Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

G33kDro

G33kDro

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Alright so I'm a lurker, and have been reading your/our thread now religiously! a couple hours a day reading it like a book... all i can say is thank you to SB and all others contributing to this amazingly simple design. :mrgreen: I will be changing from a botanicare aero storebought system to this system asap! X-mas is coming up and i have lots of hydroton that i wont be needing. haha. My mom might enjoy a orchid?!? and maybe a few other plants haha.
I only have a few Q's, 1st Q directed mainly to SB
1. Do you think it would help adding other botanicare nutrients into the mixes as well? im experimenting with my current grow and it seems to be working out nicely...(Silica Blast, Hydrogaurd, and Floranectar instead of Sweet)
2. Could growplugs be used to germinate and then after they sprout just be placed underneath the neoprene collar?

-G33k
 
flabbyone

flabbyone

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:bigjoint:There is a complete instruction guide on page 75 that will answer most of your questions. That saves a lot of reading, but there is a lot of other great info in the first 100 pages and even a little more in the next 30 or 40 pages. But most likely, the question you are going to ask has been asked 100 times before on this thread. It's like the pizza sauce commercial as far as your questions go, it's in there, just takes a little searching.

Once again, complete guide on page 75.

Good Luck!
 
westmich

westmich

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StinkBud said:
I think your fine as long as you keep the filter clean. After a week all the big stuff will be filtered out and you won't have to keep cleaning it.

If I remember right the majority of the large particles would be filtered out the first few hours.

EZ-Clone sprayers actually have large holes for the water/nutes. Way bigger than any particles in the nutrients. I clean my sprayers with a toothbrush and paperclip. The paper clip is half the size of the hole.

The only thing I ever find in the sprayers is live roots. That's why I keep the sprayers in between the the net pots and not right next to them.

So I guess what I'm saying is you really don't need a filter if you use EZ-Clone sprayers. Although it won't hurt anything if you do...
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Filters won't filter out the nutes?
 
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kempton

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Hey everyone. Im new to this site and new to growing.
how do i get hold of rockwool? Is anyone vermiliar with
SERADIX B NO3 ROOT FOOD?
 
repvip

repvip

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kempton said:
Hey everyone. Im new to this site and new to growing.
how do i get hold of rockwool? Is anyone vermiliar with
SERADIX B NO3 ROOT FOOD?
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You can get rockwool at any local hydroponics store, or you can order it online. Do a search in google for rockwool and/or hydroponics.

Seradix B No3 Root Food is a rooting hormone that contains 4-indol-3-ylbutyric acid, which is the fairly common rooting hormone you will see in most root stimulators. MSDS if you are curious.
 
StinkBud

StinkBud

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G33kDro said:
1. Do you think it would help adding other botanicare nutrients into the mixes as well? im experimenting with my current grow and it seems to be working out nicely...(Silica Blast, Hydrogaurd, and Floranectar instead of Sweet)
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Botanicare recommends going with Bloom soil mix the last couple of weeks. I was thinking of trying it. I'm also going to try half veg and half flower formula for the first few weeks in flower. The plants grow like crazy and they look like they could use more Nitrogen during the stretch.

2. Could growplugs be used to germinate and then after they sprout just be placed underneath the neoprene collar?
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Yes, but you are better off taking the cutting out after the tap root pops through the bottom of the plug. Just break apart the plug and carefully remove the cutting. Put the cutting in the neoprene collar and you are set.
 
StinkBud

StinkBud

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bubblerking said:
Great thread stinky. Ever thought of using netting? instead of bread ties you will yeild more and your plants will love you
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The problem I have now is that my systems move every three weeks. The old plants go to the outside and the new plants go in the middle, under the lights.

I was also thinking of having just the two outside plant supports and run netting between them. That way I could still move the system.

For me the biggest factor determining my final harvest is the strains of bud I'm running. For example my last Snowbud plant produced 3.5oz. My Blueberry only puts out an 1oz. per plant. Blueberry is my favorite though so I always grow a few plants per batch. Same with Goo. It's unreal smoke but not a big producer. I could easily double my harvest just by running all Snowbud (also called Akorn).
 
StinkBud

StinkBud

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westmich said:
Filters won't filter out the nutes?
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Like I say, I don't use them now. I had one on my first system though and it worked fine. The plants grew the same as they do now.

I imagine the large particles are things like rock phosphate and different organic solids. These pieces will take a lot longer than three weeks to break down into usable form. If you look at the bottom of the res you can see all that big heavy stuff sitting on the bottom of the res.

I stir the res everyday to circulate all the nutes. Within a few days the water will look almost clear.
 
StinkBud

StinkBud

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repvip said:
Filters only filter out solid particles of a certain size... the plants are only using dissolved nutrients so it is fine to filter out the unsolved nutes, and better for pump longevity.
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My old filter was a 100 micron. It filtered out 95% of the large particles the first few hours. The pump it was being used on had no filter.

Some pumps like the Ecoplus 396 have a built in foam filter. They work great!

Every cleaning I snap the cover off of the pump and rinse out the foam filter. You will be surprised how much crap will come out of it every cleaning.
 
StinkBud

StinkBud

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bmn420 said:
You just blew my mind. Two pounds every three weeks!?!?!
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Akorn otherwise known as Snowbud is a fucking freak of nature. We call it Snowbud here in the NW because the buds are white with resin.

The clones root in 4 days. They grow twice the size in veg as the other plants and virtually tower over any strain I've ever seen during flower. Buds the size of your fist are common. The top cola is the size of your arm! No shit!

It also has a wonderful smell and taste, very tangy. It is the smoothest smoke I grow, virtually cough free hits. My patients love it!

http://www.drchronic.com/products.asp?partno=p_akorn

As good as it is I have better tasting strains. My Purple Silver smells like a fine wine and tastes like grape juice.

I have this other strain called Elvy. It was named after the famous patient/activist. It is very strong and has a sweet mango aftertaste.

I also have the holy grail of AK47s. The cherry cough drop sativa phenotype.
 
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WVPothead77

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Hey Stinkbud,

As I was reading the class notes it made me think you should put a link in your signature referencing pages like 75 with the complete instructions/downloads that way with all the newbies, they'll have a better reference for finding the answers to their questions.
 
Picasso345

Picasso345

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WVPothead77 said:
Hey Stinkbud,

As I was reading the class notes it made me think you should put a link in your signature referencing pages like 75 with the complete instructions/downloads that way with all the newbies, they'll have a better reference for finding the answers to their questions.
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Or just copy page 75 and paste into the very first or second post...
 
SOG

SOG

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StinkBud said:
I'm ditching the whole aero thing after reading all the CFL posts. I've decide to go with CFL's and soil because I can't afford an Aerogarden yet.

Here is a photo of my new grow op. Almost ready to harvest...Yea baby!

What do you think? Should I do a tutorial?
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:lol::lol::lol:
 
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DIRTHAWKER

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My system is on hyper mode! I built my veg and clone unit in the same cab under a 4 bulb t5 on 24/7. I think that beacuse the veg plants are getting 24/7 light they are just growing so damm fast.
I had this problem from the beggining, the veg plants so tall theres not much higher i can raise the light, and i still have a week to go before i move them into the flower room. One othere prob that kinda is a pain is moving the clone unit up everytime i move the light up.. ive been looking for some sort of small scissor lift crank platform i could set the clone unit on and crank up to the light as needed...wouldnt that be cool.
This system is so insane!!! my assembly line is a monster.
I guess i will just be harvesting big tall plants? I can think of worse things.
 
bobbyboy34

bobbyboy34

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i was wondering why you don't use air stones in the res?

also, is that drill bit to cut the holes considered a 2" circular bit?
 
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DIRTHAWKER

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No airstone needed, the cycle pump is set to go on for 1 minute off for 5...this lets the roots dry out and get air.

yea a 2 inch hole saw.
 
repvip

repvip

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I've actually used air stones in the clone and veg chambers in this system and have since taken them out. Like Dirt said... it's not really necessary.

Furthermore, these organic nutes have some sort of live cultures or healthy bacteria... and it will grow like crazy all over you air stone! Will create a slimy mess. At least, this happened to me twice before I realized that could be the cause. I've had even better consistency (ph mainly) since taking them out.

Also, since some of these organic nutes are "live".. you shouldn't use hydrogen peroxide with them.... will kill off the good microorganisms!

Here is Stink's answer--I had the same question earlier...
 
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