Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

torrey420 said:

Alright, sounds good! I have a 400w MH/HPS that I was planning on using in the clone/veg room. I was thinking of doing 2 short fence posts for the flowering system, each with 3 grow sites, so I should be able to get by with one 1000w light for now, at least I hope!

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The 1K would be perfect for a 3 ft. system.

vertise said:

quick question man i love the thread. gave you rep would give more if i could. I am only able to work with seeds how do i go about growing with hydroponics starting with seeds. like what do i use instead of that foam

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Start the seed in a wet paper towel. Once they pop put them in a Rapid Rooter plug. Put the plug in the 2" net pot and stick it in the cloner.

You can't use the neoprene collar yet but you can buy a different type of collar that will allow the sprout to come up through (they are white and snap on). Or you could make something temporary (to keep the water from spraying out).

One you get a good tap root coming out split the plug in half and take the sprout out. Be gentle!

Now just take the sprout and place it in a neoprene collar. Put the net pot back into the cloner.

This is what I did for the Skunk seeds I used and it worked great.

DIRTHAWKER said:

I was told in my area that the safest way was to use bottled water, ya know 1.25 for 5 gallons. still adjust it if needed.

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You could pay for an RO machine in no time.

Don't sweat the water. You would be surprised at what will work.

vertise said:

Rockwool does that inhibit the roots at all.

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Rockwool is great, but not in my system. I don't use any medium at all.

supdro said:

One more question stink... I have been reading thru your thread and I didn't see anything, but do you flush your green??? and what method do you use to see if they are done...microscope, time, or pistils? and lastly if you do flush when do you change the res?? ... sorry if I'm asking too many questions. lol. all props to you!!!!

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Sorry for all the pollution but my tutorial has become an "Ask Stinkbud" thread instead of what I intended it to be.

hey what are you yeilding with just one site of 14 full dry harvest and what light are you using man

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Where have I heard that before?

Actually my last harvest was 15 3/4oz. bummer.
I was 1/4oz short...

Three flowering systems with 14 plants each.

I use two 1000W HPS lights with vented hoods.

Day 10 in Aerocloner, have 1 root on 1 clone
Am hoping the rest of my clones will follow by example .

7-10 days about normal for roots?

Skinflute said:

Day 10 in Aerocloner, have 1 root on 1 clone
Am hoping the rest of my clones will follow by example . 7-10 days about normal for roots?

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It depends on the strain and where you take the cuttings. As long as they are not turning yellow everything is fine. You have to be patient.

Woody strains like Blueberry take a little longer than soft stemmed strains like AK47.

Also, if you take the small soft cuttings from the very bottom of the plant you will have more luck. The bottom branches have more of the cells and hormones it takes to start roots.

A small bottom cutting will pop roots and outgrow a large top cutting every time.

I've seen large woody cuttings take a month to pop roots. I was given some NYC Diesel cuttings that took a month to develop roots. The cuttings were large and taken from the top of the plant. I take cuttings from the bottom of those same clones now and they pop roots in a week.

4-7 days is quick, 7-10 days is normal and longer than 10 days is rare but happens.

As soon as you start following my complete system you will have clones coming out your ass. I have to give them away!

Remember, the cloner holds 23 cuttings but you only need 18 of those to go into veg. That means 5 of the cuttings stay an additional 3 weeks in the cloner.

Then you only take 14 plants out of the 18 for flower so 4 plants stay another 3 weeks in the veg unit.

This works great because if you have a slow growing strain you can let it get big enough before flower to actually produce a decent amount of bud.

StinkBud said:

Start the seed in a wet paper towel. Once they pop put them in a Rapid Rooter plug. Put the plug in the 2" net pot and stick it in the cloner.

You can't use the neoprene collar yet but you can buy a different type of collar that will allow the sprout to come up through (they are white and snap on). Or you could make something temporary (to keep the water from spraying out).

One you get a good tap root coming out split the plug in half and take the sprout out. Be gentle!

Now just take the sprout and place it in a neoprene collar. Put the net pot back into the cloner.

This is what I did for the Skunk seeds I used and it worked great.

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Hey StinkBud - just wanted to say thanks again for sharing your knowledge - awesome thread.

About starting from seeds - do you think it would be okay to leave the germinated seeds in rockwool and put them in the cloner or would you have to wait until the rockwool has roots popping out?

Also - how long to leave the plants in the cloner until you transfer them to the veg unit and give them nutes? 10d?

Thanks again bro!
DP

About starting from seeds - do you think it would be okay to leave the germinated seeds in rockwool and put them in the cloner or would you have to wait until the rockwool has roots popping out?

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Either way should work fine.

Also - how long to leave the plants in the cloner until you transfer them to the veg unit and give them nutes?

You can do it as soon as you see roots.

My cutting stay in the cloner 3 weeks because there is no where for them to go until the veg plants go into the flower room.

Thanks Stinkbud! As far as the flower room, what do I need? So far my list has, 1000w HPS cool tube (only 6 grow sites), inline fan for cooling, Oscilating fan, CO2 machine, Ozone machine, charcoal filter, Mylar lining, timers, and I think thats about it! Do you see anything I am missing?kiss-ass

StinkBud said:

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Sorry for all the pollution but my tutorial has become an "Ask Stinkbud" thread instead of what I intended it to be.

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Lol I can see what you mean man, most of these questions that are getting asked have been answered much earlier in the thread. I suppose thats what happens when threads get to be this long though. People see the title, get interested, but then don't spend the time ot read through the whole 25-30 pages before they post. lol I hope they kiss-ass


So stink, I was wondering something, have you ever experimented with hooking a scrog net to one of your systems? See if it might increase yield, I was just looking over your designs, and it came to mind.

So i finally was able to get over to the hydro store and get my nutes, ppm meter and ph kit. My 2-4 inch clones have been in the clonator for 5 days and had 3-6 inch roots hanging and knew they were ready for nutes. I mixed the nutes in a jug and added about 3/4 of it to the reservoir. The meter read 1 which means it was over 2000ppm. I had to remove about 3-4 gallons of water and fill it back up to get it to 1937ppm and then i tested the ph and it looked pretty good, although its hard to get a good read from those cheap color charts.

Just an update and to let you guys who are learning just like me, take stinks advice and mix the nutes in a jug and add slowly while checking the ppms.. peace.

Good work Dirth! You are about 3weeks ahead of me so I'm very intersted in how your grow is progressing!

I suggest you put the first batch straight into the veg unit, i had a hard time cramming the roots down the holes, i think i ripped a few. but then again mine were in root plugs so the roots were coming out the side all over the place.

Thats definetly a good suggestion, esp since I am starting with seeds so I have to use rapid rooter plugs!

torrey420 said:

Thanks Stinkbud! As far as the flower room, what do I need? So far my list has, 1000w HPS cool tube (only 6 grow sites), inline fan for cooling, Oscilating fan, CO2 machine, Ozone machine, charcoal filter, Mylar lining, timers, and I think thats about it! Do you see anything I am missing?

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You have your PPM and PH meter? Calibration solutions for your meters.

Nutrients, PH up and down?

Cycle Timer that will cycle down to one minute on and 5 minutes off?

Thundercat said:

So stink, I was wondering something, have you ever experimented with hooking a scrog net to one of your systems? See if it might increase yield, I was just looking over your designs, and it came to mind.

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You would be able to train the plants better. The PVC plant supports help now but there could end up being something better.

It would have to be able to move with each system. Maybe just make the supports all the same height. Drill holes and run string between each one to make a support grid.

I could see it working.

Yep, got those for the clone/veg room so I should be good to grow!

StinkBud said:

You have your PPM and PH meter? Calibration solutions for your meters.

Nutrients, PH up and down?

Cycle Timer that will cycle down to one minute on and 5 minutes off?

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much rep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11