Moonshine17
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Very informative, very well written. Mc Gyver!! How have you been? Hope all is well!! Later!
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Ok, how do I grow a strain for medicine...max yield....small space....shortest amount of time....budget??????
This is where my quest started almost a year ago.
I took my decades of gorilla, patio/container soil grow experience.
Couple years of hydro experience (NFT and Dutch Bucket).
Started a cabinet grow inside.
Hydro...DWC, Standalone.
20"x14"x5'6" overpriced piece of shit grow box.
1 MARS HYDRO 48
WW 9 plants in a SOG
Changed to grow for clones
19 clones taken
SCOG...Flip
Harvested 1/3 on weeks 7, 9 and 10
5.6 ounces (marketable bud only, no trim no popcorn)
Same time frame
The next grow was designed for a larger grow cabinet 2 each 24"x36"x6' wall lockers. Separate Clone. Veg, Flower compartments.
its being repurposed into a HUMIDOR?
Hydro, DWC standalone 10gal tote.
32"x24"x8' closet cubbyhole.
2/3 MARS HYDRO 48
WW 4 plants 1 runt
80 days of training, 80 days of flower
40 clones taken
10.4 ounces (marketable bud no trim no popcorn
Hydro, DWC standalone 7gal tote.
16"x34"x6.5" under bed tote
2/3 MARS HYDRO 48
WW 21 plants in a SOG
5 weeks of rooting/veg, 10 weeks of flower
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4th week of flower unexpected heat wave hit. No A/C set up. Temps, pH, Lockout.....2 weeks of battered distress and sloooooowwwww growth.
Yielded a disappointing 8.7 ounces
During this time the grow box has come together. Operating efficiently environmentally.
Started a 36 clone tote 15 gal. Grew out of proportion during the heat wave. Delayed flowering turned into more of a hassle than worth the effort. Brought to an early harvest for Fresh Harvest OIL.
Hydro was becoming a major issue!
I only need to run independent standalone drain to waste systems.
MY THOUGHTS ON HYDRO! I'll try to be professional with this.
To maximize the benefits of growing in hydroponics.
It's important to know how to fine tune the nutrient regimen.
This will ensure plants are getting everything they need. In the right doses at the right time.
Understanding and utilizing EC readings as a measurement tool. designed to monitor and to feed a mix of the right elements for optimal growth and yield.
EC is a great management tool for hydroponics, but it can be misleading when you're using organic fertilizers. Organic molecules generally don't conduct electricity.
Plants can't take up large, uncharged organic molecules; they must first be digested by micro-organisms in the SOIL into tiny ions that plants absorb through the roots in a process called mineralization.
Micro-organisms such as mycorrhizal fungi and plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria produce organic acids and enzymes that release the mineral ions from SOIL and organic matter into a form that the roots can absorb.
In SOIL systems, organic fertilizers feed the micro-organisms, and the micro-organisms feed the plants. Only the ions that are ready for plant use will be measured with an EC meter.
Hydroponics provides a shortcut for mineral uptake.
The minerals for hydroponics are mined from the earth and ocean. Than processed into their water-soluble, ionic form.
When hydroponic fertilizers dissolve in water, they immediately split up into a nutritious blend of positively and negatively charged mineral ions, bypassing the micro-organisms and directly feeding the plant.
By giving the plant all of its nutrients in water-soluble, ionic forms, the plant can take up nutrients quickly.
ENOUPH being nice....
Hydroponic Companies nutrients are not designed to micro feed.
Look at all the money ($$$$) they would lose without multitudes of Beneficial's, enhancer's and good old "you need this stuff to grow big" products.
Don't get me wrong...there are products out there that fit the bill for micro feed, but they do come with a cost$$$
AN, NPK, CH all make products or combination thereof. For $0.47 to $1.10 per gallon to feed.
Had a great conversation with AN Helpline representative. He advised me that "With all are products. You really need to flush your system with H2O2 every 5 to 7 days". Claimed he was a hydro grower using AN products. Growing 300 plants at a time. Shit got too expensive and ended up going back to soil.
AN sponsored a NEW Grow-Op in Colorado with a one-year FREE NUTRIENT contract.
18 months later?????? To expensive? Closed their doors for good though.
I have the room now. Contemplated going back to soil....I'll do G2HM self-watering system...Maybe an Ebb & Flow.
Grow Box is on hold.....
Turning a master bath walk-in closet addition to my poorhouse into the cultivation area.
Following some 420 member's journals.
Pennywise is rockin it in the same environmental issues???
"Z7" he says. What the F#C& is z7?
Extensive research into z7 and their manufacturer has led me to a nutrient line.
That claims to micro feed their products (7 products, only need 5 to work) at pennies per gallon.
Bedroom Farmer has introduced to the community "Dewey Misters" aeroponic system.
With the combination of both....looking for a phenomenal cost effective grow.
ON POINT and on with the build
Sorry, could have been. I decided to work for a living. And most important..Taking care of Soldiers.You must have been an Officer....
Around $0.02 to $0.26 per gallon for FS.What's the price point on the FS nutes as opposed to AN?
Sorry, could have been. I decided to work for a living. And most important..Taking care of Soldiers.
Infantry...Billed with a One-Star when retired.
Your name leads me to believe...Armor?
Not magic .