I started my first ever hydro grow today.

ElfoodStampo said:

I'm running the same thing right now man and its not a bad setup. I've never used a 5gal for flowering so I wasn't sure how it would go, but its working out pretty well. today is the 1st day of week 3 flowering.
I'm using tap water too, and I just throw some calmag in for good measure.
If you have any questions let me know I live a little north of Denver. View attachment 3468309

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No nutes at all?

DoctorJackalope said:

That's kind of what I wondered, if I was having a hard time getting it down because it's well water instead of piped in tap water. I'm honestly not sure if the water I got was reverse osmosis; it was just the same cheap water I had at home already that was 5.8 on its own so I ran with it.

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Some good info going on here. Hey Bugs ( Doctorjackalope( change that shit, Bugs) you should have a filtration system installed in the house like one of those tanks that the Culligan Man comes to fuck with. I always assume that the water we are dealing with, to start with is 7.0 and standard mineral composition, but from there, water for GOD'S GIFT TO THE FUCKING PLANET, BESIDES SEX, will have to be fucked with regularly, or shit will go wrong ( just like my wife's ........). Point being, you will have to fuck with PH, you have to adjust. Just add UP/DOWN, to bring it down, or up.(getting fucked up now) LOL. Anyway, your PH will probably go up, so remember this. If you are .2 points, high from away from the sweet spot (5. you should add .02 PPM to bring the water to 5.8. In other words, if the water naturally goes up .02, (6.3/6.4) you should go to 5.6 at feed time, as you can be assured that the PH will climb past 5.8 until it reaches the point where you adjust it, say at 6.2 Point being, if you want a stable 5.8, you have to add a lower or higher PH at feed time, to get a stable 5.8. (If I want 5.8, and it runs high, I give it 5.6 so it rises past 5.8 to 6.0, then I adjust PH, if it runs high, I bring my solution to say 6.0, so it falls back down to 5.8. I am pretty high now (PH 7.14), because I grow the BEST damn herb in the FUCKING WORLD!!!. (lol, come fuck with me, I love knowledge)

DoctorJackalope said:

That looks beautiful! What strain is that? We have the same air pump, haha.

I'm going to buy a 5-gallon bucket and make my own too, to grow one from a seed. I think maybe I'll try an autoflower; I've thought about trying Cream Of The Crop's Narcotherapy. It's an autoflower so I wouldn't have to have a separate spot to take it into flowering if it's ready before these, and I'd have some buds really fast. I'm trying to reduce my dependence on fentanyl for pain management, and found buds are the only thing that helps my pain and the withdrawals, and it does have a corresponding name, hahaha.
I love that pic man, that's beautiful. I got two of my clones at La Conte's, and two at Medicine Man. I hope one of them makes it.

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It's a green crack. I know med man is a good shop. Check out green man cannabis over near Arapaho across from king supers, really nice place and they have clones and I believe a fire seeds too.

Tim Fox said:

No nutes at all?

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lol no, I use nutes. I just was addressing the water issue not nutes so much.