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Here are some updated pics.
We got it lifted off of the floor on top of the same tub, flipped over. We used the 4 inch PVC pipe to drain into another reservoir tub where it is pumped back into the plant tubs with a TNC
General Hydroponics water pump which pumps at 1250 gph.
For the water inputs, we used 1" ID rubber grommets - also used on an Aeroflo from Gen Hydro. 1" OD black vinyl hose fits very snugly into the grommets and I have yet to see any issue with leakage. These things have stood full for over a week with no leakage, so I'm thinking they should hold up alright.
One major difference in the tubs that I made and the ones that I have seen commonly is that I used 5 inch net pots versus the 3 gallon buckets or larger pots. Keep in mind that I'll be installing a grid that will be supporting the plants, so I won't be relying on the roots for support. I'm thinking that exposing a larger amount of the root mass to the frothness rather than being tied up in hydroton should be a good thing. We'll see what happens ;)
Each set of 6 tubs is separate for now. In the near future, I hope to get a larger reservoir and to add a water chiller - which I'm sure I'll need. The air pump is running a bit warm from the friction of air flow, I'm using a Hiblow HP200 so I can't be surprised if it becomes an issue. So far it is only adding about 3 deg C to the water temp and I will be running it to 48 more stones within a few days so that may help alleviate some back pressure.
I think that the light is having a larger effect on the tub temps than the air could be though.
- water temp with the air pump and without A/C, under full light is 29 deg C.
- water temp with the air pump on the non lit half of the room is 22 deg C.
- water temp at standing room temp is 19.2 deg C.
I'm thinking that once I cover the tubs with panda tomorrow that the tubs should cool off a bit. Also, the A/C will definitely lower the temp and that in turn should help.
Over night after transplant, there was some nice new root growth as shown in the pics. Pretty happy to see.
Tomorrow, I'll get the other side transplanted.
I'm also putting in the Sentinel CHHC-1 so that I can start the CO2 going.
In the next few days I'm gonna also finish the ventilation setup. I'm running an isolated duct system for cooling the lights. The room is going to be a sealed room with a window unit A/C with it's hot little rear end in an adjacent room that the hoods are also vented to. I'm hoping to seal up this adjacent room as well and add some sort of cool air intake. What I'm thinking is that if I put at least a 400 Cfm fan with a carbon filter as the output that I can dispose of the warm air accumulated from the A/C and the lights while filtering out any smell that might have leaked in. Hopefully the air in this room shouldn't be too stinky, that is if I sealed the flowering room well enough....
The battle against the stank is always a fun one. We caulked every damn crack in the room and panda'ed the room from ceiling to floor and double taped the seams so I don't know what more I could do.
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The strains that will be going into this:
Blue Cheese
Chocolope
AK47
NL
White Widow
Whitey Almighty (God x White Widow)
Rock Lock
Somango
OG 18
Lemon Haze
Should be a total f@ckin awesome mess!
I'm sure when they start finishing at different times it'll be a pain in the ass, but I'll work it out. This is my first grow with almost all of these strains, some were generously gifted by a wonderful man who loves ugly sweaters. So - I'm getting acquainted with the tendencies of each strain and having a little fun sowing chaos. I'll be putting up a strong grid real soon, gonna tie these ladies this way and that as I veg them out for a bit. I'm hoping that it gets real real tough to move around in there.
For nutes, I'm using
Botanicare Grow/Bloom,
Liquid Karma, Cal Mag, Bcuzz Grow/Bloom. Nothing too fancy. Currently running at a fairly modest TDS of 775 ppm and pH is pretty stable at 5.9 - I'll see how they act in the next few days before I consider bumping it up.
