DWC to Perpetual

Honestly can't recall. I think you'd need a good chem scrub to get it all off. Not ideal that's for sure unless you quickly sand blast it or chemically shear all the gunk attached to the crevices.

Meh ill pass. Thank you for the offer though bud

Got the nutrients today. All 55lbs of them.



And this is what I did yesterday. Took down that wall so I can expand my stairs out so they can be actually code compliant treads. Right now the treads are like 8 inches. Should be 11 at least. Oh and a bathroom is going there. Makes sense as that is where my water comes in and waste goes out. Never mind the hanging outlet lol.

I need to tear up that carpet. The foam underneath is adhered to the concrete though. What can I use to get that shit off? Was thinking some kind of chemical and a scraper/shovel.

Veg (back left is Stinkbomb, the 3 clones in front of that is Pipedreams, front right is some unknown that is finally growing after a 2 week stall after transfer. Shes chugging along though. Down to .66EC from 1.02EC, will give it another res change tomorrow at 1.1EC, and the back right is Pieface, not doing too well, was really low on water as I hadn't checked it in a few days and the feed got high and pH was at like 4.5, yay!)


Stinkbomb clones in the cooler taken Thursday, no signs of rooting yet. Front left is a Pipedream clone that I didn't have a bucket for. I need to put another hole in it for the cord so I can run a full 8 site.


Flower, two to the right are Pipedreams and the one to the left is a blue og from dinafem.

I must say that wall demo came out well for not knowing shit about carpentry. I managed to salvage all the wood as well, which made the process take 5 times as long. Dude who put the wall up was expecting a fucking tsunami or something. There were 16 drywall screws in one 8 foot long 2x3. six...teen...mother...fucking...screws. 16!

But yeah the plan is to cut the flower room in half and use the left side for veg and right side for flower. I can fit (8 ) 2x2 grids in what would remain of a flower room in case I wanna double up my count.

8A AC
3A dehumidifier
5A 600w HPS pretty much taps out (1) 20A flower room with fans and pumps

7A chiller
5A 600w (going to switch to MH for veg) leaves some room to work with on this 20A for veg room. I could put the 3A dehumid on that to have 75% load and add another 600w HPS to the flower room and run the flower room at 90%

Is 90% of a breaker too much?

The room itself is on a shared 15A so I guess I could put one of the 600w on that if I wanted to have 2 flower light setups.

Lots happening over here.

firsttimeARE said:

But yeah the plan is to cut the flower room in half and use the left side for veg and right side for flower. I can fit (8 ) 2x2 grids in what would remain of a flower room in case I wanna double up my count.

8A AC
3A dehumidifier
5A 600w HPS pretty much taps out (1) 20A flower room with fans and pumps

7A chiller
5A 600w (going to switch to MH for veg) leaves some room to work with on this 20A for veg room. I could put the 3A dehumid on that to have 75% load and add another 600w HPS to the flower room and run the flower room at 90%

Is 90% of a breaker too much?

The room itself is on a shared 15A so I guess I could put one of the 600w on that if I wanted to have 2 flower light setups.

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You don't want to pull more than 80% of the rated load for the circuit for a constant load like lighting. For intermittent stuff you can go higher.

So HGI sent me a catalog and in it says to use chem-gro concentrates within 2 weeks.

I sent them an email before I read this asking how long they were good for mixed and if i needed to use ro water for it.

@ttystikk

firsttimeARE said:

So HGI sent me a catalog and in it says to use chem-gro concentrates within 2 weeks.

I sent them an email before I read this asking how long they were good for mixed and if i needed to use ro water for it.

@ttystikk

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My concentrate sits in a barrel for months. It's sealed so no evaporation, dark and indoors so it's pretty stable.

Do you think its fine to make only 5lbs mixed into 11 gal.

I know you said you had less than consistent results mixing as needed.

As needed in a 100gal fillup would only be 200g...less than a half lb. So this is 10x that at least.

firsttimeARE said:

Do you think its fine to make only 5lbs mixed into 11 gal.

I know you said you had less than consistent results mixing as needed.

As needed in a 100gal fillup would only be 200g...less than a half lb. So this is 10x that at least.

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The larger quantity that's mixed, the lower the chances of it being off from the expected mix.

Well obviously...25# would last 2 years and im not sure it would be good still especially since the manufacturer says 2 weeks for concentrates.

Ill just see what they say.

Gonna run with the 5lbs batches. Or just grow more weed.

firsttimeARE said:

Well obviously...25# would last 2 years and im not sure it would be good still especially since the manufacturer says 2 weeks for concentrates.

Ill just see what they say.

Gonna run with the 5lbs batches. Or just grow more weed.

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I have no idea why they might say two weeks. My 100:1 stock solution is as likely to go 'bad' as my bottle of soy sauce, for the same reason of high salinity. I think keeping it in a light tight container and keeping it temperature stable would help. I stir mine with a pump for a few minutes right before I draw some off, maybe they're worried about settling? Perhaps I should call them...

Five pound batches is definitely a good place to start. I had issues when I was trying to mix up just enough for a single changeout, less than half a pound at a time.

Growing more is always in order!

ttystikk said:

I have no idea why they might say two weeks. My 100:1 stock solution is as likely to go 'bad' as my bottle of soy sauce, for the same reason of high salinity. I think keeping it in a light tight container and keeping it temperature stable would help. I stir mine with a pump for a few minutes right before I draw some off, maybe they're worried about settling? Perhaps I should call them...

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Im not sure. Im gonna buy a blue 14gallon food grade hdpe container meant for fermenting/wine making on ebay for $30 shipped. Gonna keep it in a closet outside the grow room with a clamp lid.

Drill in a bulkhead with ball valve/barbed assemby similar to my drain assembly on my rdwc except gravity fed not pump fed.

I guess the only way around this is buying a triple beam and buying each product and mixing my own. this way id know exactly whats in each batch

This is time consuming and I already have the mix.

firsttimeARE said:

Im not sure. Im gonna buy a blue 14gallon food grade hdpe container meant for fermenting/wine making on ebay for $30 shipped. Gonna keep it in a closet outside the grow room with a clamp lid.

Drill in a bulkhead with ball valve/barbed assemby similar to my drain assembly on my rdwc except gravity fed not pump fed.

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I strongly recommend stirring the sauce each time before drawing some out. Does the lid come off easily enough to do it?

ttystikk said:

I strongly recommend stirring the sauce each time before drawing some out. Does the lid come off easily enough to do it?

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Yeah its an open top barrel

http://m.ebay.com/itm/PLASTIC-BARREL-14-Gn-Blue-HDPE-Open-Top-Drum-FERMENTER-With-Clamp-Ring-CIDER-15-/331527588160?nav=SEARCH

firsttimeARE said:

Yeah its an open top barrel

http://m.ebay.com/itm/PLASTIC-BARREL-14-Gn-Blue-HDPE-Open-Top-Drum-FERMENTER-With-Clamp-Ring-CIDER-15-/331527588160?nav=SEARCH

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My 55 gallon drum has two holes; a small one I put the return line for the mixing pump through, and the 'big' 3" fill hole. I can stir with a stick- poorly, or just use the pump.