NeighboursFenceShifter
Active Member
First off I want to thank you all, I've grown on and off but started about 10 years ago now and every problem I fell into I fell out of quickly because of people on this forum.
Coco had become second nature to me ph perfects chelated chemicals had it so I didnt even have to lower the PH everything had become so simple so I started hydro after stumbling upon a 2nd hand combi DWC/F&D/Dripper system
Photos incoming
I've lost time from cloning in rockwool, timer was on the light and fan but not humidifier so the cubes got drowned and it was game over, invested in an aeroponic X stream and the 100% success rate was indeed fact
But the time lost is now back in a way I could never have imagined, I knew from hear say that hydro was quicker than coco/soil but I never imagined like this they're growing quicker than my belly in lockdown 1!
Pictured below was a few days in after transplant, someone on here thankfully told me to check the PH as I knew even though I'm stuck with hard water for the time being this couldnt be a toxicity issue, my PH fluctuates up to 7-8 within just hours I didnt know this was a thing I was thinking like my Coco grows I make the res then anytime I go to it it's as I left it
So I learnt about ions aons the buffering effect etc and why I should have washed my hydroton in PH 5 water instead of tap water and started changing the water twice a week and adjusting the PH down to 5-5.5 twice a day
2 weeks after transplant
As you can see they arent the busiest plants going but they have got to where they are so fast and they arent very bushy because right now I'm just establishing the height so I have only been using the veg switch (120w per light x 4 = 480w for the 1.5 x 3m budbox pro hl) I'm about to top them and then add in a scrog net I've purchased a pond net with loads of small squares instead of the rubbish hydro ones they sell us that has maybe 25-36 squares in each one
These are the 240w leds, I'm going to be purchasing 2x of the bigger 360w leds to add in they were cheaper in black friday so im waiting for Jan sales to see if I can get some steals again and im waiting for a compression fitting to try and fit my reverse osmosis filter to the waste pipe to get that going
Pot size 40l
Dutch pro base nutrients only
1.5 x 3 x 2.2 white mylar budbox pro xxl hl (I fucking love this tent)
Currently only using the dripper ring although later on I may add in the DWC when the roots grow down into the res at the bottom of the pots and then a flood and drain a couple of times a day, I will be editing this post as things go on so it's easier to find the progress
If anyone has any advice they could offer me I will appreciate it!
31/12/2020
Coco had become second nature to me ph perfects chelated chemicals had it so I didnt even have to lower the PH everything had become so simple so I started hydro after stumbling upon a 2nd hand combi DWC/F&D/Dripper system
Photos incoming
I've lost time from cloning in rockwool, timer was on the light and fan but not humidifier so the cubes got drowned and it was game over, invested in an aeroponic X stream and the 100% success rate was indeed fact
But the time lost is now back in a way I could never have imagined, I knew from hear say that hydro was quicker than coco/soil but I never imagined like this they're growing quicker than my belly in lockdown 1!
Pictured below was a few days in after transplant, someone on here thankfully told me to check the PH as I knew even though I'm stuck with hard water for the time being this couldnt be a toxicity issue, my PH fluctuates up to 7-8 within just hours I didnt know this was a thing I was thinking like my Coco grows I make the res then anytime I go to it it's as I left it
So I learnt about ions aons the buffering effect etc and why I should have washed my hydroton in PH 5 water instead of tap water and started changing the water twice a week and adjusting the PH down to 5-5.5 twice a day
2 weeks after transplant
As you can see they arent the busiest plants going but they have got to where they are so fast and they arent very bushy because right now I'm just establishing the height so I have only been using the veg switch (120w per light x 4 = 480w for the 1.5 x 3m budbox pro hl) I'm about to top them and then add in a scrog net I've purchased a pond net with loads of small squares instead of the rubbish hydro ones they sell us that has maybe 25-36 squares in each one
These are the 240w leds, I'm going to be purchasing 2x of the bigger 360w leds to add in they were cheaper in black friday so im waiting for Jan sales to see if I can get some steals again and im waiting for a compression fitting to try and fit my reverse osmosis filter to the waste pipe to get that going
Pot size 40l
Dutch pro base nutrients only
1.5 x 3 x 2.2 white mylar budbox pro xxl hl (I fucking love this tent)
Currently only using the dripper ring although later on I may add in the DWC when the roots grow down into the res at the bottom of the pots and then a flood and drain a couple of times a day, I will be editing this post as things go on so it's easier to find the progress
If anyone has any advice they could offer me I will appreciate it!
31/12/2020
