Looking for DWC nutrient suggestion

ttystikk

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like this?
Well yes and much more actually, look at my pic; my manifold is the same line as my return tubing. The manifold has one inch tees to half inch funny pipe outlets, run 1/2" tubing to little half inch elbow fittings in the lids of all those twenty seven gallon tuffboxes... fewer holes drilled in the sides which leak, much less complexity to achieve the same result.

My circulation pump is in the control bucket so there is no hose/pipe to clog with crap all the time. Water to water heat exchange coil shares residence in the control bucket, specifically because it has the highest flow rate in the system and thus the most heat exchange. His tubing lines were all screwed up which is why his control bucket was almost empty. I could go on... in short, I've solved all those problems...

Just you wait until you see what I do with this thing!
 

rory420420

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his control bucket was halh empty cause he was lowering levels so you could see the workings of his system..but i feel ya..im buying mine..just a 3 bucket system,but imm doing mods on it..pump outside the tent,faucet airation caps on intake pipes,probably a chiller,but i working on a self contained environment for the res also.gottavsee if itll work tho..heres what im getting..oh..gonna get a rubbermaid tote for the res also.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bay-Hydro-Custom-Top-Fed-Hydroponic-Bucket-Systems-ANY-SITES-U-PICK-SAVE-/321151018179?pt=US_Hydroponics&var=&hash=item4ac617a4c3
 

torontoke

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Thats an awesome looking system you got going there man but i dont think thats what the op is going for.
Hanging lights vertically with that kind of coliseum style fencing is probably a bit much for the room most of us have.
But kudos to you homie
I wish i could have bud growing above my head in every room of my house too
 

TechnoMage

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I'm not just here to share a few ideas on bubbleponics, boys and girls- make no mistake about it,

I AM HERE TO RESHAPE HOW INDOOR CULTIVATION IS DONE, FROM BEDROOMS TO MEGAWATT OPERATIONS.

Y'all think that sounds a bit brash? Stick around, we'll see who's right.
While I appreciate your enthusiasm I'm in the early stages of hydro growing right now. For a first time out I figured that it made more sense to just start with a DWC bucket. Long term I can easily see myself upgrading to a RDWC system but I'm still figuring the best way to get the water lines in/out of the tent.
 

Rickety Rocket

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While I appreciate your enthusiasm I'm in the early stages of hydro growing right now. For a first time out I figured that it made more sense to just start with a DWC bucket. Long term I can easily see myself upgrading to a RDWC system but I'm still figuring the best way to get the water lines in/out of the tent.
Why are you trying to get water lines in/out of the tent? Are you still talking about the two bucket setup?
 

BenRipped

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I'd stay away from anything organic is DWC. For simple high quality results use RO water with sensi grow/bloom. Sensi is one of the few base nutrients with calcium in it as part of the ph perfect. You will not need to supplement calcium. You will need Mg in flower cause it lacks a bit use either bud candy or epsom salts. You should also for sure get hydroguard from botanicare it's fairly cheap and you only use 2mil per gal and will keep your water clean.
 

ttystikk

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I'd stay away from anything organic is DWC. For simple high quality results use RO water with sensi grow/bloom. Sensi is one of the few base nutrients with calcium in it as part of the ph perfect. You will not need to supplement calcium. You will need Mg in flower cause it lacks a bit use either bud candy or epsom salts. You should also for sure get hydroguard from botanicare it's fairly cheap and you only use 2mil per gal and will keep your water clean.
No, don't. All that is stupid expensive wasteful shit that's actually designed to cause more problems than it solves.

Buy dry nutrient salts from Jacks, Hydrogardens.com, Tokengrow.com, etc.

The money you save will be truly enlightening, and the nutrients themselves will provide the same excellent results that much of the food on your table came from.
 

ODanksta

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When i use to run tables, i used no airstones only a subpump like a 650 for each 50 gal rez. I also used small subpumps, like 100 's in my dwc buckets instead of airstones with the best results, and no rez changes! Start to finish! Ive been told airstones can allow airborne bacteria in your system. And they also will make your pH fluctuate.

In my experience i started off with Foxfarm nutes my plants always looked like shit, FDD2BLK told me it was because of the nutes, so i switched and boom! I had vigorous healthy plants. I like FF grow big but that it. There soil is always gnat infested. Ive used floranova its ok but the shit is dirty but the plants liked it. But ive heard bad things about nova, maybe because of the urea or something else..really idk.

Then i used the Humboldts master A&B which was ok, then i used dutchmasters which made huge buds but it lacked flavor. Then i used dutch pro which sucked donkey balls. Then i used Botanicare which i really liked the most of all the hydro nutes, both pureblend pro and Kind are both dope! Now i use nectar for the gods which is completely organic but i am in soil now.

My brother has used house of garden with dope ass results but Damn the stuff is expensive. He also used some grow plus bloom stuff which i think that is what tyystickk is talking about but i could be wrong. He had bad ass results with that stuff too.

My buddie uses canna but he doesn't pH shit and uses tap water and his plants look like shit! And uses those Damn solarstorm LED's

Another buddie of mine is using the soil mix that I'm using but he uses General organics with tap water and his plants are not doing to hot either.

So in my opinion RO water and Botanicare has a great product and a good price. Just my 2 cents
 

BenRipped

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No, don't. All that is stupid expensive wasteful shit that's actually designed to cause more problems than it solves.

Buy dry nutrient salts from Jacks, Hydrogardens.com, Tokengrow.com, etc.

The money you save will be truly enlightening, and the nutrients themselves will provide the same excellent results that much of the food on your table came from.
Yet another trolling false statement. There's nothing expensive about Sensi and epsom salts. The OP wants simple to use with good results. There is nothing more simple that Sensi in DWC. You can get away without buying a ph meter, and ppm meter if you really needed to. And you save on not needing to add calmag supplements. Sensi Is the most complete set it and forget it product on the market. Not to mention it leaves very little salt build up and does not require constant flushing of products like jacks. Really why would anyone use jacks in DWC? that's just bad advise.
 

mandy1

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I knew it sounds like blasphemy, but I get better aeration without airstones at all.
i haven't used air stones in 5 yrs. in 5 gallon buckets the back pressure is such that your air output is decreased w/ airstones. i just hook a small clamp on the end of the line so it will sink to bottom
 

ttystikk

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i haven't used air stones in 5 yrs. in 5 gallon buckets the back pressure is such that your air output is decreased w/ airstones. i just hook a small clamp on the end of the line so it will sink to bottom
Lol, I don't use an air pump, either.
 

BenRipped

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Why would anyone use Jacks / dry nutrient salts in DWC?

Because it WORKS, costs stunningly less than anything from AN and it's much less prone to flocculation.

Been running dry salts in RDWC for years now, with ever improving results.

Stop shilling for child molesters, fuckwit.
Prove it. You have zero grows posted on this forum just 500 post molesting valuable input on these forums. There no way your running dwc with just jacks.
 

ttystikk

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Prove it. You have zero grows posted on this forum just 500 post molesting valuable input on these forums. There no way your running dwc with just jacks.
Huh?

You're right. I went thru fifty # if the stuff over a year or so and now I use another dry nutrient salt package from here;

Hydrogardens.com

I'm also doing dry nutrient testing for these good folks;

Tokengrow.com
 

charlestonchunk

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H and g all the way. You can dial that shit in. You only need that and great white and yo set man. Ph stabilized...allmoast fool proof bro
 

charlestonchunk

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Hey tystik...im getting teady to start some autos in ff with perlite, castings, vermic, i love co co though and had great results with the h and g dwc. Im good at hydro and stink at soil. Any suggestions
 

ttystikk

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H and g all the way. You can dial that shit in. You only need that and great white and yo set man. Ph stabilized...allmoast fool proof bro
Oh sure- and give them all your profits. That shit is silly steep for what it really is. AND I know what it really is; my buddy was a rep for them. Dry nutes FTW!
 

charlestonchunk

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Its 25 bucks for a and b bro. It has stabilizers and its no clogging. Its easy to dial in. If your going dwc and you dont want to weigh ferts etc, its good, no great. If you want to go real hydro and measure increasing or decreasing amounts of n,p,or k and dailing it in that way....h and g is great. But your right. Its a lazy mans fert. Im lazy
 
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