DirtHawkers first indoor aero/nft "stinkbud design" medical grow

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LionsRoor

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DIRTHAWKER said:
It gets tricky dont it??? what ive done,,and im still tryin to get things right... I built a big cloner with 28 holes... that way i can have alot of strains and then pick which ones i want to veg..

also im getting ready to build a veg unit with 28 holes so when i modify my flower iunits to 3 posts i can run 21 instead of 14. I figure i will have 2 units with 3 posts and just one with 14 and that should work pretty good.

make a bigger cloner is the only solution i have found to keep strains alive ...then you just pick which ones you wanna take to the olympics!!! LOL
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If you have the light and the room - you can run more than one cloner simultaneously. I use the veger for cloning too - 3 of the same veg/cloner units... run em as ya need em... just be sure you mix the right strains - consult the Stink Method Strain Compatibility Guide to be sure! Where's it at CholoC?;-)
 
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DIRTHAWKER

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Do any of you guys use some sort of proxy server or anonymous browser software for added security?

and if you do which one is best.....


Not being paranoid, just want to be safe as can be.
 
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DIRTHAWKER

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Heres an obsevation that might trip some people out.

I took cuttings 3 weeks ago and put them in the cloner with clean 0ppm RO water and clonex. Only a few of them have roots.

I took cuttings of the same strains a little over a week ago and put them in a unit with 600+ tapwater and no clonex...guess which ones are doing better?

the tapwater and no clonex ones are kickin ass and have tap roots already.
 
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damiandamian

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Dirthawker, Love the set up and just started building own of my own following stinkbuds directions exactly. My question is how do you time out your flush if diffrent strains take diffrent amounts of times to harvest? If one takes 9 weeks and one takes 11 weeks dosnt that mess the 3 week perpetual cycle up?
 
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DIRTHAWKER

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damiandamian said:
Dirthawker, Love the set up and just started building own of my own following stinkbuds directions exactly. My question is how do you time out your flush if diffrent strains take diffrent amounts of times to harvest? If one takes 9 weeks and one takes 11 weeks dosnt that mess the 3 week perpetual cycle up?
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Its best to run strains that will finish in time . The first few runs for me i had ak47, it was never quite done at 9 weeks or even 10 so i got rid of that strain. Now ive narrowed my strains down to just 2 out of the 4 that i started with ( cheese and redgrape) they both finish up perfect in 9 weeks.

I started again with 6 new strains to find 2-3 more out of them that i want to keep..

the first run with new strains is the time to find out which ones are keepers.
 
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thecholochef

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DIRTHAWKER said:
Its best to run strains that will finish in time . The first few runs for me i had ak47, it was never quite done at 9 weeks or even 10 so i got rid of that strain. Now ive narrowed my strains down to just 2 out of the 4 that i started with ( cheese and redgrape) they both finish up perfect in 9 weeks.

I started again with 6 new strains to find 2-3 more out of them that i want to keep..

the first run with new strains is the time to find out which ones are keepers.
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that redgrape sounds interesting.. know the genetics of it?

Chef
 
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DIRTHAWKER

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I really dont know anything about redgrape other then it roots super fast, has red fibers, great yielder and is very tasty!
 
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alsoranmike

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Hey Dirt, did you find a proxy yet? I like hidemyass.com. If that one is blocked for whatever reason there is a bunch of others linked there on the site.
 
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repvip

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Dirt!!

Since your observations on clones in RO versus tap water, how do you feel about the RO water being used in the flower systems? Has it improved anything, or do you think tap water would be just as well?

Have you installed your A/C yet? Any tips? kiss-ass

I'm guessing we could even use it to cool to 80F or so with a completely sealed room and CO2.. with a dehumidifier of course.. but all in all it should be fine eh?
 
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DIRTHAWKER

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I downloaded a free proxy the other day but it made my computer slow down to a nerveracking crawl..so i stoped using it until i find a better one.

Rep, im hooking up my new sentinel controller tonight, my ac unit is installed and ready to plug into the controller, but with the mild temps were having at the moment i may just plug the exhaust in instead..in any case i need to experiment a little to see how its all gonna work.

Ro water observation was interesting wasnt it, I think the clones did better with my high ppm tap water beacuse of the nutrients in the tap versus the clean ro water,,, in flower and veg i suspect Ro water with the added nutes will work way better..
Its hard to compare beacuse of all the additions like co2 and light that ive been adding since the beggining when i was using tap water.
 
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robotninja

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DIRTHAWKER said:
..., I think the clones did better with my high ppm tap water beacuse of the nutrients in the tap versus the clean ro water,,, in flower and veg i suspect Ro water with the added nutes will work way better..
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I used tap water (600+ ppm) with clonex and I saw roots in 3-4 days! Could be the genetics of SSH, but doesn't get much faster than that. I will use tap water again for my next batch of clones as well, I think ur right. The added Calcium and Magnesium must play a part?

But strictly RO for Veg/Bloom, I like to add an additional 600+ ppm's worth of nutes.

Bummer about ur regulator, do you know the seed company that makes red-grape?
 
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DIRTHAWKER

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Robot..yea,, the redgrape was a clone i got from a club,, funny thing is nobody knows exactly what or where it came from.

My next batch is at the end of 7 weeks. These are all my new clones that i flowered. sour D, greencrack, sfv og kush, headband, blueberry, along with cheese and redgrape.

The greencrack and the og kush looks like its done now.
the sourD is not even gonna be close, even at 9 weeks.
The blueberry is packin on nicely but not frosty at all and i hope it finishes up in the last 2 weeks.

So i am planning my attack! should i start a flush for the one greencrack and 2 og kush plants in there that i think are near finished?

or shall i give them a week without flushing to benefit the other plants?

or maybe i should just harvest the top portions of the greencrack and ogkush without flushing?

The first run with new strains is always a learning process. Now i know to grow the og and the GC together beacuse they finish at about the same time.

any help would be appreciated.
 
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thecholochef

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DIRTHAWKER said:
Robot..yea,, the redgrape was a clone i got from a club,, funny thing is nobody knows exactly what or where it came from.

My next batch is at the end of 7 weeks. These are all my new clones that i flowered. sour D, greencrack, sfv og kush, headband, blueberry, along with cheese and redgrape.

The greencrack and the og kush looks like its done now.
the sourD is not even gonna be close, even at 9 weeks.
The blueberry is packin on nicely but not frosty at all and i hope it finishes up in the last 2 weeks.

So i am planning my attack! should i start a flush for the one greencrack and 2 og kush plants in there that i think are near finished?

or shall i give them a week without flushing to benefit the other plants?

or maybe i should just harvest the top portions of the greencrack and ogkush without flushing?

The first run with new strains is always a learning process. Now i know to grow the og and the GC together beacuse they finish at about the same time.

any help would be appreciated.
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i would do whatever is best for the majority of the plants.. im gunna have the same problem in this unit.. bunch of different strains, and i knew going in that the GC was gunna be done at about 7 weeks, but its all good.. i just look at this run to supply all my clones.. if i get any good smoke out of it then sweet, but im more interested in taking enough cuts to be able to run a full system of them.. needless to say, 1 cloner will not be enough to keep a full system of each strain.. but ive also read that u can flush and let them run about 2 weeks on the flush.. so u may be able to start the flush and run it for an extra week.. kinda tricky situation running all these strains in the same rack..


Chef
 
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DIRTHAWKER

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Another way i was thinking would probably work is to keep the fast finishing strains in veg for a predetermined amount of time then move them to there holes in flower. That way you can flush everything together and finish all at one time. Just have to keep the nutes a bit lower at first.
 
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thecholochef

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DIRTHAWKER said:
Another way i was thinking would probably work is to keep the fast finishing strains in veg for a predetermined amount of time then move them to there holes in flower. That way you can flush everything together and finish all at one time. Just have to keep the nutes a bit lower at first.
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good thinking! that just might work

Chef
 
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