Kitty's Commercial Grow Op-Bigger & Better Every Day!

researchkitty said:

The barrels are from craigslist. There's a guy who sells em for $15 or $20 I cant remember, they smell like vinegar but that's OK, it rinses out with a half gallon of water and wont hurt a plant. I cant see paying $150 for a 55 gallon blue barrel when they are always available anywhere locally for so cheap.

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just a little input, this is my first post and ive been reading for months. drive through automated car washes usually have a res for their soap so they get a huge plastic bin that they just pour into their res and recycle.. if u ask someone could usually hook u up with one, ive gotten about 12 of them now but i know the manager of the gas station.

same style as the blue barrels but it works!
hope this helps anyone, great spot you have and some nice babies

Nice tip Machinist, and welcome to Rollitup.org.


Just got back from a mini vacation. Plants are looking nice, the veg plants are a TINY bit leave droopy so we'll lighten up on watering them a little. Been trying out twice a day, and I think I like once a day instead in veg.

The 48 buckets in flower room B are all about 18" tall or so now, week 3 starts Monday. The 26 or so in Flower Room A are starting week 7 on Monday. Remember, I always chop em at 8 weeks, 8 week strains only.

Just got in another $700 worth of nutrients, 5 gallons of this and that. 50 lbs per 5 gallon jug of nutes. Shit is heavy!

Still waiting on the C.A.P. controller, fuck them for taking so long to ship things. C.A.P.'s drop shipping service B*L*O*W*S. Dont buy from them if they say "Ships from Riverside, CA" because that means they fax them a purchase order and C.A.P. takes however long they want to actually ship something with no way of knowing if, when, or how it was shipped because they wont support the end customer. Their products are just fine, just make sure you buy from someone who has it *in stock* and will verify that over the phone and can touch the item if its C.A.P. made first.

That's about it for now.............. Got another 200 or 300 seeds from my buddy too, that was a very nice treat. Oh, and a huge ball of hash. If your reading thanks man!

researchkitty said:

Got another 200 or 300 seeds from my buddy too, that was a very nice treat. Oh, and a huge ball of hash. If your reading thanks man!

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Kitty you rock

Good to hear everything is working out for ya kitty. can't wait to see the chop next week. enjoy that hash!!

Time for a photo update............... The last video update was cute, but didnt really get

many views, I think photos are where its at for now.


#167 - Finally installed some lights in this room... Just two shop flouros. Lots of work to do here with the new lighting controller coming next week.



#168 - Nutrient reservoir, foliar, and fresh water.



#169 - Some Ice Cream seeds............



#170 - Veg is getting full!



#171 - Tried out some of the 5" square pots. I love em. Perfect amount of room for roots and hydroton at their stage of life.



#172 - See?



#173 - This plant is topped. It was topped about a week ago, and you can clearly see the snip in the middle where it was topped, and the new 4 stalks that are growing. I topped about half or so of the grapefruit diesels.



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#175 - Flower Room A -- They start week 7 in two days.



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#177 - Some pretty flowers



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#182 - This one was a mommy, and I'm super happy about that since this one is pimp. The clones I chopped from it are in Flower Room B and in Veg still, so this is the first sole genetics that I got to see how it looked in the end. Yay.



#183 - Lets head down the hall.........



#184 - This is what $700 gets you from Humboldt Nutrients.



#185 - Gotta organize............



#186 - Got the new plumbing in for the third control bucket (The green one).



#187 - Cleaned up the rez area, still have some cables strung across the room but that'll be tomorrows work. Charts above each rez tell which harvest its for, and you cross off every day on the charts as you pass em.



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#189 - Now to flower room B. There's 44 or so plants in here, I cant remember the exact number. All about 18-22" tall now, and they begin week 3 in 2 days.



#190 - In anticipation of the veg room stuff being ready next Monday (11 days), started work on the plumbing to them.



#191 - Weeeeeeeeee



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#196 - The next project to clean........ I hate cleaning Hydroton. Wish there was a washing machine for it



#197 - Dog #1, asleep.



#198 - Dog #2, asleep next to Dog #1. They sure are fun to bring to work every day.



That's all for now everyone thanks for visiting.

for cleaning that much hydroton, you could buy one of those small concrete mixers. drill holes around it. fill it, let it run with some water being sprayed in it and you will be dialed in. you can run those things at any speed also. When you turn the thing down a little the water will just drizzle down and drip off the bottom into your drain.
like this

Everything looks amazing kitty..I like the photo updates much better than youtube...although it was a cute idea.

So how come you don't use an aerocloner or something? I have no experience with them but wouldn't it be easier with as many clones as you'll be needing?

looking very nice!

I'm depressed now, my Job is so boring.

hey kitty why wouldn't a washing machine work for cleaning your miss of hydrton? I'm sure you could pick up a used one for like 50 bucks or less. maybe if you stopped it half way through the cycle you could skimthe debris off the top of the water. IDK but i'd sure try it if i was you

Just read this whole thread.. very interesting. These are the things I've learned:

1. Neither Kitty nor Mr. Kitty sleep much (all this, make hash, play wow.. etc)
2. I need to move to Canada
3. Those dogs are too F'ing cute
4. Never try electical work myself

Thank you for this journal Kitty - its a great read

I use those same 5" square pots, the Magnums I think they're called, I really
like em, but will be doing a couple in 1 gallon smart pots to see if it helps veg.

Keep workin, my warehouse is almost finished as well.

I flowered 8 plants under a 250w CFL and got 3 zips of pure bud in those 5" pots.... I love them.

BiteSizeFreak said:

So how come you don't use an aerocloner or something? I have no experience with them but wouldn't it be easier with as many clones as you'll be needing?

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I have one, although it only holds 25 plants. They root JUST as fast in RapidRooter cubes. Out of RR, Rockwool, and AeroCloners, the RapidRooter cubes are the best. They give the plant NO support in Hydroton. If you clone in the aero and just toss in Hydroton the roots just at the base arent really protected enough from light, tipping over, etc........ Plus, the cubes holding a little moisture between waterings is a good thing too. In straight Hydroton you run the risk of the initial burst of roots not getting water if you flood the trrays, too. Another reason we hand water every day from both directions in veg.

mrduke said:

hey kitty why wouldn't a washing machine work for cleaning your miss of hydrton? I'm sure you could pick up a used one for like 50 bucks or less. maybe if you stopped it half way through the cycle you could skimthe debris off the top of the water. IDK but i'd sure try it if i was you

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50L of Hydroton weighs 55 Lbs.............. The reason they need cleaning isnt really because its Hydroton. Its because the clay pebbles like to break and get crushed when they get shipped from GERMANY to the US/CDN Hydro stores........... all that shit your are cleaning off is really nothing more than damage from freight. My local hydro store is getting in a "Hydroton Washing Product" that they asked me to try out, so when it gets in, I will!

Shrubs First said:

I use those same 5" square pots, the Magnums I think they're called, I really
like em, but will be doing a couple in 1 gallon smart pots to see if it helps veg.

Keep workin, my warehouse is almost finished as well.

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These black square 5" pots were about $0.30 each, not sure if they are magnums or whatever...... The round buckets you see are 1 gallon pots, so keep an eye on the pics, there should be no difference really. The root mass isnt large enough in two weeks of veg to really fill these 5"-ers, but time will tell.

Thanks everyone

Kitty

Just wondering, are u medical grower or not ?




Keep up the good work kitty.

HOLLER! Looking good, hows flowering going? Following the op! -DEV1

Kitty, just saw the updates and caught up on the thread. Great work guys, very comprehensive and thought out! Awesome that you guys have such a big space to do this in. I don't have any suggestions to add because I'm a noob but i really appreciate all the updates and posting you guys do! its a great help, keep it up!!!! major props!

pic 182, is def sum super dank.
i can tell it prolly has one of ther stornger aromas
of the flower area.
192- what strain is that.
i love indica strains. there my fav.
and the leave definision is beautyful..
id love to get my hand on a simular strain..

Just caught up with everybody. Great thread, good to see someone so commited. I'm subbed, looking forward to seeing your factory take off.