manthatreeks
In Bloom
Very nice space. What's your expected yield with that set up?
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Dirtbag
In Bloom
Im always careful to not have any expectations.. But if things go well, realistically, 6 or so. Potentially more.. not sure really. I haven't had this much light in here before. I used to pull a bit over 4 with just the 2 HPS in here.
Dirtbag
In Bloom
Currently 7 times a day. Soon to be 8With the slabs how often do you feed them ? I might grab a couple of them to go with some cubes i got a while ago
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Dirtbag
In Bloom
Flower bulking is my fvourite part of the entire grow other than post harvest. Weeks 4,5 and 6 are just the best watching the buds fill out. Love it.
Dirtbag
In Bloom
The SE5000 is killing it. The sf4000 so far has the smallest plant in the room under it, but it also has the largest plant lol, so I don't fkn know hahaha.
Dirtbag
In Bloom
I want to talk about something I've discussed in my other threads on a different forum, but after a couple years of playing with this system I believe it has been a real game changer. This is really valuable info for anyone doing drain to waste hydroponics at scale. But I know many in the industry already use similar systems to this. This is just a simple way to scale it down to homegrower size.
One of the single best investments I have made is installing this UV sterilizer. The stainless steel cylinder strapped to the corner.
It let's me recycle all the runoff as well as the dehumidifier water.
I have 2 reservoirs, stage 1 is a "dirty" 50 gallon holding tank and stage 2 is a "clean" 20 gallon reservoir that the plants are fed from.
I start by filling the 50 gallon stage 1 holding tank with nutrient solution at about 1.2ec, 5.7ph, then I fill the 20 gallon res by passing the nutrient solution from the dirty res through a 5 micron and 1 micron canister filter, then through the UV chamber into the res. I'll then dose the res with H2O2 and add any additional nutes if I desire a higher ec or whatever.. and that 20 gallons is now "clean" and ready to feed the plants.
Over the next week or so my runoff gets dumped back into the dirty holding tank along with the water from the dehumidifier, they generally combine to balance out pretty well and mix with the remaining fresh nutrient solution. This makes the 50 gallon tank get used up a lot slower than if I were doing drain to waste, and I use all of the nutrients, very little gets wasted.
After about a week when the 50 gallon tank is getting low I rinse the plants to reset the ec in the wool and start over again with a fresh 50 gallons of nutrient solution.
It's an excellent hybrid way of using up runoff while still using a large portion of fresh nutrients. If I were growing on a large scale, this method would be 100% used to save on nutrient costs. But even at a small scale I've found it's made nutrient handling much simpler.
A float switch in the clean res to keep it always full, and a condensate pump to direct runoff to the dirty tank are the last things this system needs to be kinda hands off, as it is I dump runoff manually every couple days and top up the clean res manually once a day. It means I only need to make nutrients once every 7-10 days, otherwise it's just keeping the res topped up.
One of the single best investments I have made is installing this UV sterilizer. The stainless steel cylinder strapped to the corner.
It let's me recycle all the runoff as well as the dehumidifier water.
I have 2 reservoirs, stage 1 is a "dirty" 50 gallon holding tank and stage 2 is a "clean" 20 gallon reservoir that the plants are fed from.
I start by filling the 50 gallon stage 1 holding tank with nutrient solution at about 1.2ec, 5.7ph, then I fill the 20 gallon res by passing the nutrient solution from the dirty res through a 5 micron and 1 micron canister filter, then through the UV chamber into the res. I'll then dose the res with H2O2 and add any additional nutes if I desire a higher ec or whatever.. and that 20 gallons is now "clean" and ready to feed the plants.
Over the next week or so my runoff gets dumped back into the dirty holding tank along with the water from the dehumidifier, they generally combine to balance out pretty well and mix with the remaining fresh nutrient solution. This makes the 50 gallon tank get used up a lot slower than if I were doing drain to waste, and I use all of the nutrients, very little gets wasted.
After about a week when the 50 gallon tank is getting low I rinse the plants to reset the ec in the wool and start over again with a fresh 50 gallons of nutrient solution.
It's an excellent hybrid way of using up runoff while still using a large portion of fresh nutrients. If I were growing on a large scale, this method would be 100% used to save on nutrient costs. But even at a small scale I've found it's made nutrient handling much simpler.
A float switch in the clean res to keep it always full, and a condensate pump to direct runoff to the dirty tank are the last things this system needs to be kinda hands off, as it is I dump runoff manually every couple days and top up the clean res manually once a day. It means I only need to make nutrients once every 7-10 days, otherwise it's just keeping the res topped up.
Chip Green
In Bloom
I like dirt, only did minimal hydro work, but I gotta say...
I dig your style, Dirtbag.
I dig your style, Dirtbag.
Dirtbag
In Bloom
Well thank you Chip Green! I grew in soiless for many years but never dirt. But rockwool has been my absolute favourite medium to use so far.
Thanks for stopping by the thread!
