Hydrotron New grow room Setup..incomplete

Hey everybody I finally got off my ass and took some pics of the new room I've been building.

I definitely welcome any comments or criticisms. if you criticism is too harsh i will probably disregard it as you can see my plants are all doing beautiful.


My op is a lot smaller at the moment due to the fact that i just recently moved the entire thing from the garage. It was getting way to hot out there lol.

OK these are the 16 clones that will be going into my two tray ebb and flow system. These clones are a pure strain. white rhino. this is my first time cloning I usaully buy clones or seed. If these clones don't make it I still have the white rhino motherplant outdoors vegging.



This next pic is My seedlings I just germed 4 days ago. as you can see two of them are rising out of the rockwool today. All 5 germed though so hopefully we will see the other three really soon...They are papaya seeds. heavy indica. 35$ for 5 feminized seeds from nirvana.




this next pick is an above view of the new flowering room. with my 4 ladies in there. 2 in the DWC and 2 in soil in front of that. they are under a 1000w enhanced spectrum bulb and a sunsytems vented reflector hood. vented by a 295cfm hydrofarm blower the are is 5x5x7. lol the cords you see on the floor are not plugged in.


A few more pics of same area.


The plants your seeing here are unkown strain. bagseed


The next couple pics are of the unfinished Veg area I though it was almost done but then had temps in the 100's ouch. so this room is down for now till i get better intake coming into this area.





Im planning taking theses wooden doors off and lining this doorway with panda plastic and using a tarp zipper for entry. I need to get the temps under control first.

of course this is panda plastic so the other side is flat white this is an example of the tarp zipper.
the rest of these pics are just my ebb and flow trays and reservoirs they will be going in the flowering room as soon as the clones are ready.

just ordered a new wallmount tri-meter for the reservoirs too! woot should be here soon

All homeade of course. feel free to ask me about plans for your own DIY hydro kits. I make bucket kits DWC and ebb and flow as you can see. those two tray set on a pvc stand they look alot better setup lol.


This next pics are of the medium im using in my hydro ebb and flow. its called SureToGrow its like futon mattress stuffing. it doest retain as much water as rockwool...Supposed to be the future of grow mediums. at least thats what the guy who sold it tom said haha.
www.suretogrow.com




And last but not least Theses are the nutes i use.
Im using General Hydroponics 3 part Floramicro Florabloom and Floragro.
I use the espert aggressive feeding schedule using the online nutrient calc from GH website. I ph my water in all my hydro units to 5.8 daily sometimes 2twice a day. change my nute every week for seedlings every 3 weeks for aggressive veg and every two week for budding. og course i use no nutes last two weeks of flower. and I flush well last two days before harvesting.

Thats about it guys. Thanks for taking a look. See you in the live chat
HYDROTRON.

Cool man, do you like sure to grow?
It seems overpriced to me, see how it holds up.

hey there, so how do u like the SureToGrow cubes??

Nice Dude hope ya get some sweet as buds

I like the way u constructed those rooms looks neat.I have to do some constructing myself my girls are getting too big for my grow closet and i Have a empty space in the basement where i just have to make sure there no light leaks.Thinking of framing the front with panda film and using the tarp zipper like u did.good stuff man.Also what knd of light are u using for your veg room that it got so hot.

If you have to pH that often something isn't right.

Start at 5.5 and let it drift naturally up to 6.5. Even in an ebb and flow system that should take at least three days. You'll get better wide-spectrum absorption of nutrients like this and achieve a healthier over all plant and faster growth.

wyteberrywidow said:

I like the way u constructed those rooms looks neat.I have to do some constructing myself my girls are getting too big for my grow closet and i Have a empty space in the basement where i just have to make sure there no light leaks.Thinking of framing the front with panda film and using the tarp zipper like u did.good stuff man.Also what knd of light are u using for your veg room that it got so hot.

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I am using a 400w MH With the hood in the picture. There is no fresh air getting in there only exhaust. As soon as I pump some fresh air in the temps will go down i hope. I actually had them down to the high 80's after moving that ducting up too the light like it is. I think im gonna tap into the ducting of my ac and run it into the closet as well. i will post with any progress i make.

KaliKitsune said:

If you have to pH that often something isn't right.

Start at 5.5 and let it drift naturally up to 6.5. Even in an ebb and flow system that should take at least three days. You'll get better wide-spectrum absorption of nutrients like this and achieve a healthier over all plant and faster growth.

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I Check it every day some times twice a day NOT adjust it. but i could see how you thought that the way I wrote it. I normally adjust every few days when water gets above 5.9 Thanks. I like to maintain 5.8 as much as possible.

MEANGREEN69 said:

hey there, so how do u like the SureToGrow cubes??

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So far i have only used them with the clones. I don't care for the fact that they aren't retaining water very long. I do however think that will be a plus when it comes to the ebb and flow as it will not build up salt toxins as fast. i will have to add an extra water cycle or 2 but wont have to flush as often.....Hopefully lol. i will keep the progress of the suretogrow up to date on this thread.

You will notice that my good seeds are still in rockwool. don't trust the suretogrow enough to try them in it....yet

well it looks good and sounds like you gonna have that temp problem under control also.I was going to suggest a portable a/c.

If you keep yourself at a hard 5.8 you'll be robbing yourself of maximum phosphorous, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, boron, copper, and zinc availability. This will ultimately limit your growth rates and also your end harvest. A natural fluctuation is more beneficial for the plant overall.

nice chart