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CannabisNerd said:
My crop furthest away from the reservoir don't look very good, they're not getting enough water so I'll have to redo the manifolds next run, grrr. I keep trying to up the water times but I don't want to over water the other 2 crops, I hope the come out OK, it's like everytime I pick up the pots they are light grr.. It's kinda hard to tell so I added another crop for color reference. I hope they finish OK because it's super early still

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How is that manifold not getting the plants as much water as the other ones? Is it noticibly flowing less?
 
Aeroknow said:
How is that manifold not getting the plants as much water as the other ones? Is it noticibly flowing less?
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Yeah, I think it's because the length of tubing to the last one which is alot bigger than the length to the first two, it's getting like 1/2 the water :( with I had rolling trays now cuz I can't climb back there lol. But he's pretty sure it's the long tubing, it wouldn't be a problem I don't think if all the main lines of tubing off each pump were the same length, I think that's the issue, the first one gets water ASAP, the 2nd not bad, the 3rd just not enough, I'd have to run the pump 2x as long to get the same water on that one which I can't do. The plants seem OK but just dull I think salts building up in them. After harvest I can either make each main line of tubing the same length or just go with the 1 piece manifold, I'll have to play around to see what's easier to get it going. A longer time watering is fine if it gets the X amount of ml, I need about 18oz per watering per plant, but when it's not the same things get outta whack and one plant goes light, then if I make the water time longer, other pots get too heavy
 
CannabisNerd said:
Yeah, I think it's because the length of tubing to the last one which is alot bigger than the length to the first two, it's getting like 1/2 the water :( with I had rolling trays now cuz I can't climb back there lol. But he's pretty sure it's the long tubing, it wouldn't be a problem I don't think if all the main lines of tubing off each pump were the same length, I think that's the issue, the first one gets water ASAP, the 2nd not bad, the 3rd just not enough, I'd have to run the pump 2x as long to get the same water on that one which I can't do. The plants seem OK but just dull I think salts building up in them. After harvest I can either make each main line of tubing the same length or just go with the 1 piece manifold, I'll have to play around to see what's easier to get it going
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But that is why we also connected each manifold together, to equalize the pressure. Strange
Def should have hooked them all up first for a dry run, and measured one from each manifold.
Use a valve to slow down the other/shorter ones? And than extend the feed times on all?

How long are your feeds for?
 
Aeroknow said:
But that is why we also connected each manifold together, to equalize the pressure. Strange
Def should have hooked them all up first for a dry run, and measured one from each manifold.
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I don't get it either haha, the ones I built are small but I'm gonna cut each main poly tube line the same length, I might not tie em together but I can if needed, I made em pretty much the same except ones like 3" longer. But I'll be able to reach em if i need to add a pump I put a tee in for one if needed, and if I tie them together it's only like 2' extra of tubing
 
Vnsmkr said:
Path of least resistance, or in this case shortest distance. Do you not have valves in there so you can shut off the closer plants and leave open to the farthest away?
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I think that's what's happening, was gonna put some valves in but never did, but I found some bad ass valves on Amazon I might add in to the other side I'm finishing building now. They're cool as shit, you can hook poly tubing to them!
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Aeroknow said:
But that is why we also connected each manifold together, to equalize the pressure. Strange
Def should have hooked them all up first for a dry run, and measured one from each manifold.
Use a valve to slow down the other/shorter ones? And than extend the feed times on all?

How long are your feeds for?
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Feeds are now at 35 seconds up from 25 seconds, I ordered 3 for the left side plants but gonna order 3 more now for the other side, forgot I can tap into the poly easy
 
Aeroknow said:
I ordered those two 630w cmh fixtures yesterday at garden connection and they'll supposedly be there for me tomorrow. Just sayin :-D
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Those fuckers need to keep things in stock though!! The res wouldn't be in til Friday they said so I went home, called the wrong # calling around for reses, turns out I called gc and guess what they said? Yeah we have 70 gal reses in stock. With lids. Ughh, no, I was just there wtf lol
 
eastcoastmo said:
Oh sweet, I didn't think J1 existed any more, there are definitely no seeds of it around, thats for sure! You should grab a cut of it and compare it to mine when I send you some beans ;)
There is a strain still around called Ice by Nirvana, not sure if its the same one though...sounds like it would've been a sick ass cross!!
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I grew nirvanas Ice back around 2002-2003, right after I seen it in the big book of buds, we ordered beans of it. Had to have. Holy shit was It a huge yielder of rock hard frosty big colas. Wish that shit still worked today :-(
 
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Aeroknow said:
I grew nirvanas Ice back around 2002-2003, right after I seen it in the big book of buds, we ordered beans of it. Had to have. Holy shit was It a huge yielder of rock hard frosty big colas. Wish that shit still worked today :-(
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Freaking massive yielder! I was getting avg of 3 per plant outdoor and that was NY shitty rainy season. Even indoor it was a rock solid plant, it did the best in the cap ebb n gro, 5 zips a plant under non aircooled hoods it was unreal, Def wish it worked today cuz I haven't seen 5 zips a plant since I moved here lmao!
 
Aeroknow said:
I grew nirvanas Ice back around 2002-2003, right after I seen it in the big book of buds, we ordered beans of it. Had to have. Holy shit was It a huge yielder of rock hard frosty big colas. Wish that shit still worked today :-(
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Oh man, sounds like I may have to go on a hunt through some Ice beans from Nirvana and Royal queen...sounds like a ripping indica couchlock with heaps of frost :)
 
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