I have failed pretty badly at my attempt to grow in soil, and bought a CAP ebb and grow about 6 weeks or so ago, got a great deal on it, from all the diff internet sites that had much higher prices I went with the horticulture site, they were offering the 12 pot setup for 390 ish and I also got a 6 pot expansion set(because I can grow 15, so WHY only grow 12!!)for both I paid about 450, and shipping wasn't that bad considering it comes mostly packed inside the 65 gal res.
I knew there HAD to be a thread for E&G users, so glad I finally found it mentioned on another thread and looked it up under a users profile who mentioned it (mucho thanks!)
OK..I have a room that is 8x6, I panda filmed off an area of about 6x5, which is where it will all ultimately be setup...with the smaller part of the room entrance basically has my table for all my junk, nutes, meters, etc..outside this room is my utility room with my washer/dryer and a huge shelf/wall unit..in the corner outside the grow room is where I am going to keep my Res. It's a cold area, not well insulated, and can't afford a chiller at this time, so I figure this will work out nicely, except the tubing is so squirley from being wound up in tight rolls, they won't lay on the ground, just kind of corkskrew there way into the room.
The door is off the room, but plan on putting it back by the time I need to flip to 12 hrs. Can anyone think of a way I could run this without putting holes through the wall?
If I let it run under the door, well, I can't, door is a snug fit and would flatten tubing...the 2nd part of my question, I saw greenthumbsuckers setup and grow log (which convinced me on this system, btw..) and he seems to have his hard plumbed with PVC pipe?
How difficult would this be to do? And could I keep all 15 plants in the footprint of 1-1,000 watter, or may I have to change to 2-600 watters (which I have read are more efficient to both the plants and electricity bills)
Any Washington Medical patients on here using this system?
Also, I noticed the pumps are extremely cheesey and cheap (I have a huge koi pond, so I KNOW what a good pump looks like) these come apart on one side, where you attach the suction cups, I can barely get them to stay together, should I upgrade or just use some crazy glue?
Any pics of how you have your systems plumbed would be great (note: the first thing I have ever built was 2 PVC manifold things with sprayers attached because I was going to use the 6' netpots and totes, but could not find 1 type that didn't leak when I turned on my 550 GPH pump)
Am so glad I found this thread...I went and got GH micro and bloom only, plan to do the lucas formula but can't find an exact answer on when to start feeding my babies( I have 7 seedlings that popped about 8 days ago and most are working on their 2nd set of leaves, which is when I was told to start feeding..at 2 sets of leafs? And I can't imagine you'd start babes out with the 8ml/16ml dose..
Any help there would be greatly appreciated...do you E&G users that start from seed, or clone for that matter, wait until the roots come out the bottom of the rock wool before putting into the system?
I have my 7 babies in the pots already with hydroton, but am hand watering until I feel it's safe to start feeding them...will attach a couple pics of them, I read on a few sites not to give any nutes for 3-4 weeks...that seems a long time with no food..though I DO USE CLONEX, which is 1-.5-1 in my h20 waterings.
Thanks in advance for any input...
Carie