Small 400 watt supplemental light early and late, on a timer. The plants are getting around 15 hours a day of light. Just doing it for shits and giggles really.
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dropshot
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That's a great idea using the bucket and sump pump. I may need to do that myself.Sweet! Let’s start here for my go too…
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With that said, I’ve got a handful of other US providers... but I order on Wednesday, likely my beans are in my mailbox on Friday morning. (Very recently confirmed)…
So what’s your own setups?
I‘m working a 5x5 tent in my cement cellar (‘95). I‘m still old school using a 1k watt HID light regimen (MH-veg/HPS-flower). Vented hood (LED is a better, less expensive option long term if your just getting started, but HID is way less expensive initially from a base purchase perspective and universally accepted for better production during flower either way, imo)… HLG is my LED if I’m new.) 8” AC Infinity intake fan, 6” duct exhausted 440 cfm fan/filter, 16” stand up oscillating fan (small 14” base w/quiet dc motor) for top of canopy, smaller 12” Ryobi fan for the base of the girls. I use plant Dollie’s for turning mobility and to keep them off the cement floor, fabric and/or plastic 5 gallon pots with 5-6 max ladies mainlined for an 8-10 week veg and another 9-10 weeks flower.
oh ya… watering! I use a 10 gallon bucket, with a small sump pump and 16” wand setup… way easier to water the ladies In flower.
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Poco56
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Someone here or otherwise mentioned a more versatile ”on-demand” pump like you might use in a camper that would make life easier, but its a $99 update to a working system, so being “frugal” lol
I’ll wait for a system failure b4 I upgrade but would be my 1st choice if I’m new.
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Kerowacked
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There are inexpensive pumps that fit a drill, 500 gph+, garden hose ready.
Poco56
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… Drill? Hmmm, not sure I get the convenience factor there. I plugin and unplug when done. The upgrade unit I suggested would allow for watering by request, kinda like turning on/off a faucet from my 10 gallon reservoir. I’m sorry but am I missing something?
Kerowacked
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That submersible pumps forty gallons/minute. These little pumps work with rechargeable drills, more manageable flow rate.
Poco56
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40 gal a minute? I don’t think so… Using the pump/wand allows for individual distribution at my own drip rates. I just unplug the sump when I get through my water/feeding regiment. Runs about ~12 minutes total in 2 separate alternating time spaced runs from a 10 gallon Rubbermaid reservoir for 5-6 ladies (1-1.5 gallons per). Easy Peasy. With respect… Unless I’m missing something, a manual drill setup seems like a lot more remedial maintenance… yes?
Kerowacked
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Ok if it works but i figured there would be a lot of back pressure on that pump from the wand. This is similar, 30gpm
BlandMeow
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Are you going super soil or inert media/hydro?
Nizza
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I've pumped down oil tanks with those
just dont run them in reverse on accident... lol
Nizza
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A fun way to dip into hydro is a hempy style pot. You can use a lot of different media it is passive and hand watered. I used to do soil but now just coco, I grow in our living area so its nice not getting dirt anywhere. Coco if you get some on the ground dries up and vaccumes without a trace. I liked soil but hated the mess
Hempy helped me get into hydro now I do drain to waste with a timer autofeeder
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so far , gotta love the winter grows!
Nizza
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I am always glad to help the community and throw ideas out there no problem!
There's a lot of good things with coco , you just gotta make sure you keep up with watering, which can be a bitch without some sort of watering setup
That's why I recommended trying out a hempy to begin with. This user .smoke does a KILLER job with his hempy's. If I remember right, he does perlite.
Hydro might use different nutes than you're used to , and requires pH'ing and ppm'ing. It really got me into using the two tools all the time, and I've learned a bunch from it
Here's one of smokes hempy journals .Smoke's Hempy Bucket Adventures | Rollitup
You could always try out just 1 hempy , since you'd be trying something new out. It would just suck having two seperate watering feeds lol
BlandMeow
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I've considered going hempy. The watering, ph-ing, and ppm-ing, thing has me resistant. I'm not always going to be home to water and fine want to invest in more grow equipment. I understand how these hobbies go after homebrewing for a handful of years and learned less is more.
That said, I did just buy a 3rd tent for drying and pollen chucking sooooo.
Chopped two second generation genetics - key lime chem plants last night and have them setup to target a 2 week dry in the tent at 64 degrees/64% rh.
That said, I did just buy a 3rd tent for drying and pollen chucking sooooo.
Chopped two second generation genetics - key lime chem plants last night and have them setup to target a 2 week dry in the tent at 64 degrees/64% rh.
Kerowacked
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Master grower that i am, i put two seeds from a couple years ago in coffee cans of last summers soil on the furnace a week ago, 0-2. Then i put four of last years seed in water til they sunk, then 2 each in the same cans on the furnace, 1 for 6 so far.
Basement bathroom with ceiling tile reflectors and a 200w dimmable led at 50%, 18/6.
Basement bathroom with ceiling tile reflectors and a 200w dimmable led at 50%, 18/6.
bam0813
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Ok crew I may need some help/ input. My seedlings imo are behind and I’m kinda stumped so here goes. As you guys know I got some big boy lights I gotta get familiar with but when these broke ground my light was at 64” and at 30% I think these lights have ten clicks so logic says that right? Any way they seemed to stretch a tad so I dropped light to 31” and 20% they stopped stretching. One thing I did dif was I started in 3.5” pots versus a cell, no biggy I figured , I’ll skip 1g. So, pots filled with black gold seedling mix, pretty light stuff. These seedlings emerged on12/31. Haven’t been given anything except tap that’s been allowed to gas off come to room temp and ph adjusted to 6.5. Do you guys see problems here. They look very dark, I think even slight tip burn. Also seem behind for eleven days? Strains are new to me but…… is this still a light issue? Don’t have a good meter until I land a couple more side jobs but the Photone on app on iPhone reads 370 PPFD. Sorry so long just trying to give you everything and thanks ps my temp and rh are on point imo and the one with weird markings was like that from day one.
Ps I know how to water
Ps I know how to water