hey, sick grow cant wait to see the end result!! could you explain how you change the res on the waterfarm with the plant being in the screen, do you just drain it out the bottom...?
That has to be the most commonly asked question regarding waterfarm scrogs!
The water is easily drained out of the water-level tube. For this to work, the waterfarm is sitting up on a 1-2 inch styrofoam block and a cork stove-pot coaster. WIth it being up off the floor, it's not hard to bend the tube down to the side and drain the water into a shallow bowl. Refilling with water simply by re-adding it into the top through the hydroton.
Hey sorry if I missed how big is that tent 4x4?
Im working in one that's just a little smaller than 3x3 and was thinking of possibly doing one in there.
im just really impatient with vegging for so long I like to only veg for like a week and get some clones that
are already like 10 inches tall.
Welll thanks for the thread that thing is a monster!
Yeah, the tent is approx 4x7 and about 7.5 feet tall. I've got 2x 600w Hort EYE HPS lights in there - tons of room, but I don't know if i'll ever do a double scrog. It's nice to have the extra room to maneuver without the restriction of 2 screens.
nice . any issues with the waterfarm? been thinking about getting one or two but figured i can make a 5 gallon dwc setup with the waterfarm halo drip kit . have you tried molasses ? i have tried it with good results with soil grows but not sure about hydro. and what about your water temp? great post by the way
I've never had problems. I've learned to stay away from strains that need a long flowering time (heavy sativas), as it becomes hard to control root rot when the roots are in water for that long (6+ weeks veg and 13+ weeks of flowering). Other than that, I love how clean it is not having to bother with soil.
I did try molasses for a short time in my first waterfarm grow, but I found it clogged the drip system easily so I stopped using it. I think if you thin it out enough you could do it though, just keep a close eye on it to make sure it doesn't prevent your water from cycling sufficiently.
I've had problems with my water temps - in the summer I've often added ice-cubes to my add-back pail to help bring those temps down. Winters here are fairly cold though, so my basement floor keeps the water temps reasonable. I also use quite a lot of hydrogen peroxide in my water mixed for this reason, as the higher temps mean less oxygen in the water, and H2O2 raises that oxygen level, effectively preventing algae from forming in the res and keeping the roots healthier.
