polishfalcon420
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nice job, everything lookin good +rep for ya.
Homemade bubbleponics first time grow
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Lt Shiny Sides
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Wow your plants looks awesome. I'm really impressed with the amount of growth you're getting from the CFLs. Do you have pics of the flowers?
stylez
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I am amazed at the growth you are getting out of the cfl, i was starting off with the cfl but had HID just next to it and I could not ignore the difference, I had the cfl about an inch away and the plants just were not growing like the others and very light green while being in same media and such as others. Anyway Amazing growth keep up the good work and happy harvesing
Yeah i am really impressed by how those cfls are working. I think part of it is that even though they have less lumens than HIDs, they can be placed so much closer to the plant that Its actually getting the same amount of light. I could be wrong but it sounds good don't it? haha
stylez
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No pics of the flowers yet brother. They've started showing but I just can't get a clear pic with my cheapo camera I have. Ill try and snap some more later this afternoon and see if they come out. Im thinking of taking the tubes and pump out of the res since my roots are already deep in the water. what do you think?
Lt Shiny Sides
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Yeah you can definitely take the pump and irrigation out now. I already took mine out and I'm only 3 weeks in.
stylez
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Ok plants are looking good. The ones I threw into flower are really starting to smell good. I went ahead and put them on full strength flower nutes.
BTW Anyone know any good links on how to keep your setup going year round? I have access to two closets one small one big. peace
BTW Anyone know any good links on how to keep your setup going year round? I have access to two closets one small one big. peace
stylez
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Ah man I had a problem today I looked in my res and the roots were getting browner and on my feeder tubes that were sticking out of the water there were what looked like small green fleas or somethin moving around. I ran the 8 step recovery, added two tsp of h202, and duct taped the crap out of my res to keep the light from getting in. Anyone know anything else I can do? The plants still look very healthy it was just the roots that looked nasty. 
Lt Shiny Sides
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You should probably remove the pump and feeder tubes at least. They are unnecessary once the roots are in the deep water. I took mine out after only 2 weeks.
stylez
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Oh yeah I done took em out now bud. I was waiting til tomorrow when I did my res change but today I just took a peek in there and saw them little green bugs and said whoa! that's not good. It looks very dark in there now and I added some h202 so Im hoping they will be okay. thats what I get for being lazy. lesson learned!
Lt Shiny Sides
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Bubbleponics does require constant maintenance but at least it's very forgiving and easy to fix. That H2O2 should solve your problem.
stylez
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Ok here are some new pics of the bubbleponics plants as of today. I love the way they are growing, short and super bushy. They both look almost identical as if they were from the same strain but who knows. The one on the right is a female clone but hopefully the one on the left is a lady aswell. enjoy! 
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Lt Shiny Sides
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I don't think it matters because you can take clones from plants in the vegetative stage and flowering stage.
RPsmoke420
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You talking about the rooting gel ? I use clonex, but there are tons out there.
A quart is almost $20
As for regular nutes for the mother, please take the time to read this:
http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/static/articles/1009_mothers.asp
Small clip from the above article:
Some more info on it. Worth a read through. It is an ad, so take it for what it is worth. They are selling you something. But they do tell you ways to get the same results without buying their product. I have heard very similar thinking from some of the masterminds at Oaksterdam U. I have not used these products, and I have had succesful clones taken from an ordinary "mother" with no special nutes. Some guys don't even use the rooting gel (I always have). Its up to you.
stylez
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Well yeah see it's because the way I'm trying to set mine up is to where I'm just taking clones from clones with one larger flower room and a smaller cloning/veg room. I was wondering if I needed to change the nutes on the mothers before I took the cuttings but I went ahead and took three clones of each yesterday and I put all my larger plants into flower. I am thinking they will be alright. Yeah I heard the clonex is good. I use Olivias cloning gel because it is the one they have at my local shop. It works good though. My goal is to have it where I am harvesting one plant and adding a new one all year around even if the rooms are not big enough to where I can harvest and add one every day but just to keep it going. Making sense? check it.
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Lt Shiny Sides
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They are looking great as do the clones.
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