First Grow Stealth Bubbleponics

[Ray Fox]

Hey guys, we're thinking about adding maybe two or more CFL's... More light never hurts. We already have the dual spectrum II lights we've been running from Stealth Hydro but it looks like the bigger they are the more we might need. Plus the girls are drinking up the water like crazy! They run out every 4 or 5 days!

 

[MostlyCrazy]

Make sure they are 2700k CFL's. I use the 105W 2700 as side light ( I know over kill but left over from previous grows). More light is always good. I wouldn't let them "run out" I add about a gallon daily to mine in the 4th week of flower. Allows me to give them fresh nutes. You can let it get half empty but I that point it needs to be filled. I do a res changed weekly.

 

[Ray Fox]

Make sure they are 2700k CFL's. I use the 105W 2700 as side light ( I know over kill but left over from previous grows). More light is always good. I wouldn't let them "run out" I add about a gallon daily to mine in the 4th week of flower. Allows me to give them fresh nutes. You can let it get half empty but I that point it needs to be filled. I do a res changed weekly.

Wait, so you mean you add fresh nutes every watering? You're running a DWC set up right?

 

[MostlyCrazy]

Running Stealth Hydro Bubbleponics system. Anytime it needs water (usually daily at this point in flower) it's ph'd and nuted up.

 

[jigfresh]

Running Stealth Hydro Bubbleponics system. Anytime it needs water (usually daily at this point in flower) it's ph'd and nuted up.

Yo ray... I'm the same man. As mostly crazy that is.... My rez is about 28 gallons full.... I have never once let it get lower than 24 gallons. My plants drink about a gallon a day (total), so every other day (about) I add 2 gallons. I usually don't need to pH it becuase my rez is so big (it doesn't fluctuate much). Depending on how lazy I am I add the appropriate amount of nutes to the 2 gal top off. And I completely change the water every 7-8 days. (lots of nutes I use)

With your smaller rez, I would add the appropriate ammount of nutes each time as the ppm would plummet without.

What you might want to do, if it makes sense for you is make enough nute mix for a week at a time, then just top off from that. Do you see what I'm saying?

I'd do it with my setup, but I'd need to keep an extra 10-12 gallons somewhere and that is a lot of space.

I hope this makes sense. Let us know if you have any other questions.

One thing is for sure... I suggest you never let the rez get below halfway. I don't know if it makes a difference or not, but I wouldn't do it.

 

[MostlyCrazy]

Same thing here. I have about 6-7 gallon of ph'd and nuted water sitting on the side in a 10 gallon bucket for adding as needed. I think it would be ok to let it get down about 2 gallons ( out of a 8 gallon res) but that is as far as I want to go down. Also when I do a res change I let them sit for about 15-20 minutes drained and let them have their air bath then. My water is 7.5 out fo the tap so Ph adjustment is needed.

 

[Ray Fox]

Same thing here. I have about 6-7 gallon of ph'd and nuted water sitting on the side in a 10 gallon bucket for adding as needed. I think it would be ok to let it get down about 2 gallons ( out of a 8 gallon res) but that is as far as I want to go down. Also when I do a res change I let them sit for about 15-20 minutes drained and let them have their air bath then. My water is 7.5 out fo the tap so Ph adjustment is needed.

Yeah, we've been giving them nutes every couple waterings or so but with the sudden level in drinkage we've been a little unsure of whether or not to keep giving them nutes with every watering (lik every 3 or 4 days) or not. So we will jump to this change immediately. Thanks guys, will do!

 

[jigfresh]

Make us proud foxy... we're looking for some super killer plants. We know you can do it (especially with us all here with you).

 

[Ray Fox]

Make us proud foxy... we're looking for some super killer plants. We know you can do it (especially with us all here with you).

Hahahahahaha aw Jig you're so cute. First time grower or no, with your guys' help we promise to make you proud. Scout's honor.

Mmmm...Feelin the inspirational RIU love already.

 

[Ray Fox]

Oh! And great news! We've decided to clone 3 plants off of the big mama (the center plant) once they enter a little later in flowering. Just a little early excitement but expect a new thread for a possible perpetual grow!!!

 

[MostlyCrazy]

I wouldn't clone a plant in flower ( ok maybe a week or 10 days). Perpetual grow come on the next round! LOL! Didn't find this thread until the middle of my second grow and it made about a 5 oz difference (first grow was pitiful! - Killed 5 out of 6 plants!). You're just getting some experience and we're here to help as needed. Power to the Pot people!

 

[Ray Fox]

I wouldn't clone a plant in flower ( ok maybe a week or 10 days). Perpetual grow come on the next round! LOL! Didn't find this thread until the middle of my second grow and it made about a 5 oz difference (first grow was pitiful! - Killed 5 out of 6 plants!). You're just getting some experience and we're here to help as needed. Power to the Pot people!

Power to the Pot People! The thing Crazy is that our flowers were WAYYYY late. If you looked earlier in the thread, they took 31 days in 12/12 to appear (no, no light leaks...) so now that they're def in flower we've been reading up on some people's cloning grows and it looks like we're gonna take about 3 snips off the momma start of next week. It IS possible right? We're not crazy here right? Pardon the joke Crazy.

 

[jigfresh]

It definitely is possible... I'm pretty sure you can re veg at any point before the plant is dying (up to week 7 or 8 for indica)... it will just take a few days to start new growth out of the flower (see smoote's grow journal).

I can't tell you if you're crazy or not... I'd need more information, haha.

 

[MostlyCrazy]

Jig is right. You can try to clone but will have to be patient as they need to switch back to the veg state to push out the roots. How are ou going to clone? I have a Daisy Cloner ( about $60 online) and it works well. I've also used one of those propagating trays you find at wally world. Soaked some rock wool with 5.5ph water, loaded the clone with Olivia's cloning gel and misted 2x a day with plain water and a little Super Thrive with good success. Make sure the rockwool is just barely wet to the touch. If is gets too wet you'll get stem rot. We want that clone to push out the roots to look for water! You might wants to cut a few more than you think you may need. I'd expect a success rate of around 50% figuring in the noob factor! LOL!

Crazy is as crazy does! I'm not easily offended . . . ever. I smoke way too much pot for that to happen!

 

[Ray Fox]

Crazy is as crazy does! I'm not easily offended . . . ever. I smoke way too much pot for that to happen!

Hahaha, well it looks like we'll have to start a new thread for this sometime next week. In the mean time let's stick with not screwing the main grow up

 

[beennoobed]

nice grow, lookin forward to the end

 

[MostlyCrazy]

You are learning, Grasshooper!

 

[motif]

Yeah, we've been giving them nutes every couple waterings or so but with the sudden level in drinkage we've been a little unsure of whether or not to keep giving them nutes with every watering (lik every 3 or 4 days) or not. So we will jump to this change immediately. Thanks guys, will do!

DONT DO THIS.

Topping off your res with nutes can create nutrient lock-out.

You can do this however, halfway through your flowering, i would top off with just ph'd water because the helps "unlock" the salt build-up. So flush your plants for like 3 days halfway through flower, then continue to top off with nutes till your final flush before harvest.

If you choose to do this, and you see any kind of abnormal deficiencies appear, i would put my 5 on it that its due to nute-lock. In which case, just flush with ph'd water for 2-3 days, then continue with the nutes.

I actually like to flush my plants every now and then and let the water run down to about a 1/4 of the bucket. Its actually very beneficial to let your roots air out once a week.

 

[Ray Fox]

Hey everybody so we moved the girls today after they got found a couple days ago and were gonna get chopped down. Moving them was an absolute bitch, but it had to be done or thats all the blood, sweat, tears and cash going down the drain . 'Nuff said. Anyways they're safely tucked away now.

We added a full res of totally clean cold water and even added 3 extra 60 watt CFL's. So now we're really in business. And there are buds literally EVERYWHERE. Must be like, no joke, a hundred spread out. Plus there are like 10 big cola's popping up from the centers of each plant. CANNOT WAIT!!!

Here's the girls.

 

[MostlyCrazy]

Kick save! Way to rescue the girls! You ain't seen nothin yet. Another couple of weeks and it will look like you wandered into a popcorn factory! They look real good!