First Time DWC W/ Water Farm Buckets

[GreenLeaf420]

8 ml gallon? And am I correct in reading that you are using 25/ml gallon?

25 ML 3 TBS Per 5 gallons = 1500 ppm W/ Cal Mag and Hydrozyme sometimes 1700ppm They seem to be doing better.
I spoke with this hydro shop in Cali and they say the best results are coming from people who are feeding manually each day.

So instead of Rez Top Offs I Hit them with about a 1/2 a gallon a day with fresh water and NUTES with the rest of the water it goes in the REZ.

They all seem strong except for that set up of four I have PICS I will be posting of the setup.

Let me eat first 1/2 hr

GreenLeaf420 Reviewed by GreenLeaf420 on 05-24-2008. First Time DWC W/ Water Farm Buckets This is my first Bucket grow ever. I have done tables before and had great results Soil ect... Then I seen the excellent results People were getting out of 4 bubbler plants with LST. So I Just purchased 2 8 pack Water Farm Bucket Systems. After 5 days I can see that I need to buy a stronger pump and more line cause I cut it all down. I'm running tap water 7.8 dropping it down to 5.8 to 6.3 W/ PH Down. I set up the system without washing the Hydrotone and balancing the PH level of it. I did Rating: 5

[GreenLeaf420]

I can not view the Pics

[GreenLeaf420]

Ok here are a few Photo's I took some really nice ones I just a name of a program to compresser them they are larger then 1.96MB

[GreenLeaf420]

In one of the shots you can see were the valves are different in the REZ. In the first set of PICS there is a plant which is last in line with the bad REZ. I Lifted it out of water with a chuck on the side to hold it out. There's some pics of baby's and in the back are the monsters 5fters... The Lower Rez fucked me all up

You can se the ones with the good REz are doing great!!!

[GreenLeaf420]

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Except his is 8ml of fluids per gallon. I use 25ml of fluids which on the bottle is the equivalent to 45ml of NUTES. Which equals out to be 3 TBS per 5 gallon.

I was really angry before after P/U on stupid mistakes.. PLUS I was really stoned:jointsmile::jointsmile:

Well I pretty much do this with every garden I've ever done. I hit them hard rather then gradually getting them into a "NORMAL" Routine. Believe it or not after the initial shock the plant's are so durable and strong. Some of the Fan Leafs Ill remove but most I will just cut the tips. Then with that LateWood package - they blow up. Sometimes when they turn yellow I back off on the NITRO.

Pic 1 is the good REZ
Pic2 is the bad one you can see there is no dump control from the top.
Pic3 Shittiest Plant

OTHER SET
Pic 1 is the Best Plant
Pic 2 is one that is coming back from too much NUTES
Pic3 Just a wide shot of the back
Pic4 Babies NYD/SensiStar

When I get the new pump I ordered and the hydro store takes care of that lower valve Ill put air stones in all incl the rez. I think I even came up with a good way to make the 2 recirculate.

Here is my quick way to make it recirculate. I will take the Rezez and each bucket all with T'S and Tie them all into each other bucket. Imagine it is a circle using all the same holes. At the furthest point there will be a T off . With a light small water pump that will pull water through each bucket with a Y hose. feeding it back into both Rezes. Then drilling will be required when I add Air stones in everything. I found a post online I could not believe the difference. He or she had one regular and one with air stones amazing the diffrence between the two

[GreenLeaf420]

Hook it up but create the system as a loop....


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[Weedhound]

Well I think johnny has a good point there.....your high ppms are most likely definitely contributing to your high ph.....you're burning them and a high ph is a side effect of that. I think that's something you're going to have to live with if you want to push your numbers like that. No offense but I try to go for a healthy plant.....not push them to the edge as so many folks like to do. I find a healthy plant does the best overall....yield and resistance to problems-wise so I can't help you much with that I'm afraid.

My answer would be to lower your numbers.....a LOT....like to about NO MORE than 1000 and see what the ph does. If you want to live on the edge that's fine....but it's alot more work isn't it?......and your chances of something tipping the apple cart (since it's too full already and looking rather rickety from here) are pretty high.

[GreenLeaf420]

Thanks alot for picking that up WH and Johny:thumbsup::thumbsup:. This is not a table system for sure.. LOL I will get the drip down pat or else. I do believe to beat them up with the nutes in the beginning. I will be dropping the Feeding schedule TUES W/ a full system Change.

Do you think CO2 when introduced can help with the PH levels?

WH What is your feeding schedule GH 3 parts?

If so whats your feeding schedule like?

Thanks again I was told later on with the bubbler's and drip systems they like less NUTES for OXYGEN uptake and now also for PH issues.

Thank again :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Honestly GL I don't know anything about C02 except the very VERY basics such as don't breathe a bunch of it in and it can KICK ASS on your yield if used right.
That's my honest limit right there.

GL I've only done the Botanicare nutes and never tried the GH 3 part. Quite frankly I don't understand the whole 8ml/ thing and never have. I'm not saying they're bad or anything only that I know 0 about them in general. I have several friends who use them with good results but that's about all I can tell you.

Sorry I'm not more help.....but if something happens that I can help I'll pipe up.

[GreenLeaf420]

Hey WH hope you are around.

I will be sticking to the GROW section from now on!!!

Hope all is well:jointsmile: Can't complain on my end. The hole CO2 thing is cool I did some reading and something regarding the CO2 does balance off the PH and the uptake of food the plant is able to gain. Which explains the difference in yields.

I will be posting Pics tomorrow all seems well PH is still on the rise and I even dropped off NUTES significantly. I hope that the 6 burner CO2 unit I have coming will balance all the issues that are taking place. I don't know if I said it before but the room is sealed so the CO2 could become an issue really soon, yet plant development has varied greatly, but they all seem to be on the same path now. Anyway I was wondering I dropped the Rezes to 1000 PPM yet @ the buckets I caught them as high as 1400 which i drained and refilled with 1000 just a Pain in the @@@ with 12 buckets. I was wondering while doing Rez top offs what do you add in to your solution. No 3 part just water balanced with Hydrozyme? Or just balanced water with Hydrozyme W/O 3 Part? Well hope to hear from you soon Pics maybe tonight big big difference once they started to take to the hydrotone.

Thanks WH and anyone who would like to share their input

GL420:thumbsup::thumbsup:

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