converting from dirt to hydro. good idea?

autotek500

autotek500

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What nutrients are you using???? If you are not feeding your babies they won't grow big and strong. I personally use a bubbleponic/hydroponic top drip system.you can build one of these for around $60.00 .All suplies from Wal-Mart and home depot.....except net cups and silica grow rocks you have to get these from a hydro shop...If you have the cash to spend this is the way to go&gro......It only takes about 1 hour to have this set up and ready to grow.I can give you the details If you are intrested.......just let me know. as far as lights go you can get 4 150w equivilent 40w full spectrum cfl's at wal-mart for about $8.00 each.I use these along with two 2 foot shop lights with one gro bulb and one full spec bulb in each.this setup works great....just something to think about....hope you can use the info bro..........
 
retuks

retuks

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Stoney McFried said:
This is the exact setup I got.You don't have to fiddle with wiring, or any crap like that, this is an easy option if you're confused about lights.They have smaller systems too.http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=47981
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i cant pay $150 atm. (i am VERY poor, i got laid off a month ago). cant afford the dealers anymore, hence im growing my own.

im living off of $500 a month or less, all the power i use in my apartment now is for my operation and the computer, i dont even turn on the tv. so im not kidding when i say money is tight =/.

if cfl's can get me a good amount of yield on compact plants, i wanna learn that route.
 
retuks

retuks

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autotek500 said:
What nutrients are you using???? If you are not feeding your babies they won't grow big and strong. I personally use a bubbleponic/hydroponic top drip system.you can build one of these for around $60.00 .All suplies from Wal-Mart and home depot.....except net cups and silica grow rocks you have to get these from a hydro shop...If you have the cash to spend this is the way to go&gro......It only takes about 1 hour so have this set up and ready to grow.I can give you the details If you are intrested.......just let me know
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im asking a friend to order 1 pint each of GH floramicro and florabloom for me and i pay him the costs.

i am interested. i do want some decent quality in a build i can use over and over, but still on a budget. how much to net cups cost? are they what i base my hole sizes off of? and does the size of the cup matter? silica grow rocks?? will marbles do the same?
 
Stoney McFried

Stoney McFried

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Cool.It was just an option.
retuks said:
i cant pay $150 atm. (i am VERY poor, i got laid off a month ago). cant afford the dealers anymore, hence im growing my own.

im living off of $500 a month or less, all the power i use in my apartment now is for my operation and the computer, i dont even turn on the tv. so im not kidding when i say money is tight =/.

if cfl's can get me a good amount of yield on compact plants, i wanna learn that route.
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autotek500

autotek500

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The cups are only .40 cents each and most hydro shops will sell just the amount of silica grow rocks that you need instead of having to buy the whole bag. they are pretty cheap and the silica content is good for your gro system.As far as cup size goes I use 3-3/4 inch cups this is all that you will need.
 
autotek500

autotek500

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If you decide to do the hydro build I can walk you through step by step......Don't mind at all helping a fellow bro grow some dro....lol
 
retuks

retuks

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autotek500 said:
The cups are only .40 cents each and most hydro shops will sell just the amount of silica grow rocks that you need instead of having to buy the whole bag. they are pretty cheap and the silica content is good for your gro system.As far as cup size goes I use 3-3/4 inch cups this is all that you will need.
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3 inches and 3/4 cups? or 3 cups. 3/4 inch each?

WOOT i found a hydroponic store on this damn island... its all the way in... honolulu though -_-zZzZ
 
retuks

retuks

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autotek500 said:
If you decide to do the hydro build I can walk you through step by step......Don't mind at all helping a fellow bro grow some dro....lol
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thats much appreciated :)

ive decided to do this the moment i bought the o2 system for it.

so based off my pictures, where should i be heading now?
 
retuks

retuks

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autotek500 said:
Not sure if you got the list I sent ??????? let me know Bro
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i suppose not. and i wouldnt know where to look if you did?

honestly i think this forum is poorly designed. i cant find any inbox for pm's and when you click "send message" on peoples profiles it asks me if im trying to hijack an account wtf??

could u possibly send it here?
 
autotek500

autotek500

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You posted a comment to my profile check there for the list.sorry i took so long got busy.let my now if you find it, if not I'll try something else
 
TOKEMASTERFLEX

TOKEMASTERFLEX

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Hey man if u still got the lid to your tote I'll donate to the cause.

6 net pots and enough hydroton to fill em with

That way every harvest u can just reuse the hydroton after cleaning it

Let me know
 
420weedman

420weedman

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retuks said:
i cant pay $150 atm. (i am VERY poor, i got laid off a month ago). cant afford the dealers anymore, hence im growing my own.

im living off of $500 a month or less, all the power i use in my apartment now is for my operation and the computer, i dont even turn on the tv. so im not kidding when i say money is tight =/.

if cfl's can get me a good amount of yield on compact plants, i wanna learn that route.
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the 23-25 watters are good just make sure they are the 6500k, im using 10 of them to veg 7 plants 12-20" high
also have room for some clone cups
 
tusseltussel

tusseltussel

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didn't read it all but in response to the answer to the question i asked( how much light) Well theirs your problem all those little plants under a few little lights, hydro dnt grow without light either. dnt even consider hydro til you got at least 5000 lumens psf. this prolly already has been addressed but i havnt read it yet i just woke up, hydro is a way of optimising your grow. if your room conditions don't suport soil it will not help to go hydro and i dnt see how hydro is gonna take up less space???
 
autotek500

autotek500

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Yeah I advised to get four 150w equivilent 40w full spectrum from wal-mart only $8 each 5600 lumen output each..make sure they say daylight on pkg......they
work great for me....
 
retuks

retuks

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autotek500 said:
Yeah I advised to get four 150w equivilent 40w full spectrum from wal-mart only $8 each 5600 lumen output each..make sure they say daylight on pkg......they
work great for me....
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do you use only those throughout the grow? thats good $32+tx. easy for me.



and if your saying your offering me donations then ill greatfully use them if you can find a way to send them to hawaii without much burden on your part.


im still sieged on nute solutions though... and i have no credit + the websites aren't letting me order with my debit card.
 
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