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Don't get me wrong, I like coco for its wicking properties and sustainability. But I can't keep spending so much on hydro nutes. I'm switching to organic dry amendments.
I strive for KISS, which means “Keep it simple stupid”. I take mine outside too. Love free photons!! However, I have had insect problems introduced to my tent in the form of knats, white flies and even looper worms last spring. I dread when you get bugs because they laid eggs on your plants when you went for a beer! Lol So I found a solution which didnt work very good, heres a picCoco/Perlite Rocks
Water just like Hydro
Get 20% run off you should be good
I like it better than hydro I can take them outside during day and get free power from above then tuck then in at night and its easier to water them out there
not as high tech as your setup lol
Well you can switch to rdwc. It's really not alot of nutrients used. I bet I get a lb for about 50 bucks in nutrients with rwdc. Now when I started it was Triple that cause I was buying small bottles and constantly dumping. Now I buy large bottles and top off. Bout to grab a microscope so I can really see what's going on. You would think organic dry weight shipped would be expensive. I pay alot in water transportation. If you just buy powdered nutrients you save so much on shipping weight. Become the chemist if you really want cut costs. My main ingredient, water.. Is my cheapest lol.Don't get me wrong, I like coco for its wicking properties and sustainability. But I can't keep spending so much on hydro nutes. I'm switching to organic dry amendments.
I'll look into more economical nutes for the next grow. I'll figure out the cost of the current set, but I suspect it's around $100 for the crop, which I expect to be somewhere in the vicinity of two pounds of dried buds. I don't know the cost of electricity for the crop, but I suspect it may be more than the nute cost, and I have full solar on my house to help during the day.Jacks is very economical and very good results too!!
Yeah I was messing with the SF 4000 today and measured the light output and I found that from the 80% to 100% range on the adjustment knob the difference in output is like only 1000 Lux. Setting it @ 100% just really uses more electricity. So now I’m setting it at 80 as my full strength.I'll look into more economical nutes for the next grow. I'll figure out the cost of the current set, but I suspect it's around $100 for the crop, which I expect to be somewhere in the vicinity of two pounds of dried buds. I don't know the cost of electricity for the crop, but I suspect it may be more than the nute cost, and I have full solar on my house to help during the day.
In any case, the cost is peanuts compared to buying 2 pounds at the local dispensaries, even at the current low end of $200/oz or so.
Don’t forget to get some clones!I'm dreading the stretch coming up.
I've ordered a new inline fan and controller (and humidifier as well) with a vague plan to mount the fan outside the tent so I can raise the light another 8 inches maybe, I'll have to figure out the hangars though, as they are already as high as you can go with the ratchets I have.
To be honest, never even thought of it. (Nor do I know how to.) But that would mean having to grow the same strain again, and I want to try lots of different strains. This one is Sour Diesel, but I have 5 Super Silver Haze seeds to try, and then I have my eye on growing some Alaskan Thunderfuck. (And old school classics like Acapulco Gold and Panama Red. I like the idea of doing landrace strains for a while.)Don’t forget to get some clones!
Atleast your dog probably doesn't eat your plant leaves like mine does lolI strive for KISS, which means “Keep it simple stupid”. I take mine outside too. Love free photons!! However, I have had insect problems introduced to my tent in the form of knats, white flies and even looper worms last spring. I dread when you get bugs because they laid eggs on your plants when you went for a beer! Lol So I found a solution which didnt work very good, heres a picView attachment 1226015View attachment 1226015View attachment 1226018View attachment 1226020bulldogs are not good for bug control, very lazyView attachment 1226018
Sour Diesel, from seed. Started germinating Jan 7, flipped to flower Feb 15.What strain are you growing?
I'm at 5x now, and adding a bunch more water per event didn't do much. I lack a schedule to use for 6x, though that's just a bump, not a roadblock. I'm just trying a lower EC now. A number of people have mentioned EC's down in the 1.0 (1000-1100) area, which is about where I am now.You still havent tried increasing the number of waterings per day??