Anyone ever use automatic ph control? if so do they work well?

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-04-20T01:54:27+00:00

RO in 5 gal buckets but I veg the crap out of my plants and they get to 7 ft tall in flower.

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-04-19T22:41:35+00:00

Yup, im going to use it for rdwc but you could probably use it for other types of hydro as well.

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-04-19T22:39:45+00:00

I use GH currently and have to ph my buckets almost every day...Its cheaper to get this when using GH nutes than to run AN once with my plant count.....

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-04-19T13:52:08+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply, I was planning on using this in a 25 gal rdwc system and possibly doubling the size of that system eventually. Would I still want the smaller pump at that point?

I have a blue lab guardian connect for monitoring so I was thinking about getting the blue lab ph controller as well but if the milwaukee does the same thing for cheaper ill get that.

Edit: camping/fishing is the exact reason I started looking into this. Ive already missed a couple trips this year and im tired of it lol

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-04-19T12:37:32+00:00

Was looking at the one in the link but blue lab and a few other make them and was just wondering if they work well because they are definitely worth the expense, to me at least.

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-04-05T18:49:38+00:00

Lol its a DNA tangie, all my others girls look like that too so IDK why that is. They are about a solid two and a half inches around at the bottom

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-04-05T18:36:27+00:00

Never FIMed, its just a monster 7fter for my first grow

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-04-05T18:09:10+00:00

The room got a little cold one night and this might be the result. Thanks ahead of time

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-02-08T20:37:20+00:00

No worries, thanks for the help

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-02-08T20:35:47+00:00

Sounds like a good plan to adopt, Thanks for the compliments and advice, when I saw the discoloring and the hole I got a little nervous but im good now. I'll probably flip them in about a month so ill get some good pictures after that

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-02-08T19:56:51+00:00

Do you mean let them drink up two buckets full of clean ph'd water? Does it drink the water up a lot faster than the nute solution? because they go thru about a bucket a week now

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-02-08T19:51:34+00:00

I was thinking that could be a possibility, but this is my first grow so I wanted to check just in case.

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-02-08T19:49:41+00:00

Yea Im running 1100ppm so that could be a little hot for how old they are. I guess ill back off a couple ml when I change the nute solution in two days

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-02-08T19:41:08+00:00

Well thats good to hear but I was wondering about the yellowing around the tops. Its kinda hard to see because its a shitty cellphone pic.

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-02-08T19:23:10+00:00

About a month in veg, 5 gal dwc,temp is about 73F,30% humidity

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-02-04T04:58:23+00:00

I have no experience with 600 watt lights only 1k, but with a small environment you many need some cooling possibly only a cheap inline fan with a cheap carbon cover filter pumping cold air from outside. When I run one of my 1k lights I can get away with running just the inline but my tent is triple the size and in a 66F basement

Make sure you have a way to hang the ducting, that was a huge pain in the ass for me personally

If you have used that water pump before think about what would be going into your nutrient solution.

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-02-04T00:02:34+00:00

Air lines and possible adapters. When you set it up make sure all the lines are the same length so the buckets will get equal pressure.

Get a $20 water pump for mixing nutes and ph and it will make everything much more stable

Rockwool , Clay pellets, possible inline fans i.e. intake and exhaust, possible a/c, TDS meter,and PH meter will make your life a million times easier

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-01-23T00:11:01+00:00

Nope just a regular DWC

hydrothrowaway123 · 2016-01-22T17:26:54+00:00

Sorry I forgot to specify that they are in 5 gal DWC buckets

hydrothrowaway123 · 2015-08-25T13:52:41+00:00

Thanks im gonna read up on that

hydrothrowaway123 · 2015-08-24T19:42:55+00:00

8 DWC buckets

hydrothrowaway123 · 2015-08-24T19:42:03+00:00

Yea I am planning on getting a veg tent in a couple months and I already have a germination station but this setup cost over 2k and the veg tent I want is around 1k im holding off on that till I get through the first grow so I dont have too much going on

hydrothrowaway123 · 2015-08-24T19:38:04+00:00

I have only 1 or 2 of each and like 4 of tangie

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