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Hydro / Ebb and Flow
    #165948 - 12/19/08 09:19 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Santa droped this by last night.





The tray is 4ft x 4ft. It will hold 64, 6in pots. 70 gal reservoir. I built the stand out of wood and painted it with Killz.

Originally the tray is made to fit on the reservoir. This looks cool but unpractical when needing to to change nutrient's.

Santa also left a Milwaukee, T75, waterproof TDS meter and a Milwaukee, pH51 waterproof pH-meter.
Some pH up and down.
Fox Farm - Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom and Grow Big. To feed the kids.

I have NO idea of what I'm doing. Santa I'm going to have a fun time finding out.


I do know I need 64 girls. I have made 4 clones off my 1st grow. Which will be ending in early Jan. I will start another bag seed grow. I need more girls.

I'm reading a basic hydro book. So I,ll be back with questions. Lots.

The journey has begun.


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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: captain.koons]
    #166150 - 12/20/08 08:58 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I have a 1000watt MH and a 1000watt HPS to brighten the girls up.:psychsplit:


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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: KaptKid]
    #166285 - 12/20/08 02:12 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

another view, without the HPS light on. That light does make pic's yellow.




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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: captain.koons]
    #169945 - 12/25/08 10:09 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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looks good :smile: you should probably consider doing less plants until you find a suitable strain to dial in 64 plants




I know this is true but as a 1st timer and a believer in not wasting space. I will try to grow as much as I can. Figure some plants will go for one reason or another. Hopefully not to many from lack of experience.


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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: KaptKid]
    #170052 - 12/25/08 10:52 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Feeding the plants. Santa's helper told me 3 times a day for 15 min at a time. I don't know if thats true or not.


1st big place I need is feeding and the reservoir. Damn, 70 gal's to be changed 6 times during the 90 day grow period. Will I need a full reservoir or would 30 or 50 gallons be more likely? Thats also a lot of liquid/concentrates to be adding. Knowing how many gallons in the reservoir is going to be important to figure out how much to feed these girls.(Probably need to buy more concentrates).
Anyone have any thoughts on this?


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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: captain.koons]
    #170082 - 12/25/08 11:00 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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so really you're wasting time, space, money, potential bud if you don't do it right.




You have my attetion. I know a strain that fits this type of grow would be best. I'm trying to slow down here and figure the whole grow out before doing. Just want to fill that system up.

Thanks for your help capt.


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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: KaptKid]
    #170506 - 12/26/08 01:34 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Fox Farm feeding schedule for hydro




That didn't do what I was planning(whats new)


http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/hydrofeed.pdf

Maybe you can read from the website better.


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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: captain.koons]
    #170514 - 12/26/08 02:18 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I'm sure the mfg wants to sell as much as possible.

Right now I think I can go into week 3 and 4 with just adding nutrients to the reservoir. Just guessing at this time.

I just need to do a grow as recommended by the mfg with all the same clone. This will give me a starting place to see were I need to go.

Now I got to start thinking about mothers and clones. I'm glad I've got some room.


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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: captain.koons]
    #182450 - 01/15/09 02:53 PM (16 years, 14 days ago)

Back to hydro.Mixing nutes.

Still need to hear from someone with experence. Will be using Fox Farm, Grow Big,Tiger Bloom, Big Bloom,Open Sesame,Beastie Bloom and Cha Ching. Doing this in an ebb and flow.

Also does anyone have experence with a Milwaukee pH51 pH meter or a Milwaukee T75 TDS meter. Looks like I need more chemicals than came with the meters. Don't want to screw these meters up. They will the most important tool for keeping the nutes right.

The hydro store is a four hour trip one way so I want to make a list of everything I need.


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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: captain.koons]
    #182512 - 01/15/09 05:10 PM (16 years, 14 days ago)

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I wouldn't want to drive 8hours to buy things, order online?




I make a day of it. Shopping for more than this. Plus eat a nice restaurant.

I live in the sticks.Its nice to get away every now and then.


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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: captain.koons]
    #185083 - 01/19/09 10:07 PM (16 years, 10 days ago)

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AKSE said:

Also, if you don't have seperate resivours for each plant, if you get a contamination, or nutrient or ph imbalance, instead of having one plant get burned or sick, they all will. :hehehe:

Quality, not Quantity.





you don't know what you're talking about... having 16 or 64 plants in that space isn't going to change anything. hydroponics is always 1 reservoir many plants... and typically people use monocultures so growth, and nutrient neeeds and such are all the same. all plants will be subject to the same factors not because of the reservoir but because theyre all the same... 64 plants will be treated like 1....




Thank you captain.koons

I have been doing my homework.I know the difference between Dreams and Goals.  Sometimes.


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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: captain.koons]
    #185109 - 01/19/09 10:31 PM (16 years, 10 days ago)

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you really can't start with 64 plants in a 4x4 area though. you need to find a plant that will finish flower and be suitable for 4plants per sq ft area.




I've been working on that. White Widow.From who ever I brought it from.
16 to 18 inch's.60 to 90 days bud time.20 to 30 grams. I'll believe it when I see it.

If I have to go SOG. NO problem.

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Re: Hydro / Ebb and Flow [Re: captain.koons]
    #185131 - 01/19/09 11:12 PM (16 years, 10 days ago)

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you really can't start with 64 plants in a 4x4 area though. you need to find a plant that will finish flower and be suitable for 4plants per sq ft area.




I've been working on that. White Widow.From who ever I brought it from.
16 to 18 inch's.60 to 90 days bud time.20 to 30 grams. I'll believe it when I see it.

If I have to go SOG. NO problem.

This is a beautiful place.




true white widow finishes between 8-11(shanti recommends 10 for resin production) i guess some very sativa dom phenos will finish later but 90days is pretty extreme. I'm not sure about height I don't really pay attention to what vendors say unless they tell you some figures like veg time, stretch, ect.




I'm a newbie, only time will tell.:madpirate:


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