New Grower 1st hydro grow

[Builder0101]

On a 85° day that attic will easily exceed 100°

 

[Jtrainor87]

On a 85° day that attic will easily exceed 100°

I have an ac ready to go. Window fans as well

 

[Builder0101]

I'm glad. You will need it. I have a portable 30k BTU unit but ill just use my house AC. Done want an AC vent out my window. Not stealthy. If you have a roof vent from your garage you may want to vent it out that. Are there gable end passive vents? You can use a fan to pull/push air in and out of passive vents.

 

[Diamond Dog Hair]

Took 3 weeks, but its done wouldnlove any feedback. I know that my bubblebucket only will hold about 3.5gallons so i was thinking of puttinf another 5 gallon outside the tent with a on off valve that i can open up to fill the bucket and premix. I think itll work what you guys think. View attachment 1180699View attachment 1180700View attachment 1180701View attachment 1180702View attachment 1180703View attachment 1180704View attachment 1180705

The 5 gallon rez is a good

Ok seed is leaving new york customs hopefully monday.
Everything is ready to go i also upgraded my light to a hlg135.

So i was pretesting some measurements. I took maxi grow out.
The figures i got and if they seem wrong let me know are:
1/4tsp Maxigrow =0.3 ec
Which seems on week 2 what ill start dosing her with. Im a little confused though with calmag....when your using ro should i be going full tilt from begining to end at 4ml per gallon (gh calmag) or do u guys cut it. Is there a certain EC i should keep it within.

Also if i want a plant to be an ec of 1.00 do i include supplements and calmag along with ny main nutrient or is 1.00 what i shoot for with maxigrow and the add everything else

Using bubbleponics you may want to start off at 25% recommended strength and work your way up depending how the plant looks. As for the Cal/Mag: Are you using RO water? If not the water you use may already have calcium and magnesium in it. My system is a RDWC with Aeration and I use the GH Flora Trio nutrients it has calcium and magnesium in it. General Hydro has a feeding chart generator, it may help you with feeding. https://generalhydroponics.com/feedchart-generator

 

[Iriee Vibez]

I don’t think you should approach wi th a nutrient strength goal in mind. Instead, you should view each plant as it’s own genetic makeup. When I grew DWC, I would have two plants from the same pack, and they wanted different nute strength and different light heights. It’s crazy how unique each plant is.

Having the extra reservoir with a top off valve is a great idea. It saves on mixing effort (why I eventually left DWC) and could self sustain for a bit if the ph and ppm’s are steady. I would fill the top off reservoir with nutes about 30-50% of the Target for the main pot. You will be amazed how things will climb otherwise.

Also, during my first DWC grow was in my garage in the Sacramento area. Brutal! I got a water chiller, and set it at 66 degrees, and never had a problem even though the cabinet would regularly hot triple digits daily. It’s not ideal, but root temps are the key. you keep that down, and the roots healthy and happy, and the plant can handle a lot.

Good luck, bro! And have fun.

 

[Jtrainor87]

I'm glad. You will need it. I have a portable 30k BTU unit but ill just use my house AC. Done want an AC vent out my window. Not stealthy. If you have a roof vent from your garage you may want to vent it out that. Are there gable end passive vents? You can use a fan to pull/push air in and out of passive vents.

right now the grownfan is running down a rafter behind insulation through my baffle and out the soffit..it was 65 and sunny attic was 70 tent was 72

 

[Jtrainor87]

The 5 gallon rez is a good

Using bubbleponics you may want to start off at 25% recommended strength and work your way up depending how the plant looks. As for the Cal/Mag: Are you using RO water? If not the water you use may already have calcium and magnesium in it. My system is a RDWC with Aeration and I use the GH Flora Trio nutrients it has calcium and magnesium in it. General Hydro has a feeding chart generator, it may help you with feeding. https://generalhydroponics.com/feedchart-generator

im starting to use tap for germ hut buckets have ro

 

[Jtrainor87]

I don’t think you should approach wi th a nutrient strength goal in mind. Instead, you should view each plant as it’s own genetic makeup. When I grew DWC, I would have two plants from the same pack, and they wanted different nute strength and different light heights. It’s crazy how unique each plant is.

Having the extra reservoir with a top off valve is a great idea. It saves on mixing effort (why I eventually left DWC) and could self sustain for a bit if the ph and ppm’s are steady. I would fill the top off reservoir with nutes about 30-50% of the Target for the main pot. You will be amazed how things will climb otherwise.

Also, during my first DWC grow was in my garage in the Sacramento area. Brutal! I got a water chiller, and set it at 66 degrees, and never had a problem even though the cabinet would regularly hot triple digits daily. It’s not ideal, but root temps are the key. you keep that down, and the roots healthy and happy, and the plant can handle a lot.

Good luck, bro! And have fun.

ill have to wait and see how he temps do. so if shes drinkig 500ppm ur saying fill he res with 250ppm. worst case inadd a chiller hut im runnkng hydroguard too

 

[Iriee Vibez]

Hydroguard is essential for hydro. Good stuff! Yeah, 250 (or less) for the top off reservoir, if the main bucket is at 500.

 

[Jtrainor87]

Hydroguard is essential for hydro. Good stuff! Yeah, 250 (or less) for the top off reservoir, if the main bucket is at 500.

how does that work to increase the ec if she needs a atronger solution.
if her main bucket is 500 and i continually put 250 in then over time her ppms would drop. wouldnt i want to wait ubtil she drank the res and the refill it with either a stronger, same , lesser solution as needed.

i wouldnt even know whT chiller to get for a 5 gallon res