ttystikk's hydro technique.

ttystikk

ttystikk

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rkymtnman said:
just eyeballing the plants mostly since i run different strains all the time and usually 3 strains per grow. but the plant and root development for similar veg times was way way way in favor of rdwc/dwc. so more yield from bigger , better plants.
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I went from 27-30 zips per in RDWC to 21-27 zips each in 5 gallon buckets of Tupur. On average I lost about 20%. I think bigger buckets could have erased much if not all of that deficit.
 
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3GT

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Re; hempys lads

Ive seen another person post recently explaining their hempy using 2" hydroton and an airstone on the bottom of the bucket, with a 1" pipe down the side of the bucket to allow bottom and top feeding. They where using 100% perlite on top

I'm thinking in my 2gal fabric pot to place a 2.5" heigh plastic bucket in the bottom with a drain at 2" filled with hydroton + disk airstone and a 1" pipe down the side of the pot for direct watering of the roots once established, medium would be 50 50 coco perlite

How well would that style work?
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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3GT said:
Re; hempys lads

Ive seen another person post recently explaining their hempy using 2" hydroton and an airstone on the bottom of the bucket, with a 1" pipe down the side of the bucket to allow bottom and top feeding. They where using 100% perlite on top

I'm thinking in my 2gal fabric pot to place a 2.5" heigh plastic bucket in the bottom with a drain at 2" filled with hydroton + disk airstone and a 1" pipe down the side of the pot for direct watering of the roots once established, medium would be 50 50 coco perlite

How well would that style work?
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i personally dont' think the airstone or the pipe down the side would make much of a difference. and i don't like coco either as a medium. that's just how i roll though. give it a shot and build one to try.
 
doctor G

doctor G

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Hi fellow growers, hope Im not butting In, have a great easy way to that I've developed out of necessity.

Get a polypropylene shopping bag (the fabric shopping bags usually$1 at grocery store checkouts)

Put a nappy (diaper) In the bottom of the bag.

Now fill bag with 70%sand 30%soil dryleaves mixed up.

Transplant into this from solo cup.

Sit the bag in a tray. (I do around 100 bags, all sit in a big tray I made from panda film )
Water the tray and the nappies soak it all up.

This is foolproof, power outages No Problem, HYDRO results, simple.

The gel contained in the nappies is incredible.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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doctor G said:
Hi fellow growers, hope Im not butting In, have a great easy way to that I've developed out of necessity.

Get a polypropylene shopping bag (the fabric shopping bags usually$1 at grocery store checkouts)

Put a nappy (diaper) In the bottom of the bag.

Now fill bag with 70%sand 30%soil dryleaves mixed up.

Transplant into this from solo cup.

Sit the bag in a tray. (I do around 100 bags, all sit in a big tray I made from panda film )
Water the tray and the nappies soak it all up.

This is foolproof, power outages No Problem, HYDRO results, simple.

The gel contained in the nappies is incredible.
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Recycling dirty nappies adds nutrients.
 
Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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doctor G said:
Hi fellow growers, hope Im not butting In, have a great easy way to that I've developed out of necessity.

Get a polypropylene shopping bag (the fabric shopping bags usually$1 at grocery store checkouts)

Put a nappy (diaper) In the bottom of the bag.

Now fill bag with 70%sand 30%soil dryleaves mixed up.

Transplant into this from solo cup.

Sit the bag in a tray. (I do around 100 bags, all sit in a big tray I made from panda film )
Water the tray and the nappies soak it all up.

This is foolproof, power outages No Problem, HYDRO results, simple.

The gel contained in the nappies is incredible.
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I just had a guy tell me he has great luck with doing the same for his gorilla grows, puts the diaper in the bottom of the bag, I may try a couple next season :). As for leaving my setup, all that is needed is a 10 gallon pail with a pump in it, at day 6-7 I have my girl plug it in and it refills the res (30 gallons). I do like the ideal of an auto fire extinguisher though :). And yes timed DTW would be the best but it all relies on everything staying on or having someone check. The best thing about going away for a week or two is the massive growth you don't see looking every day lol.
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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pinner420

pinner420

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Budley Doright said:
I just had a guy tell me he has great luck with doing the same for his gorilla grows, puts the diaper in the bottom of the bag, I may try a couple next season :). As for leaving my setup, all that is needed is a 10 gallon pail with a pump in it, at day 6-7 I have my girl plug it in and it refills the res (30 gallons). I do like the ideal of an auto fire extinguisher though :). And yes timed DTW would be the best but it all relies on everything staying on or having someone check. The best thing about going away for a week or two is the massive growth you don't see looking every day lol.
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Gravity fed autopots deliver the goods!
 
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