General Hydroponics "WaterFarm Complete" HELP
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captiankush
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captiankush
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Well, the waterfarm doesnt come with an air stone and pump, to add this all you need to do is put the airstone in the res and route the airtube up the level indicator to your air pump. You dont need more than a single 6 inch airstone and no you cannot have too many but you need to realize that you will need room for the roots, so for applications like the water farm, you really only need two, max.
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KushLuvR
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No shit? Oh ok..So im guessing the air stones just add's a lil speed to the process or some shit. Yea man ya chicks lookin good. hopefully ima have that status in a few weeks!
h8red1
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well that girl in the water farm has been veggin for a min i supercropped her let her heal super crop again hel,supercro0p againg heal i, induce flowerign bout after 2 months veggin hoping to get some big yield shes really starting to fatten up but she is stivia dominant and she is gonna need more flowering time, so my recommendation , NO sativias, for indoor gro indicas stay short less flowering time, better IMO.... but keep it up bro, Good GRowing
KushLuvR
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tman42
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If you are going with the eight bucket set up, I would advise you to get the recirculating kit. I just upgraded this to my system and it helped so much. No more inconsistant pH readings between buckets now. Also do a search and find one of the threads with the rest of the upgrades as these will help alot also. I went from 2 to 2.5 oz per plant to 4.5 per with my biggest being 6.4. The waterfarm is a great setup hope you have good luck with it.
KushLuvR
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Thanks Tman, I dont have the 8 pack but i appreciate the advice. +rep!!
tea tree
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drip times. I ran a waterfarm single and killed my seedling in a second with 24 hour drip times. I was kinda a nub at hydro then, and I have been around the block now but I am back to hydro and a drip system.
I am looking at basically a home built sorta waterfarm and I wonder in hydrpton what you guys drip at? 24/7? I know the res is fucked if you turn the pump off in waterfarm. But any thoguhts. THis use to be a big topic on waterfarm threads. Any body got some experience? Nice to share.
Also good job on the recirculating kit. I finally saw one on sale. Cool.
I am looking at basically a home built sorta waterfarm and I wonder in hydrpton what you guys drip at? 24/7? I know the res is fucked if you turn the pump off in waterfarm. But any thoguhts. THis use to be a big topic on waterfarm threads. Any body got some experience? Nice to share.
Also good job on the recirculating kit. I finally saw one on sale. Cool.
KushLuvR
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yea man i let the drip run 24/7 and havent had any problems. i ran with str8 water until a 2 weeks old then added little by litte with the nutes. if you had nutes in ur res with the seedlings then i can see why you may have had problems.
herbose
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I used a waterfarm eightpack for a couple of years. I don't think you need an airstone since the system operates much like an airstone, can't hurt though. The one big problem I had was calcium buildup at the very bottom of the airtube where it meets the watertube. The water simply stopped bubbling up. I had to take each bucket apart to clean the tube out. This was almost impossible to do in my limited space without breaking plants.
Grows good plants though.
Grows good plants though.
you should build your own recirculating system with an extra pumping column from gh just get the waterfarm kit and use the pumping column put it in the botom on the inside of your brain bucket with the 1/2" barbed L that comes on the level tube in the kit you will have to drill the hole... the pumping column will fit in the elbow water tight then hook up 1/2" line coming from your last bucket to the pumping column in the brain bucket and cut the large tube from the pumping column down to be a couple inches above the water line and hook it up to an air pump as long as you have your buckets daisy chained to the brain (in a line) this will recirculate just fine and its only fifteen bucks and your ph will be consistant plus no added heat from pumps since its powered by air
parts you will need
1- waterfarm plumbing kit
1- 1/2" groment
1-1/2"strait barbed fitting
x-feet of 1/2 BLACK water hose
and an air pump
and sorry for lack of pics if you have questions i can help
parts you will need
1- waterfarm plumbing kit
1- 1/2" groment
1-1/2"strait barbed fitting
x-feet of 1/2 BLACK water hose
and an air pump
and sorry for lack of pics if you have questions i can help
tman42
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I have always used 24/7 drip times but when your plants are seedlings you need to make sure your hydrotron comes right up to the ring to keep it from splashing back onto your plants and killing them.
tman42
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Here is a link to the upgrade circulation kit instructions pdf. It might help if someone wants to build one. http://www.generalhydroponics.com/genhydro_US/instructions/WF_Upgrade_instructions.pdf
tman42
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I also used to have this problem bad, but with the House and Garden line of nutrients and their drip clean product I have not had to worry. I will usually pull up the pump column once right before i put them into 12/12 just for maintenance and to make sure I won't have to later. This line of nutrients has been far better than any of the other nutrients I have tried in the past for this problem and for yield.
