Coming along well, thanks for asking.
I've grown organic before - didn't see what the hype was about, truthfully, but I can respect your opinion.
Power Diesel are coming along, but nothing like the Super Skunk - those things are beasts.
Bubblelicious, New York Power Diesel, and Super Skunk in DWC
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I've grown organic before - didn't see what the hype was about, truthfully, but I can respect your opinion.
Power Diesel are coming along, but nothing like the Super Skunk - those things are beasts.
Twils
Well-Known Member
Damn Bob looking good my friend! Glad to see everything up and running, going to be a sick little forest you are gonna have!
Seems like they (the makers, whoever they are) never got around the producing the computer interface for it (at least that's what I've found looking for it), so that's kind of a bummer, as I'd very much like that to chart and see the trends in temps, humidity, etc. over an extended period.
^^ I'll try to find the post, but someone on here is writing a PC controlled grow room interface to run on a server, or your local pc. Have to run some errands so I'll look later on.
I believe this is exactly what type of program your wanting, from that description!
Burn on!
Seems like they (the makers, whoever they are) never got around the producing the computer interface for it (at least that's what I've found looking for it), so that's kind of a bummer, as I'd very much like that to chart and see the trends in temps, humidity, etc. over an extended period.
^^ I'll try to find the post, but someone on here is writing a PC controlled grow room interface to run on a server, or your local pc. Have to run some errands so I'll look later on.
I believe this is exactly what type of program your wanting, from that description!
Burn on!
Anyone who's interested, PM me for a link to the Youtube videos (7 one minute videos) I did of my setup - not sure about the security of Youtube, so I'm not gonna give the link out to everyone.Damn Bob looking good my friend! Glad to see everything up and running, going to be a sick little forest you are gonna have!
Seems like they (the makers, whoever they are) never got around the producing the computer interface for it (at least that's what I've found looking for it), so that's kind of a bummer, as I'd very much like that to chart and see the trends in temps, humidity, etc. over an extended period.
^^ I'll try to find the post, but someone on here is writing a PC controlled grow room interface to run on a server, or your local pc. Have to run some errands so I'll look later on.
I believe this is exactly what type of program your wanting, from that description!
Burn on!
Also Twils, I saw that thread that you're thinking of (I think), but I don't believe that would help me too much, but I do appreciated the thought, kid
Twils
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Oh ok! I'm sure it's the same one that were both thinking of..Anyone who's interested, PM me for a link to the Youtube videos (7 one minute videos) I did of my setup - not sure about the security of Youtube, so I'm not gonna give the link out to everyone.
Also Twils, I saw that thread that you're thinking of (I think), but I don't believe that would help me too much, but I do appreciated the thought, kid
Would love a link to the Youtube Vid!
Burn on!
Twils, sent you a PM with it, but after a little searching, seems like Youtube is reasonably safe for keeping my identity safe - lol, just saw that I signed up as a 37 year old female.
Here's the link all - comments, questions, criticisms are always welcome.
And I apologize for the number of times I say "goober" in it; must've been my word of the day today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv55WrkROM0
For the other 6, just click on the "More from SOGBobSmith" dropdown next to the screen.
Here's the link all - comments, questions, criticisms are always welcome.
And I apologize for the number of times I say "goober" in it; must've been my word of the day today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv55WrkROM0
For the other 6, just click on the "More from SOGBobSmith" dropdown next to the screen.
Head to the hydro store to pickup another big ole bag of hydroton (35 gallons, I think).
Transplant two remaining clones (maybe only one if one of them's dead), and also transplant all three of the Bubblelicious and three of the NYPD (if there's enough hydroton for all that) - trying to empty out my veg tent as much as possible, and also wanna see what kind of growth some fully rooted plants get in that tent.
Also heading to Home Depot right now to build a support for the middle of the tray to stop its sagging - just a simple 4x4 beam, nothing too fancy.
Also gonna clean the tray while I have it out, and get rid of that hydro dust everywhere.
If there's some extra hydroton left over, might actually try my hand at cloning some of the Super Skunks directly into the hydroton (taking extra large 8-10" clones) - should be interesting to see how they do with 2.0EC water and 1500PPM of CO2 - kind of a cool little experiment for me, as I'm interested in turning all of my systems into some kind of E&F eventually (including cloning).
Also, going to switch up my flood schedule and make it more frequent then every three hours - either going to go to every two hours, or possibly every hour, not sure - pretty hard to overwater hydroton.
And that's all, for now.
Transplant two remaining clones (maybe only one if one of them's dead), and also transplant all three of the Bubblelicious and three of the NYPD (if there's enough hydroton for all that) - trying to empty out my veg tent as much as possible, and also wanna see what kind of growth some fully rooted plants get in that tent.
Also heading to Home Depot right now to build a support for the middle of the tray to stop its sagging - just a simple 4x4 beam, nothing too fancy.
Also gonna clean the tray while I have it out, and get rid of that hydro dust everywhere.
If there's some extra hydroton left over, might actually try my hand at cloning some of the Super Skunks directly into the hydroton (taking extra large 8-10" clones) - should be interesting to see how they do with 2.0EC water and 1500PPM of CO2 - kind of a cool little experiment for me, as I'm interested in turning all of my systems into some kind of E&F eventually (including cloning).
Also, going to switch up my flood schedule and make it more frequent then every three hours - either going to go to every two hours, or possibly every hour, not sure - pretty hard to overwater hydroton.
And that's all, for now.
tmsculli
Well-Known Member
Hey Bob, videos look awesome man. It's cool to see other people's setups like that. I can't imagine what it would be like to actually have room to move around in haha. To get to my mother and take her ppm and ph I have to crawl in a 1 foot wide area below the SCROG between the box and the tank and then have my arm rest on top of the flower tank and reach in and then I can get the meters in the water haha.
One thing, I thought you suck filters and blow lights?
You appear to be sucking a light?
One thing, I thought you suck filters and blow lights?
You appear to be sucking a light?
Yes, that's the preferred method for air flow - in my flower tent that's how they are, blowing through the light and another pulling through the filter.
In the veg tent, because the light's hanging so low, that's not really an option, unfortunately.
The good news is that the veg tent is getting a total makeover sooner rather then later - going to make it two levels, but that discussion is for another day.
Pic update coming, had quite a productive day..........(if I do say so myself)
EDIT: Glad you liked the videos - was actually kinda enjoyable narrating (although it's always weird to hear your voice on tape).
So I was pretty productive today..........started off like most days, with me shopping......
Got some hydroton and some SM-90 from the hydro store.
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Also grabbed some wood (4x4s) and clamps from Home Depot to make a support for the middle of my tray so that it didn't bend so much in the middle from the weight of the water and plants, leaving standing water in the tray between floodings - thing works perfectly - I'm very, very pleased
Obviously had to remove the plants to do this, so took some shots of them with real light so you could see their "actual" color - obviously still some yellow from the light bleaching, but they're recovering.
While I had the tray out, cleaned it out of all that nasty hydro dust that had accumulated in it - pretty pleased with my work, feel like I'm almost getting to be a legit E&F'er these days
(EDIT: pics are at bottom, although I'm sure I'm the only one who cares about a clean tray)
My new method for cleaning hydroton - used a hose nozzle that I bought at Home Depot and sprayed down each strainer-full of hydroton for about a minute or two - again, seemed to work out really well for me (noticing a pattern yet? I was in the zone today)
Pics of one of the Super Skunks - this strain is a fugging beast, all four of them are animals, which is why I had to do what follows...........
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EDIT: that plant in the front isn't dead, but it's not doing great - was suffocated by the SS, so might take a bit to come back, but I've got confidence in her.
Transplanted the one remaining clone (the other died, funny story if I ever bother telling it), and also the 3 Bubblelicious and 3 Power Diesels. Now, you may be saying to yourself, "but Bob, that only makes 24, and there's 25 plants in there"............well, that's because.........
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I took a cutting off of one of the best Super Skunks to see if I can get it to root in there...........should be interesting - certainly not the ideal cloning environment (strong light, nutes, and high CO2), but I'm thinking it'll work out - any guesses?
So, that's about it..............oh, I also reset my timer to flood every two hours (as opposed to every three) - it now floods every even hour, on the hour.
As always, comments, questions, and/or criticisms are welcome.
Got some hydroton and some SM-90 from the hydro store.
View attachment 619024View attachment 619025View attachment 619026
Also grabbed some wood (4x4s) and clamps from Home Depot to make a support for the middle of my tray so that it didn't bend so much in the middle from the weight of the water and plants, leaving standing water in the tray between floodings - thing works perfectly - I'm very, very pleased
Obviously had to remove the plants to do this, so took some shots of them with real light so you could see their "actual" color - obviously still some yellow from the light bleaching, but they're recovering.
While I had the tray out, cleaned it out of all that nasty hydro dust that had accumulated in it - pretty pleased with my work, feel like I'm almost getting to be a legit E&F'er these days
(EDIT: pics are at bottom, although I'm sure I'm the only one who cares about a clean tray)My new method for cleaning hydroton - used a hose nozzle that I bought at Home Depot and sprayed down each strainer-full of hydroton for about a minute or two - again, seemed to work out really well for me (noticing a pattern yet? I was in the zone today)
Pics of one of the Super Skunks - this strain is a fugging beast, all four of them are animals, which is why I had to do what follows...........
View attachment 619043
View attachment 619046EDIT: that plant in the front isn't dead, but it's not doing great - was suffocated by the SS, so might take a bit to come back, but I've got confidence in her.
Transplanted the one remaining clone (the other died, funny story if I ever bother telling it), and also the 3 Bubblelicious and 3 Power Diesels. Now, you may be saying to yourself, "but Bob, that only makes 24, and there's 25 plants in there"............well, that's because.........
View attachment 619052
I took a cutting off of one of the best Super Skunks to see if I can get it to root in there...........should be interesting - certainly not the ideal cloning environment (strong light, nutes, and high CO2), but I'm thinking it'll work out - any guesses?
So, that's about it..............oh, I also reset my timer to flood every two hours (as opposed to every three) - it now floods every even hour, on the hour.
As always, comments, questions, and/or criticisms are welcome.
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Thanks to both of you for stopping by, appreciate it 
Really quickly, forgot to attach this pic of what the veg tent looks like now - just the two mamas and the four Super Skunks, and now everyone has their own bucket to lessen the crowding.
Also, clone is wilting like a madman, guessing this one won't make it - not letting it get me down, though, had a very nice day - was just out there admiring my handiwork and that shit looks legit right now
Finally, thinking that when I flip the switch to flowering in 10-14 days that I might just start a new journal with just flowering pics/updates, as this is predominantly a "Growroom Design and Setup" thread, IMHO.
Thoughts anyone? Anyone have an issue with that?
Just think it'd be easier to navigate then this beast of a setup journal, no?
Really quickly, forgot to attach this pic of what the veg tent looks like now - just the two mamas and the four Super Skunks, and now everyone has their own bucket to lessen the crowding.
Also, clone is wilting like a madman, guessing this one won't make it - not letting it get me down, though, had a very nice day - was just out there admiring my handiwork and that shit looks legit right now
Finally, thinking that when I flip the switch to flowering in 10-14 days that I might just start a new journal with just flowering pics/updates, as this is predominantly a "Growroom Design and Setup" thread, IMHO.
Thoughts anyone? Anyone have an issue with that?
Just think it'd be easier to navigate then this beast of a setup journal, no?
Thanks for checking in................just to get everyone up to speed - you'll see a new location for me in the top right - I was lying to you all before, and I've really been in California the whole time - just didn't want to tell all of you
That change was brought upon by this thread:
https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/271343-rollitup-member-gets-busted-arrested.html
Anyways, enough of the negative, back to the positive.............so, was back behind my shed making a pile of leaves (put all my trash/leaves/dirt behind my shed), and stumbled upon this little treasure (don't worry, impossible for someone else to see it where it was):
So, this was my fastest growing bean before, but tossed it because it was a "male"
Oh well, not much there, but should give me a nice little teaser to see what this bagseed is gonna taste like.
Quickie update - growth is oustanding, the largest clones are about 6" now and growing like weeds. All the seedlings are doing great, and the one Bubblelicious that looked like it was dead has recovered 100% and is thriving. Believe it or not, I think that this clone (the second one, cause the first one wasn't deep enough in the bucket) is gonna survive - not standing up straight, but is certainly alive. Also, first CO2 tank is empty (when hooking it up the first time, pretty sure I let ALOT of CO2 out by accident, so I'm curious to see how long this one lasts for a true measure). Finally, the veg tent is an absolute jungle as the two mothers and four Super Skunks are just exploding in growth. Try to get some pics up within a couple of days so you can all see the new growth.
DND
Well-Known Member
Lookin' good Bob. Had a chance to check out the videos, I likes! Seems everything came together nicely and you're on the way. I'll be watching. Just a few suggestions and maybe a question or two... I love duct tape as much as the next man, lol. But damn, you went all out! I'm sure you'll make changes to the tents after you get more grows under your belt. I would suggest securing those exhaust fans with large tie wraps to the top of the tent, use flexible ducting as you are and put the hoods on those adjustable hangers. Use real aluminum duct tape to secure ducting to fans and blowers. Also, in that veg tent you should really get those pumps and electrical off the floor. With hydro you never know when something might decided to leak. Just some suggestions to clean things up and I'm sure you were planning on it anyhow. Are you running the Lucas Formula still? And how long are you going to veg again? How many inches?
All right, lemme take these in order:
The exhaust fans are hung from the top of the tent by rubber bungees, which I like because they're supposed to help lessen the noise (although anyone who's watched the videos knows that it sounds like an airplane hangar in there).
Also, I use worm drive clamps (thanks Twils) to secure the flexible ducting to everything in there, and they work stupendously - don't even need duct tape when I use them. The only time they don't work is when I'm securing the "hard" ducting (like the 90 angle thingies), and that's when I have to go bananas with the duct tape.
As far as the electrical in the veg tent, pretty much going to tear that whole system out and start from scratch as soon as I figure out what I want to do - been brainstorming ways to make it a two tiered tent (two 2x4 E&F trays in each level sharing one common reservoir), and as soon as I've got that plan laid out and am comfortable with it, all that DWC horseshit is coming out and going on Cragislist "free to a good home". Planning on having clones and mamas under some fluoros that I have and having the vegging clones under the 400HPS that's currently in there.
Yuppers, have officially changed my name to Bob Lucas Smith - using my new R/O water and the Lucas Formula - when I add nutes, the EC is at 2 and the pH is at 5.6 (with no pH down). It's been creeping up every day (was hoping with R/O it wouldn't), but it's not a big deal, and I've now gotten a feel for how much pH down changes the pH (much more powerful changing agent then when using "normal" water).
As far as vegging them, going to top them all in a couple of days (as soon as they're all at least six inches), and then veg for another week or so - trying to get them all (including the seedlings) to be about 10-12" before I flip the switch, hopefully ending at about 20-26". It's going to be a little difficult to get the seedlings the same height, so I'm imagining I'll probably have to top them twice, and have four colas for each of those.
As I said before, the clone that I'm trying to root in there seems like it's going to survive, so I'm going to take clones off the other Super Skunks today and have 28 plants total in there that will start flowering together (still shooting for the 25th).
Also, a few of the seedlings have shown preflowers now, and they're all ladies (that have shown).
RIU is acting funny, but I'm too sore from football to workout, so I'll take some pics, and if the site lets me, I'll post them.
The exhaust fans are hung from the top of the tent by rubber bungees, which I like because they're supposed to help lessen the noise (although anyone who's watched the videos knows that it sounds like an airplane hangar in there).
Also, I use worm drive clamps (thanks Twils) to secure the flexible ducting to everything in there, and they work stupendously - don't even need duct tape when I use them. The only time they don't work is when I'm securing the "hard" ducting (like the 90 angle thingies), and that's when I have to go bananas with the duct tape.
As far as the electrical in the veg tent, pretty much going to tear that whole system out and start from scratch as soon as I figure out what I want to do - been brainstorming ways to make it a two tiered tent (two 2x4 E&F trays in each level sharing one common reservoir), and as soon as I've got that plan laid out and am comfortable with it, all that DWC horseshit is coming out and going on Cragislist "free to a good home". Planning on having clones and mamas under some fluoros that I have and having the vegging clones under the 400HPS that's currently in there.
Yuppers, have officially changed my name to Bob Lucas Smith - using my new R/O water and the Lucas Formula - when I add nutes, the EC is at 2 and the pH is at 5.6 (with no pH down). It's been creeping up every day (was hoping with R/O it wouldn't), but it's not a big deal, and I've now gotten a feel for how much pH down changes the pH (much more powerful changing agent then when using "normal" water).
As far as vegging them, going to top them all in a couple of days (as soon as they're all at least six inches), and then veg for another week or so - trying to get them all (including the seedlings) to be about 10-12" before I flip the switch, hopefully ending at about 20-26". It's going to be a little difficult to get the seedlings the same height, so I'm imagining I'll probably have to top them twice, and have four colas for each of those.
As I said before, the clone that I'm trying to root in there seems like it's going to survive, so I'm going to take clones off the other Super Skunks today and have 28 plants total in there that will start flowering together (still shooting for the 25th).
Also, a few of the seedlings have shown preflowers now, and they're all ladies (that have shown).
RIU is acting funny, but I'm too sore from football to workout, so I'll take some pics, and if the site lets me, I'll post them.
Well, here they are - nothing too crazy to report, just some new growth.
That being said, just took another look at the five seedlings that are within easy arm's reach in the 4x4 tent (the one in the far right corner I'm not sure about because I was too lazy to get close to it), and I'm 90% sure that all five are ladies (these were not feminized seeds, FYI).
Random veg tent picks - getting quite crowded in there and the Super Skunks are actually having trouble supporting themselves in those little 3" netpots - not quite sure what I'm gonna do about that.
Random big tent pics - you can see how well the seedling (front and center) has recovered from when I first put it in there.
The first pic is a couple of NYPD seedlings that I'm pretty sure are ladies, the second is the one seedling that I haven't bothered to try to early sex yet, and the third pic is kinda interesting - the way I can tell when the clones roots descend fully into the "flood zone" is when they're standing up straight - notice how the bigger one on the left is standing "at attention", whereas the much smaller one is still just kinda chilling? That's because her roots are not fully immersed yet and she's not feeling that 2.0EC all up in her body like some Red Bull.
Finally, covered up the large window in there with some panda film - don't worry about that looking shady, there's some blinds as well as a curtain covering the window, so it's impossible to tell from the outside that anything's covering it.
And that's about it, for today - still undecided about taking clones off of the Super Skunks, what I'm going to do with my Super Skunks in the veg tent.
That being said, just took another look at the five seedlings that are within easy arm's reach in the 4x4 tent (the one in the far right corner I'm not sure about because I was too lazy to get close to it), and I'm 90% sure that all five are ladies (these were not feminized seeds, FYI).
Random veg tent picks - getting quite crowded in there and the Super Skunks are actually having trouble supporting themselves in those little 3" netpots - not quite sure what I'm gonna do about that.
Random big tent pics - you can see how well the seedling (front and center) has recovered from when I first put it in there.
The first pic is a couple of NYPD seedlings that I'm pretty sure are ladies, the second is the one seedling that I haven't bothered to try to early sex yet, and the third pic is kinda interesting - the way I can tell when the clones roots descend fully into the "flood zone" is when they're standing up straight - notice how the bigger one on the left is standing "at attention", whereas the much smaller one is still just kinda chilling? That's because her roots are not fully immersed yet and she's not feeling that 2.0EC all up in her body like some Red Bull.
Finally, covered up the large window in there with some panda film - don't worry about that looking shady, there's some blinds as well as a curtain covering the window, so it's impossible to tell from the outside that anything's covering it.
And that's about it, for today - still undecided about taking clones off of the Super Skunks, what I'm going to do with my Super Skunks in the veg tent.