• Home
  • Forums
  • Medical Cannabis Cultivation
  • Dirtbags Hydroponics Thread.

Dirtbags Hydroponics Thread.

wool cubes actually take a little longer for me in the dome then other things. Anywhere from 7-13 days. The upside for me though is once they root I can sometimes let them chill in the rooter for about 5 days or so before transplant and they take off...
Home › Forums › Medical Cannabis Cultivation › Grow Diaries › Dirtbags Hydroponics Thread.
Grow diary eligible · Medical Cannabis Cultivation

Dirtbags Hydroponics Thread.

by Dirtbag · Started Oct 17, 2019
1d
Running
0
Updates
987
Replies
0
Images
Overview Discussion 987 Gallery 0
Discussion below · 987 replies
Page 3 of 50 · Replies 41–60 of 988
Prev
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • …
  • 50
Next
First Prev 3 of 50 Next Last

cemchris

Supporter
Posts
3,346
Reactions
5,396
Joined
Mar 29, 2008
Points
263
Oct 25, 2019
#41
wool cubes actually take a little longer for me in the dome then other things. Anywhere from 7-13 days. The upside for me though is once they root I can sometimes let them chill in the rooter for about 5 days or so before transplant and they take off like a rocket. I generally don't transplant clones now till roots are dumping out of the bottom. You can always still use rapids into the cubes. I just like using the 1.5 since they will completely fill the cutout in the cube and you can kind of smush them down for a tight fit unlike something like a rapid. Once I see about 90-95% root I pull the dome and dip them everyday till transplant.

1 thing with wool is since they are going to be wet, depending on the room temps, I run heat mats with them which makes a big difference on the time. Not to mention letting them almost dry after the initial dip till I dip them again. Usually bout 4-5 days.
 
Reactions: Srenots, 25hewitt17, Dirtbag and 2 others
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Oct 25, 2019
#42
cemchris said:
wool cubes actually take a little longer for me in the dome then other things. Anywhere from 7-13 days. The upside for me though is once they root I can sometimes let them chill in the rooter for about 5 days or so before transplant and they take off like a rocket. I generally don't transplant clones now till roots are dumping out of the bottom. You can always still use rapids into the cubes. I just like using the 1.5 since they will completely fill the cutout in the cube and you can kind of smush them down for a tight fit unlike something like a rapid. Once I see about 90-95% root I pull the dome and dip them everyday till transplant.

1 thing with wool is since they are going to be wet, depending on the room temps, I run heat mats with them which makes a big difference on the time. Not to mention letting them almost dry after the initial dip till I dip them again. Usually bout 4-5 days.
Click to expand...

Thanks for that Info. I'm used to seeing roots in 7 days or so in Rapids and just wasnt sure what to expect with wool. The concern stems from the fact that I've booked a vacation in Feb and wont have time to run a cycle between now and then if I have to start over now. I kinda put all my eggs in one tray as it were lol.

I've put a heat mat under the dome connected to an inkbird a couple days ago as I think it was a bit cool for the first few days, its keeping the temp in the dome at 71-74F now.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, Srenots, 25hewitt17 and 1 other person
Quote Reply

cemchris

Supporter
Posts
3,346
Reactions
5,396
Joined
Mar 29, 2008
Points
263
Oct 25, 2019
#43
Get all the water lines done and some seat time before ya leave and you can def take a vacation if your rez is big enough :)
 
Reactions: Nobody116, Srenots and Dirtbag
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Oct 25, 2019
#44
cemchris said:
Get all the water lines done and some seat time before ya leave and you can def take a vacation if your rez is big enough :)
Click to expand...
lol it's not. but I could maybe have someone work it for me. Just dont want to leave it right near the end of a cycle. Headed down to the yucatan for a couple weeks.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, Srenots, 25hewitt17 and 1 other person
Quote Reply

Aqua Man

Posts
26,479
Reactions
59,693
Joined
Jun 12, 2018
Points
638
Oct 25, 2019
#45
Dirtbag said:
lol it's not. but I could maybe have someone work it for me. Just dont want to leave it right near the end of a cycle. Headed down to the yucatan for a couple weeks.
Click to expand...
Auto top off and doser the cost though
 
Reactions: Srenots, cemchris, Burned Haze and 2 others
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Oct 25, 2019
#46
Aqua Man said:
Auto top off and doser the cost though
Click to expand...

Yeah I've got one of those, his name is Clint and he costs me an 8th per visit lol.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, CosmoGrows, Shedhead and 7 others
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Oct 25, 2019
#47
The real issue is I bring water home from work for growing in the back of my truck, 110 gallons at a time. The max amount of water I can store in my shed is about 70 gallons before I need to bring more home. Usually once a week.

One of these days I'll hook up a waterline from the cisterns that feed my house, but it's quite a distance through rocky terrain to be trenching a line in. Just easier to keep a dry hose that wont freeze up on me and have 2 55gallon drums in the back of my truck to tie Into.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, basscaptain, Srenots and 1 other person
Quote Reply

Aqua Man

Posts
26,479
Reactions
59,693
Joined
Jun 12, 2018
Points
638
Oct 25, 2019
#48
Dirtbag said:
Yeah I've got one of those, his name is Clint and he costs me an 8th per visit lol.
Click to expand...
Lol awesome
 
Reactions: Nobody116, basscaptain and Srenots
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Oct 28, 2019
#49
Im not gonna lie... with the tight timeline I've given myself, this suspense is killin me lol...

I took one out and gently opened up the cube to inspect the stem and thankfully discovered it had little roots starting so I think were good.. but jeebus... I havent had a 2 week lag in years. Even in peat I'd have at least a few rooted in 10 days or less.

Seems the wool really needs babysitting and perfect conditions to root into. Anyway... once I see the roots coming out of the blocks I'll dip them in the voodoo juice concoction and get the grow space sorted out. I'm keen to get this room fired up again.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, AnselAdams, BloodShot and 3 others
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Oct 31, 2019
#50
Day 14 and I've got 6 out of 40 cuttings rooted, 4 of those just popped today. Hoping to see a root revolution in the next few days.. 10 more and I can get started. No doubt about it, I'll be using rapid rooters next time lol. these poor girls are starting to look a little haggard. Need to get them feeding under some real light sooner rather than later.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, cemchris, Srenots and 3 others
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Oct 31, 2019
#51
Scratch that, I'm up to 11 since this afternoon. Nice.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, Srenots, AnselAdams and 4 others
Quote Reply

MIMedGrower

Posts
17,190
Reactions
53,530
Joined
Feb 17, 2017
Points
438
Oct 31, 2019
#52
Those are nice cuttings.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, Srenots, Dirtbag and 1 other person
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Oct 31, 2019
#53
MIMedGrower said:
Those are nice cuttings.
Click to expand...

Thanks, that's a pretty blurry pic though lol.
I think it's time to move the rooted ones out of the dome.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, 25hewitt17, cemchris and 6 others
Quote Reply

AtomicRoostr

Posts
97
Reactions
366
Joined
May 22, 2019
Points
53
Oct 31, 2019
#54
Dirtbag said:
Day 14 and I've got 6 out of 40 cuttings rooted, 4 of those just popped today. Hoping to see a root revolution in the next few days.. 10 more and I can get started. No doubt about it, I'll be using rapid rooters next time lol. these poor girls are starting to look a little haggard. Need to get them feeding under some real light sooner rather than later.
Click to expand...
So to you and everyone else having problems cloning and getting roots, SORRY. I use an aerocloner. I don't sterilize blades, its actually horrible rusty. i scrape the stem a little bit. Straight water. 10, 12 days , never had issues. are stubborn and will sit for some time.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, Beachwalker and Srenots
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Nov 1, 2019
#55
Here we go, up to 18, dipped them in fresh 0.7 nutes and took them out of the dome.
I'm gonna hold out for more though, I've only had 3 each of the Bubba and Violator root, 4 cookies and 8 God. I'm hoping to flower 8 Violator, 6 Bubba and one each God and cookies lol. These Damn Kushes are finnicky as hell... But when you do them right they're amazing. Doing them right just ain't as easy as a lot of other strains though.
 
Reactions: 1diesel1, Nobody116, Beachwalker and 4 others
Quote Reply

AtomicRoostr

Posts
97
Reactions
366
Joined
May 22, 2019
Points
53
Nov 1, 2019
#56
Dirtbag said:
Here we go, up to 18, dipped them in fresh 0.7 nutes and took them out of the dome.
I'm gonna hold out for more though, I've only had 3 each of the Bubba and Violator root, 4 cookies and 8 God. I'm hoping to flower 8 Violator, 6 Bubba and one each God and cookies lol. These Damn Kushes are finnicky as hell... But when you do them right they're amazing. Doing them right just ain't as easy as a lot of other strains though.View attachment 906428
Click to expand...
I see Ticket to Ride there sir, you a board/ table top gamer?
 
Reactions: Nobody116, Dirtbag, Aqua Man and 1 other person
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Nov 1, 2019
#57
AtomicRoostr said:
I see Ticket to Ride there sir, you a board/ table top gamer?
Click to expand...
Haha good eye rooster. The family plays a fair bit of board games, but my wife is really the driving force behind it more so than me.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, Srenots, Aqua Man and 1 other person
Quote Reply

AtomicRoostr

Posts
97
Reactions
366
Joined
May 22, 2019
Points
53
Nov 1, 2019
#58
Dirtbag said:
Haha good eye rooster. The family plays a fair bit of board games, but my wife is really the driving force behind it more so than me.
Click to expand...
Nice, haven't met the lady but she ok in my book.
 
Reactions: Nobody116, Dirtbag, Srenots and 1 other person
Quote Reply

Dirtbag

Supporter
Posts
9,158
Reactions
40,652
Joined
Feb 12, 2019
Points
313
Nov 4, 2019
#59
I need to get to work here, still need to build the irrigation manifold and finish plumbing the res. Couldnt do much of anything while I was stuck on duty.
I think these babies are just about ready for transplant. Turned out almost all of them rooted by day 18, so I've got the correct numbers for the strains I wanna run.

Cranking out the roots now... Daily dipping Into 0.8ec solution at 5.5ph, and they're drying up quite a bit in 24 hrs now.

Let's get it on! The next week I should have lots of updates lol.
 
Reactions: Russetmike, Kiwichick, Nobody116 and 6 others
Quote Reply

Aqua Man

Posts
26,479
Reactions
59,693
Joined
Jun 12, 2018
Points
638
Nov 4, 2019
#60
Dirtbag said:
I need to get to work here, still need to build the irrigation manifold and finish plumbing the res. Couldnt do much of anything while I was stuck on duty.
I think these babies are just about ready for transplant. Turned out almost all of them rooted by day 18, so I've got the correct numbers for the strains I wanna run.

Cranking out the roots now... Daily dipping Into 0.8ec solution at 5.5ph, and they're drying up quite a bit in 24 hrs now.

Let's get it on! The next week I should have lots of updates lol.View attachment 907301View attachment 907300
Click to expand...
Looking good
 
Reactions: Nobody116, AnselAdams, Dirtbag and 1 other person
Quote Reply
Page 3 of 50 · Replies 41–60 of 988
Prev
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • …
  • 50
Next
First Prev 3 of 50 Next Last

Thread info

Replies 987
Views 91,909
Started Oct 17, 2019

Latest posts

  • What Is the Best Way to Improve and Maintain Topsoil for a Healthy Garden?
    • Latest: GNick55
    • A moment ago
    Organic Soil
  • Blazing heat, smoke-filled skies, illegal! What could possibly go wrong?
    • Latest: Rooke
    • 3 minutes ago
    General Outdoor Growing
  • What u think 🤔 cuz im confused 😕
    • Latest: GNick55
    • 4 minutes ago
    Cannabis Infirmary
  • What’s GNick55 up too
    • Latest: GNick55
    • 20 minutes ago
    General Indoor Growing
  • Hot/humid summer garage grow — anyone tame RH with a Hydrone 5 or similar?
    • Latest: DR0ck
    • 31 minutes ago
    General Indoor Growing
  • Home
  • Forums
  • Medical Cannabis Cultivation
  • Dirtbags Hydroponics Thread.
  • Contact us
  • Terms and rules
  • Privacy policy
  • Help
  • Home
Community platform by XenForo® © 2010-2026 XenForo Ltd.
Menu
Log in

Sign up

  • Home
  • News
  • Classifieds
  • Forums
    • What's new Featured content New posts New Articles New articles New products Latest activity
  • Social
  • Strains
  • Live
  • Learn
  • Brands
X

Privacy & Transparency

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

  • Personalized ads and content
  • Content measurement and audience insights

Do you accept cookies and these technologies?

X

Privacy & Transparency

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

  • Personalized ads and content
  • Content measurement and audience insights

Do you accept cookies and these technologies?