Autos v. Photos - A 5x5 No Rules Fight for Yield: A Jon & NickHardy Gig

If I was doing DWC I’d get either the Bluelab ($600) or Chinese knock off ($300-500) Auto Ph device. They only go one way. Like Absorber our (borehole) water is 6.3 so I’d put the pipe into a bottle of Ph Down, sensor in the res and drips in as required to hit your target Ph of say 5.8.

That they are manufactured/sold by a company like Bluelab which is for large scale farms both hydro and not suggests its fine as long as you’re changing your res out as scheduled.

To lower if you wanted to have an organic flavour to your dwc then driftwood or peat pellets will lower your Ph - maybe that’s what people use with aquaponics fish symbiosis type grow?
Thanks Nick. Yeah I don’t think I’ll be putting either of those in my res anytime soon. Lol.
 
The thing that worries me about those is this ,I have a 100ltr reservoir 80ltrs of nutrients when its watering plants ( flood and drain via bell syphon) it empties 40 ish litres from reservoir so my concerns are how is an automatic doser going to be accurate with so much movement of the water and what if it adds buffer and that buffer is pumped to plants before mixing 😳. The pump doesn't stop in my set up .
Damn I wish we could see that. I get it, we can’t, not til the conspiracy charges are dropped, but damn….
 
@Greenvein maybe?
@ReservoirDog sadly seems not to have been around for 8 weeks - 5th Jan.

Slightly different tack - I have some Seed Junky Animal Mints BX1 coming for another grow. Anyone got any experience with Seed Junky/Animal Mints?
That sounds fun. Got any stats on it? A picture?
 
That sounds fun. Got any stats on it? A picture?
My next grow at home - the BIG grow - is primarily photos and has so many cool strains I never grew before…like these:

- MAC1
- Apples and Bananas
- Super Silver Haze
- Chocolope
- two proprietary strains from dank seeds for a sponsored tent
- two proprietary strains from Dirty Bird Genetics (NASC offshoot and its own breeder now with quite the catalog) for a sponsored tent
- several other photos plus a tent of all new autos

I can’t wait!
 
That sounds fun. Got any stats on it? A picture?
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It was a random breeder/strain popped up for local delivery so bagged just two. They were $20 each which is way more than I normally pay. Just bought it because its unusual here. They’re like “breeder bros” with “drops” and stuff. Not my normal!

Plan is to reverse one and have it play with a Banner/Gorilla
 
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It was a random breeder/strain popped up for local delivery so bagged just two. They were $20 each which is way more than I normally pay. Just bought it because its unusual here. They’re like “breeder bros” with “drops” and stuff. Not my normal!

Plan is to reverse one and have it play with a Banner/Gorilla
Ah cookies.
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Damn I wish we could see that. I get it, we can’t, not til the conspiracy charges are dropped, but damn….
OMG @Absorber, I F-ed up! So sorry! I was flying and I misread your handle for @Azimuth in that moment. That joke was intended for him, not you. You do not have journal phobia like Azi. :rofl:
 
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It was a random breeder/strain popped up for local delivery so bagged just two. They were $20 each which is way more than I normally pay. Just bought it because its unusual here. They’re like “breeder bros” with “drops” and stuff. Not my normal!

Plan is to reverse one and have it play with a Banner/Gorilla
That should yield big based on the stats. Great parent strains. Awesome.
 
Gorilla Cookies Auto
Reservoir Change


Now:

- Cyco Flower Week 3 Advanced Feed Chart
- Ph = 5.66
- Temp = 67.3 degrees
- Ppm = 1270

This mass of roots has taken off like crazy and is now massive. Good lord.

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@Greenvein maybe?
@ReservoirDog sadly seems not to have been around for 8 weeks - 5th Jan.

Slightly different tack - I have some Seed Junky Animal Mints BX1 coming for another grow. Anyone got any experience with Seed Junky/Animal Mints?
Sorry bro I've been stuck in trim jail 🤣 aaaand just sent a message to someone to see if I they still have a 4x4 underfloor Res for sale 😎 upgrades 🤣🤞

I have not grown anything from seed junky but definitely looks interesting 👍 I'm only just venturing from the 90s stuff 🤣 but definitely glad I did 👌
 
Sorry bro I've been stuck in trim jail 🤣 aaaand just sent a message to someone to see if I they still have a 4x4 underfloor Res for sale 😎 upgrades 🤣🤞

I have not grown anything from seed junky but definitely looks interesting 👍 I'm only just venturing from the 90s stuff 🤣 but definitely glad I did 👌
It was a question on the over use of Ph down in DWC? What do you reckon? Possible?
 
It was a question on the over use of Ph down in DWC? What do you reckon? Possible?
If you never change the reservoir it will eventually fuck up the mineral ratios. Two weeks is my absolute max but I've seen people make it through flower without any reservoir changes but with sub par results.

It also depends on the plant food and if you're using Citric or phosphoric acid but say that most people use phosphoric acid. You can choose to not use any bloom boosters etc and make it fine all the way through flower. With traditional low P mixes for Cannabis and tomatoes it's very hard to overdo Phosphoric acid.
 
Our fixed reservoirs we run to empty - or if we need to make a change I empty the res to waste.

There’s always a few litres left over the pump can’t take away and that gets wet vacced out along with any sediment.

The 200L one & Co can fit inside to clean, which she does between grows 🤣

We have a pressure spray to use but says she likes it!
 
My next grow at home - the BIG grow - is primarily photos and has so many cool strains I never grew before…like these:

- MAC1
- Apples and Bananas
- Super Silver Haze
- Chocolope
- two proprietary strains from dank seeds for a sponsored tent
- two proprietary strains from Dirty Bird Genetics (NASC offshoot and its own breeder now with quite the catalog) for a sponsored tent
- several other photos plus a tent of all new autos

I can’t wait!
You’re a regular Kelso 🤣

My seeds were fast grow seeds, the Animal Mints BX1’s

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Paid for 2 seeds got 3 clones. With no proof they are what they say 🤷🏽

Though saying that - it saves me a bunch of time for what I have planned.
 
You’re a regular Kelso 🤣

My seeds were fast grow seeds, the Animal Mints BX1’s

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Paid for 2 seeds got 3 clones. With no proof they are what they say 🤷🏽

Though saying that - it saves me a bunch of time for what I have planned.
Is that your version of 'ship in a bottle?'
 
Oh, cool. I imagine it's a two part bottle?
Yep. Tape at the bottom. It was CoD and the delivery guy best me home so & Co was paying, so I a) failed to conceal a purchase from her b) as she paid she knew much it cost c) got mocked for buying clones and told it was even more of waste of money.

Good work Nick!
 
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