1st hydro setup (low budget)

sinu1er

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This is my first go with hydro just planted them in this new set up seems to work ok so far.
I built the box out of 1x6 cedar and lined the inside with thick black plastic and the outside with white. here are some pics. Using full FF nutes with florilicious plus and SUPERthrive... any comments/suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
 

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Quickee

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if you were trying to keep it kinda of organic..the 3 fox farm products arent..the beastie blooms, cha ching and big bloomz i think is the name of it..but they were really good..also becareful with using them..they can burn the shit out of your plants..but work wonders if you work them in right
 
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Just watch your water temps, try to keep em around 68F.
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Yep i have an aquarium thermometer and a heater for when it gets colder obviously dont need it now lol.
if you were trying to keep it kinda of organic..the 3 fox farm products arent..the beastie blooms, cha ching and big bloomz i think is the name of it..but they were really good..also becareful with using them..they can burn the shit out of your plants..but work wonders if you work them in right
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Nahh im not gonna go full organic i used the full FF line with my soil and had good results. but the FF big bloom, florilicious plus and SUPERthrive i think are all organic. I was thinking when i ran out of the nonorganic nutes id replace with organic after I had a better feel for things.

I was also woundering if my nute/enhancer lineup looked good? im gonna get some floranectar closer to flowering but i didnt think i should cram to much more in there haha... but maybe im wrong lol anything i should look into implicating??
 
Quickee

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also remember not to use ST during flowering it lowers how much you get..i dont remember the chem name that does it..
 
sinu1er

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I've heard a couple things about ST prolonging maturity but nothing about reducing yields that sucks lol..
 
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Well i started them flowering last Sunday, doing good so far besides the fact that its apparent of the different strains. Just one really is pretty much trying to grab the light lol but i fixed it up for now hit it with the old "soften the stem and bend er". I took my clones from a nice compact bushy one so they should be a bit uniform next time.
 

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greenearth5

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i use foxfarm big bloom, grow big, and tiger bloom but not the other three (yet)... what do you think of them so far? is it worth the money to pick up
 
sinu1er

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I think they are definitely worth the money especially since they last so long usually its 1/4 teaspoon per gallon 1/2 at heavy feeding.
You also only use each one for a week or two depending on stage of flowering that they are in, cha ching the most at the end for resins. I picked up some flora nectar and now i think im pretty good with my nute program.
 
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Well for now im using a 250w hps with a few 100w cfls strategically placed but im looking to upgrade with another 250w HID or maybe 400 haven't decided yet
 
sinu1er

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Lol they have a few bulbs but no setups besides like outside lighting and such. you could try HIDhut.com they are pretty good, not really local but good prices.
 
FilthyFletch

FilthyFletch

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home depot has 50 watt and 250 watt hps outdoor lights for like security lighting a couple cord and your good or if you want a good inexspensive 400 watt or 600 watt digital setup that runs both mh and hps just pm me.shop anywhere but htg though
 
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