MY FIRST GROW (hydro closet setup)

Dr Shakalu

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Bottom line is you need to get a ppm or a ec meter, I use ec because I like to keep things simple. You should only be using your mother earth bloom and your pure blend boost, and possibly a bit of the cal/mag but I doubt you have a deficiency of mag. All the others are associate with veg. You at this point should be at a solid 1.5 ec of bloom then add .2 of boost (no matter what ec you are at on bloom i.e. 1.7 bloom - 1.9 boost) so get 1.5ec of bloom then up it to 1.7 with boost. Next your going to want to get some silicon, it helps alot with the immunities of plants. Helps yields and plant tissue and going right with your regular nute schedule. So add a specific ml dose of that (based on how many gallon res you have) but after you got your bloom and boost in there cause it will affect your ec. Then ph the enitre batch to 5.8 and stir around like a bitch.

1. So first get urself a meter (cant measure the correct amount of nutes without one)
2. Then I would suggest flushing for about 3 days before the change (always nice to flush)
3. The just start a res and add what I said and let your ec/ppm meter and ph meter do the work.
I need to buy a res also, the rubbermaid i was trying to use is not light proof.. so i need to buy one probably, and i want to get some drip lines too. should probably get that ppm meter, i like ppm its what i have read about. thanks for the help man! i will do this all pretty soon, untill then i have to continue to hand water... :-(
 

Wolfman Zen

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I figured that floating the foam would make it so i could have them lower and never dry out.
Well you can keep it as it is... but you must find a way to keep it light tight...

Or you can do what I said... and raise the water level close to the ends of the clones and let the mist (popping bubbles) do the rest (satisfaction guaranteed)

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jordann9e

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yeah, man... use that hammer head... I had a potassium/phosf def, bought that HH, but it was too late for me...
 

Dr Shakalu

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Well you can keep it as it is... but you must find a way to keep it light tight...

Or you can do what I said... and raise the water level close to the ends of the clones and let the mist (popping bubbles) do the rest (satisfaction guaranteed)
If i dont let the roots get big enough to come out from under, and just transplant once they get a certain amount of roots, you think i could just leave it as is? i have a lot of red solo cups and coco waiting for clones to go into :eyesmoke:.
 

Dr Shakalu

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go with 18gal res, and if you need help setting up the drippers holla
I should be doing that pretty soon, maybe before the weekend is over. wouldn't be a bad idea.. i thought your supposed to feed then water with reg water? not with a drip system?
 

ru8fru

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I should be doing that pretty soon, maybe before the weekend is over. wouldn't be a bad idea.. i thought your supposed to feed then water with reg water? not with a drip system?
uh what? Guess Im to stoned to understand what you meant :(
 

ru8fru

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well all your shit is female right? if so then your ready for ur drip system homie, even so, you would hand dunk in your res regardless.
 

Wolfman Zen

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If i dont let the roots get big enough to come out from under, and just transplant once they get a certain amount of roots, you think i could just leave it as is? i have a lot of red solo cups and coco waiting for clones to go into :eyesmoke:.
Oh. yea.. It will work fine just as it is... As long as you change the water at least every 3 days or so... adding a little h2o2 will also prevent problems like algae....

You know... you could get a black garbage bag.. cut a hole big enough for the clone mat in the middle. Place in the tub and drape the rest of the plastic over the sides... that will help too.
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Dr Shakalu

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Oh. yea.. It will work fine just as it is... As long as you change the water at least every 3 days or so... adding a little h2o2 will also prevent problems like algae....

You know... you could get a black garbage bag.. cut a hole big enough for the clone mat in the middle. Place in the tub and drape the rest of the plastic over the sides... that will help too.
I was thinking of doing something similar with panda plastic, i am just feeling laze, i am prolly gonna wait till the end of these clones i have are rooted then work on it cause its already wet and stuff, and this way its easy for me to look under, and if i see any signs of light dmg i will change it right away!
 

Dr Shakalu

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No mites at all or any sign of a bug at all lol. my dad foliar fed them with the lights on like a million times a day....
anyhow, i went on craiglist last night and saw a sweet deal for a 600watt hps/ml set up and everything he had to go along with it....

300 dollars later i have a nice ass ec tester, ph tester, and also a sweet ass 60x - 100x microscope from radio shack!! lol and a 3x3 tray, 2 1x3 trays, clay pellets, net pots, 2 submersible pumps, oh yeah a inline fan for the lights air cooled reflector, like 4 timers, 2 power strips, a bunch of diff string, all kinds of atatchments for the plumbing on the trays, and a bunch of other random grow stuff... fucking kick ass man best 300 dollars ive spent in a long time!! i been cleaning the stuff all day and nagging my dad to lert me cut a whole.... he seemed like he wasn't that down... but he said, "your going to do what you want anyway :angry: !!!".... so i took that as a yes and now i cut the hole!!!

Here are the pics... doesnt seem much brighter? is it the fact that its all red that it doesnt seem bright?






 

ru8fru

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dear god thats an insane upgrade. lmao... your plants are gunna fucking love you. have you started ur res yet or? take some pics of the meters n shit u got, im interested.
 

makinthemagic

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No mites at all or any sign of a bug at all lol. my dad foliar fed them with the lights on like a million times a day....
anyhow, i went on craiglist last night and saw a sweet deal for a 600watt hps/ml set up and everything he had to go along with it....

300 dollars later i have a nice ass ec tester, ph tester, and also a sweet ass 60x - 100x microscope from radio shack!! lol and a 3x3 tray, 2 1x3 trays, clay pellets, net pots, 2 submersible pumps, oh yeah a inline fan for the lights air cooled reflector, like 4 timers, 2 power strips, a bunch of diff string, all kinds of atatchments for the plumbing on the trays, and a bunch of other random grow stuff... fucking kick ass man best 300 dollars ive spent in a long time!! i been cleaning the stuff all day and nagging my dad to lert me cut a whole.... he seemed like he wasn't that down... but he said, "your going to do what you want anyway :angry: !!!".... so i took that as a yes and now i cut the hole!!!

Here are the pics... doesnt seem much brighter? is it the fact that its all red that it doesnt seem bright?







your setup is like a hydro, mh/hps version of mine. looking great can't wait to see what the final product is.
 

mared juwan

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Shak, what can I say? Your dad rules, you rule, and now your grow rules. I couldn't imagine my dad helping me with my grow. That would be f*ckin awesome! But that sounds like an great deal for $300. I want that. I'm about to drop $245 for just 600w ballast, bulb, reflector, socket. And it's not even an air-cooled reflector. What kind of ballast is that? Everything looks tight. Real clean setup.
 

Dr Shakalu

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dear god thats an insane upgrade. lmao... your plants are gunna fucking love you. have you started ur res yet or? take some pics of the meters n shit u got, im interested.
I havnt started the res yet, it got too late last night, maybe tonight i will do that... but i dont want to do fill and drain i want to do drip, so i need to wait and get the little dripper things.. here are some pics of the meters btw!





nice thread, glad I found it! looks great
Thanks man! glad you stopped by!

your setup is like a hydro, mh/hps version of mine. looking great can't wait to see what the final product is.

Thanks! i cant wait to see either!! im very excited to have my first harvest in a little over a month from now!!!


What kind of ballast is that? Everything looks tight. Real clean setup.
Thanks Mared, i hope this kicks it up a notch!!! i will have to wait for the sun to come up in my grow room to check what type of ballast that is..

Looking really nice, Im seriously thinking bout going hydro next year.
Honestly i think hydro is worth the extra effort.. except i have nothing to go off of other than peeps grows on here and a rl buddy of mine.... but hey imo hydro is more fun.... you get to play Mr Wizard!!!
 

Wolfman Zen

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