Water Farm/DWC club

[BlueBear]

OK, since I noticed so many people using the Farms I decided to put out some questions about the buckets that can be kind of like a Farm/DWC thread.
Some things info to give, how many buckets do you use, what kind of lights, what kind of yields have you had and what kind of strains you have had the best exp with.
Also, this would be a good thread for general questions and suggestions perhaps.
With this, new hydro converts and curious folks could just stop in and ask or add their two cents.

Adieu

BlueBear Reviewed by BlueBear on 11-21-2006. Water Farm/DWC club OK, since I noticed so many people using the Farms I decided to put out some questions about the buckets that can be kind of like a Farm/DWC thread. Some things info to give, how many buckets do you use, what kind of lights, what kind of yields have you had and what kind of strains you have had the best exp with. Also, this would be a good thread for general questions and suggestions perhaps. With this, new hydro converts and curious folks could just stop in and ask or add their two cents. Rating: 5

[HK Slyone]

Sounds like a good idea I just starting a hydro grow DWC / Bubbler style. In the mids of setting up!

[BlueBear]

What kind of lights, size buckets and strains???
Adieu

[BlueBear]

Come on in folks and give a little...
I just went out tonight and got 2 30 gal rubber mades for the thread so don't leave me hanging...
Question, do folks who are runing the 8 packs use the air pump that they came with or have some of you up graded???
Adieu

[HK Slyone]

Well Im planiing to do a SOG I either have white widow or Big Bud got mixed up!

I m doing it in one room but it will be split into three. Two for flowering one will be on while one is off both rooms will have a 1000W.

I m using Rubbermaid boxs with there trays as well.
Length: 26 in 66.0 cm
Width: 18 in 45.7 cm
Depth: 15 in 38.1 cm
Volume Capacity [Nom]: 21 1/2 gal 81.4 L
I have 4 of these boxs I ve also got trays that fit exactly in them I got 6 of those so two can hold clones while the other 4 are in flower

[Weedhound]

Well i'm in. Here's a question for the w/f folks...two actually.....what kind of medium are people using? I know the round clay stuff is popular (Hygroton?)...I ended up using something called Higromite....looks kind of like natural rock; made mostly from silica. Want to know how happy folks are with their medium of choice. Also whats the biggest sized plant people have tried transplanting into a w/f bucket; how did they accomplish it, and did it work ok? Did they transplant from soil or another hydro system? I always use those rapid rooters and small seedlings but would like some input on transplanting something larger into the system. Thanks!!!!

[LiquidMagik]

DWC. 8 buckets, all individual (no recirculating). 400 watt MH for veg and 400 watt HPS for flower. First grow happening right now, I've got 8 of Soma's Somango going. I'm hoping for a yield of around 7-8 oz's.

[Weedhound]

Hi LM....On my first grow I got about 1 and 1/2 oz cured bud per plant and JOLLY GOOD WEED IT WAS!! Out of the 8 buckets I ended up with five females---which reminds me..what kind of ratios are people getting male vs females and under what conditions? I have the standard w/f 8 bucket setup in about a 4x 8 foot space....mylar on walls... 1000w mh for veg/hps for flower; 4" inline fan that works great.

Ps What kind of nutes are people using in their setup? I know the w/f's come with the gh 3 part...are people using this or something else?

[kdspecial]

I have a question and it may seem stupid. But I have yet to read fully up on this. thats why I need a Book (the other Thread)

Does a bubbler bucket system have a res where the water is kept cyclying through all the buckets?

Or is it you fill the bucket and put the pump and airstones in the bucket. no outside holes or pipes. this would be ideal. ahhahaha

I was under the impression that each bucket had its own water and it only cycled around withen itself in that particular bucket. I think I may be wrong though?

Sorry if this is a the wrong question for this thread. I need to get a good Book. please see my other POST and help me find a good book.

kd

[xcrispi]

hey bluebear -n- weedhound ,
good call for a thread of this type . esp. after all my questions to you guys and all the other w/f questions that all poped up at once here latley .

i'm using a w/f 8 pack w/ a homemade controller to recirculate the nutes so the ppm / ph stays consistant in all the farms . i'm using gen. hydro 3 part nutes 321 / 123 recipe w/ a tsp. of cal-mag added per gallon of nutes , i also just went out n got a 1 1/2 lb. container of koolbloom too for the last 4 weeks of flowering .

i'm using hydroton as my grow medium , and transplanted my babies into the system once 2in. rockwool cubes had lotsa roots poping out of em . i'm doing 4 d/p fem. blueberry , -n- 4 can. seeds fem. outdoor mix= cottoncandy/nycd x sage .

i now run the g/h supplied pump for driprings for 15min. on , 15min. off while lights are on . while lights off i run for 15min. on , 45 min. off .

2-1000w. hps. in cooltubes w/ 2 hurricane fans 1 pushing 1 pulling thru tubes . 4 farms under each light . i'm just started week 2 of flowering , all 8 have been topped n have just blown up huge w/ new growth n soon to be budsites everywhere . the indoor mix seems much more forgiving w/ nutes -n- light than the blueberry

this is my first grow w/ the farms . in past i made 5 gal. bubble bukts w/ a dripper in each run off a lil via aqua pumps in ea. bucket . quickly became a pita filling buckets everyday once flowering and they were using 1 gal. to 1 1/2 gallons a day -n- no res. and roots eventually plugging up the pumps . i had 6 buckets , worst buckets yield was 5-6 oz. -n- best was 15 oz. this took about 6 mos. start to finish . i bought thew/f system to try to eliminate these problems .

thanx for all help -n- input guy -n- gals .
xcrispi