Incredible4Mr2E
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Thank you dude!
Nute & Reverse Osmosis questions For Hydro
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Incredible4Mr2E
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I’ve stopped using my RO water now and just using spring water. It’s so much easier to PH and keep PHed for three, four days. The RO water is just all over the place and I hate working with it. I’m going to disconnect my RO and run a sediment filter into a dual carbon filter for chlorine. The springs getting older running to every day or two.
rkymtnman
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i would try both of those water sources: i "think" you can get a way without filtering out the chlorine. and then try w/o the chlorine. there are some nutes that have chlorine in them.
Incredible4Mr2E
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I have a clone going right now. If I put the tap water to it and doesn’t kill the little clone, it should be fine with plants that are full veg and flower right?
Incredible4Mr2E
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Here’s the new setup with a couple strawberry kush plants. The 4x4 and new setup is working a lot better already thn the 3x3. I am using less water too this time in the system. I don’t know if it really matters, but 20 gallons exact puts the water right under the net pots. With the 26-28 I was putting in it completely drowned out the net pot. I have a 50 watt commercial air pump on the two totes, so I don’t know if it was bad, but I want to try it different this time. I want to get a float valve in the control bucket and keep a 5 gallon bucket over it to slowly fill it. I’m more worried about flooding this apartment out and with 5 gallons if something happened whatever, it’s floods the pool with little water. I did it again and bought a bunch of advanced nutes, this time 1Lt bottles. I won’t be changing the water every week this time, maybe ever 2 or 3 weeks. I’m going with bennies again this time. I’ve been reading so much about nutes and enzymes and carb and vitamins. SO FUCKING MUCH CONFLICTING INFORMATION! I’m just not going to put so much work into this grow and try to keep it simple. I ditched the RO and hooked up a dual sediment and voc and carbon block filters. It still comes out at almost 450 PPM. So now I’m doing 15 gallons spring water and 5 gallons filtered water to kick back some of the good stuff for free lmao. With less water my diy chiller has a way easier time keeping the water at 65/67 degrees. I also added two 55 watt 5000K lights. The mix of the 3k and 5k at the end of the last grow really seemed to bring out the trichomes. Looking at grow lights now that are coming out, everyone’s mixing the two colors. AC infinities new led lights look like they are a completely 50/50 mix of 3 and 5 k. I just need to make sure I keep my like away from the plants this time around. I really bleached the tops good last time. I’m excited about this grow just bc I’ve learned a lot from my first grow and I think this is going to be a really good strain. The solo cups have a couple Fruity Chronic Juice’s going. One looks great, the other looks like facking hell! How’s everyone’s winter been going so far? 
Incredible4Mr2E
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These are my readings this morning on my water from spring, filtered and mixed together without nutes added.
OldMedUser
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How many actual watts are you using for those few small plants? Is that the height you keep the lights at?
I would just be using my little 200w from the wall COB for that until they got big enough to need more coverage. Looking at my power bill for $500 I don't like to waste a single lumen.
Nice setup tho so they should do well. I seem to be killing everything lately but they're coming around.
Shitty! Freeze, thaw, freeze, thaw and now it's snowing like a bitch with 6" today and supposed to keep going to Sat night. Could barely get out of the driveway yesterday and I have to get to town tomorrow or quit smoking this weekend.
Incredible4Mr2E
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They’re not turned up at all. The two blues are 55watts each, can’t dim. The other big center light is at 100 watts in the middle at the moment. The rest of the power is being used by the four fans on top of the center light. No need to keep on while lights off.How many actual watts are you using for those few small plants? Is that the height you keep the lights at?
I would just be using my little 200w from the wall COB for that until they got big enough to need more coverage. Looking at my power bill for $500 I don't like to waste a single lumen.
Nice setup tho so they should do well. I seem to be killing everything lately but they're coming around.
Shitty! Freeze, thaw, freeze, thaw and now it's snowing like a bitch with 6" today and supposed to keep going to Sat night. Could barely get out of the driveway yesterday and I have to get to town tomorrow or quit smoking this weekend.
Our weathers been the same. I wish it would not change so badly. I think tomorrow it suppose to be nears 60.Not too bad but wild weather.
Incredible4Mr2E
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Guess who use to be a paintballer and is excited as shit right now lmao. 30 lb tank I forgot I have for filling my little tanks. I’m going to run her down and go to air gas and exchange for a new tank. It was purchased thru them originally. 
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You guys get hit with snow last night and this morning? The past two days were high 50’s, low 60’s.How many actual watts are you using for those few small plants? Is that the height you keep the lights at?
I would just be using my little 200w from the wall COB for that until they got big enough to need more coverage. Looking at my power bill for $500 I don't like to waste a single lumen.
Nice setup tho so they should do well. I seem to be killing everything lately but they're coming around.
Shitty! Freeze, thaw, freeze, thaw and now it's snowing like a bitch with 6" today and supposed to keep going to Sat night. Could barely get out of the driveway yesterday and I have to get to town tomorrow or quit smoking this weekend.
Having better luck keeping everything alive? Thank his runs been going 100 times better. Only using 20 gallons, every three days right now I add Phd, nute water and throw it in. My ph will go from 6,0 to 5.9 in them three days. I’ve been feeding these Stush (strawberry kush) plants hot! Like, 2.1EC and they love it!
I just ordered a titan co2 reg and blueprint digital atmosphere controller BDAC-2 with fuzzy logic. You have experience with a controller and the best values to set at? I’m excited about it coming in.
OldMedUser
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Not a lot of snow here lately and decent temps in the mid single negative digits. -5C now so damn near T-shirt weather.
I only used my controller to see how much CO2 my alcohol lamps put out and never have hooked it up to a tank. Personally I'd aim for double atmospheric at around 800ppm for general use then bump it up to 1500 during the stretch while feeding heavier, running the temps up to 90 and giving them more light to make the most of the growth spurt during stretch. Then back to 800 for the duration.
Are you going to be able to run the CO2 without the exhaust running so it's not going to waste? The higher temp setting will keep it off for a while if you have a temp control on it.
Incredible4Mr2E
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I have added some new stuff this week. I went and got a new co2 tank that doesn’t have a siphon in it, aluminum, and for beverages. Added a float valve to my control bucket with a 5 gallon bucket res for my test run to make sure it will all work. I think I’m gonna get something that’s ten gallons so I’ll only need to fill it up every other day. I was lucky enough to pick a spot i felt was good in the tote and got my float to set exactly where I wanted it. I also got a big dehumidifier and put it in the tent, set to 50%. My humidity was going thru the roof fast! It would kick my exhaust fan on every 20 minutes or so. So with the dehumidifier in it won’t let it get above 62%. Once the temp gets to 87 I have the dead band on 8. I can’t believe it only goes to 9.9, but whatever.Not a lot of snow here lately and decent temps in the mid single negative digits. -5C now so damn near T-shirt weather.
I only used my controller to see how much CO2 my alcohol lamps put out and never have hooked it up to a tank. Personally I'd aim for double atmospheric at around 800ppm for general use then bump it up to 1500 during the stretch while feeding heavier, running the temps up to 90 and giving them more light to make the most of the growth spurt during stretch. Then back to 800 for the duration.
Are you going to be able to run the CO2 without the exhaust running so it's not going to waste? The higher temp setting will keep it off for a while if you have a temp control on it.
I have the PPM set to 1300 bc it will go up to 1600 and my normal without co2 reading in the room is around 500. So I know it’s reading at least 100 ppms off. Dead band is 200. With the way I have it now it kicks on every 45 minutes and runs for about 7, 8 minutes. I Have the ball on my reg set to 1. Figure I’ll let it seep in slow so it can take more accurate readings and not just dump a shit ton in and waste it. It only cost 25 bucks to exchange the tank.
Just bought an EcoPlus 1/10 HP water chiller! Can’t wait for it to come! I have like everything I’ve ever wanted to grow now, and only for two plants hahaha.
Weather here Sundays going to be near 70. This weather this year is so crazy. Gas, mother fuckers! 4.19 a gallon. Make me sick!!!! I didn’t even want to fill my tank.
Here’s some picture of things as of late. I’ve been feeding them a shit ton of nutes and epsom. They get darker for a day and the next day they start getting light again. My EC the last time I checked was 2.2 and they didn’t even burn at all! These are strawberry kusk aka stush from homegrown. What would you say it looks like, Nitrogen?
Cheers dude
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Incredible4Mr2E
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See, now I don’t have everything I’ve ever wanted lmao. Now I want more lighting. What would you recommend for side lighting?
Thanks dude! Working hard to get perfect nugs
rkymtnman
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if you can DIY, some fairly low watt strip leds would be all you need to get nice buds from top to bottom. unless you smoke alot of weed, 2 plants like that even harvested twice a year would be good
Incredible4Mr2E
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I smoke pretty heavy. One of the reasons I started growing was to combat the cost. Now I just spend all that money buying new grow shit lol.
I am pretty good at building shit. I’ve researched strip lighting, and I almost built a light with strips before I found the quantum boards I bought. Would you put them on all four sides? What do you think is over kill? I’ve heard people talking about side lighting but never actually seen it, not even in a picture.
rkymtnman
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i'm just kinda guessing to be honest. say you had a 100w light in a 2x2. i'd think that 4 strips at 25 w (each 1/4 of the top wattage) would be good as side lighting? once i get my new light, i'm gonna put 4 of my old qbs , one in each corner.
Incredible4Mr2E
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So I have 610 watts max now. 150 watts at each corner would be over kill I bet lol. Lowe’s or Home Depot has them 55 watt shop lights, I’m using two now. I wonder if I got 4 how good they’d do. I know you can have the plants pretty much touching the light and they don’t seem to be affected by it. It would add another 220 watts in the tent. The only thing Is I think they only come in 5k spectrum. I’m sure I can find a 3k or 35k somewhere online. Strip lights zip tied to the poles would work awesome I bet.
Offmymeds
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Hehe I bought another light so I could have a veg tent & a flower tent. I rationalize that it's perfectly normal to have 30+ oz and 5 varieties on hand for personal consumption with the Armageddon approaching. Now I can be Santa for friends, relatives, & med users. I've run out of cash to give to the homeless on the corners so I'm thinking of giving them weed instead. I wonder how that would be received.