r/hydro • u/semaj356 • 9d ago

Quick tour of my grow room setup this year

Mostly RDWC hydro in 5 gallon buckets, but also a drip system in the big tent with coco perlite in 3 gallon containers. Lots of stuff was done on a budget, so I know now there are better options for a lot of the equipment I have, but everything seems to be doing well.

Let me know what you think!

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u/KillaHydro 9d ago

At first I was like where the flower at

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u/semaj356 9d ago

I had to show off the peppers first! I love them equally hahaha 

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u/Spirited-Anxiety-170 9d ago

Same this year I only have 6 different kinds instead of 15-20

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u/semaj356 9d ago

Last year I had 50 peppers in here and one cannabis plant, now I have 20 peppers and 25 cannabis plants 

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u/Spirited-Anxiety-170 6d ago

It’s beautiful

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u/BocaHydro 9d ago

whatcha feeding?

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u/semaj356 9d ago

I use Athena nutes for the most part now. Not too expensive and they are super clean for the drippers and the RDWC lines 

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u/FalseIndiggo 9d ago

Beautiful setup i never had the room to grow anything except the smelly girls. Do you use a common nutrients solution? Ive always wondered what the difference was.

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u/semaj356 9d ago

Thanks! I use Athena nutrients because they are formulated just right for my setup but you can achieve similar results cheaper by just mixing solid ingredients in the right ratios. That's a bit too much work for me so using a nutrient line from a single manufacture according to their directions works great. There are many options out there, just pick a system and a nutrient that works for it and follow the instructions. 

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u/FalseIndiggo 8d ago

I used Athena as well i just was wondering if you can run the same recommended ratio for cannabis with it as you could other plants like peppers or tomatoes.

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u/semaj356 7d ago

Ya absolutely, I run the same concentration for peppers as I do cannabis depending on the growth stage. I adjust pH and EC of individual reservoirs periodically after filling from a batch tank. 

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u/FalseIndiggo 7d ago

Awesome good to know!

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u/Financial-Skill3198 8d ago

That dwc grows so fast ! What nutrients ?

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u/Odd_Cantaloupe_7122 8d ago

Damn. Some people have so much space. Jealous af

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u/UsualTelephone7903 7d ago

Thats amazing. Good job.

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u/Vermehrungsmaterial 4d ago

"How is he no growing weed???"

zipp

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u/Guap_Hawk 3d ago

what is your ELEC bill. always wanted to run something like this but dont know the cost of set up and maintaining it.

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u/SoulShine_710 9d ago

Not even one cannabis plant for yourself?

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u/semaj356 9d ago

I saved the best for last, there are 25 at the end 

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u/SoulShine_710 8d ago

You not in a legal state? I've been growing bud now 35 years & though now I'm legal & have all my paper works, licenses, etc... I still get startled if someone just walks up on me, that still gets me occassionly. I'm also a cannabis pow.

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u/semaj356 8d ago

I'm in the most legal state, and have a medical rec to grow this amount. I prefer to grow my own over buy it. 

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u/Conscious-Special528 8d ago

What state is that? Just curious I must’ve moved to wrong state lol