250w HPS Club And Help Guide

Wretched420 said:

i think cal-mag would be good for hydro setups. molasses for soil but w/e works for you!

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Grazzmon said:

Thanks, since this is my first greow I am on a steep learning curve myself. I may Google it and see what the Internet comes up with.. I have some new pics from this morning that I may be posting in a bit.

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Grazzmon said:

Thanks, since this is my first greow I am on a steep learning curve myself. I may Google it and see what the Internet comes up with.. I have some new pics from this morning that I may be posting in a bit.

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Mindmelted said:

Get some humboldhoney or sugar daddy by Fn.I would not use reg. Molases myself,it will gunk up your system.

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apla0 said:

Hey i need someone to see if my lst is done right..

At the moment im veging under 250 hps

Also tried some Topping but i think it should have done it earlier since i got 6 new tops atm..

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Mindmelted said:

Get some humboldhoney or sugar daddy by Fn.I would not use reg. Molases myself,it will gunk up your system.

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Doobieus said:

No no no lol I was saying that molasses was bad for hydro systems and good for soil in that post lol.

However thanks for shining some light on the subject Wretched, I couldn't remember what hydro growers used to replace molasses.


Gotta love Google for research, for real. Rock on dude lookin forward to them.

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Grazzmon said:

Thanks for the info and here are the pics I promised..

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Grazzmon said:

Thanks for the info and here are the pics I promised..

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Doobieus said:

There we go Wretched and Mind, thank you for confirming that for me. I was pretty sure but this dro has got me pretty twisted this week lol.

So Mind, with DWC I have seen 2 main setups for it. 1 a bunch of different buckets linked to a controller bucket/res, or 2 a DWC combo w/ aero in one big res.

I was wondering which one was better? I think both have their pros and cons, but I was wondering what your standpoint on it was. I'm thinking of doing an aero/dwc setup, do those work well?

Also how do you change out the res? I'm thinking water pump to pump out old water and just pour new water in? Or how do you do it? Also do you Ph before or after you put in nutes? I have read people have different opinions on this with hydro, so where do you stand with this?

I'm sure soil is not that much different than hydro but I want to be sure I have all my ducks in a row.

You've got me intrigued and curious about hydro Mind.... uh oh.... lol. Sorry for all the questions, I respect your opinions and input Mind.

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Mindmelted said:

I myself do not like the controller set-up.
To many things to go wrong and screw your whole deal.I use separate buckets for mine.When i did the snow white i had Four 3 Gallon buckets with 6 in netted pot lids.I had a extra 3 gallon for nute changes.I would take the lid off and put on the other bucket,which is filled with distilled water and a air stone.I empty the other bucket and put in my 2 gallons of distilled water(Usually a ph of 6.0)Then i add my nutes,and with the techna flora that i am using now the ph ends up at 5.8.The only time i really have to adjust it is when i use tap water for refills during the week.Never have done the aero-part,have been thinking about it.I found a place that has white 4 gallon square buckets with lids.The square one take up a little less room.But that is my set-up,some people might not like the way i change my res,but i have had no issues doing it this way(Except for the branch that snapped,But i think that was more me being in a hurry)Anyway that is about it.I am sure you will be fine at it.Let me know if you need any more on what i do.Everybody is different on the way they do it.Mine works for me and have had decent results for a new grower...lol

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trainwreckz said:

The bottom of my plant has a couple stems with bud that seems to barely be growing, i was told that the bottom buds rarely produce very much nugget. So i was thinking about just chopping them off in order to refocus the energy to the upper parts of the plant.
The reason i havent already done this is because im not sure if cutting off these branches will cause too much stress. So i was thinking maybe adding a CFL or two on the floor to get light to bottom buds.

My choices are either chop of maybe 3 small branches on the bottom or add additional CFL light to the bottom of the plant.
What do you guys think??

By the way I LOVE this thread, its the reason my plant isnt dead right now!! Thanks!!

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Doobieus said:

Thanks for the info and encouragement there Mind, I think I'm going to try a square rubbermaid tote res with aero/dwc, so if a pump goes out my plants won't die lol. Trying to learn still here and there but here's what I've got, and am thinking of doing.

Aero/Dwc in a Tote of some sort, like the Rubbermaid Diy one's you find on here. I think I want a seperate res though, don't quite know how that's going to work....

Maybe have 2 pumps inside the main res feeding/pumping into the Aeroponic misters and the plant's res, then a pump from plant's res feeding/pumping back into main res, with airstones in both res's to ensure proper oxygen. The water would be continously pumping back and forth between the res's. What do you think Mind?

Also how many gallons per plant in hydro?

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Mindmelted said:

Sounds good.That would be like a re-circulating DWC with aero.Depends on how many totes you use.I think the separate res is usually gallon bigger than your growing res.Might want to check out some the DWC forums on here.But your idea sounds sound to me.

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Doobieus said:

Rock on Mind, I'll definitely read up some more. I think I just might run with this idea. We got shafted again on our application/deposit lol. Places are so much harder to get into now a days, god my girls are going to be frikkin' monsters by the time I flower them.... and by harvest time whoa lol.

How're those WB gals doing by the way, harvest is soon whoooo .

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Mindmelted said:

She is single and looking tasty.It is going to be hard to wait.But i know it will be worth it.I kinda wanted to try a single plant this time and let her breath a little more.My tent is a little cramped,I really need to be growing just single cola plants in this tent.I am going to try and build my own growbox. 3ft x 3 ft x 6ft.With 2 250 watters in it,but we will have to see.I need to move myself with the ac issues i am having...lol

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Doobieus said:

You could do a little bigger than that probably 4x4 with 500 watts of lighting no problem. Sounds good though, when will be seeing new pics of the beautiful lady. Hmm you say she's single eh....? Lol I'm not gonna go any further into that joke lol.

Can't wait until harvest dude, I always like to see harvest pics.

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Mindmelted said:

Hey now,Thats my A**.
I will post some newer pic sat or sun.I would like to do a 4x4 but i actually have the tent in my closet.And Doobs did you look at the 3 part feeding schedule or just the list of products.Did you notice that gravity and bushmaster are not on the site.

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