Malawi Gold ScrOG with Magenta Kessil

Here is a stumper. Why are my air lines all getting slimey. This clear tubing stuff is bad! I need to replace it all. Any suggestions team?






Copper tubing maybe? I want to build a foodgrade stainless steel hempy system. No plastic crap anywhere and only tea foods. A 1000W HID and an AC unit and a Porsche Cabriolet. And this chair. That's all I want. hehe


Cheers,
Mo

That is one big root ball you got yourself Slanty.

^Slanty said:

Ha... well fine then... enough of my suggestions if you want to follow another's suggestions.....(am positive he suggested following my directions?)

Must have went wrong some place..... WTF do I know?

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lol you the man Slanty believe me, YOU know what you're doing! i think the aeroponics style is truly spectacular, i think it takes a little more know how, with ingredients like organics, and non organics, it seems as though that system can be very touchy if you don't follow a strict guide, 100% perlite gives you a bit of a buffer i think, i pulled 1.5lb of my very first run with 4.5 weeks veg no ph pen, no ppm tester, just followed the nute schedule exactly. i did only use half strength PGR, as always

Mohican said:

Hey Slanty! Super props for recommending the tea. I think the dead stuff in the res is actually shooting out some new white growth I am not sure if I can get the same results as FM without the PGR anyway. I would like to give the perlite/hempy thing a try along with mainlining the plant for 16 colas (Nugbuckets Lab). Although I think am going to very busy working the outdoor girls during the next few months. I am starting to see moths and caterpillars on other plants in my garder so I need to start spraying the BT.

Don't be sad...two outta three aint bad... - Meatloaf


Cheers,
Mo

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pgr or no pgr, you will do great. you have some more experience and know how, and having a blast along the way

Welcome to my perpetual grow - it never ends!

Checked on the indoor girl this morning and her roots are getting better. I also noticed that everything is clean in the tank except for the air hoses. I need to figure out better material for these. Please give me your ideas!

ppm 360
pH 5.9

Outdoor plants are loving these scorching days and crisp nights. The structure on the big clone is so different than the Micro and Flower clones. The micro and flower have giant fan leaves bigger than a pie pan. The big clone is starting to look like the nice Hawaiian Sativa look in all of the pictures I have seen.


Day 140 - Day 61 Flip








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Cloneville Clones




















Cheers,
Mo

Could the copper pipe be toxic?

It is toxic - to algae. In plants it is great for fruits. I actually gave the big clone a chelated copper pill in its water yesterday to help counteract the zinc in the galvanized planter. The bottom of the planter was completely rusted out so I have it sitting on a tub full of white pumice for drainage. We will see if the copper supplement helps, hurts, or shows no effect.

^Slanty said:

Ha... well fine then... enough of my suggestions if you want to follow another's suggestions.....(am positive he suggested following my directions?)

Must have went wrong some place..... WTF do I know?

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Mohican said:

Hey Slanty! Super props for recommending the tea. I think the dead stuff in the res is actually shooting out some new white growth I am not sure if I can get the same results as FM without the PGR anyway. I would like to give the perlite/hempy thing a try along with mainlining the plant for 16 colas (Nugbuckets Lab). Although I think am going to very busy working the outdoor girls during the next few months. I am starting to see moths and caterpillars on other plants in my garder so I need to start spraying the BT.

Don't be sad...two outta three aint bad... - Meatloaf


Cheers,
Mo

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Mohican said:

Here is a stumper. Why are my air lines all getting slimey. This clear tubing stuff is bad! I need to replace it all. Any suggestions team?

Copper tubing maybe? I want to build a foodgrade stainless steel hempy system. No plastic crap anywhere and only tea foods. A 1000W HID and an AC unit and a Porsche Cabriolet. And this chair. That's all I want. hehe


Cheers,
Mo

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i think you may have nutrient finding its way back up the tube....try putting your air pumps above water level. this will push the air down, and keep the water out i believe. and you should use black tubing really. so no light gets in

Hard plastic or rubber? I am thinking about copper or stainless steel. I am not sure how to attach it to the pump or stones though.

Mo,Glad to see your indoor girl is on her way to goodness...You will definately will enjoy her for the work you put in..She is a tuff lady....I'm here foir the duratin..peace...

Mohican said:

Hard plastic or rubber? I am thinking about copper or stainless steel. I am not sure how to attach it to the pump or stones though.

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cheap is not always bad Mo get black flexible rubber tubing. for everything i replace all mine every grow, grommets, hoses etc.

You love steel don't you?! i have heard copper is fine, as most RO systems go through copper tubing, but you are feeding nutrients so stick with cheapo i say
black rubber tubing is a godsend. i've never had a single leak, and it does exactly what it's supposed to.
Keep light out, and have consistent flow In my opinion rubber has less chance of certain element build ups as maybe copper or steel, they both have stuff that elements will bind to...maybe this is causing some issues. This is only me theory, i haven't researched it thoroughly just always stuck with rubber

Picked up some silicone aquarium tubing. It is what I have on my little bubbler outside and it never gets algae.

Mohican said:

Picked up some silicone aquarium tubing. It is what I have on my little bubbler outside and it never gets algae.

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if it's black and doesn't let light through, all good algae happens easily in a hydro environment given the right conditions because of the warmth i guess. But if you have your air pumps at the right height the water won't back up it, especially if power fails. The gravity will pull the water down

Here is the tubing for the air supply. Res clean and refurbishment today - wish me luck!





Cheers,
Mo

Hi All,
Recovering from a marathon res refurbishment. I put it off for far too long but I knew it would require every electron of energy in my body. And it did!

We will start off with the deconstruction phase first:




Before the fight started:






Draining the res:






Pealing away the layers:






Shelf removed and empty res lowered exposing the root mass:


























Root Macro - look at all the new nubs growing out!






TO BE CONTINUED...


Cheers,
Mo

Time to flush these poor roots. I like the method I came up with last time I did a res scrub. It uses way less water than filling the whole system (10 gallons). Put the shelf back up and used my 2 gallon tea bucket and stacked some boxes so the roots could sit in the flush solution.





















Time to clean the hardware and toss those nasty air lines.






Nasty stuff























Got blisters from all of the scrubbing. Soaked everything in H2O2. Took the pipes apart and cut a longer section for the pipe going from the pump to the sprinkler square. Now it is all level.



Soaking the scrubbed littlle bits in H2O2:














Clean Res and Level Pipes:










Reassembly





















Whew! But instead of quitting for the day, I moved to the outside garden and put in another 5 hours! Made dinner at 9pm while doing shots of Don Julio I think that stuff might be slightly halucinagenic I slept great but the dreams were trippy.



Cheers,
Mo

man i cant believe how good that tea works, the first time i saw your roots i thought your plant was a goner for sure but look at her now, shes making a comeback. well done

busy man Mo! what an effort that must of all been!!!

What is your nute feeding schedule?

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Right now I have her at 360 ppm of 0-10-10 and ph of 6.3 (trying to counteract the residual H2O2 base).

Great job mo, glad to see those roots are turning around for you... Looking forward to seeing the end result from all your painstaking work