Max Reefer
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greetings everyone and welcome to my hydroton bed grow. I did this on a smaller scale about 20 years ago and recently started up growing again.
what I have is three 2x4 foot grow tables with hydroton. they all drain back to a main res and there is a 10 gallon aux res that feeds through a float valve in the main res. I am using general hydros three part nute system and 3% hydrogen peroxide. all reservoirs have air stones in them to keep the solution rich in oxygen and stirred up. it uses about 2 gallons of solution a day, so I can go about 7 or 8 days before having to ad solution. the watering cycle is one minute on and three hours off.
for the nute solution I follow the directions on the label and I don't watch the ppm or ph any more. my tap water is 6.0 ph and is the same after mixing the nutes. the peroxide is 3 teaspoons per gallon.
the res and plumbing all get a thorough cleaning and disinfecting at the veg/flower switch. I vegged these girls only 6 weeks and flipped the switch last sunday. the first pic was taken on the 13th of june, and the last pic was taken on the 28th of july.
for the lighting I am using six 400 watt lgledsolutions grow lights, the 5 watt models.
for cooling I installed a small mini split ac system. the room temp is a steady 70 degrees f 24/7.
I have a ppm-4 co2 controller on a bottle of co2 with a timer to only maintain 1500ppm during lights on.
I use a room dehumidifier to keep the humidity at 45-50%
cheers!
MR
what I have is three 2x4 foot grow tables with hydroton. they all drain back to a main res and there is a 10 gallon aux res that feeds through a float valve in the main res. I am using general hydros three part nute system and 3% hydrogen peroxide. all reservoirs have air stones in them to keep the solution rich in oxygen and stirred up. it uses about 2 gallons of solution a day, so I can go about 7 or 8 days before having to ad solution. the watering cycle is one minute on and three hours off.
for the nute solution I follow the directions on the label and I don't watch the ppm or ph any more. my tap water is 6.0 ph and is the same after mixing the nutes. the peroxide is 3 teaspoons per gallon.
the res and plumbing all get a thorough cleaning and disinfecting at the veg/flower switch. I vegged these girls only 6 weeks and flipped the switch last sunday. the first pic was taken on the 13th of june, and the last pic was taken on the 28th of july.
for the lighting I am using six 400 watt lgledsolutions grow lights, the 5 watt models.
for cooling I installed a small mini split ac system. the room temp is a steady 70 degrees f 24/7.
I have a ppm-4 co2 controller on a bottle of co2 with a timer to only maintain 1500ppm during lights on.
I use a room dehumidifier to keep the humidity at 45-50%
cheers!
MR
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