First grow hydroponic
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Silky Shagsalot
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well, right off the bat, how many gallons is your rez? to avoid ph drift, it's advisable to have a good 5 gal. per plant.
Cpip1218
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My ph drifts a lot and it's 10 gallons but I only put 5 gallons in it
Cpip1218
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There's another whole flower room I just have to grow my plants first but lol appreciate your comment bud
waterdawg
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I think the point people are making is its a small container and your res is to small. You have five plants in a container that should have no more than two at the most. You will probably have issues re stability and temps but time will tell. Perhaps you could get a bigger tote to put the girls in.
Cpip1218
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I now have 5 plants in a 30 gallon tub
waterdawg
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That should work but sometimes less is more as I have found myself. More plants does not always mean more buds. If you have less than 600 watts 4 might work better in each tray. Good luck! How are they doing?
eugene b
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cfl's good for vedge ...flower not so much...hps 250 or higher will be needed on the red spectrum...this will maxamise harvest for you...peace..
and 1000 is better still, the perpetual quest for more light
during the winter my house is heated by my grow. Good beginning in hydro and happy holidays.
v.s one
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How long are you vegging for in that set up and I hope those are clones. If those are from regular seed, it is a bitch to unravel the roots. Plus if you have longer veg time plants will start weeding out each other but if you do like a two week veg you should be good to flower with at least two months. Good luck on the grow.
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v.s one
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I have saved $60 this year compared to last years heating bill.and 1000 is better still, the perpetual quest for more light
Yeah same here. I've literally saved tens of dollars in my gas bill by spending hundreds on my electric ROFLMAO!!
nomofatum
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You need to upgrade your reflector to something other than a poorly painted piece of wood. At least give it a nice new coat of white. You are wasting over 50% of your light from what I am seeing. Your PH swing is likely from your choice of lava rock. Don't expect that thing to go for too long before you can't get the roots out the holes you cut. I would recommend you get some buckets and move to a 1 plant per bucket system, combine them with hoses if desired.
BongboyMMA
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Hey man I'm on my first grow too and started in a 4 gal tote for 2 plants and the res full was 2gals. After 4 weeks of veg under 92w cfls I had nice little bushes. Check my threads. You'll pretty much see from start to where I'm at. I can't give much advise but one thing I'll never do again is put different strains in the same res. they deff battled for nutes and grew at different rates. Good luck homie it's so much fun watching these grow.
Ps deff go with at least a 400w hps for flower.
Also my pH never drifted + or - 10 at most 5.6-6.2 but it's good to let it drift a bit. If your not using calMag I suggest it. I wasn't at first and saw it come week 3
Ps deff go with at least a 400w hps for flower.
Also my pH never drifted + or - 10 at most 5.6-6.2 but it's good to let it drift a bit. If your not using calMag I suggest it. I wasn't at first and saw it come week 3
waterdawg
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Or at least proper net pots, not sure but I'd be concerned about blowing out the bottoms of those cups. I have done many successful grows in a similar set up. Pails are not needed imo. Doing a run now that is just about finished and will get well over a pound with 2 400's. Keep going, your on track!