Oscarnft
Active Member
Hi Guys,ive been growing 30 +yrs in soil,mainly bio all mix and biobizz nutes,until recently.
My mate showed me his nft gro,so hooked was i,that ordered a gt205 a week later....
What follows is my (mind blow) NFT grow....
GT205 UNIT,
Shogun Nutrients..
PH and EC pens,(essential)
september 9th,2020........Popped 2 GG#4 seeds and 1 random Afgan skunk seeds on tissue to germinate.
built a frame from old tent poles,as from what ive read,plants lack support in nft.
12th september,all seeds in rockwool,(Grodan),cut a spare cube into 2"x1"x1" and popped seeds in.....
Stuck em under pop bottle tops and voila.Rockwool soaked in ph 5.5 for about an hour.
By the 15th they were off.....
So ive read all about air pruning ect,i just kept them in washing up bowl and fed them diluted 50/50 nutes.
PH 5.8 EC 0600.
Shogun Samuri soft water 2 part Grow.A + B
plants hardening off with fan and low light height.sing a KOSHCEAL 600,(60quid light)
21st september...
27th September,all plants into NFT,running pump once every few hours,
PH 5.9 EC 1104 PPM 0552.
Heights GG #1..100mm GG #2..55mm Afgan..70mm
Plants have gone wild growth wise,Now have fan for air movement.
Technicaly this is only day 14.
so now the boring bit,ive read all there is to read,and it all seemed a bit daunting,so i took what i thought was best from all the other stuff ive read.....
28th September,Fimmed Gorilla #1,also added another small fan.
After 1 week in nft,.,,,,amazing.
1st October.
ec down to 899. ph 6.3
added 1ltr water a+b....ph 5.6 ec 1340 Made new rockwool block covers to prevent Algae growth.
heights...GG #1..115mm GG #2..70mm Afgan..80mm
21.30...All 3 have rooted too matting in tank,And roots are going wild.
4th october 2020
Added 1 ltr water to tank,5ml of a+b...
EC 1210
PH 5.6.....
Fimmed Afgan skunk.Plant are thriving well...Lots of roots in tray.
21.30
Ec 1444
Ph 5.7 ...Also started using Cal_mag
In Kerno we are soft water so cal-mag needed
5/10/2020
Ec 1640 just inside range
Ph 6.6..
7/10/2020
Added 3ltrs water 4ml a+b
Ec 1550
Ph 5.9
8-10-2020
Added 3ltrs water,upped ec to 1466
Ph 6.2
Have moved fans up,and raised light to let them stretch a bit...
Pump it tank to mix nutes ect
i learnt the hard way,you add nutes and they say too give it a stir or wait an hour,did just that and ph and ec were all wrong,thru the roof,I had to drain 8 ltrs water out and refil and ph,d and ec up to max..So i dropped this 1000ltr per hour hydro pump in sump,only gets turned on when doing feeds ect...saves so much time,and less errors using too much or too little nutes....
9-10-2020
4 weeks old today.
roots looking loike this....
And plants ...on 11th october,(have pics leading up to this if anyone wants to view them...)
As plants are growing im just tucking the branches under top bar of frame.
you will see from pics,Im a 12volt guy,all extraction and air flow fans,are quality pc fans,been going for years,and work a treat.
homemade 12 psu,1 variable output for exaust fan,rest are air movement fans,running flat out...(looks messy but works,lol)
10-10-2
Checked levels
Ec 1489
Ph 6.5 added 2 drops ph down now at 6.0
Bugger just found out you can only add 10 pics......all plants were fimmed 14 days before flip
View attachment 2247066
Here we are today,25th October,Flipped too 12/12 cycle half grow and half bloom nutes after emptying tank and rinsing,(will explain this in a sec),on 21st......Mind Blown.,.....Just over 6 weeks old.
They say you should empty your tank ever week or 2,I did my first 14 days after plants were in NFT,then 14 days later,then left until 21st,bearing in mind,during the get to know nft,i did twice have to take 8 ltrs out and replace as i wasnt used to PH down,which brings me onto PH down,this gear will take a ph of 7 down to 6.5 with literaly 1 drop from a pipette in 20 ltrs of water...BE WARNED.Dont do what i did and rinse pipette in the tank,i went down to 5.0,(1st brown trouser moment).lol.So be really sparing with it,But your nutes ASO bring ph down,
So,i top up with water,usually 2ltrs minimum,every 2 days,EC get feed sorted,THEN ph......Im finding now,with the nutes im using,Ph rarely goes above 6.5,in which case 1 drop of ph down....
If your new like me to hydro growing,your aiming (they say)for 5.8 to 6.5......6 has been my perfect number,so aim for that.
When i said Rinsing the tank,Turn your main pump off..I read about peeps cutting roots off ect as they are in the tank.NAH,i always was me hands,turn grow light off,open outflow end of cover and gently pull the roots out and stick them up out of the way...Drain tank.with my spare pump,get a bowl of clean water and just flush Res.....Then take all that water out,(prop root end of tank up higher than pump end),Then refill tank,Feed EC,Then ph once settled pop roots back into tank....No harm done.
Thus far.All i can say is,I should have done this 10-15 years ago.
Hope this help someone,Its not as daunting as it seems when you read some posts out there....
I'll update again in a week...
Happy growing guys.xx
My mate showed me his nft gro,so hooked was i,that ordered a gt205 a week later....
What follows is my (mind blow) NFT grow....
GT205 UNIT,
Shogun Nutrients..
PH and EC pens,(essential)
september 9th,2020........Popped 2 GG#4 seeds and 1 random Afgan skunk seeds on tissue to germinate.
built a frame from old tent poles,as from what ive read,plants lack support in nft.
12th september,all seeds in rockwool,(Grodan),cut a spare cube into 2"x1"x1" and popped seeds in.....
Stuck em under pop bottle tops and voila.Rockwool soaked in ph 5.5 for about an hour.
By the 15th they were off.....
So ive read all about air pruning ect,i just kept them in washing up bowl and fed them diluted 50/50 nutes.
PH 5.8 EC 0600.
Shogun Samuri soft water 2 part Grow.A + B
plants hardening off with fan and low light height.sing a KOSHCEAL 600,(60quid light)
21st september...
27th September,all plants into NFT,running pump once every few hours,
PH 5.9 EC 1104 PPM 0552.
Heights GG #1..100mm GG #2..55mm Afgan..70mm
Plants have gone wild growth wise,Now have fan for air movement.
Technicaly this is only day 14.
so now the boring bit,ive read all there is to read,and it all seemed a bit daunting,so i took what i thought was best from all the other stuff ive read.....
28th September,Fimmed Gorilla #1,also added another small fan.
After 1 week in nft,.,,,,amazing.
1st October.
ec down to 899. ph 6.3
added 1ltr water a+b....ph 5.6 ec 1340 Made new rockwool block covers to prevent Algae growth.
heights...GG #1..115mm GG #2..70mm Afgan..80mm
21.30...All 3 have rooted too matting in tank,And roots are going wild.
4th october 2020
Added 1 ltr water to tank,5ml of a+b...
EC 1210
PH 5.6.....
Fimmed Afgan skunk.Plant are thriving well...Lots of roots in tray.
21.30
Ec 1444
Ph 5.7 ...Also started using Cal_mag
In Kerno we are soft water so cal-mag needed
5/10/2020
Ec 1640 just inside range
Ph 6.6..
7/10/2020
Added 3ltrs water 4ml a+b
Ec 1550
Ph 5.9
8-10-2020
Added 3ltrs water,upped ec to 1466
Ph 6.2
Have moved fans up,and raised light to let them stretch a bit...
Pump it tank to mix nutes ect
i learnt the hard way,you add nutes and they say too give it a stir or wait an hour,did just that and ph and ec were all wrong,thru the roof,I had to drain 8 ltrs water out and refil and ph,d and ec up to max..So i dropped this 1000ltr per hour hydro pump in sump,only gets turned on when doing feeds ect...saves so much time,and less errors using too much or too little nutes....
9-10-2020
4 weeks old today.
roots looking loike this....
And plants ...on 11th october,(have pics leading up to this if anyone wants to view them...)
As plants are growing im just tucking the branches under top bar of frame.
you will see from pics,Im a 12volt guy,all extraction and air flow fans,are quality pc fans,been going for years,and work a treat.
homemade 12 psu,1 variable output for exaust fan,rest are air movement fans,running flat out...(looks messy but works,lol)
10-10-2
Checked levels
Ec 1489
Ph 6.5 added 2 drops ph down now at 6.0
Bugger just found out you can only add 10 pics......all plants were fimmed 14 days before flip
View attachment 2247066
Here we are today,25th October,Flipped too 12/12 cycle half grow and half bloom nutes after emptying tank and rinsing,(will explain this in a sec),on 21st......Mind Blown.,.....Just over 6 weeks old.
They say you should empty your tank ever week or 2,I did my first 14 days after plants were in NFT,then 14 days later,then left until 21st,bearing in mind,during the get to know nft,i did twice have to take 8 ltrs out and replace as i wasnt used to PH down,which brings me onto PH down,this gear will take a ph of 7 down to 6.5 with literaly 1 drop from a pipette in 20 ltrs of water...BE WARNED.Dont do what i did and rinse pipette in the tank,i went down to 5.0,(1st brown trouser moment).lol.So be really sparing with it,But your nutes ASO bring ph down,
So,i top up with water,usually 2ltrs minimum,every 2 days,EC get feed sorted,THEN ph......Im finding now,with the nutes im using,Ph rarely goes above 6.5,in which case 1 drop of ph down....
If your new like me to hydro growing,your aiming (they say)for 5.8 to 6.5......6 has been my perfect number,so aim for that.
When i said Rinsing the tank,Turn your main pump off..I read about peeps cutting roots off ect as they are in the tank.NAH,i always was me hands,turn grow light off,open outflow end of cover and gently pull the roots out and stick them up out of the way...Drain tank.with my spare pump,get a bowl of clean water and just flush Res.....Then take all that water out,(prop root end of tank up higher than pump end),Then refill tank,Feed EC,Then ph once settled pop roots back into tank....No harm done.
Thus far.All i can say is,I should have done this 10-15 years ago.
Hope this help someone,Its not as daunting as it seems when you read some posts out there....
I'll update again in a week...
Happy growing guys.xx
