The UK Growers Thread!

[Lpt]

Hey guys been a while!
Had mad house-rental-mortgage dramas! I did run one plant in a semi krackty/micro tent 600x600x900 that turned out amazing to be fair! gonna get set up again soon looking to run 4 in dwc.
Has anyone used oxypots? I cant grasp why they are any better than just buckets?

Also what is the quietest air pump you guys have used? I've seen the big multi airline ones but are they quiet? I'm in terrace so noise needs to be minimal!!

TIA!

 

[Star Dog]

I've got an air pump with 4 outlets I use in my cloner the only downside is the noise from it, it's not terribly loud but loud enough to get your attention.

the last time I cloned I used a submersible pump to agitate the water that worked equally well without any noise.

I'm using the pump elsewhere atm so its back to the air pump and noise penalty.

They're a bit slower to root this time.

 

[jondamon]

Hey guys been a while!
Had mad house-rental-mortgage dramas! I did run one plant in a semi krackty/micro tent 600x600x900 that turned out amazing to be fair! gonna get set up again soon looking to run 4 in dwc.
Has anyone used oxypots? I cant grasp why they are any better than just buckets?

Also what is the quietest air pump you guys have used? I've seen the big multi airline ones but are they quiet? I'm in terrace so noise needs to be minimal!!

TIA!

I don’t think they are really they’re just already pre built for you so you don’t have to adjust anything.

 

[jondamon]

Just got myself another 100ml of my special PK booster was still able to get it on Easter Sunday lol.

yeah I made it myself lmao. 14g dissolved into 100ml of water (ideally distilled or deionised)

 

[Lpt]

I don’t think they are really they’re just already pre built for you so you don’t have to adjust anything.

Meh 26 quid each. I'll stick with my normal buckets!!

Ooooo niice i like the home made pk booster! I tried to use canna PK once and nearly killed my crop. Havnt used it since!

 

[Lpt]

the last time I cloned I used a submersible pump to agitate the water that worked equally well without any noise.

A submersible pump sounds Intresting! Would it be enough to grow a plant rather than just clone?

 

[jondamon]

You’d have to make sure it was seriously disturbing the water surface but it should work.

i use a wave maker in my res to keep the nutrient moving rather than an air pump etc as I find then by design just really noisy.

 

[jondamon]

Meh 26 quid each. I'll stick with my normal buckets!!

Ooooo niice i like the home made pk booster! I tried to use canna PK once and nearly killed my crop. Havnt used it since!

I only use the MKP in small amounts during flower.

I’m nearly at day 40 of 12/12 and the buds are beginning to dense up so I’m giving them a good hit of the MKP when I do a res top up.

as part of the added MKP I will also increase Ca and Mg levels while reducing the A/B that I add to keep the EC the same as it was Prior to the res top up.

 

[Star Dog]

Idk with any certainty my cloner is the only thing I've experience in with dwc?

If you check out something like a wave maker power head or other power head pumps you'll get a better idea of how they perform, they draw in air from the surface and mix it into the outlet flow?

 

[jondamon]

Idk with any certainty my cloner is the only thing I've experience in with dwc?

If you check out something like a wave maker power head or other power head pumps you'll get a better idea of how they perform, they draw in air from the surface and mix it into the outlet flow?

Mine just sits in the bottom and points towards the surface of the res creating a moving current within the res and disturbing the surface tension

 

[Star Dog]

Mine just sits in the bottom and points towards the surface of the res creating a moving current within the res and disturbing the surface tension

Doesn't it have a snorkel fitting/option?

This was cheaper so I didn't buy the wave maker but I thought it done the same thing, the add I looked at on eBay said wave maker power head?

 

[jondamon]

Doesn't it have a snorkel fitting/option?
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This was cheaper so I didn't buy the wave maker but I thought it done the same thing, the add I looked at on eBay said wave maker power head?

This one was mine.



the one you’ve shown looks more like an aquarium filter with air attachment

 

[jondamon]

Both do the same job though except yours has the air attachment.

my hailea HX1500 had a similar attachment but couldnt be connected with the snorkel and the feed line to the delivery ring

 

[Star Dog]

Both do the same job though except yours has the air attachment.

my hailea HX1500 had a similar attachment but couldnt be connected with the snorkel and the feed line to the delivery ring

I had wrap insulating tape around the attachment bit so I could use in my feed bucket lol.

 

[go go kid]

well when is anyone going to risk planting outside this year??? got a plan on doing two lots of autos so i get a double harvest and a few photoes o see how they go. also going to try a couple of sensi mexican phots out too, i know they wont finish, but ill take clones from them and put them in the tent, i know its risky with pests an al. but ive gten away with it b4 and it only means cleaning the tent out, whtch i do after every grow any way.
just wanted to get some idea on what others planting dates were, whatwith the cost of electric going up as it is, its getting prohibitively expencive

 

[jondamon]

well when is anyone going to risk planting outside this year??? got a plan on doing two lots of autos so i get a double harvest and a few photoes o see how they go. also going to try a couple of sensi mexican phots out too, i know they wont finish, but ill take clones from them and put them in the tent, i know its risky with pests an al. but ive gten away with it b4 and it only means cleaning the tent out, whtch i do after every grow any way.
just wanted to get some idea on what others planting dates were, whatwith the cost of electric going up as it is, its getting prohibitively expencive

I don’t plant outside personally.

 

[speedwell68]

well when is anyone going to risk planting outside this year??? got a plan on doing two lots of autos so i get a double harvest and a few photoes o see how they go. also going to try a couple of sensi mexican phots out too, i know they wont finish, but ill take clones from them and put them in the tent, i know its risky with pests an al. but ive gten away with it b4 and it only means cleaning the tent out, whtch i do after every grow any way.
just wanted to get some idea on what others planting dates were, whatwith the cost of electric going up as it is, its getting prohibitively expencive

I have a Northern Lights Auto seed I got as a freebie that will go in a poly tunnel in the garden. I did 5 out there last year. I will germinate it at the start of May, so it'll finish in mid August.

 

[go go kid]

I have a Northern Lights Auto seed I got as a freebie that will go in a poly tunnel in the garden. I did 5 out there last year. I will germinate it at the start of May, so it'll finish in mid August.

yeah, ive got 5 auto nl's to put out too, im hopeng there decent, there from pyramid seeds, never tried pyramid before. also got 5 auto nl from sensi so i know they will be good.
what company are yours from

 

[speedwell68]

yeah, ive got 5 auto nl's to put out too, im hopeng there decent, there from pyramid seeds, never tried pyramid before. also got 5 auto nl from sensi so i know they will be good.
what company are yours from

Mine are by Royal Queen Seeds. They sent me a 5 pack for free as part of a promotion. I have 4 just starting to flower in my tent. So I figured I'd put one in the wife's poly tunnel for shits 'n' giggles.

I did 5 of the same outside last year, which were also freebies, they turned out really well. I grew them in 20L pots full of Westland Big Tom tomato compost and watered/fed them once a week using Tomorite once they started to show pistils. Other than a bit of LST they were super low maintenance.

 

[go go kid]

Mine are by Royal Queen Seeds. The sent me a 5 pack for free as part of a promotion. I have 4 just starting to flower in my tent. So I figured I'd put one in the wife's poly tunnel for shits 'n' giggles.

I did 5 of the same outside last year, which were also freebies, they turned out really well. I grew them in 20L pots full of Westland Big Tom tomato compost and watered/fed them once a week using Tomorite once they started to show pistils. Other than a bit of LST they were super low maintenance.

they will love the polly tunnel, best of luck with them