Thundercat
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They look sooo dank stink, what strain are those pics of?
Let me get this straight. You want to take the plants out of the best system in the world and put them into a E/F system?i had a question for you sinkbud or anyone else able to answer. If I used the aero cloner, then transplanted to the nft/aero system for veg, would i be able to then transplant from the nft/aero to an ebb and flow bucket system easily a would that cause a lot of stress to my plants???
I'm not sure if it was the AK47 or maybe the Blueberry. Whatever it was I have been known to partake of the sweet herb occasionally.I know I'm a stoner, and am very grateful for all that you've done in this thread, StinkBud, but I just wanted to ask... Are the steps just numbered wrong, or are Steps 4 and 5 missing?
I'm really excited to see how your LEDs work. I've been researching building my own LED light. Even the parts are expensive. I would like to try one on my 6 plant aero/NFT system. It could end up being a perfect small closet solution because of the lack of heat.It's Christmas!! I just got my new 50w L.E.D. lights in this morning. These babies are so bright I can't even begin to look into them. I have to say that I am more than impressed. I was expecting the itty bitty leds but these things are 3/8" wide and 1/2" tall and there are 108 of them on a panel. I got three panels for my 2x4 grow cabinet. Notice that the light is sitting on the new tubs for my new veg unit. I got an email from Nirvana this morning that my order of white widow and hindu kush seeds are at stage 5 from 7 (assembling order). Also got an email from another supplier that my Liquid Karma and other goodies were shipped yesterday.
Best strain in the world IMHO!They look sooo dank stink, what strain are those pics of?
What I find interesting is the hybrid approach I use solves all the problems they talk about with large plants.Stink: Thought you would get a kick out of this article! It talks briefly about NFT gully design to minimize anaerobic root mass conditions...
http://www.gardenandgreenhouse.net/cms/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=353
Here is a pretty good supplement to maximum yield all about hydroponics.. it also has the article above in it:
http://www.maximumyield.com/assets/pdf/back_issues/bo/BO_08_sec_1.pdf
Last but not least, this brief article has some good tips on NFT:
CropKing.com - Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) Production of Lettuce | CropKing.com
Some interesting reading... though I can't really think of any improvements on your design!
Fucking awesome man!! BTW, I Goggled and found one; got it ordered. I am getting aCAP ART-DNe; paid change under $80 with shipping.Just got the word. They will be publishing my entire article in High Times.
Be looking for it this next May!
Congrats Stinkbud! One of the best threads I have followed on RIU.Just got the word. They will be publishing my entire article in High Times.
Be looking for it this next May!
Wow,
looking at Dragon Phoenixs' pics I had a great idea (maybe) lol. Seeing what looks like industrial trash bags wrapped around the resivoir made me think along the lines of a disposable resivoir liner that would also block light.
Place the industrial trash bag inside your empty resivoir like you would a trash can. Fill the bag with your water, nutes, etc. Filling it with water would press the bag against the outer walls of the tote making it tight under the water. Install the pump/sprayers. Install the lid and then tape the bag to top edge of the lid. This would eliminate leaks also, allowing the water to return to the resivoir instead of dripping out. This will also make simple resivoir clean ups! Hope that makes sense. lol Now, I'm going to patent this before anyone else does!
~Outlaw~
They actually look pretty good to me. Sometimes the older leaves will die. Just pick them off.Hey Stink -
first off congrats on the High Times thing! Everything comes back around
With regards to females - I'm actually just starting off so I do have some White Widow clones that I took from plants I grew from seed but I have no access to clones. I've purchased fem seeds where possible but they are not always offered (in the case of my Fruit of the Gods, Purple Wreck, etc.). I was able to get some Skywalker fem which is a cross between a Blueberry male and a Mazar female so I'm hoping that turns out pretty good. Obviously I'll be taking clones from this point forward when plants are the appropriate age.
Back to the pH thing...one thing that has be baffled is that my cloner unit has been rock solid with regards to pH - no fluctuations at all.
I have read that there will be some fluctuation within the first couple of days when changing a res and using organics due to the beneficial bacteria building up but who knows how much truth there is to this. I'm going to put some pictures up. Also Im uncertain if the pH rising is causing the leaf problems or if the pH is causing something like Calcium to be locked out which might make sense being that I am using reverse osmosis water and you are not..not sure though.
In any case I'll put some pictures up here so you can see that the veg unit is doing awesome even with some of the leaves doing this funky stuff. Also are pics of the cloner unit and what some of the leaves look like.