Trying this again without adding anything and will reply to myself. Mods everytime i try to post it’s telling me I’m spam. I was able to create a test post with just a picture.
Let’s try again. I’m dwc with sprayers in the buckets. One 12 gal tote has 3 autos. The other has 2 photos. The photos will move to a 12/12 tent and each have their own control buckets. The 12 gal auto bucket is getting a 12-18 gal res as well. And 2 photos will move into the Dwc photo tank. I started with GH triò for the first time from Botinacare and I love that it’s not organic. My roots are super white and clean. Im looking to add some carbs and sweeteners. I have flouralicous plus, amor si on the way and just started adding calmag. AN bud candy and big bud and dimond nector (to run the last weeks of flower since it’s no nitrogen. looking for some advice on these nutrients. I feel like a like is snake water. When I started growing 10 years ago. The guys said it’s all a waste especially for a newb.
Pic is yesterday. Transplanted from germ on 4/1 to the bubble/aero then into the 5” pots. Clonex root solution was run for the first 2 weeks. GH nutes were all over the place but dialed in now. 70-75° rh 55-70% ph 5.8-6.1 kpa .8-1.4 running one visposun 1500x pro on 75% thanks in advance and sorry for the weird post.
Do you understand the chemistry behind all these additives or are you just throwing shit in on a whim.
i like that yur building yur own systems. i think yur gonna run out of room though, but i admit, i grow pretty big plants, so maybe u can manage thru this. u might be interested in some of the systems i've designed. i actually did a rebuild on my aero system in my current journal. i just think u may run into the roots not having enough space... as far as nutes, i try and am trying more to kiss. three part is good. i need to test some dry powders for hydro; i have been a bit on a side project. everything else... idk bro. like @sweedright implied, it's good to understand what it is and how it all works. NPKCaSMgFeMnCuMo..hmmm what i miss... carbonate for ph buffering... nitric acid down + phosphoric acid down. The silica you can buy for cheap. Most everything is cheap, don't let the manufacturer's fool yea Looks promising bong boy
I wouldn’t say it’s a whim lol I’m a cell/moleculer biologist so biochemistry is in my wheelhouse although the last time I opened those books and around the time of my last grow, a decade ago. I understand the basics and what the plants need. I can certainly and would like to dive into the metabolic pathways and all that. There’s so many different things and they all seem to be the same thing. Looking at AN and GH to keep it as simple as possible then I know I can use other things. I just bought and it’s going right back AN bud X I think it’s called. It’s just 0.5Mg for like $60. Epson salt is a lot cheaper lol. 0.5 Mg is also in Bud Candy along with carbohydrates. Would I need microbes to break down the carbohydrates like in their voodoo juice. Lots of questions like that. Humic acid is in a few different things. Floralicous plus but also their bloom. Why wouldn’t I use kooboom with the 0-10-10 along with bud candy. Or GH flora nectar vs bud candy.
Thanks a lot for the reply man!! Yes I can’t help myself but tinker around. Everything was diy 15 years ago lol. Dude I’m totally running out of space hahah. I’m trying to sog and throw a net on top, stick with indica doms for short bushes and a few different flavors every 90 days. I need to veg 2 photos in there too at all times. The right side has room for another 12g tote and shelf above. On the self I have the bubble/aero I made with another 150w visposun. I think I’ll get a lower w led or just use to 60w cfls. Gotta keep temps down in there. I can tee the air outlet to branch off. It’s kind of a pain since I only germ 24/7 for 2-3 days the I go 18/6 once they have true leaves. And start moving the lights down and turning them up. for the nutes. I just replied to the other dude that was nice enough to reply. (It’s tough on these boards now a days huh)? I’m a cell biologist and biochemistry is in my wheel house. I can dive into exactly how the metabolic pathways work even though gosh it’s been a long time since I had to use the old brain. I’m not really sure what I should be looking at. I can understand what all the macro and micro nutrients do but I guess it’s the how much of it and the when. like running the GH flora 3 part. And going to the 6 which is really just adding the floralicous plus and kooboom. Seems like a no brainer for the humic acid and kooboom is giving me the extra phos and k I want for flower. I understand that. But now there’s carbs to AN bud candy with 0.5Mg. Floralicous also has 0.5Mg. Diamond nectar has my humic acid but none of the other ingredients as floralicous plus and also cheaper. I would think doing something like using a 3 part GH feed schedule so it addresses not using the FP. Using Diamond nectar for the acids and bud candy for the Mg and the carbs. Am I thinking in the right direction? There’s a million different things, I agree on KISS. I was pulling 2g/watt dry on all diy in a closet lol I’m trying to get all fancy now and also automate the system as much as possible. I’ve never grown in anything but hydro, I hate bugs and dirt and love watching how fast these babies grow. I’m thinking about switching to coco and doing an ebb flow but I like the system I have because I feel like I have back ups. If the air stones fail or roots clogging them for a day the sprayers are going and vis versa. The reserve totes that will fill into the control tanks have no fail points. For the flower tent two 4gal buckets 4” round stone 2 2” stones, 3 sprayers. Connected to a 4 gal control with a 18gal tote res feeding the control. Each bucket has a shut off so it can operate as only a dwc. Right now I’m thinking my only fail point is the return to the control bucket, if it gets clogged with roots (yes screen from ebb on it, and what I’m scared of in an ebb) then the pump over fills the bucket which will keep pouring the water from the hole system out. No bueno. Any ideas how I can put a shut off on there? So sort of a sump pump type of kill switch? Last question for now I promise. Can i Be over watering with the sprayers and doing more harm than good? I want the roots coming out of the top of the nets too and it’s not happening that much. Thinking maybe they aren’t looking for water enough since it’s always really wet in there.
2 grams per watt dry weight is very impressive almost unbelievable but if you can do that you have a super green thumb
I have to pull the plant out and be careful pulling out the root tail; usually do this three times or so during the grow. I pull the tail out and toss it over the other roots. So far this is the only sure way, and I've tried lots of ways. I use a timer 5 min on and 10 min off so to give the water time to return. Might need to mod those numbers. I was running 5/5 but the root mat started getting too thick, so yea, increased to 10 off. u can get a float pump, but more messing. I just do it the way I said above. The roots are going to get in there, so yea, i just deal with it then. you can prune the roots a bit, like the tips. The 'apical dominance' of stems is similar with roots, just don't overdo it or you will slow the plants down.
Three a Light bro !! I say 2 g per w is doable with the right pheno, the right grower and a good hydro or coco setup. I'll follow along your grow if you can keep posting.
Yes sir, it’s been a long long time missed it lol. My state was legal back then so I never really posted. I’ll figure out how to do a grow journal. That was 120w cfls veg. 400w hps bloom. Diy dwc 5 gal bucket or I think a 20 that had 2 plants. Botinacare grow. Bloom and cal mag. Ph 5.6-6.2. Rh didn’t really monitor, temps under 80. Super silver haze. I threw every training in the book at them lol. Topped 4xs. Lst and supper cropped. Fimmed a bunch of branches. Think it was like an 8 week veg. It took me forever to jump to LEDs. They were expensive and you weren’t gettting hps result. Some looked pretty but yield and density, personal never saw it. My girl up front just got topped for the second time. And i Fimmed 4 others. The one behind her that is going super slow got Fimmed and hoping I get 4 shoots to come out so she catches up. The right side started lst since they are autos. I’m going to run out of space so trilis them soon. I think they are 75-90 day babies.
I was an HPS fans too but new Led panels really kick ass with extra layers of frost IMHO. But yeah, HPS for density, while on the other hand extra far reds makes the plants stretchier... SSH was a great yielder with towers of colas! Won't be 2g per w with auto I guess, but total yield is only one part of the success. Happy Saturday, later!
Thanks bro. That’s my hopes, highest quality clean beautiful buds. I’m doing the autos Bc I won’t be able to fit a lot of photos in the 12/12. Those auto girls are for some variety. The photos are in training topped twice and Fimmed.