gr865
Well-Known Member
Well here I go again, trying something new.
My first attempt this year was a total bum-fuck.
I started my seeds and got 6 out of 6 to germ.
Only needed 5 so I put one in a pot outside.
Things were going ok when I made a major newbie mistake, I overfed the plants when they were too young and lost them all. That was about the time I had surgery so my mind wasn't into the grow.
I have retooled and going with an Active Aqua Flow & Grow system, 6 - 5 gallon pots with a 55 gallon rez and Hydroton as the medium.
Picked this up a couple of weeks after my surgery.
The setup in my 5 x 5.
The rez, is only fill to what I need, about 30 gallon.
If you have seen my post on Air Stones in the rez, I have eliminated them for waterfall type aeration. The standpipe at the 12 o'clock position tees off for two nozzles. The dark tube behind the pump is the Torus XpH cannister. The pump at the 8 o'clock position is the feed pump for the Ebb and Flow system.
The rez in action, the pump and standpipe are positioned for high O2 production and create and vortex effect in the rez.
I germinated and planted 8 seeds in rockwool cubes, lost 4 of them, so planted two more and they did not make it so I am going with 4 plants this run. I hate rockwool and will never use them again.
The seedlings just would do nothing in the rockwool cubes so I planted them in the Hydroton and began hand watering them a few times a day. This is what most looked like at planting.
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They have been in the pots now for 10 days and the roots of only one plant has reached the rez, still watering with the system but also hand water with light nutrients and Rapid Roots. They are doing ok, the one that has roots in the solution in the pot is doing very well.
Pics to follow.
My first attempt this year was a total bum-fuck.
I started my seeds and got 6 out of 6 to germ.
Only needed 5 so I put one in a pot outside.
Things were going ok when I made a major newbie mistake, I overfed the plants when they were too young and lost them all. That was about the time I had surgery so my mind wasn't into the grow.
I have retooled and going with an Active Aqua Flow & Grow system, 6 - 5 gallon pots with a 55 gallon rez and Hydroton as the medium.
Picked this up a couple of weeks after my surgery.
The setup in my 5 x 5.
The rez, is only fill to what I need, about 30 gallon.
If you have seen my post on Air Stones in the rez, I have eliminated them for waterfall type aeration. The standpipe at the 12 o'clock position tees off for two nozzles. The dark tube behind the pump is the Torus XpH cannister. The pump at the 8 o'clock position is the feed pump for the Ebb and Flow system.
The rez in action, the pump and standpipe are positioned for high O2 production and create and vortex effect in the rez.
I germinated and planted 8 seeds in rockwool cubes, lost 4 of them, so planted two more and they did not make it so I am going with 4 plants this run. I hate rockwool and will never use them again.
The seedlings just would do nothing in the rockwool cubes so I planted them in the Hydroton and began hand watering them a few times a day. This is what most looked like at planting.
=
They have been in the pots now for 10 days and the roots of only one plant has reached the rez, still watering with the system but also hand water with light nutrients and Rapid Roots. They are doing ok, the one that has roots in the solution in the pot is doing very well.
Pics to follow.
