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DOIN' IT BLIND...
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thank you. just the kind of response i was looking for 
and im right to assume your are buckets filled with medium, Hughie?
thanks again for the help. i have never seriously grown hydro just fooled around with dwc in the past
and wasnt at all impressed, so ive not switched to hydro till now.
Ive also tried the various hydroponic type cloning methods, and have used plenty of hydroponic nutes in soiless,
so have a decent grasp of it. but again, just now jumping balls deep into hydro., and need to make it count
so thanks again for all the help guys sorry for the brief thread hijack,
just trying to grasp as i read-along. thx again and have a good day/nite
and im right to assume your are buckets filled with medium, Hughie?
thanks again for the help. i have never seriously grown hydro just fooled around with dwc in the past
and wasnt at all impressed, so ive not switched to hydro till now.
Ive also tried the various hydroponic type cloning methods, and have used plenty of hydroponic nutes in soiless,
so have a decent grasp of it. but again, just now jumping balls deep into hydro., and need to make it count
so thanks again for all the help guys sorry for the brief thread hijack,
just trying to grasp as i read-along. thx again and have a good day/nite
Thanks guys!! I was in a Hydro store the other day...Talking with the owner.. We got to a point in the conversation of what media we liked to use. He said he was a sunshine 4 fan,I told him nah soils to much work. Go hydro. He sayes to me, well i still like to have a life.. If only he knew how easy some systems are!! This is the single biggest misconception out there.
Sure some systems are a major bitch to get up and running, and keep running(aero comes to mind).Some systems are backbreaking work(DWC in single buckets)Some like ebb/flow tables are a realitivly easy system to work with.
In the case of DWC in single buckets...id go soil myself....lighter, more forgiving.
You want the best of everything. Good yeilds, easy maintenance and low work factor when it's running.If it can't be automated, whats the point! The trays cost under 150$ + some time with a skill saw.
Sure some systems are a major bitch to get up and running, and keep running(aero comes to mind).Some systems are backbreaking work(DWC in single buckets)Some like ebb/flow tables are a realitivly easy system to work with.
In the case of DWC in single buckets...id go soil myself....lighter, more forgiving.
You want the best of everything. Good yeilds, easy maintenance and low work factor when it's running.If it can't be automated, whats the point! The trays cost under 150$ + some time with a skill saw.
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BabyHughie
Member
Spoken true blunt! Hydro is FAR EASIER than soil if you pick the right system. Shit I haven't even done a res change this entire grow and Ive cleaned the buckets once at the start of 12/12.
Pick the right system and hydro is (almost) as easy as sitting back and watching them grow for a few months.
PS soil = less work (but more mess) than standalone DWC but the growth is not even close.
soil = pinto
ebb and flow = porsche 911
DWC = f1 car
Pick the right system and hydro is (almost) as easy as sitting back and watching them grow for a few months.
PS soil = less work (but more mess) than standalone DWC but the growth is not even close.
soil = pinto
ebb and flow = porsche 911
DWC = f1 car
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vhGhost
Great job Blunt!
Again it depends on growing styles and experiance. I go head to head with a soil grower all the time. We compare size, speed, taste. I gotta say, he grows just as big if not larger buds then myself. Im about 2 weeks ahead of him in veg growth under the same time period. Other then that very similer, he is a very experianced grower. Almost have him talked into dro!! probly do a bio bucket setup as he likes to grow trees!! i figured he could almost shave 3 weeks of veg if he was to convert.
Thanks for checking in VHghost & ecam. cheers!
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rule35sub1
looks good blunt, gimme my bio-buckets any day, soil is for moms 
BabyHughie
Member
Blunt_69 said:
thats exactly what Im talking about. With hydro you get a considerably lower veg time and more stretch/growth during the 12/12 stretch (lowers veg times even more).
No doubt that per grow yields can be very similar if the soil grower is dialed in but over the course of a year the hydro grower will kill the soil grower even if they are doing a worse job maintaining the grow for the sheer fact that they can get 2 more grows in per year.
With a real slow veggin indica you can cut your veg times by 2/3 with hydro. It would take 90+ days of veg on an urkle in soil to match a 3-4 week vegged urkle in hydro yield wise.
Oh yeah no doubt, over a course of a year a hydro grower will crop more times then in soil. The bio buckets seem to be the best solution for his garden size and growing methods.He's not real good with science, any system advise i give him i have to keep this in the back of my mind.
1. easy system to run
2. Hard water issues.
If it isnt easy he wont change. Sure the quicker veg times are nice but if he has to check shit everyday the system wont fly.bottom line it's gotta be easier then soil.
I was going to suggest NFT or Areo, then started thinking about possible problems with both systems.
Aero would be an issue because of the water, misters would be getting clogged non stop.He's not getting RO.
NFT to do it properly, the cost to build it could get quite expensive.
1. easy system to run
2. Hard water issues.
If it isnt easy he wont change. Sure the quicker veg times are nice but if he has to check shit everyday the system wont fly.bottom line it's gotta be easier then soil.
I was going to suggest NFT or Areo, then started thinking about possible problems with both systems.
Aero would be an issue because of the water, misters would be getting clogged non stop.He's not getting RO.
NFT to do it properly, the cost to build it could get quite expensive.
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I keep missing the lights out...ahhwell.
Check this out, Fake Purps...Done in photoshop.
ok these ones are legit!!!
I was smoking a fatty with a buddy of a buddy today. This is the second time hes smoked my chiba with me(helping him out with his laptop)> Anyways, the first time he got so baked that he lost his words and train of thought in the middle of a conversation...3 times !! lol it was so funny, i kept harassin him. Then today he came over and we smoke a modest sized joint(to some a fatty), afterwards we were having a smoke. he just liked power inhaled his smoke, and vegged out for a good 5 min, staring at the wall, while i finished mine!! I asked him if he had enjoyed the smoke i had...
He looks at me, with that stoned gleem in his eye and sayes "man....Ive smoked alot of dope in my time..but that stuff rates as some of the best smoke ive ever smoked". I grinned and told him it comes from a close personal friend of mine..
Man that felt good!! Ive never had anyone ever say that about my grass before..I mean damn!! Happy happy blunt69 i am!! offf to smoke a doobie!!
Check this out, Fake Purps...Done in photoshop.
ok these ones are legit!!!
I was smoking a fatty with a buddy of a buddy today. This is the second time hes smoked my chiba with me(helping him out with his laptop)> Anyways, the first time he got so baked that he lost his words and train of thought in the middle of a conversation...3 times !! lol it was so funny, i kept harassin him. Then today he came over and we smoke a modest sized joint(to some a fatty), afterwards we were having a smoke. he just liked power inhaled his smoke, and vegged out for a good 5 min, staring at the wall, while i finished mine!! I asked him if he had enjoyed the smoke i had...
He looks at me, with that stoned gleem in his eye and sayes "man....Ive smoked alot of dope in my time..but that stuff rates as some of the best smoke ive ever smoked". I grinned and told him it comes from a close personal friend of mine..
Man that felt good!! Ive never had anyone ever say that about my grass before..I mean damn!! Happy happy blunt69 i am!! offf to smoke a doobie!!
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Last week of nutrients in flower for me.Topped up the system last night with fresh batch of mix.. It looks like i erraticated those little bastard mites. two weeks ago.dont see any new damage or webing.I also see nothing on my clones.
The NL X DT cross grew way different this round. Got really fat and dense(much denser then the nl)!! Maybe I will run 1 or two of them again next round.
I still havent found a blunt69 deal on an AC unit. I never pay full price for anything. but I'd really like try a round with my temps cooler.im sitting around 32-34 degrees celcius.. I'd like to drop that temp down to 24-26..The trays are uneffected by ambient tempse
Also I still dont run any CO2. Because i have a relaitivly small area i work in, I worry about the heat a burner would induce.on the other hand, Im not to big on opening a gas account.
The NL X DT cross grew way different this round. Got really fat and dense(much denser then the nl)!! Maybe I will run 1 or two of them again next round.
I still havent found a blunt69 deal on an AC unit. I never pay full price for anything. but I'd really like try a round with my temps cooler.im sitting around 32-34 degrees celcius.. I'd like to drop that temp down to 24-26..The trays are uneffected by ambient tempse
Also I still dont run any CO2. Because i have a relaitivly small area i work in, I worry about the heat a burner would induce.on the other hand, Im not to big on opening a gas account.
Thanks VT!! Took some samplers off the lower branches tonight, gotta give em a few days to dry.Tricomes still look clear to me(using a 100X magnifier). gonna give them a few more days and flush em out..Got 6 new babies to replace these monsters with(same strains).
Geezuz I need to pay attention.. almost dried em out..bad blunt69...bad.. Gonna start them on a light feeding schedule, get them a bit bigger before i transplant them into the trays. They are starting to fade yellow from lack of nutrients. Like to keep them small untill im ready for them to get huge. Takes about 3 weeks to grow them 6 to 12 inches.
May all your buds be fat, and frosty
blunt_69
Geezuz I need to pay attention.. almost dried em out..bad blunt69...bad.. Gonna start them on a light feeding schedule, get them a bit bigger before i transplant them into the trays. They are starting to fade yellow from lack of nutrients. Like to keep them small untill im ready for them to get huge. Takes about 3 weeks to grow them 6 to 12 inches.
May all your buds be fat, and frosty
blunt_69
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vhGhost
go blunt go blunt go go !!!.... Chop them biatches down!!!
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vhGhost
Then some FAT cola's dude!!! 
What was different about the way you flushed ?
What was different about the way you flushed ?
