MY FIRST GROW (hydro closet setup)

ru8fru said:

Bottom line is you need to get a ppm or a ec meter, I use ec because I like to keep things simple. You should only be using your mother earth bloom and your pure blend boost, and possibly a bit of the cal/mag but I doubt you have a deficiency of mag. All the others are associate with veg. You at this point should be at a solid 1.5 ec of bloom then add .2 of boost (no matter what ec you are at on bloom i.e. 1.7 bloom - 1.9 boost) so get 1.5ec of bloom then up it to 1.7 with boost. Next your going to want to get some silicon, it helps alot with the immunities of plants. Helps yields and plant tissue and going right with your regular nute schedule. So add a specific ml dose of that (based on how many gallon res you have) but after you got your bloom and boost in there cause it will affect your ec. Then ph the enitre batch to 5.8 and stir around like a bitch.

1. So first get urself a meter (cant measure the correct amount of nutes without one)
2. Then I would suggest flushing for about 3 days before the change (always nice to flush)
3. The just start a res and add what I said and let your ec/ppm meter and ph meter do the work.

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Dr Shakalu said:

I figured that floating the foam would make it so i could have them lower and never dry out.

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Wolfman Zen said:

Well you can keep it as it is... but you must find a way to keep it light tight...

Or you can do what I said... and raise the water level close to the ends of the clones and let the mist (popping bubbles) do the rest (satisfaction guaranteed)

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If i dont let the roots get big enough to come out from under, and just transplant once they get a certain amount of roots, you think i could just leave it as is? i have a lot of red solo cups and coco waiting for clones to go into .

ru8fru said:

go with 18gal res, and if you need help setting up the drippers holla

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jordann9e said:

yeah, man... use that hammer head... I had a potassium/phosf def, bought that HH, but it was too late for me...

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Dr Shakalu said:

I should be doing that pretty soon, maybe before the weekend is over. wouldn't be a bad idea.. i thought your supposed to feed then water with reg water? not with a drip system?

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ru8fru said:

uh what? Guess Im to stoned to understand what you meant

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Dr Shakalu said:

If i dont let the roots get big enough to come out from under, and just transplant once they get a certain amount of roots, you think i could just leave it as is? i have a lot of red solo cups and coco waiting for clones to go into .

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Wolfman Zen said:

Oh. yea.. It will work fine just as it is... As long as you change the water at least every 3 days or so... adding a little h2o2 will also prevent problems like algae....

You know... you could get a black garbage bag.. cut a hole big enough for the clone mat in the middle. Place in the tub and drape the rest of the plastic over the sides... that will help too.

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Dr Shakalu said:

No mites at all or any sign of a bug at all lol. my dad foliar fed them with the lights on like a million times a day....
anyhow, i went on craiglist last night and saw a sweet deal for a 600watt hps/ml set up and everything he had to go along with it....

300 dollars later i have a nice ass ec tester, ph tester, and also a sweet ass 60x - 100x microscope from radio shack!! lol and a 3x3 tray, 2 1x3 trays, clay pellets, net pots, 2 submersible pumps, oh yeah a inline fan for the lights air cooled reflector, like 4 timers, 2 power strips, a bunch of diff string, all kinds of atatchments for the plumbing on the trays, and a bunch of other random grow stuff... fucking kick ass man best 300 dollars ive spent in a long time!! i been cleaning the stuff all day and nagging my dad to lert me cut a whole.... he seemed like he wasn't that down... but he said, "your going to do what you want anyway :angry: !!!".... so i took that as a yes and now i cut the hole!!!

Here are the pics... doesnt seem much brighter? is it the fact that its all red that it doesnt seem bright?

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ru8fru said:

dear god thats an insane upgrade. lmao... your plants are gunna fucking love you. have you started ur res yet or? take some pics of the meters n shit u got, im interested.

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caddyluck said:

nice thread, glad I found it! looks great

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makinthemagic said:

your setup is like a hydro, mh/hps version of mine. looking great can't wait to see what the final product is.

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mared juwan said:

What kind of ballast is that? Everything looks tight. Real clean setup.

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mr west said:

Looking really nice, Im seriously thinking bout going hydro next year.

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