Plumbers Buds - A Catch All

[Grownsince95]

Thank you! I'll let you know how it goes. Every 2 weeks eh? Think I can handle that. LOL

If they're in a warm tent (water above 70°) more frequent changes will be necessary. I did a bunch of kratky experiments last year and if the water doesn't stay cool it gets funky really quick.

 

[cpurola]

If they're in a warm tent (water above 70°) more frequent changes will be necessary. I did a bunch of kratky experiments last year and if the water doesn't stay cool it gets funky really quick.

How quick? Like every week? My grow room is around 75-80 most of the time.

 

[Ninjadogma]

How about dropping bubblers in the bottles. I realize it's no longer officially a kratky but the plant doesn't care. If you're dealing with warm water issues it might be necessary.

 

[Grownsince95]

How quick? Like every week? My grow room is around 75-80 most of the time.

Above 75° things go to shit fast. Every other day at least. Pythium is a bitch.

 

[Grownsince95]

How about dropping bubblers in the bottles. I realize it's no longer officially a kratky but the plant doesn't care. If you're dealing with warm water issues it might be necessary.

Not even about the oxygen at that point if there's air roots above water in the top of the jar. It's the rot.

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

How quick? Like every week? My grow room is around 75-80 most of the time.

Yes, but before they grow roots it won't be a lot BUT, before the roots start you need to keep it moist so keep an eye on the water level daily. Once it roots you want the water level to drop as the plant roots needs oxygen too.

Once you get one going this will all make a lot more sense and you'll find it simple to keep plants in this way.

On a side note I don't like using canning jars (1 quart) as I feel they're too small, although if you change nute water once a week that may help.

This has been one of those grow revelations for me and can't believe I didn't try this years ago

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

How about dropping bubblers in the bottles. I realize it's no longer officially a kratky but the plant doesn't care. If you're dealing with warm water issues it might be necessary.

This would help and I've been thinking about it for some time. 1 gallon plastic jars would be perfect for an air stone but then it would become 3 and then 5 gallon buckets hooked together with 3/4" PVC pipe and then my greenhouse would look like @Florida_Mike grow tents Hey, wait! I've been thinking about doing just this for about a decade. Even digging holes in the garden for buckets that would help insulate them. I could grow in buckets in the greenhouse and then when ready to flip move the plant/basket/lid to a prepared bucket in the ground. Been thinking about it for a long time, still just a dream

For me this is just about keeping moms and saving space. My moms use to take up a 2x2' area each and I was keeping 2 each of 4 moms that took up half of my entire greenhouse. I had little space left for vegging. I've opened up 7 of those 2x2' spaces since moving to Kratky bottles. HUGE difference for me.

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

Couple days ago (this is why I don't usually know the flip date)

Breeding Blackberry Kush.

3 girls I'll up pot soon

Going into flower.

Soon to rewrap my new flowering greenhouse in 6mil plastic. About $50

I use to cover my small greenhouse 2 x's a year in thin plastic Pain and a mess. Hopefully this will last a year.

Blueberry Hash Plant

Yeah, got cuts

Gotta root some

 

[BearWater]

I love that 6mil stuff! Saved my grow last year sept/oct : ) planning on busting it out again!

How do you secure it to your green house?

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

I love that 6mil stuff! Saved my grow last year sept/oct : ) planning on busting it out again!

How do you secure it to your green house?

Just with clear packing tape and a white duct tape. Aslong as the PVC is clean and dry it works like a champ.

I had wrapped it with what I had which was 0.7 mil I would use to make clean areas at work and that's in tatters now so time foe new

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

Blackberry Kush

I really don't need more than the dozens, PLURAL, of seeds I was given but had the space (not really) and time and I do like breeding these plants and keeping genetics clean and continuously improving this piticular strain, which I've wanted. So there's that.

My Afghani Primo (AP), GDP x BBHP is knocking my socks off. But whoever heard of someone wearing crocs and socks Get real.

I came across a Folgers can full of a small AP and my fingers were black and sticky breaking up that bud, and feeling a lot less pain.

Blackberry Kush cuts

3 Blackberry Kush fems

Crocs but no socks

Swimming with the fishes

Bodhi's Mother's Milk

Bodhi's Blueberry Hash Plant

Peppers, April 1st and I've got miniature sweet peppers

to add to salads. Amazing.

Greenhouse giant sweet Basil

I wish I would had started tomatoes 2 months ago. The pepper was a salvage of a rat bitten off seedling. Yeah, growing outside you've got mice and rats and gophers and birds and all kind of nasty bugs and wee beasties.

My new greenhouse resident

Common Cali Alligator lizard. They got teeth and bite hard. I talk to him and he freaks out and runs under the pots. He didn't the first time as you can see. We'll just have to see where this relationship goes