Hydroponics

Staycool said:

Where to get best quality and price aeroponic/hydroponic systems?

Thanks. - Staycool

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Most of the thread I have read everyone DIY's it. Best bet google hydroponic systems check some sites & then check e-bay & see if you can find it cheaper. But, if you have a knack for doing it yourself you can save enough money on building the system to add all the accessories you need & maybe still have some cash left over. Most savings will depend on the system you attempt to duplicate. An Aeroflow2 60 site system is nearly a grand. You can build it for around $400.00 or less depending on actual parts costs.

spartinniffer said:

Hey wassup i have 600w balast and bulb as well im using hydroponics to grow my MJ..but im not sure if im using the right nutrients im using mirical grow somebody told me that was cool but im reading that pple only use that for soil...now the plants are sprouting real nice there out there seeds an have show of roots and 2 lil leaves and nice and green will the nutrients that im using cause a problem for the plants plzz help..​

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Miracle grow will work but you have to suplement calcium & magnesium

how do i suplement calcium and magnesium and how much??

for Mag you can use epsom salts I don't know about calcium however. you could use Cal-Mag or I think Dyna-grow pro foliage will also help with cal-mag. Again this is only going by what I have read on the forums. HomeBrewer may be able to help you out he is doing a comparison grow between dyna-gro & GH nutes (flowering phase only)
Joker420 would know but I haven't seen him post in quite a while. Potroast is the man that started this thread you might try & hit him up. I haven't seen him around in a while either though.

no problem, You don't have to use rockwool, but if you're starting from seed you need something to put the seed in like rockwoo, sure to grow, even regular peat pellets. I've tried peat pellets & rapid rooters on my veggie experiments both work well. I'm not using any more hydroton other than to hold the plant upright in the netpot. I diy'd some root guards out of a sleeping mat from wal-mart in the camping section $5.00. I may just start waiting until the plants are tall enough to fit into the rootguards & leave the hydroton out completely. One less expense lol.
the brown could be from the hydroton. I rinsed my a couple of times & soaked for 2 days & it's all in a storage tub since I packed everything up. looked at it the other day to make sure there wasn't any moisture & ist's all super dusty again. Sure to grow makes a ph neutral loose fill. You might look in to that. they also have starter cubes similar to rockwool, rapid rooters etc & All the sure to grow stuff is ph neutral. I have read both good & bad things about it. it's fairly knew so I expect most of the bad reviews are from people trying to treat it the same as rockwool or something. IDK, I plan on trying it next year for a diy NFT system from pvc so i'll see how it goes.

hey wwshadow thx for the info..my 3 lil gurls 2 first of leaves are starting to curl in for some reason can it be the high lvl of ph in the water or amonia the amonia lvl was very toxic??

I know if your ph is too high or too low you begin to get nutrient lockout. Once you get the ph back in line you should begin to see some recovery. It might take a couple of days depending on how much damage has been done. Your best bet is to ask in the sick plant thread. A lot of growers look through there more often than other threads. I just a noob that has been doing a lot of reading on the forums. check out Riddleme's threads: https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/347914-balls-wall-grow-riddleme-gets.html
that is his current grow he is using soiles mix this round but usually does soil. You can learn a lot from reading his threads (yeah, all of them, lol). I don't know where all the hydro gurus or veterans growers if you prefer, lol. I'msure they are around somewhere

spartinniffer said:

how do i suplement calcium and magnesium and how much??

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do not use miracle grow, ewww....it literally makes your medicine tatse like PISS. And to supplement cal mag you buy, calMag plus, it comes in bottles. The bottle will also tell you how much. But from my experience, the only time you have to supplement cal mag is if you have a deficiency of calcium, or mag, or if you are using reverse osmosis, because that is what reverse osmosis takes out. What kind of water are you using?

cgrizzle3 said:

do not use miracle grow, ewww....it literally makes your medicine tatse like PISS. And to supplement cal mag you buy, calMag plus, it comes in bottles. The bottle will also tell you how much. But from my experience, the only time you have to supplement cal mag is if you have a deficiency of calcium, or mag, or if you are using reverse osmosis, because that is what reverse osmosis takes out. What kind of water are you using?

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im usin tap water which i recently found out has a normal ph lvl of 8.2 which is stupid high so imputting in some ph down to get at about 6.2 then puttin my plants in it cause they have been curling at the tips..also the amonia lvl was really high to so im putting in some amo lock to drop it regular lvls.. i bilieve that will do the trick and i bougt some nutrients called pure blen pro grow vegetative formula 3-2-4..

Three week old Autoflowering Delicious Diavolo plants in hydro. Under a 28W LED. Any idea when i should be seeing flowering?

cgrizzle3 said:

do not use miracle grow, ewww....it literally makes your medicine tatse like PISS. And to supplement cal mag you buy, calMag plus, it comes in bottles. The bottle will also tell you how much. But from my experience, the only time you have to supplement cal mag is if you have a deficiency of calcium, or mag, or if you are using reverse osmosis, because that is what reverse osmosis takes out. What kind of water are you using?

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ROFLMAO, All I said is it would work for growing, sort of, no one asked how the end product would be. My city water by itself doesn't supply quite enough cal or mag so I would be supplementing anyway using mg or jack's classic. anyway it's all good. a good RO system will remove virtually everything leaving you with just h2o @ 000ppm or pretty dog gone close. on my list of things to get as our city water has stuff in it that I would rather remove anyway.

happy growing

what is the best way to cut down algae buildup ???im using dark containers and my jets r still cloggin in days ????

might it just b the nutes??i use b.c products

Speaking of systems, can i start a new topic, i need sum help with recirculating pumps. any one have experience running a pump to push water through a 1/8" tubing, split into three spray nozzles. mine ,tried two so far, either have to much flow,GPH, or like the one iam using now seems to be SLOWING down or reducing the ammount of spray,from a bio film or whatever?? i guess i was wanting to see if there is another pump manufacture that might specalize in pumps that are designed for hydroponic setups or emersion in acidic solutions. I have been using aquarium pond pumps. Little Giant/Taam/Mag Drive pumps are the ones i am fimillar with.

To throw a little advice your way Sandman, it sound's like your pump doesn't have ENOUGH mustard to get the job done, I would suggest considering exactly:

1)How much H20 your reservoir is holding

2)How much your system is holding when its flooded(how much less is in your reservoir)

3)how far your reservoir is from your system
I.E.-from the very bottom of your reservoir to that three point nozzle

and your should be able to roughly gauge how powerful of a pump you need, matter of fact you can call any good supply shop you find online and specifically ask them which pump to get based on those numbers.

just a few:

-http://www.ecogrow.com/

-http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/items.asp?Cc=WP&iTpStatus=0&Tp=&Bc=

Even,
-http://www.amazon.com/EcoPlus-Submersible-Water-Hydroponic-Pump/dp/B0013KGO1A

As far as pumps go, a pump is a pump. buy it from the pet store or some crazy hydro store, If the pump is rated at a certain GPH doesn't matter where it came from.

hope this helps....

-moose

So can someone inform me on how to build a system out of tupperware??

DankStudent101 said:

So can someone inform me on how to build a system out of tupperware??

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go on youtube dude..... There are a lot of other resources then 1 growing forum