Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

light leaks. have you added anything in the grow room with a light on it? is your timer working correctly? for that many strains to hermie it is environment not genetics but i seriously doubt it is the root cutting. i have done that numerous times with numerous strains and never a problem. what i like to do to prevent the root issue in veg is to actually lift the plant up and out every 3-4 days, this keeps roots seperated.
and i would drop the ppm, it has been tested many times in this system and really anything over 1000ppm is wasting nutes and can be detrimental to yield. my yield increased when i went from 1600-1800 down to 800-1000.

light leaks?! That is definitely something i haven't checked on in a long time and I did swap out some venting not that long ago as well an extension cord that lights up that i half assed covered up... and i will happily try dropping my ppm. Thank you much for the response. I never would have guessed that. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Ok, It could be light leaks, but i personally think that you need to sanitize you whole room and start a new batch of seeds.

If you have any hermie pollen layin ground or anywhere from previous harvests where a few sacs opened and you have fans running in there, then the pistil will catch them because they are just laying around you room and the fans iwll circulate tehm around the room.

It happened to me before.. cleaned the plac eus, fixed the issue.. bleach + water did the trick for me. clean every inch of ground and floor and equipment.

thats alot of time and work if its just a light problem

he not havin a problem with pollen... hes havin a problem with hermies

tightbond II said:

thats alot of time and work if its just a light problem

he not havin a problem with pollen... hes havin a problem with hermies

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oh crap, i thought he was getting seedz.. that was his issue.. nevermind...

some form of stress then. to answer his question

oceangreen said:

Ok, It could be light leaks, but i personally think that you need to sanitize you whole room and start a new batch of seeds.

If you have any hermie pollen layin ground or anywhere from previous harvests where a few sacs opened and you have fans running in there, then the pistil will catch them because they are just laying around you room and the fans iwll circulate tehm around the room.

It happened to me before.. cleaned the plac eus, fixed the issue.. bleach + water did the trick for me. clean every inch of ground and floor and equipment.

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to my knowledge that pollen can only stay viable in open air for a day or 2....

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SFguy said:

to my knowledge that pollen can only stay viable in open air for a day or 2....

edit post ill re-read

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nein.. they stay alive a while after that.. but i misread the guy he said hermie...nothing to do with what i said

when do you take the clones, as soon as they goto veg or at the end of 3rd week of veg. and I have general hydropronics food, how much of that would I use

take clones anytime they are in veg up to the 2nd week of flower, best while still in veg

Make sure the clone is at least 2-4 inches,which should be branches from the bottom in weeks 3-4

Ereramome said:

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That's what your dad says too. Chip off the old block,eh?

oceangreen said:

dude we arleady told you. you are gonna have major issue with that...

1. the pump for that much manifold will heat up the water, so you have to buy a 1/4 hp chiller for each system( or you have hook up an external pump
2. the sites are too close together
3. you cant fit that many pipes across any REZ. 50 gallones rez box we use cant even fit three...and those are huge..., you might be able to do three, but its squeezing it..

you really dont know what you are getting into. read up..

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so i built a six pipe stadium set up, that drained into a gutter and that was drained down a center down spout and into the 50 gal roughneck res. I never turned it on 'cause as soon as i had set it up i had realized that there was no way to do the 2 weeks of flush. poop. so even if you have a chiller. you still need the 2 weeks flush. also later i had realized that i also wanted to make a 2 wk transition res. 1/2 veg formula, 1/2 bloom formula. not all plants will be in those phases all at once. good luck to ya

SmokeyThaBandit said:

so i built a six pipe stadium set up, that drained into a gutter and that was drained down a center down spout and into the 50 gal roughneck res. I never turned it on 'cause as soon as i had set it up i had realized that there was no way to do the 2 weeks of flush. poop. so even if you have a chiller. you still need the 2 weeks flush. also later i had realized that i also wanted to make a 2 wk transition res. 1/2 veg formula, 1/2 bloom formula. not all plants will be in those phases all at once. good luck to ya

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Ok yes you did a gutter, nice.

Why not... make a cutout at top of 50gal Rez... And set up a drain.... Drill hole in bottom.. Place 2 sheets mdf .75.. Under Rez..use grommet fitting.. Attach pipe to grommet.. Add an on off valve... Have a drain plug as additional safety..

I don't have many power losses where I live, but I use a battery backup system similar to the kind made for PC's. Probably wouldn't be great for extended power loss, but works great for short term.

StinkBud said:

You just fill the res with water and start adding the nutrient formula until it reaches the correct PPM.

What PPM level you run depends a lot on what strain you are running. 1700-2000 PPM is a safe number to start at but some strains can handle over 3000 PPM.

Every couple of days I add water. As the plants use up the nutrients you will have to add more formula. It's really too easy!

All you need is a cheap PPM meter. Stick it in the water and read the number.

Same with PH. Just put the meter in the water and it will tell you the PH. If it is below 5.8 you add PH up. If is above 5.8 you add PH down.

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Question: PH set to 5.8? Maybe I sound stupid, but I have read that PH should be set to between 6.5 and 7.5. Have I been lied to??

~Sickboy71

Sickboy71 said:

Question: PH set to 5.8? Maybe I sound stupid, but I have read that PH should be set to between 6.5 and 7.5. Have I been lied to??

~Sickboy71

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i think some guys set it to 5.6 and let it swing up to 6.0, before adjusting back down. the botanicare nutes are pretty effective, i think , both ways.. no way 6.5-7.5

Hey, thanks for the quick response and for the advice. I've been setting my PH to 6.5 for weeks. I guess that might explain a few things. If I can ever remember who it was who told me 6.5-7.5 was perfect, they're gonna get a kick in the ass! Thanks again for setting me straight.

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Question: PH set to 5.8? Maybe I sound stupid, but I have read that PH should be set to between 6.5 and 7.5. Have I been lied to??

~Sickboy71

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Your prob thinking with soil.. soil PH is a bit higher than hydro.

5.5 - 6.5 is where it should be for hydro and really dialing it in 5.8-6.0 is optimum.
Soil is closer to 7.0 as ideal PH

StinkBud.. Your a good dude and have really constructed an impresive system... Keep at it bro! great stuff... this will be used for years to come