Doc Bud's High Brix Q&A With Pictures

TheGreenYeti said:
Fantastic looking canopy bud! How do you even water all those beasts?
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Thanks man! I use a garden hose with a small water pump to move water from the mixing bin to the plants. The plants must have water just about every three days maybe four otherwise they'll become droopy / sad.

A creeper is handy tool to have. It's used to help me move around in the room fairly quickly without crawling or be in awkward positions. I'm able to work under the plants on my back comfortably while using my feet to move my position around. I do wish my room was more spacious to work around so I try to make the best out of it and i think it's working out well for me.
 
weenmeoff said:
Question about running 12/12 from seed. I know we treat autos like any other plant for the most part right, so do we do the same with 12/12 from seed? I've not watered/fed this plant at all since planting it and the pot is still pretty heavy. I should let it dry out right? She has started flowering and when a photo is flowering we don't let it dry out, basically water every 3-5 days. This gal is looking great so I'm guessing I should wait til she is dry, correct?

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I would let it get fairly dry before I watered it. The thing you want to watch out for is not letting it wilt badly.

It seems to me that many of my plants look to be at their best when the soil is close to being dry.
 
limpfingerz207 said:
Thanks man! I use a garden hose with a small water pump to move water from the mixing bin to the plants. The plants must have water just about every three days maybe four otherwise they'll become droopy / sad.

A creeper is handy tool to have. It's used to help me move around in the room fairly quickly without crawling or be in awkward positions. I'm able to work under the plants on my back comfortably while using my feet to move my position around. I do wish my room was more spacious to work around so I try to make the best out of it and i think it's working out well for me.
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The hose and pump must be a life saver in that situation! Crawling around on a creeper is dedication. Reminds me of Duggs army crawling to take care of his over packed room.
 
TheGreenYeti said:
The hose and pump must be a life saver in that situation! Crawling around on a creeper is dedication. Reminds me of Duggs army crawling to take care of his over packed room.
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lol we live and learn right? Pump and hose sure is a life saver! Hand watering gets old fast and you know what? I'm happy that we all don't have to do that during veg, just dunk em and you're good to go. At some point i want to set up a water line to the shed from the house. Just so that i don't have to keep carrying water from the basement and that's some extra time / work i can save on.

I've done that army crawl too when my plants were literally passed the lights and touched the ceilings. Major super cropping didn't even do the trick to bring everything down because there was too much plant matter lol. Never again i want to let them grow tall before flip then gamble on the available vertical space between the plants and lights. Now what i go for is to try to cover the most square inch of the room surface area as i can before doing anything with vertical growth.
 
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Hey @Duggan What do you think of this device? Maybe you have a different product in mind? I'm glad you shared the idea of water heater like something for aquarium. I didn't think of it and i wish i had thought of it before!!! It's going to save me some time and work lol.

I added this to my shopping cart for now and i'll check back in before i make a purchase.
Thanks again, appreciate your help.
 
limpfingerz207 said:
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Hey @Duggan What do you think of this device? Maybe you have a different product in mind? I'm glad you shared the idea of water heater like something for aquarium. I didn't think of it and i wish i had thought of it before!!! It's going to save me some time and work lol.

I added this to my shopping cart for now and i'll check back in before i make a purchase.
Thanks again, appreciate your help.
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Hey fingers if I remember correctly your getting this to preheat drench water in buckets?
If so your going to want to get something to circulate water in the bucket or the heater will be kicking on and off every couple of seconds and it will take much longer to heat the water not to mention shorten the life of the heater especially if the heater has points and is not solid state. An airstone would do it or you could use a powerhead.
Google "that fish place" for great prices and selection.
 
equinox said:
Hey fingers if I remember correctly your getting this to preheat drench water in buckets?
If so your going to want to get something to circulate water in the bucket or the heater will be kicking on and off every couple of seconds and it will take much longer to heat the water not to mention shorten the life of the heater especially if the heater has points and is not solid state. An airstone would do it or you could use a powerhead.
Google "that fish place" for great prices and selection.
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Hey Equinox, Close! It's actually going into the water source in the basement. cold water comes out of the RO system into the 40-50 gal bin and it just stays cold at all times. Then from there i lug about 15 gal of water to the shed and inside the shed there's a mixing bin for the drenches. In the middle of transporting buckets of water, there would be a pot on the stove heating up a few gals of water to a boil. Once there's some hot water, i would bring that out to the shed and dump it into the mixing bin with cold water. Usually after one or two trips of hot water, the water in the mixing bin would be at the right temp for watering the plants. So having a water heater in the basement bin would help me out by saving a lot of time. Just transport, mix the drenches, water plants and be done in shorter time. Especially if i'm watering every three days, there would be a lot of time added up where i could be doing something else after watering.
 
limpfingerz207 said:
Hey Equinox, Close! It's actually going into the water source in the basement. cold water comes out of the RO system into the 40-50 gal bin and it just stays cold at all times. Then from there i lug about 15 gal of water to the shed and inside the shed there's a mixing bin for the drenches. In the middle of transporting buckets of water, there would be a pot on the stove heating up a few gals of water to a boil. Once there's some hot water, i would bring that out to the shed and dump it into the mixing bin with cold water. Usually after one or two trips of hot water, the water in the mixing bin would be at the right temp for watering the plants. So having a water heater in the basement bin would help me out by saving a lot of time. Just transport, mix the drenches, water plants and be done in shorter time. Especially if i'm watering every three days, there would be a lot of time added up where i could be doing something else after watering.
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Yeah that does sound aggravating and time consuming.
I think you could make something work. Just size a aquarium heater for a 40-50 gallon aquarium (or whatever amount of water is normally in the bin ). You probably want to use a powerhead to circulate the water in something that size. The ones I use to use were the aquaclear 201. I think they are still about $20 bucks or so. If you go this route remember to pull the air injection tube out of the venturi hole as you won't need it. I ran them continuously for years and they are fully submersible so no worries.
As far as the heater goes make sure its full submersible and don't run it out of water ever. If the bin is plastic you might want to suspend the heater off a board or something in the middle of the bin and not rely on the suction cup holders that it comes with because they always, given enough time, lose suction and you'll find the heater against the side or bottom. In a plastic bin not good as they get VERY VERY hot.
 
limpfingerz207 said:
Hey Equinox, Close! It's actually going into the water source in the basement. cold water comes out of the RO system into the 40-50 gal bin and it just stays cold at all times. Then from there i lug about 15 gal of water to the shed and inside the shed there's a mixing bin for the drenches. In the middle of transporting buckets of water, there would be a pot on the stove heating up a few gals of water to a boil. Once there's some hot water, i would bring that out to the shed and dump it into the mixing bin with cold water. Usually after one or two trips of hot water, the water in the mixing bin would be at the right temp for watering the plants. So having a water heater in the basement bin would help me out by saving a lot of time. Just transport, mix the drenches, water plants and be done in shorter time. Especially if i'm watering every three days, there would be a lot of time added up where i could be doing something else after watering.
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The submerged pump running will warm a 55 gallon drum. You could also insulate the drum, but I don't in basement. I ran a hose up above water so it splashes back on surface in drum... Oxygenates while it warms ro water from running pump motor. I would do that first and see what temp is after couple days.
 
Well I'm about two weeks out from launching my high brix growing. Got some great seeds im excited to start. Will be so glad to be able to put my ph tester in retirement. I got myself an ro system hooked up in my utility room. It was so simple to install it only took 1hr to have it dispensing water into my 32 gal plastic garbage can. I was using distilled water but I live in the city and I just didnt like the thought of my nosy neighbors wondering why I was constantly caring twelve gallons of water into my house. Well that's about it for updates now. I can see many questions coming in the first grow and I know you'll all get me through this with flying colors. Have a great day everyone. JKB
 
JKB1989 said:
Gm to all you brixers out there. Will docs kit work outside for plants grown in the ground?
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If you're wanting to grow directly in the ground without filling a bed with kit soil, you'll want to get the soil tested, so that you can get the correct amendment added to get it into a balanced state.
 
JKB1989 said:
Gm to all you brixers out there. Will docs kit work outside for plants grown in the ground?
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If you amend your native soil....oh my it will work really, really well. But that requires a soil test and custom amendments.

If you dig a large hole and put in Promix then the kit will also work great, but it won't work in native soil.
 
Flump said:
Hi folks,
Anyone using High-Brix for standard gardening (tomatoes, peppers, ...)? If so, are you using The Kit?

Lady and I are making gardening plans for this summer and I'm looking the the most cost effective way of growing good, nutrient dense food...
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Used raised beds or a spot in your yard. Test the soil. Amend per the test.....garden in peace and happiness.
 
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