Aussie Growers Thread

JimyTheCook

JimyTheCook

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beernutz said:
I see a lot of ppl using airstones so they can't be all that bad providing obviously u keep an clean
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Yea most of the undercurrent ones ive seen run airstones in bucket an im sure if ya stay on top off it you woukd be able to keep the system clean enough from any bad bacteria but i can imagine running a big air pump would be loud as fuk unless properly insulated it but then run into problems cause its not gettin prper air flow an all that
 
OzyM8

OzyM8

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JimyTheCook said:
Yea sure is. We get fuk loads round here. Another story for ya ill make it short, next door nieghnour went on holidays sent me msg askin if i could water grass an his plants an wat not an said help yaself to apricots went next door to see he has fuck loads of plnts veggies big apricot tree plus at least 10pls smaller ones an you guessed it fuk loads of flyin pests. Chances are im gettin some strays from his crap.
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Ok, that explains it. I was almost going to ask before where you were getting your soil from, or if you had a pest magnet around....BINGO, you found it.
 
JimyTheCook

JimyTheCook

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OzyM8 said:
Ok, that explains it. I was almost going to ask before where you were getting your soil from, or if you had a pest magnet around....BINGO, you found it.
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Good news is the apricots are ripe an the kids love em an hopefully they all gone soon before the girls start flowerin an i dont get anymore unwanted priks hanging around
 
OzyM8

OzyM8

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JimyTheCook said:
Yea most of the undercurrent ones ive seen run airstones in bucket an im sure if ya stay on top off it you woukd be able to keep the system clean enough from any bad bacteria but i can imagine running a big air pump would be loud as fuk unless properly insulated it but then run into problems cause its not gettin prper air flow an all that
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I use the Tetra Whisper air pumps, can hardly hear them. Not the cheapest though.
Although I’ve not done DWC yet so not sure on the requirements.

I’ve not run into issues before using air pumps / stones. Maybe if you’re running full sterile [using H2O2 or similar] there’d be less need.
 
JimyTheCook

JimyTheCook

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OzyM8 said:
I use the Tetra Whisper air pumps, can hardly hear them. Not the cheapest though.
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Shoulda looked bettr at ur set up wen u put thics up. Do you run air pump in the res tank, Your top feedin from memory are they all in pots/baskets under the table then a catch tray for run off? I coukd easily harras the people on the hydro forums but thought id ask you while your here..
 
OzyM8

OzyM8

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JimyTheCook said:
Shoulda looked bettr at ur set up wen u put thics up. Do you run air pump in the res tank, Your top feedin from memory are they all in pots/baskets under the table then a catch tray for run off? I coukd easily harras the people on the hydro forums but thought id ask you while your here..
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Yes, got the larger double outlet one for each res n run two large stones in each. I don’t run sterile, but use beneficials. Although all my incoming air is filtered.

No, I’m not top feeding atm, I did a top feed once to twice a week or so into the rockwool, in addition to the table floods until I knew there was a good root mass out of the blocks and into the clay balls in the net pots, and vigorous growth started, and then just flood now. I’m using the 10 inch current culture net pots. My blocks sit 1-2 cm above flood level.

Best to ask the guys that do DWC, that’s one I haven’t done yet.
 
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JimyTheCook

JimyTheCook

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OzyM8 said:
Yes, got the larger double outlet one for each res n run two large stones in each. I don’t run sterile, but use beneficials. Although all my incoming air is filtered.

No, I’m not top feeding atm, I did a top feed once a week or so into the rockwool, in addition to the table floods until I knew there was a good root mass out of the blocks and into the clay balls in the net pots, and vigorous growth started, and then just flood now. I’m using the 10 inch current culture net pots.

Best to ask the guys that do DWC, that’s one I haven’t done yet.
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Ive read that running a complete sterile system is allot easier i haven looked into systems that are using benies sounds more complicated.
Either way your set up looks neat as bloke. When im gettin ready to firing up indoors ill be all over the dwc forums but as its still only a pipe dream atm im only sussin all the different methods out there an gatherin plenty of info on hydroponics.
 
bursto

bursto

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yeah nah,i m still working on it

i had a fucked couple of days, me ford radiator fan shat itself, and car over heated,

fucking fords,

then a massive gum tree dropped a big branch on me fence, and whilst cutting it up with a chainsaw, a ferking log scrached fuck out me leg,
when i was moving the cut logs about

lucky i got weed, and sum leftover tapentadol, 150mg from a few years ago, doctors give ya nothing hard these days, just pannadol, or codine



free the weed
 
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bursto

bursto

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i'm planing to put the other half on top of another full water cube and make an outdoor hydro/aquaponics thing for next summer,

or just chillies or whatever its no major priority,

i just want to have better control of my rain water, or water in general, having it stored in different ways
 
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