flood and drain

  1. trademanny

    2x4 Flood & drain container and media contemplation

    Hey folks, Configuring a new little flood/drain table in a 2x4 tent. This will be for 2-4 plants, and likely use a screen to even out the canopy, scrog style, as I don't have a ton of height (the tent is only 6'). I'm debating between the following two approaches: 1) 5" net pots with...
  2. Tolerance Break

    Week 8 of first grow

    Wrapping up my first grow. Got some fading going on with the white widow, I think shes about 1-2 weeks from harvest. Blueberry is probably closer to 3 weeks. I am kind of supprised the WW matured quicker since it shows more Sativa traits, but here we are. The purples coming out of the WW may not...
  3. Tolerance Break

    Leaf Diagnosis w/ Jacks 3-2-1

    Got some burnt leaves late in my first grow and I would like to discuss what I have done wrong and what I can do better. My set up: 4x4x7 gorilla grow tent w/ 2 GLS 300 LED lights. 4in intake cloudline w/ 6in cloudline exaust using advanced controller. Flood and drain w/ rockwool, coco mat, and...
  4. Tolerance Break

    Start of Week 5--First Grow Looking Good

    I have 1 White Widow and 2 Blueberry in rockwool. They are sharing the same ebb and flow tray, using Jacks 321 nutes, under 2 GLS 300 LED lights at about 70% strength. Watered 3 times a day, at 1 hour, 6 hours, and 11 hours into the 12/12 day cycle. Pool shock for sterility and added h2o2 in the...
  5. Tolerance Break

    Flipping to flower this weekend, how do they look?

    First grow, doing flood and drain with rockwool, jacks (clone for seedlings, RO for veg, bloom first 2 weeks of flower, 3-2-1 for the majority of flower, and finishing with finish) Going to cover the table with panda film and line the bottom with coco mat. Veg light is HLG 100 4k, going to...
  6. L

    rockwool table set up

    Hey, so I have a 4 x 8 table i plan on setting up with rockwool. I cant find an answer really anywhere. What should I line the table with? Coco Mat has seem like the best choice. Would I still need a drop ceiling plastic grid type thing to keep it off the bottom of the table? Or plastic plastic...
  7. H

    HID's are dead. Long live LED's

    So I ponied up the cash and started using LED's this year. So far I've had a couple of successful cycles but I decided to start documenting it from now... so, this journal will be back to font as were starting from flower here and when I clone for the next one I'll show that process as I go...
  8. Metro_Detroit

    Foliar Feeding Advice

    I’ve personally never used any sort of foliage feed but am increasingly interested. Mostly I’m looking into doing an epsom salt foliage spray but wonder what you guys/gals might be using and recommend. I veg under t5’s and flower with 1000w phantom DE’s, 24 plants in each room using general...
  9. Metro_Detroit

    Looking to bulk up my roots

    I run the general hydroponics flora line and mammoth P in a 24 plant 5-gallon bucket flood and drain system with a 200-gallon reservoir that I change around every 2 weeks. This plant Vegged for about a month and a half and is nearing 2 months in flower. My water temp was 63F the whole veg but...
  10. T

    Six vertical flood tables on one pump?

    Hey guys, please check out my post on the vertical growing page under the same name. I have 6 flood tables that are on shelfs from 5' high to 12' high. A 120$ sump pump with 25' head height will barely trickle out of the flood table that's 12' high. How do I hook up all my flood tables on one...
  11. T

    Six vertical flood tables on one pump?

    I have two walls. Each wall has 3 flood tables(2'x8') as shelves, one above the other. The first shelf I believe is 5' high and the last shelf is 12' high. I have a 115gallon res below the shelfs and want to set up a flood and drain system so all the shelves can self water and flood back into...
  12. DaneJAH

    Ever seen a system like this? Aquaponic, ebb n flow/dwc/top feed system

    Excuse my gif You might need to use your imagination a bit here So basically it's an ebb n flow fish tank with a tray that's 600x200x200mm, Im eager to get started but there's no fish in it yet just some fish pond water I got from a friends house. After each flood the small tank will fill...
  13. DaneJAH

    Terminology and direction for my aquaponic flood and drain/dwc system in a big old filing cabinet

    Hello guys, has anyone ever seen a micro aquaponic flood and drain aquarium? I like to keep things interesting my grow is becoming more complex and my Google searches most often bought me back here and as I've gone outside the knowledge of people I know I've decided to join. I'm not the type to...
  14. E

    Plant is droopy (coco ebb n flow) plz help!!!

    This is super skunk at 5 weeks from seed. Only been in the flood and drain system for 1 week and every day I notice this is the only plant that droops. I currently flood 2x per day...once in the morning 1 hour after lights come on for 5 minutes and again 3 hours before lights shut off. Ph...
  15. dr.tomb

    1.5lbs/light in a 2x1000w in a 4x8ft Tent

    This grow I am continuing on efforts of user Max420THC. I am 3 weeks into flower and I will be growing one screen of 9 Critical + 2.0 and another screen that is a mix of 6 Original Cheese and 3 White Berry. My last grow I finished was 1lbs/light average with one side actually hitting 1.3lbs...
  16. emeraldbuds

    Cookie Wreck with a slice of Lemon OG

    Hey Guys, Got myself some Cookie Wreck and Lemon OG for this run. Hopefully there will be a nice selection of flavors. Strians: 12x CannaVulture Cookie Wreck - Mostly Indica, Medium height, 50 - 60 flower time 3x DNA Genetics Lemon OG - Mostly Indica, Medium height, 56 - 63 flower time...
  17. smokebros

    ☤Smokebros Canna Garden☤

    Greetings RIU. I'm starting up this thread to have a single spot I can post garden updates. I find this a bit more convenient than starting up a new journal every grow round. I'll be taking a couple weeks off in April to reset the garden, but the plan is to start harvesting perpetually after...
  18. D

    Help! Leaves drooping - Ebb and Flow

    Hi there, a friend of mine who totally lives in a state that is legal to do so is on his first grow. He sent me some pics to see if I could help but I have never grown marijuana as it is not legal where I live. Maybe you guys can help him... Ebb and flow system. GH Flora nutes plus calimagic...
  19. HotWaterKarl

    4 strain, 60 plant Flood&Drain grow 8x4

    Hi, Feel free to post in my journal. This is my second attempt. The last attempt is in my sig and went great, my patient and I netted close to 4 pounds total off of this 8x4 with 27 plants, topped and vegged for 5 weeks. Best yield I have ever gotten. That was last round, the plants were...
  20. SkepticalFarmer

    My second grow using IWS systems (Advice needed).

    Hello all, This is my first time on rollitup, and I am a novice grower with one previous grow under my belt. I am in the midst of setting up for the second time and would appreciate some advice from more experienced farmers. My current set up consists of a 240x240x200 tent, with two 600w air...
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