Waterfarm grow***alaskan ice***

Yours sounds almost exactly like mine other than I'm starting from mothers and clones. I was thinking of getting alaskin ice myself. I'm vegging in bubbleponics and flowering in ebb and flow.

Nice setup,
everything should work well.
Good Luck

gonna definately be watchin this grow!

DAY 6 ......Sprouts

its day six from getting my seeds wet

can you give a link to your last alaskan ice grow?

DAY 7.........

When do you think i can put in waterfarms?.....there is small roots growing out the bottom of rockwool

I'm using hydroton only so as soon as my clones showed roots 1cm long i put them in the ebb and flow set up. From what I've read (everywhere) they should be good right now.

Alright they are in...ill take pics in a min they are under a 400 mh light about 3 feet away.....how often should i water them

I'm not trying to be a negative in any way I figured I'd just give you a heads up on my experiences with the waterfarm 8 piece setup.

From the beginning I had issues with the lower branches becoming too wet and dying off also slowing down the veg process. I'd recommend using some kind of panda plastic or some other material to cover the tops of the buckets during earlier stages of life. This will also help keep algae from forming on the rocks from being exposed to light.

Another huge issue I have with this system is how are you supposed to track nute levels and flush the system? I tried flushing once and took everything apart and cleaned it all but it was one of the biggest pains in the ass I have dealt with when it comes to growing. And I hate how I can't keep track of the nute levels as I believe that to be the culprit for the problems I'm experiencing now.

Now I'm now about 2 weeks from harvest time, up until about a week ago things were going pretty well with the exception of the above mentioned problems. But that's when weird things started happening, some leaves started turning yellowish and dying off, while some of the plants were doing fine. Now about half of my plants have lost 3/4 of all their fan leaves due to them dying and i'm going to have to harvest early. The other half of the system seems to be doing alright and the buds look pretty good.

Again, I'm not trying to be negative I just want to share my first, and last experience with the waterfarm modules. I've since built some homemade rubbermaid containers for moms and those were 1/3 of the price and have given me 0 hassle. I've also been using an aeroflo system and I cannot reccomend that enough, easiest system i've ever used but kinda pricy.

Edit: These 8 plants were under 3x 400w hps hortilux, given a bc series nutes, with additives like hydroguard, hygrozyme, koolbloom, sweet, purple maxx, gravity.

So this is what i got so far.....Are my temps ok? and is this light too close or is it fine? i poured some water in the tray too is that ok?

alright! some feminized seeds! nice. I think that is too much light, I use a single 100w CFL to root my clones. I even keep that 2-3 feet above to start, then gradually lower it. It also could be warmer I would wait for 2-3 leaf sets before transplanting to the waterfarm. dude is right about water splashing from ring to leaves. GODSPEED

i was gonna wait but i noticed that the roots comming out the bottom started drying up and turning yellow what the hell did i do wrong now they are in the water farm how much should i water the roockwool

I run my waterfarms 24/7

even with that small of seedling in rockwool?

sorry to but in. i bout to buy a 8 waterfarm. i joined yur club caddy. i just came into some extra cash, 300 or so i can play with. Wud u recomend the waterfarm or another similiar priced system on ebay. They got like 8 meant to compete price wise. i dont want to make a wrong purchase. what is in the controller. i dont want to buy a glorified dwc, i ca make that in 5 min. ebb and flo my next choice. i got a 370pump alrady for my diy aerponic system bit i might just buy a cool system por built for fun. Dont lead me atray, my forst learning grwo all dwc and almost done. This weekend i hope nl seeds to arrive. @@@ help por favor lol

I just set up a home made system and there are some things that I kinda regret. Having said that if you buy a complete system make sure that it has all the nutes and hydroton and everything cause if you buy it on ebay there's a chance that it could be a knock-off without some things. The ebb and flow system in my journal works perfect. I would just light proof it a little more. If you still have a light and a lot of the things from the first grow then buy whatever you want. If you buy on ebay it could take a month to arrive too. Just trying to help.

buy what will work best for you in your space. Kirtland, got any updates? pics?

well for some reason things are going really slow the rockwool might be overwatered but i have no clue finally starting to see 2nd set of leaves but barely! any suggestions ill take pics in a min.

Growth seems to be growing faster now i think a couple more days and i will see lots of growth

Good, My plants germinated in about 2 days, took another two to sprout and took about 2 weeks to have a set of leaves beyond the 2 teardrop ones.