Budsterman
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Okay, I started a grow journal for this grow, however, I didn't think it appropriate to post this there.
Yes, this is my 1st hydro grow, but it's not my 1st grow. I've been doing soil for a couple of years now, so I have everything there.
NOW.... I've been doing much reading on hydro, I have currently 4 plants in DWC buckets that are doing very well. Wait, let me correct that. I have 2 plants in bubbleponic buckets and 2 plants in bubbleponic bucket with a drip system that feeds them 3 times a day for 30 minutes. These 4 plants are happy and seem to really enjoy their environment.
What I am getting ready to do is take 4 cuttings from my head band that I have in soil and 2 cuttings from my Extrema in the Bubbleponic Bucket, root those and put them into a 50 gallon Aeroponic System I built.
Now the thing I DO NOT UNDERSTAND is this ppm thing. I have 2 brand new tds meters, so I tested my well water and it reads 215. Okay, I understand that. My water's disolved solids are at 215ppm. So, I want to start my clones off at around 450ppm at first. So how do I do this? Do I count the 215ppm that my water is and just add my grow nutrient until it reaches 450ppm? Or do I discount the water's 215ppm and add 450ppm of grow nutrients bringing the total ppm to 665?
Please explain this to me. I know it's simple, but I don't know the proper formula.
Here's a link to my Extrema in the DWC Bucket. My 1st success at Hydro.
I'd like to tak 2cuttingsfrom her. Too soon?
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=177016&stc=1&d=1317187990
Here's a link to shots of my Head Band I want to clone.
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=177014&stc=1&d=1317187990
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=177015&stc=1&d=1317187990
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=177017&stc=1&d=1317187990
And here are 2 pics of 2 others in buckets. One is a New York 47.
Yes, this is my 1st hydro grow, but it's not my 1st grow. I've been doing soil for a couple of years now, so I have everything there.
NOW.... I've been doing much reading on hydro, I have currently 4 plants in DWC buckets that are doing very well. Wait, let me correct that. I have 2 plants in bubbleponic buckets and 2 plants in bubbleponic bucket with a drip system that feeds them 3 times a day for 30 minutes. These 4 plants are happy and seem to really enjoy their environment.
What I am getting ready to do is take 4 cuttings from my head band that I have in soil and 2 cuttings from my Extrema in the Bubbleponic Bucket, root those and put them into a 50 gallon Aeroponic System I built.
Now the thing I DO NOT UNDERSTAND is this ppm thing. I have 2 brand new tds meters, so I tested my well water and it reads 215. Okay, I understand that. My water's disolved solids are at 215ppm. So, I want to start my clones off at around 450ppm at first. So how do I do this? Do I count the 215ppm that my water is and just add my grow nutrient until it reaches 450ppm? Or do I discount the water's 215ppm and add 450ppm of grow nutrients bringing the total ppm to 665?
Please explain this to me. I know it's simple, but I don't know the proper formula.
Here's a link to my Extrema in the DWC Bucket. My 1st success at Hydro.
I'd like to tak 2cuttingsfrom her. Too soon?
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=177016&stc=1&d=1317187990
Here's a link to shots of my Head Band I want to clone.
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=177014&stc=1&d=1317187990
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=177015&stc=1&d=1317187990
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=177017&stc=1&d=1317187990
And here are 2 pics of 2 others in buckets. One is a New York 47.