Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

StinkBud said:

I'm curious how it would work with organic nutrients. The nutrients I use is made from compost tea and contains quite a bit of solids compared to synthetic nutes.

You should try it and let us know how it works.

After spending all day trimming bud I honestly fell my system is enough! You ever trim a pound of bud? It's fun the first few times but after 14 years it really sucks! I have to do it every three weeks!

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hey stink im only at page 120 this is a very good informatiuve thread.!!! well done! hey after reading this post above i 've been thinking about your manacuring issues, check out the "AARDVARK". type in aardvarK in ebay check it out, its real handy when u gotta manicure pounds and pounds. u can do it all sitting down in your favourie chair! u and a few of your patients u supply to should all chuck in and get one they save sooooo much time!!! something to think about.

madazz

madazz said:

hey stink im only at page 120 this is a very good informatiuve thread.!!! well done! hey after reading this post above i 've been thinking about your manacuring issues, check out the "AARDVARK". type in aardvarK in ebay check it out, its real handy when u gotta manicure pounds and pounds. u can do it all sitting down in your favourie chair! u and a few of your patients u supply to should all chuck in and get one they save sooooo much time!!! something to think about.

madazz

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thoes are pretty tight, but who dont like trimming a pound or so every month? its like therapy.

StinkBud said:

They look great bro!

When the males start to produce balls watch them closely. Right before they turn yellow and open up, cut off all the branches. Leave a few lower leaves to keep the roots alive.

Now take a few of the male stems and put them in a glass of water under the sink. Use a cheap fluorescent light set to 12/12. The male flowers will finish up away from the females over the next few weeks.

When the male flowers start producing pollen, start shaking the flowers over a glass plate. Now scrape the pollen together and save it in the freezer.

When you want some seeds take a small watercolor brush and paint a few buds with pollen. You will get a shitload of seeds but your main harvest will be seedless.

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Wow i wanna try this if i ever get any males!!! You keep the roots alive so you don't have to separate them or let them die in the system is that correct??? And the braches in a glass of water is what will finish over a couple of weeks is that correct? Sorry to ask these questions stink bro!!!

ok got me a system up and runnin ....gettin timer shipped to me tomorrow ...i had used rockwool cubes to root with and set tthem in my rainforest for veg ..does rockwool have a serious problem in this machine .......any comments

doktorgreenthumb420 said:

ok got me a system up and runnin ....gettin timer shipped to me tomorrow ...i had used rockwool cubes to root with and set tthem in my rainforest for veg ..does rockwool have a serious problem in this machine .......any comments

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Nope a few pages back the same question came up about rapid rooter plugs and rock wool cubes. They work great in the system. I would recommend rapidrooter plugs if you have to start from seed. Once they get a good root system. You can water them then slide them up and take a look. Once them make it through the rapid rooter or rock wool place in the cloner. Easy as that.

StinkBud said:

You can give the clones full nutrient dosage as soon as they pop roots. They love it!

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Hey Stink... do you mean go ahead and do the full dosage of Veg nutes?????

Awww SHIT, my power went off and alot of my plants dried up and died.

One question... In previous grow my resivoir TDS always stayed similar as the res level dropped (plants used it) with this set up i am finding myself adding plain water each day to bring me TDS down to where i've had it. Does this mean the plants are using more water then Nutrient solution? ? Or is there something else going on here that i dont know about??? I cant see that evaporation would be much of a problem but i suppose its always a possibility... but i think highly unlikely that it would occur this fast.

Any thoughts?

Apicture update too Notice my room mates attept in the mug at the forefront of the photo... its from the same batch of clones. hahaha

Aeroweed said:

IFor those of you looking for something a bit larger than the rubbermaids these boxes are on sale until 6/10/09. Normally they are about $16 ea.

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good looking out bra

NewHiddenGrower said:

Awww SHIT, my power went off and alot of my plants dried up and died.

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Damn! ...how long without water? ...you'd be surprised how they can come back...?

I'll hope for the best.

doktorgreenthumb420 said:

ok got me a system up and runnin ....gettin timer shipped to me tomorrow ...i had used rockwool cubes to root with and set tthem in my rainforest for veg ..does rockwool have a serious problem in this machine .......any comments

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Yo Dok - my humble opinion on the subject:

in general, rockwool holds more water than you would like for an aeroponic system. When rooting in rockwool cubes, they need little water every couple days. A 10 second spray cycle will saturate a rockwool cube... it will remain wet for hours. Oxygen is the key - hence the great performance of the aero system... that's why we leave the pumps off for 5 minutes; for roots to take in oxygen. With a saturated medium such as rockwool, we defeat that oxygen intake to some degree. Worst case scenario: the stem is too moist and pythium rot sets in. As noted, many have had 0 issues with rockwool in the system - so, I am sure you will be fine! Once the roots get through the rockwool they will get all the oxygen they need. Chunks of rockwool, may possibly cause flow issues through pump, and/or sprayheads... again, I'm playin' the devil's advocate!

mattykyp said:

One question... In previous grow my resivoir TDS always stayed similar as the res level dropped (plants used it) with this set up i am finding myself adding plain water each day to bring me TDS down to where i've had it. Does this mean the plants are using more water then Nutrient solution? ? Or is there something else going on here that i dont know about??? I cant see that evaporation would be much of a problem but i suppose its always a possibility... but i think highly unlikely that it would occur this fast.

Any thoughts?

Apicture update too Notice my room mates attept in the mug at the forefront of the photo... its from the same batch of clones. hahaha

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Yeah - this is normal - you called it. A larger res will make your solution more stable. But adding water daily is cool. Keep in mind, you may want to change the res more frequently to be sure the nutrient solution has the proper ratios of all nutrient elements. As a general rule, once your res toppings equal the capacity of the res, it is time to change (in a 20 gallon res, if you add 2 gallons per day to keep your PPMs in check - change in 10 days).

LionsRoor said:

Damn! ...how long without water? ...you'd be surprised how they can come back...?

I'll hope for the best.

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16 hours without water, damn but you think they can come back?

Guys i failed.

I decided to stop this system because i cant simply stop the Leak of the end caps....

I tried the following.

Duct tape
Primer
Foam
Muddy Puddy

I give up . Good luck to all stinkbuddies.

i need help im working on a nother grow like stinky looking for colorful fruity bud anybody out there help me out im in the usa so only seed company that ship to the usa pm me or leave info on strain in my thread

NewHiddenGrower said:

Guys i failed.

I decided to stop this system because i cant simply stop the Leak of the end caps....

I tried the following.

Duct tape
Primer
Foam
Muddy Puddy

I give up . Good luck to all stinkbuddies.

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you need to silicone them on the posts and in the caps then them on. make sure you have a smooth seal all around and let it sit overnight before you add water and it shoul seal . make sure your timer is 1 min on and 4 to 5 off so it drains quickly the end caps shouldnt hold water this way it should simply drain in three seconds or so.

I just found this thread last week and I'm loving it, but it's HUGE. I read the first 30 pages and have been kind of skipping around since. Did the final tutorial ever get posted? Is there a condensed version somewhere without all the fluff and questions in between? If anyone has a link the most recently condensed version I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

NewHiddenGrower said:

Guys i failed.

I decided to stop this system because i cant simply stop the Leak of the end caps....

I tried the following.

Duct tape
Primer
Foam
Muddy Puddy

I give up . Good luck to all stinkbuddies.

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Don't give up prop the back end up with some extra pipe. Go to the pet store and but some aquarium sealer. This stuff works on the fly and holds great. I too could not get my second flower unit to stop leaking but this did work for sure.

Bead it all the way around except the top unless you want to. Give about 15 mins to dry and you will be ok.

Ok ill going to try silicone glue but man i promise this is my last go on this stupid LEAK!!!! i wasted so much nutes and water.

eyeswideopen said:

Did the final tutorial ever get posted? Is there a condensed version somewhere without all the fluff and questions in between?

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Some changes have been made along the way, but the basics are on page 75. Good luck!