The Farmhouse

[farmhouse cat]

Thanks Hazed... i will add the drip clean last for sure. Did you use sm-90 at all?

 

[Hazed]

Thanks Hazed... i will add the drip clean last for sure. Did you use sm-90 at all?

No problem Im glad if it helps ya!
Naw I don't have any sm-90, but I do plan on trying it out soon.
That second jar is starting to have a slight settling which mixes back in real easy. The first jar doesn't really mix back up, just has white cloud that drops right back out.
I would be willing to bet the sm-90 is not involved, but check it out and see what ya think.
I gotta go tend to an overgrown scrog,lol, take care...Hazed

 

[Greenstar420]

Dude your setup is topnotch A+mazing! Very nice design, cant wait to see this one finish up.

 

[Mister_D]

Hazed you are just full of good ideas . I'm going to mix up a jar of micro and bloom, let it sit, and see what happens. I know everyone want's to blame sm-90, drip clean, or whatever additive, but I havn't had anything but micro, bloom, and sulfuric acid in my flower res ever. Yet that's where I have slime. Being the only common theme amongst mine, bobble, and FHC's grow, seems to my something is going wrong with the GH stuff.

 

[farmhouse cat]

Dude your setup is topnotch A+mazing! Very nice design, cant wait to see this one finish up.

Thanks Buddy!

 

[farmhouse cat]

Hazed you are just full of good ideas . I'm going to mix up a jar of micro and bloom, let it sit, and see what happens. I know everyone want's to blame sm-90, drip clean, or whatever additive, but I havn't had anything but micro, bloom, and sulfuric acid in my flower res ever. Yet that's where I have slime. Being the only common theme amongst mine, bobble, and FHC's grow, seems to my something is going wrong with the GH stuff.

Do you guys refrigerate your bottles? I know mine is sitting in the garage outside of the room and sometimes it gets hot as a devils ass in there. I didnt pay much attention to it because ive always just had them out like that and never had a problem..(but that was with botanicare)

Yesterday
I added the micro first and let that cycle for a couple hours, then added bloom and let it cycle for a couple hrs..then added the sm-90.

Today i will be adding silica. And then later drip clean.

hope we can get this licked.

 

[farmhouse cat]

Silicablast is more important with big plants Bro.....Potassium Silicate increases stemwall strength by leaps and bounds.......

With big plants......so.....I`m not sure yas need it , but I never rolled without it even with my smaller plants cuz ppm`s were always planned and adjusted every week with rez changes/addbacks/ swapouts....

All about findin yer sweet spots , and totally understand about usin new juice.......Be strong and quit freakin out.......Your shit looks too good ta worry too much my buddy......

My 2 cents.....Freds...........

Thanks Fred.. Im not really sweatin it...just wanna get things rollin in the right direction.

After a 12 hr day session with the new res (and sm-90) The res still looks good and the plants are lookin good. The ph did a slow rise from 5.8 to 5.9 over the 12 hour daylight..so i know their still dancin to that rythym. Like i said i will be adding back silica and the drip clean slowly one at a time throughout the day (today).

Hope we can figure this out. If not then if the plants dont care then why should i. Liitle smudge...aww what the fudge.

 

[silver hawaiian]

FWIW, I did notice something after adding the SM-90 to the rez for my blumats.

Every now'n again, if I need to water something that's not yet hooked to the blumats, or some RR cubes, etc., I'll just dip a cup into the rez itself, and get the water that way.

Last time I did this (after adding the SM-90), I looked in the cup & noticed a sort of sheen on the surface.

The lines don't seem to be suffering/clogging at all, but I don't recall having seen that sort of appearance with any water from my rez prior to starting the SM-90.

Again, everything seems to be hunky dory, though that sight does make me wonder how effectively everything in the rez is mixed. It's got a 380GPH pump constantly cycling water up into the feed rez, and back down to the main rez.

 

[farmhouse cat]

FWIW, I did notice something after adding the SM-90 to the rez for my blumats.

Every now'n again, if I need to water something that's not yet hooked to the blumats, or some RR cubes, etc., I'll just dip a cup into the rez itself, and get the water that way.

Last time I did this (after adding the SM-90), I looked in the cup & noticed a sort of sheen on the surface.

The lines don't seem to be suffering/clogging at all, but I don't recall having seen that sort of appearance with any water from my rez prior to starting the SM-90.

Again, everything seems to be hunky dory, though that sight does make me wonder how effectively everything in the rez is mixed. It's got a 380GPH pump constantly cycling water up into the feed rez, and back down to the main rez.

Hmm i noticed that too...it looks like gasoline sitting on top of water..that transluscent sheen. Ive noticed that from the start. Just thought it was the way it goes, and maybe it is?

 

[silver hawaiian]

Could be - I don't seem to notice any ill-effect, .. ? But it was enough to give me a slight heeby-jeeby.

 

[catalyte]

i've seen an aero rez get yellow slime with lots of sm-90 in it... don't know if it's what it used to be. made me rethink using as a tank additive... i still swear by it for riding thrips with h202 !

 

[silver hawaiian]

Also, having seen that, I now break out the paint stirrer & drill for all mixin's.

 

[DHF]

Also, having seen that, I now break out the paint stirrer & drill for all mixin's.

LMAO.....

SH.......I ALWAYS used a paddle bit and my drill ta mix my juice slurries before adding to main rez`s for many yrs.....

I told Mr D this a while back about there`s a sequence of adding nutes and additives that will keep shit from reacting with each other , but.....

I`m wondering if folks are are gettin old juice stock sittin on the shelves , cuz juice don`t last forever......

I never had any cloudy rez`s , and also never noticed any sheen on top from SM-90.......I`m wonderin now since I`ve recently found out that instead of coriander oil in suspension , the shit`s cut with canola oil and that`s what ya`ll are seein where oil and water don`t mix no matter how hard yas stir it up......

Anyways........I hope all this shit comes to pass and rez management gets back to normal.....

Peace....DHF........

 

[Grizz]

when ever i used silica i always notice a clowdy rez. even my advanced ph up does the same thing and i bet it has silica in it cause it feels like snot when you get it on your hands. my 2 cents worth

 

[Ohmless]

I use Liquid Koolbloom at the strength recommended by GH with no burn at all.. I add it to my Lucas formula and cut it out about 2 weeks before flush..

mgk

essentially the same with me. I use 3ml/gal for light, 6ml/gal for medium and 9ml/gal for heavy flowering periods.

 

[farmhouse cat]

i've seen an aero rez get yellow slime with lots of sm-90 in it... don't know if it's what it used to be. made me rethink using as a tank additive... i still swear by it for riding thrips with h202 !

I cut back my sm-90 from 5/ml a gallon to 2ml. I added the drip clean at .4 per g.... NO Silica. Things are lookin good for now.

I have bigger problems to deal with. The plants are freakin thick and some of the newly forming buds are 5-6 inches from the 1k bulbs and its only 3 weeks in.

Also i cant seem to get the humidity down. (especially lights out). My 70 pint home depot dehumy just doest seem to be able to keep up. Its strange beacuse ive used this same brand in larger rooms and it worked fine. Maybe my controller sensor has a hard time registering the correct reading as the room is cycling air constantly from bottom to the top. I installed my exhaust fan and intake fan with backdraft dampers , but what good is that if outdoor humidity is 78%. tried it several times. it takes the co2 out but humidity actually rises. (Ambient temps are a bitch!) Next week humidity is supposed to be back to normal thank god.

No complaints...just some observations...plants are thriving...need to tame the jungle soon. I forgot how the plants explode when conditions are right.

 

[farmhouse cat]

essentially the same with me. I use 3ml/gal for light, 6ml/gal for medium and 9ml/gal for heavy flowering periods.

This weekend im gonna give the Kool bloom another shot at 3ml/gal.

I think aero calls for the coors light.

Thanks buddy...

 

[Mister_D]

FHC - Nope I don't refridgerate my nutes, never have. How many lights are you running in that room? I know you have two in the vert, but are you still running horizontal next to it? Something isn't right if a 70 pint and your a/c can't keep up with what your running. I had a 70 pint from home depot + a 24k btu mini split taking care of 8 600's worth of flowering 6ft tall trees no problem.

DHF - You've seen GH flora go bad? I've never heard of a bottle of flora series going bad. It's nothing but nutrient salts and water, no organic additives to go bad. Hmmmm suppose anything is possible though.....

 

[farmhouse cat]

2 1ks, it should be up to the task. I need to check it, see if its pulling water. the drain hose goes to a raingutter downspout in the back. Need to roll out a wall to get to it..pain in the arse.

 

[farmhouse cat]

Ahh crap... I just checked my dehumi, and its only a 45 pint. It is the same one i used in my last room wich was bigger and more lights and it worked great, so it should do the job.

Maybe its on the fritz.