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Hey everybody.
I wanted to do a post on a dead-simple RDWC I put together. I've had the RDWC inch for sometime but I haven't done one for a variety of reasons. But I got to it.
I'm not really planning on updating so I thought I'd stick this here instead over in grow diaries.
The soil vs. hydro comparison (self-explanatory, see the pics below) is pretty mind-blowing in this example. And anyone looking for a easy layout for a (relatively) cheap RDWC setup might dig this.
So check out this space - its a 5x5 walk-in-closet w titanium white walls:
When I first hooked it up, I used a pair of 600's - but one of the ballasts took a shit and I have mad spare 1000s - so now I use a pair of 1000w Ushio's instead. Over 25sqft. :)
And for a long time I ran five soil plants in a staggered formation - productive and easy peasy - but I knew I was leaving some money on the table.
And I've had the RDWC inch for a bit.
So I KISSed together 9 3-gallon buckets on a 5-gallon control bucket with a small Eco-Plus pump. Large air stones in each bucket and 1/2" inch ebb&flow fittings from NGW plumbed together in rows back to the control bucket.
As practical and straightforward a system as I could design.
It's missing the bottom center plant because I stopped for lunch and when I got back one of the plants had dried out, lost turgor, and died - no vegging in system at all just over-rooted 4x4 rockwool blocks straight into each 6" net.
I actually have no intermediate pictures of these - not sure but I've been busy and didn't get any - but check out the results:
Botanicare Pro series base nutrients, Bushdoctor benificials, and a 55-day flower period.
About 1/3 of the way through the chop. Poor girl center-row-right had one cola up the right side - it got so beat out for light by the center plant and the back-row-right.
All cut down. Drying on a wire extending across the top of the veg chamber - out of direct light but lots of airflow and several carbon scrubbers in this room. All ready to go with our next generation without missing a beat.
Not sure what the final numbers are but this is probably 2.5x the largest take out of that closet. I'm quite pleased.
And we are all reset. :)
I wanted to do a post on a dead-simple RDWC I put together. I've had the RDWC inch for sometime but I haven't done one for a variety of reasons. But I got to it.
I'm not really planning on updating so I thought I'd stick this here instead over in grow diaries.
The soil vs. hydro comparison (self-explanatory, see the pics below) is pretty mind-blowing in this example. And anyone looking for a easy layout for a (relatively) cheap RDWC setup might dig this.
So check out this space - its a 5x5 walk-in-closet w titanium white walls:
When I first hooked it up, I used a pair of 600's - but one of the ballasts took a shit and I have mad spare 1000s - so now I use a pair of 1000w Ushio's instead. Over 25sqft. :)
And for a long time I ran five soil plants in a staggered formation - productive and easy peasy - but I knew I was leaving some money on the table.
And I've had the RDWC inch for a bit.
So I KISSed together 9 3-gallon buckets on a 5-gallon control bucket with a small Eco-Plus pump. Large air stones in each bucket and 1/2" inch ebb&flow fittings from NGW plumbed together in rows back to the control bucket.
As practical and straightforward a system as I could design.
It's missing the bottom center plant because I stopped for lunch and when I got back one of the plants had dried out, lost turgor, and died - no vegging in system at all just over-rooted 4x4 rockwool blocks straight into each 6" net.
I actually have no intermediate pictures of these - not sure but I've been busy and didn't get any - but check out the results:
Botanicare Pro series base nutrients, Bushdoctor benificials, and a 55-day flower period.
About 1/3 of the way through the chop. Poor girl center-row-right had one cola up the right side - it got so beat out for light by the center plant and the back-row-right.
All cut down. Drying on a wire extending across the top of the veg chamber - out of direct light but lots of airflow and several carbon scrubbers in this room. All ready to go with our next generation without missing a beat.
Not sure what the final numbers are but this is probably 2.5x the largest take out of that closet. I'm quite pleased.
And we are all reset. :)
