Maybe I need to rethink my setup. That automated watering sounds very nice. If you don't mind my asking what kinda manifold and tubing did you use to plumb the feed lines? I don't mind clearing the catch trays with my siphon pump, but I would love to run a line from my reservoir into a manifold in the flower room. From the manifold I can connect some tubing to each bucket. Even provide a little slack in the tubing so the buckets can be moved a little. Your results are just fantastic. How long do you veg for? I feel like one of my shortcomings I need to address is that I'm not allowing my root systems to get strong enough before they enter the flower room, so some plants could really go 3 days before watering and the rest need it every other day. If your ladies are needing water every day in a 10 gallon tote you have a very robust root system inside of there. I've got to make some changes to achieve the same result. My gears are turning
Here's a link on my feed/drain setup..
yeah I’m not a fan of the dust. It always makes me sick after breathing it. It mixes better when everything is wet also. I have to do this sorry Use your N-95 mask and you will never have to worry about the dust ever again!
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As far as veg goes, the biggest plants I've grown only had 4 weeks veg on them.
I
really believe the reason I get the results I do is because I stopped listening to everything people were suggesting and started testing things for myself.
For instance,
50 watts per sq/ft for HID right??? Wrong. I run 78.125w.
Need higher temps for your veg tent and less light for the plants??? Wrong. My veg tent and flower tent both run @ 75F 50RH with the veg tent plants under full "flower power" (50,000+ Lux) lighting from the time they're a week old.
You need 18 bottles of nutes and a chemistry degree to grow weed??? Wrong. I use RO water, Calimagic and the 1 part megacrop for veg @ .8EC. Flower is 3 part GH @ .8-1.0EC.
I defoliate and lollipop less and less nowadays. I don't worry unless I think humidity might be an issue on the thicker plants.
But the most important of them all....consistency.
If you're going to flower under really powerful lights, then veg under really powerful lights.
If you're going to feed heavy, then do it from the start.
Don't change times, temps, light intensity or anything else drastically.
I can guarantee if someone took one of their plants here they vegged under a HLG 135 in a 4x4, or
any other "small wattage" lights people are using and tried to put her in my flower tent, they would not....ever...end up with the same end results.
K.I.S.S