BCNL Producer Grow w/ flood n drain

Whats up everyone, just wanted to journalize my producer grow with some modifications to it. I've had 3 harvests in the machine to date and all have been pretty good, averaging about 12 oz/run. One of my friends put me on to this modification he uses in his producer that has been giving great results.

I hope this helps give people some ideas, and hope it gives me a good harvest!

here are my babies and my setup. All of them are grand daddy purple from the club. Im also mothering out a half dozen of them. the flood n drain is a supernatural fearless grower air table. Ive got 18 in just like it would have with the BCNL reservoir.

cube soak
water- ph 5.0
1 tblspn/10 gallon SN gro aqua
4ml/l BioBizz
3ml/l H2O2

Very interesting modification! Can't wait to see the contrast in yields between the stock BCNL setup and this. Keep us posted!

Sorry everyone, its been a hectic week with school and work. I've got some new pics Ill post in a few hours. The plants and growing like crazy, almost 3 inches over the past 10 days.

so far the new setup is working perfectly. let me know if there are any questions.

also I got some seeds that i am germinating that just started to pop out of the rockwool, anyone know how long to wait till the new seedlings should be put under the flo's? sorry, i will have pics up later tonight.

Okay, here are the pics of the babies after about 10 days in the box. So far they been growing at a good rate. the tallest ones are now 9'', last week they were at 5.5'', so i am pleased so far with the progress.
So far I have only had to adjust the ph once, it got to about 6.5, I like to keep it between 5.6-5.9.

I have been keeping the ppms around 700, the plants are still using more water. I check the res daily and notice the ppm's go up to about 850 or so I know the plants are taking up more water, to even it out I just add some RO water to the res. So far I just have only filled the res once, there is really no need to replace it every week with this system. The plants soak for 30min/day.

Initial res fill:
9 gallons RO water
1 tblspn SN Gro Aqua
3ml/liter 30% h2o2
5ml/liter Superlicious
10ml Zone
5ml B1 Superthrive

I also spray every 3 days with a mixture of RO water and 5ml/liter SN Greenstay with 30ml Penetrator

The group of 6 are my mothers.

Also, anyone with some tips about my seedlings? When should I put them under the Flo's?

sorry for some reason the pics didnt attach to the last post

how is everything going....any updates?

Finally, a new post. Here they are at the end of week 5 flower. Just changed the res and filled it with 7 gallons RO water and:
1.75 tbls SN superboost
1.5 tsp SN Budblaster
2 tsp SN Superthrive
3 tsp DM Zone
80 ml Sugar Daddy
14 ml 30% h202
20 ml Hygrozyme

ppm 800
ph 5.7

the other pics are my moms, the seedlings from earlier, and a ton of babies ive been taking from the moms

please comment on what u think....

nice real nice....what do you have your air table sitting on...are u having space issues?

Interesting modification. I'd like to see how this turns out.

smacc46 said:

nice real nice....what do you have your air table sitting on...are u having space issues?

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Thanx smacc... the air table is sitting on a long plastic storage bin from target, just high enough to lift the drainage hole above the door opening. So far there hasn't been any real space issues, the table slides into the machine easily. As far as the plants, u have to make sure they don't get too tall. Right now the tallest ones are about 4in. from the glass. I used Bushmaster to halt vertical growth, it worked really well, just have to be careful because it caused some minor burn, but the plants have grown really well.

On the next one I think I might not use the storage bin to raise it, instead I think I will put the hydro18 table in without the lid and set the table in it. To drain it I have been taking it out anyway, my gf and I can lift it no problem. The plants go through a lot of water so I just wait a day or two and there are only a few gallons left, so its light to lift out.

And a res changes, its been so much less of a pain in the ass! I've only completely changed the res 3 times, and the girls have grown so much better than they ever did when changing weekly. I just make sure to monitor ph and ppm, add water and monitor plants. If not for the Bushmaster the plants would be perfect without even a slight burn. they were perfect before I added that, thats my only regret so far.

How does the The Fearless Garden Air Table work. I c it online but i dont understand how it works? where the res? and how do you fill, check ph, add nutes?