RetiredMatthebrute
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awesome setup man. i might try my hand at hydro next weekend when i have a few extra bucks for a net pot and a new 5 gal bucket and lid
50/50 perpetual tent grow!
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drekoushranada
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I say go for it m8. You will love the results without a doubt. It has both up and downs but it is a moster way of growing. We will see for sure what the case is. The Coco coir with Blumats are in the other side of the tent and as you can see they are taking off with no problem.
RetiredMatthebrute
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im probabally just going to run a small DWC setup seems like the easiest to maintain and not alot of equipment involved.
eventially i may go full aero in my new flower room and make a small aero system in my tent so i can go right from one aero system to the next for my perpetual. and the aero system seems to be pretty simple to make just some PvC pipe, a decent pump, some sprayer and gravity will get shit done, i would do a 4 tier (6 plants per tier) system in both my veg and flower room with the vegatative one being quite a bit smaller than the flowering one. also going ot have to figure out a way to seperate the veg room plants so the roots dont grow together since they will need to be moved after 4 weeks in the veg room
eventially i may go full aero in my new flower room and make a small aero system in my tent so i can go right from one aero system to the next for my perpetual. and the aero system seems to be pretty simple to make just some PvC pipe, a decent pump, some sprayer and gravity will get shit done, i would do a 4 tier (6 plants per tier) system in both my veg and flower room with the vegatative one being quite a bit smaller than the flowering one. also going ot have to figure out a way to seperate the veg room plants so the roots dont grow together since they will need to be moved after 4 weeks in the veg room
drekoushranada
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That sounds great! Do you think such a system can fit in a 5x5 tent? I would love to give it a try.
C Cat
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Hey dre!Great work!I'm trying to do the same but with a 600w HPS 4x4x7 flower room and a 94w Veg room.For your clones I made a DIY tupperware container bubbler myself,How long did it take for roots to show?And did you did in rooting hormones then put them in or no?And ive been running 5.3 ph for the water and changing every 2 days.So far its been 3 days and nothing!The whole undercurrent system could you explain that a bit more?I would like to do a setup close to that but not a vert grow,Thanks!
Btw your Avatar pic.Ahahahhahahahaha!Love it
~C That Cat?
Btw your Avatar pic.Ahahahhahahahaha!Love it
~C That Cat?
drekoushranada
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1. It took 5-7 days for the roots to show.
2. I did the rooting hormone and then I popped them in. I didn't even bother to adjust the ph on my tap water.
The system is 4x5 gallon buckets with a 20 gallon rez. I connected them using 2 inch uniseals and PVC pipe. I may go with another 5 gallon bucket as the rez in the future after I see how the 1/10 horsepower chiller hold up. The pump is an Iwaki. It is very strong for the system.
2. I did the rooting hormone and then I popped them in. I didn't even bother to adjust the ph on my tap water.
The system is 4x5 gallon buckets with a 20 gallon rez. I connected them using 2 inch uniseals and PVC pipe. I may go with another 5 gallon bucket as the rez in the future after I see how the 1/10 horsepower chiller hold up. The pump is an Iwaki. It is very strong for the system.
RetiredMatthebrute
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roots generally wont be formed in only 3 days probabally 10 days min. some strains take longer than others.Hey dre!Great work!I'm trying to do the same but with a 600w HPS 4x4x7 flower room and a 94w Veg room.For your clones I made a DIY tupperware container bubbler myself,How long did it take for roots to show?And did you did in rooting hormones then put them in or no?And ive been running 5.3 ph for the water and changing every 2 days.So far its been 3 days and nothing!The whole undercurrent system could you explain that a bit more?I would like to do a setup close to that but not a vert grow,Thanks!
Btw your Avatar pic.Ahahahhahahahaha!Love it
~C That Cat?
drekoushranada
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Pics are on page 1 and 2. They just went in the other day so its not much of a difference. The rez is on the outside of the tent and it is around 69 degrees. It actually feels colder than that. I got the chiller for 200USD.
drekoushranada
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The ladies are doing well. The temps of water is at 67f but the humidity of the grow room is at 30%. Will that affect the ladies?
drekoushranada
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The veg tent had some white flies in it so I'm going to hit them with some soap. Any suggestions? The plants still look great though.
drekoushranada
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Another pic.
RetiredMatthebrute
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never had white flies so no help on that subject. i did have fungus gnats and they were a pain in the ass. never really got rid of them just kept the numbers to a min.
drekoushranada
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Well after the nightmare I had in the system things are back on track. I'm thinking a simple with a timer will better suit my need and the coco. I may just run the blumats in the Air Pots with CNS 17 nutes and see how they do just to be fair. The Under Current system is taking off in a major way as I figured they will. I love straight hydro systems.
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drekoushranada
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I put a fly strip in there and it seems to be working a bit. I don't really see them that much. I went and checked the flower tent again and I'm going to be done with the Blumats after this run. I'm going to do a timer and drip with 3.4 gallon air pots. What is a good way to run a timed drip with coco in flower as far as length of time go??
RetiredMatthebrute
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wit the fungus gnats i know the flying ones were more of a nuisansse than anything but the larvea they laid in the soil will eat your root. not a huge deal on a established plant (still some stress like athletes foot, burns a bit and uncomfortable but can still walk) but on smaller seedlings and clones that athletes food can become decapitation and bleeding to death.....
stoned analogy lol
anyways gl with them. i heard no pest strips works well but kinda toxic shit
stoned analogy lol
anyways gl with them. i heard no pest strips works well but kinda toxic shit
technical dan
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solo cups mostly filled with water or cider vinegar and a little dish soap will help control kill the fungus gnats.
drekoushranada
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I put the strips up and I will give the Solo Cups a go. My first harvest is going to be crappy dealing with coco and Blumats. I'm doing DTW for the next run for sure. I had a bad salt build up that tosted the plants. I hope they don't herm or anything.
Evo8Emperor
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Great set up man. Just looked through and the plants look great. Only thing I noticed and Im not trying to bash, but with your UC your have your buckets pushed into the corner so the plants has only like 10in to the center of the bucket. Your going to get a lot of dead leaves and no growth back there on every plant. Im running a cch2o UC as well but mine is built by me and customized to fit my 4x8 tent.