Matrix Reloaded/Silo Grow Method

Sedan

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I didn't want to be a drug addict, a complete Rammstein.. I wanted to show my pain in the lyre... and you took the most important thing out of context! Do you understand what I mean? Probably not! The best ones are no longer here! Only idiots, like me! That was my message.. and not what you supposedly saw there.. watch the movie... damn.. Wrong Turn.. then my horror will seem like a good fairy tale to you)))) I watched this movie once (Hollywood), I prayed all night.. cast out demons!
 

Sedan

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I'm not protesting... no! I'm completely at your mercy! It's just that when an artist expresses his thoughts on canvas... you approach the canvas... and paint over half of it.))) the meaning of the work is lost... isn't it?

OK, I won't express my thoughts fully anymore... if that's how you want it!
 

curious2garden

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Staff member
I already told you that I won't do it anymore... I don't need to be told twice!!!
Starting an argument in your thread when you are the one that reposted my reminder and then another image after being asked not to isn't helpful. I'm aware of the terrible time you are going through but you still need to respect our rules, thank you.
 

Sedan

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What the Hell? The title of this thread is about a "silo grow method"...LOL!

So, then....Tell me more about silo style growing!
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
 

BudRanger

Member
Everything is fine! I have no complaints against anyone. I also apologize if I allowed myself too much, giving in to emotions!
We get like that some days. Everybody = human.

I have read through your thread. I am sorry to hear you are going through a lot right now. The context is a little dark to just say "I am sorry" but what else can I say :( ?

But I just wanted you to know that your thread is one of the coolest things I have seen in a while. I had heard about 360 growing but never seen it with my own eyes in such detail. I hope you are doing okay.
 

ttystikk

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Not yet. But I have been using side lighting lately and when I saw the first pic in the thread, I was intrigued. It looks like a cool system....but how is it watered?
You'll have to ask the OP. I ran RDWC for most of mine, also did 5 gallon buckets with coco. RDWC was better.
 

Kushash

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We get like that some days. Everybody = human.

I have read through your thread. I am sorry to hear you are going through a lot right now. The context is a little dark to just say "I am sorry" but what else can I say :( ?

But I just wanted you to know that your thread is one of the coolest things I have seen in a while. I had heard about 360 growing but never seen it with my own eyes in such detail. I hope you are doing okay.
I've considered posting for a while, hoping sedan gets some space to post his feelings. What you said is a lot of how I feel.
 

ttystikk

Well-Known Member
I had heard about 360 growing but never seen it with my own eyes in such detail. I hope you are doing okay.
I did it for years with first 1000W HPS and then with Philips 860W CDM lamps on magnetic ballasts.

To make a long story short, those Philips lamps were named that because they could run on 208V. Running them on 240V was 1000W plus the ballast so closer to 1150-1200W per lamp. They are basically larger versions of 315W CMH lamps but not as efficient because of the ballast.

Of course all of these lamps are omnidirectional so I hung them vertically in the middle of my silo, 6' tall and about 5' diameter, or 16' in circumference divided by pi. For awhile I hung two of them and I did even hang 3 in them and it was effective.

So why did I stop doing that? LED lights are directional and I put lenses on mine to make them even more so. Flat panels are much easier to work with, they fit in square rooms better and they have more room for product since a round silo will shade itself as the plant grows towards the lamp. Finally, a flat trellis panel is a much better target for more light and I took full advantage of it.

Round silos look cool but when the lighting state of the art changed from HID to LED lighting, they became obsolete.
 

BudRanger

Member
Round silos look cool but when the lighting state of the art changed from HID to LED lighting, they became obsolete.
That makes a lot of sense. I grew with HPS globes myself for years, started with a 600w then upgraded to a 1200w when I got A/C installed in my lung room, no silo method though just in a tent haha. But I use LEDs now as well.
 

Sedan

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There once was a man from Nantucket.
Bro, I live far across the ocean, I don't navigate Masachusetts...without a map)), I had to google this island.

I was reading to learn.
I can see from your profile that you have a very big reputation and experience. I imagine you're learning something very profound right now.

If there's anything I can do to help you, I'd love to help you.
I have read through your thread. I am sorry to hear you are going through a lot right now. The context is a little dark to just say "I am sorry" but what else can I say :( ?
We get like that some days. Everybody = human.

I have read through your thread. I am sorry to hear you are going through a lot right now. The context is a little dark to just say "I am sorry" but what else can I say :( ?
Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I'll tell you more: I'm not easy to understand because I speak Aesopian. I was forced to learn this language because it keeps me safe... for now. But the time will surely come when I will be able to speak normal language again!

My son is 25 years old and he understands me poorly or not at all.)) That's what really surprised me about you.

I'm not talking about Pegasus now.

But I just wanted you to know that your thread is one of the coolest things I have seen in a while. I had heard about 360 growing but never seen it with my own eyes in such detail. I hope you are doing okay.
Don't think that I've given up.))) It's hard to break me, actually. The thing is, lately, everything has fallen on me at once. I haven't felt this bad for a long time. What you saw here, namely, that I behaved not quite adequately recently - that was the last straw.. finished me off.)) I won't go into details, I don't want to complain, just take my word for it.

And be that as it may, no matter how I feel about anyone.. but it turned out that it was the administration of this forum that brought me out of this situation, so that I could rise from the ashes! It was somehow strange for me, I was sure that I would be kicked out of here.. because out of despair I said a lot of rude things. It turned out exactly the opposite! I don't care why it was done, but it brought me out of the tailspin, I rose from the ashes.. and am ready to move on again.

I also express my deep gratitude to your compatriot, who understood me to the end, will help me to survive really... and also... perhaps my dream will come true, the dream of my whole life! I will not say who it is, but he is a very kind and smart person, I bow low to him!

Also- a deep bow to my favorite farmer, whom I love!! Who rides a mule to a frozen lake to drink.)) Thank you very much, My Friend!!!

PS: a little later you will see Pegasus again!

I've considered posting for a while, hoping sedan gets some space to post his feelings. What you said is a lot of how I feel.
Thank you very much, Bro!!!

The main thing is that you understand!! You have no idea how cool this is!!!

I did it for years with first 1000W HPS and then with Philips 860W CDM lamps on magnetic ballasts.
We'll talk about it a little later. I have something to tell you about it. How to increase productivity according to your version of the Silo method, I know exactly how to do it. It's the same light, only the harvest is bigger.

But the grids for cattle pens won't work there.
 

Sedan

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So much has happened, so I'll remind you what happened before... what do you call it... a prequel.

In the middle of autumn, I had no heating in my apartment. It was slightly frosty outside, or about 0 Celsius. In the apartment, the temperature could be 6-10 Celsius.

It didn't last very long, but it was enough.

One morning, I came to the grow room.. opened the Pegasus.. the plants were wilted and shriveled. The plants were very stressed because of the cold. Then I started heating the Pegasus with 24/0 sodium lamps, but it was too late, it only got worse.

Luckily for me, soon after that, my heating batteries (central heating - it doesn't depend on me) became warm, the apartment became warm.

The plants were in very bad shape. We consulted with my wife and decided: it's faster to revive the sick ones than to reproduce a new generation.

We were right. The plants were in a coma for a month or more, showing no signs of growth, but they were alive.

They were watered exclusively with plain water, and only when they were completely dry. Also, aeration of the leaves with a very small dose of imino acids and other stimulants. Lighting all the time - fluorescent lamp 125 watts 6700K, for the whole Pegasus. When they perk up a little more, I'll turn on a powerful light.

After a long time, the plants suddenly came to life... and started growing. No, it didn't happen today or yesterday... a little earlier. I didn't show you... you understand, I had no time for that.

I don't know what will happen next and whether I will be able to complete this cycle, because there have been no frosts yet, and I don't know what state our energy system is in, whether it will be able to withstand the frosts. Therefore, I can't promise you anything...

The current situation

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The plants have noticeably perked up

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I will be very glad to see you again- with a....)))))))

 
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curious2garden

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Staff member
So much has happened, so I'll remind you what happened before... what do you call it... a prequel.

In the middle of autumn, I had no heating in my apartment. It was slightly frosty outside, or about 0 Celsius. In the apartment, the temperature could be 6-10 Celsius.

It didn't last very long, but it was enough.

One morning, I came to the grow room.. opened the Pegasus.. the plants were wilted and shriveled. The plants were very stressed because of the cold. Then I started heating the Pegasus with 24/0 sodium lamps, but it was too late, it only got worse.

Luckily for me, soon after that, my heating batteries (central heating - it doesn't depend on me) became warm, the apartment became warm.

The plants were in very bad shape. We consulted with my wife and decided: it's faster to revive the sick ones than to reproduce a new generation.

We were right. The plants were in a coma for a month or more, showing no signs of growth, but they were alive.

They were watered exclusively with plain water, and only when they were completely dry. Also, aeration of the leaves with a very small dose of imino acids and other stimulants. Lighting all the time - fluorescent lamp 125 watts 6700K, for the whole Pegasus. When they perk up a little more, I'll turn on a powerful light.

After a long time, the plants suddenly came to life... and started growing. No, it didn't happen today or yesterday... a little earlier. I didn't show you... you understand, I had no time for that.

I don't know what will happen next and whether I will be able to complete this cycle, because there have been no frosts yet, and I don't know what state our energy system is in, whether it will be able to withstand the frosts. Therefore, I can't promise you anything...

The current situation

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The plants have noticeably perked up

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I will be very glad to see you again- with a....)))))))

They look great, life finds a way with a little help from friends! Stay safe :hug:
 

Sedan

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Yesterday's photos
They look great, life finds a way with a little help from friends! Stay safe :hug:
Thank you very much for your kind words!
I'm telling you the truth!

But you probably misunderstood me again.))

I was talking about my dream, but I wasn't talking about my own dream.

My dream... to survive... it's incorrect and talk about the dreams of my life now.

I think like this: first I'll survive, and then I'll dream. One of my friends made me a forum similar to yours, we're opening it in a few days, 10...20...30 people will be enough for me, where I'll be able to... I can't explain it in English... unburden myself (did I express myself correctly in English?). So that I don't go crazy in complete solitude and isolation... with myself!))

No, I'm not going to leave your forum, not at all, I've already told you... how I respond to kindness. Everything will be the same, nothing will change.. If I live.)))

I'm talking about another dream.. a real dream.. mine.. I want my son not to suffer. He lives in Canada now, works at terrible jobs, although he was educated in Europe, recently he worked on a roof, and it's very cold there.. in Canada, he got frostbite on his finger, now he has grade 2 frostbite. He needs a month of treatment now, but no one is going to pay him compensation (at least for a month of treatment), he submitted documents.. but there he will have to wait six months.. he will already have time to grow old.))) And he has to live somehow.. his finger is not working yet, even to sit at the keyboard. I recently talked to him all night (time difference), I was filled with such emotions that I just can't.. this is my dream! He is still a child to me..

Now tell me the truth: am I good at squeezing out a tear? I would probably be rich by now..)))

No, I'm not asking you for money! I can just imagine the reaction, and how sorry everyone is for me.)))

No - this is not a joke, everything he said is true!!

But my friend from the USA will give him a normal job... there is a problem with the visa now, so I am very worried.. very! And this finger. Do you understand the reason for my madness then?)))

And if I think about my life.. phew.. I try not to think about my life at all, it is gloomy there, there is no smell of dreams there!))

I dream of a cheap Chinese projector that shines on the wall, because loneliness is a quiet horror.))) And when I turn on a movie on the projector.. on the whole wall, as if in a movie theater)), like in childhood.)))

You wanted to hear about my dream - here it is.)))

Thank you all again for the kind words! I am alive and well, everything is fine! Thank you!

I will show the plants tomorrow, because I am already tired today.. it is evening here...
 
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