1st from Seed Grow (Cowboy Style)

Got it sorted mate finally, grow journal here - First Grow...I've got a little something something in my closet :)

I know everyone in here are well seasoned growers so I'd really appreciate it if anyone gave it a look and maybe give me some opinions on the current setup and some advice on how I could improve.

Hey hey Donnie Boy! I'm late to the party... it's been a grueling couple last days. TGIF? I think so...

Can I just say, your jungle, I mean, TENT, looks fuking insane! I know you were all para this round about nutes and the whatnot, but dude, keep on doing what you're doing. All I'm seein' is big green nubs everywhere. Can I come over and roll in it? lmfao Bravo

Have yourself a great weekend, too, if I don't talk to ya!

Originally Posted by Highlanders cave

Happy weekend brother, have a super one!
Nice garden shots by the way,,,is it me or are your buds chunkier than usual this round? New supplement in the mix??
My daughter just left, yesterday was her birthday and today I made up a real nice lunch just for the two of us. Daddy's little girl is 19. Sad.

happy weekend to you too fella! this runs been a bit weird. i know everyone keeps saying your complaining over nothing but weird shit is going down. my livers and psycho are no where near the weight they should be yet the dogs look like they'll fill that missing quota no bother. i just hate knowing I'm missing out on pot ential. nothing new in the misx so far bro, but after this mini flush they'll be getting some new nutes from my buddy the UK Greek. he's been hitting up the different companies for testers and holy shit have they come through for him. like a full line setups of nutes etc.

oh to be 19 again.... actually i doubt my body or mind would take it a second time round.

Originally Posted by the uk greek

Got it sorted mate finally, grow journal here - First Grow...I've got a little something something in my closet :)
I know everyone in here are well seasoned growers so I'd really appreciate it if anyone gave it a look and maybe give me some opinions on the current setup and some advice on how I could improve.

nice one fella, i'll be over in a minute. never really introduced you to the crew. fellas and ladies, uk greek is a good friend of mine must have known each other 10 years + salt of the earth mofo

Originally Posted by Bobotrank

Hey hey Donnie Boy! I'm late to the party... it's been a grueling couple last days. TGIF? I think so...
Can I just say, your jungle, I mean, TENT, looks fuking insane! I know you were all para this round about nutes and the whatnot, but dude, keep on doing what you're doing. All I'm seein' is big green nubs everywhere. Can I come over and roll in it? lmfao Bravo
Have yourself a great weekend, too, if I don't talk to ya!

TGIS!!!! lol i hear that man. i just slept like 12 hours which for me is almost a record. thanks man, yeah the tent is pretty rammed full now. still not quite the fullest in terms of plant numbers its ever been but deffo the fullest in terms of buds lol.

have a good one peeps, the football is back today!!! time to wakenbake and feed some girls. laters all

Howdy Don, If i've asked this ebfore, chances are i have but well, i'm a bit naff, but how many plants per reervoir do you have with your autopots and what size reservoirs? Just ordered a 4 pot system with a 47L tank and just trying to get an idea of what kind of maintenance i can be expecting tia

alreet TTT well you can pretty much do as you please i got 6mm line from the res to a 4 way splitter and a 6 way but i'm only using 4 on each one has a piece of tubing connecting the two to close it off. iv 2res's that size onne needs filling before the others as the two dog bushes are twice the size of the others.

the things aren't exactly without their issues. your deffo going to need to sort out your ventilation. all the way through mine have had a thin layer of mold on the top of the coco. it's unavoidable. its hot and wet constantly. lollipopping helps. don't put an airstone in the res its a pointless endeavor as the water sits in the line after for X amount of time.

when your res gets down to the last couple of inches i'd recommend just tipping out the salty build up in the bottom. change your pvc lines with every grow. costs a couple of quid but trying to clean the build up out of them is a pain.

unless you have a tap near id get a decent sized kitchen bin, measure 20L and mark the side. trying to carry 47.5 L's isn't fun.

thats about all the tips i can think of.

Originally Posted by Don Gin and Ton

alreet TTT well you can pretty much do as you please i got 6mm line from the res to a 4 way splitter and a 6 way but i'm only using 4 on each one has a piece of tubing connecting the two to close it off. iv 2res's that size onne needs filling before the others as the two dog bushes are twice the size of the others.

the things aren't exactly without their issues. your deffo going to need to sort out your ventilation. all the way through mine have had a thin layer of mold on the top of the coco. it's unavoidable. its hot and wet constantly. lollipopping helps. don't put an airstone in the res its a pointless endeavor as the water sits in the line after for X amount of time.

when your res gets down to the last couple of inches i'd recommend just tipping out the salty build up in the bottom. change your pvc lines with every grow. costs a couple of quid but trying to clean the build up out of them is a pain.

unless you have a tap near id get a decent sized kitchen bin, measure 20L and mark the side. trying to carry 47.5 L's isn't fun.

thats about all the tips i can think of.

Try carring 30l up a fucking ladder and into a loft. Got a hose but it doesn't fit our taps. At least its excercise.lol

Originally Posted by supersillybilly

Try carring 30l up a fucking ladder and into a loft. Got a hose but it doesn't fit our taps. At least its excercise.lol

Not fun haha, I fill my 47l res just over half way, put it with my grow then top it up with a 5l container, takes a touch longer but I prefer it to having to carry and tip a large amount of water into my small space.

Interesting about the mould. I'll keep an eye open but well, my mind is a bit mushy today, but i don't quite see the reason for it's presence simply due to being wet and hot, maybe i'll cover the top with hydroton balls and it'll, i don't know, who knows . I've actually been thinking about going purely hydroton, seen some vids and it seems doable. I'll stay optimistic and say pah! cheers for those tips though, i'm the type to re-use parts till they function no more, been using the same airstones for must be 16 months now, barely emit a bubble but my DWC plants and they grow just fine I'll keep that in mind though, as you say airline is hardly gonna put me much out of pocket. Also good to know that an airstone is not needed, it's unbelievable how much noise my pumps and stones put out, just looking forward to a bit of quiet at night If the pots work well then i'm gonna buy another and cut it down to size for my breeding box, happy to go back to coco but i still want that 5-7 day period of ignorance that DWC offers between each top-up