My Current set up: journal?

Lookin' good VV. =)



Btw. I'm a 1 man woman.. and i have a fiance so.. lol, we all know it's all tongue and cheek. I had another sn before this one, but it never got activated or whatever, tried gettin someone to fix it- just made another account.. i dunno where the idea for the name came from..

Yes I saw that out there when you said it, it didn't really matter to me, I already considered you an honorable person, being a single mother isn't easy, you seem to be doing fine with it, thats enough for me. I am a one woman man. I bet you have already guessed that. VV

VV . What is the starting PPM of your Res when U stick the rooted clones into the flowering table?

ioplex said:

VV . What is the starting PPM of your Res when U stick the rooted clones into the flowering table?

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Well, I haven't done that yet. Al B Fuct Lays all of that out in his thread Get A Harvest Every 2 weeks. I haven't gotten to the point of taking clones from mothers, rooting them in 2 weeks and putting them in flowering. I have always had to have vegging time because of that. My plants are used too 1300 to 1400 ppm by the time they hit the tables. I drop it down too around 1100- to 1200 for a day or two, no adverse reaction Put it to the normal, ec 1.8 to 2.0. I think Al uses the canna line of nutes, it seems to me like his ppm's are the same, I copied him. VV

is there a cheap tester for PPM?

Your best bet is just to get a PPM meter man but you dont need one unless ur adding nutrients but if so u NEED one am going to buy one this week. i was playing the guessing game and it hurt my plants.

nastynate101 said:

is there a cheap tester for PPM?

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Several. The cheapest one is to just follow manufactures directions for the amount to add and let your plants tell you. This is not practical for hydro. If you are in it for the long haul buy a good one. I am still using the BlueLab Truncheon I bought a year and 1/2 ago. $135.00. No probes that wear out. Just clean it once in a while and it adjusts for temperature. Takes almost a minute to 'stick' my four tanks. VV

I appreciate the info....

VV how is the curing going??? almost down??

i got my ppm from c.v.s for 10$ works awsome

heres a pic

I got one today too, here's a pic. It was slightly more than $10.00 VV

I think these pictures are from last Sunday. I lost one I had, I'll find it though. I found it, you didn't even know I lost it. Thats the way with old people, by the time we get our shit together we can't remember were we put it. MIght as well throw these others up. I have 9 plants on each of the tables now, and will go down to two tables as these get harvested. Enjoy VV

Bravo, sir. Those babies are going to produce some bubonic chronic.

Amazing, gives me hope with my new T5s. Can't wait to see the harvest on those tables.

Thanx Plasma, Scissors.
Today I put my new toy on action. Guess I should have had lessons on it. If you get one be sure to add your nutes to your RO water before you take your ph reading. I think? Soo.. here is what I did. First I took a ph reading of the water I was going to use, ph was 5.1. Hey I just bought ph up and down, I didn't hesitate, I added 1/2 tsp and bamm ph 5.8. Cool, added the nutes, ppm 600, additive's ppm 720, great, lets just check that ph one more time, wtf ph is now 6.3, oh shit. Throw that out, lets try this again.
Soo... now with the reses we are talking 30 gallons of solution, you want to try and do this right. I had run just straight water for a day, a small flush to make sure the apparent nitrogen deficiency is a sign of maturing plants, not a nute lock out.
Tank One PH 6.3 Add Nutes to 1370ppm, PH 5.2. Hmmmm.
ok lets see what happens with the additives. Now this is a little more than the $1.00 we spent watering the Blue. This is 80 oz of Bloom nute @ $13.60,
20oz of Fossil Fuel @ $4.00, 4 0z of Boost @ $1.04, 4 0z of Bloom Concentrate @ $5.00, 5tblsp Dark Energy @ $3.15, 2 1/2 tbspn. Super Thrive @ $3.35 for a total nute cost per tank of $30.14. If we mess up here, its $30.00 down the drain. Ok, lets see what super meter says. PPM 1460 PH 5.8 Temp 19c. Hmmmmm.
Well maybe we lucked out once lets try it on table 2. Starting PH6.6 Add nute to 1400 ppm PH is now 5.3, add additives ppm is now 1520 PH 5.8 temp 17c ( just added fresh water). Wow. Now we could do a temporary budget. If you have 12 week flowering plants with bi-weekly res changes, using flood and drain you will have 6 (duh) res changes. 8 week flowering 4 changes. $180.00 and $120.00 respectively. For the operating budget you would figure your four tables, $120.00 every two weeks, a few tweeks here and there, so maybe $150.00. Guess I might as well get ready to go aero.lolVV

wow sounds like a job to me haha.. how much did that ph/ppm/temp gauge run you sounds every nice..one tool all you need

HazyEyes said:

wow sounds like a job to me haha.. how much did that ph/ppm/temp gauge run you sounds every nice..one tool all you need

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My new toy has been mentioned as a necessity for maximum yield in hydro. When I started, and tested my water it was ph 7 or higher, and I did the ph down stuff using the drops. This is not easy for some one partially color blind. I had to make decisions were I would invest what little money I had. I decided spending $200.00 for a reverse osmosis and getting a good EC meter would be better than getting the good ph meter and having to deal with the salt build up on pumps etc. Everyone has told me you can't grow plants without ph'ing the water. THe nutes change the water too a dark color, the drops won't work too good for ph'ing the water. And I was Growing 'some plants', so I stuck with my decision until I could afford to get the last one I should need as far as a portable tester goes. This wasn't what I was going to get when I went there, I was just going to get the BlueLab Ph Truncheon to match my EC meter. They are out of stock and will be for at least three months at the manufacturer and Peter made me a hard to refuse deal. Instead of the $220.00 I would have spent for the Truncheon and calibration solutions, I spent $50.00 more and got the works. According to Peter's brother, Scott, this tri meter would accept the probe from any tester including the one he uses with the $5000.00 system they have. Now we will see if I can figure out how to use it. Guess it will have to wait until I get those HSTTW's transplanted, the roots are hanging out the bottom. VV

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Forgot I posted this in the Blue's thread VV

VictorVIcious said:

I think these pictures are from last Sunday. I lost one I had, I'll find it though. I found it, you didn't even know I lost it. Thats the way with old people, by the time we get our shit together we can't remember were we put it. MIght as well throw these others up. I have 9 plants on each of the tables now, and will go down to two tables as these get harvested. Enjoy VV

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What up VV? I like the strain that you have in the first picture. What is that? Its short & thick like a bigger version of lowryder. Looks like an indica IMO. Let me know.

southfloridasean said:

What up VV? I like the strain that you have in the first picture. What is that? Its short & thick like a bigger version of lowryder. Looks like an indica IMO. Let me know.

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That is the last table of the clones from the White Widow and Crystal I had in my first big grow, like July or August of 2006. After all the stuff I went through to take clones from flowering plants and revert them back. These would be like 6-8? generation. This is the most symetrical table of plants I have ever had. VV