MY DIY 21st Century 'Flood' & Drain

PetFlora

PetFlora

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Just changed nutes in both tents

What a difference one month makes. Clones are kickin it. Double the size from a month ago, leafs are big, pistils multiplying

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LED Tent WH seedlings + one clone from HOT5 clone. It's the plant hanging out with my Rosemary clone in the upper left. It was in the middle of the bifurcation, so instead of just killing it, it's now in the LED tent, to which I will be adding CO2 today.

Pic of bubbler in action, using 4 Oxystones + 45L/minute air pump.

2 WH in the upper right corner.


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Before and after root trimming. They were growing together, now they are separated and will create much more surface area for more roots. Note lateral root development due to highly oxygenated air space, created by massive amount of bubbles.
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Wait .... what is that itty-bitty thing on the left side below? OMG #3 is sprouting leafs. Should I call her Lazarus-ette?

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PetFlora

PetFlora

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Thanks guys! Once the plastic globe was opened up, the globes pop right off

So much brighter now.

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PetFlora

PetFlora

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I have been curious about the design. Never saw them anywhere near 18W. Damn, you drop in 3 per plant just below half way down the plant, and probably rock some serious lower canopy bud. Keep me/us posted.

Oh, as a matter of etiquette, you should have mentioned something in my thread to talk about, THEN, ask about the bulb
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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The young plant roots were trimmed Friday. Note how much more developed they are today, PLUS, increased plant growth

Also roots tend to clump together, so I carefully separated them using a narrow wooden dowel, and slightly trimmed the bottom of the longest ones to keep it above the water line

Total lighting is 2 screw bulb leds 2 @ 7w (globes removed Friday) + one Philips RP 12w, on the left (total of 26 watts @ ~ 90 lumens/w). Since the Philips is RP (remote phosphor) the globe stays

Day Light led (5000K) in the center with WW on each side

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Gravy Boat

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Upon re-reading my post this evening I would like to appologise to you for the way that I butted in to this thread.. I hope I didn't cause to much of an offense and I will really must try to be more tactful in the future.
Re the "Bright lightz" I am considering 6 x B22 (70w) in a 40 x 40 x 120 tent.
Also I would love to copy your "spray & drain" but at the moment my present accommodation situation prevents this.
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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No worries. Apology accepted. If I thought you were intentionally trolling, I would have blasted you. I think several of the 'Likes' I got from my response indicated that I chose the high road

My system will work for just one plant but is fully expandable with larger pumps, more spray heads and larger totes.
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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Damn, the clones have filled out so much that I moved them to a much bigger tote. Now I can spread them out for deeper light penetration.

Had to cut longer pvc lengths in order to reach the farthest end.

Will also drop the 1 liter APs into 4 liter APs and bottom * side fill with lava rock

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PetFlora

PetFlora

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PetFlora

PetFlora

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Because watts are not created equal, grams per watt is a bad unit of measurement. We need to speak an accurate common language when we discuss harvest quantities vs light. A minimum of 40 umols would be in the zone' for indoors

DLI was developed for green houses, however, the bud sights below a typical mmj canopy get far less light, primarily due to overcrowding

http://www.greenhousegrower.com/video/c:90/plant-culture/820/

http://www.greenhousegrower.com/video/c:90/plant-culture/844/

http://www.greenhousegrower.com/video/c:90/plant-culture/799/

Red and Far Red Effects

http://www.greenhousegrower.com/video/c:90/plant-culture/1414/

Also, I just added 2 more bulbs to my HOT5 tent- one UVL Red Life, and one more ZooMed Florasun = ~ 324w
 
PSUAGRO.

PSUAGRO.

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Idk about those led fixtures....big lumen discrepancy; varies by eight hundred lumens and wtf does less than 5 percent light loss at three thousand hours mean? that's huge! heat management issues with the junction temps of the leds?
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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Yeah, I noticed the 5%. think it is an error, probably 0.5%

Lumens were ~ 95/w. Nothing wrong with that

But you don't know until you play with them

Hell, I never imagined getting the results I got last grow combining my ufo 90 + screw bulb leds, so who knows?
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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Lowes now had Utilitech LED 100w equiv 1600 lumens only $34.95, BUT, the fixture is several inches longer than the normal size bulb, RP, so removing globe not an option, though I am not sure that would matter too much due to high lumens.

Imahavta geet meone- it might eliminate the need for Y adapters

http://www.feit.com/led-lamps/performance/dimmable/a-shape/a-om1600r-led

FYI: My Chinabuye led bulb purchases are slowly dying (3 so far), and they have not been honorable

I just reconfigured my spray system to one long bar running through the middle of the tote.

#1- 2 WH are growing amazingly well; #3 is far behind, but since there is room at the inn, I'll let her go. After all the stress I would be surprised if it's a female
 
polyarcturus

polyarcturus

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because of the ozone generated or what? really its not the cfl thats bad its the cheap ballasts we use to drive them, but keep in mind CHEAP. which in most cases is good.

they make cfl fitures that have pin plug ins that connect them to proper ballasts that dont emit ozone. but its more expensive and those ballast have better capabilities able to conduce current over a longer distance thus why they are used in linear fluorescent.
 
PSUAGRO.

PSUAGRO.

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That Feit bulb from lowes uses Lumileds which are good BUT it's light output is omidirectional and 70 lmw is bad PET........still it's pretty good deal on a remote phosphor led for general household purpose and should give a nice clean light!
 
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