Waterfarm 8 pack in a HTG Supply Hut.

[MK Ultraman]

Hello all this is my 1st attempt at hydro.

GH Waterfarm 8 pack in a HTG Supply growbright hut size L 56x56x78.5
Vegging using 600 w Mh growbright conversion bulb in a 6inch cool tube.
All buckets controller and reservoir wrapped in reflectix. 24VDC fans used for intake and exhaust for the hut. Added PC fans on reservoir, Current USA prime chiller 1/15hp.

Using a GE Merlin RO system can do something like 750 gallons a day if needed.

Growing 2 Nirvana PPP, 8 himalayan gold, 6 WW and 3 MK Ultra.

Courtesy of WFF. Setup I used except for the smaller chiller. I have it set to run pump/chiller and some fans every 1/2 hour system also runs like a ebb and flow plus drippers.

Some pic's of the mods.

Exhaust ports.

Controller mods to keep up with the flow. Floats only protect return tub from overflowing.

Float control opening been drill out to 2 to 3 times the size to increase flow.

Return tub, dual overflow and flow control valve.

Current chiller 1/15hp.

Chiller enclosed has fans front and back.

Tubing layout each buckets has 2 shut off valves.

Chiller in action in res.

All the important info PH,EC and water temp root rot be damn!

Fertilizer I'm currently using All American $14.95 a gallon beat that GH!
Great lakes garden supply

Oct 16, 2008

PPP started earlier a few weeks.

Day 10 days 10/26/2008 1.5 week

Day 17 11/2/2008 Transfer to Water farm Buckets close to lights out. Week 2.42

Day 21 11/6/2008 Week 3

Day 25 11/10/2008 Week 3.57

Day 32 11/17/2008 Week 4.57

Day 44 11/29/2008 Recovering from being top. Week 6.28 Added additional flourescent lighting.

Day 48 12/3/2008 week 6.85
Largest Female PPP

MK Ultra

Himalayan Gold.

Day 55 12/10/2008 week 7.85 Added 4 inch air stones in all buckets, 2 6inch air stones in the controller and one in res.

Day 60 12/16/2008 8.5 weeks. Exactly 2 months from seed.

Wheww! Ok that's it for now t'ill the next update. Flowering maybe next week!

 

[Dweeden420]

Great set-up, your plants look awesome. Good luck with the rest of your grow

 

[McBudz]

Damn dude. nice job. Now flower them things before they grow threw your roof!!

 

[Ms.Fox]

Great pics! ;-) Looks like you got a great grow on your hands.

 

[southernboy30]

I like your setup. I may looking into waterfarm. Clean and neat.

 

[MK Ultraman]

Thanks everyone! and Ms fox, I want them to become huge, so I could have a lot of buds! That was the whole purpose of going hydro for me. I do have a walk in closet set aside if things get out of hand.

 

[pan4gold49]

Nice setup
I want to grow hydro some day soon.

Great looking plants.

Pan4

 

[flyfishinrock]

quite the set-up you've got there, very nicely put together. Was wondering, and I dont mean to knit-pick, why are you using clear tubing for your h2o instead of black? Just thinking that would be a change I would make to avoid algae. Looking great though, good job.

 

[MK Ultraman]

Hi, and thanks for stopping by the h20 lines are black and blue opaque which they say is enough to block algae from growing. I think your getting mixed up those clear lines are the air lines for the drippers and air stones.

 

[Dr. 215]

Very nice garden you got there. They are really gunna get HUGE.

 

[flyfishinrock]

nice thanks for clearing that up for me. helluva set-up looking forward to watchin this!

 

[MK Ultraman]

I bought 2 boxes of these at home depot for $14.95 each and 5 light fixtures for $9.95 each. Just a cheap and effected way to add more lumens.

Thought I light up the dark alley ways. I used the mounting chain and just link up the buckets.

How I mounted these to the hut with tywraps they can move up as the plants grow. I can't find this type anymore.

My White Widows.

Nirvana PPP were she splits off in a V Look at all those soon too be budsites! She going to be a monster!

 

[four20friend]

I like the diagram. Did you use a design program to create it? if so which one. Professional plans on your grow layout as well. I never thought about wrapping the buckets in reflectix. great idea. I think I am going to use as well. Are you using the lava rocks just to get the splashing down or some other reason? thanks

 

[MK Ultraman]

Hi and thanks for stopping by, sorry I didn't create that design I just copied it from another member on another forum. You can use all lava rocks I just happen to run out of hydroton and did a 50/50 mix on only 3 buckets until I got more hydroton they do seem to like the lava rocks more than the hydroton also has a less tendency to shift around.
But it does leave a lot more small sediments than the hydroton.

 

[MK Ultraman]

Hey 420 Sorry won't let me send PM I have less than 25 post. I would go by EC rather than PPM, seedlings should use very low EC/ppm I think you mean't my center gauge which is EC at 145 is probably closer to 400-500ppm atm my EC is 175 which equal out to around 800-900 ppm.

I really didn't do much but go by what the manufacturer of the fertilizer recommended for seedlings which should be listed. But even that may be high as those are probably grown in a ideal environment.

Mine was bloom .5ml, grow 1ml, micro 1ml per gallon and then I took the ppm reading or EC and base on how the plants reacted to it without any burning I would continue if they took a negative reaction I would backoff a bit and take note. Also the type of water your using greatly affects how they grow I would use nothing but Bottle water or R.O water.

I would say ppm for seedling should be in the 100-150 ppm range, just to play it safe.

 

[four20friend]

I only have a ppm meter.no ec. I wish I had that nutratemp meter you have, thats a nice one. I thought 145 (from your posted pictures) was the ppm and that seemed low to me for the growth stage they appear in.I use R.O water as well and man does it make a difference.I am in waterfarms as well and I have to recommend drip clean by house and garden. about .5 ml per gallen keeps the salts way down. Are you flushing in place or at all? if so are you moving them or flushing them out of the tubes you have in place?

 

[MK Ultraman]

So far I've flush about 3 times with R.O water during the 2 months veg, usually when I'm replacing with fresh solution it's a bit PIA, because my R.O system is under the kitchen sink. I was going to check into clearex and I'll check out drip clean.

Thanks

Yes the Nutradip tri-meter is very nice I found it on sale online for $168.00 cheapest I've seen so I couldn't pass it up.

 

[MK Ultraman]

Day 65 12/21/2008 rearrange system 5 buckets with 11 plants, HG,WW and PPP. 1st day of Flowering 12/12, Change Bulb Hortilux HPS, flushed and new nutes moved 3 smaller to closet for more Vegging.

The 2 Nirvana PPP The biggest female PPP.

2nd Female PPP she was a mutant.

 

[Be Irie]

I like your hydro set-up. If I was a hydro guy that is the one I would get. Your garden is looking pretty damn good, nice job and nice journal.....

 

[MK Ultraman]

Thanks!