1800 watts Sealed and CO2 Enriched."A Teachers Learning Process"

[Shrubs First]

Hey guys, I thought it fitting to restart my thread on my home grow. It was becoming a little unorganized and I would like to dedicate my "Controlled Environment Agriculture" thread to the 24kW warehouse space, and have this as my home grow.

First things first, the equipment.

(Pics from my last few grows)

Lighting is 3x 600 Watt HIDs.

I'm currently testing a couple Sunpulse Metal Halides outside of a HPS, it's my belief that just a little HPS lighting goes a long way underneath some Halides.

I don't need to duct the lights because my AC is more than adequate. 12,000 BTU Ductless Mini-Split from Grunaire.

For Dehumidifying I run a 70 Pint/day Frigidaire. I'll be keeping RH% around 55-60 for veg and 45-50 for flower.

CO2 is controlled using the Hydro Innovations monitor. Very simple, turns on at 1300ppm, turns off at 1500ppm.

It's sealed, so my Carbon Filter just recirculates. I also have Ona Gel sitting on the exhaust . Max Fan 6 inch has 3 settings, 220 CFM, 270 CFM, 320 CFM. With the Can 50 filter I have little smell if any in the rest of my home.

I have been working towards growing perpetually but due to the intensity of the warehouse I've decided it's just easier to slow it down and do one cycle at a time. It's personal consumption anyways.

I will be growing 18 plants, 6 under each 600W, 9 Bruce Banners (OG Kush x Rez's Strawberry Diesel) and 9 Alient OGs.. Those will be in tonight.

I grow in Canna Coco using Canna Coco A+B and the rest of the Canna line with some other additives here and there.

 

[pilgram]

do you have glass in those hoods? and if not is that why you got them so far away? and it all looks real nice.

 

[Shrubs First]

do you have glass in those hoods? and if not is that why you got them so far away? and it all looks real nice.

Yes there's glass in the hoods, I've had the best growth with my 600's spaced around
28-34 inches from the canopy. At 30" from a 600 you're sittin at 9k-10k lumens. I've
got 3 real close together, that's a lot of radiant heat.

 

[ptone]

Subbed... looking forward to this! You said 6 Plants per light? What Size pot will you be finishing in?

 

[Shrubs First]

Subbed... looking forward to this! You said 6 Plants per light? What Size pot will you be finishing in?

Debating 3 or 5 gallon smart pots. I've always done 3 gallon, thats what I'm leaning towards.

 

[ptone]

Debating 3 or 5 gallon smart pots. I've always done 3 gallon, thats what I'm leaning towards.

Yeah 3 gallon smart pots is what I use under my 600. I can't imagine filling a 5 gallon smart pot unless vegged for 60 days.

 

[Shrubs First]

Yeah 3 gallon smart pots is what I use under my 600. I can't imagine filling a 5 gallon smart pot unless vegged for 60 days.

Meh, I kinda disagree, I vegged for just over three on my last Chem Sour Diesels and
would have benefited so much from 5 Gallon over the 3's. More water retention, and just
a ton more root space. In coco you're trying to achieve that perfect balance of moisture
for as long as possible, and I'm trying to not have to water every other day here so that would be
my 5 gallon argument.

 

[Shrubs First]

18 clones in the room, to be potted tomorrow.

9 Alien OG #1's, henseforthe known as AOG

9 Bruce Banner #5's, to be known as BB

 

[Shrubs First]

Its nice to take your time while potting, I feel it is necessary to create a bonded relationship between you and
your plants. I like to cut the top off off of a bag of coco and break it up between my hands until its a fine, grain like
substrate. I try to minimalize the dense balls which can hold excess moisture or salts, and insure that everywhere
throughout the medium is uniform in propensity. Having a potting table on hand to dump the coco completely out of
the bag is the quickest and easiest way to do this. Especially if your table is waist high, so that you need not bend
over and/or work on your knees all day. I have this luxury at the warehouse. At home, I sit on a bucket. 8D

The AOG's are marked using zip ties for now.

Couple of AOG root shots

BB root shots

BB's

BBs on right, AOG's on left

AOGs

Group Photo!!

 

[jesushadafender]

Gotta say bro those clones roots look bomb. Rhizotonic is amazing stuff. Im really eager to see you document these and do a damn good job representing the genetics.

 

[Shrubs First]

Gotta say bro those clones roots look bomb. Rhizotonic is amazing stuff. Im really eager to see you document these and do a damn good job representing the genetics.

Ha, no doubt.

So ya, I'm applying a mix of Rhizotonic, Mayan Microzyme, Hygrozyme and Great White to
help these plants transition in to the Coco. No soluble ferts yet. I'll do that next feeding.

 

[Shrubs First]

HASHISH!

Used the bubbleator today, as well as the new set of bags to make hash from the CSD trim. My old set was falling apart.
Some of them had holes and it was just a mess.

Its super gooey though, full melt to the max, and it reaks and tastes like te Chem Sour D
il try and snap a melting picture tomorrow, as well as use the 200x scope at the dispensary
to take some pics. Its pure though.

The lighter one is 90micron, the darker is 45micron. I never understood that, the higher the
quality the lighter the color should be, but thats never been the case when I make it. Either way
theyre both nice, but i like the 90 better, it's full melt and smokes better.

 

[Pon De Floor]

Shrubs,

If this is half as informative and amazing as your controlled enviroment thread (which it already is) then count me in!

Clones look awesome, they'll do grrrrreat!

 

[xivex]

Dude your setup is so gorgeous, its what I wished my setup was. Stupid knee-wall basement under stairs room... /me kicks room. I wish I had that room!! I need more room in my room, argghhh!! I'm always bumping my friggin' head on the wall or some shit..lol.

Seriously, very professional and sterile looking. Very lab-like. Great job. Gorgeous plants!

 

[Shrubs First]

Dude your setup is so gorgeous, its what I wished my setup was. Stupid knee-wall basement under stairs room... /me kicks room. I wish I had that room!! I need more room in my room, argghhh!! I'm always bumping my friggin' head on the wall or some shit..lol.

Seriously, very professional and sterile looking. Very lab-like. Great job. Gorgeous plants!

Jeeez, thanks man. I appreciate it. I know what you mean though, I've been growing in this room for over a year now.
The thing is I have only been out of the 5'x5'x6' tent for like 5 months. So I know what you mean, I had 6 foot ceilings for way
too long. I finally acquired the balls (and dollars) to just drop the tent, add a light, grab the bad ass AC, CO2 monitor, and larger can fan.

I like the room much better nowadays.

Thanks for checkin and the words.

 

[Shrubs First]

Temp 75F, RH 35%, CO2 1400ppm. The RH is a little low, but until the plants get bigger
there's nothing that'll really change, I lower the temp a little here and there to get a little
RH spike, every 10F changes the RH by about 25%, so I'll have it at 80 for a little while at 15-20%
RH an then drop it to 70F and watch the RH rise to about 35-40%. The plants are showing a little
transplant shock, some drooping happening, I'm sure it also has to do with the acclimation to
the new environment all around.

 

[xivex]

Oh ya one last thing..I wanna see those Alien OG's...sounds chronic! I read about those in HT and have seen the Cali Connection hype..I'm very curious to see how they turn out!

 

[Shrubs First]

Serious, the Tahoe OG x Alien Tech. I'm really lookin forward to both of these variety.

 

[jesushadafender]

Yea it'll really kick up the yield on the Tahoe as well as adding more resin to her. Im interested to see how the #1 pheno does as there are a few other people who got the #3. That hash looks great bro

 

[Shrubs First]

Yea it'll really kick up the yield on the Tahoe as well as adding more resin to her. Im interested to see how the #1 pheno does as there are a few other people who got the #3. That hash looks great bro

Nice, that's what I'm looking for. The hash is amazing man, gotta come try it.

Hey on the clones for the warehouse, can you line em up to be done on December 16th?
I'll need another 90.

How's the room coming? I'm not a member at THCfarmer, so my time spent over there is
very limited.

The clones in my room are lookin good, gonna give em their week one feeding today.

Typical AOG

BB

Preparing water for the fertilization.