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Originally Posted by aerohead
thanks a lot Smokey
i have a dual output air pump running two stones. should that be oxygenated enough? the reason i was plannig to put all the baskets on one side is so i can SCROG or lst then across to the other side. about the roots... im kinda worried now that you mentioned it. i was looking last night at a lst/scrog technique that gator01 used on this site. he used single plants in 5-gallon dwc w/ T-5s. he got quite a yield out of a singel plant. would running a single plant in this system be a better idea? i have roughly a 2' x 2' area to work with. the T-5 set up i have has 4 24" bulbs so roughly 100 watts all together which prolly would be better suited for one plant.
as for the reservoir... with the lights on the temp in the cab reaches 75.5F maybe a little warmer if my room is warm since that is where the fans are pulling air from. the heat of the cabinet warms up the water and it seems to drop to a minimum of 69-70 usaully staying around 72F. this also keeps the cab warm while the light is off as well. is this a tolerable temp range for the water? also i do have a cover for the reservoir. it is the rest of the lid with a little flap which covers the cut i made in it. so very minimal light gets in there especially once a plant is in there. the container is slightly translucent, light shines through it but you cant see through it, will that be all right?
i am getting clones from my friends last grow. it will either be one of their nothernlights x big bud or a maple, which is super dank. all the plants were females so the clones should be.
thanks for all the help hopefully soon there will be some green in there  |
This might be a little long but I want to help you so Ill break it into sections.
No problem, happy to help. The NLxBB is a good choice of female clone (yes the clones off a female plant are always female btw). I just ran some NLxBB myself and was happy with the result. You can yield several ounces of quality smoke from a single plant. Low smell too. Im running clones now and they are nice too. Not familiar with maple so no comment there. Btw, if the clones were taken from a flowering plant you MUST reveg them. Find out from your friend if the clones were taken in veg or flower...it makes a big difference in how to handle them. Is he rooting the clones for you first? Lots of questions there regarding the clones....
As for your setup....72 is so so....64 to 68 is better. Throwing some frozen 2liter soda bottles (water) in there every 6 to 12 hours will help. Lightproofing the res will help even more. With 72 and light penetration you have a good chance of algae and root rot problems. My advise is to lightproof the entire res (and the tub the plants are in) and use the soda bottles plus the supplements I advised before (Hygrozyme is expensive but worth it). Get a water thermometer if you havent already. The cheapy Eco Plus floating ones at the pet store work fine.
Regarding oxygenation (commonly called DO...Dissolved Oxygen) the air stones will help but if you allow the water to waterfall into the res from the plant tub that will help A LOT. Agitating the water surface is the best way to raise DO. You should be ok in that department. The key with hydro is to maintain proper water temps so you can maximize DO as well as inhibit growth of bad stuff like pythium and algae.
I cant speak on your lighting choice since Im not familiar with T5. Im an HID guy
One plant is up to you but thats not a lot of yield (esp. first grow) for months of work. See if you cant make some changes to maximize your plant count. That could help with the light penetration of the res too. The canopy of leaves blocks light from the res. Just something to think about.
Feel free to ask any more questions you may have. Btw, glad you got a working keyboard