looking for experts advice on NFT systems

[smokeydog]

Hey Dudes,
Starting my first grow next weekend and looking for some of advice from experianced indoor NFT growers.
My kit is a Secret Jardin 2 darkroom 90,
400w Lumatek ballast,Growlux dual spectrum HPS bulb with coolshade reflector, due to maxing my budget on the kit im going with dual spectrum this time but wil experiment with MH bulbs in future,plus Lumen output is supposed to be higher with dual spectrum opposed to standard HPS.
Canna Aqua Nuits and cannzym,
2 X GT205 Nft tanks,800x400x180.
Rockwool cubes.
100mm extraction,
150mm oscilating fan,
Thermometer,
manual Ph kit. Ph up and down.

wil be growing 3 X super skunk Auto and 3 X easyryder AK 47, Autos for speed to stop trips to the dealer.Big Bud next time,
I think 6 Autos is plenty for my tent size and light,
Wil be running lights 18/6 all the way through,some say 20/4 would be better but elec aint cheap in Ireland.
Pumps wil be coming on 20 mins before lights and was thinking of running them for 15 mins X 2 in the dark hours,
extraction and oscilating 24/7

Any advice from people who know what there on about would be greatly appreciated.

Smokeydog

[rigsby420]

If opting for the Auto seeds, keep your eyes peeled when you go onto the flower cycle, i have seen a few 'crops' wrote off because of hermaphrodite's.
Don't forget to flush! cant stress enough the difference that makes to the final product.
Good luck mate, Im sure you will be fine and you will learn as you go, alas my days with it are now over due to multiple kids!

[Kermit]

I can give you one tip to start, ditch the GT205 coz the resevoir is way too small even for a single plant let alone 3, it will be like hand feeding coz you will be topping it up every day and in full flower maybe twice a day. NFT nutriculture tanks i would not go smaller than the 424 tbh.

Here is there website, might be of some use to you.
http://nutriculture.com/

[smokeydog]

thanks for the advice guys, sorry to hear your growing days are over mate.i know il learn as i go but its nice to get heads up from people who know what there on about. il definatley keep a close eye on me auto,s and if i see any signs of males il get them out.
i went with the GT205 tanks due to there dimension so il be putting 2 into the tent.they say they are 30 litre tanks and i had no idea how much juice the plants will use.I might get meself a 200 litre water tank which i can place outside the tent and plumb in autofill to the 30 litre tanks.but as it would only be refilling the the 2X30L tanks the nuits would be stagnent alot of the time.would this be a problem.would i be better off circulate through the bigger tank,im a pipefitter by trade so the plumbing wil be no problem.
Thanks for ur help,

[Kermit]

thanks for the advice guys, sorry to hear your growing days are over mate.i know il learn as i go but its nice to get heads up from people who know what there on about. il definatley keep a close eye on me auto,s and if i see any signs of males il get them out.
i went with the GT205 tanks due to there dimension so il be putting 2 into the tent.they say they are 30 litre tanks and i had no idea how much juice the plants will use.I might get meself a 200 litre water tank which i can place outside the tent and plumb in autofill to the 30 litre tanks.but as it would only be refilling the the 2X30L tanks the nuits would be stagnent alot of the time.would this be a problem.would i be better off circulate through the bigger tank,im a pipefitter by trade so the plumbing wil be no problem.
Thanks for ur help,

Hell yeah go for it, Re-circulating NFTs sounds pretty good to me, keep us posted on that.