couple of RDWC questions

[badbillybob]

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tonites efforts
I couldnt attach the spray bar to the totes, cos the 22mm pipe will not travel thru the tank connector, doh!
I have a cone cutter drill which i will try tomorrow to ream it out (oooer missus)

[badbillybob]

Ended up usin the 22mm hole saw. And its sweet.
got a slab of 50mm celotex today, but had to cut it into sections to fit it in the car.
Just waitin now, for the pump and chiller.........zzzzzz.

Im now bitten by the water bug and am tryin out a bubbler too for the first time.
Its home made of course, and is 2No 12 " air stones in a larje black storage box/ container, with a net pot sunk into the lid.
Should be a bit of craic, and handy for comparisons.

Is there any benefit from usin larjer totes with the rdwc system??

[Upton]

The size of the tote doesn't matter really mate.. keeping a stable pH its more to do with the quanity of solution the system holds. Btw if you use celotex to make your lids waterproof wrap them with polythene first.

Looking great so far mate.

[Gander]

great thread, good luck with the build.

[badbillybob]

Thanks man.
I have now set this up in the tent, and drilled the holes in the pipes.
No idea what i was doin apart fro Uptons advice to start small.
So i drilled the side bars with 2 holes on each side and the end bar with 3, all ar 2mm diamater.
I will wait till the pump arrives and is set up to see how she flows.
Shark seed didnt jerm, it didnt really sink properly in the water , it floated about an inch from the bottom of the container so i binned it after 3 days.
I now have a Humbolt seeds trainwreck soakin.
I think i will put this in a root riot cube soaked with a splash of rhizo, if it ever arrives., then hand water it till the roots enter the res, then see how she flies.

Rock on!
I also made myself a DWC BUbbler today, which i will run alonjside the rdwc.
Its a 35 litre really useful box, insulated with 2 12" airstones runnin off my hailea air pump.
Lots of bubbles, should be fine.
Just for the craic like!!

Ill keep you updated.

[Toasted]

Sounds like its coming together well mate
You doing a diary when you up and running

[badbillybob]

Im not sure, but probably will, because i could do with some advice about nutes etc.
I started my growin adventures on here about 5 yrs ago, and a kind bloke called Alzy guided me through it (white widow autos in soil, you never forget your first time
Ive done coco before and used to start them at 0.4 -0.6 EC (tap water is 0.2)
But coc isnt hydro is it, altho im sure the principles are the same
And from what ive read, i should be startin them at 5.6 Ph and let it drift up to 6.1 or so.

Does this sound about rite?

[FACE]

Coco is hydro as the coco is inert it has no feed
I veg at 5.6 with my coco an start to raise it as a change to flower 5.8 an last 3 weeks 6.0
But during the gruw if a see a mag def or that I adjust the ph fir to suit the odd feed n then BA k to normal again
But set yours in water at 6.6 then as u say let it drift to 6.2 then set back to 5.6 n so on the pla t will use what it needs as it drifts up the ph range

[Toasted]

I am using canna aqua and a little pk13-14 in flower i set my ph at 5.8 and would let it drift to 6.2 but it stays solid at 5.8 my background is 0.6 not ideal but i am looking into an r/o unit to clean it up i have set my e.c at 0.8 from the start with no probs other then not mixing prop before putting in system i have started to use a water butt with an airstone to pre mix nute before i add Thanks to upton
and they are really kicking off now are you super cropping.lst.scrog these

[Toasted]

Oh yeah and orca bennies