Operation Kill Shorty
- Thread starter johnnyrotten
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WTF?
Shorty lives?
In fact Shorty thrives!
Shorty lives?
In fact Shorty thrives!
johnnyrotten
Member
Yes, I topped the Romulan before and it loved it...the seedlings are now at 300ppm...
johnnyrotten
Member
Yep, she sure does... She's gonna get an extra long veg this time, she doubles in height and width during stretch and I want to see her at 6'... Lol
you have no reason to touch the ph. leave it alone and monitor it. honest to Buddha, unless it's over 6.5 don't touch it. it will find an operating level that will function fine without ph adjusters. no reason to correct the jack's either if you go over a little bit. all solution keeps re-blending and your input is stable.
later on
later on
johnnyrotten
Member
Yeah, it settled down to 6.0 in the res... Control and pump bucket are at 6.4... I'll leave it alone and see what happens...
johnnyrotten
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Haven't seen the plants since Tues and the first words out of my mouth were OMFG!!! They got HUGE!!!
Romulan
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Shorty
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Sam 4
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SSOG
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Casey Jones
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village green
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Careful with letting that Sams go any more in veg.
johnnyrotten
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I hear ya village green, I've got the original in flower right now untopped and she doubled in height but not much width... I'm gonna top her again, then prune it before I put her in flower again and see if it makes a difference... It's all one big experiment...
yep, he's about to experience the dreaded "crazy" growth that occurs in a ppk.
plants are real pretty, it's amazing what a healthy root zone will do.
johnnyrotten
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Yeah, it really works great, I'm gonna build them as I need them, I want to have a total of 9, 3 in veg and 6 in flower... I'm gonna use mini ppks for seeds and clones and I'll have a totally maint free setup...
Gonna build a 4x6 flower room with 2 600's and 6 PPK's... I'm gonna build them using the same low profile rubbermaids... Maybe I should take pics as I go and put it in a diy ppk thread for an easy to follow threads with pics, what do you think about that D9? Wasn't sure if you were going to do one...
Gonna build a 4x6 flower room with 2 600's and 6 PPK's... I'm gonna build them using the same low profile rubbermaids... Maybe I should take pics as I go and put it in a diy ppk thread for an easy to follow threads with pics, what do you think about that D9? Wasn't sure if you were going to do one...
by all means! i don't think anyone has focused on the 3 gal rubbermaids and their potential as ppk platforms.
johnnyrotten
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D9, Almost forgot... I've got this 600ppm thing down now, pretty simple feeding this way... The pump bucket and control bucket are a little over 750ppm, PH is 6.4... The res is 600ppm, PH 6.2...not messing with it, the plants seem to like it...
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Dr.RedWhite
Are you using the tire valves as bulkhead fittings like D9 does. I though maybe the rubbermaid tubs were too thin to use them.
johnnyrotten
Member
Yes, I'm using tire valves and they work great with the rubbermaids...
johnnyrotten
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Shorty isn't draining as much and has been getting overwatered so I turned her top feed off for awhile... The Romulan and Sam the Skunkman are huge!! I've started tying them down to get more tops
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Dr.RedWhite
They are looking pretty good, in fact pretty covers it. Shorty's pot full of Coco isn't draining well enough?
johnnyrotten
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Yeah, shorty isn't draining as fast which I believe is because the top of the rubbermaids isn't very stiff and the bottom gets pressed down on the bottom of the ppk res, then it can't drain very well...
The next tailpiece I build will be 6" instead of 5" but I will install the zip tied at 5" and cut a 3/4" notch in the bottom inch of the tailpiece so the bottom doesn't get sealed up...
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Dr.RedWhite
Does anything of color or substance run into the bottom of the PPK when it is pulsed? Somtehing that might clog up the flow thru your valve stems?
