cruzer101

hey man, couldnt help but notice that ya used T5 bulbs. whats your opinion on them thanks man

Well Hot Dam!

Good to hear life has picked up. Yea I forgot to mention I lift was only like eight inches. Just enough for that under bed storage container. Oh well, good thing your running T5's.

12/12 yea, you gotta sex them and they do like to do it in the dark.

Hope you had a happy Bday and yea, keep me posted.

Hey,
Well thanks to you my friend things are going pretty well over here! Life has picked up in my plants! Only set back was that the table I put the system on was kinda high and Now I have an issue with raising the lights! But no worries there! Havent been on here to give you an update because well my bday was the other day so was a bit busy! Ive finally turned it all onto 12/12 no Light at all coming in so were good! Ill keep ya posted on how the first week goes!

Hey Alex,

I thought you had there feeding schedule. Here.
Hydroponics learning center - Greentrees Hydroponics Lots of good info there.

On the conversion, I was limited on the lower res size so I filled them and used the air pump to water twice a day. after the pump shuts off it all drains back.

If you have a large enough res under the controller you can drill your over flow hole a little higher. This will give you a true ebb and flow and no need for the air pump. Just drill more holes in the upper buckets for better drainage.

Here's the deal, with a true ebb and flow you will need much more water.
If you are carring bottles up there I would consider either the combo conversion I did or converting to a drip system untill you get an R/O

The amount of times you water depends, start with twice a day and go from there. Roots need water and air so they actually need humidity. With T5's you will retain more than with HPS.

Alrighty,
Well that all sounds great! But so far here are some of my questions Im hoping you can help me out with..... For the waterfarm whats the standerd PPM you should maintain in the Res after you convert it to Ebb and Flow? 2nd Converting it to Ebb and flow is only so that you can drain everything into the Res balance the PPM and PH and then shoot it all back in correct? If thats what its for how often should I do this? Daily? Weekly? Well get back at me whenever you can! Im gonna finish up the room and when I have a final product Ill email you some pics k! TTYL!

No problem man,

Yea, I want to see your plans, If you want you can always send me an email at cruzer@pacbell.net. and attach the pic. Just be sure to post here that you sent it cause I dont check that box very often.

Ya know, you could always post in my journal. I dont mind.

I only use yahoo messenger when I am playing cards online so we would have to set a time to meet.

Hey bud,
Thanks again for all that help the other day! You really opened my mind to a whole bunch of knew things and gave me knowledge of some things I would never have thought of doing! Although I do Have some more questions about the waterfarm conversion! I drew up my own plan! Next time your on yahoo let me know so you can check it out k ttyl and thanks again for all the help!

whats your handle on yahoo, I will add you

I see on your profile that you are too. send me a message on yahoo

dude I am on right now