Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

[funtogrow]

Yea, light seems to be at a bit of a shortage there. Remind me, that's a single 600 and you're getting 2 more or are you going all out and get 3 more? I'm jealous, that room looks real nice, you're gonna get some awesome harvests. I wish I had that much room.

How big is that room? Are you going to add CO2 after you get the lights? You will have to seal up your lights for CO2 don't forget. Forgive me if these things have already been discussed, I'm a bit

Thankx man The room is 10x12 and the light is on a mover but i plan on getting more light when i gets some money... and co2 will be on down the road but is a diffent

 

[funtogrow]

Looks great fun!!! You can never have too much light.

Better get some PVC pipe plant support up before they start falling over. Those buds will get heavy bro!

Keep up the good work bro! Your making me proud.

Thank you for the plans and deaction to the thread and all followers. good man no great man I've got the pvc in the corner of the room and i pray they do get heavy and FAT

 

[jem]

i want to make one for my smaller plants i got a 18 gall tote i cut holes i fit 6 5" net pots in it got pump now were do you get the sprayers then what you just use 1/2 inch pvc i got four differant pumps how do you put 1/2 inch pvc in pump i can put 1/2 inch tube on it that it. can you give me more detailes on the pluming part sprayers and 1/2 inch pvc i got everthing else. i build a drip system with a tote but i want to build one that sprayes rootes like yours.

 

[SOG]

I had the same problem, I bought some clones from a local dispensary and they all came in rock wool cubes. However when I tryed to remove the rock wool on one of them, disaster, it pulled the roots out!

I still put it in the cloner to see if it will resprout roots, and it's only been 4 days so I'll keep an eye on it. As for the others, I just stuck the whole cube in the net pot and put the neoprene collars ontop, you kinda have to squish the rock wool a bit to get it to fit in the small 2" pots. They all seem to be doing fine as of now.

Only issue I see is over watering since the rock wool acks like a spoonge. If you have an adjustable timer, try going longer than 1 on 5 off since the rock wool is absorbant. Other than that, once the roots hang down several inches outside of the pot, it doesn't matter, go back to 1/5.

You can try to cut away some of the rock wool, but be carefull!

Oh yea, and of course remove the plastic wrap on the rock wool, or else it it will block most of ur sprayers.

Right on, Thanks robotninja
keep us posted with the results

 

[SOG]

may i ask why did you choose to remove the top support beams from Stink's original design?
do you find there is no need for the additional support?

 

[repvip]

may i ask why did you choose to remove the top support beams from Stink's original design?
do you find there is no need for the additional support?

post 2073 just above.. he has the supports--just not using them yet...

good job funtogrow! Another person I have to try and catch up to now haha

 

[StinkBud]

Stink -

I know you said you change nutes out and do a res change every 3w. I'm assuming you are still on that schedule and it's working out ok?

Dirt - are you on the 3w resevoir change out as well? I've been doing it every 2w but obviously I'd like to move to 3w to create less work for myself.

DP

Three weeks is the minimum.

I'm actually trying to stay on a two week schedule (but I'm 3 days late already).

The more often you change them the better but even three weeks seems like a lot when you have 6 reservoirs.

Botanicare recommends changing the nutes every week but I imagine they would like everyone to change them once a day!($$$$)

 

[andyman]

Hey stinkbud I got a new ph meter and the directions on the box said to keep tip wet. its a milwalkie or how ever you spell that. anyway it was kinda unclear and had no other directions. so when I put it away does it just need to be dipped into water first?
I dont really understand and dont want to ruin it.
thanks

 

[westmich]

Stink, or others, have you considered using a 55 gallon drum instead of the three reservoirs for flowering? Seems like it would be easier to maintain and you could mount the racks right on the floor and give you more grow height. Each set of posts would plug into a main set of feed and drain lines. Maybe a 5 gallon bucket res for flushing.

 

[potpimp]

...The more often you change them the better but even three weeks seems like a lot when you have 6 reservoirs...

Man, sometimes I feel like a fricking chemist!

 

[Jgoasnhja]

Can someone help me out with the nutes.
Im trying to figure out if the nute "Sweet" is made by botanicare also?

 

[Jgoasnhja]

I guess I spoke to soon because I just found "Sweet" by Botanicare but it's called "Sweet" Berry
is this the right stuff or is there just a normal Sweet not berry

 

[Jgoasnhja]

I also found "Sweet" Citrus

So if anyone could please help me out with this as im getting ready to order nutes to start.

Thanks!

 

[potpimp]

Can someone help me out with the nutes.
Im trying to figure out if the nute "Sweet" is made by botanicare also?

I think Sweet is made by Ionic but I'm not 100% positive.

 

[dvsdsm]

I think Sweet is made by Ionic but I'm not 100% positive.

Made by Botanicare, get it in either Berry Or Citrus, i'm starting a side by side with it and Adnvanced Nutrients Sweet Leaf next run. Mine tasted like Tangerines to begin with, i'm looking forward to see any enhancements.

Thanks again stinkbud for the Aero setup. I've been using the cloner now for almost 2 months no problems. Due to space and footprint size, I re-designed the Flower setups to run self contained in 55gallon rubbermaid toughneck totes. 3 rows of 5 per tote, and i'm loving it. Gonna use the fence post flower unit outside in the spring for my veggies
Video of the AeroTote in action is HERE

 

[funtogrow]

may i ask why did you choose to remove the top support beams from Stink's original design?
do you find there is no need for the additional support?

didn't need them yet but i hope i will!

 

[funtogrow]

post 2073 just above.. he has the supports--just not using them yet...

good job funtogrow! Another person I have to try and catch up to now haha

it ain't a race but we'll all like to see the pics

 

[LionsRoor]

Stink, or others, have you considered using a 55 gallon drum instead of the three reservoirs for flowering? Seems like it would be easier to maintain and you could mount the racks right on the floor and give you more grow height. Each set of posts would plug into a main set of feed and drain lines. Maybe a 5 gallon bucket res for flushing.

I did consider a single res setup... but wanted more precise control over nutrients - as I like to run different PPM's and additives each week of flowering. Mixing strains could further compound this problem if you have a specific nutrient regime for a given strain. Of course, if you started and finished all 3 racks at the same time this would not be an issue.

I took a quick look but couldn't find the post - one guy did a real nice job with a single res outside the grown room - plumbed through the wall. It's all possible!

 

[repvip]

it ain't a race but we'll all like to see the pics

Everyone loves pics!

This is now completion of week 3 and 1 for both flowering units. Check out the sea of green pic! The little ones (clones straight to flower) are looking great--they are at max growth rate now and will be exploding!

I did daisy chain my lights the other night to get better coverage and airflow. Here is a nice bud shot of some blue cheese in dirt. The transition is almost complete

EDIT: mylar is totally oxidized... have an ionizer (cap ozone jr.) in the room--apparently they aren't supposed to be with plants, and will mess up your mylar. Will prob cover the mylar with reflecive emergency blankets a la SB!

 

[repvip]

Stink...

You did it. My plants are growing too fast. In fact, this plant's root system is so big it is blocking drainage! There is a constant pool of water behind this plant about 0.5inches depth (it rises to about 2inches when the sprayers are on, then slowly drains down to about 0.5" at about 4 minutes. In fact, there is one more plant from the same mother in the same post much farther up, causing the same problem--but there is no plant above it.

The other post doesn't have a problem. It quickly drains empty.

So the question is.. have you had this happen, and can it be fixed? When I actually pull the plant up about an inch I can see a rush of water drain out. There is no way to secure the net pot up higher--the roots have completely taken over.

Also.. these plants are only at 3 weeks. They have at least 5 more! I'm not too concernced about future plants--they will be much smaller before going into flower. But these ones have awhile, and I was a little concerned about stagnant water...

How long does it take your flower units to drain? Maybe this is normal after a few weeks?