New Grow Log!

[bud luv]

Hey All! I'm pretty new here, but I've gotten a ton of good info off these boards -- here's my own little contribution. I'd love to get as much criticism/suggestions as possible!

A friend of mine is starting a legal grow for medicinal purposes. Good times.

Specifics:
-12 GH Bubble Buckets, interconnected with 1/2 inch tubing. Powered by one GH double diaphragm blue stone air pump.
-30 Gallon Reservoir.
-1000w Sun Systems HPS hood with Eye Hortilux bulb.
-400w MH for enhanced spectrum and extra lumens. MH will be removed from flowering room and used to veg new clones 2 weeks before harvest.
-GH 3-Part nute system. Liquid Karma and Kool Bloom.
-Homemade Carbon Scrubber made from directions from someone on this forum. Still need to get some pantyhose to finish it up, but the skeleton is done.
-Hydroton growing medium.
-Strain = Blackberry. We have very little knowledge of these genetics.

The veggers will be transplanted to the bubble buckets and the flowering room today or tomorrow. The plan is to go straight to the buckets, 12/12, and 1-2-3 nute mix all at the same time.

Here are some pics (terrible, I know - will use a better camera for updates)

Cheers.

bud luv Reviewed by bud luv on 12-17-2006. New Grow Log! Hey All! I'm pretty new here, but I've gotten a ton of good info off these boards -- here's my own little contribution. I'd love to get as much criticism/suggestions as possible! A friend of mine is starting a legal grow for medicinal purposes. Good times. Specifics: -12 GH Bubble Buckets, interconnected with 1/2 inch tubing. Powered by one GH double diaphragm blue stone air pump. -30 Gallon Reservoir. -1000w Sun Systems HPS hood with Eye Hortilux bulb. -400w MH for enhanced Rating: 5

[gunge9]

Man this is gonna be wicked, good work bro i`m staying tuned for what looks like will be one amazing smoke !

[bud luv]

2 Issues - Circulation and Temperature

1) Attatched you can see a diagram of the hydro setup. We put it together last night. It works great except for the fact that if you add the water before the nutes, the nutes don't really diffuse throughout the system well.
Possible solutions to this are adding the the nutes before the water so that when the water fills up in the tank and starts to flow throughout it will take the nutes with it. A more invasive idea I have is to connect the three buckets at the end to get a more "circular" flow throughout and install a water pump somewhere to keep things moving. Suggestions, anyone? The budget is definitely a consideration.

2) It get's pretty frigid in the grow space. The air is cold, and the nute water is cold. What is an acceptable minimum temperature for this type of setup? I guess this is something I'll have to fix before the plants go in!

[bud luv]

forgot to attatch the diagram...

...damn potheads...

:jointsmile:

[bud luv]

optimum PPM for a GH mix?

may your joints be fat and your munchies delicious.

[kindprincess]

2 sugestions:

1) get three small pumps for 20$ at lowe's, conect these at your pipes, use it as a flow inducer.

2) don't use a hood for your lights, and supplement with co2, this will up your ambient room temps, therefore increasing the water temps.

check out my college courses in the basic growing forum...

love, kp

[bud luv]

Do I need to add more tubing to make the flow of water circular? you can see my diagram a few posts up.

[VOYAGER]

Looks like its gonna be a pretty cool grow once everythings up and running

[bejay]

you can get a heater for your resoiver if needed 65 to 70 degrees is ideal reservoir temperature.
would think you would mix the nutrients in a smaller container first then add to reservoir im sure someone that has a similiar system will reply.

[kindprincess]

Do I need to add more tubing to make the flow of water circular? you can see my diagram a few posts up.

yes