First Hydro Drip System, T5s and 400w HPS

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 27, 2009

I have been growing for about a year now and you know as a grower you always want to upgrade and better your setup. I know this grow is a little wal-mart ish but I want to make sure everything goes well before I go to a better setup.

Set-up:
4 Four foot T5s for Veging
400w HPS for Flowering

2 15 gal res
8 5inch net pots
35gph fountain pump
2gph drippers
Air pump with a stone
Silica stone
and Fox Farm Nuts

I have set the timers to run 4 times a day for 15 mins. I am on half nuts till I get a better rut system established. I dont have a ppm meter so everything is off of the FF website. The air pump is running 24/7 to keep the nuts moving and mixed well.
The girls in the pots are a week old. Still waiting for the others to root.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 27, 2009

Please feel free to comment!

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 27, 2009

I went ahead and cut down my mother plant today :cry:

. I think she had a disease. All the fan leafs were dieing, it was time. I did take a clone from one of the good branches in hope to get another mother.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 27, 2009

I have 4 clones in rockwool that were taken on 7/14 that are all rooted an in pots and 5 clones in rapid rooter plugs that were taken a couple days later that have yet to show me roots. They also will be going to the sister system. Once they are ready for the flowering stage I will go to a new system.
Im thinking im going to go the Mr. Green way, a drip system for the mother and clones and a ebb&flow for flowering.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 27, 2009

A little pic update.

Empty bin to the right is awaiting the clones in the humidity dome. Should be ready in less then a week.

The top temp is thats in the humidity dome.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 28, 2009

Temps are looking good in the dome. Still no signs of roots yet.

growlegal · Jul 28, 2009

AlwaysFUBAR said:
Temps are looking good in the dome. Still no signs of roots yet.

I'll sign on for this, High.
I have a similar system but I am running my drippers 24-7.
I also cover my baskets in early root formation stage.
Do you know what the genetics of the plants are?

I growlegal. :joint:

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 28, 2009

growlegal said:
I'll sign on for this, High.
I have a similar system but I am running my drippers 24-7.
I also cover my baskets in early root formation stage.
Do you know what the genetics of the plants are?

I growlegal.

Thanks for joining in on what I hope will be a great ride for my first hydro grow.

It is great bagseed that I got about a year ago. I was told it was one of the best strains in the area (no name to go with it). All I know is that it gives my friwnds and myself one hellva high. :hump:

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 28, 2009

I have thought about running 24/7 but sence I am dripping on the rockwool itself I dont want to get root rot. I think when the roots get some lenght on them I will switch to a drip ring and run it 24/7.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 28, 2009

Temps staying pretty stable 77-78 in room 87-90 in the dome. Still waiting on the clones to root.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 29, 2009

More pics to start the day

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 29, 2009

I went ahead and made drip rings for the drip system. I was starting to see that the cube never dried and im scared im going to end up with root rot.

East to make: used the same tubing I had left over, caps, wire ties, and a push pin.

Now Ii just have to figure out a new watering schedule.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 30, 2009

Pic update

Still no roots

TheFaux · Jul 30, 2009

AlwaysFUBAR said:
I have thought about running 24/7 but since I am dripping on the rock wool itself I don't want to get root rot.

AlwaysFUBAR said:
Temps staying pretty stable 77-78 in room

How big is the rockwool? Growlegal doesn't post the gph of his drippers. For all we know it's 1/2 gallon per hour. That's a big difference to account for. Keep doing what you're doing until the plant tells you to change it up.

I wouldn't worry about root rot, especially at those temps. The silica stone doesn't hurt either. Your plants would probably grow new roots before they caught any disease.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 30, 2009

TheFaux said:
How big is the rockwool? Growlegal doesn't post the gph of his drippers. For all we know it's 1/2 gallon per hour. That's a big difference to account for. Keep doing what you're doing until the plant tells you to change it up.

I wouldn't worry about root rot, especially at those temps. The silica stone doesn't hurt either. Your plants would probably grow new roots before they caught any disease.

Thats why I went with the ring. Just take the rockwool right out of the equation.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 30, 2009

Umm I though I mentioned that they where in 1in cubes.

growlegal · Jul 30, 2009

AlwaysFUBAR said:
Umm I though I mentioned that they where in 1in cubes.

You did and you should not run continous till you get good roots established.
I run 24-7 hydroton only no rock wool for me.
I hate that stuff.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 30, 2009

Well I would if it was dripping on the rockwool, switch it is not. Right now I am using a ring setup so to not get the rockwool cubes wet. I just hit them every once in a while with some spring water. I might go ahead and stop that in a week or so, roots should be well established.

AlwaysFUBAR · Jul 31, 2009

Some pics before I head off to work. I still havent seen any of the root from the clones in the dome. I really not sure how long after from the ones that are in the pots. If I sont start seeing soming in few days I will start to worry.

The last pic is what I have to deal with every day. As soon as I get up she jumps in my spot. "Bitch"

AlwaysFUBAR · Aug 1, 2009

Full res clean-out. New nutes and ph. ready to go for another week.

They are looking great. Still havent seen any roots from my clones yet, starting to get impatient.

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