Am I going to regret growing perpetually?

[PJ Diaz]

I'm in the same boat. 2.6x2.6 and a 5x5 tent. I have four autos in flower in the 5x5, and the 2.6x2.6 has an auto in flower which feels like that one is next going to finish. I also have six Dragon Funk reg photos that I just started in there. 11 plants and 5 of them are fed twice a day, all and watered. 3 gallon coco/perlite DTW.

It's a lot of work right now with no automated feed, and my water supply and drain is currently only located a floor up. I'm a pro at carrying 5 gallon buckets full of water up and down a flight of stairs.

I filled up my res today. It took 5 minutes, and I didn't have to do it at any specific time.

 

[PJ Diaz]

Do you feed much more often to keep the coco wet without runoff?

I haven't used them, but my concern with blumats in coco is nute buildup toxicity. With drain to waste, if you are in flowering, but you happen to be feeding too much N, the excess unused N will be flushed out with the runoff. In a blumat situation, I can see unused N just building up over time until it becomes a toxicity situation all of a sudden.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

I filled up my res today. It took 5 minutes, and I didn't have to do it at any specific time.

Now you're just rubbing it in. JK. New place, new setup, it's been a works in progress. Looking to take a break when everything is done, at least thru the summer. Fall/winter conditions I have dialed in.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

I thought about soil but don't there tend to be more pest issues with it? Being an indoor grow it seemed better to use coco unless I am just wrong about the pest thing. That and when I started I wanted to be in as much control as I could so with a blank medium I figured there are no excuses. If the plants don't get what they need it is 100% my fault.

Yes, but there're good bugs too. If you have enough of them you don't have to worry about the bad ones as much. I don't sterilize myself before going in my rooms so I'm bound to bring bugs in anyways.

 

[PJ Diaz]

Now you're just rubbing it in. JK. New place, new setup, it's been a works in progress. Looking to take a break when everything is done, at least thru the summer. Fall/winter conditions I have dialed in.

I hear you. It took me over a year to set up my auto-water at my new place, but was such a relief once I did. It's pretty simple, and can be done for under $40 in parts.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Yes, but there're good bugs too. If you have enough of them you don't have to worry about the bad ones as much. I don't sterilize myself before going in my rooms so I'm bound to bring bugs in anyways.

No shoes in room is the best rule I know of for prevention.

Hola mi amigo.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

No shoes in room is the best rule I know of for prevention.

Hola mi amigo.

I take off my shoes or sandals. That doesn't stop me from tracking in bugs though.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

I hear you. It took me over a year to set up my auto-water at my new place, but was such a relief once I did. It's pretty simple, and can be done for under $40 in parts.

Going to focus on a sink and drain on the same level first. Then I can figure how i want to automate my feed and waste. I just don't see any free time at all in the foreseeable future. But definitely at some point.

 

[PJ Diaz]

Yes, but there're good bugs too. If you have enough of them you don't have to worry about the bad ones as much. I don't sterilize myself before going in my rooms so I'm bound to bring bugs in anyways.

That's true. In my experience tho, controlling bugs always becomes more of a job where there is organic matter in the medium. My last soil grow, I got fucking aphids sucking all over my stems.

No shoes in room is the best rule I know of for prevention.

Hola mi amigo.

Heck I don't even wear my shoes in my house. People don't realize how much nastiness shoes bring in. Fuck these days, there's prolly covid on the bottom on your shoes.

 

[kovidkough]

smart plug to pump, can feed at the push of a button, but have to keep tank filled and monitored by hand so basically I like the push to start pump from res to dtw perlite hempys, can turn it on a schedule at any increments you wish i.e every 3 hrs for 15mins or every hour for 5mins, whatever you want, that's why I like digital smart plugs the apps usually have tweakable schedules

still figuring out what to do with run off, that adds up fast

 

[PJ Diaz]

Going to focus on a sink and drain on the same level first. Then I can figure how i want to automate my feed and waste. I just don't see any free time at all in the foreseeable future. But definitely at some point.

Honestly you can set it up in an hour, and then sip lemonaide each night during the time you would otherwise spend watering.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

That's true. In my experience tho, controlling bugs always becomes more of a job where there is organic matter in the medium. My last soil grow, I got fucking aphids sucking all over my stems.

Heck I don't even wear my shoes in my house. People don't realize how much nastiness shoes bring in. Fuck these days, there's prolly covid on the bottom on your shoes.

Same here. I wear sandals around my house.

 

[xtsho]

Do you feed much more often to keep the coco wet without runoff?

Blumats are a continuous gravity fed slow drip feed that keeps the coco moist. The blumats have ceramic sensors that use capillary action to open and close the drip line as needed so the coco never dries out. If you feed a much lower EC than normal you won't have any salt buildups or at least that's been my experience. If you run 3.0 EC you're going to likely have issues. Keep the EC between 1.0 and 1.5 and I've found that the salt issue buildup is a non issue.

 

[PJ Diaz]

smart plug to pump, can feed at the push of a button, but have to keep tank filled and monitored by hand so basically I like the push to start pump from res to dtw perlite hempys, can turn it on a schedule at any increments you wish i.e every 3 hrs for 15mins or every hour for 5mins, whatever you want, that's why I like digital smart plugs the apps usually have tweakable schedules

still figuring out what to do with run off, that adds up fast

I'd like to use some of those, but my grow area is out of wifi range, and I don't want to put up a wifi extender. Right now I have like 5 different timers going lol.

 

[kovidkough]

I'd like to use some of those, but my grow area is out of wifi range, and I don't want to put up a wifi extender. Right now I have like 5 different timers going lol.

I got sick of manual timers they piss me off since I don't know its an issue until its an issue

wifi extender might be worth it

 

[MICHI-CAN]

That's true. In my experience tho, controlling bugs always becomes more of a job where there is organic matter in the medium. My last soil grow, I got fucking aphids sucking all over my stems.

Heck I don't even wear my shoes in my house. People don't realize how much nastiness shoes bring in. Fuck these days, there's prolly covid on the bottom on your shoes.

I shower and change clothes if in my outdoor anything plants. And hopefully Covid has people washing their hands more.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

I got sick of manual timers they piss me off since I don't know its an issue until its an issue

wifi extender might be worth it

Pay attention to the plants and you are on those timers to. If not you may find an issue.

 

[kovidkough]

Pay attention to the plants and you are on those timers to. If not you may find an issue.

everything is digital now so I dont worry at all lol

 

[PJ Diaz]

I got sick of manual timers they piss me off since I don't know its an issue until its an issue

Yeah I had a timer accident last week. I changed my waterings from 3x per day to 2x per day, and got lazy with the timer. Instead of deleting all the programs, I just set one of the programs to turn of at 9am, and then off at 9am. When I do that with my other timer, it just never turns on at that time (which is what I wanted), but with that timer, it just stayed on. I came in hours later and the pumps were making funny noises from running dry and the floor was wet. Ugg. There are downsides to auto watering lol.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

I got sick of manual timers they piss me off since I don't know its an issue until its an issue

wifi extender might be worth it

Buy the stupid cheap plug in ones using existing wiring. Dirt cheap.