Hey guys. Really wanna try out moving over to a hydro grow. Does anyone have any links to some GOOD pages/sites where they can give me some step by step instructions for building a hydro setup? I'm not exactly sure which one I would like to run with but I'm thinking ebb and flow...maybe. Kinda fuzzy on this one too. I've got a 100 sf grow room with 3k HPS lights, good ventilation and enough time to check em a couple times a day. I'm a daft hand at construction so building it won't be a problem. Any advice? Thanks RIU.
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drgreentm
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are you looking to grow in any certain style (sog,scrog)? flood tables are pretty straight forward and give pretty decent results. if you where interested in trays are you looking at building the whole system from the ground up or are you interested in some pre fabbed stuff?
I've got a few questions that might seem obvious but nevertheless have been bothering me.
1. In a SCROG set-up....it looks like once the plants are into the trellis you don't take them out. So....is there only 1 size pot, no upgrading pot sizes? Also can you only do SCROG with fem seeds or fem close seeing how it looks like getting to them to sex would be difficult? All I've done so far are soil grows and I usually take each plant individually up on the table to inspect and water them. This is impossible in a hydro set-up am I correct in assuming this?
2. Isn't SOG just a timing technique? I mean couldn't you get a perpetual sea of green using hydro or soil? Or am I misunderstanding this?
3. Probably will build it myself from pieces from the hardware store. I've plumbed homes before so I'm confident I can tackle it.
What I would love is to have someone who has a good amount of experience under his belt kinda 'friending' me and helping me walk through it. Someone I can bounce my thoughts off of.
1. In a SCROG set-up....it looks like once the plants are into the trellis you don't take them out. So....is there only 1 size pot, no upgrading pot sizes? Also can you only do SCROG with fem seeds or fem close seeing how it looks like getting to them to sex would be difficult? All I've done so far are soil grows and I usually take each plant individually up on the table to inspect and water them. This is impossible in a hydro set-up am I correct in assuming this?
2. Isn't SOG just a timing technique? I mean couldn't you get a perpetual sea of green using hydro or soil? Or am I misunderstanding this?
3. Probably will build it myself from pieces from the hardware store. I've plumbed homes before so I'm confident I can tackle it.
What I would love is to have someone who has a good amount of experience under his belt kinda 'friending' me and helping me walk through it. Someone I can bounce my thoughts off of.
nitro harley
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I use a 10x10 space for six buckets and 4 1000w HPS....I will post some pic's of the set up....I use a real simple set up 6 buckets, 1 control bucket, 1 60gl barrell and two air pumps....
If you have question's feel free to ask away.......nitro....
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HappyHarvesters
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Nice looking setup. most people would freak at only 6 plants under 4k but you know how well it works. kick ass
HappyHarvesters
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I would probably just start with single dwc buckets. boring but super effective.
nitro harley
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Hey HappyHarvesters....
Where I live the state limit is 6 plants.....so I try to make the best of it and stay within my limit.....nitro...
nitro harley
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The only way to get a high yeilding and quick flowering plant is probably to find someone that has a clone of one.....My experience with seeds and I don't have much is that it is a crap shoot....I ordered 10 WW seeds and out of those 10 seeds 4 of them were female and out of those 4 females one of them was a big producer....Then I cloned the big producer and was ready to rock....It took several months to get some big producer's from that one seed.....It takes time unless you can find some clones........anyway that is my experience..........nitro.....
phillipchristian
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Hey Nitro, nice setup man. Thanks for a great idea you just gave me. Never thought about laaundry baskets for cleaning and drying my hydroton. Super logical. Thanks again.
nitro harley
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Glad I could help phillipchristian.............................nitro....
SpunkyMonkey
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2. Isn't SOG just a timing technique? I mean couldn't you get a perpetual sea of green using hydro or soil? Or am I misunderstanding this?
Sea Of Green , Many Small plants often Lollipoped for extra yeild to space rule of the thumb is 1 plant per sq foot Highest Yeilding Way of growing if you dont mind having 80 odd plants
and yep it's very easy to do a perpetual grow as you just keep wacking more and more plants in that require very little veg most case's Flower from rooted clones to produce 1-2 oz plants can be done on 4x4 flood and drain tables or in many pots linked to drippers/ hand waterd all depends on how you want it
Strains to use Are:
Pure Power Plant
Northen Lights
Big Bud
Critical Mass
Grate White Shark
G13
Theres Many More But That List For The More Profitable Ones
Sea Of Green , Many Small plants often Lollipoped for extra yeild to space rule of the thumb is 1 plant per sq foot Highest Yeilding Way of growing if you dont mind having 80 odd plants
and yep it's very easy to do a perpetual grow as you just keep wacking more and more plants in that require very little veg most case's Flower from rooted clones to produce 1-2 oz plants can be done on 4x4 flood and drain tables or in many pots linked to drippers/ hand waterd all depends on how you want it Strains to use Are:
Pure Power Plant
Northen Lights
Big Bud
Critical Mass
Grate White Shark
G13
Theres Many More But That List For The More Profitable Ones
xmax
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This video got me started, "I Grow Chronic" by, Mr. Green.*I Grow Chronic Documentary Educational Purposes only! - YouTube