Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!
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Thundercat
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congrats sir!!
Hi StinkBud and StinkBud buddies,
I know for sure some of you are still around. I need some help to fully utilise the space (see picture) for perpetual harvest every three-four weeks.
I have dedicated 12ftx4ft space for flower and 4ftx4ft for clones and veg in a privately owned vented and air-conditioned commercial unit. For flower I will run 3 1000w HPS lights or even 3 double-ended Philips 1000w 400v lights (if any of experienced growers think that the final yield would justify the extra cost) . For clones & veg T5. I will also run RO machine as my tap water PPM is above 400. I will use Botanicare organic range of nutes.
My idea is to have 2 (two) 27gal reservoirs with two rails each for every 4ftx4ft space. I would run them separately as this would allow me to grow more different strains in case girls prefer different strength of nutes.
First and most important question is how many plants would be ideal in 4x4 for perpetual harvesting every 3 weeks with 3 week veg time? And what spacing between plants should I aim for when building flower systems?
Is there any good reason going for 5inch poles instead of 4inch? I’ve read that some people struggle with root mass and entanglement.
Since I will be running lights under hoods with heat extraction and there is a commercial air-condition unit right above the area is there any reason to worry about water temperatures at all? Of course I will insulate my reservoirs with padded reflective material. The main downside of running separate reservoirs is water cooling issues. Should I bother with peltier coolers?
I’d appreciate if StinkBud or any other experienced low pressure aeroponics grower would share some light and help me a little bit or a lot ..
. The space is getting ready next week, mother plants are already vegging nicely. Time is important.
p.s. I've purchased StinkBud's latest book Harvest A Pound Every Three Weeks but unfortunately it designed for people with much better DIY and engineering skills than mine
Thanks a lot.
LemonThai
I know for sure some of you are still around. I need some help to fully utilise the space (see picture) for perpetual harvest every three-four weeks.
I have dedicated 12ftx4ft space for flower and 4ftx4ft for clones and veg in a privately owned vented and air-conditioned commercial unit. For flower I will run 3 1000w HPS lights or even 3 double-ended Philips 1000w 400v lights (if any of experienced growers think that the final yield would justify the extra cost) . For clones & veg T5. I will also run RO machine as my tap water PPM is above 400. I will use Botanicare organic range of nutes.
My idea is to have 2 (two) 27gal reservoirs with two rails each for every 4ftx4ft space. I would run them separately as this would allow me to grow more different strains in case girls prefer different strength of nutes.
First and most important question is how many plants would be ideal in 4x4 for perpetual harvesting every 3 weeks with 3 week veg time? And what spacing between plants should I aim for when building flower systems?
Is there any good reason going for 5inch poles instead of 4inch? I’ve read that some people struggle with root mass and entanglement.
Since I will be running lights under hoods with heat extraction and there is a commercial air-condition unit right above the area is there any reason to worry about water temperatures at all? Of course I will insulate my reservoirs with padded reflective material. The main downside of running separate reservoirs is water cooling issues. Should I bother with peltier coolers?
I’d appreciate if StinkBud or any other experienced low pressure aeroponics grower would share some light and help me a little bit or a lot ..
. The space is getting ready next week, mother plants are already vegging nicely. Time is important.p.s. I've purchased StinkBud's latest book Harvest A Pound Every Three Weeks but unfortunately it designed for people with much better DIY and engineering skills than mine
Thanks a lot.
LemonThai
BleedsGreen
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If the room will never get above 75 degrees I don't see the need for water chiller or insulation, insulation holds heat as well as cold. As for 4 versus 5 inch posts if you are using the stinkbud method then the only time you do anything with the roots in the posts are after harvest when you dispose of the roots and clean the posts before moving in the next set of veg plants, which will not have that large a root ball after only 3 weeks of veg.
What in your view would be the optimal plant site number in 4x4 area with only 3 weeks of veg?
BleedsGreen
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Really hard for me to guess at, I will let someone else try to field that one. I rotate a rail in every 4 to 5 weeks when I harvest the previous rail with 2 rails always in flower stage.
StinkBud
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Water chillers are your best bet. You could also run a sterile res by using pool shock to kill any funky stuff. Number of plants depends on veg time. You can run 6-12 plants depending on the size you flower them at. I you run 12 small plants you can flower them as soon as they pop roots. If you want bigger plants let them veg for a couple of weeks before flower.Hi StinkBud and StinkBud buddies,
I know for sure some of you are still around. I need some help to fully utilise the space (see picture) for perpetual harvest every three-four weeks.
I have dedicated 12ftx4ft space for flower and 4ftx4ft for clones and veg in a privately owned vented and air-conditioned commercial unit. For flower I will run 3 1000w HPS lights or even 3 double-ended Philips 1000w 400v lights (if any of experienced growers think that the final yield would justify the extra cost) . For clones & veg T5. I will also run RO machine as my tap water PPM is above 400. I will use Botanicare organic range of nutes.
My idea is to have 2 (two) 27gal reservoirs with two rails each for every 4ftx4ft space. I would run them separately as this would allow me to grow more different strains in case girls prefer different strength of nutes.
First and most important question is how many plants would be ideal in 4x4 for perpetual harvesting every 3 weeks with 3 week veg time? And what spacing between plants should I aim for when building flower systems?
Is there any good reason going for 5inch poles instead of 4inch? I’ve read that some people struggle with root mass and entanglement.
Since I will be running lights under hoods with heat extraction and there is a commercial air-condition unit right above the area is there any reason to worry about water temperatures at all? Of course I will insulate my reservoirs with padded reflective material. The main downside of running separate reservoirs is water cooling issues. Should I bother with peltier coolers?
I’d appreciate if StinkBud or any other experienced low pressure aeroponics grower would share some light and help me a little bit or a lot ..
p.s. I've purchased StinkBud's latest book Harvest A Pound Every Three Weeks but unfortunately it designed for people with much better DIY and engineering skills than mine
Thanks a lot.
LemonThai
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StinkBud
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One unit with 6 plants.
Veek da Freak
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Nope. While I have gone back to them, and quit them in that time, I've recently started using H&G nutrients again. H&G is where I've had my best luck with these systems. I get so much salt build up from Botanicare.
Thank you for your input Stink. I've had very little experience of growing anything but I've googled videos and images of plants after 3 weeks in veg and they looks smallish to me. Since I've read somewhere in the thread that you don't even top your plants I wonder if 6 plants would cover 4x4 area 100%. I was thinking about having 3 posts with 3 sites each. Will 9 plants instead of 6 give me any extra gram? Number of plants has no legal significance in my case because we are talking about country with draconian punishments for cannabis cultivation where 6 plants or 60 makes no difference as both are cultivation and possession of large amounts with the intent...
If we run three separate reservoirs with different nutes for different stages of flowering were we fit water chiller? I've also learned from this thread that different strains prefer different PPMs. My goal is to grow top quality budd and to have ability to successfully grow multiple strains.
What made you switch from double tote vegging units to cloner ones?
I had one grow in 4x4 tent 4 years back. I grew 4 plants but I remember that It needed much longer that 3 weeks of vegging to fill this area. I know that hydro plants grow faster and bigger but to what extent?
icetech
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My first grow was in soil.. happy frog. went fine.. then i did Coco and it was a bit faster, my current grow is DWC and it's insanely fast. It feels like 3" a day right now a week into flowering. i come up and the plant is so much bigger daily.
This was my post 10 years ago under a different name. now i realize how naive i was. It's fun but very tedious.poor you
so I took clones one week ago. And they all look good. Only one is showing root nipples but I hope they all start showing in the next week.
Thanks for all Ur help
Bud2theBone
Active Member
I know this thread is old but I’m new here. I was very intrigued with your thread and pics and would like to learn more from you.
Keesje
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@RangiSTaxi
Don't post when you are high on your own drugs.
Read the topic and then when you are totally relaxed again, reply again
Also use a smaller font.
Don't post when you are high on your own drugs.
Read the topic and then when you are totally relaxed again, reply again
Also use a smaller font.
RangiSTaxi
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Ill be Honest I like Cheese.