Hydroponics

NFT is awesome I have not found to much on this system but I can tell you a few things i have ran into like neutriants build up and the spray jets are super hard to clear in the middle of growing and the build up on the root i use a separate pump from res to wash them down i lost one plant because of to much build up and water temp keep it below 75 the light really heats it up and dehumidifier 30% or lower flush every 2 weeks and stager the plants every other site i start clones on 12 hr and 6-8 weeks finished
Ph 5.5 to 6.3 ppm 1200 to 1800 temp -72degrees
Air pump and a extra water pump on hand if one fails

nwesthydro said:

NFT is awesome I have not found to much on this system but I can tell you a few things i have ran into like neutriants build up and the spray jets are super hard to clear in the middle of growing and the build up on the root i use a separate pump from res to wash them down i lost one plant because of to much build up and water temp keep it below 75 the light really heats it up and dehumidifier 30% or lower flush every 2 weeks and stager the plants every other site i start clones on 12 hr and 6-8 weeks finished
Ph 5.5 to 6.3 ppm 1200 to 1800 temp -72degrees
Air pump and a extra water pump on hand if one fails

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So how often do you feed them? going to using Aqua flakes nutes.

cheers

ok i have a 6 inch net pot drip stick system with a 20 gallon resivour. iam growing with hydroton and rapid rooter. want to know if you could give me a fedding schedule if they are about 3 weeks old. and iam using the ph perfect nutes from advance nutes do you think i should change the water even if my ph stays balanced. here is my set up and my 3 plants i started himilaya blue diesel.

Dbossmanfl said:

ok i have a 6 inch net pot drip stick system with a 20 gallon resivour. iam growing with hydroton and rapid rooter. want to know if you could give me a fedding schedule if they are about 3 weeks old. and iam using the ph perfect nutes from advance nutes do you think i should change the water even if my ph stays balanced. here is my set up and my 3 plants i started himilaya blue diesel.View attachment 2345924View attachment 2345925View attachment 2345926View attachment 2345927View attachment 2345928View attachment 2345929View attachment 2345930

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little plants dont take up hardly any nutes you can use plane water for like a week then set your ppms to like 200 -300 then i use my ppm pen to tell me if they are eating or just drinking = ppm raise means they drinking . ppm lowers that means they eating and i give them 50-100 ppm's more! if no nute burn they will explode with new growth you can tell one day to the next in dwc ! happy growing!!!!!! forgot to tell you dont mess with changing your res for like 2 weeks as there wont be that bad of salt build-up just top off and check your ph !

chuckles01 said:

So how often do you feed them? going to using Aqua flakes nutes.

cheers

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NFT there is no time feeding schedule. without experiencing with timers u just run the pump 24/7

to add pumps break down faster with timers

Hi, I want to know if there is an aeroponic growguide with details on how to grow aeroponically. I now only find the information scattered and not very easy accessible.

Hello im the newest newb of the site. Ive been cramming my mind with mind blurring knowledge from this site. I still need alot of info and am looking for a guide to get me started cause i dont wanna keep bugging everyone with stupid questions. Here is what ive decided so far. Im growing in my closet (master bed room). I have a area picked out its 5 feet tall 4 feet wide and 2 foot deep. So I'm going to build a lockable cabinet to fit that spot. With my cabinet being 5' tall 4' feet wide and 2' deep I'm going to make a dual chamber cabinet. I'm going to put a devider going up and down at 2'-6" from the right side. So now I have 2 chambers one will be 2-6 wide and 2 foot deep and 5 foot tall. That will be my flowering chamber and im looking to grow 8 plants in a single tub with a hydroponic system. Is that chamber big enough to pull this off and what size hps lamp should i run. I figure ill loose 1 foot of space for my tub and a foot of space for the light giving my about 3 foot of space for plant growth. The second space will be a dual purpose as it will hold my clones/veg and a mother plant. running t5s at 6500k to. I would like to get on a cycle of harvest every month. with all plants clone and veg for one month. then move them to bloom for a month then harvest and repeat. Does this sound possible. Is there anyone out there runnning a set up ike this is this possible. Can anyone give me some ideas on what size pumps (water and air) nutes midium ferts. I would love to run some type of multi feed watering system. Drippers, bubble ponics from air pumps under neithe, and direct port injection to the medium. Am i crazy here. does anyone have a set up like this or pictures of there set up i can look at and get some ideas. please help all the reading ive done has my brain warped and im looking for one good solid set up i can mimik and be productive. what would be great would be someone who has my dream and made it a reality and is willing to shhoot me there phone number so i can as questions in real time. If anyone is willing to help please shoot me your number or even an email address. Please once again i need help. My wife thinks this hydroponics is to good to me true and isnt sure if I can pulll it off so i wanna prove to her i can but I need an insider who knows whats going on. the only other 2 guys i know who grow use soil and i wanna blow the yeilds away.

once again please if someone doesnt mind helping It would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks again in advance.

Lonely grower with nothing growing YET!!!!!!!!!!!

Quick question guys. I have a 4'x4' flood trey. I'm trying to figure out what medium to use. I will be using clones from my mothers. Now my question is this, do you guys think it would be ok to just fill the trey with hydroton, then just place the plugs into the Hydroton? I'm planning on have 64 clones in the trey, 4 per sq foot.

ilovemaryj90 said:

Quick question guys. I have a 4'x4' flood trey. I'm trying to figure out what medium to use. I will be using clones from my mothers. Now my question is this, do you guys think it would be ok to just fill the trey with hydroton, then just place the plugs into the Hydroton? I'm planning on have 64 clones in the trey, 4 per sq foot.

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you can fill the tray with hydroton and place your plugs in the rock. I would not suggest this if your growing small plants and im sure you will encounter rocks plugging your fill and drain fittings and tubeing unless you place weed blocker or some kinda fabric over them. I would also assume you will have algae problems unless your super dialed in on your watering times and keep your reservoir fresh..

my suggestion is, if your just staring with hydoponics and flood tables go with 4" or 6" rockwool cubes and set your tray up for ebb and flood 3 floods a day.. Or maybe grab some 6" pots and fill them with hydroton and run a drip line to each. i like 45 min on every 3 hrs.. off at night for my drippers

with 64 plants you could use 3" rockwool cubes and maybe stack them when the roots come out of the bottoms. your gonna want to lollipop and watch for powder mildew. good air circulation is a must.

Looking for friends i have my hydro systems coming soon and will have a lot to chat about!

Thanks for the replies guys. One more question. Does anyone know where I can find 4" or 6" square net pots in bulk? Can't seem to find any.

dcyans said:

Depends on the system bro I've done plenty of no flush grows and believe me I was dead against it for a long time until I started using Lucas's formula and recommended addbacks. you would think of course that some of the element salts would build up to toxic levels but it really doesn't come into play as you would thing when you properly manage your nutrient solutions. I will still recommend especially for beginners res changes every two weeks but not before that is only wasting nutrients as well as adding extra waste to the environment.

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So here's a question. If you flush every two weeks how do you manage the evap? I mean when adding water to your res to replace evap how do you go about it? I ask cause when being lazy (40%of the time) I go two weeks between flush but for the most part I try for every Saturday new food. I add water every 3 days and I'll do 2 gal one with nutes and one plain. So my nutes never have time to be completely used up. Is that bad or is that the idea of it all? I only try for every week cause my fukn hydroton makes a mess of my water. I wash the crap out of them and they still make a mess. So I dump all that out and start fresh. Well that's in the bloom room. In veg room I do biweekly as it was water mostly slight nutes. Today was first real feed for clippings and seedlings.

ilovemaryj90 said:

Thanks for the replies guys. One more question. Does anyone know where I can find 4" or 6" square net pots in bulk? Can't seem to find any.

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eBay for super cheap too. The store will rape you. I got 25 for like $10 I believe it was.

ilovemaryj90 said:

Quick question guys. I have a 4'x4' flood trey. I'm trying to figure out what medium to use. I will be using clones from my mothers. Now my question is this, do you guys think it would be ok to just fill the trey with hydroton, then just place the plugs into the Hydroton? I'm planning on have 64 clones in the trey, 4 per sq foot.

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I highly.... HIGHLY! Recommend using pots in your ebb flow tray...Done ebb flow for years, trust me... Pots will work FOR you....There are 3 potleaves on my sig... Click on the left one and scroll down... You'll see...

GypsyBush said:

I highly.... HIGHLY! Recommend using pots in your ebb flow tray...Done ebb flow for years, trust me... Pots will work FOR you....There are 3 potleaves on my sig... Click on the left one and scroll down... You'll see...

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Very nice thread man. Much respect.

View attachment 2420144alright fellow tokers. this is my setup a Titan flow n grow system (flood & drain) i have it all hooked up properly and the pots are filled with hydrocorn. ive rinsed the hydrocron now im about to flood them with water and h2o2 to give them a final clean before transplanting my clones into here. i have a few question in regards to cleaning the res. i am using all roots organic nutrients, in res for my soil garden it gets pretty stank in there so i clean it every two weeks. so i can only imagine with the hydro res it will do the same. when cleaning it, am i suppose to drain all the nutrient water out then clean the res out (i prefer to use h2o2 and water) and then fill it back up and flush the roots with just PLAIN RO water? do i only flush them for 24 hours and then add nutrients and start over again?

Just clean your set up every two weeks and you will be fine... Just fill back up to specs... No need to flush for 24 hours...
i would top feed some fresh water over each pot, as part of my tray/res clean up...

but no need to clean everything twice...

good luck!

GypsyBush said:

Just clean your set up every two weeks and you will be fine... Just fill back up to specs... No need to flush for 24 hours...
i would top feed some fresh water over each pot, as part of my tray/res clean up...

but no need to clean everything twice...

good luck!

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Thanks GypsyBush! just so were on the same page , i am suppose to raise the nutrients or ppm every week? or every two weeks? my clones are 4 weeks old and nice healthy roots from my EZ cloner. again i am using the whole roots organic line and sense im going to straight into 12/12 i am going to run buddha grow the first nute mix and then run buddha grow their on out along with the other nutes. starting ppm at 600 and i will not go more than 1200 depending on how they look. I am transplanting tomorrow so i am trying to double check EVERYTHING thank you guys. I am going directly into 12/12 given my tent size i am going to do a SOG as well (first time) but i believe i got the right idea on that. ive been topping them too to insure short bushiness.