Hey everyone, I just joined and would love to know how to give +rep points....
Anyway, I just got back from my local hydroponics store and purchased a Waterfarm "complete kit"!(the one that comes with the hardware, air pump, hose, Hydroton clay pebbles and all three 8 oz nutrient bottles... Yeah, im excited).
*Pics coming soon*
I picked up these items to go along with it:
NGW Mylar roll 25ft
GH pH control kit
Hydrion Papers pH test roll dispenser
60-120 gallon dual port air pump (used for $6!!!)
4" disc air stone
NGW Ecolplus small round airstone
10' of 1/4" plastic tubing
*Pics coming soon*
I was wondering what to buy for an EC or PPM meter??? to measure those ppm levels... like a "dissolved solids" meter or nutrient meter..?? hmmm torn, torn. suggestions pls.
Now, what I already have setup right now is:
45"L x 22"W x 60"H of grow space (portion of closet)
Since this is my first time, I germinated 8 old seeds from some great "sinsemilla" (sometimes you'll find one or two in a large quantity... if you're experienced with final products and consuming mass amounts of the final products like I am you'll know that you will come across a seed in a dank BAG every once in a blue moon. anyway sry im high lol) batches that i've been throughout the past couple of years or so.. . I also get them from buddies, too. Always Dank shit.
Ok so they're good seeds.
As soon as they were geminated, I planted them into 8 5" black nursery pots. I believe they're all about 2.5L each.
*Pics coming soon*
They sprouted and grew into beautiful babies really quickly and as of now they stand at a WHOPPING
4". Ha. But hey they grew to that size in a matter of 12 days or so. They love this organic soil, I tell ya!
Soil
BIOCANNA BIO Terra Plus (
BIOCANNA :: The Bio Solution for growth and bloom ::)
Amendments - very little perlite
Nutrients
As of now, excluding the nutes that come with the WF kit, I have BIOCANNA BioVega.
I actually included a 1/4 strength dosage of this in my irragation water for the first time today! (We'll see how they do, i'll keep you posted.)
*Pics coming soon*
Lights
Hydrofarm System Comp Fluorescent 125W Daylight [FLCO125D]
(heres the direct hydrofarm link just in case you arent directly familiar with it:
Hydrofarm - Hydrofarm FLCO125D System Comp Fluorescent 125W Day)
8 26w daylight 6100k CFL
For now, since I am using CFL's, i'm not really getting any heat issues at plant level whatsoever.. they love this light. I have the light 2-5 inches from the plants at all times, and I have the 26w twistys on dual sockets that I have mounted onto the Hydrofarm reflector itself so they are adjustable on two different joints it makes sense when you see it
(man my camera has water damage
)
I also have a Hydrofarm Sunburst 250W HPS/MH Convertible [SBC250]
(
Hydrofarm - Hydrofarm SBC250 Sunburst 250W HPS/MH Convertible)
just laying around waiting for flowering time. I know that with this model of reflector I have the capability of coverting to a MH during vegg, but i'd rather not deal with the heat issues for now considering the fact that it gets hotter than hell out here during the summer time (in the SW), of course. SOOooOO, throwing that all aside..
Climate
I have the temp at a constant 76F / RH 40-55% at plant level during the day...
At night, the temps drop to as low as 66F / RH 40%.
Plants like it, but im going hydro, yo..
I'm going to cull out the weakset links little by little over the course of this week. I will buy a camera before I decide to cull any at all and ask for opinions and suggestions based upon pics and whatnot. After that, I will rinse off soil and transplant to my WF that will already have pH'ed water running in it.....
airstones and all....
WELL, ACTUALLY I was wondering about that. I have heard different things about having the airstone in play during the early stages of vegg growth.. "Early stages" in this case would be classified as: before the roots directly come into contact with Res. water.
Now what's better, running the 4" disc airstone and all from the get-go OR running only the drip ring while the roots haven't reached the res... or does it even matter.
My guess would be it does really matter as in life or death for the plants, lols, but I would think more aeration and oxygen in the res water at any given point of growth is good. Especially considering that fact that when I was at the actual "hydro store" itself they had a display WF going with the same 4" disc airstone mod I got. He lifted the growing reservoir and all I saw was this whirlwind of bubbles in the solution. It actually increases "visible" circulation in reservoir ROOT MASS, too.
But hey, i'm just guessing.
Another thing about the number of plants per Waterfarm... How many plants do YOU reccomended for a ScrOG setup on on Waterfarm?
I wanna know how many I should cull out, or just pick ONE favorite.
I have been reading this forum amongst others for months and months on end. I carefully decided to pick out the forum I wanted to register for. (I dont want to be on every damn forum for parnoia sakes
) I chose THIS forum because all of the "high rep, high contributing" peeps don't seem to be assholes and I enjoy that.
So i'm hOping I can get some decent input and suggestions down the road.
I will keep you updated. I WILL BE POSTING STEP BY STEP PICS ASAP ( camera got wet, buying a new one sometime very very soon... maybe tommorow if i get the chance
BUT my memory card is drying out and by tomorrow I will have uploaded the pics I have already taken. Hence, "*Pics coming soon*")
So yeah, once again.... REP POINTS: HOW DO YOU GIVE EM?
Great thread by the way.. I'm glad I found it.
Thanks for reading! Hope I didn't bore you! Tried to keep it as simple is i could explain it. and im hi. lol
time to fill in my profile info..
only 2 white hairs per site! but its still bush.
trippys oddities included.
