Amazing Growth in under week with Hydro! Pics Attached

Hi -

Yes no problem - both were purchased from ebay, but you can get the aquarium pump from Wilkinsons (£4.99) Check the links:

eBay.co.uk: 5LT BLACK OR WHITE BUCKET & RESEALABLE LID X 2 (item 160082695411 end time 06-Jun-07 14:31:02 BST)

eBay.co.uk: AIR STONE 3" RING FOR AQUARIUM FISH TANK (item 330104061206 end time 07-Apr-07 20:59:27 BST)

(You can just use a airstone for an aqaurium basically I just thought the ring type airstone would be perfect for even root oxygenization...)

If yo have no luck with the above the following shops are good for bit & bobs:

B&Q: General Electric Fluros & other lighting
Homebase: Fluroescents (CFL's & tubes) pots etc
Wilkinsons: Airstones, tubing & pumps

Petshops: pumps, airstones
Hardware Store: all of the above!
Fishing Store: Buckets for making hydro system (5l Bait Bucket)

If you need anymore help just ask...

Thanks for that ed ,it was the buckets i was stuck on really,can i ask what size of net pot you have in your bucket? its just that it seems quite a small one and did you get that from a grow shop?
sorry for all the questions but if you dont ask youll never know
cheers Bifter

Hi - The net pots are 5cm they came with one of my units, but since I have used quite a few now, I just ordered 100 from here: (5p each)

Net Pots

The ones in my pic are from GHE but the ones above will be fine

Thanks again ed ,do you have any problems with them as they are rather small? i would have thought bigger ones would be better for the whole grow

cheers Bifter

Wow great thread I wish you much luck you make hydro look not so daunting

bifter said:

Thanks again ed ,do you have any problems with them as they are rather small? i would have thought bigger ones would be better for the whole grow

cheers Bifter

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Hey Bifta - No probs at all... the root mass is so big coupled with 5l of water, it acts as a 'balllast' (not lighting ballast!) so keeps the plant stable - I can see what you mean - I bigger net pot would be absolutely fine, but I have found the 5cm just right... You can always gaffer a cane to the side of bucket if it needs propping...

Iowasmoke said:

Wow great thread I wish you much luck you make hydro look not so daunting

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Haha thanks - it was hard deciding to do a grow in soil or hydro but after much research I opted for Hydro, basically for time purposes & yield.

The hardest thing I have found so far is getting the nutrient balance right, but thanks to Viiday (forum member) I have that to a T now - all the best to you.

Really diggin this thread Ed.
Nice photography.

Love the idea of the 5L bucket.

I think I will make me one of those next week.
I was figuring $'s for the project:
I think I can do a dwc simmilar to this for about 20.00 usd.

I was looking for a good hydro setup to teach some clones to swim..

This bong hit is for you dude...

Happy growing

midgradeindasouth said:

Really diggin this thread Ed.
Nice photograhy.

Love the idea of the 5L bucket.

I think I will make me one of those next week.
I was figuring $'s for the project:
I think I can do a dwc simmilar to this for about 20.00 usd.

I was looking for a good hydro setup to teach some clones to swim..

This bong hit is for you dude...

Happy growing

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Cheers dude!

Here's one straight back at ya..

I'll post more pics as grow progresses

Youre ladies are looking lovely ed ,i would be happy if mine were half as good as that for my first grow
I bought a couple of those buckets by the way,i already have a very good air pump from a fish tank i used to have so its just pots and pebbles and a couple of plants from somewhere
thanks for the inspiration ed
Bifter

edsthreads said:

Hi - I am growing it in a spare room but in a BUDBOX that I purchased from Ebay for about £130 ($260)

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Looks just like a Homebox (I have 2 of them). Great move getting the grow tent.

Greyskull said:

Looks just like a Homebox (I have 2 of them). Great move getting the grow tent.

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Yes the Budbox/Homebox has been a great investment so far, great features & perfect environment for the ladies - I'm sure someone will adapt a camping tent of some sort in the near future to save a few $$$'s! - If anyone does I'd love to see it on this forum...

bifter said:

Youre ladies are looking lovely ed ,i would be happy if mine were half as good as that for my first grow
I bought a couple of those buckets by the way,i already have a very good air pump from a fish tank i used to have so its just pots and pebbles and a couple of plants from somewhere
thanks for the inspiration ed
Bifter

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Nice one Bifta... please post your completed hydro system once completed would love to see how you get on...

The only thing I did forget to mention was getting the hydro clay pebbles (these came with my aquafarm) They didn't supply me with quite enough & I have looked EVERYWHERE for them (B&Q, Homebase, Garden Centres, Hardware Stores) I cannot find them apart from on Ebay, so if you know of a national chain of stores that sell them please let me know!

I'lll keep you posted..

any hydro shop

great job your doing ed, your lady looks mui bueno, i remember my 1st attempt at hydro in 03' was disasterous lol a total screw up lol, no ph meter no nothing totally destroyed my plants(lucky they were bagseed lol). i look forward to seeing your yield and smoke report once again great job and keep up the good work!

LJ

GROW ON!

bifter said:

Thanks again ed ,do you have any problems with them as they are rather small? i would have thought bigger ones would be better for the whole grow

cheers Bifter

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Bifta - I was eating a Pot Noodle last night (classy eh?!) & thought it would make a great net pot for the hydro system if you are worried about the size issue - Ironic that it's called 'Pot Noodle' & even more so that the roots actually look like noodles!... Here is what I knocked up (or should that be chucked up?) ... after my Pot Noodle Curry

ljjr said:

great job your doing ed, your lady looks mui bueno, i remember my 1st attempt at hydro in 03' was disasterous lol a total screw up lol, no ph meter no nothing totally destroyed my plants(lucky they were bagseed lol). i look forward to seeing your yield and smoke report once again great job and keep up the good work!

LJ

GROW ON!

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Thanks for the comments, much appreciated... Yeah Hydro was daunting at first but I do like a challenge & it has turned out OK so far... Knowledge is the key to Hydro - Guess work just won't cut it... I will keep you all updated & esp whn it coome sto harvest/curing time..

Here are some pics of my No.1 Girl (well she was the first month of veg) then she got all droopy & had spotty leaves etc. I almost binned her she was in that bad a state... So I put her in my home-made hydro set-up & put her by a window for a week & turned the bucket twice a day so she got a good even soak in the sun & she has bounced back incredibly!! - The arrow in the pic shows the height she was before I put her in the hydro bucket. She has also grown the same distance horizontally...





(Blue airstone on end of pump works great)

Thats fantastic ed and the pot noodle seems like it may actually work,as for the clay pebbles i was looking for some on the net and found a grow shop that was quite cheap and then realised it was very near me and i didn't even know they existed ,so i will be popping down to get the pots and pebbles
cheers Bifter