SomeGuy's LED & Other Grows. 2014-15 Season

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SomeGuy

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Dr.D81 said:
Someguy i didnt put any air stones in mine and they are still kicking ass in the biger setups Ii am running
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Oh I'm sure. The air stone is like s turbo charger. :-). I'm gonna do some cool stuff when I rebuild them for fall. I really love the sips.

Btw. I noticed under my reflective tarp it is not completely dark at 6pm. It is way dark compared to outside though. There is an air gap you can see in the pic but there is straw inside blocking the light. It's just coming through the tarp a little bit. I uncovered after dark at 9pm.

Hopefully it works
 
Rocket Soul

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Love your setup. Subbed.What kind of lighting? Cant find it in this long thread.

I was at my friends place who grows comercially, drip tables, coco, advanced nutrients, small pots, 120 plants per 8m2. I explained what i wanted to do with sips and leds and he proceeded to immediately thrash the idea, challenging me to produce pics/vid for just 1 profesional looking grow and i was a bit stumped. Yours is The One, really good looking.
 
SomeGuy

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Rocket Soul said:
Love your setup. Subbed.What kind of lighting? Cant find it in this long thread.

I was at my friends place who grows comercially, drip tables, coco, advanced nutrients, small pots, 120 plants per 8m2. I explained what i wanted to do with sips and leds and he proceeded to immediately thrash the idea, challenging me to produce pics/vid for just 1 profesional looking grow and i was a bit stumped. Yours is The One, really good looking.
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Thanks for the compliments and welcome aboard. Here is what I'm running lighting wise.

-one side is lit with 2 600w hps. Digital ballasts
-other side has: 1 400w hps and 600w of vero 18 cobs

Extraction is done with a three speed 8" can fan and 8" * 40" carbon scrubber. There are also 5 box fans in the 8*8 tent.

Out of. 4*4 section I have thus far weighed over 10.5 oz. I will get better considering this was my first time with this system. Quality is on point.

With a little tuning this could easily be a commerial system.
 
Rocket Soul

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Hes getting around 15-18 once per tray w SOG, 110*100 cm/ 3.5x 4 ' ish w 600w hps on each tray, might be a hard sell as he is mainly space limited. But yours looks a lot less stressfull to work. Ph/nutes, water hoses everywhere...

Any coments about wet dry cycles?
 
SomeGuy

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Rocket Soul said:
Hes getting around 15-18 once per tray w SOG, 110*100 cm/ 3.5x 4 ' ish w 600w hps on each tray, might be a hard sell as he is mainly space limited. But yours looks a lot less stressfull to work. Ph/nutes, water hoses everywhere...

Any coments about wet dry cycles?
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My only comment is this is by far the best grow I've had with the least amount.of labor. I could care for a whole warehouse by myself if that's all I as doing.

No hoses, no pH or Tds pens, really simple effective growing. In a soft pot design it is best to never fully dry out. Wet dry cycle only applies to hydro, even soil doesn't like being completely dry.

Lots of myth out there. I take a practical approach and gauge plant health. If it works it works.
 
Humanrob

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@Thorhax

You sent me a question so Im gonna post it here since it could benefit everyone.

"been following you on your sips, even made my own SIP room cause of you and some others. i was wondering if you would share some of you insight into SIPs since you've been getting great results."

First, Thanks! Here are some of my thoughts albeit disorganized...LOL

**This really only applies fully to the octopot style of SIP i am running**

-Make sure you have amended the soil enough and have enough peet/coco etc within your mix to continue wicking up in your container. I personally use dry fertilizer mixed in and then more at the bottom of the soft pot before the wick.

-depending on the size of rez you could end up getting as much as 14 days between fill ups

-Be ready for hydroponic type growth once the roots hit the rez area

-larger containers = bigger wicks Smaller containers = smaller wicks. I F'd up and put too big of a wick on my 5gl bucket ones and they actually did not get as big as they should have because of this. I will change them to a smaller wick in the future.

-The feed tube/ PVC pipe is not necessary. This summer I am going to put hinges for a peek door on the lid for fill ups.
-I also am going to plumb the airlines in through the lid better.
-More/bigger air stones per tub
-PVC framing inside tub to support the weight of the soil on the lid better.
-Paint the yellow tops black.


I will have some modifications done to one in a few weeks and will post it when I get done.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences! One thing I am most curious about, there was a lot of discussion months ago about wick size.

You said:
"I F'd up and put too big of a wick on my 5gl bucket ones and they actually did not get as big as they should have because of this. I will change them to a smaller wick in the future"

I'm wondering if you know how/why the bigger wick stunted their growth?
 
SomeGuy

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Humanrob said:
Thanks for sharing your experiences! One thing I am most curious about, there was a lot of discussion months ago about wick size.

You said:
"I F'd up and put too big of a wick on my 5gl bucket ones and they actually did not get as big as they should have because of this. I will change them to a smaller wick in the future"

I'm wondering if you know how/why the bigger wick stunted their growth?
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Not enough air space around d the wick. Would be fine a bigger container like my others. I'm gonna change it before fall run starts. :-)
 
ttystikk

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SomeGuy said:
Not enough air space around d the wick. Would be fine a bigger container like my others. I'm gonna change it before fall run starts. :-)
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What if I just plunk a 5 gallon bucket full of coco down in a covered tub, fill the tub with enough water to reach the holes in the bottom and side of the bucket and top feed? ...or top feed once, then bottom feed?
 
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ttystikk said:
What if I just plunk a 5 gallon bucket full of coco down in a covered tub, fill the tub with enough water to reach the holes in the bottom and side of the bucket and top feed? ...or top feed once, then bottom feed?
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I will be starting a coco/sip project soon to see what happens with a 5 gal setup. waiting on my perlite to come in.
 
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