help...New to hydro

_MrBelvedere_

_MrBelvedere_

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Sure you can easily fit that many, just let them grow 12-15 inches in veg and flip to 12/12... Don't top/lst/supercrop at all! Just let them form single uniform colas like nature intended, that will max your yield. make sure you have clones so as soon as those six are done and harvested, you immediately replace them with the next six clones. Does that help?
 
Alienwidow

Alienwidow

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the net pots don't have to be huge. six inch will be plenty. just get a simple two part synthetic and calmag and you should be fine. you could always run silica if you want or some additives in bloom if you want to tinker. most important tool is the ppm meter and make sure you have a plan on how you will clean your rez...like wipe it out clean. the roots will be huge and down to the bottom so ya, thats your prob lol. i used 5 gallon buckets with the pre formed netted lids so the plastic insert nets didn't fall through the cut out lid from the weight and i had them up on blocks. at rez change time id have another one ready to slide under, full of new water premixed and id slide the block over, drop down the 5 gal while holding the plant up, then slide the old out and new under and replace the block. meh, good luck.remember ppm tester ;)
 
warble

warble

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IMO If you have too many different cuts going in your water, there will be issues. Different strains use different nutes at different times. I had four plants in an eighteen gallon. They got too heavy for the flimsy lid. Rez change was an ordeal. Roots got big, so being careful of four plants' roots while trying not to break any branches to swap reservoir tubs didn't always work as I had planned. I also had some problems w/ the roots getting slime. I cleaned them up and put them in light proof five gallon containers w/ their own air stones and they finished up well. It would have been better to start in the five gallon buckets. One set of roots and branches at a time, is easier to deal with, than four sets of roots and branches. I'm sure its easier than six also. IMO
 
blunttrama12

blunttrama12

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do I need a ppm tester before i start our canI wait on it I have everything ready to go but I went to the hydro store today and it was like 100 dollars
 
Vumar

Vumar

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The air pump? Yeah Id say so. I also wouldnt start without a PPM meter. personallllly.
 
blunttrama12

blunttrama12

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Ok I got a ppm tester. What are ppm suppose to be at throughout grow? any helpwith how to use this tester and what ppms are to be at is highly appreciated
 
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