Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

StinkBud said:

The MH is helping keep the stretch down. At first I was wondering why my plants were so short. They looked small. Now they are filling in like normal but they are more like 2.5ft tall instead of 4ft.

The extra light really fills in the dark areas of my room. I just harvested and had virtually no popcorn buds! Everything was dense all the way to the bottom.

I love the dual spectrum bulbs but they are twice as much money. If you can afford it, go for it.

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if i remember right...
your current lighting is 3 1000hps in a triangle with 1 1000mh in the center

so just that one mh light is enough to stop your stretch by 1.5 feet?
if so thats amazing and i think dual spectrum are well worth it

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nivekragah said:

dont know the exact benifit of the dual spectrum but that is what my budy who ownes a hydro whole sale ware house told me to use and is all he uses.

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the mh bulb has more of the blue spectrum of light which benefits the veg stage and also shortens the length between nodes
the hps bulb puts out more of the red orange color of light which benefits the plant during it's flowering

also, thanks for the input about the digital being brighter.
it actually means something to me that a user said that here rather than just reading in a manufacturers description

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txhomegrown
na, no dial up here buddy... i'm into gaming too much for that
but i do experience some slow downs lately
which i have called and bitched about
they say they are doing upgrades and will credit my account. see, so bitching does help sometimes

i would pay 2g a p every 3 weeks lol

laundrybag said:

if i remember right...
your current lighting is 3 1000hps in a triangle with 1 1000mh in the center

so just that one mh light is enough to stop your stretch by 1.5 feet?
if so thats amazing and i think dual spectrum are well worth it

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the mh bulb has more of the blue spectrum of light which benefits the veg stage and also shortens the length between nodes
the hps bulb puts out more of the red orange color of light which benefits the plant during it's flowering

also, thanks for the input about the digital being brighter.
it actually means something to me that a user said that here rather than just reading in a manufacturers description

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According to marijuana man flowering with mh gives bud a connoisseur taste as hps is more of a production bulb. These new super bulbs do sound like the ticket; however, 200 bucks a pop hmmm. So I'm still rolling the mh... hps... mh... hps... http://s580.photobucket.com/albums/ss241/pinner420mt/

Hey guys, just got some clones in Rapid rooters to put in Stinks system but they wont fit. There just to tall, I cant get the neoprene collar on. Any suggestions? Thanks

nuudle said:

Hey guys, just got some clones in Rapid rooters to put in Stinks system but they wont fit. There just to tall, I cant get the neoprene collar on. Any suggestions? Thanks

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Carefully peel off the RR plug from the top, just enough until you can get the collar to fit.

I tried to search for an answer to this, but couldnt seem to find what I was looking for. My question is: How do you guys start from seed using this system. I just ordered some different stains and dont want to have to start them in soil and take cuttings. Do you put them in rockwool or some other type of starter cubes or what. And do you put them in the cloner to start them? I want to do this the right way. Thanks

txhomegrown said:

I tried to search for an answer to this, but couldnt seem to find what I was looking for. My question is: How do you guys start from seed using this system. I just ordered some different stains and dont want to have to start them in soil and take cuttings. Do you put them in rockwool or some other type of starter cubes or what. And do you put them in the cloner to start them? I want to do this the right way. Thanks

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Start it off in a Rapid Rooter , once it hits about 2 inches tall, peel the RR off and stick the seedling into your net pot and your done. u want to start veggin it right away.


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bugsrnme said:

thanks man. i have a 1056 gph ecoplus sub pump, do you think it might work? or what would you think would be a safe max # of sprayers. and i was thinking about a 40 gallon res. think that would do it?

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can any of you guys help?

Im not sure i understand your question bugs? how many sprayers do you want to run?



Bud porn time!!! Though you guys might like to see what you have to look forward too!


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bugsrnme said:

hey stink, i know you use 10 sprayers per 396gph sub pump....i decided to make it bigger(couldn't help myself) than i was supposed to. i went with 6' long and 4 of them.....might do 5. reason why is because i will lollipop them and keep em 6'' apart. cant wait to see the donkey dicks this system will produce. so my 3x6 area should house about 10 per run, so 40 or 50 if i put the other one in. i wanna do 1 big res and i guess it'll have to power about 40-50 sprayers.
any thoughts on a pump or res size. the rest is golden.

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StinkBud said:

You can pick up a 1200GPH sump pump at HD for about $80. You need to plumb an inline filter on it though. Use the same filter they use on home sprinkler systems.

The bigger the reservoir the less problems you will have with the water getting too warm. Less PPM fluctuation also.

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bugsrnme said:

thanks man. i have a 1056 gph ecoplus sub pump, do you think it might work? or what would you think would be a safe max # of sprayers. and i was thinking about a 40 gallon res. think that would do it?

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the conversation went like this.....think your up for it?

Well, its hard for me to say if it will work or not. I followed stinks plans percisely, so i really dont know, and im just a begginer.
I would think a 1056 would power 40-50 sprayers,, but the best way is to hook it all up and see what it does.
good luck.

thank you. any idea on the res? you or anyone of your cohorts

I would follow Stink's plans exactly.

I went all out and designed custom flower units because I wanted 4 on a 2-week rotation and blah blah blah it ended up being way more work (you just gotta do it and figure it out on your own for 90%) and it does work, but there were plenty of mistakes along the way.

Anyway.

You want 1 reservoir for 4 posts? Is that correct?

10 plants per post
11 sprayers per post
40 plants per system
44 sprayers.

I use 22 sprayers per 633gph pump.
You need less sprayers or a bigger pump. Unless you really dont care... they will drizzle out a stream that might be enough for the plants closest to the reservoir...

Speaking of reservoir. You will want the 40gal most likely. Anything smaller won't fit 4 PVC posts.

I probably don't understand what you are asking. Either way I suggest following stinkbuds plans.

Delusional said:

I added an inch to the pvc tube lengths for the cloner and veg unit so when placed inside the elbows and tee's they would match up to his specs. he didnt account for the material inside the fittings. that was all.

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Thanks Del. I will get to making the new cuts soon. Did you have any changes for the Flowering unit? hehe I would rather ask now then have an issue later.

dang stinkbud on the 1st week of veg uses 1500 ppm at start ? they dont get nute burnt?

bugsrnme said:

can any of you guys help?

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from what i got from watching stink and SOG experimenting i have found that 12-14 sprayers per 400GPH is a safe range. i am working on a 40 site system with a 50gallon res that will use a 1200gph pump.

i am doing aero tubs and was told not to let ppm get over 600. i am using same nutes as stink bud. is this because its not a true aero system. or was someone bsing me

these guys mostly use botanicare nutes on here. They run bloom nutes up to 2500ppm or something.

I run General hydro 3 part nutes and never exceed 1400ppm.

Read the directions on your nute bottle or follow online feed charts.


I have heard that aeroponics requires less nutes in general because the feeding method is so efficient. Obviously this is not necessarily true since ppm's of 2000+ give great results.

bugsrnme said:

the conversation went like this.....think your up for it?

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you might like a thread i started called :

"PUMP SIZING IN AERO" read the end page. Cherrio

I like to make reservoirs only as big as they need to be. Make sure the water level will be above your pump intake by about 6-8" or so. They really start to drink after a while and you don't want to come back to you g. room and find your pump sucking wind.

small res. also = less nutes and garb = save $