20,000 Watt Medical Grow Op Construction

mowgly

mowgly

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collective gardener said:
We'll build the system ourselves...it's way too easy not to. The only real modification from the original Under Current is that we'll be using smaller and flexable hose between the buckets. I need the ability to move the buckets around a bit...pet peeve of mine. I believe that the air stone with large enough pump adds more than enough oxygen to the roots. My current DWC test buckets just have this and the growth is nothing short of explosive. The main reason for connecting 10 buckets to a common res is to add some nutrient solution buffer capacity and to make solution changes and adjustments easily done at a common location for every 10 buckets. Also, if an air stone should fail, the circulating water would provide areated water to the plant regardless. I'm not even sure that I'll go with the second res hooked up to the float valve to automatically add water. First off, it will take up precious room. Also, I believe it is important to force ourselves to have to go and check everything everyday. I don't mind having to be at the grow everyday...I just don't want Helper D to have to spend 3+ hrs/day just draining buckets, mixing solution, and watering. Not to mention transplanting and soil disposal time. I also have to admit that over the years, my most prolific grows have been hydroponic.I started this grow soiless because I wanted the reliability while we sorted out the rest of the room's systems. Now that we're there. I'm ready to crank it up a notch. My hat's off to the Under Current designers for designing a DWC system that allows movable buckets (with our modification), a centralized solution tank, and doesn't rely 100% on each air stone functioning perfectly.

The changover will take place over the next few months. We have plants in all stages of growth right now.
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hi mate if u have 5 minutes wud u please have a look at my post ?
basically how to get 200 onces per crop
wuld like the input of proper growers
thx
peace
 
collective gardener

collective gardener

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Good day at the grow. How can I put this? Hmmmm. Let's say this morning there was quite a bit of cured meds there. This afternoon, there wasn't.
 
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docrock

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Are you planning on connecting the buckets in line? If so that is a royal pain when you want to move buckets around. I ran all buckets to a central manifold. That allows you to move, add or remove buckets individually and not have to worry about the others. I just used pvc with a series of nipples, put hose's and plugs on the un used ones, and caps on both ends. A hose off of one of the unused nipples made it easy to drain or pump the system for weekly water change. Any progress on the light test?
collective gardener said:
We'll build the system ourselves...it's way too easy not to. The only real modification from the original Under Current is that we'll be using smaller and flexable hose between the buckets. I need the ability to move the buckets around a bit...pet peeve of mine. I believe that the air stone with large enough pump adds more than enough oxygen to the roots. My current DWC test buckets just have this and the growth is nothing short of explosive. The main reason for connecting 10 buckets to a common res is to add some nutrient solution buffer capacity and to make solution changes and adjustments easily done at a common location for every 10 buckets. Also, if an air stone should fail, the circulating water would provide areated water to the plant regardless. I'm not even sure that I'll go with the second res hooked up to the float valve to automatically add water. First off, it will take up precious room. Also, I believe it is important to force ourselves to have to go and check everything everyday. I don't mind having to be at the grow everyday...I just don't want Helper D to have to spend 3+ hrs/day just draining buckets, mixing solution, and watering. Not to mention transplanting and soil disposal time. I also have to admit that over the years, my most prolific grows have been hydroponic.I started this grow soiless because I wanted the reliability while we sorted out the rest of the room's systems. Now that we're there. I'm ready to crank it up a notch. My hat's off to the Under Current designers for designing a DWC system that allows movable buckets (with our modification), a centralized solution tank, and doesn't rely 100% on each air stone functioning perfectly.

The changover will take place over the next few months. We have plants in all stages of growth right now.
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ENDLSCYCLE

ENDLSCYCLE

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Was wondering about the lights as well....but I can see you're in the bunker throwing grenades in the grow room...LOL
 
bryon209

bryon209

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20000 i dont think so or atleast your lights and plants dont walk the walk that youve been talkin i see like five lights and a fukin ladder where are the real pics?
 
drgreentm

drgreentm

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bryon209 said:
20000 i dont think so or atleast your lights and plants dont walk the walk that youve been talkin i see like five lights and a fukin ladder where are the real pics?
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you my friend are a complete douche bag its posts like this that make me want to just stop signing on to this site. if you dont have the patience to go through all 88 pages and find the more "recent" photos dont post period. here is a pic from page 30 of his flower room and i dont know if you ever learned how to count but i can count 10 1000 watt bulbs burning. did you really think the title meant all in flower lol i can tell right now you dont know shit about growing.

hey CG you should see about getting this post removed this dude sucks, bringing meds to sick patients hell we are really lucky you take the time to post the pics you do and give the info you do. true ass clowns like this drive good experienced peeps like you out the door.

 
drgreentm

drgreentm

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sorry for jacking the pic too but i been subbed since this was 1 page long, that pic speaks 1000 words those ladies look amazing.
 
NDO

NDO

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bryon209 said:
20000 i dont think so or atleast your lights and plants dont walk the walk that youve been talkin i see like five lights and a fukin ladder where are the real pics?
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Go back, read the entire journal, remove your head from your ass, and fuck off....Hey CG I noticed you said you guys cleared a bunch of meds, any luck on finding those sick and needy patients you were looking for?
 
collective gardener

collective gardener

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bryon209 said:
20000 i dont think so or atleast your lights and plants dont walk the walk that youve been talkin i see like five lights and a fukin ladder where are the real pics?
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Wow. Unfortunately, I cannot get every light in one pic. And, you're correct. I lied. I have less than 20K. Here's the rundown:

Bloom Room: 12 - 1k lights, and 1 600 watt light. The original 10 + 2 more added a couple weeks ago. I'll be sure to take a pic for you.
Veg room Table: 2 - 1k lights in Adjust a Wing reflectors. Plenty of pics of those.
Veg Room Floor: 4 1k lights in Blockbuster air cooled reflectors. Plenty of pics of those, too.
Veg Room Shelf: 4 Bulb 4' T-5 for cuts recently rooted (220 watts)
Veg Room Shelf: 4' POS Flouro for rooting clones. (110 watts)

18,930 watts. I guess the thread title should have read "18,930 Watt Medical Grow Op Construction". When I started the thread, we had just finished the framing. At that time, we only had 2000 watts. We weren't quite sure exactly how big we were going to go. I deeply apologize for misleading you. Also, the pic of the ladder was clearly in poor taste. In the future, Helper D and I will endeavor to be more accurate in our posts. Thank you very much for pointing our our mistakes. It's people like yourself that push us to be better growers and better humans.
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
collective gardener said:
Wow. Unfortunately, I cannot get every light in one pic. And, you're correct. I lied. I have less than 20K. Here's the rundown:

Bloom Room: 12 - 1k lights, and 1 600 watt light. The original 10 + 2 more added a couple weeks ago. I'll be sure to take a pic for you.
Veg room Table: 2 - 1k lights in Adjust a Wing reflectors. Plenty of pics of those.
Veg Room Floor: 4 1k lights in Blockbuster air cooled reflectors. Plenty of pics of those, too.
Veg Room Shelf: 4 Bulb 4' T-5 for cuts recently rooted (220 watts)
Veg Room Shelf: 4' POS Flouro for rooting clones. (110 watts)

18,930 watts. I guess the thread title should have read "18,930 Watt Medical Grow Op Construction". When I started the thread, we had just finished the framing. At that time, we only had 2000 watts. We weren't quite sure exactly how big we were going to go. I deeply apologize for misleading you. Also, the pic of the ladder was clearly in poor taste. In the future, Helper D and I will endeavor to be more accurate in our posts. Thank you very much for pointing our our mistakes. It's people like yourself that push us to be better growers and better humans.
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well said! CG you and helper D are doing a great job!
 
collective gardener

collective gardener

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drgreentm said:
sorry for jacking the pic too but i been subbed since this was 1 page long, that pic speaks 1000 words those ladies look amazing.
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Thanks for digging up the pic. BTW, without that "fukin ladder" I couldn't have gotten that angle. I aapreciate everyone standing up for the grow. Although, Kitty's pic is giving me the creeps. Fortunately for us, that was only the second negative post on this whole thread. I think we've all done good, here. The other was some BS about California. I glanced at some of the guy's posts. He's kind of on a negative trip all around. This can be such a great place. Why do people feel the need to come in here and get all shitty? Lack of vaginal contact is my first guess....seems a little penned up. Maybe the white count is getting too high. Oh well.

NDO, I still haven't found more needy folks to lay some meds on. We do have a few older folks who we help out. Fixed income and scared to go to a dispensary. Alot of elderly people still have the mind set that they'll get into trouble. This couple just started smoking a few months ago. She has MS, and he was a severe alcoholic who had to stop drinking before his liver went. Since she spends so much time on the couch, the weed helps her make that time more enjoyable. Now she can really get into watching movies and such. As far as I'm concerned, that's medicinal. Big deal if it doesn't help her physical ailments. There is such thing as quality of your mental health. The guy smokes to get a head change without drinking. If he didn't smoke, he'd drink and that will kill him. Medicinal? I think so.

We're still willing to give away meds to anyone who really needs them and can't afford it. I wish I could just run an ad. My next plan is to locate some cancer and AIDS patients and have them spread the word to people they meet in treatment. As always, if anyone here has any ideas, or would like to reach out and contact people on out behalf, please feel free. We will deliver the paperwork and meds free of charge anywhere in Los Angeles or Ventura Counties.

Thanks to everyone here for keeping this thread on a positive note. I've been slow on pics lately due to trimming and the mite war. Once we get one under control, I'll post some more pics and start the Plasma light test. I feel kinda bad for the guy who rushed me the lights. Just know that I WILL do this test. Hell, I want to see it as much as anybody. If we're going to switch to these plasma's, I need to do it before summer time. Otherwise, we will need to add some very expensive air conditioning.

You guys are great Humans. Let's not let the small people get under our skin.
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
hey CG on the free meds issue keep in mind rome wasnt conquered in one day! you will lock it down just going
to take time. :) best of luck with the trimming/mite war!
 
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