Third Grow

[dejayou30]

My only qualm with airstones is that when I stir the res, they move around, and if I glue them down, I can't take them out to clean them. I have looked at the flexible tubes, but do they sink? It looks like they would float from the pics...? :wtf:

I think I also need some small time odor control. The living room sits directly above my garden and with less than 2 weeks to go things are getting pretty stinky. Is there an effective air freshener I can put in the room to help with the odor? I have my exhaust fan running into my chimney as of now but apparently that isn't enough to combat the smell.

[Weedhound]

Sorry Deja all I know about odor control is that generally people use "carbon scrubbers" and that is the end of my knowledge on that one....

[dejayou30]

I started flushing last night at day 42. I'm just using regular water and sucanat. I will post some pics of my ladies tonight!

[Weedhound]

Great! I'm DYING to see some photos of them.

[Shovelhandle]

Me too!
I'm fasinated with these hydro grows, especially from the people who are just beginning to get it together.

Shov

[dejayou30]

Great! I'm DYING to see some photos of them.

Obviously, I forgot to post photos, but don't get too excited. Only one or two of them looks very good. The rest suffered big from the root bound issues and then root rot. I'll post some tonight so you can see what I mean.

[Weedhound]

You know Deja that may be but I'm still feeling pretty good.....I think we have crossed the final hurdle here. Next time you'll notice problem signs quicker and be able to avoid the bigger issues and get you one solid good grow.

[dejayou30]

Yeah I'm pretty sure I just had not enough air stones which led to the root rot. Next grow, I am going to do fewer plants and see what happens. I'm also going to cover the entire bottom of the res with stones. I'm hoping I can have 5 big healthy bushes instead of 3 big plants and 5-7 scraggly half dead ones as I have had. I'm gonna take some new clones tonight and move my mother into a DWC bucket by herself and then I'll post some pics. :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

That sounds like a great idea.....I went to lesser but larger plants as well and I prefer it too.

[dejayou30]

Well, here they are. Before I took the pics I skimmed out about 10 lbs of slime out of the res!:wtf: Its this weird semi translucent gel like crap mixed with dead roots. I really don't know what it is, but luckily I only have 9 days until I start harvesting. I have been cleaning a fair amount of it out every day and it just never stops.

I also took a pic of my mother and my new clones for your viewing pleasure. :thumbsup: