warisnottheanswer
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awesome thread +rep i wanted to know how to make one of these on my own!
Roseman's DIY Bubbleponics Tutorial
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mr.woodes
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Looking very nice Roseman. I always enjoy seeing and hearing about your grows. So much to learn from you. I am right now a soil grower but on my next I thought bout doing a bucket like yours with my soiled ones. How many do you have in the bucket, just one?
I would +rep ya, but it says I need to pass it around first, sorry..another time
I would +rep ya, but it says I need to pass it around first, sorry..another time
warisnottheanswer
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dont know if this question was asked but can u use coco in one of these or only hydroton?
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
Very slightly, but I am not real sure, like maybe $10 a month, with three air pumps, three water pumps, two fans and all the lights.
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
3 in the bucket, go back and look at eariler pics from last week.
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
yes, you can use coco.
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
To get the temp down and the humidity up, try these:
You need a fan pulling heat out and a fan pulling cool air in.
You have to have an oscilating fan on the plants.
Lay wet rolled up like a cigar wash rags everywhere.
Hang a soaking wet bath towel on a cloths hanger and let it drip into a pan or bucket.
Put a frozen milk jug of water in front of a fan or let it drip into something by putting a pin hole in it.
Get a bucket, put ice in it or frozen water and blow a fan into the bucket, blowing cool air everywhere. And you can put Pine Sol or ONA in the bucket for Odor Control.
Put saucers and cups of water everywhere.
Mist the plants with plain pH water.
Put Frozen cups of water on the lids and everywhere around the plants.
You need a fan pulling heat out and a fan pulling cool air in.
You have to have an oscilating fan on the plants.
Lay wet rolled up like a cigar wash rags everywhere.
Hang a soaking wet bath towel on a cloths hanger and let it drip into a pan or bucket.
Put a frozen milk jug of water in front of a fan or let it drip into something by putting a pin hole in it.
Get a bucket, put ice in it or frozen water and blow a fan into the bucket, blowing cool air everywhere. And you can put Pine Sol or ONA in the bucket for Odor Control.
Put saucers and cups of water everywhere.
Mist the plants with plain pH water.
Put Frozen cups of water on the lids and everywhere around the plants.
infexion1134
Active Member
that bucket is an excellent idea roseman. am i understanding this right? you put the ONA in the bucket with some water on the bottom and the fan blows down into the bucket?
Lt Shiny Sides
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farmer bill
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roseman, you are a fountain of knowledge and your info has saved ne on several occasions. my first grow is about 2 weeks behind yours. im trying to imitate you the best i can. im subscribed and will stay tuned in for this grow. thanks for sharing all your knowledge with us. +rep
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
Yes, just a slight amount of water, like one inch deep, maybe two inches. The use of the water is to put a cut on it, or reduce the strenght.
Roseman
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Roseman
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Well, I am doing something else that not everyone agrees with,
Deliberate Stretching! My plants are very tight bushes and the CFL lights are not able to penetrate down into the plant.
And I want to do some training soon, (bending them over) and so I raised my lights up from two inches to about 18 inches last night. What I am doing is called
DELIBERATE STRETCHING.
When we grow in small spaces, especially in areas that do not offer a lot of room for HEIGHT Growth, we often worry about STRETCHING. STRETCHING comes from having the lights too high up from the plants. IF you have limited Height Room, this info is NOT for you.
But if you have ample room for Height Growth, and are growing INDICA strains, I suggest you learn how to DELIBERATELY STRETCH your plants to create more room between the nodes for LIGHT to penetrate and Air to circulate.
I see a new thread everyday asking about Trimming Off Fan Leaves to make room for the light to get down in the plant, to let the light get to the smaller leaves and lower leaves.
IF you have plenty of room, and are growing in HYDRO, then go to your grow area and raise the lights 18 to 20 inches up higher than you previously had them, for half a day, or 12 to 24 hours. IF growing in soil, raise them for 24 hours, 18 inches too high.
Then, after the time period passes, lower the lights back to where they were.
You can do this anytime in VEG but I start STRETCHING the end of the 2nd week, or in the 3rd week.
You will see a GROWTH Spurt in Height, and more room between the nodes, as the plants STRETCH to the Light.
I am offering this advice from experience, and not from anything I read in a book. It works for me, but I have plenty of HEIGHT space.
Deliberate Stretching! My plants are very tight bushes and the CFL lights are not able to penetrate down into the plant.
And I want to do some training soon, (bending them over) and so I raised my lights up from two inches to about 18 inches last night. What I am doing is called
DELIBERATE STRETCHING.
When we grow in small spaces, especially in areas that do not offer a lot of room for HEIGHT Growth, we often worry about STRETCHING. STRETCHING comes from having the lights too high up from the plants. IF you have limited Height Room, this info is NOT for you.
But if you have ample room for Height Growth, and are growing INDICA strains, I suggest you learn how to DELIBERATELY STRETCH your plants to create more room between the nodes for LIGHT to penetrate and Air to circulate.
I see a new thread everyday asking about Trimming Off Fan Leaves to make room for the light to get down in the plant, to let the light get to the smaller leaves and lower leaves.
IF you have plenty of room, and are growing in HYDRO, then go to your grow area and raise the lights 18 to 20 inches up higher than you previously had them, for half a day, or 12 to 24 hours. IF growing in soil, raise them for 24 hours, 18 inches too high.
Then, after the time period passes, lower the lights back to where they were.
You can do this anytime in VEG but I start STRETCHING the end of the 2nd week, or in the 3rd week.
You will see a GROWTH Spurt in Height, and more room between the nodes, as the plants STRETCH to the Light.
I am offering this advice from experience, and not from anything I read in a book. It works for me, but I have plenty of HEIGHT space.
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
IF you break a CFL [FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
IF YOU BREAK A BULB...
1) Open a window before cleaning up, and turn off any forced-air heating or air conditioning.
2) Instead of sweeping or vacuuming, which can spread the mercury around, scoop up the glass fragments and powder. Use sticky tape to pick up remaining glass fragments or powder. Wipe the area clean with a damp paper towel or wet wipes.
3) Dispose of the broken bulb through your local household hazardous waste program or recycling program. If that service is unavailable in your area, place all clean-up materials in a trash container outside the building.
4) Wash your hands after cleaning up.
5) If vacuuming is needed afterwards, when all visible materials have been removed, vacuum the area and dispose of the vacuum bag in a sealed plastic bag. For the next few times you vacuum, turn off any forced-air heating or air conditioning and open a window before doing so.
This is a copy andf paste from a newsletter I get.[/FONT][/FONT]
IF YOU BREAK A BULB...
1) Open a window before cleaning up, and turn off any forced-air heating or air conditioning.
2) Instead of sweeping or vacuuming, which can spread the mercury around, scoop up the glass fragments and powder. Use sticky tape to pick up remaining glass fragments or powder. Wipe the area clean with a damp paper towel or wet wipes.
3) Dispose of the broken bulb through your local household hazardous waste program or recycling program. If that service is unavailable in your area, place all clean-up materials in a trash container outside the building.
4) Wash your hands after cleaning up.
5) If vacuuming is needed afterwards, when all visible materials have been removed, vacuum the area and dispose of the vacuum bag in a sealed plastic bag. For the next few times you vacuum, turn off any forced-air heating or air conditioning and open a window before doing so.
This is a copy andf paste from a newsletter I get.[/FONT][/FONT]
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
Daily Maintenance
- Check reservoir for water level and pH and adjust and replinish
- Look at the water, for algae and trash.
- Check Temp around grow area and check Humidity
- Check Water Pump and feeder tubes for clogging and not feeding
- Check for crimpted or folded air tubes
- Look under the plant canopy, look into or inside the plant for bugs, larvae, insects, dead leaves (remove the 90% dead ones). Examine the top and bottom leaves.
- Look for discoloration, and leaf tip yellowing. It is very normal and natural for bottom leaves to yellow, dry and fall off. Look for leaves curling down (nute burn) and curling up (too much heat)
- Check Temp of water in reservoir daily, and weekly look at roots
- Hygiene. Yes, I mean cleanliness. Clean up the area, the lid, the reflective material. Keep the area clean.
- Raise bulbs to proper height daily.
- Re-arange bulbs every other day, swapping positions.
- Daily properly mist with plain pH water in VEG cycle. Every other day, to 3 days, mist with a foilage spray.
- Move the oscilating fan to a different location, if only 3 or 4 inches.
- Replinish whatever you are doing to increase the Humdity.
- Check your Odor Control.
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
OSCILATING FANS
An oscilating fan is a necessity to me, in growing.
First it cools the area. Consider in nature, outdoors, plants get breezes and strong winds blown on them, for a reason.
Second, you know how to strenghten a muscle, or make it larger, or stronger or grow faster? You exercise it, you MOVE it.
To strenghten a plants stem, stalk or branch, or make it larger, or stronger or grow faster, you MOVE it too, with an oscilating FAN blowing on it.
Fans help with Temps, Humidity Control, Moisture Control, etc.
Air movement is very necessary for the health of your plants, but too strong of a fan can cause wind burn. Direct your fan toward the tops of the plants and toward the lights. Never position the fan blowing strongly downward on the leaves or you can get wind burn.
An oscilating fan is a necessity to me, in growing.
First it cools the area. Consider in nature, outdoors, plants get breezes and strong winds blown on them, for a reason.
Second, you know how to strenghten a muscle, or make it larger, or stronger or grow faster? You exercise it, you MOVE it.
To strenghten a plants stem, stalk or branch, or make it larger, or stronger or grow faster, you MOVE it too, with an oscilating FAN blowing on it.
Fans help with Temps, Humidity Control, Moisture Control, etc.
Air movement is very necessary for the health of your plants, but too strong of a fan can cause wind burn. Direct your fan toward the tops of the plants and toward the lights. Never position the fan blowing strongly downward on the leaves or you can get wind burn.