Hydroponics

smokendude420 said:

hello,

I built a couple of hydro systems and I used these knitting sheets rolled in cones for net cups (net cups weren't available to me when I made the system) I was wondering if the roots are goin to be consricted by the 1/8 inch holes in my net cones. Picutre below.

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good idea..... but i do agree that you would need to open up the bottom a little

Humboldt14 said:

you can most def run into alot of problems besides just the heat in palm springs, you would also run into contamination probs i would think, like stuff getting into the rez. just a theroy thoe I guess you will not unless you try it. I have mest sombody who did it in Florida but it was in a screened in area and i dont know how it turned out.

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Humboldt14 said:

good info bro..............

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Humboldt14 said:

good idea..... but i do agree that you would need to open up the bottom a little

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Humboldt14 said:

good idea..... but i do agree that you would need to open up the bottom a little

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thank you for looking. i have since came up about an inch from the bottom of the cone and cut the bottom off. in a couple of the largest plants there is a noticable difernce in the way the roots grow, i will be doing a nutrient change when my hps arrives so we will see how it goes with a superior light and possibly a transition set of nutrients for the plants that are farther along.
will be posting a thread on my grow room when my hps arrives. i will also be makeing a carbon filter and building a blower box for exhaust on my flowering room.

hi. liking the info, just been reading through. just dipping my toes in the water making the move over from coco + dirt lol. coz of messing around with the ec and ph for the coco its quite easy i dont have 2 worry about when to water and who's gonna water them when i'm away. i just made a simple bubbler from a spare fish tank pump. using formulex as i had some kicking around and a bat crap tea every now and again seems 2 be working ok so far.

anyways just a quick question, whats the maximum ec in full fower that u guys use in hydro? i dont go higher than 2.0 in coco, 2.2 burned my blue cheese but not my lemon haze, i'm guessing its pretty much the same just wondered what u lot did thanks in advance

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this is gonna sound fuckin stupid but can you do hydroponics with a seed? if so how?

socaldanky said:

this is gonna sound fuckin stupid but can you do hydroponics with a seed? if so how?

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do you mean the germinating process? or do you mean its whole life?

welcome to RIU. lol
sounds like someone found a bagseed and wants to dip into the hydro? lol

yes of course you can. germinate that son of a bitch and get it in some rockwool, then read everything you can.

socaldanky said:

this is gonna sound fuckin stupid but can you do hydroponics with a seed? if so how?

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In this thread I teach you how to germinate seeds as well as how to plant them. Good luck and if you need help feel free to drop me a line with any questions.
https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/321101-how-germinate-seeds.html
If you encounter any problems drop by my thread here:
https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/320357-if-i-dont-know-answer.html

i was so confused with the whole hydroponics thing but thats helps haha

socaldanky said:

i was so confused with the whole hydroponics thing but thats helps haha

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ya hydro is just the method. soil-less is another way of putting it.

any tips on how to get started? casue im gonna start with seeds not clones. i kno i need to germinate them but after that i get lost as to like how to set up a proper mini hydroponics

well i guess you can start by deciding what mediums will work best for you in your situation.

i do a rockwool drip system. its easier for me cuz i live in an apartment, and rather than lugging multiple bags of soil i just carry one big box of rockwools.

but theres flood and drain, dwc, drip, wic.
google these terms and type "rollitup" after and you should get loads of threads and insight on whats best for you.

well since i live at home with my parents i wanted to build a PC grow box that was run hydroponics. i thought that would be pretty cool..i just need some tips to point me in the right direction

i say the risk isnt worth it. wait til you move out and do it major. or look on here for pc grow journals and follow someones model.
i seen a kid do hydro in a pc grow box. its possible, its just too much risk for how little amount of tree you get back.
grow them inside and stick them outside within the next month and you'll be ok by october.

i would never get caught cause my parents NEVER come in my room..the point of the PC box is for experience and self use .....stay high

I decided to try hydro growing after a few good grows in soil. I have a set up similar to this one, plastic tote, water pump, air stones, and the irrigation distributor, http://www.stealthhydroponics.com/pr...rod=16&xSec=53 (the one that plays on the video) I want to know if I need to set up a timer on the water pump to allow the rockwool, and hydroton to dry then turn on again? I am not using a dripper, just an open hose. I have tried two different times and my seedlings die each time. I have the pump set up to be on 24/7 and the hose is directly on the side of the rockwool cube through the net pot. The water level sits about a foot below the bottom of the pots. With the air stones on 24/7 also.

One more question when the roots reach the water do I have to stop using nutrients, if so then when do you use the bloom nutrients? If the roots reach the water

My caregiver has decided to try waterfarming. We went to the grow shop yesterday to get the stuff to make our own set-up. We were going to go with sprayers, but they didn't have all the parts for it, so we went with drip. The guy at the shop said that drip is easier for beginners because there aren't as many parts to clog or malfunction.

We have a standard size Rubbermaid tub. We cut 6 holes in the top for our 3" net cups which will be filled with hydroten. This is where my first question comes up...
I can use my drip system for rooting clones too, can't I? Would I just stick them in the neoprene circles and then in the cups of hydroten? Once they start getting roots out the bottom, should I remove the neoprene circles or not? I have been told I can do it from seed with this system too, if I just put the seed in rapid rooter pellets and then into the hydroten, anyone got an opinion on this?

There will be WW and Mids growing in the same tub, there aren't enough WW's to fill the box yet. We will just focus on the WW's, and let the mids do as they will.

I also managed to get some free samples of hydro nutes from the guy at the grow shop. They are Supernatural brand. I got a 3 pack that includes Gro Aqua, Bloom Aqua, and Super Boost. He also gave me a sample of Supernatural Superlicious sweetening agent, and one of some Root Burst Powder, also by Supernatural.

I am going to do some more reading on hydro...Please please please share any advice or tips you may have..

DoinIt2Gether said:

We have a standard size Rubbermaid tub. We cut 6 holes in the top for our 3" net cups which will be filled with hydroten. This is where my first question comes up...
I can use my drip system for rooting clones too, can't I? Would I just stick them in the neoprene circles and then in the cups of hydroten? Once they start getting roots out the bottom, should I remove the neoprene circles or not? I have been told I can do it from seed with this system too, if I just put the seed in rapid rooter pellets and then into the hydroten, anyone got an opinion on this?

There will be WW and Mids growing in the same tub, there aren't enough WW's to fill the box yet. We will just focus on the WW's, and let the mids do as they will.

I also managed to get some free samples of hydro nutes from the guy at the grow shop. They are Supernatural brand. I got a 3 pack that includes Gro Aqua, Bloom Aqua, and Super Boost. He also gave me a sample of Supernatural Superlicious sweetening agent, and one of some Root Burst Powder, also by Supernatural.

I am going to do some more reading on hydro...Please please please share any advice or tips you may have..

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i wouldnt put the unrooted stems into the hydroton because there isnt enough contact between the stem itself and the media at hand.
i would put them, like you said, in rapid rooters or rockwool then after roots appear slide them into the hydroton.
you can also do seed like this.
you might want to build a little aero cloner or just root them in rockwools or rapid rooters.

the neoprene is just there to hold it in place. so after roots show, you should take the neoprene off to re use on another clone.

EL95 said:

I decided to try hydro growing after a few good grows in soil. I have a set up similar to this one, plastic tote, water pump, air stones, and the irrigation distributor, http://www.stealthhydroponics.com/pr...rod=16&xSec=53 (the one that plays on the video) I want to know if I need to set up a timer on the water pump to allow the rockwool, and hydroton to dry then turn on again? I am not using a dripper, just an open hose. I have tried two different times and my seedlings die each time. I have the pump set up to be on 24/7 and the hose is directly on the side of the rockwool cube through the net pot. The water level sits about a foot below the bottom of the pots. With the air stones on 24/7 also.

One more question when the roots reach the water do I have to stop using nutrients, if so then when do you use the bloom nutrients? If the roots reach the water

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i'm not a dwc expert so i encourage anyone that knows better to correct anything i might say that is wrong....

i know that you want to keep the rockwool moist, but not dripping all the time.
but its to my understanding once the roots come out of the rockwool and they are in hydroton i would think a constant 24/7 water would be ok.
also to my understanding, the roots can touch the water as long as there is space between the water and the net pots for the roots to have air i imagine they will thrive.
once EDIT: oh shit i hella just stopped typing mid thought lol. my bad i forgot what i was gonna say after once...