I like that setup rather niffty
I want to try that sometime. I got 50 seeds lol id do like 8 solos. But what about 1gals grows. Would it be better than solo cuz of the roots going rootbound. Have a link?
The pots a have are about 1 gal each. I'm doing a small closet grow but I might just put all 8 in my den. 12/12 with solo is not bad but I don't know about a traditional grow and veg time, they might end up being transplanted.
They are a bit small and like chicken wire not the best thing to use. With that wide open fencing I'm using I just tie in a piece of wire to bridge the gap when I want to aim a grow tip across then take it out later once the tip has reached the other side. I also tie the branches to the screen with short pieces of twist tie rather than weave the branches in and out of the screen. Comes in handy if you decide you want to re-position a branch.
Dude that chiller is awesome. Genius man. Do you have the reefer unit hooked to a temp controller? Seems like it would be way too cold just on all the time.Some years back I wanted to try a DWC ScroG with the RubberMaid tubs I like to use for that and finally came up with this and it works great tho I'm going for bigger screens with future ones. Had some aluminum flat bars I cut in half to be support legs. Drilled holes in the bars at the height of the tub and in the corners of the tubs then used nails bent to hook through the holes in the tubs to keep the bars up with duct tape on the bottom corners to keep the legs from moving. The tub sits on a wheeled dollie so the whole thing is a unit and the screen hangs on bailing wire so it can be easily moved up as the plant keeps growing in height and pushes up the screen.
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A pic of one set up without the screen and using my DIY chiller to keep the nute temps at 65F.
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I put a vertical screen up in the corner of the grow room to round out the corner. Used sheep fencing like with the above screen then used some heavier screen cut to hook into the vertical screen with light chains from the ceiling to hold up the front of it.
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That horizontal screen is 5' wide so I rigged up a bracket to mount a 2nd 400W HPS light in that hood, piece of chain to tilt it back to aim all the light at the canopy and hung it from my light rail to move it back and forth over the plants.
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A heavy frame isn't really needed and can be harder to work with but if neatness is your goal them I'm the wrong guy to talk to.
I have the cooler set on a timer and it took me a couple days of playing around to get it set so I could keep the nutes at 65F. Had to turn down the control on the back of the cooler and it is only on for 15min every hour so I'm pretty sure it could keep a much bigger system chilled. I got the cooler for nothing from an old boss and had a big roll of 3/8" tubing so all it cost me was $14 for a little fountain pump that sits in the bottom of the tub and circulates nutes up to the cooling tank thru coils of the tubing and back to the tub. $3 for a timer from the bargain store that does 15min intervals too.
