Dadio's Flood and Drain closet .

are you going to prune the tops again befor/during flower?..they look great by the way.

No , I only top them once . They should get a bit bushier this next week and then explode when I switch over to the 600W HPS on Friday , the 5th . They will fill the closet in no time .

dadio161 said:

No , I only top them once . They should get a bit bushier this next week and then explode when I switch over to the 600W HPS on Friday , the 5th . They will fill the closet in no time .

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kool..do you always top your plants? ... my last grow i pruned/topped all branches up to 3weeks into flower. work well for the more stavia strains cut the stretch down a lil too.

Nice simple system, I love it, wish I hadn't fell for the hype of pre-built systems, and I'm glad you avoided it, environmental controls, good nutrients, minimal additives, and simplicity will reward you. You'll love F&D too, it's so simple, I'm going to changing to a medical set up more akin to yours when able, running a CAP Ebb Gro right now, and after reading all the horror stories of the brain bucket going haywire, I'm definitely leaning towards the K.I.S.S. approach.

Not to step on any MH or HPS growers toes, but if you have a magnetic core ballast and quality of your medicine is your goal you might want to check out ceramic metal halide, I use it, and I get top notch resin production at a slight cost in biomass. Thank you for sharing again.

Here is a few pics of my PEZ girl . This is about 10 minutes before I change the bulb over to a 600W HPS . Going thru the change today .

Here are some pics of the rest of the grow . Four girls are Blueberry , one Pez , and one mystery strain . All six girls looking a lot healthier since I cut back on the nutes this grow . I changed out the light bulb this morning to start flowering . So on to a 12/12 light cycle . The girls are getting a little light at the end of the day so I will also change feeding to twice a day for 15 minutes each .

Here are a few pics I snapped this morning . Day #7 of 12/12 . They have grown 6 1/2 inches just this past 7 days . I am feeding 6ml of micro / 12 ml bloom per gallon . I am trying to keep the light at 6" above the tallest plants . Right now that the days are getting cooler , temps are not a problem . Hard to believe that 5 weeks ago these girls were just a little branch with two sets of leaves and a few roots .

Looking real nice my friend. Keep up the good work.

here are some pics that I snapped this afternoon . The girls are just over 31 inches . A lot of nice bud sites for 15 days . I just changed the water today , so when I change next week , I will give the girls a flushing with some Clearex .No apparent problems , just grow matainance . I am still flooding twice a day and will probably wait one more week and up it to three times a day . Just sticking to the basics . FloraMicro , and FloraBloom . I am so convinced that on my previous grows , I was over feeding them . This grow looks much healthier using less .

clean set up dadio plus rep

pilgram said:

clean set up dadio plus rep

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thank you .

looking really good man...i was interested in doing DWC on my next grow, but im really digging your set up...ive never seen a flood table before + rep

NewClosetGrower said:

looking really good man...i was interested in doing DWC on my next grow, but im really digging your set up...ive never seen a flood table before + rep

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Thank you . For me , this grow has been really maint. free . All I do is add PH'd water , and watch her grow . I only add nutes when I change the reservoir and I do a complete change after replacing half the water . NO slime or sludge in my reservoir at all .

Yeah I'd have to agree dadio, the plants are looking great and and I really like the setup too. I really wanna a 3X3 tray in my closet and all that's holding me back is the flood tray. I'm gonna give this method a try sometime soon.

Peace.

First of...wow!

I've never seen a flood and drain system that looks so clean.

I notice that you didnt mention having an algae problem one time, I was under the impression that when using [FD] system like yours it was imperative that you "cover" the tray to counter algae growth.

Can you speak on this and why you havent had any problems??

midwestfunkmaster said:

First of...wow!

I've never seen a flood and drain system that looks so clean.

I notice that you didnt mention having an algae problem one time, I was under the impression that when using [FD] system like yours it was imperative that you "cover" the tray to counter algae growth.

Can you speak on this and why you havent had any problems??

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I have never had a algea problem and I don't add anything to the water to help with that . The only thing I cover is the Rockwool blocks . The only thing that goes into the reservoir is nutes and PH down . When it's time to clean the resevoir , I clean it . No half ass cleaning .

Here are some close up pics I just took with my Zorb .

this is something that i really want to implement to my grow space next time round. i have read a view designs but because i have never witnessed one in front of me i don't fully understand how it works. . .

so, there is a small pump that feeds water into the flood tray, and then an overflow pipe that is mounted slightly higher?when you stop pumping water in how does the water below the overflow retreat?!

i know im just being stupid but someone please straighten me out.

also my grow space is small - 45inches length and 36inches width, i have a 600W HPS what size of flood tray would you recommend and how many plants would you consider growing in that space with that much light?

i want to have this up and running by February.

Yes , the pump feeds water into the tray and when the pump shuts off , the water flows back down the fill tube to empty out .
For your grow space , you could also use a 2 x 4 table as they are really 26" by 43 " . 6 plants and go to town .

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this is something that i really want to implement to my grow space next time round. i have read a view designs but because i have never witnessed one in front of me i don't fully understand how it works. . .

so, there is a small pump that feeds water into the flood tray, and then an overflow pipe that is mounted slightly higher?when you stop pumping water in how does the water below the overflow retreat?!

i know im just being stupid but someone please straighten me out.

also my grow space is small - 45inches length and 36inches width, i have a 600W HPS what size of flood tray would you recommend and how many plants would you consider growing in that space with that much light?

i want to have this up and running by February.

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yah youre basically doing a rollitup version of mr greens hugely popular video...only way more boring and with less information.