Waterfarm Mods & Tips

SciensWiz said:

yea its running alot smoother now...i actually put the T connector thats usually for the drip ring on there and it actually made it better..its pumping water out pretty good instead of just spittin it out

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Interesting..... I'm trying to gather what you did with the T connector. Gotta a pic, or can you explain further? Mine still spitting and gurgling. It does circulate, but a smoother solution would be great! I'm from 8 wf down to 4 due to being a bonehead and using soil nutes Either way, I'm trying to ensure my 4 remaining plants will be healthy. Thanks for the info!!

daydreamer419 said:

Interesting..... I'm trying to gather what you did with the T connector. Gotta a pic, or can you explain further? Mine still spitting and gurgling. It does circulate, but a smoother solution would be great! I'm from 8 wf down to 4 due to being a bonehead and using soil nutes Either way, I'm trying to ensure my 4 remaining plants will be healthy. Thanks for the info!!

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Yea it seemed like it took a couple days to start running properly...i guess it took time to even out through all the individual reservoirs

here are some pics that might help..my water level is a little low im topping off right after this post...you want the water level to be right under that T connector cuzz i think it makes it easier for the pump to push water up a shorter distance...

SciensWiz said:

Yea it seemed like it took a couple days to start running properly...i guess it took time to even out through all the individual reservoirs

here are some pics that might help..my water level is a little low im topping off right after this post...you want the water level to be right under that T connector cuzz i think it makes it easier for the pump to push water up a shorter distance...

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I see... Very cool! Thanks man! Is that the Control Wizard Tri monitor there? I have the same one. My PH electrode went bad in it. It wasn't very old at all. I called them up and they will replace it as long as I ship it. 6 month warranty on the probe. Just fyi. I like the set up! Does the reflecting material on the wf help with temp, as well as reflect light back up? I used shiny insulation around my buckets. Notice a slight difference from that. Still would like to get things cooler. I thought about covering the blue hoses in the room. Best of luck on your grow!

daydreamer419 said:

I see... Very cool! Thanks man! Is that the Control Wizard Tri monitor there? I have the same one. My PH electrode went bad in it. It wasn't very old at all. I called them up and they will replace it as long as I ship it. 6 month warranty on the probe. Just fyi. I like the set up! Does the reflecting material on the wf help with temp, as well as reflect light back up? I used shiny insulation around my buckets. Notice a slight difference from that. Still would like to get things cooler. I thought about covering the blue hoses in the room. Best of luck on your grow!

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Yea i it helps alot with getting those lower leaves alot more light...i dont think it does much to lower temps...this is my first grow ever and im really happy with the way things are going at the moment..i cant tell you how much these forums have helped me its a priceless endless wealth of first hand knowledge...so did you get your system recirculating better? did u try my little technique? im probably not the first to do it but i thought maybe it would improve things a bit..

I have the Recirculating.It's a pumping column control by air with a elbow attached to one of the inlet in the control container.I wood post a pic cant get my printer to work sorry.

I wood take the T off the top.You want it to good flow.That look like it wood stop it a little.Mine flow really good.But I have to switch to black tubing blue lets in to much light and let Green Algae grow.Or it's my 2 1000w digital ballasts.

great thread,just got 16 w/f units and the texas res
i have a 11 x 14 space and wanted to see what spaceing would do best yield wise
i will throw 3clones in per w/f aswell in a few of them,i have 6k+ of lights and a/c hoods and great ventilation to use
how would you run this system for max yields?
sog or tree style?thks

It depends on what strain your growing to...if they are mostly sativa make sure you have about a foot of space around each bucket

SciensWiz said:

It depends on what strain your growing to...if they are mostly sativa make sure you have about a foot of space around each bucket

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That's the problem that I have; trees where the tops and canopy are great and the lower side is just popcorn size nugs. I need a bigger flower area to spread them.

This time I harvested the colas and top canopy after flushing, Now I am going back with flowering nutes and flower for a couple of weeks more. My yield will increase immensely compared to if I harvested when the tops were ready.

The short of it is that you can grow some very"big ass" girls in the Hydrofarm.

yes you can...this is my first time i didnt realize how much a moded waterfarm can increase plant size...this is how i have mine setup

To grow bigger plants plus provide enough support, I veg in a diy tote in 3-inch net pots until the heighth I want and with a large rootball.

Then with a hole saw cut a hole in the center of the upper bucket to carefully feed the rootball down through so that the roots are going to be bathing in the nutrient water again. I transplant fairly deep in the upper bucket so that the rootball plugs the hole to keep the hydroton from all falling through.

Earlier in this thread I have pictures of this modification. The plant in my noncut upper bucket is pathetic compared to the ones with their rootballs in the bottom bucket res.

Add air stones plus the other modifications on this thread and you can grow large bushes/small trees with the Waterfarm.

I did a side by side dwc bucket and aeroponic rig and wholy shit!
The dwc produced lots of roots but
The center plant in the aero setup grew like 6x larger
I found a 1/2" shrub sprinkler that fits perfectly in the drip ring hole in the inner bucket,is an aerobucket possible? Aerofarm! I replaced all hoses in w/f with the 1/2" black rainbird from hd,and used the ts that go outside the tube.
Tomorow i will set them up,any tips on spacing?

headbandrocker said:

Tomorow i will set them up,any tips on spacing?

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Ideally, I would like to have enough room to have 2 to 2 and a half feet between mine. I have only half a foot now so I lose a lot of light penetration without adding side lighting.

2 feet it is,is it better to run wfs with vertical lights or hoods?

parabolic hoods reflect the most usable light...they are the ones that have the light hanging vertical...but if you have to worry about controling heat and vertical space then you will for sure need a horizontal hood that can have a fan connected to it that blows hot air off the bulb

this is great thread!! i am going to be here alot!! ahhah and great info! everyone! and great pics! how long did you have to veg to get them that big? suci am going to do all this mods! the funny thing is i was thinking of doing all of this execpt for the reserculation kit that looks bad ass! and i was going to the the air stone! in the bucket! thats what i am talking about! someone already did it and posting success thanks again and it all looks good! going to post pics when i am done with my set up!

dude im telling you youre going to have to make it recirculate...its really easy to do..if you dont upgrade it you will have PH issues every single day, i did atleast...were u asking about my plants?

so is the rec kit just a pump?

I agree with Sciens wiz, if you don't get it to recirc. then each farm or grow cell will be different PH's and ppm's....I'd daisy chain each bucket w/ 3/4 in. tubing, to a central res....

I diy'd a RDWC w/ 10 gal. buckets, a res, and a controller bucket....
Each bucket and the res has airstones, the res has valves that I can close, and the controller bucket pumps the water from the grow buckets back to the res, for ph or ppm checks...
then I open the valves and gravity fills the buckets back up, and the recirculation begins again...I also use drip rings, I've found that I can grow bigger plants quicker and keep them happier in bloom w/ the drip rings....I have seen this done w/ 2 to 20 gallon grow cells, so Jump in and get yer feet wet, the water's fine...