Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

OK Stinkbud or anyone please explain do the nutes need to stay at the recommended PPM all week or can they go down some? So if my week is say 7 days Monday to Sunday do I need to maintain 2000 PPM all week from Monday to Sunday or do I just have to add back water and track PH to 5.8? And also I would be changing Res/Nutes every 7 days so can the PPM's go down or do I need to add more nutes say on Wednesday? Thanks for any clarification...

budman13 said:

OK Stinkbud or anyone please explain do the nutes need to stay at the recommended PPM all week or can they go down some? So if my week is say 7 days Monday to Sunday do I need to maintain 2000 PPM all week from Monday to Sunday or do I just have to add back water and track PH to 5.8? And also I would be changing Res/Nutes every 7 days so can the PPM's go down or do I need to add more nutes say on Wednesday? Thanks for any clarification...

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Be very careful doing that, if you are using Botanicare or any other organic nute please remember a PPM meter does not always read organic nutes properly. You can see this right off botanicares website.

So more than likely id leave it a lone but I am sure others will have opinions..

All plants like different things... YOu can always try a slow increase and see if they like it.

budman13 said:

OK Stinkbud or anyone please explain do the nutes need to stay at the recommended PPM all week or can they go down some? So if my week is say 7 days Monday to Sunday do I need to maintain 2000 PPM all week from Monday to Sunday or do I just have to add back water and track PH to 5.8? And also I would be changing Res/Nutes every 7 days so can the PPM's go down or do I need to add more nutes say on Wednesday? Thanks for any clarification...

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I add water everyday and check my PPM and PH every 2-3 days.

It's always the same. The PPM will have dropped about 100-300 PPM depending on how big the plants in flowering are.

When they first go into flower they use 100 PPM a week. When they get big they use 100 PPM of nutes a day!

PH always rises about 0.3-0.5 over a week.

If you had to leave for a few days, I would set my PPM to 1700. Then you would be fine for about 3-4 days depending on how big the plants were.

If you had a float valve for your water you could bump your PPM to 2300 and be gone for a week no problem.

StinkBud said:

After 3 weeks the best 14 plants move to the veg system.

I use a dual container aeroponic system. The roots grow straight down which makes the plants easy to transfer to the flower room when the time comes.

The plants are under a 250W MH light set to 18/6.

Again, all my systems are on the same timer set to 1 minute on and 5 minutes off. This gives the roots the maximum amount of Oxygen without letting them dry out.

I run this nutrient formula for vegetative growth:

Botanicare Nutrients:
126ML Cal-Mag Plus
180ML Liquid Karma
540ML Pure Bend Pro Vegetative Formula

I start at 1500 PPM and bring it up to 2000 PPM by the second week of veg. I change the nutrients every 3 weeks with each new crop.

I adjust my PH to 5.8

Stay tuned for more...

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wats up. new to this site. MMj patient. starting my first indoor grow. started with some coco soil/grow medium and perlite. but after reading this post i built your veg system. (dont want to ginx myself knock on wood) but 24hrs after trasnplanting from soil to mesh pots the leaves have perct up and they are growing again. i have gone with coco nutes and im running the pump at 30mins on and 30 mins off. i dont have the cash for a timmer with 1 min incraments so i went with a 15 min incrament timer. i was thinking of going 15mins on and 45mins off but the guy at the hydro store told me to run the pump longer. if the clones i put in there do good im planning on building your fence post design. thanls brother and good job with your grow. and thanks for the info 316 pages you could write a grow book based off the question and answeres in the thread.

hey stink buddys
just got my seeds from attitude ordered on 2/01 thats RIGHT 8 days even got the ones that said sold out
whats the best way to germ.
they all are single fems
thanks for any help i dont want to kill them

Senator said:

Hey guys! First off, let me thank you all, most notably Stinkbud, for this thread! Until I started reading here, I was sure that as a newbie there was no way I could construct my own grow system and feel that it would actually work. My guess is that you are going to save me about $3000 over the other plug and play system I was looking into!

I have a question about pumps. I have been looking at my local hardware shops and home improvement store but cannot seem to find a 396 gph pump. Is there a specific model you are using? I have found units that shoot all around 396, do I need to be exact? If no, how much wiggle room is available?

Thank you again!

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A good place to find water pumps if you don't have a hydro store near by is to go to a pet store, especially the chains like PetSmart - they usually have a good selection of pumps in stock, not much pricier than you'd find online.

BIGTIMEROOFERR said:

hey stink buddys
just got my seeds from attitude ordered on 2/01 thats RIGHT 8 days even got the ones that said sold out
whats the best way to germ.
they all are single fems
thanks for any help i dont want to kill them

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BTR, several members have expressed their variations of germinating - I personally have been placing a piece of a paper towel lining the inside of a net pot and using a collar which has had a nice little hole cut out of it for some light to peek in. I then place 2-4 seeds inside, cover and place in the cloner.
After a few days once they've popped and developed at least an inch of tap root, I take each seedling and carefully place it in a neoprene collar which also has a very small hole in the middle, placing the seed on top and making sure the tap root is poking out of the bottom of the collar, put that in a net pot and back into the cloner.

So far this has worked out much better than using a small piece of rock wool or cotton in the collar - 100% success.

hey STINK
i did what you said
thanks for the info
i think its great the way you take your time that could spent doing other things and give everybody advice iv read every page and youve help everyone whos ask
THANKS AGAIN

GringoLoco said:

BTR, several members have expressed their variations of germinating - I personally have been placing a piece of a paper towel lining the inside of a net pot and using a collar which has had a nice little hole cut out of it for some light to peek in. I then place 2-4 seeds inside, cover and place in the cloner.
After a few days once they've popped and developed at least an inch of tap root, I take each seedling and carefully place it in a neoprene collar which also has a very small hole in the middle, placing the seed on top and making sure the tap root is poking out of the bottom of the collar, put that in a net pot and back into the cloner.

So far this has worked out much better than using a small piece of rock wool or cotton in the collar - 100% success.

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thanks gringo
think ill give it a try 100% sounds like a winner
like your new logo

DIRTHAWKER said:

10 days into flush,, the buds are thicker then my first harvest. I picked up a radio shack scope and it looks just about ready...a little cloudy and a little clear..just a day or two and they should be just right.

PS. Does any one know how long a pre mix of nutes can sit before its not good to use anymore?

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Yeah, Dirt - looking great! You just harvested - and now you are doing it again... oh - that's how it's supposed to be!

Stifling said:

Well, it's a week after the feminist uprising and the purging of all males from my flowering room, and BAM it's like I never even did a thing.

Take a look, only seven days have gone by from the first picture to the next two, but they are all budding nicely.

These are growing in my 12 inch tall modified versions of the original design.

Oh, and those little cups are actually seedlings of tomato and bell pepper plants. I'd never thought I'd say this, but I think I'm gonna have too much weed.

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koooooooooooooo

anyone here using a hydroponic nutrients calculator?
another version with bit different plans here
(anyone has the source for this?)

untitled1 said:

Hey stink, I just found out some bad news; my aunt has cancer and will be starting chemo next week.

Obviously, I want to help her in any way I can (Stinkbud's system isn't free) but there is a little problem.

My uncle (her husband) is a police officer and I've seen him get a little upset when she joked about getting marijuana for her glaucoma.

I'm sure he'll be ok with it, but since he is a cop I want to be as discrete as possible.

I was thinking of making her some brownies or cannabutter.

I'm just not sure if either would help if she doesn't feel like eating.

I know you have a lot of experience in these matters, is there anything you recommend?

Thanks for your help.

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sorry to hear about your aunt brother. i was speaking with a lady at the doctors office last week who smoks for her cancer and glaucoma. she was telling me that it is somthing about the smoke itself that helps with the nausia. she said that if she didnt have buds she would smoke a cigaret to help ease the nausia. im sure a brownie would make her feel alot better but from what the lady was saying the smoke gives her instant releife.

i used to at work unroll half a cigaret and pack the cig with ground up buds mixed with a little tabaco and on my lunch break i would take a walk and smoke it. it gave me a few good hits along with a cig to cover the smell. i would bring her a pack of cigs that you rolled some bud into and that way she can tell her husband it is only a cig and see if it helps her.

If she has cancer she should not be smoking cigarettes.

untitled1 said:

Hey stink, I just found out some bad news; my aunt has cancer and will be starting chemo next week.

Obviously, I want to help her in any way I can (Stinkbud's system isn't free) but there is a little problem.

My uncle (her husband) is a police officer and I've seen him get a little upset when she joked about getting marijuana for her glaucoma.

I'm sure he'll be ok with it, but since he is a cop I want to be as discrete as possible.

I was thinking of making her some brownies or cannabutter.

I'm just not sure if either would help if she doesn't feel like eating.

I know you have a lot of experience in these matters, is there anything you recommend?

Thanks for your help.

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What you have to do is put your faith in love. He loves his wife, more than you may ever realize.

Sit down and talk to him. Find and print some material on medical marijuana and leave it with him.

He may not listen right away. As soon as your aunt starts puking 12 times a day he will call you.

I would do anything to keep my wife from suffering! I would cut out my own heart and give it to my wife if I had to. That's real love bro.

You may be surprised at what a man will do for the women he loves. Put your faith in love. Talk to him...

Best of luck.

DubB83 said:

If she has cancer she should not be smoking cigarettes.

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I 2nd that. lol

good luck with your aunt.

StinkBud said:

What you have to do is put your faith in love. He loves his wife, more than you may ever realize.

Sit down and talk to him. Find and print some material on medical marijuana and leave it with him.

He may not listen right away. As soon as your aunt starts puking 12 times a day he will call you.

I would do anything to keep my wife from suffering! I would cut out my own heart and give it to my wife if I had to. That's real love bro.

You may be surprised at what a man will do for the women he loves. Put your faith in love. Talk to him...

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much respect to you stink...

not many can say that, i respect that alot, maybe some will read this and learn ,

its all about love folks maybe one day this world will realize that.

myself as well.