Newb Closet Coco Grow, 400w MH+HPS

[TetraHyC]

Coco is great, do it. Look at the cuc's, the coco plant is bigger, don't forget coco IS hydro, 3gal bag 6+foot plant, that would be pretty hard to do with soil.

Mared, if you ever go straight hydro, I think F&D is the style you would like, similar air-water exchange to dumping a large volume through the top, but it comes from the bottom instead.

 

[TetraHyC]

Kick Mared some
REP
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[TetraHyC]

question? How much rep must you spread to other people before you can do it again?

Its like 15.
Look at my forum profile, thats why I kick out so much REP.You can see who's tight w/da REP from the forum profile page.

 

[TetraHyC]

Status 'order assembled' said they ship Fri. no 4th in Holland.

 

[TetraHyC]

Got another e-mail 'shipped to depot'

 

[pigpen]

Ok so just to clear things up it is posible to go from rockwool cubes to 2-3 gal bags of coco. Can I just place the cube in there? Also what would be better 2 or 3 gal. Sorry for all the questions but i know nothing about coco. Do the bags have wholes to drain out of? What kind of drainage system can i set up? Do I need a tray?

 

[TetraHyC]

I use 1gal, 2gal will give you a big plant, 3gal a monster. I'd go 2gal, grab some 3gal too, shits cheap like 25 cents a bag. just toss the block in the coco.

Yes holes.

you'll want a tray that fits tight, so you don't loss any space, 2X4 I guess, hope its not too wide. your closets 2X8X8 right. Maybe wait on the tray they're $$ you don't want the wrong one, go home get exact measurements,check out wal-mart and what-not first.

 

[pigpen]

Thanks man I appreciate it I would give u more rep if the dam thing would let me

 

[mared juwan]

pigpen, when I said simple drainage system I meant SIMPLE. I have plastic trays that cost $2 at any gardening/hydro store. Just set them on top of milk crates or something so the edge of the tray hangs off. Poke holes in the hanging edge and slide a bucket under the holes when you water. Look at post 333 in this thread which show my drainage setup.

 

[mared juwan]

So I was tired of raising 8 lights every time I wanted to water in the veg closet. I cut out holes in some plywood and now only four strings need to be adjusted to move all eight lights up and down. I added a fan which brought temps from low 80s to low 70s. I'm hoping this stops the weirdo growth I've been having - leaves with single sections that grow all twisted. I also snapped some flower day 45 pics in the other room. Happy 4th of July everybody!!!!

 

[mared juwan]

What's that you say? It bugs you that the middle reflectors don't really fit in my plywood setup? Me too. I think I found a perfect solution. Looks like I'll be doing quite a bit of aluminum trimming on those other reflectors over the weekend.

 

[pigpen]

ok so you just use over laping propagaintion trays tilted down easy enough

 

[mared juwan]

Having them tilted might be a little problematic. They'll still drain if you keep them on a level surface. Just work with your space. Figure out how tall you want your plants and use the remaining height to get the plants/trays off the ground. Find a container big enough to handle your runoff but will still fit underneath the edge of your trays. You may or may not need to overhang some trays. It's helpful to get the runoff to all come out in one spot but then the trays aren't at the same height.

 

[pigpen]

Yea Im thinking that maby the reason I dont have the growth I want Is because they are trapped in 4x4 rockwool cubes with no room after that as u can c the RW cube sits in a 4 inch pot

 

[mared juwan]

I know next to nothing about rockwool but you'll be happy with coco. Just remember before you put the plant in, fill the bags with the coco and pour a couple gallons of plain water through each bag. I've found that even with the coco that says "pre-rinsed" when you pour water through it the first time the runoff is dark brown and nasty looking. My plants still grew fine when I didn't rinse the first time but I would do it just to be sure.

 

[TetraHyC]

Nice cuts, looks square. Nice f@cking job, nobody's going to do the work but you.
Plants are awesome.
I have a piece of ply in my canncopia closet, it looks just like yours, weird.

PP, you can grow a four foot plant in that little block, RW slabs are the traditional media to place under the blocks, I'll give you some shots in your journal.

 

[TetraHyC]

Mared, won't be long now, step 7 of 7, status 'shipped to final destination' ,what do think 7-10 days ?? west coast.

 

[mared juwan]

Mared, won't be long now, step 7 of 7, status 'shipped to final destination' ,what do think 7-10 days ?? west coast.

You went with the Dr right? Both of my orders were less than 10 days from order - I think 2 days from final shipped status, but I'm east coast and they're coming from UK. So you're shipping might be a couple more days.

 

[mared juwan]

Nice cuts, looks square. Nice f@cking job, nobody's going to do the work but you.
Plants are awesome.
I have a piece of ply in my canncopia closet, it looks just like yours, weird.

Thanks. I was a bit conservative on my tolerances, could have had smaller gaps on the side but I'm happy with it. It sags ever so slightly in the middle so I need to reinforce. I plan to trim all excess aluminum from the domes and put mylar on the bottom face of the plywood.

 

[TetraHyC]

You went with the Dr right? Both of my orders were less than 10 days from order - I think 2 days from final shipped status, but I'm east coast and they're coming from UK. So you're shipping might be a couple more days.

Opps, Nirvana ,oh well, it will do.

The gap is good for airflow,bro