Ethos Banana Hammock comparative(exodus thread)

3rd Monkey

3rd Monkey

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schmebulock said:
coco cations, little bastards lol

even putting my forum stompers into coco last night i did full strength 5ml/gal because i know the coco's gonna suck half of it out
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I prefer them over soil, honestly. Like hydro, it's much easier to be precise and exact.

Did you add it in with your other nutes?
 
schmebulock

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is it wrong that i undid all the knots of my roots last night? lol i was like "oh if i just untangle this section here you'll be free!"
 
schmebulock

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3rd Monkey said:
I prefer them over soil, honestly. Like hydro, it's much easier to be precise and exact.

Did you add it in with your other nutes?
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yeah i always amend calmag with my nutes - but i use canna coco a/b so it's specifically designed to have a bit more coco in it so by the flowering endgame i'm usually running 1ml/gal of calmag
 
3rd Monkey

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schmebulock said:
yeah i always amend calmag with my nutes - but i use canna coco a/b so it's specifically designed to have a bit more coco in it so by the flowering endgame i'm usually running 1ml/gal of calmag
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If you run into a calmag issue, next time you feed, feed calmag first, then the rest of your nutes.

K will cling before Ca.
 
Moabfighter

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Botanicare pure blend pro. Veg nute. Says week one seedlings/clones o ml. Week one 15ML.

I made up a gallon of water with 5ml and dispersed half the gallon amongst 3 soil plants. 140ppm. 6.2 PH
 
3rd Monkey

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schmebulock said:
fascinating! i remember at one point someone saying to feed calmag first but since i do a reservoir i kind of just lump it all together
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Ah, didn't know you were rocking a res. You could still hand feed calmag before you run the nutes, or are you on a constant drip?
 
schmebulock

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3rd Monkey said:
Ah, didn't know you were rocking a res. You could still hand feed calmag before you run the nutes, or are you on a constant drip?
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no sir, i have a 40 gallon trash can (currently running 10 gals but i go up to 25 gals for flower) - feed once a day to start, as they get bigger i will feed at 6 est and 11 est each night. I run 20/4 with my break being noon to 4pm.

450 gpm pump pumps res via 1/2 inch pvc tubing to a 6 feed manifold i built that mimicks soil2coco's

manifold has 6 feeds thread tapped into the base - can do 6 plants at once.

you can see the feed tubes here:

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manifold:
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Smokexbreak

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Moabfighter said:
Awesome man thank you. I keep thinking my DWC problems are when my PPM is at say 80 then I check it and it’s 120,130. I guess I’m wrong but I was always thinking any “up” in PPM ever was terrible.

Helps to know it was the light. I raised it as high as the ratchet hangers would go. I’ll get an exact measurement. Nothing crazy.
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No problem! You really need a lux meter so you can figure out what your PPFD of your light is. It’s a necessity with these QB’s
 
3rd Monkey

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schmebulock said:
no sir, i have a 40 gallon trash can (currently running 10 gals but i go up to 25 gals for flower) - feed once a day to start, as they get bigger i will feed at 6 est and 11 est each night. I run 20/4 with my break being noon to 4pm.

450 gpm pump pumps res via 1/2 inch pvc tubing to a 6 feed manifold i built that mimicks soil2coco's

manifold has 6 feeds thread tapped into the base - can do 6 plants at once.

you can see the feed tubes here:

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manifold:
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Nice setup. Very neat.

At least if you have a cal problem you could hand feed if you had to.
 
iceman2494

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Worth giving it a try . I do know when I ph in the am and after work it drifts to 6.4 or so . Will that cause a lock out ?
 
3rd Monkey

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iceman2494 said:
So if I shoot for 150 ppm with just the cal mag . What if I go over ? Do I dump res and start over ?
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Here's how I do it. Doesn't make it THE way, but it might help you take out the guesswork.

Start off with making a gallon of everything you are going to put in there. Calmag at 2ml. Micro at 2.5ml. Gro at 2.5ml. Bloom at 2.5ml.

Set your ph at 5.8 and check your ppm. That is your baseline of what your ppm is of every individual nute, so if you have a def, you'll know what to add and how much to get to whatever ppm. If you have a tox, you'll know what to back off and how much.

Do the same when you bump feed. Try to proportion them so you can just add them all together. The above would require 4 full gallons, so almost a five gallon bucket.

It's front loaded, but it saves you guesswork... And I hate guessing lol.
 
schmebulock

schmebulock

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3rd Monkey said:
Here's how I do it. Doesn't make it THE way, but it might help you take out the guesswork.

Start off with making a gallon of everything you are going to put in there. Calmag at 2ml. Micro at 2.5ml. Gro at 2.5ml. Bloom at 2.5ml.

Set your ph at 5.8 and check your ppm. That is your baseline of what your ppm is of every individual nute, so if you have a def, you'll know what to add and how much to get to whatever ppm. If you have a tox, you'll know what to back off and how much.

Do the same when you bump feed. Try to proportion them so you can just add them all together. The above would require 4 full gallons, so almost a five gallon bucket.

It's front loaded, but it saves you guesswork... And I hate guessing lol.
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yeah nothing beats a simple guide/chart. slide finger along this row to that column... okay do this. got it.
 
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