Let me answer your ?s...

Marlowe

Active Member
what have you learned in 10 years of growing?
prolly the two most important things...

Keep it simple... get an Experience Growers grow bible(i like ed rosenthals)... This has everything you need to know... Its nice to have this community to draw from but you should have a baseline to REEFER to...

Less is more with nutes... Ive spent thousands on tons of hydro nutes and nothing grew better for me than GH Lucas Formula at like half the strength the bottle calls for...
 

MrMoores

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unbelievable... none of you know the answer to a question that i WILL solve before i even START my 1st dwc after how many years have you lads been growing...? This isn't advanced its fucking fundamental, please can somebody tell me if theres an alternative to buying a 300£ chiller other than putting ice in to your res as this is blatantly homosexual
 

bigv1976

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prolly the two most important things...

Keep it simple... get an Experience Growers grow bible(i like ed rosenthals)... This has everything you need to know... Its nice to have this community to draw from but you should have a baseline to REEFER to...

Less is more with nutes... Ive spent thousands on tons of hydro nutes and nothing grew better for me than GH Lucas Formula at like half the strength the bottle calls for...
I am so with you on that less is more with nutes!! I use a soil with nutes and I start feeding about 4 weeks and will usually hit em hard with the nutes every fourth watering and I dont get burn and my leaves stay nice until about week 6 of flower. It works for me. I wont get into brand names with you cuz we differ there too.
 

doniawon

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prolly the two most important things...

Keep it simple... get an Experience Growers grow bible(i like ed rosenthals)... This has everything you need to know... Its nice to have this community to draw from but you should have a baseline to REEFER to...

Less is more with nutes... Ive spent thousands on tons of hydro nutes and nothing grew better for me than GH Lucas Formula at like half the strength the bottle calls for...
+rep. lucas, powder kool bloom. the bomb. KISS
 

Marlowe

Active Member
Ok I am in on it now!!! See what happens when I run out of weed and start in on the percs? I am not a fuck head most of the time. You could probably go through all my posts and see when I had weed and when I rely on percs just by my attitude. Youre cool bro!! I was being a fuck head.
Its no big deal man... I am glad to be at this point and not back there... Are the percs just to supplement the weed?... caus those percs make me throw up for hours everytime... they dont work for me at all!
 

bigv1976

Well-Known Member
Its no big deal man... I am glad to be at this point and not back there... Are the percs just to supplement the weed?... caus those percs make me throw up for hours everytime... they dont work for me at all!
It is more like the weed supplements the percs. I used have a habit until I started puffing weed and now I smoke weed when I have it and take the percs as directed and I stay pretty good. Old ladies cool with the routine so I dont push my luck. Istarted 12/12 from seed and I have it setup to be somewhat perpetual FINALLY so I can smoke regular now which keeps me comfortable.
 

Marlowe

Active Member
week 5 for the powder Kool bloom.. also silica and mag cal all the way through.. 35% h202 every 5 days.
where are we finding the 35% h202 these days... and also "growers" cannot go to grow stores where I live, just puttin that out there before you answer
 

Marlowe

Active Member
It is more like the weed supplements the percs. I used have a habit until I started puffing weed and now I smoke weed when I have it and take the percs as directed and I stay pretty good. Old ladies cool with the routine so I dont push my luck. Istarted 12/12 from seed and I have it setup to be somewhat perpetual FINALLY so I can smoke regular now which keeps me comfortable.
as you should... veg em for a couple weeks and get nice and comfortable...
 

doniawon

Well-Known Member
wild motherfuckin mid-west.. can't even go to the damn hydroshop. you can get that shit online for sure.
 

puffntuff

Well-Known Member
Dude asking about the water chiller just bite the bulit and buy it. I think there is a diy chiller thread on here just google it and the thread should be at the top.
 

Marlowe

Active Member
building my 1st DWC setup in a couple of weeks so im just doing my homework for now
wots the best DIY water cooling system or the cheapest water chiller, theres asking for 300 bones for them water coolers and it looks like youd need another pump to run the fuka. £300... they can kiss the spottiest part of my ass.
Please can some body give me comprehensive explanation of regulating reserviour temps..
I would use a water heater on a thermostat for lights off... so its just a case of keeping temps down when lights are on
I hear some people use frozen water in an unregulated, unwinable battle against temps, this sounds like BULL.
Also been looking at fridges and how they work, i would like to dismantle a working fridge and implement it some how, but there not designed to run the way i would need it to and i think the moter would burn out in no time.

I plan on using a single res, it seems some people use 2 res's, wots the benefits of having a main res??
check out this link... its the best one I found...
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/208004-diy-do-yourself-water-chiller.html
 

disposition84

Well-Known Member
Without the lower temps you're going to sacrifice a lot of dissolved oxygen,
but there are other ways to deal with the higher temps and preventing bad
growth in your reservoir.

Beneficials are a way of keeping slime/root rot at bay and are relatively
cheap to brew your own tea. There's a great thread on how to do so
found here: https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/361430-how-breed-your-own-beneficial.html

Or you can go the route of using a conditioner like Dutch Master Zone
this will basically kill off any and all growth in your reservoir, good or
bad. So don't use the two in conjunction (beneficials and conditioners)
as you will kill off your beneficials and was them. h2o2 is also similar to
this approach as it will kill off growth in your reservoir. Many people
refrain from using h2o2 though as it's a harsh chemical and can have a
negative impact on your roots as well.

The benefits from a lower temp will be your best solution as you can add
your beneficials as well, and your DO levels will be optimized by the temps
being low and your rootzone will thank you for that.
 

TFizz

Member
hey, my plants are 5 weeks old, and still in veg, in MG organic soil, bottled water, no nutrients, 80 day 68 nights, 18/6, 2 fans, low humidity(is that bad for veg?), but as i was writing this i thought about it, and put 2 shot glasses with some water in there, hope that helps a little.

Anyway, here are the pics of them, some are older pics but they show the problem better.

basically the plants are very small, They did fine for a few weeks then i noticed the lower leaves of the plants would turn a light yellowish white, dry up, and then i would cut them off. any ideas on how to fix it?
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