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Hey this is bout day 3 into using my growin room have a simple hydro set up n a 400watter hps which the plants are loving i got the light cycle at bout 16/8 which i think is fair for veg growth...heres a few pics of my hope to be girls! tell me what you think!
looks very nice... what are u using to pump the air? i got a few gadgets laying around from a fish tank that is basically used to pump air into the tank could that be used in a hydro setup?
the pump i use is from a local pet shop, its a fairly powerful pump for a medium to large size fish tank...give the roots plenty of oxygen! :D
get some black airline from home pot and the light in the bottom of your bubbler is going to produce algae bigtime...you need to light -tight your bubblers...2layers black duct tape or 3 reg, gray duct tape will do the trick...later
yep all i used 2 pump the air woz a normal air pump bought from a fish shop/garden store with some clear line hosing and a long air stone at the end. simple :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wert
inside the clear bin or on the outside?? (this is my grow :) )Quote:
Originally Posted by latewood
Yo! cheers for the tips, im now frantically searching for som duct tape...i need a nu timer as well since it shorted out and stays constantly on...started to hav a heat removal problem growth seems a lil slow . heres the pics of them atm!
my babys r looking pretty nice. :)
yeah their your seeds but they're growing under my roof!! :p i open the door every 6 hour intervals and have a fan blowing through through the door for 20mins...does that sound suffice? and suggestions would be much appreciated!
it's still my plants, my seeds, my lights, my pump, my own money that i spent on em. and dont say that i'm taking u 4 granted jus cuz im growing my plants round urs, if there woz no seeds or no light, there wud b no plants.
Not only do you need to wrap something around the water post to keep alga out. Roots don't like the light too and that will be a problem later on.
You also need to put something over the top of the water too or you will have an alga problem.
kool thanks zandor for the tip ill do that shortly and tom ill giv ya the money when i sell som harvest so thtll cover the seeds light n that as well so dont worry be :D
I've never had hands on exp. with hydro, but from what I've seen in other grows, yours is looking pretty slick. Nice job with it. Only thing is, were those pictures taken inside the grow room, where the lights are? If so, I suggest getting some reflective material on that carpet, or blue mats I'm seeing.
Keep up the good work! :cool:
yea the pic was taken in the grow room and yes it is blue carpets :| I could gather som foil or sumthing cuz the carpet stores alot of heat as i've noticed in the past few days ive manged to find som black duct tape to put on the bubblers and need to get new timer by tomoz as im leaving my girls for the weekend! :( i was thinking of geeting a cheapo timer for the weekend from focus...kind of a miniture version of home depot! :p ill take som more pics when i come back to keep everyone informed on their progress .
outside my friend ;) ...if you can't find any duct tape...paint it black...hell wrap it in news paper and tape that to bubblers...does your grocery store sell 2.5 gallon jugs of distilled water...I made bubblers when I first started growing and that is what I use until flower phase...laterQuote:
Originally Posted by st0n3r
here is a pic :)
1. this is 2.5 gallon distilled water jug...just about all grocery stores carry this.
2. 2 versions: 1 w/3" homemade netpot...the other w/5"netpot
3. row of them at work with freshly rooted clones
...forgot pix :o
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here are 3 pix
you asked about a fan...you should have small oscillating fan on them 24/7
from the time they poke there heads through the soil...or from day 1 for clones...OK
nice pics! jus finishd duct taping ma bubblers...tatty job but it should do alright ma youngest girl is starting to av drooping leaves! :( might av over watered her lst nite as the rock wool is substantially wet so ill leave her for the time being with the water and see if she improves ill see if i can get a small fan for like putting on a desks and that! cheers!
never water the rockwool...let it dry and water through another portal...just my advice
Latewood , I have seen you previous grows on these forums but never posted in anything because I always have something else on my mind and I forget.
By the way zero, good grow.
Nice hydros you 2(latewood, z_farmer)! :cool: Impressive stuff.
Ya, just get some foil for your floor. Use the dull side of the foil, not the shiney. Even some white boards, or paneled wood would work too. Good luck and keep us posted! Peace.
we keep pickin' away...only for your own good
it has been said, but I wanted to add my $.02 ...get 6mil or panda plastic and hang it around your grow so all the light is reflected back to the plants...put some on floor underneath, and over head a safe distance from bulbs...if you can't put plastic on it paint it Flat White!...hope this helps
hey dude i ent complaining, jus saying that its my gear thats all. n yeah the harvest will just be like 50/50 profits or 60/40......depends how much we get cuz i know a few ppl who will wanna buy it in like big bundles (get rid of it quicker) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ze w33d Farm3r
yeah the hydro woz all my set-up nice and dirt cheap........the clear bucket cost like £1.50 each, the air pump cost £12 but i payed a few pound more for a more powerful one (woz originally £9.99) the air stones were like 99p each, bag of stones, rockwool, black potted net and other stuff cost under a fiver.so total cost woz no more than £20 to set-up a decent hydro system :) but i did pay £70 for the 400w HPS light, not a bad price though :D hehe, hope our grow goes well.
peace n chicken grease.
indeed indeed! fair doos u paid for the gear i am gr8ful! :D the grow is going very well im goin out 2nite to som gig but when i get bck ill use som foil for the underneath i got grey duct tape on the bubblers i dont think any shops in my area would sell panda plastic but i'll have a look anyway and if not just buy som off the net. starting to grow their first set of fan leaves! im so happy their growing up so fast! :)