Hydroponics

the site was great. I usually start off with the aerogrow then transfer to dirt. well my second plant. It was great. it grew too huge but the out come was wonderful.
New start .. this time with two at the same time. my question is.. can 2 plants substain in the aerogrow till flowering or do you transfer to a bigger tub?

I was just wondering if i have this set up right... My friend helped me do it but im paranoid (might have a little to do with bud lol) about if there is enough moisture getting down to the roots... aka it i should have some better way of watering them also how often for how long? im also using the foxfarm nutrient trio at full strength and wondering if i should be doing that. Thanks so much!

par0008 said:

I was just wondering if i have this set up right... My friend helped me do it but im paranoid (might have a little to do with bud lol) about if there is enough moisture getting down to the roots... aka it i should have some better way of watering them also how often for how long? im also using the foxfarm nutrient trio at full strength and wondering if i should be doing that. Thanks so much!

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use distilled water only for the next 10 to 20 days.. i think your cubes look a little on the dry side.. how is it being watered?? keep them wet but not soaked and let them dry slightly through out the day..

Right now I'm just checking on them throughout the day and watering when they feel dry, but I do have a timer that i want to set up. Its currently hooked up with a 2gph nozzle that you can see in the pic. How long should i water for and how often?

i flushed them an gave it some florabloom. its not that yellow anymore, they just look like they are just dying. im bout 2 junk the big 1 an start from scratch. i got one 100 watt, an a 75 watt heating lightz from petco an i want 2 go 2 cfl lightz if that will help if u kno any thin bout that

Hey again...
IM back with another issue.... I think my plants are looking a little droopy/ a little yellow? I took them off the nutes immedietly after you told me after and have been using filtered water only watering for 15 min every 3 hours (Technically every 2h45min). This morning i changed it from every 3 h to every 6h for fear that this may be caused by over watering.. Any help would be much appreciated, Thanks!

are you keeping your ph peged at 6.5??? just keep an eye on the ph and water them with about 8 oz of water 2 or 3 times a day.. keep them in at least 18 hours of medium intense light. they look okay to me, i think they just need to get some roots established in the lava rock.. ??? i wouldnt go poking anymore toothpicks through the root zone and make sure you have good drainage.. best of luck

drove all the way to the hydro store to buy a bottle of sensi grow today... and dropped it!!! spilled everywhere, i managed to save half the bottle and i poured the rest into an empty bottle of shampoo. I did my best to clean out all the shampoo but im afraid there was still some in there. Do you guys think the shampoo will effect the nutes?? Should i just take the L and buy another bottle?? Fuck... i didnt get any use out of it...

man thanks for the share, sorry couldn't help but laugh a little after reading your post, you know how they say you shouldn't go to the grocery store hungry, well kinda same thing with the hydro store- don't smoke and roll to the hydro store. j/k man i dont know if you were high or not, but you just made my day not look so bad.

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drove all the way to the hydro store to buy a bottle of sensi grow today... and dropped it!!! spilled everywhere, i managed to save half the bottle and i poured the rest into an empty bottle of shampoo. I did my best to clean out all the shampoo but im afraid there was still some in there. Do you guys think the shampoo will effect the nutes?? Should i just take the L and buy another bottle?? Fuck... i didnt get any use out of it...

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2ill4u said:

man thanks for the share, sorry couldn't help but laugh a little after reading your post, you know how they say you shouldn't go to the grocery store hungry, well kinda same thing with the hydro store- don't smoke and roll to the hydro store. j/k man i dont know if you were high or not, but you just made my day not look so bad.

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haha its ok man i was completely blazed. Hence me putting the rest in a shampoo bottle

Is it possible to use MG water soluble plant food for hydro nutes?

not recommended at all..

hello everyone just had a Q about PPM's : im running a sog in a 4x4 tray with the

ppms at about 1400 to 1500 PPM to start then let it go up to as high as 2100+

PPM..but i havest once a week so new clones go in once a week as well....the Q is

will to high of a BLOOM nute to early in flower have any ill doings to my bud

production??? thanks, meangreen

MEANGREEN69 said:

hello everyone just had a Q about PPM's : im running a sog in a 4x4 tray with the

ppms at about 1400 to 1500 PPM to start then let it go up to as high as 2100+

PPM..but i havest once a week so new clones go in once a week as well....the Q is

will to high of a BLOOM nute to early in flower have any ill doings to my bud

production??? thanks, meangreen

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1500 +.. ppm.. for clones is a horrible idea.. in about two weeks they will show all types of lockout and burn..
maybe if you could get 2 3x3 tables one with an 600-800 ppm and the other 1000-1500 .. adjusted weekly.. maybe that would be a better idea..

doniawon said:

1500 +.. ppm.. for clones is a horrible idea.. in about two weeks they will show all types of lockout and burn..
maybe if you could get 2 3x3 tables one with an 600-800 ppm and the other 1000-1500 .. adjusted weekly.. maybe that would be a better idea..

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Well I dunno what to say...

I run ONE RES for the whole thing...

1400ppm from day one top harvest..

Perpetual harvest with new clones going in every week...

NEVER HAD TROUBLE with1400ppm from day ONE...

GypsyBush said:

Well I dunno what to say...

I run ONE RES for the whole thing...

1400ppm from day one top harvest..

Perpetual harvest with new clones going in every week...

NEVER HAD TROUBLE with1400ppm from day ONE...

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i remember you saying that gypsy.. i tried it with my bubblegum a couple times back and i just kept seeing problems.. i guess it depends on the strain.

thanks for the replys guys, but i have no probs with the clones going in the

1400+ppm, i veg them for a week befor theygo in and they really take off once they

get in there...what i really want to know is if a SUPER BLOOM nute like KOOLBLOOM

(DRY) will make the newer plants buds smaller.. is it to much to soon?? so far i cant

tell but just thought some of u guys mite have so info on that??..thanks meangreen

Hey Everyone, so i trolled around for an hour this morning and about 2 hours last night looking for the answer to 2 questions, and i couldnt find an exact answer, or at least one that satisfies me.

1. Everyone talks about nutrients and what not, when actually PURCHASING them does one need to buy EVERYTHING listed in there charts such as http://www.advancednutrients.com/nutcalc3public/
or would the micro/grow/bloom be enough on there own?

2. Can i purpetually clone the clones of clones of clones of clones? ive seen a couple topics but none seem to hit this on the head(that i could find)
what im more specificly curious about is if one could have 2 hydroponic systems, one specializing in veg and one in bloom(and a diycloner), and both using the same tubs with net pots so all you have to do is switch the lids when its time to flower.
The idea is that before each batch is switched over to a flowering stage i clone each plant, root it, and start veging it in the newly empty veg system
*there guaranteed to be feminized because the first batch im going to start out with a "mother" which is going to just be one plant basically so i have a good begining to clones


(in before= just keep a mother, assume there is no room for a seperate mother to be kept and finances dont really allow it)

Thanks you all for your years of advice and help.

Freak0Nature said:

1. Everyone talks about nutrients and what not, when actually PURCHASING them does one need to buy EVERYTHING listed in there charts such as http://www.advancednutrients.com/nutcalc3public/
or would the micro/grow/bloom be enough on there own?

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Hey, im not gonna act like I know everything about this stuff cause its my first grow... but i am fairly certain that if you use the trio from AN (Mico/grow/bloom) you should be fine. The other stuff would be icing on the cake. As for the cloning of clones, theoretically you should be fine since each plant is a genetic fully functioning copy. Just make sure they wont be too small that cutting a clone will over stress them....

Now onto my original reason for coming to this thread lol...
What are some good PH buffers? Im using the FoxFarm Nute trio and im experiencing some pretty rapid PH jumps (right now they were at 6.68 when 12 hours ago i just lowered them down to 6.5 from 6.7 last night!! I know the PH is supposed to be ( in a perfect world) around 5.9-5.3 but I am hing an downright impossible time trying to keep it there! What do i do Please help! + rep for help!!!kiss-ass

what does the term flood mean and mums?