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Move the return to the bottom of the tub or lower down. As long as the bottom of the buckets is just above the waterline it will return to the res. Looks like you can gain another 6 inches maybe 8?
Yup... how ya do it is something im confident beyond a doubt you can figure out.... if its worth the gain for you.Approximately. I suppose adding a bulk head down low and adding a quick connect of some type would allow that. I like having the mobility to be able to completely remove the res for cleaning at res changes, but it makes sense that so long the bottom of the buckets and/or table are at or slightly above water line, gravity will still do its job.
Yup... how ya do it is something im confident beyond a doubt you can figure out.... if its worth the gain for you.
Well the shock will destroy the enzymes. IMO up to 74F in a system with submerged roots is fine. I prefer to run enzymes and wither hydrogaurd or southern AG fungicide. No need for a chiller if your tenos are below 74f. You right bacteria metabolism is much faster at higher tsmos which is why I run either of those 2 the strain your looking for is bacillus amyloliquefaciens.Probably not this round. I'm already designing a four site UC system for next round haha. The dutch bucket system is actually designed to be ran outdoors, I ripped the concept from commercial tomato and cucumber growers. But, it took too long to get put together and after my last run's terrible results, figured I'd give it it's maiden voyage in the tent.
Can't say I'm disappointed, seeing daily growth since the clones set root. Still a few bugs to work out in the system. Slime is an annoyance, and enzymes don't seem to be helping much.
Was running shock to keep things sterile, but switched to Hygrozyme based on some input from other growers. I know for a fact the holes in the return are a huge contributing factor given the other very small pinholes where light can get into the res shouldn't be encouraging growth.
But, I'm also combating res temps. Without a chiller, the res in the tent will creep up to about 3 degrees below ambient, which tends to sit at about 80F. So, obviously that's also conducive to undesirable organic life in the res.
That being said, can I run enzymes in conjunction with shock? I was running 20ml/gal of shock (came out to ~1.5ppm total in res solution) before switching to enzymes. Given I don't have a chiller my biggest threat is pythium.
Well the shock will destroy the enzymes. IMO up to 74F in a system with submerged roots is fine. I prefer to run enzymes and wither hydrogaurd or southern AG fungicide. No need for a chiller if your tenos are below 74f. You right bacteria metabolism is much faster at higher tsmos which is why I run either of those 2 the strain your looking for is bacillus amyloliquefaciens.
Or run sterile with shock but that needs to be applied every 2-3days at the most i believe... hmmm possibly h2ho2 is just that frequent? Never used shock before.
I ran the BlackBerry Moonshine from Dragon Flame Genetics...... Really nice gear!!
Super hungry strain that loves nitrogen!!
Can run it 11 to 12 weeks of flower easy....
Produces some seriously insane trichomes!!
Holla if you have any questions!
I try not to take more than 1/3rd of the plant. Other than that good to go.Quick update for the day. Growth is lookin good, no negative symptoms apparent from dropping the EC a bit. If anything it'll help save some of those expensive FrontRow AG salts.
My major question at this point is when is too soon start cleaning up the lower portion of a scrog plant? Obviously branching is the name of the game here, but how many branches off the main trunk is too much? Does this bigger plant look about ready for a bit of cleanup? Or should I wait a bit longer in the veg cycle before tidying things up a bit?
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I try not to take more than 1/3rd of the plant. Other than that good to go.
I hear that bro.. when I did my 4x4 grows it was a nightmare cause I could only get to it from one side. So what I di was let em come up through a bit then lollipop up to the screen leave 3 node per branch at the tips. Then I could tuck from the top and not worry about cleaning out the bottom much. I used 3 or 3.5 inch trellis (don't remember) but just some stem rolling and I was able to tuck under over. Then at 3/4 full I flipped. Tucked for 1 more aeek then let everything grow up. Still may need a bit of cleanup underneath but just some fans here and there.Good lookin out. I think I set the screen 8", maybe 12" above the sites. Just trying to be forward thinking here, I don't have a lot of room to work with under there and once the screen is filled, some areas won't be reachable until harvest day.
I hear that bro.. when I did my 4x4 grows it was a nightmare cause I could only get to it from one side. So what I di was let em come up through a bit then lollipop up to the screen leave 3 node per branch at the tips. Then I could tuck from the top and not worry about cleaning out the bottom much. I used 3 or 3.5 inch trellis (don't remember) but just some stem rolling and I was able to tuck under over. Then at 3/4 full I flipped. Tucked for 1 more aeek then let everything grow up. Still may need a bit of cleanup underneath but just some fans here and there.
I found goin up through first then tucking over under to keep the underside easier to clean up. If I tried to stay under as they grew it was much wider under the trellis and more of a pita. But thats just my experience as it was a pita to get under there since I only had access to one side.
Hehe don't kid yourself it's still a pita just not as big.Speaking my language bro. That's exactly my issue. I only have one full access side, a second that is near impossible to get into. Using 3.5" trellis. Your technique sounds on point for preventing a complete PITA in three weeks.
Hehe don't kid yourself it's still a pita just not as big.
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