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 TheNewGuy
Registered: 02/07/09
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Last seen: 12 years, 8 months
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 DIY 2' X 3' Ebb & Flow 
#494249 - 11/02/10 07:05 AM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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I won't bore you with details but i'm in the beginning of week #4 with 4 weeks left to go. hope you enjoy the show.
The Table
5" & 6" net pots (Mainly 5")
1 - 600W Phantom Ballast
1 - 600W Ushio HPS Opti Red Bulb
cooltube w/ 240 cfm fan
2' x 3' Flood & Drain Table (DIY'd)
30 Gallon Reservoir
2 - EcoPlus 264 GPH Water Pumps (1 for circulation, 1 to flood)
Hesi Coco Nutrients, Super Vit, Roots Ancient Amber, & Hesi PK 13/14
PH - kept between 5.7 - 6.2 attempting to keep it around 5.8
DIY Flood Table - 1/2" Medium Density Fiberboard, glued & screwed & sealed with liquid nails. The tables is coated in a 4MM thick poly & there are 1/2" x 1/2" pieces of wood on the bottom acting as the high spots & low spots to divert the water back to the drain. the drain & overflow fittings are 3/4"
The stand is made of 2" x 3"s, screwed & braced to hold the weight of the water.
3/4" Fittings & 3/4" Hose
Overflow pipe on the left, circulation pump in the back, flood & drain pipe/hose on the right
Flood & Drain Pump
Beginning of Week 4
Blueberry - Princess Pheno #1
#2
Blueberry - The Good Sister
Bubblegum
Burmese Kush
Durban
Grapefruit Skunk
Northern Light
Edited by TheNewGuy (11/02/10 07:14 AM)
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 Cloud9
i don't feel, and it feels great
Registered: 08/27/10
Posts: 79
Loc: between here and there
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 Re: DIY 2' X 3' Ebb & Flow [Re: TheNewGuy]
#494383 - 11/02/10 05:08 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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please, bore me with the details. 
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jkell
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Registered: 10/29/10
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Re: DIY 2' X 3' Ebb & Flow [Re: Cloud9]
#495347 - 11/05/10 09:32 AM (14 years, 30 days ago) |
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Quote:
Cloud9 said:
please, bore me with the details.
QFT, bore away. Sexy looking plants man
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Hendershot
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Registered: 07/25/10
Posts: 676
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Re: DIY 2' X 3' Ebb & Flow [Re: jkell]
#495362 - 11/05/10 09:52 AM (14 years, 30 days ago) |
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Sexy setup too, man.. nice job!
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Hendershot
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Registered: 07/25/10
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Re: DIY 2' X 3' Ebb & Flow [Re: Hendershot]
#495367 - 11/05/10 09:56 AM (14 years, 30 days ago) |
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Are those autos?
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TheNewGuy
Registered: 02/07/09
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Re: DIY 2' X 3' Ebb & Flow [Re: Hendershot]
#495640 - 11/06/10 02:20 AM (14 years, 29 days ago) |
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ok, details...
this is my first run with ebb & flow so i was testing the waters with the nutrient concentrations. i wanted to see how much they could take & apparently they weren't ready for 1200 ppm, so you will notice some leaf curl in the more sensitive plants (blueberry, grapefruit x skunk #1). the durban, northern light, & burmese kush seem to have accepted the high concentration but there was some slight tip burning.
since i caught the nutrient burn in time, you will notice the leaves curled but did not yellow off & die. i have since backed down th concentration to 900-950ppm including the PK13/14. since i am later in flower, the nutrient base (hesi coco formula) has been kept to a moderate feeding while i have been increasing the PK slightly higher each week.
i've noticed a lot of companied such as house and garden as well as cana also level out the base nutrients & increase the pk & not the base too.
the burmese kush - this plant has a slight hint of fruityness with a very heavy kush scent. i think this one is possibly going to run 65 days even though thseeds claims harvest in 52-55
Grapefruit x skunk #1 - this plant has stretched a lot more than i remembered. i guess growing it outdoors, height wasn't a concern of mine. the smell is amazingly grapefruit zest like when you first cut into a grapefruit. slight skunk hint in the background but mainly grapefruit. seems to have about 5 weeks left so i'm going to run it to 9 weeks & see where i'm at
durban - durban is from african seeds. it is done between 7-8 weeks depending on when in the harvest window you like to take it. i'm a fan of taking it a bit later. scent is very licorice. i'm not a fan of the smell or taste but the smoke is very strong & uplifting so i enjoy it.
bubblegum... i have 2 bubblegums & 1 seemed to have just stopped growing. the other is growing a decent cola but nothing extremely impressive. smells sweet like bazooka joe or maybe big league chew. slight hint of piney afghani in the background. i think that is due to the seeds being from serious & whatever they did to the clone from indiana to preserve it in seed for.
blueberry - blueberry has been a picky eater... it's hard to gauge what to feed them along with the other plants on the table as well. if i run this again i will run it with a full table of it so i can feed them properly so those damn leaves won't curl up.
northern light - nl smells kinda musky, kinda citrus, yes skunky or crouton like. amazing smell... it's taking a bit longer to catch up with the other girls but it's making some nice improvements. didn't really freak out when i bumped up the nutrients.
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Hendershot said:
Are those autos?
no, i'm not a fan of auto flowering plants because IME they have little to no potency. I'm not saying there aren't some good ones cuz i haven't tried them all, but my opinion on them is very low.
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jkell
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Re: DIY 2' X 3' Ebb & Flow [Re: TheNewGuy]
#495857 - 11/06/10 11:00 PM (14 years, 28 days ago) |
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Wow thats amazing.
Question, about how much did all the supplies and stuff run you to build your ebb and flow. I've been looking into making one but I wanna gauge how much I gotta dump into it before its workable.
Thanks man and great grow
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TheNewGuy
Registered: 02/07/09
Posts: 28
Last seen: 12 years, 8 months
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Re: DIY 2' X 3' Ebb & Flow [Re: jkell]
#495866 - 11/06/10 11:29 PM (14 years, 28 days ago) |
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the wood only cost about $40, the poly was roughly $10, the rez is a sterlite container, was about $10, 2 submersible pumps about 16-25 each, drain fittings were like 10... the hose was a dollar a foot.
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doublehelix
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Registered: 11/13/10
Posts: 103
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Re: DIY 2' X 3' Ebb & Flow [Re: TheNewGuy]
#497630 - 11/13/10 10:27 AM (14 years, 22 days ago) |
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great pics
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