4-17:
System has been rebuilt again.
Old 3.5 gal buckets removed and replaced with 8 gal EZ Stor buckets. External 3.5 gal res replaced with 15 gal tote.
Previous capacity ~10-12 gals, new capacity ~25-30 gals. **all nutrient quantities are cited for entire 30gal system, not per-gallon**
Old 1” flex line on the lower returns replaced with 2” pvc
Waterfall piping stayed the same
Old drip hoses removed and replaced with hydro halo drippers and flow rate at drippers decreased.
4-14: shot glass
4-15: paper towel
4-16: rockwool
As of moving to the rockwool I had 4 for 4 of the OG Kush BX3 x Quattro Kush F3 with tails, however prior to this I was trying to pop some straight Quattro Kush and was having the absolute worst germination rate (3 for 8, and of those 3 one of them was like 1/4th the height of the others and the earliest ones to pop were inching on on a two week jumpstart on anything else that I continued to try to get to germinate). These got plucked and shitcanned and I started fresh with 4 QKxOG beans that all got their tails
~9k lux on drippers, light @ ~36”
Seedling1 nutes @ 35%
~350ppm, ph @ ~5.8
4-18: all 4 have broken ground
4-20: ~12k lux at drippers
@ACMPRgrow, thanks! But that PA Hydro build has a big flaw in its return piping and the S-bend it uses to pass through one of the pre-existing holes in the tent.
I cut holes in the tent and passed all the return piping through the walls to the external res as low as possible and level, if you ever try to replicate his build I’d highly suggest the same.
But yeah I love this rig, and I sure have put some time and thought into it so I really appreciate the compliment