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I don't know how you are going to cut your own washers. I would have never gone that route. Try the company that this guy talks about and see if they have those washers. Let us know.
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This is a quote taken from somewhere in this thread:
I don't know how you are going to cut your own washers. I would have never gone that route. Try the company that this guy talks about and see if they have those washers. Let us know.
ChemDoubleDs
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That's great thank you for showing me that. I actually remember reading that now. I sent them an email and will also call them in the morning, as they didn't pick up my call just now. I'll let you know about it when I hear back from them
ChemDoubleDs
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They ship out on Wednesday! Good stuff directing me to that site. Very clutch. I am virtually ready to go now. Today is day 3 in the EZ clone so tonight I will check the progress of the clones. Conditions have remained favorable with water temp remaining around 75F with two heat mats underneath and ambient temperature ranging from 75-78F.
Still waiting for my tray lid to arrive but should be here by end of the week. If all goes well I'll be starting at the beginning of next week with Veg A
Still waiting for my tray lid to arrive but should be here by end of the week. If all goes well I'll be starting at the beginning of next week with Veg A
Drop That Sound
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Hey guys I too am going to attempt making my own washers. Ive had the idea stuck in my head since working on my cloner, where I took a 2 inch piece of metal pipe sharpened around one end, and used a big vice and a bock of hardwood to punch perfect clone inserts out of foam knee mats.
All i need is to punch about a 1 7/8" ID hole to fit snuggly around the threads of the adapter, and simply cut the OD to whatever size right?
All i need is to punch about a 1 7/8" ID hole to fit snuggly around the threads of the adapter, and simply cut the OD to whatever size right?
Drop That Sound
Well-known member
BTW I just finished reading the thread and currently building two 6 bucket systems, on a slightly smaller scale and using 3.5 gallon buckets. Snype, I know you advise against it but will the black HD ones work? I noticed the are pretty tapered near the bottom.. Wondering if anyone has used these!
ChemDoubleDs
Member
^ you should call that place Snype mentioned. Got mine for 25 cents each and I'm sure if you bought the rubber and made them they would cost just as much.
That's dope that company has the washers! Let us know how they work and then I can update the first page with that link.
ChemDoubleDs
Member
Will do. 72 hours and no root nubs. Everything is still looking good so I think I'll give it a few days before I check again.
It'll take you lots of practice to see root nubs at 72 hours. You should see root nubs by day 9 if everything is right.
The Doktor
Member
This thread started out nice and has now turned into the "Long Lost Bro, Let's Make Some Washers" thread. Because nobody has heard of Grainger, McMaster Carr, or MetroGasket.
Plenty of other threads to see here if you're board. The majority of information in the thread is contained in the first 3 pages.
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salgado
My plants are about 8 days into veg an dthe lower edges of the big leaves are rolling up. Room temp is 78-81 Humidity is going between 35 and 45 % (its freakin cold here and I even have 2 humidifiers going) Water temp is 68 ph is 5.7 PPM is around 650. Im using GH micro and bloom.... Any ideas?
Your humidity is too low. Nutes may also be too high but your 24 hour data should tell you. 650 PPM for little seedlings seems very high. Seedlings barely need anything. You're not giving us many variables to work with. Starting from seed and starting from clone are very different when it comes to how much nutes to use. Clones can take more than seeds. How heavy you feed will also have a lot to do with how intense the light is. My full grown plants never get more than 1100 PPM and you are using more than half of that for little tiny seedlings. It may be stressful to those new delicate roots. Why not start them around 300 PPM and see what you're 24 hour data says before and after top off? Also, there's a reason why I use a VEG-A Hanging E&F system before they go into RDWC.
Smplfrmr
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PH tester
PH tester
Maybe check your pH unit to assure it's calibrated properly... Sometimes the simplest answer is the one just trying to help. Definitely fits the situation you described. Unless you mean rolling up like a taco in that case possibly Cal mag deficiency... Need a visual really
PH tester
Maybe check your pH unit to assure it's calibrated properly... Sometimes the simplest answer is the one just trying to help. Definitely fits the situation you described. Unless you mean rolling up like a taco in that case possibly Cal mag deficiency... Need a visual really
ChemDoubleDs
Member
@ the doktor--I tried McMaster Carr weeks ago and the price was way out of my range. Never heard of someone getting so worked up about others not knowing about random online rubber stores. Seems you need to relax a little, maybe smoke some chemDD or something. It usually does the job for me.
The Doktor
Member
A little sarcastic humor seems to be lost on you. Nobody is getting worked up about it but you pal. I happened to enjoy this thread until it got derailed into a washer thread. Try a little Google and it will help you find lots of things including rubber washers from all over the world. It's good shit.
ChemDoubleDs
Member
Thats true I shouldn't come on here to ask suggestions. That's crazy talk
The Doktor
Member
HA! Good one! Got me there bro.
