people have had minimal success with leds in terms or watt to yield ratio. cfls when set up can creat a good balance of adjustablitly and yield. they make dimmer cfls so you could change the intensity of the light. are you looking purely for expiermental data or are you concerned with yeild on ur tomato and weed plants. i don't know what validity the wheat will prodvide in ur expierment because it grows on a different cycle than that of weed or tomato. i like what ur doing here and applaud you for trying something outside the box.

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Well, with more research I have decided upon a small dwc system with cfl's. Should be easy and cheap to put together, and simple to individualize when I need that.

I have a question about dwc. I've read about water levels, but can't find anything about minimum water in the reservoir. Is one or two gallons per plant ok as long as I check it frequently and properly adjust for growth?

Hopefully a grower experienced with DWC will get back to you on this. Depending on how large your plants get, the root mass might displace too much water in a container that size.

Makes sense, how large can root masses get? Also, one or two gallons doesn't neccesarily mean all the space per plant, just the amount of liquid.

The "Hempy Bucket" method requires 1.5 - 5 gallon bucket per plant. Holds its own reservoir. You only have to check the plant within 2-3 days. Depending upon speed of intake/drying. Never tried it. Do a search. Supposedly, the plants end with great yields.

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DWC may be the way for you to go. Why not? You can even go to an industrial supply store for the tubs w/inserts. Cut air paths for the air stone and air/water flow, to pass the time. Get some cheap hard plastic sieve type piece to cover the air stone, to help discourage entanglement, maybe, but there will still be some sort of "touching" going on. Besides, the whole point is for the roots to be a bit free flowing. Get good lights. You'll only hate yourself for wasting your time/money with anything else. Besides, how could you properly gauge your results if you don't have that previously tested, mostly stable, control. Lower variables.

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Hempy bucket sounds interesting. I'm turning my attention now to obtaining clones or seeds. I don't know any growers, so I'm thinking clones are out of the question, so are there any good noob cerebral type high seeds from places like nirvana? I did the online seed selector and was told California Orange Bud was right for me. Unfortunately, all the reviews are in languages I don't know at the moment.

how about drchronics com? I've only heard great reviews about them, from several diff sites. They ship to the US within 7 days. Take CCards. And have seed/strains from just about every well known bank. I'm ordering mine from there this week.

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Get the Dutch-Passion Orange Bud (original, not Cali.), it has a higher THC rating. Why waste your time?

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