Almost there! Build thread to grow thread. 2x 100qt igloos 1000w HPS/MH-unkwn strain

[OlBlue]

Better hurry up man if you want to harvest near the new year =p

Dont really have a goal, but I would like to get this harvest in on the DWC throwdown!

Just ordered,
4 Liters of Sensi Grow A
4 Liters of Sensi Grow B
4 Liters of Sensi Bloom A
4 Liters of Sensi Bloom B
1 Liter of Voodoo Juice
1 Liter of Sensizym
1 Liter of Bud Candy
1 Liter of Big Bud Liquid

My clones are in the rooting process.


I hooked up water to my system today, gotta say...I about lost it. Wish I had a bowl right now.

Purewaterclub sent me the RO system, when it arrived it had a broken fitting. bummer, but, I can make it work. Well, I go to hook the hose up to the fitting they sent me.....nope...NOT a hose fitting. ARG! Hopefully I can find an adapter at home depot tomorrow. Was hoping to do a run down to check for leaks tonight.

Hope my multimeter gets here tomorrow or tuesday as well. Really curious what my PH is.

Oh, I also have a Great Dane that my GF entered in a contest. If any of you have a few minutes. Please go vote for him!
http://www.kissfmseattle.com/pages/upload-contest/vote-entrants.php?ag&gid=2#2

 

[VoidObject]

Dont really have a goal, but I would like to get this harvest in on the DWC throwdown!

I know a lot of people like to have harvests around new year.. that way they can start a new grow and have fresh jars..

Then again, that might be a cultural or genetic thing. Sorry you've been having trouble man.

 

[OlBlue]

My meter arrived today.

Tested my tap water

7.61Ph and 20ppm! Pretty stoked there. At least, for the PPM. Was hoping the Ph would be a little lower. Hopefully the Advance Nutes can auto adjust like they claim!

 

[OlBlue]

filled the 150qt with the hose today, 8.xx ph and 10ppm....

Tested the air pumps and stones...FAIL

Tested the water pump I picked up to pump the 100qt water back into the 150qt...FAIL, not strong enough....

Sending the two air pumps back to Amazon tomorrow.

ordered this one up tonight Active Aqua Commercial Air Pump with 12 outlets, 110 lt per minute

Should be able to run EVERYTHING off that sucker

Going to take the water pump back to the store tomorrow and swap it for a higher model. hopefully a stronger pump will be able to pump the water up and into the rez

also found out, I can fill my two 100qt igloo coolers to the proper level(2" below the net pot) by filling the 150qt all the way to the top! this means I can do rez change outs in 1 sweep! woohoo!

 

[UnderCurrentDWC]

I posted this in another thread but this is how I feel about commercial air pumps.

I just did some rough math on the power consumption between my two air pumps.
The commercial pump using 185w per hour producing 180Lpm will use
4,440w/day
133,200w/month
1,598,400w/year
at $.15/w that = $239.85/year to run

The General Hydroponics Duel Diaphragm air pump @ 8w/hour x 9 air pumps producing 180Lpm will use
1,728w/day
51,840w/month
622,080w/year
@ $.15/w that = $93.45/year to run

That's a savings of $146.40 per year

If the GH air pump costs $50/pump x 9= $450 The commercial pump cost me $150, price difference is $300. After running the pump 2 years it pays for the difference in cost and anything after that is pure money in my pocket. I'm also not taking into account the added cost of running a fan to cool off my large pump as well.

With your two 100qt/25gallon and one 150qt/37.5 gallon coolers I'd say one air pump per cooler pushing 20lpm would be more than enough air,that's about 150-160$ shipped for 3 GH air pumps and they end up paying for them selves + they are so nice and quiet.
If your using 6"x 4.5" net pots when the water is an inch below the cup you'll probably only have 12 gallons of sauce per 100qt cooler IMO 110 lpm is overkill for 44 gallons.

My 2 cents anyway.
Happy growing
UCDWC~

 

[dtischerd]

i have that GH air pump..running 2x5 gal buckets..2 air stones in each bucket.

the only sound i hear is a low hum from the air pump..prolly cuz the thing vibrates,but its barely noticeable.

according to the box you can run a max of 8 air stones with the use of splitters.

 

[OlBlue]

I posted this in another thread but this is how I feel about commercial air pumps.



With your two 100qt/25gallon and one 150qt/37.5 gallon coolers I'd say one air pump per cooler pushing 20lpm would be more than enough air,that's about 150-160$ shipped for 3 GH air pumps and they end up paying for them selves + they are so nice and quiet.
If your using 6"x 4.5" net pots when the water is an inch below the cup you'll probably only have 12 gallons of sauce per 100qt cooler IMO 110 lpm is overkill for 44 gallons.

My 2 cents anyway.
Happy growing
UCDWC~

Cool, if what I had worked, I would of kept it. they were cheap pumps that couldnt produce. Im ready to roll on this, not going to beat around the bush with another pump that might not do its job properly. I know this one will produce. Done deal. Once things are going and I feel I can start spending more money to "tinker" on the setup, I will use your advice. Thanks!

 

[OlBlue]

just picked these up from a buddy, they look a lil sad right now...

Ended up with 14 clones....6 platinum's(not sure exact strain, going to ask when the dude gets back from hunting) and 8 Headband clones. Headbands are in DWC and the Platinums are in dirt.

Headbands have been rooting for the past week or so, the Platinums about a week longer. The 2 headbands that are still in the clone tray will be planted in dirt once I go to pickup bigger pots for them all.
It was a last minute thing to get all of them...figured why not?? \

 

[OlBlue]

Thought I would add what I have been doing as well,

Before the plants went in I decided to give them a lil nutes.

start:
ph7.02
ppm 60

10ml Sensi A - mixed in 150qt cooler
10ml Sensi B - mixed in 150qt cooler
(2) 1/4 caps Voodoo Juice - mixed in 150qt cooler
1 cap PH down

PH - 5.5
PPM - 140

Plants go in 10/12/11 @ noon

100qt cooler (left)
PH 5.7
PPM 140
100qt cooler (right)
PH 5.5
PPM 150

10/13/11 @ 6:30am
PH 6.13 in both
PPM 70
75* in the room

Rez temps have been around 16-17 degrees Celsius. Will check again when I get home today.

 

[OlBlue]

Ph6.5 in both
60-70ppm both
84* in room
Few yellow leafs on dirt plants, moved light up 6-8" and moved the plants down off the SCROG
Gave dirt plants a little water
rez temp is at 18 degrees Celsius
put a better fan in the room

 

[OlBlue]

PH6.35
PPM 30 and 60
Rez temp 18*C
Room Temp 75*F

Added 10ml A, B and 5ML voodoo to each rez as well as a 1/2 cap PH down

PH5.35
PPM 110 and 130

we'll see what its at when I get home!

 

[OlBlue]

PH dropped to 4.50
drained 3" out of each 100qt igloo and filled back up with tap water.

PH stabilized at 5.3 and around 90-100ppm.

3 of the headbands dont look to hot. the other 3 are looking better. the 6 plats are looking ok. I need to get them put in bigger pots soon.

 

[OlBlue]

Checked the babies this morning.

Plats are doing just fine in the dirt.

Headbands are looking more and more yellow as the days go on. Only 2, maybe 3 of the 6 are looking ok still.

PH is still 5.6
PPM around 80-90(60 out of tap)

Id post some pics but I cant find my camera after last nights MLS game .

 

[Ogcurse]

nice looking setup bro check miine out!

 

[OlBlue]

Flushed both 100qt igloos. Put PH5.8 water back in. Hope they do better. nute burned the crap out of the babies

Transplanted the plats into larger containers. The roots were looking awesome on them! They just might get put under the SCROG if the DWC headbands dont take off!

I also noticed 1 root starting to poke out on the headbands. hopefully more follow. Although, 3 of the 6 headbands are looking quite dead. I have hopes they will turn around though.....

 

[OlBlue]

Pics I just took.

sooo sad lookin! At least the Plats are doing alright. Started training them today. Hopefully I can get the Headbands in the net sometime this year! haha

 

[OlBlue]

Roots are really starting to develop and drop into the rez....at least in Cooler #2. Cooler #1 has no signs of roots yet. Hopefully in the next few days they will drop in. The good news is the roots that are coming in are nice and healthy looking!

From the looks of it, Cooler #2 headbands want some nutes, so I gave it to them. 150ppm, ph5.8, ec .3. rez temp about 17*C.

Cooler #1 got flushed and some more ph5.8 water and 75ppm nutes.

The Platnumns are looking good. Looks like almost 1" of growth on a few of the plants. Fed them today, 230ppm/ph6.5. The buckets were pretty light compared to when I fed them last(3 days ago). How much water do I actually want to give them now? This time around I gave them about 3/4 of a glass.

I also turned the net 90*. Hope to get a few of the plats in the SCROG screen. I have a feeling 3 of the headbands might not make it, and if they do, they will be way far behind to fill their portion of the SCROG screen. NO space to be wasted here .

 

[OlBlue]

some pics i took this morning.

 

[OlBlue]

Re-arranged the dirt plants.

3 are in front by the drains and 3 are on the side of Cooler #1 now.

I also re-positioned the screen so that all 12 plants can grow into it and around the outside of it. Gotta say the Platinum Kush's are looking nice. With my time constraints I gotta take what I can get this first time around.

 

[kushnotbush]

Damn well I was hoping for you that those suckers would turn around but as the old saying goes, "sometimes you gotta know when to hold'em and sometimes you gotta know when to fold'em." I am still hoping that those roots will hit the water. Was there any success with them or are they still the same? It looks like the roots on some are pretty good from the recent pics but I am thinking that is cooler 1 that already had roots?
KnB