[Rickypohiogrower32]

I believe I have finally found a hydroponic system I trust and believe in I had to retro fit this system to add a chiller and air stone.... I'm running sterile with clear Rez... But the crazy thing is I have been letting it go for a week at a time not adding anything water or anything and come the weekend the Rez is almost EMPTY!!!!!! That's when I have the time and energy to change the Rez..... But last time I attempted hydroponic Cannabis I struggled with root for of some kind ........ But thank God I have gotten this far with this plant!!! I have had to do a few rounds of major defoliations to keep room and moisture in Leeves down and it's causing major bushing... I always start with selective defoliation exposing lower branches very Early in veg...

 

[LittleDabbie]

Looks really good can we get some updates?

 

[Rickypohiogrower32]

Looks really good can we get some updates?

Yeah today after work... I have to defoliat almost everyday due to limited space but it filling in nicely

 

[Rickypohiogrower32]

Alright you motherfukers here's an update I went through and topped off the reservoir if you look you'll notice how low it is and how the nutrients of kind of stain the roots a little pink but all in all looks pretty damn healthy all I literally have to do is top off the reservoir with some mild nutrients you see my parts per million to 800 but I also added a little calmag and my parts per million straight out of the tap or a little over 250 so I have to take that into consideration my parts per million is really probably only around 600 actual nutrients and then maybe 30 or 40 parts per million extra Cal mag but then you have to keep in mind that the tap water has some calcium in it also.but today I went through did some to foliation and some more lollipopping clearing up the bottom adding circulation got to be able to keep the air moving good for these buds to swell and I'm in the beginning of flowering I can tell it things are stretching and getting their filling out. I like using fresh tap water and it's clear as because I believe that's what's killing any on beneficial bacteria for me and what's keeping my roots clean actually.even though I will continue to bubble it for the my organic Rose because I know that it's very high in parts per million of chlorine.

 

[Rickypohiogrower32]

hey guys so I figure I'll do another update because I actually had something happen today a pump the my water pump that pumps water to my children back to the reservoir went out on me last night I woke up this morning and was seeing temperatures of almost 76 degrees in the reservoir and when I open the tent had a bunch of Droopy leaves at the bottom of the plant took me about two and a half hours to pull the old pump out and retrofit a new pump to fit the hose in the attachment and get it all hooked back up and light proof the lid... But thank goodness I was able to get it done and all the leaves of perk back up now I believe I didn't do too much root damage this damn tent is really filling out and I also raise the lights a little

 

[Rickypohiogrower32]

This is my dining room 2x2x4 grow tent I have 6 spouts upstairs

 

[Rickypohiogrower32]

so I had a major hiccup over this past week my chiller completely crapped out on me it clogged up with salts and god-knows-what root material my pipes had some kind of white gunk in them so whatever thank God the plant has actually shown better growth since I've gotten rid of the chiller which is going against everything I've read you know flowering colder colder Roots Roots higher oxygen in the water colder water higher oxygen so I added a air stone and got rid of the chiller and it's really looking like it's working still so thank God I'll actually get to harvest on my first hydroponic grow after 2 years of spending God knows how much money in failed attempts with root rot I did it all with just this stuff here clear Rez Cal mag and Maxi Bloom I used Maxi Bloom from seed

 

[Rickypohiogrower32]

Hey guys so the chiller being gone hasn't had an adverse effect as of yet!!!! Fingers crossed I'd love so much to be able to have a hydroponic regemin under my belt I'm almost there guys not to people can actually grow a Cannabis to harvest hydroponiclly so yeah I had to defoliate AGAIN and I also tied the for corner braches to the tent to spread things out and I had to remove a few lower branches with buds but hopefully it will be worth it

 

[Rickypohiogrower32]

Hey guys so the chiller being gone hasn't had an adverse effect as of yet!!!! Fingers crossed I'd love so much to be able to have a hydroponic regemin under my belt I'm almost there guys not to people can actually grow a Cannabis to harvest hydroponiclly so yeah I had to defoliate AGAIN and I also tied the for corner braches to the tent to spread things out and I had to remove a few lower branches with buds but hopefully it will be worth it. I removed a quite a bit of boo matter threw this grow if I hadn't it would be absolutely overflowing with leaves and branches. Also I lollipoped so hopefully it's spread out enough.i was seeing water under over lapping leaves leading me to do the aggressive defoliation throughout the growth. Giving me a little more practice with bud based defoliation. I've seen plants completely stripped of their fan leaves prior to the flip to flower...!!!