Ohh I may have misread, you said hydrostatic pump, and there's a hpa guy out there on another site who spoke of using a manual hydrostatic pump in his setup with a very high pressure accumulator, his alias was John Guest (yes, like the fittings). For some reason I thought you meant the manual pump and I assumed you may have seen his posts.
Wow, that's turning out to be quite a bush! I don't think nutes affect the flavor so much personally. I think it has to do with genetics and then the plants being healthy and not over-nuted, and then it's all in the cure if you ask me. I would assume a plant that is nearly burnt most of it's life might taste bad, but I also believe that kind of abuse results in slower growth contrary to the popular beliefs, so I wouldn't ever grow like that anyway. The DG makes plants taste fine, and I'm not one for boosters, however I've read by someone I trust that Floraliscious plus appears to add taste and resin when used with DG the last few weeks.
If it brings him out of hiding to scold me for using without express permission, I will gladly take the heat just to have a chance to have words with him...
Lol, I just said the opposite, however it's just an opinion, like taste in food or music. Perhaps different ratios of nutes could have a bearing, it sounds completely logical that what you put in affects what you get out. One of the things I do like about Dyna is that the label says it has more trace nutrients than any other brand I've seen- it's quite complete, and they don't even sell boosters besides mag-pro, Silica, and KLN rooting product. Perhaps those trace elements make a difference too?
I'm the king of double, triple, quarduple (you get the idea and I'm going for a quad as I type now) posts- so don't worry there... I think you always had to special request the 12v version as they didn't list it on the site, but it was available. Anyway, it appears they're retiring the version we've been using, in favor of a much less expensive model that works on universal current and voltages as well as looking a bit different. I'd call and ask if the quality and tolerences are still similar, and if so it looks to be a good thing, because they are now going for a quarter of the former cost, and being universal makes them quite nice for recycling them for different projects. You can easily buy 2 of them that will give you the nice ability to have precisely separate day and nightime misting schedules for about half of what I paid for my single timer that does nothing of the sort. I just hope the price doesn't reflect a decline in quality because they are now made in China with cheap components or something. The former proven version is a real workhorse and it'd be a shame if this new model was anything less. It pretty much makes it pointless to build your own timers now unless you really enjoy inhaling rosin and burning your hands to save 30 bucks
Damn, that's what I was afraid of. Still bush league, lol. When does a bush stop being a bush and become a tree, dammit? I can't wait for the day somebody says, "Damn, that's turning out to be quite the tree!" It's only about 20 days into flower, so hopefully she'll keep up at this rate and double.
props! she looks nice and healthy! I know how you feel about dyna gro lol I couldnt thank home brewer enought for saving me from buying AN. whats your ppm at with hp aero? what are you using form dyna line up?
Lol, you're too sensitive about it.
It's either a large bush, or small tree, and it's not done yet, so is that better? lol
He disappeared into the infamous aero void... From his comments- he would pack up and never visit a forum again if he felt any heat from the law. He had a couple close calls and probably decided to play it safe. Who knows, maybe he's reading this right now and smiling...
This thread's had over 80,000 views as of now, so there are alot more lurkers than posters.
Hi Zatoiochi2, I also started using hydro around the same time, I was only a teen at back then and a Dyna-gro rep set me up for success. I recommending following a good ebb/flow setup like the one homebrewer uses for cheap simplicity and good results. Here is a link to one of his journals for study and info: https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/358562-dyna-gro-vs-general-hydroponics.html He gives lots of photos and shows you just how healthy and nice a proper setup and extremely simple nutrient regimen can be. You could be growing just like him for under a hundred bucks including nutrients and everything you'll need to start if you follow his information closely.
Yes agreed, luckily I live in a particularly sunny spot where it only tends to rain heavily a few times a year. And the soil in my garden is particularly well draining, so I think it will be okay. All I can do is try and luckily it won't cost me too much to do so.
I don't know how those things throw, but would think mid level pointing in at the ends of your chambers (long ways) would give the most even coverage. Perhaps offset a little. I'm not the pro at coverage as I'm still trying to figure it out myself. I know what makes sense, that doesn't always equate to perfect results.
Those roller pumps are pretty cool, as well as the line-up of controllers they have. I recently got a buddy started on doing some hydro in his greenhouse, and he's pretty into it. He's a software genius and is playing around with the arduino stuff now. I think if I can get him in as deep as I am, he'll be able to write some pretty sweet code. Have you built your own controllers? If so, how did it go?