Hold my beer and watch this shit ....... nft/lpa/tub monster

tekdc911

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im just using sprayers from home depot and a pond pump .... i did cheat and take a drill bit that was 1/32 larger than the nipple on the sprayers and ream it out all the way down including the orifice so it has a larger jet now which doesnt restrict the pump as much and allows it to move volume like the pump was designed to do ...... i get sheets of water but my sprayers wont clog or spray stupid from minor salt build ups
 
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Decided to pull the jiffy pucks out and start over .... ill plant them in 1 gal's or something ...... i just foresee problems down the road i would rather remedy now
 
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Ok so popped some beans in paper towel the other day ..... Now that I have tails I took 1" x 1 1/2" pieces of single ply napkin and folded in half so I have a little 1/2 x 1 1/2 with a germed seed in it and stuck that down in the lava rocks ..... The test patient I did a few days ago already has roots hanging and is growing towards the light. Hate losing the time but glad I hit the reset button for sure now...... I see roots :D
 
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ten days since last post ..... had to up the nitro and cal/mag a bit plant is still building roots ..... i say plant since only one made it thought the seedling stage .... gonna have to come up with a better way of popping the beans .... ive been sick havent really been out of bed ...... been topping off with full str sensi no res change took a glass of the nutes out of the res water is still crystal clear no floaties or anything so im gonna see how long i can get buy with out a res chang e
 
black jesus

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tekdc911 said:
@black jesus this a GDP bag seed from some Colorado bud. It's in 3/4 str kellogs trans planted a week ago or so no burn or nothin just chuggin along
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Looking good to me. I just picked up 2 big bags of perlite from Home Depot for $18. I got them half off since they had holes in the bag that I didn't not put in there lol....but the Kellogg's seems good to me. I hear people using of farm and adding up to 30% perlite. But since this soil doesn't have as much I'm thinking 50/50 which could mean a very fast veg.....
 
black jesus

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tekdc911 said:
ten days since last post ..... had to up the nitro and cal/mag a bit plant is still building roots ..... i say plant since only one made it thought the seedling stage .... gonna have to come up with a better way of popping the beans .... ive been sick havent really been out of bed ...... been topping off with full str sensi no res change took a glass of the nutes out of the res water is still crystal clear no floaties or anything so im gonna see how long i can get buy with out a res chang e
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Take a foam cup. Cut the bottom off and burry half way in your pot fill the cup with a very light mix and place seed in...cover with plastic wrap. You should be great...I would leave some room for the seedlings to grow a few inches
 
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black jesus said:
Take a foam cup. Cut the bottom off and burry half way in your pot fill the cup with a very light mix and place seed in...cover with plastic wrap. You should be great...I would leave some room for the seedlings to grow a few inches
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I meant starting them for the hydro
 
tekdc911

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black jesus said:
Looking good to me. I just picked up 2 big bags of perlite from Home Depot for $18. I got them half off since they had holes in the bag that I didn't not put in there lol....but the Kellogg's seems good to me. I hear people using of farm and adding up to 30% perlite. But since this soil doesn't have as much I'm thinking 50/50 which could mean a very fast veg.....
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That GDP is loud as hell already has little glimmers all over it .... I fim'd it and it didn't phase it topped it at transplant and it still didn't stall. Hope it clones easy that's gonna be one of my mother's
 
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IMAG0381.jpg roots are brown but not slimy ..... been upping the pk and it's brown I assume it's Humic or something staining them .... they are a lot whiter when not under the led but still brownish
 
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potroastV2

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Those roots do not look very healthy, but you say they are not slimy (yet). One of the biggest problems in NFT is the temp of the res. What is your temp? If it is above 75 degrees then you will have stuff growing in there, and it will attack your roots.

:mrgreen:
 
tekdc911

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rollitup said:
Those roots do not look very healthy, but you say they are not slimy (yet). One of the biggest problems in NFT is the temp of the res. What is your temp? If it is above 75 degrees then you will have stuff growing in there, and it will attack your roots.

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It's stayin about 68 my room doesn't get over 75 I'm running pool shock should kill what ever slime but it's basically my first rodeo with nft. And autos. The clones I ran did alright with out a timer but may have to get one for the autos I guess
 
tekdc911

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One of the sprayers wasnt acting right I think they may have been dried up for a day or so .... Been neglecting them not feeling well lately
 
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I'll try and get a natural light pic ..... Need to figure this out so I can set it and forget it
 
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