DWC or Hydroton, exhaust and lights

drynroasty · Dec 20, 2008

Thanks lilMaf!!! It's my first dwc and so far so gud, I think.

I have been rough on the plants I realize because I have been adjusting the ph more than I read is recommended.

lilmafia513 · Dec 20, 2008

i have the same problem, but i'm in soil...LOL!!!!

drynroasty · Dec 22, 2008

what that means is that I need a larger rez, especially if I add more plants next run.

drynroasty · Dec 25, 2008

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Al B. Fuct · Dec 25, 2008

drynroasty said:
I am planning on running two ducts.
1-existing duct from hot water heater to use co2.

[...]

What do ya think?

I think you're suicidal.

More than CO2 comes out of your water heater flue. It emits carbon monoxide and heat, too. If your exhaust doesn't work as intended, we may never hear from you again. Also, hot gases from the water heater exhaust will drive your grow room temps well above the desired 24-26C quickly.

Please don't do this.

drynroasty · Dec 25, 2008

Al B, not this again... are you back to pester me some more...? I thought I already told you that I'm not doing the water heater exhaust, that was my plan when I was planning to do my setup in the garage. Which I WOULD still do if I were using my garage, but I'm not.*** I do not recommend this to anyone, and I strongly advise against it. I have extensive training and experience in such circumstances/design and understand the dangers that lie therein. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME*** (funny thing is that the "Do not try this" will get more people top try it... Jackass comes to mind. Maybe because it was not the smartest thing for me to put something so dangerous in a thread)

You know, if I had a CO2 setup, there'd be no concern for lose of life (wink! wink!)

Thanks for the concern though.

How is the new writing gig going? Can you tell me what and for whom you are writing?

winkdogg420 · Dec 26, 2008

Ok i read all the way through thinking you were running water heater exhaust into your box.......im glad you thought it through .schewwwww

there isnt all that much co2 in the hot exhaust it burns off . However alot comes off the pilot lights not so much heat to burn it off i guess..

Cool grow plus rep

bikeskill · Dec 27, 2008

1 clone took roots 6 days in thanks for the idea..............................

BloodShot420 · Dec 27, 2008

What up Drynroasty?! A fellow SCROG'er i see ;-)

that shit looks really good bro - i can see you are staying on top of it, SCROGs are a lot of work, but it shows when you put it in... and every SCROG is a work of art!

is this your first time doing a screen? if so - it looks great, i totally overgrew mine the first time...

i got a blueberry scrog under 2KW right now - there are some pix in my gallery, i dont wanna hijack ;-)

oh yeah, your boys girl - sounds like a bitch, to keep it cool, i wouldnt antagonize her any more, and just tell your boy to keep his bitch in check... he should be able to handle it better... but he may be a pussy and cant, i dont really know - either way, she sounds like an ignorant slut

peace ;-)

drynroasty · Dec 29, 2008

Rock on Bloodshot! A screen man, cool. I am new at it and this is my first, but there will be more. I see the potential but need to learn some more. I have been hurting for money lately but when I get ahead again I am going to build a self contained box and want to get into automation (PLC's). I was hoping you might direct me where to begin. I downloaded Housebot a few months ago but have never tried it.

BloodShot420 · Dec 30, 2008

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whats up with that!?!

drynroasty · Jan 3, 2009

now try sending

bikeskill · Jan 3, 2009

update................................

drynroasty · Jan 3, 2009

I'm happy, they're happy, and will post pics tonight. I'm trying to figure the best solution to my newest delima; One strain flowers for approz. 8 weeks, and the other approx. 10 weeks.

I have 2 strains that will ripen at different times and I wanted to flush for my last 2 weeks with only water (no nutes) or water and molasses (no nutes). Problem is I will either have to finish the purple with with nutes in solution or else the Jah will suffer no nutes for 2 weeks.

How many days is the window from the buds being ripe until they become too ripe?

My choices thus far:
1- Finish the purple with no nutes and foliar feed the other for 2 weeks prior to flushing it for it's final 2 weeks. I think there are higher chances of problems with foliar feeding, especially during flowering, when moisture can be very bad.

2- Finish the purple with low nutes, which means the other plant will suffer low nute levels for 2 weeks before I flush her for final 2 weeks of flowering.

3- just say screw the purple and only worry about the Jah

BloodShot420 · Jan 3, 2009

dont foilar feed this late in flower or it will produce moldy buds...

i would just do a 3 day flush before you chop the purp... then keep flushing for 2 weeks and chop the jah...

there probably wont be much difference... i dont think it takes 2 weeks to flush in a hydro system... (but everyone says differently)

it could be a good test... 3 day flush vs 14 day flush... see if there are any funny tastes in the 3 day, it will still be good...

drynroasty · Jan 3, 2009

3 days huh, I like the sound of that, thanks. What I will do is read a few others and see how long they flush. I didn't think foliage feeding would be a good idea.

bikeskill · Jan 4, 2009

i have flushed a plant for over a month, my boys that got fucked up but it was good smoke

drynroasty · Jan 4, 2009

Here are some random shots from the last few days. Look at the size of the clones from past posts to today. I don't know if I did the right thing, but I topped that bitch!

I was also reading that a third generation clone may often be a better and more pure specimen for a mother.

bikeskill · Jan 5, 2009

NICE buds. I have herd that the more you clone the "worse" it gets. i know people that have clone 5 generations with nothing wrong, and Ive read that some people have cloned 20+ generations. So i don't think it matters how "old" they are.

lilmafia513 · Jan 5, 2009

i heard somehere on here you should flower the mother every year and take a new clone from it to make a mother plant. Then in a year do it again.

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