First hydro grow advice

Hi all, first time hydro grower here. I'm using Stinkbud's system. I started these from seeds. After a week I moved them to the cloner and kept them there for 3 weeks. This is one week in the veg unit. Ph is around 5.8, ppm around 1000. My question is, do you think I should move these to flower now? I'm worried they will get too big.

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I topped the purple haze in the back because it's just getting too big

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I still have to finish the plumbing and I just ordered the 1000W light today so the flower unit should be ready in a week.
 

PeaceFarmer

Active Member
Start flowering when they are 1/2 (indica Dom strains) to 1/3 (sativa Dom strains) the final height you want them to be.
 

ow.douglas

Well-Known Member
I think that Stink goes to 12/12 at 9-12 inches. I also think that is based on him keeping it legal. He has what appears to be a pretty proven formula and I wouldn't wander to far from it. Good luck and keep us posted, it looks like you are off to a great start.
 

pazuzu420

Well-Known Member
So I know alittle about stinkbuds setups and which one is this? Mind throwing some pics up of the systems? I've design similar system to stinkbud, basicly low pressure aero units using red EZ-clone spray heads. Curious on the watering schedule you are using.
After moving stuff out of my vg cabinet and into the flower cabinet I went from watering every 3 hours for 15 min with the lights on, but now that I'm in the bigger caboinet I've switched it to 15 on and 1 hour off. One day perhaps I can go HPA but this has been good to me so far.
 
Sure, the cloner is an exact copy of stinks design, 23 2" sites. Here's what I got in it now.

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The veg unit, I copied his plans and cut a 2" hole for the pipe to come out. What I found was that when the sprayers were on, it was like a fountain coming out so I used a couple neoprene disks to stop it but it still leaked a little. It was also impossible to tell what the water level was so I made some modifications. I bought a couple 1/2" bulkhead assemblies and ordered some 1/2" clear pvc. Here are some pics.

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The clear pipe is going between the elbow and the tee.

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The NFT system is identical to stinks design. I have 76" from the light to the floor in my grow room. After building it, the top of the fence post is 22" high so that only leaves me 54" of growth which isn't enough lol so I found a new reservoir that I'm going to use my next grow. It's call a strong box. It's 2" shorter and wider/fatter.

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I'm going to build a 3 post system with it.

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I'm using valves and unions so each post will be detachable.

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I can post pics when it's all done if you like.
 

MrGhettoGrower

Well-Known Member
When to flower is how tall do you want your plants to be? Cause their going to be 3x larger than when you flip the switch to 12/12. I flower at 15" then their finish at about 45" + 12" for the pot that 57" which is almost 5' that all I have head room for!
 
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