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  1. first hydro dwc grow NL x BB and Star 47 fems

    by , 07-26-2012 at 02:59 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by catainahab View Post
    ok so summer seems to have arrived with a fucking heat wave from hell. how long will my plants last in this heat i have no idea. current temps are room 35 c to 38 c and the water temps reached 30 c last night. the thing is the plants dont seem to mind it at the moment and are growing nicely. topped them the other day and they look happy and roots look fine. i lack a freezer so ice bottles are out and i'm a bit skint at the moment so a nute chiller is definitely out. the forecast for the weekend
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  2. first hydro dwc grow NL x BB and Star 47 fems

    by , 07-18-2012 at 12:29 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by catainahab View Post
    so its been 2 days since my last post and the possible algea problem is still there plus a minor fuck up with ph. i have added some hygrozyme to try and sort out the algea and changed the bucket for a bigger 1 which has sorted the light leak. i'm using gh micro hard water and it brings the ph down gradually so when i correct the ph 5.8 about 24 hours later its taken it down to 5.4. one of the stars has now got an MAG problem because of this, i know that the mag is in the soup so i added some plain
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  3. first hydro dwc grow NL x BB and Star 47 fems

    by , 07-16-2012 at 03:14 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by catainahab View Post
    so pics as promised
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    nl x bb on the left star 47 on the right



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    now never having to see the root system before im not sure if this is normal looking micro bacterias or the rhizotonic it looks brownish. its only on this 1 plant at the moment and this is the best picture i can take of it. if anyone can
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  4. first hydro dwc NL x bb and Star 47 fems

    by , 07-16-2012 at 01:02 AM
    so its been a couple of days since the last entry. the roots have exploded with growth, rhizotonic is the muts nuts. i think i have a light leek in the nursery bucket and i have aquired a tiny bit of algea. because the lid is for the system i havent built yet i think the light is getting in around the edge . not 100% on that though.
    I changed the water on saturday i was hoping not to have to add nutes other than the rhizo but they are showing the 3rd set of leafs other than the cotyledons ...
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  5. first hydro dwc NL x BB and Star 47 fems

    by , 07-14-2012 at 11:35 AM
    ok so here i go. started a number of grows ago with dirt with tasty buds then moved to coco with bigger yeilds now is the hydro.

    hydro set up is
    5x 25 litre buckets
    1x 600w duel spec bulb
    1x 250w cfl blue spec
    GH nutes g. m. b.
    Rhizotonic
    Hygrozyme
    MJ 500 water pump
    30w air Pump
    8x 4" air plates
    Plumbing pipes and fittings
    silver tape to light proof buckets
    Nutradip tri meter
    crap camera

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