Aussie Growers Thread

bursto

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Cldn ya run lights closer to outdoor times so they didn flower once put out say like a 14/10 or something.. Its easy to get caught up in the crap on youtube an all that maybe i gotta pull me head like old mate an just stick with the basics.
oi,,, who you calling old mate im not that old 40 something
 

DustyDuke

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The main issue is being in it when it collapses. I’d waterproof and aim to
Replace every 5-7 anyway. what’s a 40ft worth these days 4-5k
I hire them for the big jobs I use just 20ft or 15ft ones and with decent waterproofing you will get 10 year easy. I’ve worked on a job where they buried two shipping container and half of one was exposed cut the side off and glazed it for the view. The builder gave a 10 year warranty. It’s the sides that will cave in before the top. There will be more pressure from the sides and you would need to retain it. Plus concrete pads for feet so she don’t twist. Plus a good metre deep of scoria underneath and a pit with a pump for drainage underneath that for excess water.
As for insulation doing the inside is a waste of time and money spray on insulation would be the go from the outside.
 

JimyTheCook

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Doesn’t matter if they’re health. I’m in wardrobes so keep my shit small, mother’s included, so my clones are generally only 5-10cm long with stems 2-5mm in diameter
I set up a wardrobe for the cloning side of things but i couldn use it for a grow as theres fuk loads of gaps an the bugs went troppo in there wen lights were on. Wat did you use to seal the doors an all that.
 

reza92

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I hire them for the big jobs I use just 20ft or 15ft ones and with decent waterproofing you will get 10 year easy. I’ve worked on a job where they buried two shipping container and half of one was exposed cut the side off and glazed it for the view. The builder gave a 10 year warranty. It’s the sides that will cave in before the top. There will be more pressure from the sides and you would need to retain it. Plus concrete pads for feet so she don’t twist. Plus a good metre deep of scoria underneath and a pit with a pump for drainage underneath that for excess water.
As for insulation doing the inside is a waste of time and money spray on insulation would be the go from the outside.
If going in the ground I wouldn’t even bother insulting.
 

bursto

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I hire them for the big jobs I use just 20ft or 15ft ones and with decent waterproofing you will get 10 year easy. I’ve worked on a job where they buried two shipping container and half of one was exposed cut the side off and glazed it for the view. The builder gave a 10 year warranty. It’s the sides that will cave in before the top. There will be more pressure from the sides and you would need to retain it. Plus concrete pads for feet so she don’t twist. Plus a good metre deep of scoria underneath and a pit with a pump for drainage underneath that for excess water.
As for insulation doing the inside is a waste of time and money spray on insulation would be the go from the outside.
now ya talkin my language
 

bursto

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so the plan was to insulate it first as a sort jammin room first then in a few years when shits abit friendlier on weed use it

the missus dont mind a bit of acdc, but when i do iron maiden or judas priest too loud shes leaves the building,,kinda a man cave first

then the meds later

i wasnt posting rap yesterday was i? sorry dudes ill go back to rock aye

it must of been that old school light i was playing with
 
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beernutz

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You’d be better off just starting in pots and up potting a few when the roots have filled each pot before whacking them in the ground. Too much rootspace stunts growth as the plants start focusing on roots, especially if it’s a little dry or not enough nutrients.
I don't up pot my outdoor
I start them as seeds in lil containers only twice the size of solo cups and leave em in there till nearly rootbound..
Then straight into the ground
 

reza92

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Then you would have a 40 foot fridge to heat
Yeah exactly, heat is a byproduct of most grow equipment anyway. Insulation would also trap any heat you make and leave you reliant on ambient air temps and aircons in summer.

I find heating a cold area easier than getting rid of excess heat.
 

JimyTheCook

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I don't up pot my outdoor
I start them as seeds in lil containers only twice the size of solo cups and leave em in there till nearly rootbound..
Then straight into the ground
After my seedlin roots were just pokin threw jiffy pellets i put them into 125mm pots then once they were filling out those pots they went straight into the ground..
 

JimyTheCook

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I’ll take pictures tonight, using old hardwood wardrobes helps, fuck that cardboard wood shit.
Thatll be good reza. Not sure on exact wardrobe he has but i said he would be better off sealin it up good an painting it with flat white but he was set on using panda film so i gave him a fuk load of it an he was happy. Ill give him some clones an he can work the rest out i spose.
 

beernutz

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Thatll be good reza. Not sure on exact wardrobe he has but i said he would be better off sealin it up good an painting it with flat white but he was set on using panda film so i gave him a fuk load of it an he was happy. Ill give him some clones an he can work the rest out i spose.
He needs to remember one plant.in a wardrobe will give him as much yield as doing 2
 

DustyDuke

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Yeah exactly, heat is a byproduct of most grow equipment anyway. Insulation would also trap any heat you make and leave you reliant on ambient air temps and aircons in summer.

I find heating a cold area easier than getting rid of excess heat.
Insulated you would be dropping to 12c with light off. Insulated will be like the aircon being running in summer with out it, it would be like having a grow room in a fridge lights of your running a heater probably most of summer and forget leds.
I build basements/underground carparks for a living dude, well we call them rape dungeons. Got my waterproofing/caulkers ticket too been doing it 15 years.
 
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