Been looking through all the thread and looks like an awesome setup all about the low maintenance great results thinking about building some of these to to try out. I had a few questions in the newer design your running with the landscape pipe, airstones and vermiculite do you take the net pot wick out and just use a flat floor with holes drilled in it or did you just reposition them.
 

Greenthumbs256

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Been looking through all the thread and looks like an awesome setup all about the low maintenance great results thinking about building some of these to to try out. I had a few questions in the newer design your running with the landscape pipe, airstones and vermiculite do you take the net pot wick out and just use a flat floor with holes drilled in it or did you just reposition them.
I just tossed out the net pot completely.
 
ok and your running the airstone from start to finish and the floor just sits on the vermiculite without the airgap so the vermiculite acts as the wick do you have to add water nore often with space the vermiculite takes up in the reservoir
 

Greenthumbs256

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ok and your running the airstone from start to finish and the floor just sits on the vermiculite without the airgap so the vermiculite acts as the wick do you have to add water nore often with space the vermiculite takes up in the reservoir
That's what those black houses are for, to hold some empty air space in the res, as for the air stones I'm still working and tweaking things on that, and no havent noticed much a difference in watering
 
Think I'm following what your saying so you just keep the water level a little lower than the top of the black pipe like it was before with the water only res. Sorry for all the questions just trying get it right the first time. Appreciate all the researching and tests you've done with this.
 

Greenthumbs256

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Think I'm following what your saying so you just keep the water level a little lower than the top of the black pipe like it was before with the water only res. Sorry for all the questions just trying get it right the first time. Appreciate all the researching and tests you've done with this.
I just fill it up, usually a little over the black hose lvl, with an air stone theres no point in having any air gap, the stones provide all the air it needs
 

Greenthumbs256

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Anyone know a good app, or some type of thing that would make it easy to possibly do a video log? So I could record myself as I do each step through an entire cycle? If I could it would take a quite a few months to complete but not only can I teach you degenerates (lol jk) but I think it would help me learn, tweak and possibly perfect my method. I was thinking like maybe some kinda go pro, but I want to to be organized, not just a 10 hour mash of vidoes of me jacking off.
 

Greenthumbs256

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Sorry it's been taking me so long to answer you guys back, I've actually been breaking down and cleaning the wifes little pea shooter lol. But this baby is now cleaner then most guys wives pussy! Lmfao, sorry cant help myself.

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Next up is my new 12g I just got, I think this thing super smooth, it's a Winchester 12g sxp defender. Only cost 300, but I've spent another 400 on a new pistol grip with stock, new forearm with pin rails, also adding a side saddle for holding 6 extra rounds, red dot reticle, green laser for up to 300m day and night. And tac flash light with strobe that will blind a mother fucker with 1300 lumens, lmfao I'll post a pic when I complete the build.

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Took my buddy's boys out for some shooting and its highly accurate with the smooth bore and rifled slugs

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Greenthumbs256

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Also I just picked up these, my plan is to see if they will work better than the cylinder air stones I've been trying. I figured these may provide a more even spread of oxygen through the rez. Issue is its not like I can observe them while it's in a sip, so I need to play around with them in a small fish tank first.

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Also heres some of that Mac1 from my last harvest, I gotta say I absolutely love it, hate growing her bc shes the slowest strain I've ever ran, but holy shit it is fire as fuck. Gotta say I was highly impressed in that category.

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MustangStudFarm

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Sorry it's been taking me so long to answer you guys back, I've actually been breaking down and cleaning the wifes little pea shooter lol. But this baby is now cleaner then most guys wives pussy! Lmfao, sorry cant help myself.

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Next up is my new 12g I just got, I think this thing super smooth, it's a Winchester 12g sxp defender. Only cost 300, but I've spent another 400 on a new pistol grip with stock, new forearm with pin rails, also adding a side saddle for holding 6 extra rounds, red dot reticle, green laser for up to 300m day and night. And tac flash light with strobe that will blind a mother fucker with 1300 lumens, lmfao I'll post a pic when I complete the build.

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Took my buddy's boys out for some shooting and its highly accurate with the smooth bore and rifled slugs

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Man, it can be impossible to hit shit with a snubnose at times! You must have steady hands... A lot of accuracy comes from trigger squeeze and not jerking in anticipation. Still, I had a hell of time hitting a cinder block with a .38 snub, it's not easy.
 

Greenthumbs256

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Man, it can be impossible to hit shit with a snubnose at times! You must have steady hands... A lot of accuracy comes from trigger squeeze and not jerking in anticipation. Still, I had a hell of time hitting a cinder block with a .38 snub, it's not easy.
I was referring to the 12g, 18in barrel smooth bore, with rifled slugs. But yes man your right that dam .38 spl snub nose only has a 1.5in barrel anything past 20 yards you better be a real dam good shot or be lucky as hell. Lol it's for the wife made for one thing, point blank range defense.

And honestly I doubt the iron sights are even semi zeroed in lol, it does follow the barrel but even still never tried and tested if its accurate, like I said that things made for point blank and that's it.
 
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Greenthumbs256

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Man, it can be impossible to hit shit with a snubnose at times! You must have steady hands... A lot of accuracy comes from trigger squeeze and not jerking in anticipation. Still, I had a hell of time hitting a cinder block with a .38 snub, it's not easy.
Man, you should Google crimson trace, it's a grip with a laser light, I'm thinking about grabbing it for the wife. She may actually love it, I just wont tell her what it cost... lol
 

Reefslinger

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Yes, I normally recycle the soil add my amendments after it gets tested, wash out the sip fix anything that I may have screwed up. Then reset it and keep on rocking.

On average I cook my soil for about 2 months, give or take
When cleaning out the sip do you worry about all the vermiculite in the bottom/mixing with the soil? Do you clean the vermiculite some how?
 
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