First Time Hydroponic Grower

[Mitus]

lowered the ppm from 1200 to 800 on my lunch break. i did notice a little bit of nutriet burn in the tips of some of the leaves.

 

[gohydro]

lowered the ppm from 1200 to 800 on my lunch break. i did notice a little bit of nutriet burn in the tips of some of the leaves.

Give it time to stabilize and check it again tonight. Check it tomorrow and see where you stand. If it's still climbing dilute even more.

The same thing stands true with PH adjustment. Generally when I mix my nutes up I wait a day for the PH to stabilize BEFORE I add PH up or PH down and before I refill the system. There are buffers in the nute solution which help to stabilize (for lack of a better description)the PH. Usually on the day I mix it is somewhat low...say around 5.2. If I wait a day it is usually around 5.5 so I don't need to add any PH up or PH down before I fill my rez. As the plants start using up nutes the ph will change and you'll correct on a daily basis. From my experience PH up has a much bigger effect than PH down so use it sparingly.

 

[gohydro]

These are all links from RIU and will help tremendously.

https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=588

https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=174

https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=589

https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=172

https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=171

 

[Mitus]

Thanks so much bro!

 

[Mitus]

I'll post a full detailed post later on... basically i scrapped the drip system and built myself two Aerotubs. Check out the pics of my Green Crack!!

 

[gohydro]

I'll post a full detailed post later on... basically i scrapped the drip system and built myself two Aerotubs. Check out the pics of my Green Crack!!

Lookin good. Subscribed!

I see some lollipopping in your future.


GoHydro

 

[Mitus]

So as you can see in recent posts, I decided to scrap my drip system and build myself two Aero Tubs. The inspirations comes from my buddy gohydro... thank you. So basically I took two 30 gal containers... I drilled a 15/16" hole on either side of the tub and carfully forced a 3/4" inner diammeter pvc pipe through the tub. The reason for the 15/16" inch hole is because the outter diameter of the pvc is 1"... this way i dont have to use glue or anything... its water tight just from the pressure of being stretched. I fit the pvc with 360 degree sprayers angled to hit the bottem third of my 3" net cups. (I used a 2 7/8" hole saw to make holes for the net pots)

I picked up some clones of Green Crack and they're lookin great. I'm gonna switch em over to flowering the middle of next week. They roots are just shooting out as each day passes. Check out the pics!

 

[Mitus]

I'm about to hit the 2 week mark and am getting ready to make the switch into flowering. I'll be using my 3 part GH mix still, as well as some Advanced Nutrients Carboload and BigBud.

If you've looked at some of the previous pictures you'll notice that in the new ones I have build new shelfs to hold the tubs (which are on wheels) and i also build them shorter to the ground to allow more room for my plants to grow. Also you'll see on the side i have a single UK Cheese clone in a drip bucket... Just because i can bitches!! muahaha

Check out the new pics !

-Mitus (Day 13)

 

[gohydro]

I'm about to hit the 2 week mark and am getting ready to make the switch into flowering. I'll be using my 3 part GH mix still, as well as some Advanced Nutrients Carboload and BigBud.

If you've looked at some of the previous pictures you'll notice that in the new ones I have build new shelfs to hold the tubs (which are on wheels) and i also build them shorter to the ground to allow more room for my plants to grow. Also you'll see on the side i have a single UK Cheese clone in a drip bucket... Just because i can bitches!! muahaha

Check out the new pics !

-Mitus (Day 13)

Loooookin good.

 

[southern homegrower]

I'll post a full detailed post later on... basically i scrapped the drip system and built myself two Aerotubs. Check out the pics of my Green Crack!!

hey mitus looking good. gohydro is a good one to learn from. he has saved me allot of money and time. i have the same aerotubs. i think mine are 27 gallons though. how much water do u put in yours

 

[Mitus]

10 gal per

 

[Mitus]

End of Week 3 -

So its the end of week 3 and i've made it here with a few speed bumps haha... As you can see the plants were recently a little overfed, but i quickly corrected the mixture and they're doing fine now. I have had some PH problems i guess you could say... big jumps in a matter of 24 hours, which i'm guessing is something to do with my new nutrients and/or tempurature. I'm sure i havent pruned them the best that i could, but i have been cuting them back and triming big fan leaves. I'm no longer using the 3 part GH mix and have now moved on to Advanced Nutrients line of stuff as you can see in the pictures. I'm currently building a new "super tub" which will be an aero/fog tub for 10 plants. I've also improved my current aerotub's design and plan to implement it on my next grow. I'll post more details and pics on those later on.



-Mitus

 

[southern homegrower]

im using 360 degree pin sprayers. they are not spraying as strong as they did to start with

 

[gohydro]

End of Week 3 -

So its the end of week 3 and i've made it here with a few speed bumps haha... As you can see the plants were recently a little overfed, but i quickly corrected the mixture and they're doing fine now. I have had some PH problems i guess you could say... big jumps in a matter of 24 hours, which i'm guessing is something to do with my new nutrients and/or tempurature. I'm sure i havent pruned them the best that i could, but i have been cuting them back and triming big fan leaves. I'm no longer using the 3 part GH mix and have now moved on to Advanced Nutrients line of stuff as you can see in the pictures. I'm currently building a new "super tub" which will be an aero/fog tub for 10 plants. I've also improved my current aerotub's design and plan to implement it on my next grow. I'll post more details and pics on those later on.



-Mitus

Time to graduate to a bigboy system. LOL Congrats

 

[southern homegrower]

hows the grow going

 

[Mitus]

Going well. I need to replace a pump this afternoon. Working on a PVC system (aero/nft) inspired by my buddy Gohydro. You should check his posts out.

 

[southern homegrower]

damn man thats kick ass. he has a nice system and very clean. i want to do the same just got to wait a little longer. cant wait to see urs