SOG growers wanted !!!

Are the dementions of trays and reses supposed to be exact, or go they have some take?
My "2x4" tray is actually 24x43"
My 20g res. is full with only 17g.

As long as the tray drains properly and completely back into the res., and your chosen growing medium fits comfortably into the tray's dimensions, all's well. Adjust nutrient ratio in your 17gal res. accordingly, and you should be alright.

If I didn't have bad luck I would have no luck!

My "20g" res. fills my tray up to 3" and my pump goes dry Keep in mind this was with my res. at the very top ready to overflow. Imagine how it will work once water starts to evap.
The whole point of getting new trays was to fill to 4.5+ inches and it looks like all I did was waste my time and money AGAIN

Why not get a larger res?

Hey man thanks for you advice i appreciate ..lets try to help each other here ....that's what i think i woll do: after my clones develop good root system i will place them into a 4" RW and put inside the pot with hydroton...that's my plan ....about your set up....Im sorry man but definitely this is the wrong pot....you DO NOT want the net pots...you want the normal pots with a whole on the bottom ...or you can even place you clone into RW and put straight to the flood table...with out no problem....these information i got from a guy from my hidro shop around heer where a buy my products. good luck man

brontobrandon1 said:

i use them, they work great so far...what kinds of pots do yall use???

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5.5" square black pots with the holes around the bottom rim

10mm fan boy said:

Are the dementions of trays and reses supposed to be exact, or go they have some take?

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i use botanicare trays and tubs and the trays are off by an inch or two, hence the 5.5 instead of 6 inch pots. my tub holds 20 with a lil room to spare and the water goes up 3.5 inches, flows into the overflow and the pump is still under water. you are only supposed to flood to the overflow and that's it. 4 minutes to fill mine then it shuts off. the people flooding for 30 minutes at a time 12 times a day are begging for problems.

rayjunyor said:

after my clones develop good root system i will place them into a 4" RW and put inside the pot with hydroton...

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if you insist on using rw then make sure you nestle it 1/2" "ABOVE" the flood line. otherwise you will have overwatering issues.

...or you can even place you clone into RW and put straight to the flood table...

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if your only watering once a day....sure

these information i got from a guy from my hidro shop around heer where a buy my products. good luck man

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[/quote]if he knew what he was talking about he wouldnt be working for the hydro shop. (not always true but keep it in mind.)

10mm fan boy said:

If I didn't have bad luck I would have no luck!

My "20g" res. fills my tray up to 3" and my pump goes dry Keep in mind this was with my res. at the very top ready to overflow. Imagine how it will work once water starts to evap.
The whole point of getting new trays was to fill to 4.5+ inches and it looks like all I did was waste my time and money AGAIN

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Did you have your tray filled with anything? If you had your pots and medium in it you might find your not so bad off.

rayjunyor said:

Hey man thanks for you advice i appreciate ..lets try to help each other here ....that's what i think i woll do: after my clones develop good root system i will place them into a 4" RW and put inside the pot with hydroton...that's my plan ....about your set up....Im sorry man but definitely this is the wrong pot....you DO NOT want the net pots...you want the normal pots with a whole on the bottom ...or you can even place you clone into RW and put straight to the flood table...with out no problem....these information i got from a guy from my hidro shop around heer where a buy my products. good luck man

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pinner420 said:

If you want goood yeilds go 50 coco and 50 perilite... then your golden

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Your on my Retard Radar!

Rayunyorn and pinner420 please go to the very first post and read it thoroughly Thank you in advance for your reading and research before you post on this thread.

Think of this thread like you just bought a new pair of Michale Jordan shoes. Just because you have the shoes does not mean you can play ball. In this arena where most men here know how to ball, you might want to watch Air Bud a few times before or you might end up with a basketball in your face.

I built a 50A sup panel with 3 separate circuits. One 20A with 2 outlets for lights. And 2 15A circuits with 4 outlets each. This is hard wired into my main breaker panel, but it would be really easy to wire it into a 240A dryer plug and just use it like that. I saw a pre made timer box just like this for about $300-$400. The one I built cost me less than $100 without the 100' of 6/3G wire. I also built a variable speed thermostatic fan control. I used an attic thermostat and a 5A rated fan speed controller wired in parallel. This way the fan is always on at a reduced speed. Then when the temps get top the set point it switches the fan to full speed. It cost me around $45 to build what I saw advertised for $80-$120. All parts were bought at Lowe's.

Nice Dirty Steve! Very clean and efficient!

Hey guys, my current grow setup with some shots and what I am currently growing is here.....

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/175322-white-rhino-belladonna.html

Clean wiring dirtysteve. Like the pics.

dirtysteve said:

I built a 50A sup panel with 3 separate circuits. One 20A with 2 outlets for lights. And 2 15A circuits with 4 outlets each. This is hard wired into my main breaker panel, but it would be really easy to wire it into a 240A dryer plug and just use it like that. I saw a pre made timer box just like this for about $300-$400. The one I built cost me less than $100 without the 100' of 6/3G wire. I also built a variable speed thermostatic fan control. I used an attic thermostat and a 5A rated fan speed controller wired in parallel. This way the fan is always on at a reduced speed. Then when the temps get top the set point it switches the fan to full speed. It cost me around $45 to build what I saw advertised for $80-$120. All parts were bought at Lowe's.

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Hey DS, sounds like your an electrician? Got a question for you if so. What size breaker should i have at my main in order to run approx 3000wat of equipment? I'm using 8 gauge wire.

im starting to see this "green mold" like stuff in my tray...wtf??!! more problems??..i doubt if anyone has this prob.,but please any info at this point will be helpful..
another thing...my fuckn botanicare tray sorta "sinks" inward at the middle of the tray making water level reach right under the rim of pot..is this something i need to worry about ?..like overwatering or some shit like that??

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sparkafire said:

Your on my Retard Radar!

Rayunyorn and pinner420 please go to the very first post and read it thoroughly Thank you in advance for your reading and research before you post on this thread.

Think of this thread like you just bought a new pair of Michale Jordan shoes. Just because you have the shoes does not mean you can play ball. In this arena where most men here know how to ball, you might want to watch Air Bud a few times before or you might end up with a basketball in your face.

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spark you better chew they asses out or imma find ya lil ass beat you straight again..all the shit you gave me??..i guess you dont like black people ..im really gonna beat you straight now!!..where are you located you flamer?
yo bugs..can you tell me ya flood cycle again?

you bugs you have the milwauke ph pen right??..how often do you calibrate these bullshits??..im having to do mine every 48 hrs or so...

damn!!..i was regreting this moment would come..i have to go to vegas on business..i cant leave everything to my cousin to do..is there anything i can do to keep everything "A ok" for like 7-10 days?..ive seen al's post on something in relations to this,but i kinna disregarded it because im not that crafty with my hands..i mean except for dj'ing or finger fucking some chic

bugsrnme said:

5.5" square black pots with the holes around the bottom rim


i use botanicare trays and tubs and the trays are off by an inch or two, hence the 5.5 instead of 6 inch pots. my tub holds 20 with a lil room to spare and the water goes up 3.5 inches, flows into the overflow and the pump is still under water. you are only supposed to flood to the overflow and that's it. 4 minutes to fill mine then it shuts off. the people flooding for 30 minutes at a time 12 times a day are begging for problems.

if you insist on using rw then make sure you nestle it 1/2" "ABOVE" the flood line. otherwise you will have overwatering issues.
if your only watering once a day....sure

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if he knew what he was talking about he wouldnt be working for the hydro shop. (not always true but keep it in mind.)[/QUOTE]

My overflow was set at 4.5" so the water would have came up 3.5 on the pots because of the ridges on the bottom of the tray.
When you say 3.5 do u mean overall or that's what it floods ur pod up to?
Also I just have a mini jet 606. It takes 10min plus to fill my tray. Will this work or will I need something bigger soon?

paperfetti said:

spark you better chew they asses out or imma find ya lil ass beat you straight again..all the shit you gave me??..i guess you dont like black people ..im really gonna beat you straight now!!..where are you located you flamer?
yo bugs..can you tell me ya flood cycle again?

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You know paper i had no idea you were black until you just said so! I never once said you must be black because your stupid or your stupid so you must be black. You are the resident retard if you wanted to be the token black guy all you had to do is ask to be.

They will get theirs if they don't toe the line you just worry about yourself.

Paper from what i have seen you couldn't beat yourself out of a wet paper bag. San Diego Bring it!

Look it up! Geez you informational whore! Now this is just my guess but i bet he will say........ 4 to 7 times filling up to the drain and shut it off and only during lights on. How do i know this stuff? oh yea i read.

paperfetti said:

damn!!..i was regreting this moment would come..i have to go to vegas on business..i cant leave everything to my cousin to do..is there anything i can do to keep everything "A ok" for like 7-10 days?..ive seen al's post on something in relations to this,but i kinna disregarded it because im not that crafty with my hands..i mean except for dj'ing or finger fucking some chic

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Paper your that guy!!! your the guy that has limited brain power and when he gets high cannot function. You show signs of being smart but then sadly it disappears when you get high or you are around your friends and need to dumb up.

Lets look at this shall we. "ive seen al's post on something in relations to this,but i kinna disregarded it because im not that crafty with my hands..i mean except for dj'ing or finger fucking some chic"

If you really wanted to know how to save your grow from your more retarded cousin then you would have to take a look at your grow and find the weakest link in the chain.

For most its water, make sure it has the water and light it needs for the time you will be away. Your plants will take a nute hit but at least they will be there when you come back. Pros and cons for everything my black little friend you just have to make the choice.

Paper At some point in this endeavor you will have to start to think for yourself you know your own grow. How long your tanks will hold out before needing to be topped off that kinda shit and then at some point it really does just become common sense.

Token , Stop smokin the shit your growing long enough to think this though! Then go to Vegas and get you one of then chic's to finger bang.

Livesoul,
What is the voltage? At 110 you will be using 25A. At 220 you will be using 13.6A. Those numbers are good only if everything is 110 or 220. If there is a mix of voltages then there is more math. The equation is simple; Watts/Volts = Amps. You don't want to use more than 80% of your breakers Rated capacity. So, if you have 25A being used then you want at least a 30A breaker. The 8G wire is good only up to 30A. Keep in mind that I am not an electrician. But, I do read tech manuals for fun and grew up around electronics. I have also worked as a service tech. which included electrical work. My advice is to google what you want to do and include DIY in the search. Chances are somebody has done what you want to do and written an article on it. This is what I referenced.

http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/elect/panel/sub_panel/01/overview.htm