Water Farm/DWC club

[rustafa]

what rating airpump should be used for a 5 gallon bucket DWC i see many pumps each with its own rating as well as duel pump outlet. really the question im trying to get at is do i need one pump per bucket or can i split a pump between 2 buckets or that not be sufficient enough and what ratings am i looking for per bucket.

[907PokeSmot]

the rundown hehe

2 10gal rubbermaids with 6 pots each. with 4 4' fluoroe's for veg. for 2 months. then to the flower room whare they will be put into 30 gal rubbermaids. 600hps with a cool tube. and 6 42w cfl's.

grow rooms are really small. 2d x 2h x 4w for veg room. 2d x 4h x 4w flower. lst the crap out of em in veg. then scrog em in flower.

starting off with allot of plants. but thats till i sex these new ones. then down to 2 - 4 per rubbermaid. so this first cycle i will probly ony veg for a month

using AN sensi 2 part with piranha root enhancer for veg. then AN sensi 2 part with overdrive for flower.

2 dif strains. brainstorm "(skunk1 x haze) x whitewidow" other is Durban poison "sativa"

first grow with this. will see how it goes. been doing soil awhile. so experiment time we go :thumbsup:

[BlueBear]

Nice to have you stop in 907, keep us posted on your grow. Hope you don't run into any problems with those 6 in one tub if I understood you right.
I will post the 5 gallon air pump size, don't have mine out, but will get it up if no one else does.
Adieu

[907PokeSmot]

yea i hate that i have to put that many in 1 tub. but untill i know wich are females it will do hehe.

[xcrispi]

hey 907poke smot ,
by the time you know who's male who's female all the roots from each plant will have intertwined and you won't be able to seperate them . you can try but any roots left from the males that are pulled will die -n- rot causing all roots in the entire container to rot . = imenent death to all .
peace
crispi

[BlueBear]

Better soak that game/info up 907 so you don't put all of that work in for nothing.
Adieu

[907PokeSmot]

aye i been thinking of the divider idea. also been thinking to take some clones early on and flower just to find sex. then get rid of the males befor i get a prob

[Weedhound]

All right, new thoughts guys.....spoke to my hydro store guy yesterday and he had a few suggestions I wanted to toss out to see if anyone has tried this or has thoughts....he suggested using some sort of ebb and flow system for the vegging plants and using rockwool cubes instead of net pots as he felt that the roots would not extend themselves too far out of the rockwool cubes unless the cubes themselves were sitting in water as opposed to DWC where the roots would go nuts. I have never used rockwool...ideas, opinions??

[BlueBear]

RW always has that potential to have PH problems, what about Rappid Rootters???
Adieu

[Weedhound]

Hi Bear, I love my rapid rooters more than someone should but they only come in the really small seedling size unlike the RW. Does the RW have drainage issues and is that what causes the ph probs? I certainly don't need any more ph issues.

Also I just harvested my 3 plants and found that the roots were actually quite rootbound in the system and interfering with the drainage. I thought somebody mentioned drilling larger holes in the bottom of the top buckets or was that my imagination?

Feliz Navidad!