A Cannabinerd's Journey

AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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So my buddy confirmed what I've been thinking as true from this funky cookie run.

Cookies grow better and make bigger buds under a 600w lamp.

Easy peasy. More light does not = more bud sometimes. Keep those lights up off them cookies :)

It totally makes sense because all the cookie runs I've done have had the light further above than the current run I have going with small buds, seems to be an easy equation. Glad I figured it out on 1 run and not have to deal with it anymore lol.

Well, harvests start tomorrow! I'm hoping I break the 20 zip mark with the cookies and dosido, even though the tops are small, I have a really good feeling that the lower buds will make up for it, I've never seen so many chunky and abundant lower buds on cookies before. It'd like all the buds that grew small on the tops found a way to grow an extra couple nugs per branch on the lowers :) wish me luck!
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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@Aeroknow Was gonna text ya but figured it's too late, but got a question I dont want to forget.

So when you say you don't need bennies or sterilization at all in hydro, except Dwc, or aeroponics/nft.. do you mean you never need to clean the system ever? No new tubing or pumps, no cleaning of drippers, reservoirs, or trays, ever? Nothing grows on pumps or in tubing when using nothing? Just always squeaky clean, no buildup, no algae or slime at all grows anywhere? I've never used nothing at all in hydro, I've always used something, starting with thrive alive a and b about 10 years ago, then sterile, now bennies, maybe back to sterile soon, so not sure. Is it true that zero root issues occur when using nothing in drain to waste or recirculating systems, as long as the roots aren't in water 24/7?

Zero chance for any root issues happening? Always bright vibrant roots no matter what?
 
Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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I mean sure, i'll usually clean everything the best I can in between runs, but worrying about root issues in most of the setups i rock i don't. I just don't ever end up with problems like that.

Only setup I ended up having a horrible problem with was in my tubes, we ended up getting the slime from hell. Now I would never run my tubes or any other setup for that matter, that even a little bit of the roots are chilling in solution without running bennies or sterilization. And definately would do what it took to keep the nutrient temps in check. Flood and drain and top fed setups I just don't have problems, never have.
I would love to rock some tubes again in the near future here, and I thing I'd like to try the pool shock. I never did try pool shock.
 
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Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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Oh and I forgot to tell this to you yesterday.
So you know how i'm adding dripclean to the reservoirs of my drip setups right. Well I figured after the second run with one of the dripper setups that I would do just like I used to do and try and flush the tubing the best I can. And sure as shit dude, just as much crud came out the tubing as I would see without using drip clean. Maybe it's doing a little something? But far from not ever having to worry about clogs in the drip stakes.
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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Aeroknow said:
I mean sure, i'll usually clean everything the best I can in between runs, but worrying about root issues in most of the setups i rock i don't. I just don't ever end up with problems like that.

Only setup I ended up having a horrible problem with was in my tubes, we ended up getting the slime from hell. Now I would never run my tubes or any other setup for that matter, that even a little bit of the roots are chilling in solution without running bennies or sterilization. And definately would do what it took to keep the nutrient temps in check. Flood and drain and top fed setups I just don't have problems, never have.
I would love to rock some tubes again in the near future here, and I thing I'd like to try the pool shock. I never did try pool shock.
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Right on, the reason I ask is id love to reuse the manifolds for at least a few runs, or 5 lol, without rebuilding them. Just keep them in place and pop the drippers in the new rw plants :)

Aeroknow said:
Oh and I forgot to tell this to you yesterday.
So you know how i'm adding dripclean to the reservoirs of my drip setups right. Well I figured after the second run with one of the dripper setups that I would do just like I used to do and try and flush the tubing the best I can. And sure as shit dude, just as much crud came out the tubing as I would see without using drip clean. Maybe it's doing a little something? But far from not ever having to worry about clogs in the drip stakes.
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I don't think it works for the cruddy stuff, it dissolves left over salts from the nutes though, the crud would be dissolved or prevented with bennies or enzymes or chlorine etc, to keep it from starting. Do you notice that the salts on the rw and the salts that would normally form on the rez are gone?
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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Aeroknow said:
Oh and I forgot to tell this to you yesterday.
So you know how i'm adding dripclean to the reservoirs of my drip setups right. Well I figured after the second run with one of the dripper setups that I would do just like I used to do and try and flush the tubing the best I can. And sure as shit dude, just as much crud came out the tubing as I would see without using drip clean. Maybe it's doing a little something? But far from not ever having to worry about clogs in the drip stakes.
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Also how do you flush out the tubing? Hook it to a big pump and let it rip?
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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adower said:
I've got a skywalker cut that is bomb. If you go to one of the bbqs you can check it and see if you like it.
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You use v+b right? Do you use it with bleach? I've heard a couple people mention v+b has bennies in it but I didn't think it did, I emailed v+b asking is it's compatible just waiting on a reply, guessing you havent had any issues
 
Aeroknow

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AlphaPhase said:
Also how do you flush out the tubing? Hook it to a big pump and let it rip?
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Do you have a laundry sink? Is there one at the new pad?
Basically, i disassemble johnny 5 and hook up the smaller sections to the faucet, and blast hot water through until it has no more crud coming out. I've often just wondered if I should just buy tubing and build new every run, but it just seems so wasteful.
My biggest worry is that one or two of the drip stakes clogging when you relax on checking routinely. Been there done that. But the cool thing about slabs is that if one stake fails, there's two others to keep them alive. Its the only reason why i'm back runnin slabs, otherwise, it prob would be hugos in these setups.
Good idea to just routinely check all the drip stakes visually. Once a week?
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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Aeroknow said:
Do you have a laundry sink? Is there one at the new pad?
Basically, i disassemble johnny 5 and hook up the smaller sections to the faucet, and blast hot water through until it has no more crud coming out. I've often just wondered if I should just buy tubing and build new every run, but it just seems so wasteful.
My biggest worry is that one or two of the drip stakes clogging when you relax on checking routinely. Been there done that. But the cool thing about slabs is that if one stake fails, there's two others to keep them alive. Its the only reason why i'm back runnin slabs, otherwise, it prob would be hugos in these setups.
Good idea to just routinely check all the drip stakes visually. Once a week?
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Yup yup, got a sink here and at the new pad. Definitely seems wasteful having to rebuild em, I'd love to run em forever if possible lol. Definitely alot more forgiving with the slabs for sure. I really wanna try the flora caps that just use 1/4" tubing and clips next run, I bet that would never clog, I found the caps for like $2. 75 each online, thinking of giving them a go just for peace of mind about the clogs
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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All I gotta say is.. I'm happy af with this small cola harvest!!! I thought it was going to suck, but even with most of the tops having small buds from the light intensity, there are soooo many dense af lowers that made up for it. Easy 2.25+oz each plant :) not sure how, but God damn I'm loving the drippers :)

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ThaMagnificent

ThaMagnificent

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Dude I'm done with liquid nutes. Just cleaned out my system and the buckets and rez was coated in this black gunk. I'm sure it's from the liquid karma. Stuff is ridiculous
 
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adower

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AlphaPhase said:
You use v+b right? Do you use it with bleach? I've heard a couple people mention v+b has bennies in it but I didn't think it did, I emailed v+b asking is it's compatible just waiting on a reply, guessing you havent had any issues
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Yep I use v+b and bleach. Every week I drain and fill my res and and let it flood and drain with just water and bleach for 24 hours. I add my v+b the next day. No issues at all.
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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adower said:
Yep I use v+b and bleach. Every week I drain and fill my res and and let it flood and drain with just water and bleach for 24 hours. I add my v+b the next day. No issues at all.
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OK awesome man. V+b got back to me and said only the HD version has bennies. Good to go :)
 
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