New Aeroflo2 60 Grow! Started from the ground up! Lots of Pics!!

looks good. That ph is a little high I try and keep mine at 5.8-6.0. I am using aeroflow 30 but only using 15 spots have you had any problems with overcrowding? Looks like you filled the tray. I think im gonna try that next time.

Hey yall,

75-80 is def. extremely high for res temps.... Also, the temp inside the lines is hotter than that of the res.. something to keep in mind! As for the water bottles, they keep my res between 65 and 74. I go there during the day (lights out) and I put in approx. 15-21 water bottles and again @ night around midnight (lights on) i put in another 20-25 bottles. When I go in the morning, the temp is usually about 71 or 72 and when I get there at night its around 73. I know thats high, but its better then being like that all the time.. i could better regulate if I had a 1/4hp chiller which I will be getting in my next room when I have the ext. too. My pH is 5.7 right now but I always aim for 5.8 and when I'm watering my mothers I aim for 6.1 or so. Hope that helps.. I took some pics last night.. I will try to upload them today.

DAY-YAM (Texanese) That's a frosty forest you got there!

I'm watching, reading and learning from this journal! Thanks!

Found a triple meter like yours on ebay for about $100 delivered so I snatched that up. I hope my (future) single plant grow does as well. Hope you get the mite problem under control and the root aphids too. UGH

As for a reservoir cooler I have seen some DIY solutions using those small refrigerators you can get at home depot for around $85. I may have to build one when the budget allows.

On the PVC system you bought. I am making my own and from what I see in the catalogs and the directions I am following (How-to-hydroponics book at google books) I see that I can build that same system for around $400. The pump is around $250 of that cost. I built an 18 inch long 5 gallon system I built for a cabinet test. (more on that later)

It took me 2 days to read the entire journal so far. I had my doubts about your success because you took on a rather ambitious grow on what seems like a fairly small budget. You have thus far exceeded my expectations. GOOD JOB! I hope to follow this through to completion.

EDIT:Just noticed this is my first post here! I been reading and posting in so many forums lately I don't hardly know where I am!

Haha thanks man I appreciate it.. When I started going big, I lived on these forums for like 6 months reading everything that I could and I'm trying my best to give back... Ill keep this one going for sure and I should be building another room at the end of sept so I will start another journal then too!

Hey dpagano, have you had any problems with misters clogging? I keep reading about this here & there but if it is such a problem why would ppl still use the system?

I haven't had any problems with it yet, but then again this far into flowering, i wouldnt know if a mister was clogged or not.. I dont really use any organics so slime wont be an issue there and I change the res out pretty often in hopes that no salts build up.

More pics, more pics, more pics wooo

lol wuddup kev.. took some pics 2 days ago.. ill try to get them uploaded tonight!

UPDATE.. i sprayed all of the plants today with azatrol and PM spray!! loaded em up with the stuff.. I also added 1500 ladybugs to the ladies hoping to slow down the spidermites!

Hey Dpagano

Looking really good,
Keep attacking them mites!
Dont let them get out of control....

nice reading all of this

keep us posted on the bug problem. We had what we thought were tiny root aphids hovering around the pots (soil). Turns out they were just not fully matured, now they're in the canopy! They spread quick, so get on em' fast. Were trying general hydros Azamax, if it works I'll let you know.

hey yall!! azamax is the same product as azatrol! Thats what I used.. I am about 2 weeks from harvest now and didnt want to spray but I had no choice! I pre harvested some stuff and smoked it.. Taste and smokes smooth and good!! I accidentally snapped off a branch and that is drying now! I'm posting pics now!

Hey Dpagano,

Thats some nice looking bud.......
Just chopped a couple of girls down my self recentlty......LOL
Happy smoking!

Yo Dpagano Props bro.!!! Just want to comment on a few things read through the entire thread last night, good bedtime reading LOL! Just one small piece of advice I looked through almost all your pics and and even more so after I read that you got mites and noticed webs on your bud man thats all bad because no matter what you do unless you completely sanitize your room after your done and before you start another crop like I mean top to bottom with bleach and anything that will kill those little bastards then you will always have a problem. Nice touch with the lady bugs they help allot man also I like to use praying mantis, and Predatory Mites they will eat all those little fuckers and there eggs because you can get rid of the mites but there eggs will still be there hiding!!!! People want to enjoy there bud not smoke pests or mold!!!! Good Job Man from one So cal boy to another

did you end up choppin early?????????????????

thanks for all the advice and help yall!! Yea the mites and mold were a Bitch but I got through it... I took everything out of the room and sanitized everything.. I will be setting up 2 rooms next month each with 2 systems so I will be starting new threads.. I got all new equipment for the second room and I am adding equip to the other room.. I ended up cropping about a week early because my landlord demanded to do a walk through due to a slight water leak...*whoops* lol So It took me about 48 hours to crop everything and break down the entire room and get it back to the way I rentedd it.. It was hell!! I lost about 20 plants to mold, mites, and a few that just didnt grow. After all was said and done, I came out with just about 4lbs. I trimmed everything, with 2 of us took like 32 hrs, then hung dry for about 4 or 5 days with 55% humidity then began curing. I cured for about a week. I will try to put up some of the pics I took through this process a little later.. Let me know if yall have any other q's