Started my first grow room come along for the ride.

Real room or Tent for first grow?

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Beer Belly

Beer Belly

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spek9 said:
I'm looking very hard at building a real set of grow rooms here very soon, so your setup is dead on as far as cleanliness, attention to detail and methodical approach; I'm the same way.

I'm interested to hear about how all of your environmental/situational automation products work out.

Happy growing!

-spek
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Ok I'm learning on the fly but lessons learned are knowledge gained.

I recently began experimenting with "tea" in my system. Great for my root system but not necessarily for my watering system. I have found that the tea I brewed can raise PPM as well as tweak the Ph a 1/10 th or two. But more importantly it fucks with the DO (dissolved Oxygen) in my reservoir. I figure the benes are eating up the oxygen as they multiply. I have an air disc and a mixer that make a high level of DO without the added tea. However a day after adding the tea to my res. the DO begins to drop rather quickly and the normally stable Ph begins to fluctuate a bit. I have been using a strong tea initially and will tune it down soon so this will be less of a problem.

All the res monitors and Ph controller probes have been put on a maintenance schedule because I believe that the "tea" is adding to the accumulation of crud on my PH /EC / DO & temp probes quicker than with out it. I was getting some suspicious readings so I started a regimen of probe care every other day. Clean every other day then recalibrate every second or third cleaning. but I will keep the cleaning schedule (takes less than 10 min). Flush out res every 7-12 days too.

Per Blue Lab's website
Do not immerse in oils, proteins or suspended solids that will leave a coating
on the glass bulb." also
"Rinse pH probe tip under fresh tap water.
Never use RO (Reverse Osmosis), Distilled or De-ionized water."
Do not immerse in oils, proteins or suspended solids that will leave a coating
on the glass bulb.

I soak and use a probe cleaning solution to keep 'em accurate.
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Beer Belly

Beer Belly

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Mega res douche tonight. There was all kinds of shit growing and polluting my water. I have been adding some bene-tea to pump up the roots and intake of my plants. I'm pretty sure that some of that gunk is good. However I want to start off fresh going into flower.
  • Dump res. My fruit trees love the stuff and I also use it in my water bucket for houseplants
  • High power spray out the res. I got 80psi at the tap
  • Soak for 1+hr with 3 cups bleach
  • cook and eat steak dinner while waiting
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  • Blast tank again with tap water
  • 1 more time rinse with tap.
  • Fill with RO/DI add Cal Mag
  • Add nutes
  • Wait a day to let it all stabilize
  • Tea time, Got a new brew of bene tea using a .25% initial then a cup a day thereafter
Cheers to the new Schedule :lol:
 
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Alienwidow

Alienwidow

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Beer Belly said:
Mega res douche tonight. There was all kinds of shit growing and polluting my water. I have been adding some bene-tea to pump up the roots and intake of my plants. I'm pretty sure that some of that gunk is good. However I want to start off fresh going into flower.
  • Dump res. My fruit trees love the stuff and I also use it in my water bucket for houseplants
  • High power spray out the res. I got 80psi at the tap
  • Soak for 1+hr with 3 cups bleach
  • cook and eat steak dinner while waiting
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  • Blast tank again with tap water
  • 1 more time rinse with tap.
  • Fill with RO/DI add Cal Mag
  • Add nutes
  • Wait a day to let it all stabilize
  • Tea time, Got a new brew of bene tea using a .25% initial then a cup a day thereafter
Cheers to the new Schedule :lol:
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ill drink to that! cheers! as long as the roots are white your alright. steak looks good, really good. that bit on the point is my favorite,
 
Beer Belly

Beer Belly

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Ok got bored watching tea brew so I decided to make a mini-cloner so I could fuck around with clone production. Never done it before so any help / comments are welcome.
Started with 2 of these Hefty locking containers
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Beer Belly

Beer Belly

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Drilled some holes in the side and glued (no leaks) in some grommets, stuck in a couple of one way valves.
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Glued in a couple of connected wally world air stones to the bottom
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Beer Belly

Beer Belly

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Insert a few 1.75" plugs with a few cuttings and there ya have it.
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Added a couple mini thermos to see he water and humi-dome temps.
 
Beer Belly

Beer Belly

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Ok the Q&A on cloner shit.

  1. Is it cool to have a see thru root dome?
  2. I used a few trimmings from my girls just before 12/12 flip. I 45 degree and split the stalks and dunked em in some Clonex the hydro guy gave me to try. I also added couple drops of Superthrive and couple drops of GH Rapid Start a friend gave me to the water. 1.5 Gal. Did I pollute the water? Or make it better?
  3. Should I keep (2x double 12w cfl plant) lights on / off? If so how long daily?
  4. Was given a couple Jr Green Pad Co2 pads (look like feminine pads, hope they are good for girls, LOL) by the same friend to try also. He said they work. Figured WTF its free cant hurt. Do these really work?
  5. Got the whole rig sittin on a seed starter mat so the temps are 78 deg water, 82 humi. What are the best temps fore clones??
  6. Is it best to keep the stems in or out of the water? Right now they're a cm or 2 above the water but getting plenty wet.
No roots yet after a few days but I got more time than money so we'll see what happens.Whole deal cost me less than $20 (Mostly free or had already) so I don't have high hopes. But hey live and learn.
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Appreciate any feedback

Your bro on the grow
Beer Belly
 
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marquezmurder

marquezmurder

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Your water is ok although I don't personally use nutes till I see roots but hey,you got this. Co2pads? I have seen bags with fungi that release co2 but no pads
. Curious
 
marquezmurder

marquezmurder

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Beer Belly said:
Ok the Q&A on cloner shit.

  1. Is it cool to have a see thru root dome?
  2. I used a few trimmings from my girls just before 12/12 flip. I 45 degree and split the stalks and dunked em in some Clonex the hydro guy gave me to try. I also added couple drops of Superthrive and couple drops of GH Rapid Start a friend gave me to the water. 1.5 Gal. Did I pollute the water? Or make it better?
  3. Should I keep (2x double 12w cfl plant) lights on / off? If so how long daily?
  4. Was given a couple Jr Green Pad Co2 pads (look like feminine pads, hope they are good for girls, LOL) by the same friend to try also. He said they work. Figured WTF its free cant hurt. Do these really work?
  5. Got the whole rig sittin on a seed starter mat so the temps are 78 deg water, 82 humi. What are the best temps fore clones??
  6. Is it best to keep the stems in or out of the water? Right now they're a cm or 2 above the water but getting plenty wet.
No roots yet after a few days but I got more time than money so we'll see what happens.Whole deal cost me less than $20 (Mostly free or had already) so I don't have high hopes. But hey live and learn.
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Appreciate any feedback

Your bro on the grow
Beer Belly
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Also did you buy fem seeds or clones? Do you remember which clone belongs to which plant in case of male or herm traits? Food for the beer belly
 
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