Hydro Nutes? I visited a huge Hydro grow op

[Zandor]

I have yes, the web site is still under construction. I am spending more time working on getting my house ready to sell then web work for a few more weeks. I have a few small SOG systems I call Drip 9.

My personal computer crashed last night so the pictures are there. It's a top feed SOG drip system with a 10 gal res. It's designed to SOG 9 plants under a 400w light.

Zandor Reviewed by Zandor on 06-28-2006. Hydro Nutes? I visited a huge Hydro grow op today. It is all legal( fresh tomatoes and lettuce) but the owner who showed me around was talking and had an interesting point. If I am using a recirculating system, like the waterfarm or any DWC that reuses the nute solution over and over again, how do I judge the nutes that the plants are using and the amount they are using? He said some plants may use one type of nute more than another and another plant may use a different nute in a different amount more than another. So if we only change Rating: 5

[moreover123]

Z - I'd like to see the pics of that also.

[Zandor]

ok I recovered some of the pics. it's very clean and easy to use and just right for a single 400w hid light.:thumbsup:

[bongerstonerd00d]

Compact looking setup. I like. I might do something like that for moms to chill out in. That looks like vinyl fence post cut into sections. Great idea. End caps, hole saw, and some 4100, I'd be all set.



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[stjimmy]

hm well, /wave from the lazy self-sufficient stoner's side of growing. i don't ever sell buds, and only have to grow twice a year. and, that is using a 400w lamp in a c-13, pretty basic ventilation setup and a tubbler. i could easily squeeze in 2 more grows a year without laying down any more cash, but i just don't have to.

this is not an insinuation that people here grow for profit by any means; it's part of my reasoning for just going with what's easy, and works well enough for my needs. i'm not totally disinterested in boosting my efficiency, but when i change my program to include things that are a royal pain in the ass (water changes) and don't even notice a difference, i tend to focus my attention on other things that i believe will have more of an impact.

it is my opinion that increasing my own training skills (scrogging, in this case) will greatly affect my yield, as opposed to a marginal at best improvement by becoming utter and complete master of my rez regimen. bear in mind this is dwc, i have no experience doing anything else. all i know is keep your temps below 70, your container light tight, and grow area clean in general... and it just works... for me, anyway.

as far as overferting goes, i own both a pH and tds meter, and most of the time am only adding back plain RO water... i use my pH as well as tds to determine when to administer more nutrients.

there are all sorts of reasons why what is good for the goose isn't necessarily good for the gander... not everything will work for everybody. i have found what works well enough for me, with diligent research and practical application.

frankly, this is an old argument, and on other sites have followed very successful grows by many people who do indeed abstain from the whole water change ritual. c'mon, i know there are some more lazy stoners out there... i'm certainly not alone in this.

the long and the short of it is, we all like to smoke the sweet herb, preferably without the spectre of black markets and our own governments breathing down our necks. peace.

[Zandor]

hm well, /wave from the lazy self-sufficient stoner's side of growing. i don't ever sell buds, and only have to grow twice a year. and, that is using a 400w lamp in a c-13, pretty basic ventilation setup and a tubbler. i could easily squeeze in 2 more grows a year without laying down any more cash, but i just don't have to.

this is not an insinuation that people here grow for profit by any means; it's part of my reasoning for just going with what's easy, and works well enough for my needs. i'm not totally disinterested in boosting my efficiency, but when i change my program to include things that are a royal pain in the ass (water changes) and don't even notice a difference, i tend to focus my attention on other things that i believe will have more of an impact.

it is my opinion that increasing my own training skills (scrogging, in this case) will greatly affect my yield, as opposed to a marginal at best improvement by becoming utter and complete master of my rez regimen. bear in mind this is dwc, i have no experience doing anything else. all i know is keep your temps below 70, your container light tight, and grow area clean in general... and it just works... for me, anyway.

as far as overferting goes, i own both a pH and tds meter, and most of the time am only adding back plain RO water... i use my pH as well as tds to determine when to administer more nutrients.

there are all sorts of reasons why what is good for the goose isn't necessarily good for the gander... not everything will work for everybody. i have found what works well enough for me, with diligent research and practical application.

frankly, this is an old argument, and on other sites have followed very successful grows by many people who do indeed abstain from the whole water change ritual. c'mon, i know there are some more lazy stoners out there... i'm certainly not alone in this.

the long and the short of it is, we all like to smoke the sweet herb, preferably without the spectre of black markets and our own governments breathing down our necks. peace.

Sure it may grow and you will get something to smoke out of it too. Hell it will even grow in a crack of a sidewalk if left alone just like so many other plants can.

Most of us are at the point in our hobby that we are looking for the very best plant we can grow and not just an average plant. Not dissing you or your grow skills but that is the truth.

You will never grow like this picture unless you take it serious and treat the plant with the respect it deserves. Sure even some can get lucky with MG products too but that plant never will be all it can be but if you don't know any better then you don't know what you are missing too.

[stjimmy]

dude... i started uploading some pix but then i realized, it's probably not worth the effort.

you did manage to get more condescending without really addressing any of my opinions, so i guess you can be congratulated for that.

pretty obvious you never read cannabisworld or overgrow, and after this dumbassed reception i'm beginning to realize why none of them are posting here either.

but by all means, continue on with your jackassery, sir. flushing those nutes down the drain every week or so is just what the companies who make them want you to do.

[Zandor]

dude... i started uploading some pix but then i realized, it's probably not worth the effort.

you did manage to get more condescending without really addressing any of my opinions, so i guess you can be congratulated for that.

pretty obvious you never read cannabisworld or overgrow, and after this dumbassed reception i'm beginning to realize why none of them are posting here either.

but by all means, continue on with your jackassery, sir. flushing those nutes down the drain every week or so is just what the companies who make them want you to do.

Ah children they never learn. You send them to school, you buy them books and what do they do?

They tear the pages out and roll joints instead of learning; such a waist of life.

[Zandor]

We have a rule about flaming around here please refrain.

[stjimmy]

i tried to clarify and just got more "oh you crazy kids" crap

so you tell me that i dont know what i'm missing, yet if you had actually read my post i even said that i had TRIED the water changing ritual and didn't really notice any difference.

anyway, the admins updated the pending activations at another cannabis oriented site where the mods don't piss all over people's ideas without at least a proper discussion. what's funny is the idea isn't even mine; plenty of well-known people have documented how it works.

i'll try to watch the flaming. oh wait, no i won't, cause i'm not coming back here. cya.