Stinky's Crash Course in "nOOb Hydro"... Welcome to the Darkside

Hydroton can't hold moisture well enough to get a drip system working easily.
The simple solution would be rockwool slab, drip, set it and forget it... But I'm trying to assemble a COMPLETELY re-usable system with absolutely NO waste. And don't tell me about aero... lol

I don't know anything about aero....rockwool's a pita....and its ph probs. You know.....you can buy air pumps that run on batteries in a pinch in case you don't happen to have a standby generator sitting around at your house for power outages....just a thought from a non-dirt person.....I'll go away now and quit pestering you and your thread.....;)

NONONO Don't go, I may need you to troubleshoot my 'dro, yo!
Good call on the battery air pumps. You must keep fishtanks...?

Well I only meant for about ten minutes....I was on break from pestering....a quick doob and I've punched back in :D

I do keep fishtanks but it's more about the fact that we're in nowhere'sville.....except for the few DUI's that seem to keep finding the power poles. Sure wish they'd go hit a tree or something. :wtf: (pss....I hit a house once....drunk....:()
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nice grow... i am on my first noob hydro experiment... a long time soil grower, and until i met fox farm i was a; compost, selfmixed earth, guy. The hydro is very exciting i think, of course alot more hands on, and tempremental... I LOVE hydroton, becuase i am a foliar feed retard, and it hard to over water, and if you do, the plant bounces back real quick... i also like a cotton wick, it helps me know that small plants can get moisture as they need at any time, and it flushes clean, during res change. I have been wondering what to do for air in the small res though. what is truely the best method of puttin o2 in the water?

Can't wait to see how it turns out

on a side note
i am gonna have to augment my set up for flowering, there is just no way my set up could handle even 4 fully grown flowered plants.i don't know if you are fimilar with emily's garden, but i was thinking of somehow adding an external res. maybe by using a heigth difference to keep the planters water level right, and for free drain, and a pump from the res to wherever.
does this sound about right? this should allow me to keep my setup still somewhat short, but add needed res room

Part numbers are from National Garden Wholesale- your local grow shop should have an account with that company.
6 leach trays@ $12, NGW#707430
ECO-264 submersible pump, $20, NGW#728305
1/2" tee fitting, $.50, NGW#708420
21 1/4" tee fittings @.35, NGW#708405
21 feet black vinyl tubing ID 3/16" OD 1/4", @$.40/foot, NGW#708220
42 5.5" square pots, I fished them out of a dumpster, but they are about 50 cents each

Then the inevitable trip to Home DePot for stuff I forgot:
5 gallon pail wit cover for res- $7
30 feet of 1/2" black vinyl tubing- $14
end-to-end fitting for above- $2- then I realized I don't need it, lol
a couple pieces of cull lumber, $2
2 sawhorses- I already had these, the cheap ones you make out of 2x4s and steel brackets- no more than about $15- I'll be sawing the legs down and using them for support

And shit I already have:
50L sack of hydroton
Another small res for my leach section
Cheap walmart pond pump for same

The whole thing all together is about $200. Most of that is trays, pumps, and hydroton.

Well why didn't you just buy me a bunch while you were there? Part numbers....and you accuse ME of geekyness....PULEASE!! :D

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Originally Posted by Weedhound

Ummm....no...I haven't completed a soil grow.....am I out? :(

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oh, youve completed soil grows alright,,,,,




with disasterous results, genocide queen:wtf:





please-
step away from the dirt.

heh heh....el destructo.... :D

Stinky.
i dont want to hyjack ur thread, but have come recommended,

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Originally Posted by rhizome
Stick the Russian boy in a cardboard box someplace w/ 1 cfl on 12/12. He's just a sperm donor- no sense babying him. Girls can stay in with the thai. When he drops, you hand pollinate.

Check in w/ Stinky- she does this kind of thing sometimes.

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could you come visit my log and maybe lend me some advice on my possible hand pollination project?

its a long log, if you pick up at page 20 or 21 ull be up to speed by 22 on your possible advice.

thanks in advance
Rock.