Pics will be up in a couple days, will put up dried bud shots too. sorry, been super busy last couples days.
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Pics will be up in a couple days, will put up dried bud shots too. sorry, been super busy last couples days.
psst ... where's the bud porn? :madnoel:Quote:
Originally Posted by MimbresValley
Hope things went well for you!
sorry Iv been slacking guys, ill get a big update in the next week or two, I had a water pipe break while I was out of town on the holidays, grow room was flooooded like no other. well be back with pictures of the harvest, bud shots, and pics of the new grow room.
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MimbresValley,
All really good info in this thread. I really appreciate the time and effort you have put in so far. :thumbsup:
I have a question for you pertaining to beneficial bacterias.
If I am running a continuous reservoir (no change outs) how many times would I need to inoculate the solution?
If I were to inoculate twice at the beginning, would the beneficial bacteria continue to grow?
Or do I have to continue inoculating, and how often?
Thanks in advance for any input. :hippy:
P.S. Looking forward to those harvest pics too. :jointsmile:
I like crown feeding benies, at 1/4 strength. Bennies will continue to grow in the system, and without change outs I believe you might have problems with bio films. Also some microbes repoduce faster than others, and some sleep when nutrient levels are high, I think michorizal(sp) sleeps when P is over 100ppm.
Generally when I use microbes I change the solution more often than when using a sterile system with chemical nutrients.
what type bennies u going to use? I like great white, and brewing my own casting tea.
I wanted to get Great White, but my shop was all out. So, I am using Sub Culture-B.
What do you think of Humboldt Nutrients Myco Madness?
Never used the myco maddness, is it a powder or liquid?
I like brewing my own teas because they are always super fresh, I have bought liquid microbes before and had problems. ( think they went bad from being on the shelves to long). Seems like the powders have a longer shelf life. Just my unscientific opinion.
Im getting some Down Under HF, formerly hydrofungicide in a couple days, Its the new rage around the world, ill let you guys know if it is good as the hype. Ill be using it exclusively this round.
On a side note, I was talking to a friend of mine who runs NM's largest alfalfa farm, he gets 50lb bags of mycorrhizal for a 100.00 bucks.
I was telling him about how much hydroponic "specific" things cost, LOL.
I bet that 4 oz jar of great white cost 2.00$ and they sell it for 60:wtf:.
It is in powder form, and makes your water black. :wtf:
One last question for you. Would it be worth while running a "bio-scrubber"?
I am thinking of the filter systems used in fish tanks.
Could this keep down on the bio film, allowing you to run the solution longer?
Just thinking of a way to use less nutrients. Cause like you said when it's for hydroponics it costs ten times more. :wtf:
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Thanks for that!
I tried to reply there, but it erased the message when i tried to send it. :wtf:
I am actually running something similar and didn't know it.
I use a homemade venturi that injects into the main reservoir of my rdwc.
I have been getting some of that foam on top of my control reservoir. I have just been manually skimming this off with a mesh strainer.
Do you think I should be fine the way I am doing it now, or should I build a separate skimmer set up?
Sorry for all the questions, but greatly appreciated! :hippy:
+ rep for sure. :D
You have to be a ninja to send emails here :stoned:
No exactly sure what exactly a bio scrubber is, lol :D haha
Im picturing the thing with the filter for fish tanks that moves water through it slowy? Can buy at wally world and such.
If thats what you are talking about, I have actually wondered the same thing myself.
I know lots of people will put a sponge type material, I believe its a koi pad(or something like that) in the water because some microbes are broken apart by the impeller on the pumps, and having those koi pad things keep the filimanet fungus all together. also lavarock seems better than hydro clay when using microbes, as it gives place for them to latch on.
As for the venturi, I think that the foam (may?) contain some nutrients as well. due to nutrient fall out from the fine bubbles.(did you watch the movies on the link I gave you?)
The one thing i would wonder is if the bio scrubber would remove any nutrients? if not seems like a good thing, catch any dead roots and such, and prevent bio film.= )
Keep me posted on any info you find, or experiments with this. Im very interested. srry didnt feel like spell checkin. .hahaha
Yup I watched the videos.
Bio Scrubber is just something I pulled out of my head that sounded good. :stoned:
I was also wondering how much nutrients you might lose with the venturi method. One thing I can say though, is my ec stays pretty constant in accordance with water usage.
I think I may build an external venturi filter for my next grow and see what happens. :detective1:
I may even pick up on of those aquarium filters to try out this grow.
Will everyone stop by over here and give U.G.U some love.
http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...g-product.html
Thanks fo this!