One Lonely Blueberry

[Weedhound]

Im very happy with the way these guys are doing. I may let them veg longer (as X-C suggested) to try and improve yield. Haven't topped them yet either. Ppms are up to 800 (including supplements) and the ph has become MUCH more stable....not quite normal like bloom but close. :thumbsup:

[Rock.Steady]

..............I've moved this plant to several different locations to try to avoid the hot spots but can't seem to do anything really helpful for it besides pull the light back (which affects the others).............. :wtf:

suggestion-
if its not too big a project???
what if u were to put all the others on an elevated platform and leave the sensitive one down lower>
theoretically this would solve he 'distance to light' issues for the whole gang, right???

maybe i'm just nutz???:wtf:

Rock

[Weedhound]

It's not a bad idea at all Rock but i'm afraid it won't work for the waterfarms.....the entire setup is based on gravity. Everything in the setup must be level or they won't fill or stayed filled right. Sowwy.....nice try though.

[Weedhound]

Looks so yummy , trichs stacked on top of trichs . :thumbsup:
The last 2 hydro plants I did seemd to like drip and dwc simutainously .
My next garden will be 4 - 5 gal. buckets , using the 325 gph 4-port g/h supplied air pump just to run the 4 driprings . I just got a new Sunleaves 950 gph industrial quality airpump to drive the 4 airstones -1 in each 5 gal. bucket using the hockey puck style airstones Deftdrummer is currently using . = almost 3 times the air to each stone compared to last grow . Hopefully the girls will be even happier .
Peace Sis.
Crispi :jointsmile:

AHA! THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE LIKE THIS... ....they are always one step ahead of you. X-C where did you put airline....next to the dripring in the tubing?

[horror business]

In one of the threads I read, the guy had problems putting the airline next to the dripring airline, I think with roots getting caught up or something. He warned against others doing the same thing and recommended just putting the air line through the drain tube, and then making a new line on the drain tube, to show when it's full. Another method is to simply put it through the media although with that method I predict a hassle whenever removing the growing chamber.

I'm trying to decide whether I should build a custom DWC bubbler, which will run me about $70 for everything including nutrients and the GH pH test kit with pH up and down as well as a testing nsolution. Or, get the water farm and modify it to a DWC system.

I'm wondering, if you modify it to be a DWC bubbler as well, once the roots are in the water, can you do away with the drip ring?

[alwayssleepdeprived]

WH I thought yer farm had bubbles...I think having airstones helps I added one to my res halfway through my first run...I don't think ya need a huge air flow either to do the job I use a 10-30 gallon fishtank airpump that's only 3 watts my 20-25 gallon res units and that bubble cloner...the airstones diffuse the oxygen in the water so the pump sprays a half oxygen have nute solution mixture

ok so the hydroton test is done and the youngins are in...basically with 4 gallons of tap at 150 ppm the water would rise 1 point each day from 5-6 for about 3 days and a little the next 2 days I recently ran water over the net pots showering the hydroton for a while before puttin it in the tank and that seemed to seriously reduce the ph issue while eliminating soak time

crispi's on to somethin with lettin em get bigger too I'm a believer

air ventilation improvements have helped growth :jointsmile: the recent heat forced me to vent through the new light and out the room...it goes filter to light to fan out of the room the light itself both frame and glass run cool to the touch closest I can get it now is 1/2 a foot

not sure how much more I'm gonna get this time but it definately looks much better

you startin to see color change on the girls yet WH?

PS horror business a 250 hps if run hydro for like 10 weeks flower should get ya bout 4z's if the setup is ideal but even with some problems you'd def break an ounce

[Weedhound]

I think you could do away with if you wanted..especially as the plant gets farther along it's got a bunch of stored nutes etc that it can use......and probably should before you harvest so why not? You really scowl on those drip rings, don't you HB?

Another thought....he doesn't lift his buckets up and down.....I do so there is something to think about as well.....good point HB.

[Weedhound]

ASD.....PICS!!

[horror business]

Yeah, the drip system seems like too much of a hassle for me in the beginning stages with spraying everywhere and what not. Also, I think since I mainly wanted a DWC bubbler, getting the water farm would not be ideal for me because of the large growing chamber intended for the drip system. In my opinion that would just add time until I can take advantage of my DWC modifications. So I think I'm just going to build my own using a 5 gallon black bucket and a lid that has a built in 6" net pot. Do you think that would suit my needs for DWC?

[alwayssleepdeprived]

I love my aero setup the growth is really fast and no clogged sprayers yet, all in all though a tweaked system is gonna perform pretty similar regardless of type

horror have you looked at crispis bucket pics? rofl I think it might suit yer needs

I'll get some pics soon I'm almost done with the major upgrades