Perpetual Growers Thread

mike45214

mike45214

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joespit said:
about how long you keep em in the cloner until they get like that. looking good. I just built a clone/veg double stack. I've got a 200 gph pump and they have about 10gal of water with ~100ml of clonex in it. Been in there 4 days and no signs of nuffin, but no browning either. Just started frozen water bottleing it today as it started to smell a lil funky and added beneficial bacteria. I'm going to dump and refill probably tomorrow because I ran out of clonex so I figured I would postpone until I get it, but do you think I should flush and just run water for a day or so until I get clonex?
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The reason I have so many roots like that is because I lightly scape the part that'll be in water and that's what happens. It usually takes my clones about 7 days to root, but the results I get you can't expect the same. Different strains, different environments. And you can clone in just water, I do. At 4 days you shouldn't expect to see anything that's way to soon. As soon as I get roots I start veggin them to avoid getting deficiencies cause they happen quick in clones.

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Tone5500

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mike45214 said:
The reason I have so many roots like that is because I lightly scape the part that'll be in water and that's what happens. It usually takes my clones about 7 days to root, but the results I get you can't expect the same. Different strains, different environments. And you can clone in just water, I do. At 4 days you shouldn't expect to see anything that's way to soon. As soon as I get roots I start veggin them to avoid getting deficiencies cause they happen quick in clones.

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Are you cloning in dwc bucket?? Or areo tote???
 
Tone5500

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mike45214 said:
I clone in aero.

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I'm going to try the areo cloner this time around scents I'm a little behind schedule waiting for my end caps to my rails so I can get this monsters I have in the double stack out so when they flower they don't out grow my 5" rails ...
 
mike45214

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Tone5500 said:
I'm going to try the areo cloner this time around scents I'm a little behind schedule waiting for my end caps to my rails so I can get this monsters I have in the double stack out so when they flower they don't out grow my 5" rails ...
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Do you have a pic of you're whole setup?

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mike45214

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I think it might have been in this thread that I read this but I can't be sure. It's been said that in aero you have to run the nutes at a higher level than you would if was DWC. Maybe that's the reason I was suffering from deficiencies, I can't be sure on that but I do know that once I put em back in DWC they recovered nicely and are now very healthy. I want some opinions on that. How strong do you run your nutes in your aero setup, do you feel the need to have an airstone in your rez and how long do you have your water pump set to run and be off?
 
Tone5500

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Tone5500 said:
Looks great but I personally hate trimming hole dried plants , is theere any benefits to drying the hole plant then trimming later?
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I find that trimming after drying produces a better end result. The smell and taste are much better when doing it this way when compared to trimming then drying. This method may be better for me because I live in a very dry area where the trimmed buds would dry too quickly and smell like hay or nothing. Drying the entire plant at once slows everything down so that the process can take up to two weeks, depending on your humidity in the drying area and how thick the buds grew. After this initial drying process and then the trim, the buds smell great and then go to cure for a few weeks and then off to the dispensaries. Like I said, it may be where I live but this is the method that works for me.
 
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The Dude wants buds said:
I find that trimming after drying produces a better end result. The smell and taste are much better when doing it this way when compared to trimming then drying. This method may be better for me because I live in a very dry area where the trimmed buds would dry too quickly and smell like hay or nothing. Drying the entire plant at once slows everything down so that the process can take up to two weeks, depending on your humidity in the drying area and how thick the buds grew. After this initial drying process and then the trim, the buds smell great and then go to cure for a few weeks and then off to the dispensaries. Like I said, it may be where I live but this is the method that works for me.
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Sweet I'm going to give it anthor try when my plants are ready because I too live in dry place and my buds I'd suffer a little last time from drying to quick . These plants in growing in dwc right now are about 4-5 ft tall could I cut them in sections and then hand them or do the have to sty a hole????
 
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Tone5500 said:
Sweet I'm going to give it anthor try when my plants are ready because I too live in dry place and my buds I'd suffer a little last time from drying to quick . These plants in growing in dwc right now are about 4-5 ft tall could I cut them in sections and then hand them or do the have to sty a hole????
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I am not sure about hanging a full 5 foot plant, I guess it would depend on how wide it was. Either way you could cut it up into a few, more manageable sections. You don't want too many cuts because that speeds up the drying process so maybe 2-4 sections? You will have to play around with that because I have only dried smaller plants this way so I cannot offer advice from experience on the bigger plants. When I had bigger plants I used to trim them at harvest and the end product came out shitty.
 
Raybone

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Tone5500 said:
Yea don't think that's going to be strong enuff for the sprayers I could be wrong but I dont think so and as far as those tote you don't want anything that is clear asking for problems if you use clear
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This is what I came up with... And yeah man that pump isn't strong enough...ctfu... I hooked it up and they barely spray.. Time to order a new bigger one...IMG_20141122_160417993.jpgdo I need a dome for this?. I used a clear tote that I had for that..
 

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The Dude wants buds said:
I find that trimming after drying produces a better end result. The smell and taste are much better when doing it this way when compared to trimming then drying. This method may be better for me because I live in a very dry area where the trimmed buds would dry too quickly and smell like hay or nothing. Drying the entire plant at once slows everything down so that the process can take up to two weeks, depending on your humidity in the drying area and how thick the buds grew. After this initial drying process and then the trim, the buds smell great and then go to cure for a few weeks and then off to the dispensaries. Like I said, it may be where I live but this is the method that works for me.
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Should've read before I posted... I just asked a question you already answered..
 
mike45214

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Raybone said:
Is this an aero setup? Do you have reservoirs? Can you explain to me how you're setup... That's a nice setup... What's your average yield?
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Not an aero it's DWC, my plants didn't do well in aero at all so I went with what I know and they're good now. This is my first run in a perpetual setup so I can't give info on yields. As far as how I'm setup what info are you looking for?

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