Ethos Banana Hammock comparative(exodus thread)

[GreenMitten]

Im a noob with dwc, 3rdMonkey is my mentor. You can copy me but hes the one with the real know how. Ice and Smoke are doing dwc and have some gnarly setups as well. I bet they would share their setups as well

That would be great if you guys did that. Like I said I'm hempy for a bit to get up and going. Are you north south east or west MI?

 

[Smokexbreak]

That would be great if you guys did that. Like I said I'm hempy for a bit to get up and going. Are you north south east or west MI?

No problem!!

I’m currently running 3 plants in 100% perlite hempys hooked to a 17 gallon reservoir and halo Rings to auto feed once a day and 3 DWC buckets ones just been put into Flower the other two are seedlings so they’re just kicking off. Oh I also have two photos and two autos in coco DTW kinda a plethora of different grow styles going on at once currently. I guess fire away whatever questions you have I’ll try to answer. I’m running (4) HLG 96elites in my 4x4x8 tent, (2) HLG 65’s 4k in one of my 30”x36”x18” tents and then (3) HLG 120’s In then other 30x36x18.


Here’s a few pics of the flower tent. I’ll get some of the smaller tents later on.

 

[BigOleNugs19]

That would be great if you guys did that. Like I said I'm hempy for a bit to get up and going. Are you north south east or west MI?

South central Mi

 

[GreenMitten]

South central Mi

Well I can't be too far away. Maybe one day we can cheers a fatty I'm over on Lake MI

 

[3rd Monkey]

BH update. Healthy and happy now that it's in hydro. It's going to get another week or 2, then I'll take cuttings, so a mother plant until I decide if I want to keep it around.



@Moabfighter

3M update. She's flowering. She wanted to stretch so I cropped her down. I'll tell you what, quick recovery time on it. Only took about 45 mins to turn back up from a crop on the main....

 

[GreenMitten]

No problem!!

I’m currently running 3 plants in 100% perlite hempys hooked to a 17 gallon reservoir and halo Rings to auto feed once a day and 3 DWC buckets ones just been put into Flower the other two are seedlings so they’re just kicking off. Oh I also have two photos and two autos in coco DTW kinda a plethora of different grow styles going on at once currently. I guess fire away whatever questions you have I’ll try to answer. I’m running (4) HLG 96elites in my 4x4x8 tent, (2) HLG 65’s 4k in one of my 30”x36”x18” tents and then (3) HLG 120’s In then other 30x36x18.


Here’s a few pics of the flower tent. I’ll get some of the smaller tents later on.
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Damn Smokes! That's nice group of gals you got there. I'm impressed with you guys keeping nice clean areas. Kudos! Oh god I've got questions dude. Haha Is there way way you prefer over the other? I'm curious what you got in the air pot there. I've been curious of those

 

[GreenMitten]

No problem!!

I’m currently running 3 plants in 100% perlite hempys hooked to a 17 gallon reservoir and halo Rings to auto feed once a day and 3 DWC buckets ones just been put into Flower the other two are seedlings so they’re just kicking off. Oh I also have two photos and two autos in coco DTW kinda a plethora of different grow styles going on at once currently. I guess fire away whatever questions you have I’ll try to answer. I’m running (4) HLG 96elites in my 4x4x8 tent, (2) HLG 65’s 4k in one of my 30”x36”x18” tents and then (3) HLG 120’s In then other 30x36x18.


Here’s a few pics of the flower tent. I’ll get some of the smaller tents later on.
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I'm also curious on your autofeed for the hempy. I really like the idea of my girls feeding regularly. Allowing focus on my environment and plant care. I really need to learn training pruning and topping. I don't fully know how to treat them right yet. I can guarantee I'll be in the room at least twice a day and all weekend. It's exciting to meet people like you all that care and share the love of growing.

 

[GreenMitten]

BH update. Healthy and happy now that it's in hydro. It's going to get another week or 2, then I'll take cuttings, so a mother plant until I decide if I want to keep it around.

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@Moabfighter

3M update. She's flowering. She wanted to stretch so I cropped her down. I'll tell you what, quick recovery time on it. Only took about 45 mins to turn back up from a crop on the main....

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What do we have here Monkey? I hear you are a DWC guru. Would you happen to have any photos of your DWC system?

 

[3rd Monkey]

What do we have here Monkey? I hear you are a DWC guru. Would you happen to have any photos of your DWC system?

I dunno about a guru, but I have some experience with it. I just have buckets with air stones at the moment and a box I built as a mother station.

Buckets are the same as everybody else's, but here's the motherboard.

 

[GreenMitten]

I dunno about a guru, but I have some experience with it. I just have buckets with air stones at the moment and a box I built as a mother station.

Buckets are the same as everybody else's, but here's the motherboard.

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That's a neat little setup there. Are your DWC stand alone or do you recirculate?

 

[3rd Monkey]

That's a neat little setup there. Are your DWC stand alone or do you recirculate?

Everything is standalone at the moment. The mother board is a split res, 6 gallon per side.

 

[GreenMitten]

I was trying to think of something like that with 9 to 12 sites in it at my old room. I like the large flat surface and the sites all look like they have plenty of room. Nice work my man. Do you grow shorties in it like a SOG or just get clones going?

 

[Smokexbreak]

Damn Smokes! That's nice group of gals you got there. I'm impressed with you guys keeping nice clean areas. Kudos! Oh god I've got questions dude. Haha Is there way way you prefer over the other? I'm curious what you got in the air pot there. I've been curious of those

Well this is my 3rd hempy grow, 2nd coco grow, and my 1st DWC’s. They are all similar. The coco and hempys are almost the same just a tad different. Hempys don’t need daily feeds until they tell you they do. I fed mine once ever 3-4 days until like week 6 from sprout so late veg. From there’s it was every other day until week 2 of Flower and then it was daily from there. The cocoDTW I feed from 3 days after the seed popped above ground and begin to feed twice daily once Flower begins. The DWC has the biggest learning curve but it’s in my opinion the least physical work. I check ppm and PH twice daily AM and PM and top it off with RO water every night. Not very hard. I reset my reservoir every Sunday it’s as simple as using an electric syphon to move the old water out and the new water with nutes in some of these guys use the same reservoir for awhile as opposed to swapping them out. I’ve found swapping them out works best for me so I know where my ppms start at the beginning of the week and it gives me a clear view of how much my plants feeding daily/weekly.

Hempys is probably my first choice in regards to passive hydro. It doesn’t take much work until the plants actually need it. I really like coco for autos not bad for photos but it’s kinda a pain in the ass unless you have it hooked to an auto feeding system. I currently have my auto feeding system hooked to my hempys so I’m hand watering my coco plants. Shits a pain. Never will run coco without a automized feeder again. But both these methods require the run off to be removed I got lucky and have a drain stub under my tent where I can just drain into. You don’t have that issue with DWC. Truth is I like them all they all have advantages and disadvantages. I’m moving to full out DWC most likely possibly combo it with DWC and only use coco for my autos.

Love the airpots for coco they’re fucking amazing. That air pot is an aurora Indica by Nirvana she’s got a nug buckets manifold on it. Sorry for the story book it was the only way I could explain. Lol

 

[Smokexbreak]

I'm also curious on your autofeed for the hempy. I really like the idea of my girls feeding regularly. Allowing focus on my environment and plant care. I really need to learn training pruning and topping. I don't fully know how to treat them right yet. I can guarantee I'll be in the room at least twice a day and all weekend. It's exciting to meet people like you all that care and share the love of growing.

The auto feed is just a pump some 1/2” tube running to 6” halo rings. From a 17 gallon reservoir doesn’t get easier. Love this set up a lot.

 

[3rd Monkey]

I was trying to think of something like that with 9 to 12 sites in it at my old room. I like the large flat surface and the sites all look like they have plenty of room. Nice work my man. Do you grow shorties in it like a SOG or just get clones going?

That's a 70 site, but I backed it down to keep mothers and clones in. I just built the house and room and started hydro again, so I'll upgrade as I go. This was just a quick fix. Eventually everything will be rafts with waterfall.

 

[GreenMitten]

Ramble away dude. I'm reading it all. I'm going to have to drain to a rez or tub of some kind. One thing I didn't get in my basement was a drain. I kinda find myself loving the idea of the DWC, but feel I need to learn more. Mainly I gotta grow the balls to lay my plants out like that to train them! Lol I'm so nervous about cutting and trimming I know it's lame.. lol

 

[GreenMitten]

That's a 70 site, but I backed it down to keep mothers and clones in. I just built the house and room and started hydro again, so I'll upgrade as I go. This was just a quick fix. Eventually everything will be rafts with waterfall.

I can see the other sites on there now that you covered up. Didnt see that the first time. It's pretty cool. I will try and get you all some bare naked pics of my area tomorrow. Would be nice to kick around some set up ideas with any of you that would be interested. It's a great grow area... I need to do right by it

 

[GreenMitten]

That's a 70 site, but I backed it down to keep mothers and clones in. I just built the house and room and started hydro again, so I'll upgrade as I go. This was just a quick fix. Eventually everything will be rafts with waterfall.

I forgot do tell about this waterfall?

 

[BigOleNugs19]

Ramble away dude. I'm reading it all. I'm going to have to drain to a rez or tub of some kind. One thing I didn't get in my basement was a drain. I kinda find myself loving the idea of the DWC, but feel I need to learn more. Mainly I gotta grow the balls to lay my plants out like that to train them! Lol I'm so nervous about cutting and trimming I know it's lame.. lol

I mainline all my plants. Its fun.

 

[GreenMitten]

I mainline all my plants. Its fun.
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See ...just looking at that stalk and branches... my plants haven't ever looked that stout and healthy. I gotta pick up my game!