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manfredo

manfredo

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tyler.durden said:
Yep. While all the other girls have from orange to brown pistils at the end, DP's stay white. Strange.




No, the pots are about half that. A little less that a six inch cube, filled with a 75% vermiculite, 25% perlite mix over about 2 inches of rockwool cubes at the bottoms (to keep the rocks from falling out.) I water them every other day...
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Is that drain to waste system? I know nothing about them but seem to be seeing a lot of that type (I think).

I did clones this week for my next aero run...Black Lime Bubba. 6 days and nice roots. Every single one of them... I'll be forever grateful for the schooling!! 8-)
 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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manfredo said:
Is that drain to waste system? I know nothing about them but seem to be seeing a lot of that type (I think).

I did clones this week for my next aero run...Black Lime Bubba. 6 days and nice roots. Every single one of them... I'll be forever grateful for the schooling!! 8-)
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It is a flood and drain (or ebb & flow) system. Super simple, pretty much idiot proof and maintenance free. The lazy man's way to grow. You're welcome for the knowledge, glad to pass on what I've learned. 6 days to great roots??? Got me beat. The student has become the master ;)


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manfredo

manfredo

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tyler.durden said:
It is a flood and drain (or ebb & flow) system. Super simple, pretty much idiot proof and maintenance free. The lazy man's way to grow. You're welcome for the knowledge, glad to pass on what I've learned. 6 days to great roots??? Got me beat. The student has become the master ;)


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It's been pretty consistent at 6 days since I started using the cycle timer....4 minutes off, 1 minute on. My tempts were climbing into the mid 80's running 24/7 so I added the timer, and it sped up rooting. Plus keeps my temps in the upper 70's F.

Yeah this flood & drain really interests me. Soil is getting old! Gotta be an easier way, which is why I been playing with the aero...but yes, interesting!!
 
curious2garden

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manfredo said:
It's been pretty consistent at 6 days since I started using the cycle timer....4 minutes off, 1 minute on. My tempts were climbing into the mid 80's running 24/7 so I added the timer, and it sped up rooting. Plus keeps my temps in the upper 70's F.

Yeah this flood & drain really interests me. Soil is getting old! Gotta be an easier way, which is why I been playing with the aero...but yes, interesting!!
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My guess is it's temps. On the small sample I tested with a 6 plant control it was temperature that made the difference every time.
 
Wastei

Wastei

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Just starting up old faithful again. Been about 4 years since I popped any indoor beans. Been a lot of work setting up the new location and its nowhere near done yet.

Lost most of my old equipment on my last cooperative grow with my close friend who spun out of control with mental health issues from prescription drug use. Lost the Aero setup, got some parts back but the main system with buckets, solenoid valve and fittings is gone. I do still have all the pumps and most of the electronics.
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This is all that's left, sad.

But hey it's just material things and everything is replaceable, it's just the time spent you never get back. Happy to have received some new seeds in the mail:

Kali mist
AK47
StrawberryAK all from Serious Seeds

Old seeds:
Kali mist reg
G39 reg
Ms.Universe reg
Serious Kush fem
Bubblegum fem
A lot of own Durban crosses. reg

Also had some Hifi 4G seeds laying around from Dutch Passion from this year outdoor seed order. Starting up some new mom's.
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Hifi 4G,
still considered a soil plant. Air pumps are all of. Only return waterfall as aeration for now. Fixed leaks and been leak testing for 72h. Leaked some the first 48h from one of the couplings but it has leakproofed itself with salt buildup. I know that's a bad washer but it sort itself out after a couple days of use.
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Sorry for the magnetic rolling effect. Cheers!
 
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mysunnyboy

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Wastei said:
Just starting up old faithful again. Been about 4 years since I popped any indoor beans. Been a lot of work setting up the new location and its nowhere near done yet.

Lost most of my old equipment on my last cooperative grow with my close friend who spun out of control with mental health issues from prescription drug use. Lost the Aero setup, got some parts back but the main system with buckets, solenoid valve and fittings is gone. I do still have all the pumps and most of the electronics.
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This is all that's left, sad.

But hey it's just material things and everything is replaceable, it's just the time spent you never get back. Happy to have received some new seeds in the mail:

Kali mist
AK47
StrawberryAK all from Serious Seeds

Old seeds:
Kali mist reg
G39 reg
Ms.Universe reg
Serious Kush fem
Bubblegum fem
A lot of own Durban crosses. reg

Also had some Hifi 4G seeds laying around from Dutch Passion from this year outdoor seed order. Starting up some new mom's.
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Hifi 4G,
still considered a soil plant. Air pumps are all of. Only return waterfall as aeration for now. Fixed leaks and been leak testing for 72h. Leaked some the first 48h from one of the couplings but it has leakproofed itself with salt buildup. I know that's a bad washer but it sort itself out after some days of use.
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Sorry for the magnetic rolling effect. Cheers!
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Good luck this time
 
raratt

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Looks like it is time to drag out the jeans for the first time this fall. 49 degrees with a N wind 10-20, it's actually cold out there. Haven't heard of any new fires started last night thankfully. Went looking for my flannel PJ's last night, they are MIA. Probably hiding with the vape cart I lost. Look out Amazon.
Mornin.
 
DarkWeb

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raratt said:
Looks like it is time to drag out the jeans for the first time this fall. 49 degrees with a N wind 10-20, it's actually cold out there. Haven't heard of any new fires started last night thankfully. Went looking for my flannel PJ's last night, they are MIA. Probably hiding with the vape cart I lost. Look out Amazon.
Mornin.
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Wish I still had some 50° days but 39° at 10:50 am......possible 2"-4" end of week. I bet the tops of the mountains I currently can't see have snow. Fire is going :)
 
BudmanTX

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Mornin for Tejas, hope everyone had a decent weekend....or at least I would hope so

73F this morning and a tad steamy, looks like our high is gonna hit 80, but this afternoon we have a strong norther coming gonna drop the temps for a couple of day....according to reports high's tomorrow lower 50's maybe, weather map show it's already snowing/freezing rain,and sleet in the north westen part of the state.....so this should be fun...

welp coffee is hot and ready to go, cream and sugar is up, and a little space tomato for a wakey bakey.....

had an interesting weekend with the wife falling down, and banging her head against on of the counters in the kitchen, fortunately I grabbed her before she hit the floor, left a nice little gash on the forehead....ugh....ms really sucks gotta tell ya.....
 
manfredo

manfredo

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Rainy out here too, and cooler. I've got the fireplace on too! And just warming up the vape for the 11 am wake & bake.

I put the flannel sheets on my bed last week, along with the electric blanket...Makes it so nice crawling into a toasty warm soft bed. And next weekend the clocks go back an hour here...I always dread it, but it is what it is, and that's when I am most happy to have a grow hobby! (and a TV) lol

The town is removing a bunch of dead Ash trees in front of my house this a.m.!! I need to get on some more fall projects myself! I counted 20 dead or dying Ash trees on my property, and there are 2 that need to come down before winter...One of them could fall on my house and it's dead as can be and leaning, and the other is ready to fall on my driveway. Emerald Ash borer disease hit this area hard.

Trimmed a couple of earlies so I at least have good smoke again, plus a stick of green crack, so I'm already off to a good start for the week!
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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manfredo said:
Rainy out here too, and cooler. I've got the fireplace on too! And just warming up the vape for the 11 am wake & bake.

I put the flannel sheets on my bed last week, along with the electric blanket...Makes it so nice crawling into a toasty warm soft bed. And next weekend the clocks go back an hour here...I always dread it, but it is what it is, and that's when I am most happy to have a grow hobby! (and a TV) lol

The town is removing a bunch of dead Ash trees in front of my house this a.m.!! I need to get on some more fall projects myself! I counted 20 dead or dying Ash trees on my property, and there are 2 that need to come down before winter...One of them could fall on my house and it's dead as can be and leaning, and the other is ready to fall on my driveway. Emerald Ash borer disease hit this area hard.

Trimmed a couple of earlies so I at least have good smoke again, plus a stick of green crack, so I'm already off to a good start for the week!
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Ha funny story, I had a tree guy come out to get a quote on a tree that is right next to the house. The thing has to come straight down because of the house and lines. He started to try to sell me on "since he's there he should take down these ash trees" not cheap.....like almost 20k of work......gave me the whole rundown about the beatles like I've never heard of them lol. I let him talk then said "but those are hickory".......he said oh no these are ash and started to try to sell me on something to inject into the roots to possibly save them.......not guaranteed but possibly help if I liked to keep them. How much I asked.....only about 2k.......per year lol.....So I looked at him and said ash trees have no nuts bud......the look on his face was priceless........I wonder how much money he makes off of people that don't know.
 
Chunky Stool

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curious2garden said:
My guess is it's temps. On the small sample I tested with a 6 plant control it was temperature that made the difference every time.
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Yikes! I have no idea about the temp of my cloner, other than it being in the safe range of 55 - 75.
Hmm... maybe that's why my little ones haven't grown squat.

I've been adding pool shock solution every few days and have to adjust the PH occasionally.

Double hmm... I may actually have little water heaters from my last craigslist purchase! :eyesmoke:
 
raratt

raratt

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Chunky Stool said:
Yikes! I have no idea about the temp of my cloner, other than it being in the safe range of 55 - 75.
Hmm... maybe that's why my little ones haven't grown squat.

I've been adding pool shock solution every few days and have to adjust the PH occasionally.

Double hmm... I may actually have little water heaters from my last craigslist purchase! :eyesmoke:
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I wonder if an aquarium heater could be used.
 
manfredo

manfredo

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Chunky Stool said:
Yikes! I have no idea about the temp of my cloner, other than it being in the safe range of 55 - 75.
Hmm... maybe that's why my little ones haven't grown squat.

I've been adding pool shock solution every few days and have to adjust the PH occasionally.

Double hmm... I may actually have little water heaters from my last craigslist purchase! :eyesmoke:
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One of the beauties of the pool shock method, is you don't need to worry about the PH. I haven't checked mine once since I started this method. I add 20 ml of the diluted solution every 3rd day, to a 2 gal. cloner.

raratt said:
I wonder if an aquarium heater could be used.
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Sure it could...Or an aquarium chiller if needed. I had a sweet little aquarium chiller that worked perfect in my aero cloner, but I broke it...So now I use the cycle timer and that keeps the temps at a perfect upper 70's range.
 
tyler.durden

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Chunky Stool said:
Yikes! I have no idea about the temp of my cloner, other than it being in the safe range of 55 - 75.
Hmm... maybe that's why my little ones haven't grown squat.

I've been adding pool shock solution every few days and have to adjust the PH occasionally.

Double hmm... I may actually have little water heaters from my last craigslist purchase! :eyesmoke:
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Here is the aquarium heater I used to use, worked great -
Here are some cheap water thermometers that work great, I use them every time -
 
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