my first water farm
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redrum83420
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i have my timer set up to run 30 min every 4 hours. starting at the same time my lights come on. was going to do 15 min every 4 hours but timer only goes by 30. ive read alot of people say dont water with lights off. why? 6-12 hours seems like along time to go with out running the drip ring at all.
redrum83420
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i have 10" netpots. i think my netpots are a little to big for bubbleponic for now.
redrum83420
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hell yea i want a tree 
but just a nice bush for now would do. ok so heres where im at: i used ro waster after i cleaned the hydroton for llike 5 min in the tube, and washed the bucket out good. i poured the ro water threw the hydroton so if there was anything left it should be in the water so i can get a better ppm reading. the ppm of the water is 42 and the ph is 7.6 i added 8ml of cal-mag. nothing else till res change. my new ppm is now 176. i added 1ml of ph down and it brought the ph down to 5.4
but just a nice bush for now would do. ok so heres where im at: i used ro waster after i cleaned the hydroton for llike 5 min in the tube, and washed the bucket out good. i poured the ro water threw the hydroton so if there was anything left it should be in the water so i can get a better ppm reading. the ppm of the water is 42 and the ph is 7.6 i added 8ml of cal-mag. nothing else till res change. my new ppm is now 176. i added 1ml of ph down and it brought the ph down to 5.4
redrum83420
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i'll be keeping a eye on this one alot. most likely i'll check the ph 3-4 times a day. i'll add ph down every time it gets up to 6.5ph i'll add ph down by the drop untill res change so i dont drop the ph to much.
redrum83420
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ok so this morning the ph was up to 7.04 and the ppm was 217. took about 1.5ml to get the ph back to 5.8. cant wait to get a ro system. i hope most the crap from cleaning my hydroton with tap water is off the hydroton now. there is a very little sediment on the bottom of the bucket. i mite change the water when i get some more money, instead of waiting 2 week. should i add just ro water to my res or add water/cal-mag?
redrum83420
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ok thats what i did earlyer just wanted to know so i didnt give them to much cal-mag.
redrum83420
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the ph in the wf was up to 6.4 added a couple drops of ph down to get back to 5.8. plant still looks healthy. will still keep an eye on it, for over watering. soil plants still looking good with good growth at nodes.
redrum83420
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i got mail today. i got 10 Skunk Haze and 1 kannabia special fem and a wallet.
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K21701
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Early Christmas gift!!!! I received mine yesterday....10 Purple Jems, 5 Dutch Passion freebies and a couple of the kannabia fems!!!
redrum83420
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nice. i only got 1 free fem seed fro my order 
but it is better then nothing 1 is sativa and 1 is indica. just sucks i have to wait till mid march to begining of april to germ these seeds. no room in closet, i filled it with my friends seeds. he said their fem seeds so i'll still be keeping an eye on them once i go into flowering. i'll be switching to flowering soon after the new year.
but it is better then nothing 1 is sativa and 1 is indica. just sucks i have to wait till mid march to begining of april to germ these seeds. no room in closet, i filled it with my friends seeds. he said their fem seeds so i'll still be keeping an eye on them once i go into flowering. i'll be switching to flowering soon after the new year.
redrum83420
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small upgrade, i added a 6" hole in my closet door for my exhaust. it should work better then having the door open 6" with a blanket covering the opening i hope. now it should pull air from the 5" hole at the bottom that goes into my bathroom.
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redrum83420
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plug seemed a little wet so i have the timer set for 30 min at 5am and 30 min at 2pm its looking ok. here's some pix of it and the others that are in my closet.
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K21701
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That first pic has a bit of stretch...make sure you have it close enough to the light
redrum83420
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i think i left the lid on the cup to long or something idk. i'll switch it with the one next to it. that should bring it a little closer to the bulb. and it will be closer to the fan also, so the stem should thicken up faster, i hope.