DIY Undercurrent system
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TND
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Looks good, especially the white and happy roots. What was your thought behind lowering the water level?
Peace and Merry Xmas to you and yours,
well i lowered the water because the girls were drowning the other day when i came home branches was hanging over all droopy looking , so i lowered the water a little and they got better in 30 min i figured it being that i had so much water in about 80 gals and not enough DO
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Day 20 in the system
Day 20 in the system
so its day 20 in this system of mine and the plants look great the temps are at the right levels and now that i have got the float working correctly for the add back it looks like things are moving along. i just wish these girls would grow faster so i can induce flowering here are some latest pics..
Day 20 in the system
so its day 20 in this system of mine and the plants look great the temps are at the right levels and now that i have got the float working correctly for the add back it looks like things are moving along. i just wish these girls would grow faster so i can induce flowering here are some latest pics..
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TND
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I bet they explode in the next week now that they are happy with the water level.
Peace,
i looking forward to it
TND
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thats alot of space wish i had that much to expand my grow...
Those are 5" net pot lids. Did you request those lids or are they the new issue standard? Mine came with 8" net pots, but I'd prefer 10 - 11" net pots. I hope to see you start a journal and blow it up.
Peace,
They are the new issue standard 5.5" cups, my new system came with the new lids as well, they also replaced the 6" Air disc's with some cheapo 6" long air stones. I personally don't mind the 5.5" net cups, those pots take up less space in veg rigs so i'm cool with that. You need 10" Cups? Sounds like you growing some treees
I'm not really sure why they replaced the disc's. What kind of air stones are you guys using in your UC's?turbo
TND
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They are the new issue standard 5.5" cups, my new system came with the new lids as well, they also replaced the 6" Air disc's with some cheapo 6" long air stones. I personally don't mind the 5.5" net cups, those pots take up less space in veg rigs so i'm cool with that. You need 10" Cups? Sounds like you growing some treees
turbo
i bought some micro diffusers boss hogg xl they are about 40 bucks each
Do the 6" stones that you use stay at the bottom of the bucket pretty well? I was curious to see if the current would pull them into the pvc piping. I haven't taken my 8XL completely out of the box yet but I am pretty stoked to use it here in a few runs
Turbo
yeah they are fine; i broke one once when i was cleaning out the buckets after my first run; it got stuck under one of the pvc pipes and i snapped it off... wouldn't of happened if i spent 5 secs moving the airstone but live and learn. i was tossing it anyway so i didn't mind. i've seen that the newer units use black 1/4" airlines instead of the clear ones; less light leaks i suppose... wonder if i can source some of that locally for cheap
TND
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homedepot has some for like 11 dollars for a 50 ft roll black
djtrichome
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i have a million ?s however not to disrupt or clog your thread
im new to forums but i have been learning allot .
im planning a 6 plant under current system 6kw
thank you great bucket choice!!
im new to forums but i have been learning allot .
im planning a 6 plant under current system 6kw
thank you great bucket choice!!
TND
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shoot away bro what you want to know
djtrichome
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first off is the chillers do you use 1?
ive seen 4 or 5 dif threads on verti buckets the best was 42#10 plants.
what is your average per watt?
float valve every bucket?
whats your leaching regime weekly?
were exactly do you get those buckets?
danner brand is this canadian?
great work im watching allot of this type yours has superior quality buckets and clean fittings do yours over flow or gravity feed?
ive seen 4 or 5 dif threads on verti buckets the best was 42#10 plants.
what is your average per watt?
float valve every bucket?
whats your leaching regime weekly?
were exactly do you get those buckets?
danner brand is this canadian?
great work im watching allot of this type yours has superior quality buckets and clean fittings do yours over flow or gravity feed?
TND
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i use one chiller a 1/4 size
i dont have a average yet because this is the first grow in this system and room set up
leaching regime?? not sure what you mean...
float valve only in reservoir
got the buckets from home depot
im not sure if danner is canadian or not but google it it should come up "danner inline pump"
and the pump circulates the water and nutes thru the system
and thx again
