Very impressive.
That was cool. 1 big veg update.
I feel like I just cheated on a test.LOL
Right on, thanks! A friend of
Family is a friend of mine. Your comments and questions are welcome anytime.
Top notch setup Ben. I'm looking forward to seeing how the horizontal setup produces. Subscribed.
Thanks! Me too!
Ben
Very impressive. Got another question for you about your inductor tanks. Are you mixing nutes in the inductor tank itself and using that as a top off? If so how the hell do you get things mixed up in there?
I'm gonna say it again.....The way you set up all the plumbing is so completely professional and slick. I can't wait to step up my game.
Thank you! I realy do appreciate all of the compliments.
Yes, I mix my nutes for the week in the inductor tanks, as they are my top off tanks. I use a step ladder to reach the top of the tanks and mix them using a stirring stick.
Awesome update! Those plants look nice and healthy and ready for a move into the flower room and a cage.
Thanks! They are already there and loving it! The plants showed no sighns of stress after the move into the flower rooms. I will have some pics to post later next week.
Nice setup...let the Fam/HumWholesale Fam propaganda machine continue as scheduled.
Thanks... I must say I do take slight offence to your bias accusation. I'm curious as to why you chose to leave out
Current Culture H2o and
Hydro Innovations in your statement but, not enough though to care for a reponce I might add. My thread is not inntended as propaganda as you passively stated. I am mearly showing support for the people that have gone out of their way to support me. "Pay it back" a wise man once said.
We are all entitled to our opinions and I do welcome you all to share them with me / us. But as for you IXE I dont hold that stament to be as true, considering you have been a member to this great site longer than I and have only managed to contribute two posts. Both of them beeing negative I might add.:no I might have more respect for you if you actuallly were able to contribute more than just that.
I tell you what, I'll make you a deal. I will continue to show my support by typing in
bold print the companies/people that have supported me over the years as to make it easy for you to notice in your peripheral vision when they are in the sentence you are reading. That way when you notice the
bold print coming you can blink your eyes as you pass over and insert in your mind whatever company/person you prefer. :damnhippie:
WoW is all I have to say. I can't wait to try this.
Yes, the
Under Current is truly amazing. I have to say that I waited way to long to try it myself.
"Yes,
Great White is used in my system. I apply it as a crown feed as to not foul my solution."
How do you crown feed this solution without it getting mixed in the res?
Do you use House & Garden Aqua Flakes normal strength feed chart or do you customize it to your standard? I know when i used advanced I used to NEVER feed full strength with what there charts said...would of killed my plants if I did follow there bullshit!
I apply the crown feed with an electric sprayer dirrectly at the base of the plants for 5-7 seconds as to not cause any run off. Remember, my plants were started in rockwool. So, this gives the
Great White a "home" if you will, seperate from the solution. I will also be applying a organic blooming stimulant (
Roots organics HPK) in this manner as well.
I follow the
House & Garden Aqua Flakes normal feed schedual verbatim. In regards to advanced you are absolutely right. I would not recomend following their feed charts or the information on the bottles, expecialy with their additives. The bottles will tell you one application rate then the feed chats tell you another. If you are looking to get a straight answer on how to use their product I would suggest calling their support line. There you should get a straight answer in regards to the use of their product.
Very impressive girls. It is making me want to switch over to UC after following this thread... Outstanding job Ben.
Thanks Rhino! Like I mentioned before I wish I had made the change to the
Under Current long before I had.
do you have a problem with stagnant water with those huge res'? thought i heard somewhere that standing water wasnt that great.
unless you go through 400 gallons a week? i just dont know how the systems work exactly so i cant really see how having SO much water helps.
side note... amazing grow, congrats, looks great. i plan on switching to under current so thanks for the journal.
GOOD LUCK!!!
Thank you! You are right, stagnent water can be a breading ground for pathogenic bacteria and germs. In this application it is not a problem and the necassry precautions have been taken to avoid this issue. All of my tanks both R/Os and Inductors are made from a UV resistant polyurethane and my R/O tanks are also painted with a black paint desighned to adhear to polyurethane. Needless to say the tanks do not allow my water to be affeted by light. From time to time I also drain my tanks and swab/ clean them with
hydrogen peroxide. I also do this with the inductor tanks as well. I do go through a fair amount of water considering that I have six (6)
Under Current systems in play. Each of them holding on avarage 100 + gallons each. Not to mention my mothers will soon be in a
Under Current style system in the near future and that system should hold arround + or - 50 gallons. Another thing to consider is that I produce a lot of cuttings so that I can pick the cream of the crop to go into my
Under Current systems. I make 300-400 cuttings, once they have rooted I then chose the best 100 to go into 2x4" cubes and veg them under four 600w lights until roots appear. Then I chose the best 22 plants to go into the
Under Current systems in my veg. room. After some serious training and them reaching about 2' in height I take the best 18 and put them in my flower room. So in my oppinion I think I sized my tanks just right.
Question about your water height - You stated previously that you add the hydroton until the bubbles are just coming through it, understand that. Are you setting your original clones in a net pot that is halway filled up? By looking at the root pictures you have roots coming half way out the side of the net pots. We set ours on the bottom of the net pot and run the water just below the net pot line, bubbling so that it wets the bottoms, your method would ppear to be a higher water level.
Yes, I fill my net pots with hydroton about up to the fourth line on the net pots. The reason for this is I veg. in the 8 gallon buckets and when the water in the 8 gallon buckets is at the suggested operating level it sits at about the fourth line up from the bottom on the net pots. The foat valves on the 8 gallon
Under Current systems are at a differnt depth in relation to the lid then of the 13 gallon buckets. On the 13 gallon buckets the float valve sits lower from the top of the lid then the 8 gallon buckets, which makes the suggested operating levels different for both systems in relation to the lid and in turn the net pots . I am assuming that you have the 13 gallon buckets and that is why you set your plants lower in the net pots.
