Roseman's DIY Bubbleponics Tutorial

Poseidon313

Active Member
ok, i was following your journal, and reading every day..it took me 3 days to get till the end. i love your grow, and it has definitely inspired me. it was the first thread i read after deciding to go hydro. it has inspired me to go into my reserve cash to get the grow this way! i cant wait to see more. my question is this: I saw you had the Tetra Whisper Air pump, i was wondering if you knew what flow it was (mine is 30-60 aquarium). thanks and honestly if it wasnt for your tutorial, i would not have gone hydro!
 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society
Your plants look awesome, very nice. are you using the same lights for flower?

No. Now I have two 6500ks for each one 2700k bulb. In Flowering, I will have more 2700K and less 6500k bulbs. I do have a couple 4100k and one 5000k in there that will stay.
 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society
Thank you for this incredible education. I might be jumping the gun but now that you are at 12/12 how do you remove males with the huge tangled root mass? I have been wonderinghow not to leave behind a lot of dead roots.

Thank you.
I start 12/12 today, 10-8-09. I posted yesterday, in Post # 311:

The tank with 6 plants, is in this pic. Been in VEG from seed for 5 weeks, three days. I will start 12/12 tomorrow.

I will remove all the male roots and maybe up to 25% of the female roots, with no consequences. i'll show you in two weeks with pics.
 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society
Post # 311 says

The tank with 6 plants, is in this pic. Been in VEG from seed for 5 weeks, three days. I will start 12/12 tomorrow.
 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society
Allow me to stress or emphasize this:
A water pump can harbor dead debris, dead roots, mushy yukey stuff and crap that really screws up the pH. Give your water the sniff test to determine if the water pump is spoiling the water. It should smell like fresh cut iceberg lettuce or alfalfa sprouts, and not stink bad. Most all water pumps have a filter in them that needs cleaning after two weeks, or get the pump out of there after 3 weeks.


After the first two weeks, and then daily, your pH should and will climb from 6.0 to 7.0 in about 18 to 24 hours because the plants are eating the nutes and the water is going down, and becomes more acidity. If the water jumps from 6.0 to 8.0 in a day, or worst, in 8 hours, you have a serious problem, and 99% of the time it is dead debris, dead roots, dead pieces of roots or leaves in the water. And the water pump can hold and hide that crap. Get the filter in the water pump cleaned after two weeks, or after the roots are int he deep water, or get that water pump out and the pH will be more stable.
 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society
ok, i was following your journal, and reading every day..it took me 3 days to get till the end. i love your grow, and it has definitely inspired me. it was the first thread i read after deciding to go hydro. it has inspired me to go into my reserve cash to get the grow this way! i cant wait to see more. my question is this: I saw you had the Tetra Whisper Air pump, i was wondering if you knew what flow it was (mine is 30-60 aquarium). thanks and honestly if it wasnt for your tutorial, i would not have gone hydro!
It is the DUAL (has two outlets) 20-60 Whisperer.
 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society
WHEN DO I START 12/12 FLOWERING CYCLE?

The longer the VEG cycle, the more the yield.
Consider this, in nature, outdoors, we plant a seed in mid to late April. It grows through April, May, June, July, and in mid to late July, as the sun's rays change, the plant naturally changes from VEG to FLOWER, with the diminishing sun's rays. That is nature's way. The plant grows and matures to an adult plant for about 3 to 4 months. THEN, it makes flowers. That is nature's way.
Indoors, in HYDRO with feeder tubes, we cut that time in half, by using 24/7 LIGHT. instead of 3 months, or 13 weeks, it takes about 5 to 6 weeks to become a mature plant in HYDRO, with 24/7 LIGHT. Pot plants growing as young plants, make what we call nodes, or a set of two leaves, one directly across form the other. When a pot plant is mature, it will make new leaves one at a time, not directly across from an other leaf, but staggered.


OK, also in nature, in addition to plants, we see animals and humans reproduce at maturity or adulthood. If a human, (or dog or any animal) is forced to make babies before maturity, like getting a 12 yr old girl pregnant, or a dog in her very first heat, then the babies are weak, or runts, or deformed, and just not at their best.
A dude here, a most experienced, knowledgable grower named fdd2blk (and a MOD here too) taught me a long time ago, that it does not make sense, it is not wise, it is not logical, to make a child have a child, and it is not wise or smart or logical to make an immature baby plant, have babies. LET THE BABIES GROW AND LET THE ADULTS MAKE BABIES.
If you will VEG for 5 weeks, to 6 weeks, you will have more time for proper TOPPING, PRUNING, AND FIMMING, and you'll get bigger plants, a much larger yield, and you will also have a mature adult plant, ready to make healthy, stronger babies (flowers) .

If you begin Indica Flowering, after VEGGING 3 or 4 weeks, you will harvest about 60% to 75% of what you would have harvested, IF you had waited and VEGGED for 5 or 6 full weeks.

This info applies to rapid growing in Hydro, and to Indica strains. NOT slowly in SOIL, and NOT Sativa.

I average 3 to 4 ounces per plant, VEGGING 5 to 6 weeks, and I have gotten 7 ounces from one plant, the one you see at my signature. I got that with a long vEG Cycle, planned, proper Topping and Pruning and Fimming, and creating more tops or cola sites.

I have seen grows done where 12/12 was started the very first day, and they got 24 to 30 inches tall by harvest time, and yielded an ounce to two ounces per plant of dried manicured buds. That can be done in 8 weeks and there is nothing wrong with that. But I want more.



I figure today is very close to 5 and half weeks of VEGGING, so today I am starting mine on 12/12 Light today, 10-8-09.

I did a Replinish of a gallon of pH Balanced water to each container and adjusted the reservoirs from the daily 7.o back to 6.0. I added 1/6 packet of nutes to each reservoir, and two teaspoons of Cal-Mag just because it was sitting on my shelf and not being used. I also added 6 teaspoons of 3% peroxide to the two tanks and 4 teaspoons to the bucket.
I checked my clamps on my light reflectors and tightened them again.
I checked that my window covering was secure. Then I turned all the lights out, closed the door and looked for Light Leaks. I had no leaks. To begin a successful 12/12 period, you have to have 100% complete darkness. It is not the nutes but the change in the light cycle that forces the BLOOM cycle to begin. I am still using the VEG nutesand I will for two more days. The BLOOM nutes are heavy on phosphorus and short on nitrogen. Phosphorus encourages more blooms, but does not force them. Nitrogen will encourage a stronger plant with stronger stems and also encourage more growth. I will do a Drain and Replinish this Saturday, (in two days) and then change to Bloom Nutes.

This Saturday when I have plenty of time, I will also add some 2700K bulbs.
 

Lt Shiny Sides

Well-Known Member
They look awesome Roseman. Do you know the sex of any of them yet. I decided to switch to 12/12 today also, but mine are only about 4 weeks old. I know my yield won't be as good but I want them to be done before Christmas. Do you think it's unreasonable to expect 2 ounces from each of my plants?
 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society
They look awesome Roseman. Do you know the sex of any of them yet. I decided to switch to 12/12 today also, but mine are only about 4 weeks old. I know my yield won't be as good but I want them to be done before Christmas. Do you think it's unreasonable to expect 2 ounces from each of my plants?
I have not sexed them or guessed at it or even tried to tell, yet. I did look, but no signs yet.
I will BLOOM or FLOWER now for more than 8 and less than 9 weeks.
3 weeks left in October, 4 in November, I will harvest about 2nd week of Decemeber, about two weeks before Christmas.
 
I have not sexed them or guessed at it or even tried to tell, yet. I did look, but no signs yet.
I will BLOOM or FLOWER now for more than 8 and less than 9 weeks.
3 weeks left in October, 4 in November, I will harvest about 2nd week of Decemeber, about two weeks before Christmas.
jeez what a christmas gift... nice
 

websluef

Member
Roseman,awesome. I am a newbie and this is my first post and on my 2nd grow. The first one I just abandoned. Made every mistake you can imagine. Anyway I remodeled my grow room. I have pretty much the same set-up but I DO NOT have the pump in the middle of the res like you have with the seperate tubes going to each basket. All I have is the airstone with a large air pump. Do I still have to keep the water level below the basket? Right now I am growing a mother plant in a 2 gallon bucket and had the water level to the middle of the basket. I am growing some snow white.T5 lighting.
 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society
In changing to 12/12 I did a Replinish of a gallon of pH balanced water to each container and adjusted the reservoirs from the daily 7.0 back to 6.0. I added 1/6 packet of Grow or VEG nutes to each reservoir, and two teaspoons of Cal-Mag just because it was sitting on my shelf and not being used. I also added 6 teaspoons of 3% peroxide to the two tanks and 4 teaspoons to the bucket.
I checked my clamps on my light reflectors and tightened them again.
I checked that my window covering was secure. Then I turned all the lights out, closed the door and looked for Light Leaks. I had no leaks. To begin a successful 12/12 period, you have to have 100% complete darkness. It is not the nutes but the change in the light cycle that forces the BLOOM cycle to begin. I am still using the VEG nutesand I will for two more days. The BLOOM nutes are heavy on phosphorus and short on nitrogen. Phosphorus encourages more blooms, but does not force them. Nitrogen will encourage a stronger plant with stronger stems and also encourage more growth. I will do a Drain and Replinish this Saturday, (in two days) and then change to Bloom Nutes.

This Saturday when I have plenty of time, I will also add some 2700K bulbs.
 

bong it

Member
thanks you very much !!! helped so much. :)



"I think that growing pot is watched over by some sort of angels, or great spiritual beings that guide us and the plant's growth" sound like its you, atleast for me.
keep it up.
:peace:
 
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