SomeGuy's LED & Other Grows. 2014-15 Season

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What's the yield per plant? That's very similar to my setup;

I'm putting my plant straight into a 5 gallon bucket with holes drilled all around its base, setting that in the 27 gallon tub and bottom feeding by keeping a few inches of water in the tub.

Your netpot pyramid looks rather different so I'm curious as to your design goals and where my approach might have problems?
 
ttystikk said:
What's the yield per plant? That's very similar to my setup;

I'm putting my plant straight into a 5 gallon bucket with holes drilled all around its base, setting that in the 27 gallon tub and bottom feeding by keeping a few inches of water in the tub.

Your netpot pyramid looks rather different so I'm curious as to your design goals and where my approach might have problems?
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This is The same system I ran. 5-6 ounces per plant one got 8. The net-pot pyramid is the wick. It sticks through the bottom of a soft pot. Wick is peet or coco and then soil on top in the softpot.

So top is soil with a hydro friendly wick and the tub is gonna a bubble like Dwc. I noticed huge root systems around the airstones

Upgrades I did from last run:
I added the pvc support legs to keep lid from sagging,
Added two 36" flex airstones and kept the one cylindrical stone
Paint top black

Still need to put in the over flow valve so I can fill to right level without having to peek in the rez
 
SomeGuy said:
This is The same system I ran. 5-6 ounces per plant one got 8. The net-pot pyramid is the wick. It sticks through the bottom of a soft pot. Wick is peet or coco and then soil on top in the softpot.

So top is soil with a hydro friendly wick and the tub is gonna a bubble like Dwc. I noticed huge root systems around the airstones

Upgrades I did from last run:
I added the pvc support legs to keep lid from sagging,
Added two 36" flex airstones and kept the one cylindrical stone
Paint top black

Still need to put in the over flow valve so I can fill to right level without having to peek in the rez
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Painting the tub lid black helps cut down on light getting inside, but it soaks up heat from the lighting. I'd suggest a cover made of foil cover foam insulation board.
 
SomeGuy said:
This is The same system I ran. 5-6 ounces per plant one got 8. The net-pot pyramid is the wick. It sticks through the bottom of a soft pot. Wick is peet or coco and then soil on top in the softpot.

So top is soil with a hydro friendly wick and the tub is gonna a bubble like Dwc. I noticed huge root systems around the airstones

Upgrades I did from last run:
I added the pvc support legs to keep lid from sagging,
Added two 36" flex airstones and kept the one cylindrical stone
Paint top black

Still need to put in the over flow valve so I can fill to right level without having to peek in the rez
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I'm pulling 2 pounders right now in RDWC. Gonna try to maintain the same performance with this substrate.
 
ttystikk said:
Painting the tub lid black helps cut down on light getting inside, but it soaks up heat from the lighting. I'd suggest a cover made of foil cover foam insulation board.
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Well. I may paint white over the black, but once.the screens fill in almost no light is hitting the tub. So maybe no need for that. :-). I had zero root problems with the system... very forgiving.
 
ttystikk said:
I'm pulling 2 pounders right now in RDWC. Gonna try to maintain the same performance with this substrate.
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Well... I believe you veg longer. I think these could get bigger and yield more but I'm a fan of diversity/variety so I'm targeting performance for my needs.

A 10gl soil softpot w 27gl rez would get very big if vegged longer than a few weeks.

I built that one in the pic to hold two 5gl softpot setups. I use the doubles for short, slow growing indica's and a single 10gl for hybrids etc...

I'm also lowering my max water level a tad to encourage more root growth from the wick
 
SomeGuy said:
Well... I believe you veg longer. I think these could get bigger and yield more but I'm a fan of diversity/variety so I'm targeting performance for my needs.

A 10gl soil softpot w 27gl rez would get very big if vegged longer than a few weeks.

I built that one in the pic to hold two 5gl softpot setups. I use the doubles for short, slow growing indica's and a single 10gl for hybrids etc...

I'm also lowering my max water level a tad to encourage more root growth from the wick
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Yeah, I veg longer- because bare root hydro in hydroton rocks with ebb n flood tables were giving me fits. Then I had clumps of leftover dead roots fuck up my RDWC.

I did get that under control, but if I'm going to model commercial facilities, then I need to use their methods. In Colorado, most use coco DTW, but it's not for the reasons you might think; rather, they're unable to pour spent nutes down the drain and therefore are forced to put them into coco instead. This way, they can toss the whole thing as dry waste instead of contaminated water.

Besides, if the client wants to use coco, I need to be ready, willing and able to accommodate them. So far, the veg in Tupur rocks and the substrate is very forgiving and productive.
 
Javadog said:
"I'm a fan of diversity/variety"

LOL You know that this is still my problem....horrible for yield,
fun for sampling though.

That last harvest was very strong bro. I felt guilty to just get to whirl
through those tough last weeks. :0)

JD
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I suffer from that very same affliction, myself.
 
Javadog said:
"I'm a fan of diversity/variety"

LOL You know that this is still my problem....horrible for yield,
fun for sampling though.

That last harvest was very strong bro. I felt guilty to just get to whirl
through those tough last weeks. :0)

JD
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Haven't seen you in so long man. Lol. I ran so many last run. All different types. Around 54zips all different strains. 2.2k in lighting. I can do better fine tuning... and if I would just run all one type! But I can't... love the variety.
 
Excellent evolutionary adjustments.

SomeGuy said:
Still need to put in the over flow valve so I can fill to right level without having to peek in the rez
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Can you elaborate on how your overflow valve will work? If you'd rather wait until its done and just post a picture, I'll understand. :)

SomeGuy said:
I'm also lowering my max water level a tad to encourage more root growth from the wick
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How will lowering the water level encourage more root growth from the wick? It sounds like you are saying you will make the air gap bigger... real curious about this. :)


So far I'm still using Rubbermaid bins, and I'm contemplating ways to reinforce the lid so that its strong and rigid enough to lift the plant off during the run if need be. Not there yet, but I'm thinking on it.
 
@nuggs the recent batch of medicine I made tastes horrific. Lol. Could not even finish the mocha I made with it on the way in to work. It is very strong though. I'm thjnking I'm gonna have to cap it or mix it w butter and make caramel w it.

I have another long cook batch washing now. I hope it tastes better. Lol.

I think it is time I detailed my method for the so called "rso". I refer to what I make as "red oil". Im gonna process some and document process here
 
SomeGuy said:
Well, traded in the 2015 versa for an Altima

It's way nicer and wasn't much more next time I'll be buying s new truck to tow my off-road toy. Lol. (A guy can dream right?)

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Evil-Mobo said:
Nice bro I recently traded my 2000 Grand Cherokee Limited and left with an 07 328i :blsmoke:
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I prefer to live within my means. The newest car I've ever owned is the '04 Caravan I'm rolling in right now. $2500 cash, no payments with interest and I can haul a LOT more grow supplies than y'all can.
 
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