bubbleponics/dwc come see what's up in my closet!!!!

kevin

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got a few dirt grows under my belt and now 1 bubbleponic grow. let me tell you folks about the setup, i've got the 4, 5 gallon homer buckets in a 4' x 4' x 6' closet. the lighting is a 1000 hps with an air cooled reflector. the walls have mylar panels hanging from top to bottom. the buckets are connected together with 1/2" hose and goes to a 27 gallon resivoir tank outside the closet that i will use to moniter the temps, ph and nutes. the bubbles are coming from 2 5" airstones in each bucket powered by 2 aquaium pumps for 150 gallon tank. i just bought a used 1/4 horse aqua chiller and i set the temp to 68. the room temp stays in the 90's with lights on and the 60's in the dark. i've got a 20# co2 bottle setup to give a dose every 2 hours for eight minutes with the float ball set to 1 cfh. my first grow with this setup will be 3 fem snow white seeds from nirvana and 1 blue mystic/northern light mix, i used general hydroponic nutes with great outcomes. my last harvest was 5 ounces a plant with water temps getting into the 80's. i'm thinking with the water temps under control i should be able to double the harvest. i need to find my usb cable for the cam and i'll get some pics posted. all questions are welcome and all recomondations will be considered.:peace:
 
still no pics, i promise i'll work on that. it really looks like i've got a seedling about to give up the ghost, the water temps got so high when i first germanated these seedlings, you would of thought i was making soup. i know i have at least one girl that will make it, i'll get her big enough to get 4 cuttings and throw her ass in the closet, i'm thinking 1 plant will fill the closet if done right. what do you all think?:peace:
 
hey guys, thanks for checking in, i'm physced knowing that everything will be hitting on all 8 cylinders, i'm knocking on wood

a few pics, the first one is the 2 closets closed up, the second is the water chiller and rubermaid resivoir, and the thrid is the veg/mother cab:peace:
 

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the first 2 are the ones that i tried making soup out of, i've seen worse come back to life, if not all the money is riding on the one healthy girl:mrgreen:
 

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olny letting me load 3 pics at a time.
the first one is where the 3 babys will move to in due time, that's a diy carbon fan that takes care of all the sweet smells next to the co2 bottle. the design for it is in faq's. the second pic is one of 2 airpumps, the largest that petco sold. and the 3rd is a pic of the artificial sun:peace:
 

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i found another fan and i have it blowing across the cold buckets and it has dropped the temps in the grow down into the low 70's and the a/c is running about a 1/4 of the time. :peace:
 

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i need to buy the largest ice chest i can find for a new resivior, this one i'm using now has so much condensation on it that the floor is soaked. while i'm there i'll price some of the job site type water chest. just makes sense to use insulated tubs.:wall:
 
all 3 plants are still alive, i'll bet a dollar or 2 they all make it. other than that all is about the same. still need to pick up an ice chest. these other girls are getting closer everyday to meeting their maker
 

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well this grow will be done with 1 plant. i found an ice chest that was made for what i needed it for. the drain spout is the same size as a water hose. that means no silicon trying to seal water leaks. i'll change it out tomorow and get some pics up later. making up a big ol batch of space cakes for the weekend. wish i could share with all, these things hit the spot!!!!
 
hey buzzpopper, no sign of algae at all and the hose that connect the buckets are clear. i think having the water at 68 degrees and circulating takes care of that.

any suggestions on how to train, pinch, cut or anything else for this 1 plant to turn into a bush and take the closet over?
 
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