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G'day,
I've almost finished setting up my 1st hydro system and in the meantime, I've been growing this little one for approx 3 weeks now, stressing it once (Soften & Bend technique) approx 4 days after transplanting - I think it's looking pretty happy in there atm...
What do others think please, any opinion and constructive crits are more than welcome - cheers!
I've attached a JPEG for all, please feel free to fire your comments, if you want to that is - <SmilE>
Enjoy!!!
It looks healthy and happy.
I am more excited about your hydro system. Please tell me it is on constant flow so I can jump up and down with glee that I am not the only person on this forum who runs a waterfall NFT!!!! Did you build or buy it?
G'day stinkyattic
Bummer I cannot make you "Jump up and down with glee"... it is on a 15 on/off cycle
After doing my research on the types of systems I could build for myself, here is a few JPEG's of the system I just took for you mate.
I built it btw, had fun researching and then putting the knowledge together via the hands - was fun indeed...
I'm using two types of medium: Coco Coir and Expanded Clay - I have a brick of Coco Coir that I transplanted into, placed it approx 1/3 from the top and then surrounded it with expanded clay balls. I also have two full length (Length of top tank) strips (Approx 30cm wide) of rockwool covering the flow holes (x3 either side) at the bottom (Along the side) of the top tank...
Hydroponics (The way I plan on doing it - twirls hands) is going to be a lot of fun I think - grin...
Cheers mate!
Oh I see.
Do you have any source of aeration in the reservoir to make up for the time that the res sits 'still' when the pump is not running?
How did you decide on the watering schedule since you are running 2 media simultaneously that have very different water-retention properties?
Looks cool, keep us posted!
I have an air stone in the reservoir, running 24/7
I decided on the two mediums for various reasons, I felt I needed an initial strong base (Coco Coir) due to what I plan on doing with the plant and a medium (Expanded Clay Balls) that would keep light from the rooting area and was also easy to move around or manipulate.
I chose the 15 on/off cycle of water flow through observation. I can generate a lot of heat with x2 600 watts (x2 MH during grow & x2 HPS during flower, is what I will be using), I was initially ( 1 week into grow) seeing a dry-out kind of look with the plant when I was running it at 15 on / 45 off and also at 30 on / off cycles, on the 15 on/off cycle, I am not seeing the dry-out look of the plant when thirsty so-to-speak... grin!
I will probably switch to a constant flow of water (During lights on) when the root mass has flourished nicely through all the expanded clay balls, as I will not need to worry as much (I hope) with what roots are left on the Coco Coir...
What is it like running a constant water fall system stinkyattic?
As mentioned above, I plan on switching to a constant flow myself.
Can I jump up and dopwn with you soon - grin, as I will be on board with you later in my grow stage...
Cheers mate!
P.S. I'm only using x1 of the 600 watt MH on the little fella atm.
That sounds very cool. So you just have the coco in there for a preliminary substrate. That makes sense. I was using rapid rooters as mine.
I found the airstone became unnecessary with constant flow.
If you want to see some waterfall NFT action, check this thread:
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...-darkside.html
That was my own learning experience and I am setting it up again for another run as soon as the hydroton is clean. It's sitting in some Cannazyme as we speak! w00t~
Ahh, it will be good to get rid of the air stone - one less thing to worry about - smile...
The link you posted (http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...-darkside.html), I can not seem to find any pics, perhaps due to noob'ish observations in the threads, obviously I am new to this forum - grin...
I also have a clone, sitting in Aminozym and B52 - It's tiny, (Approx 3.5cm high) as I wanted to experiment with the size/s of clones I could create. I am surprised (1 of 2 cloned), I thought it would've died long ago, it's approx 2 weeks old now and has developed roots - how cool... Well it might not be, but it is my first attempt - woot :)
I'm just having for few quiet pipes atm, all in bed, up by myself and I don't start work till 2:30pm 2moro - cool...
I'm just smiling, this is going to be a load of fun, just hope the success stories are paramount and plentiful.........yummy!
Huh, that thread is chock full of pics. Maybe it's your preferences. I think the first page has no pics but they get going after.
Here's one of the system (the plants look like shit because the temps are super low at night, in the 50s, and I wasn't changing the res often enough, meaning I got wicked salt buildup):
Sweet...The setup that is :)
Hey buddy, I have a suggestions that might assist with the temps at night, If you have air flow (Fan forced) through room from outside - introduce Co2 (See attached pic)
I'm experimenting with additional Co2 in my room, I went to the local brewing shop, bought the smallest fermenter (15ltr / 3.9 Gallons), bought sugar (4KG Turbo Sugar), yeast (10grams Wine yeast) and the other attachments you see in the pic, added approx 13ltrs (3.4 Gallons) of water, mixed ingredients, attached a tube from the regulator and into the back of the fan...
It seems to be doing nicely, plants are looking very "Perky - Happy" and I'm getting constant "Pops" (Indication of fermentation process) every 1-2 seconds, it's been in there for the last 3 days, I will note how long the fermentation process will last (Before it slows down, the pops) with those ingredients mentioned above...
Anyways, back to the suggestion - Introduce x2 of the fermenters I have in my room. That way you can lessen the cold air intake during the night (Switch off air intake fan/s) by not having to worry about fresh air for the Co2. Who knows? I'm in my infancy regarding research into Hydroponics... Self educated opinion - grin!
Can you have too much Co2? Will go looked that up again, for memory - you can never have too much, the plant will only use what it can.
DOH, this post is getting a little long - grin
and a tad too stoned to go over it all before posting - LOL.. Soz!
But enjoying this, I have a few questions after the response, I know I had a few before hand, just can't pin-point them atm - lol..
Cheers mate!
P.S. Excuse, (Hmm what excuse - hehe) in advance, for anything that might not make sense - <SmilE>
P.S.S. 1st Edit - Forgot to upload the pic 4u - hehe...
CO2 boosting helps when your temps are too HIGH because the plants transpire faster. The issue is simply that cold reservoirs make the selective ion passage across the root membrane all fuckulated and nute/water uptake is impacted.
My 'intake' is all the gaps and cracks in a 110 year old Victorian in a windy area. But I no longer inhabit that grow space so it's all moot, lol.