My 2 Wk Old Bluberries/Big Buds-HYDRO INDOOR Garden,LOTS OF PICS-LETS HOPE FOR GIRLS!

Hatfield725

Hatfield725

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Those are great questions. To tell you the trueth I don't know. I have never used drip myself but have read alot about them. I am more hopeing to guide you in the right direction. I will look into it more for you. What I can tell you is that I personly don't ever want my cube to become dry. Your root ends will get dry witch is good for them to get air but don't let the cubes become dry. With a hydro system you can cause alot of damage in a very short amount of time with out water. As for what drip end to use and how much comes out you can set it to go on for one min and put a measuring cup under it. That will give you a per min amount and you can do the math from their. I will try and find what the recomended amount for you. But like my Ebb&Flow I would think that you want a good amount of water over your roots for 5 to 10 min. I would say to try some out and find what works for you. Good luck..
 
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blueberry1

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Hatfield725 said:
Those are great questions. To tell you the trueth I don't know. I have never used drip myself but have read alot about them. I am more hopeing to guide you in the right direction. I will look into it more for you. What I can tell you is that I personly don't ever want my cube to become dry. Your root ends will get dry witch is good for them to get air but don't let the cubes become dry. With a hydro system you can cause alot of damage in a very short amount of time with out water. As for what drip end to use and how much comes out you can set it to go on for one min and put a measuring cup under it. That will give you a per min amount and you can do the math from their. I will try and find what the recomended amount for you. But like my Ebb&Flow I would think that you want a good amount of water over your roots for 5 to 10 min. I would say to try some out and find what works for you. Good luck..
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I LOVE the idea of catchin it in a cup and timing it. That is PERFECT...and I think will solve my problem!!! I just want to know that i'm not drowning them...and so far they show NO signs of being drowned even though I think they are. Guess rockwool is pretty great.

When you flow your water under your plants, does it creep up to the top 1/2 of the cube as well? I wasn't sure if the water worked its way up as well as down and across. Ebb & Flow is so cool! Thanks again and happy growing :) See ya soon...
 
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blueberry1

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So I'm still figuring out how I'm going to water these girls....whether to put the hoses straight down into the rockwool near the roots, do a continuous flow (think that keeps them too wet?), or just scheduled waterings. I've had advice to do the continous flow but am worried they would never dry out. There is new growth FINALLY starting to come out of the nodes, so they should fatten up reallllly soon. I figured out the temp control by adding in a growing flourescent light and the ballast/light that I was using for in my sprout room. Temp is now around 72-78, Humidity @ 50

Advice/comments/concerns??
 

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greenfirekilla420

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Getting those temps up helped alot. You have the pump on a timer right? Why not just set it for like 15 minutes on 15 off or something like that? And also how big of a res do you have and where is the draining water going? Is it going back into the res or is it just run off water? If your setup is the run off water type you don't need to be constantly watering like regular hydro. You'll flood the poor babies and deffinately stunt their growth. I'm kinda confused on the setup anyways. Care to shed some light on the subject Blue?
 
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Ok I just reread the first couple pages and kinda figured it out. Correct me if I'm wrong but res on bottom in rubbermaid box with pump that feeds the water up to each plant. As for drainage back one hole in side of pot like a hempy bucket to the gutter and then back into res right? Only big problem I see with that is your res is not light proof neither is the gutter work that dumps the returned water back into the res. This could create a big problem with algee growth and what not. I'm not to sure get back to me on this one.

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blueberry1

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greenfirekilla420 said:
Ok I just reread the first couple pages and kinda figured it out. Correct me if I'm wrong but res on bottom in rubbermaid box with pump that feeds the water up to each plant. As for drainage back one hole in side of pot like a hempy bucket to the gutter and then back into res right? Only big problem I see with that is your res is not light proof neither is the gutter work that dumps the returned water back into the res. This could create a big problem with algee growth and what not. I'm not to sure get back to me on this one.

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Hey Green, thanks for those comments. It is the drainage that feeds back from the tank, however our tank is pretty covered...its also small so we can clean it easily. The gutter is so small and easily cleanable if algae grows. I had advice from someone with a similar setup, where the water pipe goes straight down into the rockwool (like 2 inches down) near the roots, and waters them continously 24/7... his crop is amazing and I'm amazed that he can water them all the time and not have the rockwool dry out. I have NO clue how that is done. Our rockwool would be soaked if we watered in a constant cycling stream!
 
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blueberry1

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Have you come to a conclusion on what nutrient package your getting?

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Yeah, I have been using the NSR Greenleaves Grow seen here http://www.hydroasis.com/hy/items.aspx?id=78
+Superthrive & Organic Seaweed Solution (that went chunky this first batch, left lots of little specks in my nutes)

Will use the Bloom from NSR Greenleaves. Have a friend who has been using for long time. Might try to BC series next!
 
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Jtoth3ustin

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is that superthrive any good? ive heard that no one really knows what it does lol.... idk about hydro blue sorry.. Pe@ce..
 
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blueberry1

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notice the branches starting to come out between the main branches.

ANYONE KNOW WHAT THIS BROWN IS? ITS ON ABOUT 5 OF MY BIG BUD plants> I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS THOUGH SOMEONE HAD TAKEN A PAINT BRUSH AND USED BRONZE COLORED PAINT TO MAKE SPOTS ON THE LEAVES. MAGNESIUM, CALCIUM?

pics 1 & 2: brown spots
3: tallest big bud (mix of sativa/indica)
4: I call this one "snowflake"
5: My dwarf...it is the greenest one!!!
6: new lights
7: 1 of the 4 sativas...these are slow growing
8: nice new growth w/ the new nutes
 

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Looks like a combo of both. Get you some cal mag boost. Start using every watering till they go away. Looking great other than that.

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tilemaster

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nE more pics yet blue...

are u gonna use that room in the future for veg and flower, or build a seperate veg room. i seen u had like ur veg light hung right below ur hps, wuz that temperary?

yo u know that poor lil blue i burnt? dude i finally tested my water here at the new setup new pad....i wuz lil suprised it was 8.9. shit i was grown lst time of a well which wuz way lower basically the oppisite where id have to up the ph after nutes. that hanna i picked up if so freakn much better then guessing rainbow colors, well my little blues are gettn big, compare soon.

sup grnfirE?
 
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Jtoth3ustin

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blueberry1 said:
notice the branches starting to come out between the main branches.

ANYONE KNOW WHAT THIS BROWN IS? ITS ON ABOUT 5 OF MY BIG BUD plants> I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS THOUGH SOMEONE HAD TAKEN A PAINT BRUSH AND USED BRONZE COLORED PAINT TO MAKE SPOTS ON THE LEAVES. MAGNESIUM, CALCIUM?

pics 1 & 2: brown spots
3: tallest big bud (mix of sativa/indica)
4: I call this one "snowflake"
5: My dwarf...it is the greenest one!!!
6: new lights
7: 1 of the 4 sativas...these are slow growing
8: nice new growth w/ the new nutes
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def. a magneisium problem.. get some cal/mag plus and that should clear it up...
nonetheless there looking good. the lil ones are just actin like lil plants. thet get those extra crinkly leafs sometimes..

also. i said a while back i was gonna get some pics of my op up... well here.. 1000W-1400W perpetual garden Pe@ce..
 
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blueberry1

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Jtoth3ustin said:
def. a magneisium problem.. get some cal/mag plus and that should clear it up...
nonetheless there looking good. the lil ones are just actin like lil plants. thet get those extra crinkly leafs sometimes..

also. i said a while back i was gonna get some pics of my op up... well here.. 1000W-1400W perpetual garden Pe@ce..
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Thanks for that. I was thinking of trying the Epsom Salt but you think it is a Cal Defic. too? Your plants look AMAZING. How old is that fatty biatch?
~Blubes
 
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blueberry1

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tilemaster said:
nE more pics yet blue...

are u gonna use that room in the future for veg and flower, or build a seperate veg room. i seen u had like ur veg light hung right below ur hps, wuz that temperary?

yo u know that poor lil blue i burnt? dude i finally tested my water here at the new setup new pad....i wuz lil suprised it was 8.9. shit i was grown lst time of a well which wuz way lower basically the oppisite where id have to up the ph after nutes. that hanna i picked up if so freakn much better then guessing rainbow colors, well my little blues are gettn big, compare soon.

sup grnfirE?
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I am using the same space for flowering. The veg light is there for extra light...it seems to help along w/ the flourescent veg lights. Brings a whole lotta sunshine into their lives. Last night I accidentally left the blower off so they didnt get fresh O2..kinda droopy this mornin. Whoops! They are big though and happy!!!!!! Watering about 5 cups/day, 1x/day. Starting to spray leaves w/ grow booster (DO YOU SPRAY YOUR LEAVES???)

Shit that sucks about your PH. I think ours is a little off as well......going to test it later. They are sleeping soundly right now so I can't take pics until tonight or tomorrow.
 
tilemaster

tilemaster

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sure ill throw some blueberry pics up in ur thread, next time i get a good lights off shot. everythings startin to recover from my 1 month of ph bein in high 8's. its all good that wont happen again. i started runnin 12's. the little blues are like a 1ft tall now, and my older clones are like 30''. 7 and a half weeks to go bout.:joint:. oh i was foliar feeding but my mix wuz to strong and it showed, so i backed off that for a cple weeks. im gonna finish these with the same group of an nutes ive been using for years. but im dumping them for foxfarm and superthrive next goround. Tile

blueberry1 said:
I am using the same space for flowering. The veg light is there for extra light...it seems to help along w/ the flourescent veg lights. Brings a whole lotta sunshine into their lives. Last night I accidentally left the blower off so they didnt get fresh O2..kinda droopy this mornin. Whoops! They are big though and happy!!!!!! Watering about 5 cups/day, 1x/day. Starting to spray leaves w/ grow booster (DO YOU SPRAY YOUR LEAVES???)

Shit that sucks about your PH. I think ours is a little off as well......going to test it later. They are sleeping soundly right now so I can't take pics until tonight or tomorrow.
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Jtoth3ustin

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blueberry1 said:
Thanks for that. I was thinking of trying the Epsom Salt but you think it is a Cal Defic. too? Your plants look AMAZING. How old is that fatty biatch?
~Blubes
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the epsom salts takes care of magneseum right??? you could give it a try if you already have some... cal/mag defs. look similar.. i go by the burns.. calcium burns spots usualy inbeween the veins of the leaf, and mag. does scatterd blochs of burnt...

hehe that big mamma is like 3 months veg time i think about 3 weeks in flower... the other i inherted from my buddy since they we put are equipment together. those were vegged for 2 months i htink. but he didnt know how to you use nutrients properly.. the clones are 4-1 week old. flowering them next week. when the other are 4 weeks in flower... ohh yea... if the epsoms salt doesnt work. get some cal/mag plus from botanicare. works wonders.. good luck pe@ce....
 
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greenfirekilla420

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Blue like I said pick you some of that CAL MAG boost from Botnicare. I've been thinkin it was an mg/ca deff. Lets see these ladies flurish girl.

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