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There you go dude :) That dog will HUNT!
There you go dude :) That dog will HUNT!Bubble bucket
On the very rare occasion that I go indoor scrog, I use a cattle panel that I sprayed down with this NSF rated rubber compound stuff. Comes in black and white, heat tolerant, mold resistant, strong as hell and wont rust. Weird but I always overbuild. When the grow is done, pressure wash it and toss it in the barn until next time.I like using the garden fencing that's painted green and has 2x3-in squares. You can lay out four branches north south east and west, top them at three and then three again and it will fill out perfectly. It's also much more sturdy than netting so when you're bending a branch it holds itself rather than having to tie a bunch of stuff down. Not that the nettings bad or wrong I just did it different and got great results.
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Can you explain what what goes into your res throughout a grow? And how you typically do top offs?
Also, how frequently are you cleaning the res out ?
Thanx for your time
I like using the garden fencing that's painted green and has 2x3-in squares. You can lay out four branches north south east and west, top them at three and then three again and it will fill out perfectly. It's also much more sturdy than netting so when you're bending a branch it holds itself rather than having to tie a bunch of stuff down. Not that the nettings bad or wrong I just did it different and got great results.
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On the very rare occasion that I go indoor scrog, I use a cattle panel that I sprayed down with this NSF rated rubber compound stuff. Comes in black and white, heat tolerant, mold resistant, strong as hell and wont rust. Weird but I always overbuild. When the grow is done, pressure wash it and toss it in the barn until next time.
Its pretty simple and nothing special , I run to a level on a dip stick that I check how much they use every 24 hrs generally its about 70 ltrs for 8 plants and I top the tank back to that level and add nutrient to bring it back up to the right values daily, I start a grow at about 300 ppm and run that through veg, in flower I raise it 50ppm every week and top out around 650 ppm, I add 150ml hydrosil every 3 days from day one. I just use H/G Aqua Flakes nothing else .
Because my water volume is big 800lts I dont dump the lot I bleed off 500-600 ltrs every 7 days and top up with fresh water and set PH CF values and go another week as above and that cycle goes all grow.
When I clean res at the end I just hose out the system with clean water fill her up with water and dose with a 100ppm Hydrosil wait for it to drop to 50ppm generally a day maybe 2 and load her up with new plants and do it all over again, been great with no problems and plants are spot on with not a blemish anywhere .
Hydrogen peroxide will whiten those roots up nicely
First off for any beginner grower hydro is the most advanced style of growing. Ph control is the most important. If you don’t have 2 meters how are you to know when the ph is truly off. A second meter will fix an confusion.
First off for any beginner grower hydro is the most advanced style of growing. Ph control is the most important. If you don’t have 2 meters how are you to know when the ph is truly off. A second meter will fix an confusion.
They have just the right amount of roots to be in the dwc. There is no situation I can think of where you would need to put an already rooted rockwool clone into anything other than its final netpot/system. I mostly clone with aero and dwc cloners but when I use rockwool with clones or seeds I always transplant as soon as I see a few good roots poke through the bottom and sides of the cube.Should I have them in a cloner when this underdeveloped?
They have just the right amount of roots to be in the dwc. There is no situation I can think of where you would need to put an already rooted rockwool clone into anything other than its final netpot/system. I mostly clone with aero and dwc cloners but when I use rockwool with clones or seeds I always transplant as soon as I see a few good roots poke through the bottom and sides of the cube.
Brown ring is likely hydroton sediment and/or microbes.Cool thanx for the feedback 4th. I want to move away from rockwool.
I’m also already getting a brown ring around the Res water line again. Do you find this normal when plants are not rooted and developed well enough?
I’m Likely going to change our water before roots emerge, since I will be switching from GH to AquaFlakes in the 150L.
Yes I do. I started out with one like everyone else but I was noticing damage due to my ph being off and got a second to be sure my ph was right on. It’s alittle more money to buy two but we’ll worth it in the end. There is no second guessing yourself. Some guys don’t care too much about being too precise about ph but it shows in the growth of the plant.What do you mean exactly ?
Do you use 2 meters in the same Res to cross reference during the whole grow ?
That buildup is from your nutes and nothing to worry about as long as it doesn’t build up more.Great clip that illustrates how thin this buildup is, about halfway though you can see water drip onto it.
Yes I do. I started out with one like everyone else but I was noticing damage due to my ph being off and got a second to be sure my ph was right on. It’s alittle more money to buy two but we’ll worth it in the end. There is no second guessing yourself. Some guys don’t care too much about being too precise about ph but it shows in the growth of the plant.
What function do those PVC pipes in the corners serve? Looks like a clear pathway to allow light into your rootzone.Pretty bad.
What function do those PVC pipes in the corners serve? Looks like a clear pathway to allow light into your rootzone.
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