Homie Da Clown
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And what LED you got?
Wow - THAT much ph & ppm drift overnight???
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cjsbabygirl313
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Its the MaxBloom 400w X4 - supposedly full spectrum.
Right now its about 16” above the babies with the veg set at 30% and the bloom waaaaay down at 10 (mainly cuz I cant see only 10% of the veg only light doing much for growth!) .... though I admit to being clueless in this regard!
cjsbabygirl313
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That’s kinda my point - that scrawny one has been like that from the start - and when I was misting the rapid rooters while they were in the humidity dome she was still the scrawny one. I put them in the buckets on Friday and since then the little one actually has grown - which I didnt really notice until I looked at her day-to-day pics. Take a look (appears better)
Now, I can easily close off the air hose going to the water column and just open it up for a bit at 4am (when I get up), 4pm (when I get home), and 11pm (before I crash for the night).
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Budley Doright
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And that’s a good opinion and if not you’ll possibly lose it
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cjsbabygirl313
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Yeah, I’ll cycle the water column so that its on for just 14 mins a day like @Homie Da Clown saysAnd that’s a good opinion and if not you’ll possibly lose it
Budley Doright
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Although my setup is different and my cube is buried down in the hydroton so light doesn’t hit it I flood about an 1/8” above the bottom twice a day to start. You should cover the cube if possible to stop any algae as well, Good luck!Yeah, I’ll cycle the water column so that its on for just 14 mins a day like @Homie Da Clown says
cjsbabygirl313
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Yeah - that’s in the plan as soon as those stems get a BIT taller ... I’m afraid of crushing them right now.
Homie Da Clown
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She is pretty water logged now. Idk.. We might be able to save her tho..
idk if you got a timer but if not you can just shut it off completely and hand water for a few days.
I know your prob like but dang it, that is why I bought this damn thing, so it could water itself!
And Im with you on that! lol
Im getting ready to run 8 of them and you can watch me...
I make a thread, and you guys can sub, and follow along.
I go thru cloning all the way to harvest in the waterfarms, as well as Current Cultures flagship hydro unit. New $1200.00
I will also be running 10 pots on a ebb and flow made by CAPP..
We also more than likely do some Rockwool in a 4x4 table for veg too..
I throw a link up for you when I get it made...
idk if you got a timer but if not you can just shut it off completely and hand water for a few days.
I know your prob like but dang it, that is why I bought this damn thing, so it could water itself!
And Im with you on that! lol
Im getting ready to run 8 of them and you can watch me...
I make a thread, and you guys can sub, and follow along.
I go thru cloning all the way to harvest in the waterfarms, as well as Current Cultures flagship hydro unit. New $1200.00
I will also be running 10 pots on a ebb and flow made by CAPP..
We also more than likely do some Rockwool in a 4x4 table for veg too..
I throw a link up for you when I get it made...
Homie Da Clown
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by the way brother, that is a nice looking fishing boat you got there!
Budley Doright
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Thanks, it’s not mine anymore, she’s on the Gulf of Mexico now. She made me lots of money in her day though lol.
Homie Da Clown
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Well i seem to be on slow mode...
Homie Da Clown
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Well she looked good. Thats for sure..
cjsbabygirl313
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S’all good - I’ll just throw the switch thrice a day ... easy enough.
As for tgat link - I’ll be looking for it!!!
Homie Da Clown
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Just showing how one could get setup WITH automated watering for $150-200.
that is light, 4" fan & filter, tent, 400 watt light,,,
a $8 tote, $14 pump,
6 head drip emitter,
and a timer that does min intervals at least 3 to 7x a day.
that is light, 4" fan & filter, tent, 400 watt light,,,
a $8 tote, $14 pump,
6 head drip emitter,
and a timer that does min intervals at least 3 to 7x a day.
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OldMedUser
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Get yourself a little drill pump to drain your tubs. I only do a nute change after the stretch if I get around to that at all. Doesn't seem to make any difference and being a lazy old fart I tend to do the whole DWC grow with no changes. I just monitor the ppm and trust my pH Perfect nutes to keep the pH right. Also use good RO or distilled water so the water isn't messing me up.It does, but my buckets sit directly on the floor, which means draining enough out via that tube is difficult at best. No worries though, the problem is resolved
I have my Rubbermaid tubs on wheeled dollies so it's easier to move them around tho sitting them on the cold cement floor helps lower the temps a couple degrees C.
Once I put clones in a tub I just hand water with a turkey baster for a few days until roots start coming out the bottom of the net pots then they're on their own. Waste of time to top feed past the first week or so. All the feeder roots are swimming around in the nutes and the roots in the net pots are just pipelines that can't absorb nutrients anyway. Keeping the pot soaked will lead to rot. 50+ tubs and counting and I've never lost one to problems.
If you haven't already got decent air pumps get one. I've tried lots of aquarium pumps over the decades and they always screw up but recently got a couple of EcoAir commercial grade pumps and they are great! Bought the Air Pump 5 new for $115 with the 8 outlet manifold and recently got a smaller version from a buddy with a 6 outlet manifold for $50. The small one puts out 793gal/hr and the 5 does 1300gal/hr.
The big one is running the aeration for my dugout that supplies water for my house. Need to get a new diffuser out there as it's just blowing big bubbles right now and not getting us nice clear water. Bit grey and stinky but not horrible. Had a freeze up last winter and damaged the coil of weeper hose I use to make tiny bubbles.
I'm pissed off with the 12" airstones I use in my tubs. Seems like only the first 6-8" bubbles and nothing comes out the ends. Got an idea how to make my own air supply by chopping that weeper hose to make a big circle in the bottom of the tub and placing a length of 3/8" SS cable inside to keep it on the bottom. 25' weeper hose for $15 on sale and I bought two. You know the hose I mean. That stuff you buy to water your garden with that just sweats the water out and drips in the garden. Put air in there and the bubbles come out really tiny like champagne bubbles and really load the water up with O2.
Still churns the water up better than the aquarium pumps do.
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cjsbabygirl313
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Yup - got a liquid transfer pump! And I have to distill my own water cuz my well water SUX big time.
My airpump is the Vivosun 960gph pump; it controls the (2) 4” airstones in the DWC and (1) 4” airstone in the bottom of the Water Farm as well as the Water Farm’s drip ring. Nice thing about the pump is I can just turn that valve off forthe drip ring - which I did last night per @Homie Da Clown ‘s advice and then on this morning for just a few mins
cjsbabygirl313
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And here are the girls this morning (I had just turned on the drip ring for the little one). And if you zoom in a bit on the first one you can see she’s actually letting out her 2nd set of leaves!
Homie Da Clown
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Looking better.. Hope everyone has a good day.. Im off to wotk..
Budley Doright
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Is wotk pretend work lol.
Homie Da Clown
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. Nope its real work brother. I run a plasma table...
