sicnarf said:
Stoney, I plan to grow my plants to about 4-5 feet tops, but have room if they grow a littler taller. I'm going to be growing white widow seeds that I just ordered too. It says it's an 8 plant site...I wont be able to get 8 full plants at 5foot each out of this unit?
I'm sorry, I misunderstood the size of the unit. It's 13 inches by 40 inches? How deep is it?
How big is the entire grow area, (without the pots), including the height? How tall is your light? How tall is the entire unit from the floor to the top of the uppermost surface?
What type of grow media will you be using? Which nutes are you using? How many gph is your pump? What's the configuration of the fill and drain openings?
These are all questions I need answers to. I think you may have answered some of them, but I don't remember which thread it was in.
The cubic feet of your grow area and the amount of root area are two limiting factors. I have a 3.5 x 5.5 grow area that is FILLED to the max by 4 plants. The WW you intend to grow will need half of your grow box for each plant if you are growing them to 4-5 feet tall. That's all the area for roots that you have. You can fill your entire grow area with only these two plants.
sicnarf said:
So, this means ill need another cheapy hydro system for starting my babies out in. Ok, I was thinking about buying a 50 USD bubbler unit on ebay for vegging . I think this would be ok.
If you were to sex the plants in your final grow box, and one was male, you couldn't get it back out of the grow chamber at that point without damaging your other plant. That's why you need to start them in another unit and then move them into the main unit when you're sure they are female. After the plants are in the final grow container, you can't flex the unit, or move the media, or move the plants. To do so would very possibly hurt them. You could use either a drip system or a bubbler to grow the pre-sexed plants in until they are large enough to take a cutting from. Then, flower the cutting, not the vegging plant. This will keep your vegging plant growing good. When growing with Hydroponics, it's always best to have a pre-sexing grow box and a main grow area.
sicnarf said:
I kind of wanted to use the Microgrow ebb and flow unit for the entire process. I figured if I germinated 8 seeds then I could possible get at least 4 females and go from there. I'll be PM'ing you Stoney Bud once all my materials come in. Thanks yall.
Also, I plan to flower once they do reach maturity (about 24 inches)
If you will, lets keep it in the Hydro area for discussion so that everyone can learn from your grow. PM me to point out a post if you like, but lets start a "Journal" for you in the Journal area. That would help everyone.
If you use the unit for the entire process, it would be impossible to remove any males without hurting your female plants. The individual pots are kind of pointless to your grow and may even slow the growth rate of your plants. Just fill the entire unit with the media and put your sexed plants into it so the top of the root ball is two inches below the surface of the media. How is your water level regulated? Is it adjustable? We'll need to discuss some more procedures before you start your grow so that you understand what you're doing before anything can go wrong. You and I can get you going real fast. Tell me what I've asked and then I can tell you more.