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No other issues karmeron, just a different setup that yours I'm sure. My roots didn't like being out of the water. Pulling 24oz of a 3.5' x 2.5' canopy can't have any issues present. I think a better way to have more roots exposed to air is to use a larger container for the hydroton.

Yeah, I've read it before, it's a good article, but results based observation has led me to believe that more feeding roots = bigger better blooms. Did you check out Heath Robinson? Harvesting 76oz from 1 plant with only 1500W. I think part of the key is his huge area for hydroton so you get...

By dropping the water level anything bellow the net pot you are robbing yourself of space for your feeding roots to grow. As mentioned above, only big thick roots for support and nutrient transport grow in this space, not roots that feed, which is what you're after. Having an air gap is a...

Easiest way to do RDWC is to pump water out of your control bucket and into your grow tubs, either right through the hydroton or in through the side somewhere. Then you let the water flow back out of your grow containers and back into the control container by drilling holes in the grow...

Here's the week 6 photo update. Buds getting nice and fat! New round of bubblegum growing nicely. I let my mother plants die, replacing the bubblegum mom with one of the clones and ditchingthe AK47 mom. 3 more weeks to harvest!

Thanks rosecitypapa. I'm planning to run a system mimicking Heath as well, his RDWC tree grow setup using high flow water and no air pumps. As I mentioned, at first I went low flow water and high flow air, that's what I've got right now. Just an 8watt water pump and 45watt air pump, but...

So far I've been controlling nutes with a good ol' measuring cup and adding back fresh water as I slowly let the level drop over the week to maintain what I "think" are stable nutrient amounts. Today, my grow bro picked up a blue lab truncheon PPM/EC meter! I was quite stoked indeed. I...

Well, I'm definitely ditching my air pump for the next round. Earlier in the grow my air pump disconnected itself from the vibrations, and i noticed when I checked on things that there had been about twice as much water taken up by the plants than I had expected. This got me thinking that maybe...

Thanks Chronic Monster. Beans you bring up a good point. I've heard of another instance where the police were impersonated and the search warrant was faked to get into the house, then once they were in they wanted to know where the grow was. I don't think this was the case however in the 18...

These are some posts I made somewhere else about the same topic, thought I would paste them here too. Might seem a bit discombobulated because I was answering questions not even asked here, but there's still some good info that should be useful to a few, can also answer any of your questions...

Plants look Healthy. Little bit stretchy from lack of light, but you use what ya got! You're gonna have to do some canopy control, a screen or tie them down somehow with a trellis, already nearly touching the light and you've still got a couple more weeks of stretch. If you can, get some of...

Halogen lights use tungsten heated to 3000 degrees Kelvin. They are a black body radiator that the CRI colour rendering index is based upon. A halogen would probably be the absolute best light possible for growing. Huge amounts of red and deep red for flowering. Bit low on blue but add some in...

5 years! Ouch! I know a guy who had 18 plants in his basement illegally. Cops went in a couple months back and just whacked down all his plants and left.. Didn't take any equipment, no charges laid. They only really seem to crack down on the larger organized crime Vietnamese and HA grows. Ma...

Not over time, they're just less efficient to start with. They waste more power as heat converting to the output the bulb needs than electronic ballasts do.

Thanks guys. I had molding I was planning to put on with velcro on along the wall, shelf, and floor, so it would be removable to take things apart. I built everything except the bookshelf, it was already there. There are no hinges though, I just line up the seals as I put it back together and...

Strain seems to be an issue. Some seem to root faster than others. My bubble cloner takes a while too. Just take your clones a few days earlier if they're the type to take a while to root.

Ok fellas, weekly picture update of the buds, doing some nice swelling. Seems I let the water level drop a little too much without topping it up and PPMs went a little high causing some slight burn, but nothing I'm concerned about, still growing like crazy. Here you can see my shelf/wall...

That's what nice about a remote res that recircs, you just put the ice in there and it never touches your roots. The PC fans on the sides on the air pump really help to keep it cool, otherwise it gets quite hot while operating, which means it will pump hot air. If you can put your airpump...

It may seem advanced but it's actually about as easy as it gets, for me anyway. I grew once with soil and then tried individual DWC buckets on my next grow, That lasted about 3 weeks into veg before I knew I had to connect them and recirculate, for the ease of dealing with one res that stays...

I got it from ebay, just search for "45 watt air pump" That bait oxygenator looks like it uses the venturi effect, not an actual air pump, but a water pump with an air snorkel on the water inlet, the vacuum draws air in, the impeller chops it up into tiny bubbles, and shoots it out with the...