Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

genfranco said:

Have you used any of those products in soil before?... I have used the advanced nutrients at about 30-50% strenght...low ppm of about 300-550 and didnt see any problems...

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I have a couple of plants in soil right now. I had some extra clones so I stuck them in soil. I run a layer of Hydroton on the bottom. Then I put a screen over that. Then I use a mix of Fox Farm and pearlite over that. Then I run PVC pipes in each corner from the top to the bottom. This let's air down to the roots. It works un-fuking-real!

But after you get used to aero soil seems like it is growing in slow motion. It's nothing to see 3x the growth rate with aero over soil. Check out the photos I the test I'm doing, Soil vs. Aero.

Big buds i can grow with just MG soil.. lol... I want some better tasting weed if i can.....

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If you want better tasting weed then use my mix. You will love it!!!! You get what you pay for...

Also... I understand your comments on flushing differences in the medium... But flushing the nutrients out of soil can be done without a problem... Do you think that if I were to wash all the soil off the roots with a hose and let it sit for a couple of days while dying and drying.. I wonder... you know of anyone to dry with the roots on? any ideas of good and bad .... I guess you could try it with your aero setup pretty easy and let me know before i harvest... you think you could spare one of your plants for an experiment?

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All the plant roots are growing together.

I can flush my plants way better with Hydro than I ever could with soil. Not to mention you basically have to overwater the fuck out of your soil plants to flush them. Not a issue with hydro.

Anyway this is not a soil vs. Aero thread so I'll get back on track...

potpimp said:

Got my timer in today and my Nutramist ultrasonic fogger for the veg unit. Trying an experiment with that. Also got an email from Nirvana telling me my seeds have been shipped. I should be sprouting beans in a week! I need to get a CO2 regulator too. I don't guess I could get one from the welding shop for that, huh?

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Make sure you run at least a 100 micron filter to keep the sprayers clean. You may even need something smaller.

Can I be honest with you...My mentor tried the ultrasonic foggers without luck. The organic nutrients we use have to many solids in them. You may have to use some other type of nutrients if you go with a fogger type system.

You need to understand one thing. You don't want big veg plants. The light will never penetrate to the lower leaves. Plant spacing also becomes an issue.

If you trust me and follow my directions exactly your biggest problem will be, what the fuck are you going to do with a pound of bud every three weeks!

^ i was thinking about the root mess clogging up the sprayers...and started to design top feed but with your basic system... has that ever been an issue?

dspec said:

^ i was thinking about the root mess clogging up the sprayers...and started to design top feed but with your basic system... has that ever been an issue?

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The sprayers on on 1/2" pipe. The root mat is only about 1/4"-3/8" thick at harvest.

This is a great system. My veg plants are over a ft tall now.


My cuttings are standing at attention but havent sprouted roots yet (its been a week now in the cloner) not worried they look great. Except the yellowing on a few which is to be expected.



My flower room is finished, i just need some of the more expensive items (exhaust fan and ballast) and then its flower time.





also... if anyone wants to shed some light on this for me..

In my limited experience i have come across cheap ballasts and wondered if i found a great barbain or just a lemon?
I found a magnetic ballast for 50 bucks,, this is a very cheap price.. should i buy it? or go with the better digital one that cost $250?

thanks guys.

What a dumb schmuck I am! I'm not putting it in the veg unit; I'll be using that in my cloner - with no nutes. I've got a new 396 pump all ready to go for the veg unit. I didn't get a chance to get by the hardware store to get the other goodies yet. BTW, the Nutramist foggers have teflon heads and are designed to be used with nutes (so says their website). I'm easily suckered by gadgets and I've always been intriqued by true aeroponics. NEWS FLASH: As I was typing this, the mailman came in! I now have my white widow and hindu kush seeds! I'm posting a pic of some of the new stuff I've bought but not the Sweet, nutes, Liquid Kharma, etc. BTW, the seeds came packed exactly the way they did last time (I'm not saying exactly how but, trust me, it's stealthy!) There are actually 11 of the WW; I suppose they gave me two tiny seeds instead of one bigger one. Oh well, Nirvana is a great seed company. Now I've GOT to get off my ass and finish the plumbing!

StinkBud said:

Anyway this is not a soil vs. Aero thread so I'll get back on track...

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Yeah Sorry about taking it in this direction for a min..... I just wanted info bud...thx allot...

DIRTHAWKER said:

This is a great system. My veg plants are over a ft tall now.

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Those are growing fast as fuck bro! Looks like flower time!

stink
any coments on lighting? any thoughts on LED? I have 2000w system 1000w hps with 1000w mh in growzilla reflector. again thanks for your help anything i can do for you let me know!

oneeyejedi said:

stink
any coments on lighting? any thoughts on LED? I have 2000w system 1000w hps with 1000w mh in growzilla reflector. again thanks for your help anything i can do for you let me know!

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You're set bro. 2000W is perfect for my system.

LEDs are the future of lighting. As they get better and cheaper they will start taking over fluorescents for veg and cloning. It really comes down to price right now. Right now it you tried to get enough LEDs to equal 2000W HID it would cost you a fortune!

DaveTheNewbie said:

thats what i bought , from ebay not www.boyu.com, but delivered to my door for $25 aussie, im happy

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Hey dude,
did you get the timer with Australian plugs, the pic on Ebay has the UK configuration.

hey stinkbud,

ive tried to read whole thread but still i didnt get the logic to get a pond every three weeks, would please sum for me and maybe other guys who didnt understand the issue? thnks in advance

stonned bastard said:

hey stinkbud,

ive tried to read whole thread but still i didnt get the logic to get a pond every three weeks, would please sum for me and maybe other guys who didnt understand the issue? thnks in advance

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its called a sog (sea of green) perpetual harvesting by taking clones you jump start seeding, you have only female plants, and you can expect a certain amount of yield from a certain number of plants, here Stinkbud gets close to a pound from 14 plants, that close to 1.5oz per plant x 14 every 3 weeks, start your research with sog.

Ok I am starting construction of the room this weekend. is the 7'x8' area jut for flowering room or is that the space that all three components cover? i know the rooms have to be divided just wanted to make sure when I boxed in the area it will be big enough. Thanks in advance

stonned bastard said:

hey stinkbud,

ive tried to read whole thread but still i didnt get the logic to get a pond every three weeks, would please sum for me and maybe other guys who didnt understand the issue? thnks in advance

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My system uses the sea of green method (SOG) of perpetual harvest. While plants are in flower, I have both clones and veg plants growing in another room.

As soon as I harvest I just move the new plants in to replace the harvested plants. The clones move to veg and I take new cuttings from the plants in veg.

Think of it as an assembly line but instead of cars we produce buds!

jester1040 said:

Ok I am starting construction of the room this weekend. is the 7'x8' area jut for flowering room or is that the space that all three components cover? i know the rooms have to be divided just wanted to make sure when I boxed in the area it will be big enough. Thanks in advance

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The flower room has to be separate from the veg and clones.

If you can make the room a little bigger than 7x8 you would actually have some room to move around in. I would love to have an extra 3 feet on the sides to walk around the plants.

subscribed. I've been reading this nd its amazing info

I keep going back and forth here!!!! 4 600watt or 2 1000watt

I cant make up my mind!!!!! either way they will be added one at a time. can somebody help me decide?

^ if heat isnt an issue, i vote for 2 1ks...

heat is only an issue during summer. It gets hot where im at.