18 gallon tote dwc

doubletake said:

Can anyone suggest a good ph/ppm meter pen thingy?

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They are a little pricey, but I feel like a pro with my Blue Labs Combo Meter. About $215.00 on amazon. Cant say enough good things.

I second the blue lab combo.

pH probe started to fray where it connects to the probe recently (a week past the 6 month warranty) and they replaced it with proof of purchase.

pH probe started to fray where it connects to the probe recently (a week past the 6 month warranty) and they replaced it with proof of purchase.[/QUOTE]
.I have had mine for a good 2 years with not 1 problem. I got sick of trying to carry the thing so I made a handy holder for it. Made a few for a couple fellow growers and they say they couldn't do without it. Probe's are always submerged in water which does prolong the life.I love this thing.

Bluelab and Hanna have never done me wrong. Be careful as you increase you LPM of air given as your nutes will become more 'available' for lack of a better term. As LPM increases overall % of ppm throuought the grow needs to be decreased. CCh20 has awesome references for things like this. What Lind of water temps are you keeping in those bad boys?

Looks pretty good man. Do you have any pics of a finished grow?

whats up @doubletake . hows it going brother??

bongspipesplants said:

Looks pretty good man. Do you have any pics of a finished grow?

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bongspipesplants said:

Looks pretty good man. Do you have any pics of a finished grow?

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Man they went to shit got too heavy for the totes I vegged too long again it came fire but didn't yield good only like a p off two lights
I'm starting over in buckets more plants less size

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pH probe started to fray where it connects to the probe recently (a week past the 6 month warranty) and they replaced it with proof of purchase.

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.I have had mine for a good 2 years with not 1 problem. I got sick of trying to carry the thing so I made a handy holder for it. Made a few for a couple fellow growers and they say they couldn't do without it. Probe's are always submerged in water which does prolong the life.I love this thing.View attachment 3411188 [/QUOTE]

tight...KCl is what your supposed to store it in...yours didnt come with a cap for the pH probe? mine has a cap that screws tight to the plastic probe body and has a rubber gasket to prevent spillage. fill the cap with KCl and change it out anytime i recalibrate.

There growing there on day 14 veg probley take some clones this Sunday/Monday and flip next weekend.

Ph- 5.6
PPM- 400-500

doubletake said:

There growing there on day 14 veg probley take some clones this Sunday/Monday and flip next weekend.

Ph- 5.6
PPM- 400-500View attachment 3561695View attachment 3561697

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looking real good,,,,grow well and good will..

Ladies are doing good I took clones ganna flip pretty soon another couple days

Looking good! Holy jeez those are some huge fan leaves..

Thanks man yeah idk why but every time in dwc they get so massive compared to soil very thick and lush.

Got the 8x8 filled up with babies and moved the buckets into the flowering chamber 2 days ago

Nice grows. How much trouble is it to keep each dwc container ph and ppm stable? Do they each tend to do their own thing or all pretty much stay about the same?

intenseneal said:

Nice grows. How much trouble is it to keep each dwc container ph and ppm stable? Do they each tend to do their own thing or all pretty much stay about the same?

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Ya man it wasn't so bad before when I had bigger tubs (18 gallon) but with these 5 gallon ones they drift a lot more so it's been a pain keeping the ph right.
There's 1 that's small that does it's own thing and the other 5 ar usually pretty similar since there about the same size they drink the same and what not.

Next one I'm Defenetly going to be looking into making a undercurrent system or just doing a 4x8 flood table and a 4x4 in my 8x8 tent. I wish I had a 10x10 tent I could just throw two 4x8 flood tables.

Cool thanks you help me answer some thing i was wondering about with dwc. I figured same clones or strains should stay pretty consistent from bucket to bucket. Iam thinking about doing a rdwc to keep ppms and ph easier to manage. Thinking about 2 2 site containers linked to a 5g bucket as the res and just a away to fill, feed and link the 2 containers. This will be my flowering setup. Or a lager res linked to 5g dwc buckets. Going to do a single plant in dwc first to try it out.

seen a post that had nice tote set up looked up found them i'm thinking of getting one nice looking lid 8 gal.or 13 gal.
http://www.horticulturesource.com/ez-store-container-bucket-8-gallon-p21580/

i'm using a 5 gal. bucket.. this is one dwc plant in 4 x 4 spot in tent start of week 2 flower.. scrog net is at 40 inch high.. net to 600 hps 30 inch

There doing nice, 1 week since the flip now still no signs of sex. Running right around 500ppm they'll be getting pumped up to around 900 on the next res change on Friday.

Guard dawg.....awwwwww yeaaaaaa. Lookin good man!