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Any Irish growers using Hydro?
Hi guys Ive been growing in soil for the past two years and ive deided to try the hydro route, for flowering anway. 20l buckets wit airstones. Bubble buckets their called (although every site gives them a differnt name)
So before I get into detail about things ill give a quick run through what im planning, most of this is new to me (the hydro part and the use of rockwool) so I really do need help from people if they have past experience. FOR VEDGE 6 foot white wardrobe completly light tight, the top area is 1 foot in height and the main body is 4.5feet. I want to use the top for cloning with some T5's (currently i have a 125w in there as its all i have) and the bottom has a sunmate reflector with a 125w cfl (may use a 250 when i have mothers). Im stating seeds in soil, growing them out, sexing them, find my mother(s), clone in rockwool under the T5's, vedge next to the mother then move into flowering. FLOWERING I wont get into the flowering part in detail yet as its gonne be nearly 2 months before Im flowering with the whole sexing of POG but ill have a secret Jardin DR100 (H: 200cm W: 100cm L: 100cm), 4inch rvk fan for intake, 6inch rvk w/ carbon filter for outtake, 600w hps with adjust-a-wing reflector and lumatek digi ballast. A twin fan air controller to keep my temps at 25 and ill be growing in 5gallon (20l) black buckets, each with their own airstone and a Hailea ACO-009 Piston Operated Air Compressor, capable of pumping 110 litres per minute (is this enough?) for them all, I also have another Hailea pump just incase its not. Will 3 inch net pots be big enough or should i go bigger. Im planning on growing 6 plants at a big size. Or do you think 8 would be ok at smaller, im going for sheer quantily with this grow OK so ive started my seeds in soil, its West+ organic soil from Atlanti homes and watered with PH 6.5 water. 10 X Pot of gold (reg) (ive gone for this because its supposed to be a monster yielder and wit regular seeds their is far less chance of hermies) 1 X Chronic (fem) (To see if its true about the yield) 1 X Sour kush (fem) (All for me!!) Its day 3 and I have 8 healthy seedlings, 2 of the POGs are a little fragile so there in humidity dome and 1 POG didnt sprout at all. There under a 125w CFL, this is my vedging area, temps are holding at 27c + or - .5c. Humidity is 66%, but under the dome is obviously more. Im not using nutes yet as the soil already has some but in the future the ones in soil have some Biobizz Vedge and for the ones in rockwool and for when im flowering ill be using Canna Aqua nutes. Alls going well and when I have my camera charged ill post some pics. As usual all comments and questions welcome. Peas |
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, also run a few other systems and soil (not all at the same time obviously, have just switched techniques as they peaked my interest.)Quote:
A Foot in height hmm u might want a bit more height room to clone in. Also 4.5 foot might be a tad small for mother plants. T5's are great for cloning ![]() Quote:
What type of airstones are u going for ? Thats an important selection m8, u want airstones which put out the smallest bubbles possible, that'll oxygenate the water more than large bubbles. Quote:
![]() 3 inch net pots will be fine....... well, depending on your original rooting medium. If ur using rockwool, u need to provide enough room to fit that block in plus a little expansion area on each side for roots to protrude. If your using aeroponics u just need to provide enough room for the bases of the stem and expansion of the base rootball. Quote:
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What medium do you use in your cloner? I was thinking about cloning in rockwool and then vedging under my 600w for about 10 days or until there a foot tall and then flower. All my plants are going to be going into flower at the same time and finish up at the same time, so I might lose a week on having to vegde in my flowering room but it might be worth it as opposed to vedging under a 125 cfl for about the same amount of time. I say the 4.5 feet will be enough for the mothers, ill wait til the fifth node and top at the second and supercrop it. If its getting too big ill just grow out some of the clones for new mothers. Quote:
Porous piping is good to. It cut out the chance of airstone getting clogged. I might get one of each first to see which has the most bubbles. Any you would recommend in particular?? Quote:
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Ya im all about getting a good mother. I also got 7 free feminised seeds with them for The Attitude so i think it was worth it. I put the weaker ones in the dome just to raise humidity, i like to keep my seedlings and clones in about 80-90% humidity. Maybe ive been watching too many Jorge Cervantis DVDs, lol, but I thik it does the job. |
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Theres no medium in aeroponics, the roots hang in something like a tupperware container and are sprayed or misted with a nute solution. Yeah the transition from aeroponics to BB's is pretty seamless. Thinking about it though, bubble cloners are something i've been meaning to try, they'd probably be even better, and are touted as having similar results..... I've never had a clone not root in aeroponics Quote:
. I definitely wouldnt leave them "vegging" under the cfl over a 600 though ![]() Quote:
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, but your air pump has a 12 outlet manifold anyways doesnt it ?Cant find the packaging of the disc airstones. I think they may have been made by haelia but not 100%, 6 inch circular ceramic airstone. That was just a random search for the airstone, u may want to shop around on price etc. Ceramic airstones are better long term imo, clean em with peroxide between harvests and they should last u a very long time, whereas other airstones need to be replaced |
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Bought one like a muppet. There simplistic to make. Only realised it when it got here. The name sounds off putting, but its really the easiest way of growing in my opinion. Theres no medium in aeroponics, the roots hang in something like a tupperware container and are sprayed or misted with a nute solution. Quote:
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But if im running out of room with mothers taking up space and that I think ill vegg them with the 400w in my flowering room and keep the 600w for when its 12/12 time. I dont know why i didnt think ok that one earlier Quote:
https://www.3ch.co.uk/pumps/air-pumps.../prod_524.html Ya ill stick with the ceramic, ive heard about build up forming on the other ones. Quote:
I got some kandy kush, sleestak, LA Conf and OG18 all crossed with a skunk from DNA. There supposed to be limited edition seeds - how true that is i dont know but im looking forward to giving them a grow anyway. Thanks too man for giving me a hand here. You can read as many articles as you can but theres nothing better than someone advising you on your specific setup, Im waiting to sort out my bloody broadband so i can get some pics up. There only of seedlings so far but everybody likes a pic. On a side note - a 4inch square net pot in Woodies - 4e. Robbery. I wanted 8 for my have 1 or 2 spare mentality but i couldnt justify the price. 32e on 8 pots. Not gonna happen------A bit better https://www.3ch.co.uk/hydro-systems/a.../prod_137.html |
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![]() Square pots arent ideal anyways its much easier to cut a circular hole into a lid than a square 1 ![]() Everybody does love a pic ![]() DNA's skunk cross release was a christmas special last year far as i remember. Theres been mixed reviews. Have a read through a few of the journals out there on them. Never seen those airstones in action m8 Reg or fem can throw hermies, its the parent plants used which determines progency. White labels fems have been stable from what ive seen. Though that has been limited
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I dont get why they say use PK13/14 for only one week either. Its for budding formation it says. I know its strong but from what ive read alot of people us it for about 3 weeks Quote:
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Ill have my mothers and clones in a seperate room, them move the rooted clones into the tent under the 400w until there the size i want, then ill put in the 600w hps and flower. I know its not ideal but with my limited space its the best i can do. Also if I make the bubble cloner and have it uder T5s, i should be able to get them to a decent size before veggin, so hopefully it wont take that long Quote:
Next to godliness and all that. Do you ever use H2O2 to keep your roots white or do you find there usually ok in the BBs?. Quote:
[IMG] Uploaded with ImageShack.us[/IMG]![]() I have some spiffy tools so cutting out the shape should be ok Quote:
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Oh yeah some sapling pics i suppose And more recent ![]() Ive got this 9v fan i pulled out of an old PC. Its a 12v fan. Anyone know how i would wire it up to work on a normal plug. Electricity scares me so i wanna no what im doing before i get started. Im pretty sure ill need a 12v dc adaptor. Would this work? https://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...C=SO&U=strat15 Im gonna use it for an intake in my mother/clone room ![]() Uploaded with ImageShack.us Peas ![]() Theres 7 Pot of Gold, 1 sour kush and 1 chronic Oh ya, thanks again grim for that PM |
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Forget about the fan question. I found an old 7v charger, its working fine so far and temps are good. If its not doing the job ill get the 12v
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. And no, i've had no problems with roots in bubble buckets so far ![]() Quote:
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Seelings looking good man. D'ya have a fan on em ? Keep the lights low on em too, looks like ya have already, just the 1 stretching, n sometimes ya cant do anything bout that they just like to get up and above quick. But the fan'll strengthen up the stems |
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