4 32 site xl undercurrent systems in a 20X40 room
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bdt1981
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They are pretty cool. I thought about diy for about 1 second. Something small yea maybe but nearly 100 buckets. No way. They really grow pretty fast
sandman83
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yeah I usually just stick with the prebuilts and overpay tbh. I've got some LEDs on the way to try out and was looking at a different hydro setup in a new tent.
bdt1981
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Hyper aeration. Pretty much a lot of air constantly. Looked it up and its a lunc condition where there is an abnormally high amount of air or something. I would think it means a lot and fast
bdt1981
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It has been pretty prob free other than the roots i let get out of hand. Caught b4 to late tho. Way back in this post someone mentioned buckets overflowing and when i noticed different levels i knew right away what the prob was and fixed it. Now i know to check regularly. It did scare me tho.
sandman83
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yeah that has me worried with my setup as well, roots always seem to grow exactly where you don't want them
. I'm probably going to turn the hydro stuff off after this run, and just do some soil plants while I hunt for a mother.
bdt1981
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@sandman83 ye has lil faith. Lololol...
sandman83
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nah i figured you were joking
. Only seedlings die that fast.
bdt1981
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The 2 days of neglect on my part would be perfectly fine with a bigger topoff res. They not only drank the entire 50 gal but the water level in my buckets was 3ish inches under netpot when i have water level set at just under the net pot. So in 2 days they drank up 75-100 gallons. To me that seems like a crazy amount.nah i figured you were joking
Next run im only goung to run 2 32 site systems. Was going to do all 3 but i a bit scared still. Lol. Next piece of gear is going to be a 200 gal topoff res. In veg and early flower not really needed but damm after they really start taking off they kill the water.
sandman83
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that is nuts man, here I am trying to maintain a 5-10 gallon drop
. Girls are up to my chest now and drinking a ton, maintaining at 1350-1400 ppm at the moment. I need to re-do the room before I do another batch.
bdt1981
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How long u veg? How big air pump are you using? What type of stones? I feel that high ppm would roast my crop. My ppm start going down week 6 thru finish. Im creeping along with a 420ppm got as high as 470 when topoff was dry. The ppm did a slow rise as the plants uptook. Water from system while no topoff.that is nuts man, here I am trying to maintain a 5-10 gallon drop
sandman83
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these were started on the 10/15 from seed and flipped 11/25, flo and gro 2 gallons, I've been watching it but no tip burn or anything. When I measured the full strength lucas formula with my water it came out to around 1350 ppm, perhaps conversion factor is different?
2.5 silica/5 calmag/8 micro/16 bloom/2.5 koolbloom, + growers recharge and mammoth P
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bdt1981
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Definatly not dealing with the consistant dissolved o2 levels that the UC delivers. Thats prob why you can handle that ppm. Just like when i did ebb n flo or aeroflo both rocked high ppm up to 1600ppm at highest. But not even close to the dissolved o2 of the UC. Thats why i dont want to use more than half strength. I guess thats what people arent understanding about the UC. With that much D0 in the water 1000 ppm for more than prob an hr will leave you having to start over. The roots will get so weak that it will be a waste of time to continue even one more day. They wont bounce back in time if at all to get thru a decent cycle.
Remember its the DO levels that seperate the UC from other systems. O2 to the root is one of the only ways to increase yield. That and co2. All the extra additaves and foliular sprays and teas arent going to increase your yield. I tried this stuff called bloombastic once. So expensive. Plants may like it but the plant not producing anymore bud weight in the end. From what i have saw anyway
bdt1981
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I hear u. From the ground a couple my glue are about my height. 5'10" the slh stunted lil short things. The glue is just a really massive growing plant. My lights are at about 7-9ft. Some higher than others.
sandman83
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I super cropped all the buds over on the tallest girl....she gave me the finger and straightened them all out within 24 hours, just a bump where I squished each. I'll start deploying the ropes and stakes if she keeps stretching much farther...
bdt1981
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13 out of 13 seeds sprouted in rockwool. Do si dos zkittlez, watermelon zkittlez, sensiskunk and nl x skunk also had a free auto purple gorilla that i popped just for the fun of it. Attitude still serving up good gear after all this time. Tbh i trust them overseas than i do any bank that is us based.
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Past few days been Business as usual. I got the topoff rez dialed in pretty nice. I even went almost 48 hrs away from it. With 50 gal it is completely empty after at most 48 hrs. Not sure how long it was empty before i got there to see it. Half strength nutes all the way. Highest was 490ppm. Now start a slow slide down to oppm.