air injected buckets around two 600 watt hps

pilsung · Jul 30, 2015

yes, that sounds right. base of bulb should be just above tops. using a cool tube you should be able to get plants very close. i don't use any glass between plants and bulb, it blocks some visible light and a lot of uv light. i hang bare bulb with a fan underneath blowing straight up. i was using 10" honeywell fans, but switched to 20" box style fans. they make a wider column of air and get the leaves moving more than the small ones did.

Craig1969SS · Jul 30, 2015

pilsung said:
yes, that sounds right. base of bulb should be just above tops. using a cool tube you should be able to get plants very close. i don't use any glass between plants and bulb, it blocks some visible light and a lot of uv light. i hang bare bulb with a fan underneath blowing straight up. i was using 10" honeywell fans, but switched to 20" box style fans. they make a wider column of air and get the leaves moving more than the small ones did.

Man I appreciate the advice, just want I needed. I have nine plants in full bloom +6 of their clones Along side them. Doing this makes it possible.

jebcorlis · Aug 15, 2015

Interesting thread I had the airstone in soil idea too I'm doing it right now,so I typed in air stone in soil and hit search and found this thread.

I've inserted my line with small airstone through one of the drainage hole's in the bottom of my pot I've pushed it in around 3 inches diagonally up, no adverse effects yet and to early to tell how well it will work, I'm only feeding half strength seasol and gogo juice at the moment cause my seedling is only on its second set of leaves the 3's ,I'll be using flairform green dream 1 part for veg and green dream bloom 1part for flower along with some black strap molasses but that's all a long way off for now cause this plant I am hoping to make the mother and clone 30 off her and get my shit going again

Craig1969SS · Aug 25, 2015

Cpappa27 said:
Your idea is very intriguing, as I was thinking of doing something similar but the only difference is I was going to have the air pumped directly into the soil through the side of the pot.

This is the plant we talked about a month ago. I had the air diffusers under sticky wrap. It has stretched 3' in 2 1/2 weeks under 12/12

Craig1969SS · Aug 25, 2015

jebcorlis said:
Interesting thread I had the airstone in soil idea too I'm doing it right now,so I typed in air stone in soil and hit search and found this thread.

I've inserted my line with small airstone through one of the drainage hole's in the bottom of my pot I've pushed it in around 3 inches diagonally up, no adverse effects yet and to early to tell how well it will work, I'm only feeding half strength seasol and gogo juice at the moment cause my seedling is only on its second set of leaves the 3's ,I'll be using flairform green dream 1 part for veg and green dream bloom 1part for flower along with some black strap molasses but that's all a long way off for now cause this plant I am hoping to make the mother and clone 30 off her and get my shit going again

Here's my plant that I had the air stones trapped on the soil with sticky wrap forcing the air down through the bottom of the pot. It has stretched 3 feet in 2 1/2 weeks. It vegged 1 month in a 90 degree garage under a 125cfl using the air. I removed it when I change the light cycle.

Craig1969SS · Aug 25, 2015

Craig1969SS said:
I'm going from the top down. I have A small three watt air pump with two 2-inch cylindrical stones sitting next to the stem. The container is sitting on about 3 inches of Coco pebbles so there is airflow from top down to and through the bottom. I used a self adhesive sandwich wrap to place over the stones. This makes a tight seal around the top to encourage the air to move downwards. The plant is Dutch passion Mekong High @ 3 weeks old vegging 18/6 under a 125watt cfl 6500 K. Compared to other plants I've grown this sativa strain is on the slow side. I'm going to try this for at least another month if it shows signs of being successful, if not I'll nurse it back to health inside. I so want this strain to grow and do well. I've been waiting many months to get this baby going. Thoughts anyone?

Here is the same plant 2 1/2 weeks into 12/12. It has stretched 3 feet

pilsung · Aug 27, 2015

good luck with what you got going. that's some sativa leaning girl you got craig. should be some fun headcandy.
a quick catch up on what i've got going on, the mulanje came down at 97 days, first image.
i had some early test bud, very interesting high but very under powered. 100% sure i'll never grow this strain again.
#2 and 3. the two double jam still have about 10% clear triches, maybe two weeks till cut. around 110 days.
#4 is the back side of a chocolate rain with a c99 on each side of her.
i thought i took more photos of those three but they're not reading on the card. not sure if the problem is with my ancient camera or my stoner mind. i'll take more in a bit.
#5 got a new 4 x 4' t5 for veging. girls coming up are pineapple diesel and harmony (love potion#1 x c99) x huckelberry kush. really excited about both of these.
#6 starting flower shortly, 3 rec. buddha x lady cane.

i'm a little behind where i wanted to be production wise but will be catching up and have both lights kicking soon.

Craig1969SS · Aug 27, 2015

pilsung said:
good luck with what you got going. that's some sativa leaning girl you got craig. should be some fun headcandy.
a quick catch up on what i've got going on, the mulanje came down at 97 days, first image.
i had some early test bud, very interesting high but very under powered. 100% sure i'll never grow this strain again.
#2 and 3. the two double jam still have about 10% clear triches, maybe two weeks till cut. around 110 days.
#4 is the back side of a chocolate rain with a c99 on each side of her.
i thought i took more photos of those three but they're not reading on the card. not sure if the problem is with my ancient camera or my stoner mind. i'll take more in a bit.
#5 got a new 4 x 4' t5 for veging. girls coming up are pineapple diesel and harmony (love potion#1 x c99) x huckelberry kush. really excited about both of these.
#6 starting flower shortly, 3 rec. buddha x lady cane.
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i'm a little behind where i wanted to be production wise but will be catching up and have both lights kicking soon.

Damn you have a potent garden coming soon. The T5 looks like a great setup, they look great. #3 looks yellow like mine are getting. Why I didn't clone the Mekong high is beyond me, I still have 2 more seeds tho. Have 1 AK47 in a rock wool cube and 2 Dutch passion blueberry that will be going in soil next week. I have 2 hoods and 2 vertical 600w. I feel maybe I'm placing the plants too close to the bulbs, most are within a foot or 10" with a 20" box fan underneath. I turn them 180 every day. This sound reasonable ?

pilsung · Aug 27, 2015

10 inches sounds close. is it comfortable for the back of your hand for a long time?
i try to train everything to stay in a 6 to 8 inch flat canopy. they generally don't get closer than 18 inches to the bulb. i don't know how turning plants affects things, i let them get oriented during stretch and keep 'em facing the same way.
the shorter c99 got stoner trained back a little more than is ideal, she sits about 24 inches from bulb. i need to do some more arranging to get her closer.

chocolate rain from above

and other c99 from above

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