lowe21
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I am going to dedicate this to Epixbud for all the help he has given me and also he is the 1st friend that i met here at RIU. I am combining some of his methods that i have tweaked a bit and plan on incorporating it into the SOG method. I will hopefully stay on top of this and will be very informative. So here is to you Epix! thanks for everything!
After i saw Epixbuds cloner i knew it would be simple to do so i scouted out a decent sized rez and pretty much the only difference is that he is very uniform and neat with his rows, and i just drilled in as many as i could fit. i do think my rez is bigger than the one he chose, but i got 96 holes in mine.
also i added an ionizer to create a fog inside in addition to the sprayer system. The reason i did this is because the rez was obviously bigger than Epix's and i could not figure out why his held together so much better than mine. later i discovered that my set-up was so much larger that when the sprayer system filled with water it would sag over and part of one side would submerge from the weight of the water taking some of the misters blow water level. I eventually chopped it down to avoid this but left the ionizer in the tub with a makeshift piece of foam around it to keep it at the right water level. Too low=shuts down,..no fog,...too high= ionizer suffocates (no fog).
with fog
and without so you can see what is going on in there.
also i found a cool thread in here about killing smells so i made a nice air freshener shown here.
as you can see i drilled some holes in it and mounted a fan on the lid. after this
I took hot water bout 1.5 gallon and mixed in about 2/3 cup of Ona gel, mixed it up good(warm water helps the mixing) and added that to the bucket that i had dumped 1 cup of soil moist granuals into earlier. let it do its magic and walla! smells good as ever all the time and last about a month. then just redo the water part cuz the granuals are still good! it is cool to get ripped and watch them absorb all the water too. LOL
NOW WHAT I AM WORKING WITH CURRENTLY:
4X8 grow tent
fan on outside into home made muffler (found on here too i think) and blows on my ballast. i have it suspended from chains and then use rubber straps to make raising/lowering easier and it takes alot of hum/vibration out of the unit. before it could be heard all over it seems but the straps really deaden the noise travel through the house. looking into switching to digital but so many war stories and bad luck. this trusty girl has been so good to me!
another angle
the inside is 4 vinyl fence posts with 3.75 net pots filled with lava rock. (yes i made it all myself and those are tomato plants) 13 sites per, 12 in use and 1 has the bulk head in it. bad -ass filter from foothill filters, 1000w hps/mh ballast and running growth right now but all that shit is about to change with epix's new method i learned.
bulkhead
my kick ass meter. u need one of these. i dont care what anyone tells you. this thing rocks. anywhere from 180 to 250 bucks in the states. i tracked down the manufacturer in Fucking Hong Kong and they said they would sell me just one or a barge full. no shit! i got one with an extra probe delivered to my door for 91.00 usd....... YES I SAID "NINETY-ONE US DOLLARS." Probes in the states are $50.00! Best deal in the world,..trust me! oh yeah this is 6 in 1 too not 3 in 1 and you decide on EC, CC or PPM. it does it all! (quick shout out to american scam artist distributors--kiss my ass--but only on this one item. i still need you for the rest of this stuff,....for now.
NOW ON TO WHAT I WANT TO DO.
first i am starting with 4 of these:
big bad boy here for 17.99 at home depot. (54 gallon if you cant see the pic that well)
then i made 60 holes for 2in. net pots. no need for those big ones when using the Epix method. eliminates the need for growrock as well. no medium needed at all for that matter. smaller the better just means more plants. i personally could not find 1in. net pots or i would have got them. i did find some 1 3/4 but they were super weak. the 2in. one i found are thick plastic and super tough so i bought a bunch and I am excited to put them to use.
the lid.
inside the lid showing the "T"
close up w/ net pot and neoprene insert.
and when finished.
now for the nutrient distribution wanted to be able to lift the lids and transfer them from tub to tub so the lid is all i have to move.
first i put the rubber seal in and then used a "T" to poke through from the inside. my line in will connect to this.
inside the lid showing the "T"
not the best pic but the line goes off the "T" and wraps around the 1st and 2nd row on each side.
i got stupid and cut the end for some reason but i have a straight connector so i wasted one of those. really just need about 8ft of hose and a "T". i dont know what the hell i was thinking.
these lids and tub represent what it will look like inside my tent once i harvest that other stuff and get this baby rolling. and it all fits perfect with about 6 inches to spare all the way around. the problem now is locating the perfect res. i am thinking of just using some tubs that at the right time can bbe found for free behind you local gas station. black bins that are about 10-12 gallon. i will prolly set two side by side and runa rubber seal through connecting them together and walla! i will have a 20 gal res that supports my tubs. prob is they are 16 inches tall and i really dont want to be that high off the ground. I would like to be only as high as i need but if 8 inches=100.00-200.00 in reservoirs then screw it. prolly wont matter anyway. Just looking at 3 ft in the air before the plants and only have 7'6" feet to work with. the light takes up about a foot or so too so it may get tight.
***stay with me, more to come in a future***
After i saw Epixbuds cloner i knew it would be simple to do so i scouted out a decent sized rez and pretty much the only difference is that he is very uniform and neat with his rows, and i just drilled in as many as i could fit. i do think my rez is bigger than the one he chose, but i got 96 holes in mine.
also i added an ionizer to create a fog inside in addition to the sprayer system. The reason i did this is because the rez was obviously bigger than Epix's and i could not figure out why his held together so much better than mine. later i discovered that my set-up was so much larger that when the sprayer system filled with water it would sag over and part of one side would submerge from the weight of the water taking some of the misters blow water level. I eventually chopped it down to avoid this but left the ionizer in the tub with a makeshift piece of foam around it to keep it at the right water level. Too low=shuts down,..no fog,...too high= ionizer suffocates (no fog).
also i found a cool thread in here about killing smells so i made a nice air freshener shown here.
as you can see i drilled some holes in it and mounted a fan on the lid. after this
I took hot water bout 1.5 gallon and mixed in about 2/3 cup of Ona gel, mixed it up good(warm water helps the mixing) and added that to the bucket that i had dumped 1 cup of soil moist granuals into earlier. let it do its magic and walla! smells good as ever all the time and last about a month. then just redo the water part cuz the granuals are still good! it is cool to get ripped and watch them absorb all the water too. LOL
NOW WHAT I AM WORKING WITH CURRENTLY:
NOW ON TO WHAT I WANT TO DO.
first i am starting with 4 of these:
then i made 60 holes for 2in. net pots. no need for those big ones when using the Epix method. eliminates the need for growrock as well. no medium needed at all for that matter. smaller the better just means more plants. i personally could not find 1in. net pots or i would have got them. i did find some 1 3/4 but they were super weak. the 2in. one i found are thick plastic and super tough so i bought a bunch and I am excited to put them to use.
now for the nutrient distribution wanted to be able to lift the lids and transfer them from tub to tub so the lid is all i have to move.
***stay with me, more to come in a future***
Happy holidays you bunch of fucking burnouts!!! 
