What do you do with the old stuff?Shoot I just buy new hydroton all the time. Luckily I get it cheap from my local store.
That's why I went to coir from soil.
What do you do with the old stuff?Shoot I just buy new hydroton all the time. Luckily I get it cheap from my local store.
Lmao that's too funny! 6am bars wtf?! Man I thought 2am was cool!Ha I hear you there. My hometown sucks unless you like chewing tobacco and hanging out at the mall lmao, its not that bad. Fucking laughing my ass off. Well, you can frequent the riverboat casinos or hang out at the bars which are open until 6AM if you really want to get down , again laughing my ass off. Shreveport, LA piece of shit
Spac rocks! I saw Tom petty there, was one crazy night, I got lost on the golf course somehow after drinking aftershock and taking shrooms lol. Ill have to look in to the sip I've never heard of that before. I'll give a tryGood morning guys, talk about boring towns mine is the armpit of upstate!
if I want entertainment I get on the computer with you guys lol. that's bad
we do have SPAC but the cost of shows is prohibitive.
Gave that moe song a rip, I like it my kind of kick back. Just finished a doob
of Lambsbread and coffee for breakfast.
I'll def keep up with a new thread hell I have sooo much to learn.
I want to check out the sips setup a few guys talk about haven't heard too much
though.
Very clever idea, if I get back to using hydroton I might give that a shot. I know some people even use old washing machinesBest way I've found to wash hydroton. Get yourself a big tote or horse trough, dump your used hydroton in the trough, fill with water and add bleach. Get yourself a (plastic drum) cement mixer ($150). Take a skill saw with a fiber blade and cut 1/8 inch wide slits at a 45 all over the plastic drum (make a pattern that looks good using a marker). You can run a garden hose by hand or attach a sprayer right to the mixer.
Take the hydroton that's been sitting in bleach water and place it in the cement mixer. Turn on the sprayer and cement mixer, wait a few minutes then dump the hydroton into a clean tote or bag.
Man I've always wanted to visit there, I'm saints fan. I think LA is one of only a couple states I haven't been too yet, I gotta knock that off my bucket listNew Orleans, I ain't got much bad to say about it! It's a love love relationship
Which system are you running man? F/d on trays? Would love it hear about itShoot I just buy new hydroton all the time. Luckily I get it cheap from my local store.
They did that shit when the casinos showed up as if S'port is like Las Vegas LMAO. Very very far from itLmao that's too funny! 6am bars wtf?! Man I thought 2am was cool!
Ebb and flo with 3 gal buckets.Which system are you running man? F/d on trays? Would love it hear about it
Bag it all in contractor garbage bags and pay my $10 And drop it off At the dumpWhat do you do with the old stuff?
That's why I went to coir from soil.
Right on, did you build the system or was is it the hydrofarm type system? I'm thinking I want to use the ebb n grow system but with a drip system and use the controller to pump the run off to outside, only problem I can think of is I'll just have to raise the pots a little off the ground so I don't get back flow. Do you grow trees in the 3 gal pots?that's ALOT of hydrotonEbb and flo with 3 gal buckets.
Naw I bought it. I might have been able to do a diy but I'm not trying to have 60 gallons of water leak due to something I didn't see. I use the Titan flo n gro. I don't necessarily grow trees but by the time the plants are done they're about 4 ft tall. However the bottom 1/3 is all stripped to keep larf away.Right on, did you build the system or was is it the hydrofarm type system? I'm thinking I want to use the ebb n grow system but with a drip system and use the controller to pump the run off to outside, only problem I can think of is I'll just have to raise the pots a little off the ground so I don't get back flow. Do you grow trees in the 3 gal pots?that's ALOT of hydroton
Fucking better than Funroe and we are not even going there with Farmerville Its like god puked then turned around and took a big ol crap just to spice it up a bitHa I hear ya here. My hometown sucks unless you like chewing tobacco and hanging out at the mall lmao, its not that bad. Fucking laughing my ass off. Well, you can frequent the riverboat casinos or hang out at the bars which are open until 6AM if you really want to get down , again laughing my ass off. Shreveport, LA piece of shit
Yeah man I hear that. I bought mine, too. I like that you can expand and all the parts are available when you need something. Ive only broke 1 elbow fitting for one of the buckets one time. Every thing else works smooth and I have two and both are great. I bought a cap system and it was a piece of shit since day 1 1 (the newer ones). So I got the active aqua flow and grow. Only 2 gallon buckets though but still can put out like the 5 Gallon ebb system by cap. Since I started the suspended pot ebb n grow, shit I was only using 1. 5 bags for 20 plants or so which was niceNaw I bought it. I might have been able to do a diy but I'm not trying to have 60 gallons of water leak due to something I didn't see. I use the Titan flo n gro. I don't necessarily grow trees but by the time the plants are done they're about 4 ft tall. However the bottom 1/3 is all stripped to keep larf away.
I def go through a good amount of hydroton. Takes me about 12 bags to fill all my buckets.
I love the system though. I can leave for 5-7 days and not miss a beat. Makes it nice not having to be tied down and not being able to take multiple day trips.
I love the veg+bloom. It makes things a lot easier just adding one thing to the res and not having to worry about mixing ratios. I've wanted to try a current culture system but what I have works so well I'm apprehensive to change it up.Yeah man I hear that. I bought mine, too. I like that you can expand and all the parts are available when you need something. Ive only broke 1 elbow fitting for one of the buckets one time. Every thing else works smooth and I have two and both are great. I bought a cap system and it was a piece of shit since day 1 1 (the newer ones). So I got the active aqua flow and grow. Only 2 gallon buckets though but still can put out like the 5 Gallon ebb system by cap. Since I started the suspended pot ebb n grow, shit I was only using 1. 5 bags for 20 plants or so which was nice
You finding that the veg + bloom is fucking awesome? I'm so glad I switched back to it, easy peasy and I'm only running 1040ppm max now, seems to be more potent lately which I like
Same here man. I was checking out some nice rdwc systems on eBay with 2" piping, would love to rock one but ebb n flow just works so well without all of the crap that can go wrong in other systems. But man, with your bleach recipe, I bet root rot would not be likely. I had brown algae in my drip system res, wasn't affecting the plants at all, but still Gross. Used bleach. Killed it in 5 dayz and now back to squeaky clean rez and I didn't even have to wash it by hand lol. It cleaned itzelf. Much appreciated that tip thanks man.I love the veg+bloom. It makes things a lot easier just adding one thing to the res and not having to worry about mixing ratios. I've wanted to try a current culture system but what I have works so well I'm apprehensive to change it up.
A lot of people are super apprehensive about using bleach. My buddy who has a rather large setup swore by it and I know he wouldn't give me bad Info. I tried it out and man it worked so now I just try to pass the info on. Glad it all worked out for ya.Same here man. I was checking out some nice rdwc systems on eBay with 2" piping, would love to rock one but ebb n flow just works so well without all of the crap that can go wrong in other systems. But man, with your bleach recipe, I bet root rot would not be likely. I had brown algae in my drip system res, wasn't affecting the plants at all, but still Gross. Used bleach. Killed it in 5 dayz and now back to squeaky clean rez and I didn't even have to wash it by hand lol. It cleaned itzelf. Much appreciated that tip thanks man.