3.5 rdwc w/rez

diggs99

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Darkoh69 said:
Yeah but your not fresh, your not asking for diagrams on how to setup a hydroponic system, you havnt just lost your last crop & you dont have a very ill wife in need of some medicine! All those things im assuming. Drain to waste is still hydroponic, theres a lot less things to get wrong, if you do get something wrong its a lot more forgiving. Take one trip to the grow shop & start growing. Or or ask around for diagrams then start setting something up, figure out you should've done something different/better, count yoyr loses & start again, another failed grow to get it dialed in meanwhile the mrs is losing faith etc etc
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All very good info given in this thread but i think i agree with this the most. Guys who have been doing this for a while and know how to setup these different systems find it simple enough, but it can feel daunting as a newbie just trying to understand the lingo. Not too mention, just getting plants to harvest can he hard enough for some new growers.

Ive still only been growing just over a year, im glad i went the soil-------coco-----hydro route, it allowed me to learn the ropes, grow some plants to harvest and really start understanding what the seasoned guys were trying to do.
 
5BY5LEC

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diggs99 said:
All very good info given in this thread but i think i agree with this the most. Guys who have been doing this for a while and know how to setup these different systems find it simple enough, but it can feel daunting as a newbie just trying to understand the lingo. Not too mention, just getting plants to harvest can he hard enough for some new growers.

Ive still only been growing just over a year, im glad i went the soil-------coco-----hydro route, it allowed me to learn the ropes, grow some plants to harvest and really start understanding what the seasoned guys were trying to do.
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Yeah, and while I get what Dark is saying about coco, it is going to have its whole set of little nuiances you are going to have to learn too. Growing in any kind of medium by no means assures you a harvest. You can fuck them all up, soil coco ebb whatever. Might as well learn what you have to learn running an rdwc.
One stone cold fact about how growing in hydro is better for a beginner is the input = instant plant feedback. Those lessons which cant be taught from a book.
 
diggs99

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5BY5LEC said:
Yeah, and while I get what Dark is saying about coco, it is going to have its whole set of little nuiances you are going to have to learn too. Growing in any kind of medium by no means assures you a harvest. You can fuck them all up, soil coco ebb whatever. Might as well learn what you have to learn running an rdwc.
One stone cold fact about how growing in hydro is better for a beginner is the input = instant plant feedback. Those lessons which cant be taught from a book.
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Yep, no arguments here.....every method can be accomplished if done correctly and as you say, they all have their own issues and learning curves.

One thing OP has going for him, he has this site and its growers, many of which have grown this way(DWC) with success, so the learning curve could be a bit easier if he takes the proper advice and implements it.
 
mytwhyt

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Hatchet 72, Don't have any threads here despite the posts I've made over the years.. Something along the lines of a diy 2 bucket waterfarm plus 1bucket for a reservoir would be an easy set up.. .. This is a pic of a 3 waterfarm setup with a remote 5 gal bucket reservoir in the fore ground. The second pics are the finished plants on each end.. 4 months total., 26 oz. Those plants were feed only Flora Nova Bloom, Lucas Formula.. My goal has been to do more with less.. No electric water pumps or air stones used.. Just the air pump you see to power the drip rings.. Each WFs dripring changes it's own water twice an hour with fresh water from the remote reservoir....
With a float valve in the reservoir, and a 5 gal feed back reservoir on top, you could leave it unattended for a while.. That grow was in the winter, didn't need to cool the water.. 13 gal water total, checked ph and water level daily, no feed back reservoir.. I only grow 2-3 plants at a time.. I
grow more pot than i can smoke, and believe me I can smoke a lot, and all the time.. Surprising how popular you become when you have move pot than you can smoke..




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Darkoh69

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mytwhyt said:
Hatchet 72, Don't have any threads here despite the posts I've made over the years.. Something along the lines of a diy 2 bucket waterfarm plus 1bucket for a reservoir would be an easy set up.. .. This is a pic of a 3 waterfarm setup with a remote 5 gal bucket reservoir in the fore ground. The second pics are the finished plants on each end.. 4 months total., 26 oz. Those plants were feed only Flora Nova Bloom, Lucas Formula.. My goal has been to do more with less.. No electric water pumps or air stones used.. Just the air pump you see to power the drip rings.. Each WFs dripring changes it's own water twice an hour with fresh water from the remote reservoir....
With a float valve in the reservoir, and a 5 gal feed back reservoir on top, you could leave it unattended for a while.. That grow was in the winter, didn't need to cool the water.. 13 gal water total, checked ph and water level daily, no feed back reservoir.. I only grow 2-3 plants at a time.. I
grow more pot than i can smoke, and believe me I can smoke a lot, and all the time.. Surprising how popular you become when you have move pot than you can smoke..




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nice setup & real nice looking buds. Apologies to OP for hijacking this post but I don't understand & ive seen this a lot is why it takes so long for some grows? 4 months seems a really long time for 26ozs, is it down to genetics or leds maybe?55B7BC4F-E366-44AF-BE4D-CB9D3964C21D.jpegDA8A3B78-2243-487A-942F-45DF6C84284E.jpeg
These pics (i cant figure out how to flip it up the right way) are of my last grow taken 7 weeks into flower 1 week veg 16 green crack I pulled 8 lbs 2 weeks later. Scaled down to 4 plants I would expect 2lbs at worst. I mean no disrespect @mytwhyt just curious
 
mytwhyt

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Hatchet, I'd do a 6""net pot.. But then who am I to say.. My Waterfarms have 9 liters of hydroton..
Dark69, 97 days is my best time.. Three grows a year from seed provides for myself and friends But mostly because I don't grow for profit, I'm not overly concerned by grow time.. I think 26 oz is pretty good for 630 watts. I was shooting for 2 lbs.. I think three 315 watt lights should get 3lbs 3 plants..
 
Hatchet72

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20200119_113844.jpg the two white buckets are 4 gallons each the black tote is 7 gallons I have 3.75 in heavy duty net pots haven't cut the lids because I'm not sure if I can do 3.75 all the way to harvest or if I need to go bigger with net pots
 
Airwalker16

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Hatchet72 said:
View attachment 4460008 the two white buckets are 4 gallons each the black tote is 7 gallons I have 3.75 in heavy duty net pots haven't cut the lids because I'm not sure if I can do 3.75 all the way to harvest or if I need to go bigger with net pots
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Ive ran giants in 2" netpot before. Trellis makes it possible. 6" is more than adequate and I wonder if honestly 3.75" wouldn't do just fine too
 
Hatchet72

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Do you think I should use primer and glue to glue my pvc together or just to go around all the fittings with silicone please let me know so I can get it painted today black
 
Airwalker16

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Hatchet72 said:
View attachment 4460008 the two white buckets are 4 gallons each the black tote is 7 gallons I have 3.75 in heavy duty net pots haven't cut the lids because I'm not sure if I can do 3.75 all the way to harvest or if I need to go bigger with net pots
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Buy rustoleum brand black spray paint. It says "Bonds to Plastic!" On the can. Sand your buckets and lids and give em a good coat or two
 
Hatchet72

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Airwalker16 said:
No problem. Don't slack on the paint. That translucent opaque white is just asking for trouble.
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Hey I hate to bother you but I post a thread and nobody answered it I started my seedlings and got them in their first nutrient and it said change every 7 to 10 days on the 10th day I checked my PPM I was running about 700 because my Waters at like 73 degrees my pH was at 5.7 which was a good play do I have to wait to change my nutrients there in 3 gal tot for now then my water fall rdwc. Can i go two weeks then change out?
 
fragileassassin

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Hey I hate to bother you but I post a thread and nobody answered it I started my seedlings and got them in their first nutrient and it said change every 7 to 10 days on the 10th day I checked my PPM I was running about 700 because my Waters at like 73 degrees my pH was at 5.7 which was a good play do I have to wait to change my nutrients there in 3 gal tot for now then my water fall rdwc. Can i go two weeks then change out?
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How far from seed? I'm half way through veg before I hit 700ppm. I run all my clones and seedlings at 180-200ppm until they start showing signs of wanting more and that usually takes about a month. They get 70ppm tap water, a little calmag, a rooting hormone, and some silica and they're good until they get fairly big. The cloner and veg system water once gets changed once a month unless something is wrong.
These are about 3 weeks from when I put the seeds in the tray.
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Hatchet72

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15808369630598095916634461606254.jpg15808372138083738195347077525295.jpg15808373403263823073580686069227.jpg15808375174398354303510364362901.jpg1580837668086218043325491829902.jpg the seedlings where are planted in rockwool on January 13th they sprouted January 21st I put them in my coat on the 23rd with the first nut so from the 23rd to today which is only 13 days that's my root system now the Clones we're given to me on the 6th of January the guy clip them then gave them to me and I put them in the bucket with clonex from the 6th until the 23rd without any root system The Roots you see now is when I got my aeroponics cloner 11 days ago and put them in it and that's what I've gotten so far what do you think I got a waterfall rdwc that I will be transplanting to when they get about a foot-and-a-half tall please hit me up and let me know what you think I got my seedlings from 6 82 down to 340 and my clones when I checked them was at 6:50 650 PPM the pH for the Clones what's 5.6 the pH for my seedlings what's 5.7 first grow
 
Hatchet72

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Hatchet72 said:
View attachment 4471560View attachment 4471567View attachment 4471577View attachment 4471583View attachment 4471587 the seedlings where are planted in rockwool on January 13th they sprouted January 21st I put them in my coat on the 23rd with the first nut so from the 23rd to today which is only 13 days that's my root system now the Clones we're given to me on the 6th of January the guy clip them then gave them to me and I put them in the bucket with clonex from the 6th until the 23rd without any root system The Roots you see now is when I got my aeroponics cloner 11 days ago and put them in it and that's what I've gotten so far what do you think I got a waterfall rdwc that I will be transplanting to when they get about a foot-and-a-half tall please hit me up and let me know what you think I got my seedlings from 6 82 down to 340 and my clones when I checked them was at 6:50 650 PPM the pH for the Clones what's 5.6 the pH for my seedlings what's 5.7 first grow
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Forgot to tell you the nutrients I'm using is General Hydroponics Flora series performance pack I even got the expert nutrients that goes with that too
 
fragileassassin

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yeah those barely need any food at all yet. If youre adding nutrient I wouldnt do much more than like 1/8th strength yet. The 340 is probably fine but id change that clone water too.
I popped the seeds I posted on the 11th or 12th and they still dont need any nutrient. Theyre loving the 180ppm of tap calmag and silica.
you need to bring your tent temp up some to at at least 75 imo. and the bucket needs more humidity.
Those clones are going to be slow and theyre going to do some weird stuff. idk if youve ever taken clones from a flowering plant, but revegging plants can be weird for a while.
 
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