Plz. A Question

roundplanet

roundplanet

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Hello, My question is:
I have found plastic buckets both square and round in black, and Food grade,
what I haven't been able to find however is the connecting pieces, the round
tube type in food grade PVC, does anyone have any idea's where to shop
for that? Thank You.:wall:
 
MeJuana

MeJuana

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I am a little confused, are you just talking about for piping nutrients into your planters? We just use normal PVC to pipe nutrient solutions around the grow and I am unaware of any PVC which is food grade. I have grown marijuana many ways and I have used just about every plastic there is at some stage or another without ever having issues. The only thing I avoid is storing the end product in plastic containers to avoid leaching.
 
roundplanet

roundplanet

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MeJuana said:
I am a little confused, are you just talking about for piping nutrients into your planters? We just use normal PVC to pipe nutrient solutions around the grow and I am unaware of any PVC which is food grade. I have grown marijuana many ways and I have used just about every plastic there is at some stage or another without ever having issues. The only thing I avoid is storing the end product in plastic containers to avoid leaching.
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I have grown for a long time as well, for the most part outdoors, and indoors in soil. So the whole "Under Water Current"
Hydro way of growing is completely new to me. On the surface it seems all pretty simple, some buckets, a little PVC, connectors
and a way you go. However when you dig down it's not that simple. Buckets yes but they have to be black, and square
is better than round, than they have to be food grade, than drilled, than fittings. CO2 for the leaves, O2 for the roots, this pump
that pump, and on phew, not to mention nutrients, controls, ducting, ahhhhh:wall: But in the end:bigjoint:

What I was wondering is the 3"PVC going from bucket to bucket should be Food Grade Polly PVC, as the roots up take
may be effected by the "petro chemicals" in the plastic (Remember I am new and no nothing about Hydro) Also are the
nutrients at all caustic on the plastics releasing chemicals from even food grade plastics?
 
Hydrotech364

Hydrotech364

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roundplanet said:
I have grown for a long time as well, for the most part outdoors, and indoors in soil. So the whole "Under Water Current"
Hydro way of growing is completely new to me. On the surface it seems all pretty simple, some buckets, a little PVC, connectors
and a way you go. However when you dig down it's not that simple. Buckets yes but they have to be black, and square
is better than round, than they have to be food grade, than drilled, than fittings. CO2 for the leaves, O2 for the roots, this pump
that pump, and on phew, not to mention nutrients, controls, ducting, ahhhhh:wall: But in the end:bigjoint:

What I was wondering is the 3"PVC going from bucket to bucket should be Food Grade Polly PVC, as the roots up take
may be effected by the "petro chemicals" in the plastic (Remember I am new and no nothing about Hydro) Also are the
nutrients at all caustic on the plastics releasing chemicals from even food grade plastics?
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An average Hydro user lives @ 6.2 When taking cuttings 5.0 Plants that are near harvest 7.0-7.5.You wont be melting plastic ...I do HCL extractions @ as low as - 68.You need to be as low as -2 and usually heated to dissolve plastic.PVC is some tough shit sch 80 is the shit and will last 20 years...You get what you put into it and will eventually Learn to grow trophy bud and will see a great profit margin,so dont go cheap on anything.Do your cost calculations per plant and absorb what is useful.Some Bad MFR's roaming these servers and there is so much info in grow journals and links in signitures.
 
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