appx water intake??

[newgroweroldsmoker]

i don't have RO water

newgroweroldsmoker Reviewed by newgroweroldsmoker on 08-19-2005. appx water intake?? has anyone measured the amount of water taken in by the plant when they water it? i would like to kno this, as most plant would have a relative similarity in the amounts, and it would let me kno if i overwatered/underwatered.. i'm planning on using a spray/mist system.. most likely i'll be watering it manually.. best way to do somethin is by urself :) Rating: 5

[newgroweroldsmoker]

pHed water from the tap does the trick?

[newgroweroldsmoker]

i am turning off the big lights to take a picture i do not see any particular problems now that everything is fine.....the EC in both tanks is 1.5 and the pH is 5.9 and 5.75.....look at the pics


today i bought 2.2 pounds of active yeast lol i will need a lot of sugar for that

i prepared 4 gallons of warm water 25grams (5 teasp) of active yeast and 2 kilograms of sugar (4.4 pounds).....the room has already started smelling yeast, i love that smell, one of my favourites.....

i will prepare and a few bottles as well and leave them around.....

i plan to change the water and the nuts on monday and i believe that everything will go better....i have already changed it twice in 13 days that the plants are in the tray, plus if you notice the holes on the one tray, you will clearly see that there are 24 holes....

which makes me think that i can do SOG's from now on.....

in the beginning i had them all 23 in this tray, then i seperated them....anyway, here's the pics...in some plants appear nute burns, even some of the big ones show nute burns, but, nevertheless now all 23 of them are as healthy as a bull (i do not expect to grow them all though)...

even hydro allows trial and error and being honest i prefer it from soil because the plants respond quicker to the changes in pH, nutes levels etc...simply by looking at them i can tell if they're happy or not

if the problem was a persistent one, then with the change of the watering schedule, it would grow, as the roots are more often in the water with the nuts....instead the plants look a lot happier

anyway i am after 10-12 females out of those 23 beans and to be honest i plan to eliminate the 'weak' ones, maybe

thanx again, Zandor you're the MAN here

NGOS

PS..my cam still sucks

[newgroweroldsmoker]

if i'm right all the small ones by monday will be considerably bigger than of today

[newgroweroldsmoker]

my bottom line in the end of the day is that in order to succed in hydro you need ph from 5.5-6.2, EC that ranges from 1.4-1.7 during vegetation and 1.7-2.0 during flowering and change the water that's in the tank every 7 days to be safe

the rest variables that affect the grow are the same as with soil -lighting,temperature,humidity, air quality, CO2 etc.

what do you think?

[Ze w33d Farm3r]

my plants drinks about 250ml everyday and they are about into 4week of veg but im sure it will soar through the roof once they start to flower, i marked on the side of my containers the suitable amount of water for each container which helps me out alot...i jus have bubblers nice and simple for me!

[newgroweroldsmoker]

i can't calculate at this point where i am how much water they drink

[Zandor]

Nice job oldsmoker, you are way past new grower now.

Just keep light from getting to the water rez. Those clear cups will not work.

[newgroweroldsmoker]

Thanx Zandor,

your comments mean a great deal to me

those plastic cups are not clear, i have them filled with water and now i am thinking to fill them with the liquid that i have created yesterday, that is the yeast with the sugar

finally, after the last posting yesterday night, i added another 2.2 pounds of sugar in there.....i think that this way i will have a continuous production of CO2 for at least 4 weeks in there, maybe up to six weeks....

take care man and enjoy the weekend

NGOS

[Stormcooker]

I used to use yeast bottles in my hydro setup. When they start to get taller, it's a chore to try to get them that co2 from a cup or bottle.

If you continue to use yeast and sugar, try inserting some airstone hose into a bottle cap (screw-on style) from a soda bottle and use the soda bottle as your yeast/sugar container. direct the hose pointing down over the center of your plants like a drip style co2 injector. It's a fun project at first, but you will question it's contribution when you have large, mature plants. I switched to tanks of co2 with a regulator on a timer. I don't mind the task of refilling tanks and traveling to do so. Anything for my girls.