaked in this solution, lightly pinch the cube to release some excess moisture. Put the cube onto a tray, then firmly insert your cutting half way into it. 5 Propagator Lightly mist the cutting with water and place it in your propagator alongside any other cuttings. These should not be left standing in water but must not be allowed to dry out. 6.5m Grow Light Place your propagator in your grow chamber with the 400 Watt light about.2m-.5m (4-5 ) above it (NOT directly above as this will damagethe plants). Adjust when necessary to maintain tematures between 2 0 C and 26 0 C (24 0 C is ideal). Root cuttings under light for 8 to 24 hours. A good humidity level is around 70% to 80% relative humidity. Close the vents on the propagator for the first few hours until you see a light misting of moisture on the inside of the lid, then open the vents slightly to maintain these conditions. Every other day, lift the lid, wipe any excess moisture off the inside of the lid, mist the plants with water and replace the lid. Adjust the vents as necessary. Roots will emerge from each cube after 0 to 20 days. The cuttings are now rooted and ready to be transplanted into the Combined Lid and Net Pot (page 6). or completeness of the information and cannot be held responsible for any resultant effects of using this information on any son or thing including plants or equipment. We reserve the

5 Plant IWS Oxy-Pot - Instructions page 5/8 The Growing from Seeds Method It is sometimes a good option to grow from seeds as opposed to cuttings, maybe because you don t have a mother plant or if you are new to indoor growing. To germinate seeds you can either do so on wet tissue and then manually transfer them to Cuttings Seed Cubes or you can start them straight into Cuttings Seed Cubes inside a propagator. Using your propagator will give you more control over temature and humidity. Growing Seeds WITH a Propagator. Pre-soak a Grodan Cuttings Seed Cube in a quarter strength solution of Grow (ml of A and ml of B to litre of water). First add the feed to the solution then check the ph level with your Hobby ph Meter. Adjust the ph to about 6. If the ph is too high add a drop or two of ph Down. Also add 2 drops of Bio-Plus litre of solution. When totally soaked, lightly pinch the cube to release excess moisture. 2 First: Seed: 2. Make a hole in the top of a cube large enough so that a seed will sit loosely below its surface. Drag a few loose strands of rockwool over the top surface of the seed so that it keeps in position. Now put this and all your other seeds in cubes on a tray in the propagator. The cubes should not be left standing in water nor should they be allowed to dry out. Mist the top and sides of the cubes if they start to dry out a little. 3. Place the propagator in your grow chamber. If you re using a 400 Watt light, have it about.5m (5 ) above the seedling. If you re using a 600 Watt light, have it about 2m (6 ) above the seedling. Adjust lamp height when necessary to maintain tematures between 2 0 C and 26 0 C (24 0 C is ideal). You can further protect the propagator from light intensity by moving it out of direct light or even by covering the top with one layer of spreader mat.close the vents on the propagator for the first few hours until you see a light misting of moisture on the inside of the lid, then open the vents slightly to maintain these conditions. 4. After 2 or 3 days the cracked seed shell on each plant will start to push up and out of the mix on a thin stem. Remove the propagator lid now - it is no longer needed. 5. Roots will emerge from each cube after 0 to 20 days. Now these are rooted, proceed to the section on Transplanting into the Combined Lid and Net Pot (page 6). Growing Seeds WITHOUT a Propagator. Wet several layers of tissue on a saucer with water from a hand sprayer or mister. Make sure there is no excess water in the bottom of the saucer. 2. Place the seeds on the wet tissue, leaving a small gap between them. Then place another saucer on top and move to a warm room or cupboard. 3. The seeds will crack easily using this method. Once the seed shell has cracked open on a plant a small white tap root will emerge from the crack. At this point take the seedling and insert the tap root into the hole of a presoaked small cube (soak the cube in quarter strength solution as in the previous method), leaving the shell sitting on the surface of the cube. 4. Put the seedlings under the light (at least.2m-.5m (4-5 ) away), the cracked shell for each plant will start to push up and out of the cubes on a thin stem. 5. The shell will then be discarded on each plant. A seedling can now be transplanted into the Combined Lid and Net Pot. Proceed to the section on Transplanting (page 6). Then: Loose Rockwool 3 Grow Light.5m or completeness of the information and cannot be held responsible for any resultant effects of using this information on any son or thing including plants or equipment. We reserve the

6 Plant IWS Oxy-Pot - Instructions page 6/8 Transplanting Transplanting into the Combined Lid and Net Pot If you have followed the instructions on the previous page you should currently have some small newly-rooted cuttings or some young seedlings in Grodan Cuttings Seed Cubes or a similar media. Now it s time to transplant a small cube into the Combined Lid and Net Pot using your Clay Pebbles. All growing methods are the same for seedlings or cuttings from this point. Simply follow the guide below.. Thoroughly rinse your clay pebbles this will remove any dust or dirt that may be present. Now your 7.5cm (3 ) cubes are soaked, lightly pinch the cubes to release a little of the excess moisture, this will help your plantlets root into the cubes faster. 2. Fill your Combined Lid and Net Pot with clay pebbles and then push enough of the growing medium aside in the middle so that a Cuttings Seed Cube can comfortably be accommodated. 3. Once roots are showing out of the bottom of the Cuttings Seed Cube, place it into the prepared Combined Lid and Net Pot and secure with a light covering of clay pebbles. Now put the Combined Lid and Net Pot on the IWS Oxy-Pot Base. 4. Make up a quarter strength solution of Grow Nutrient (we recommend Max). First add the feed to the solution then check the ph level with a Hobby ph Meter. Adjust the ph to about 6. If the ph is too high add a drop or two of ph Down. Then hand water the plant in the Combined Lid and Net Pot from the top using your nutrient solution. 5. The light throughout this stage should be about.5m (5 ) above the top of the plant top. As your plant grows over time gradually bring the light down in small increments. Running The System 6. Until roots emerge and a good initial root centre is created, hand feed through the top of the Combined Lid and Net Pot on a daily basis. Once roots have emerged from the Combined Lid and Net pot, ensure that the nutrient solution level is 3cm from the bottom of the Combined Lid and Net Pot. Start the pump and keep the nutrient solution bubbling with the roots in the water m (5) 6 First: Cuttings Seed Cube Net Pot Nutrient Level Light Then: Clay Pebbles 3cm or completeness of the information and cannot be held responsible for any resultant effects of using this information on any son or thing including plants or equipment. We reserve the

7 Plant IWS Oxy-Pot - Instructions page 7/8 Feed Plan We recommend growing your plants with nutrients and boosters - the chart below indicates how to achieve the best results possible from these based on our technical teams research. However, eximenting with the products and other recommended ones like Canna Boost Accelerator should be done since each type of plant tends to respond differently to what they are fed. Always add feeds first and then adjust the ph of the nutrient solution to between 5.5 and 6.5. When using active hydroponics systems This feed chart is based on a 9 week flowering cycle that is typical of most varieties of chilli, tomato, sweet peps and squash. For plants requiring a longer flowering cycle, insert extra weeks between weeks 5 & 6 following the week 5 guidelines. Weeks Final Week Periods Cuttings & Seedlings Vegetative Growth Fruiting/Flowering Growth Max Grow Max Bloom Plant Start Bio-Plus Bio-Pac Fulvic Foliar Buddy Flush * A B A B 30-40ml 0ml 0ml ml ml ml ml ml ml ml ml ml ml ml 50ml 50ml 0-5ml 0-5ml 0-5ml 0-5ml 8-0ml 8-0ml 8-0ml 8-0ml ml 50ml* All applications are based on dilution in 0 s of water unless otherwise stated *Only use Flush for the first half of your final week. For the last few days before harvest, use plain water. These recommendations work well as a guide but to ensure that your plants receive the optimum levels of feed you need to measure accurate nutrient strengths (cf) using the Bluelab (NZH) Nutrient (cf) Truncheon included in this kit. The left table shows what strength of feed you will be using at different growth stages and the right table shows the typical cf target values according to different strength of feed - although these may vary slightly from plant to plant. If the cf level reads too high dilute with water, if it reads too low add nutrient. Rooting Cuttings & Starting Seeds Vegetative Growth Flowering/Fruiting Growth Tap Water / 4 Strength Feed / 2 Strength Feed 3 / 4 Strength Feed Full Week Typical cf in Hard Water Feed Strength / 4 / 3 2 / 3 4 Full / 4 Typical cf in Soft Water or completeness of the information and cannot be held responsible for any resultant effects of using this information on any son or thing including plants or equipment. We reserve the

8 Plant IWS Oxy-Pot - Instructions page 8/8 Nutrient Solution Changes Growers should always change their solutions for a fresh batch once every - 2 weeks. When topping up reservoirs between batches of fresh solution use a quarter strength solution (ml A and ml B of water). You should use this weak top up solution whatever stage of growth you are at because small plants require weaker feeds and larger plants require more water. This weaker top up will prevent nutrient solutions from getting too strong between solution changes. (Note: if plants are quite dark green, then use just water when toping up reservoirs). Top Tips and Recommendations Ensure grow room/chamber tematures do not get too cold during the lights-off cycle. Ensure grow room/chamber tematures do not get too warm during the lights-on cycle. Do not use oscillating fans on young plants or if you do keep them on a low setting to avoid wind burn and leaf damage. Temature - Most plant species achieve optimum growth in the temature range of 2 0 C to 28 0 C (7 0 F to 82 0 F). Maintaining these tematures during lights-on is not a problem as your light also provides heat. However it is important to maintain good lights-off temature as the fall in temature can diminish yield and plant formance. You may wish to have your lights-on time at night when the ambient temature is lower and your lights-off time in the day when the ambient temature is higher. It s often hard to keep temature down when lights are on. As long as the plants look healthy and are growing every day, don t worry if your growing area seems warm - in summer it s hard to avoid. Always measure air temature in the shade, away from the light. Humidity - The ideal for most plant species is around 50% although your plants should form and stay healthy as long as you stay between 40% and 80% relative humidity. Feed strength will vary from environment to environment and from plant to plant therefore the above information should be used as a general guide. Signs of under- and over-feeding are outlined below. If you see these symptoms you should increase or decrease the feed strength accordingly. Overfeeding (symptoms) - The first signs are the leaves going from a shiny green to a dull dark green with possible leaf tip burn. The main indication will be the leaf tips hooked or curled downward. Nutrient deficiencies and leaf damage will follow. Remedy - reduce feed strength. Underfeeding (symptoms) The plant will generally lighten in colour all over. Many of the big shade leaves lose their colour. There is no leaf curl with this condition. Remedy - increase feed strength slightly. Hopefully the information in these instructions has been of use to you. If you are unsure about something and have a question that needs answering please give the GroWell technical team a call on it s free and friendly! Happy gardening! or completeness of the information and cannot be held responsible for any resultant effects of using this information on any son or thing including plants or equipment. We reserve the

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