The Perpetual Early Retirement Grow!

TheCannabist

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There looking lovely mate, but you probably knew that already. I'm subbed, looking forward to seeing how those cheeselings will turn out. Also are you counting flowering from the 12/12 switch? I know some people don't count the "transition" period. Where did you find these Vietnamese immigrants? I was thinking of employing a couple myself ;)
 

mully1982

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There looking lovely mate, but you probably knew that already. I'm subbed, looking forward to seeing how those cheeselings will turn out. Also are you counting flowering from the 12/12 switch? I know some people don't count the "transition" period. Where did you find these Vietnamese immigrants? I was thinking of employing a couple myself ;)
Thanks mate, much appreciated. I tend to start my flowering countdown from when I can see the the first hairs appear. I shipped the Vietnamese boys in! Offered them 3 meals a day (baked beans), a sleeping bag, a tent, and a nice little plot of land in my back garden. Obviously they were keen as mustard :D
 

mully1982

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Hmmm bio bizz ima have to look that one up. Plants look very hardy. Can you tell me in the first pic what is the tall indica on the far left? You may have already mentioned it. Sorry to be a bother.
No bother Danny... The tall plant on the left is a Tangerine dream (sativa) which has been going for around 4 months in a different grow room. Decided to put it in with the big grow when I switched the light cycle, because that was the only one that wasn't finished. Made sense to get it in with the rest...
 

maximus444

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Looks like things are going nicely mate, nice looking plants you got there. I noticed you're using a garden shed, I'm just in the process of setting up something very similar myself but a few people have warned against it for various reasons. The two issues that concerned me we're temp regulation during winter but most of all the pigs picking up heat signature from the shed especially during the winter months.

Any advice would be appreciated thanks.
 

jzs147

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yeah i grow in my garden shed goes both ways stinking hot in summer freezing cold in winter.
 

mully1982

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Looks like things are going nicely mate, nice looking plants you got there. I noticed you're using a garden shed, I'm just in the process of setting up something very similar myself but a few people have warned against it for various reasons. The two issues that concerned me we're temp regulation during winter but most of all the pigs picking up heat signature from the shed especially during the winter months.

Any advice would be appreciated thanks.
This is definitely the trickiest part. You'll notice in the pictures that the entire inside of the shed is insulated with kingspan. It's spring/summer at the minute so we have 5 intake fans and 2 extractor fans. There are also 4 oscillating fans blowing on the plants. It's hard keeping the humidity down, and I imagine the further we go in to summer the harder it will be to keep the temps down. Not concerned about the fuzz tbh...

I'm gonna have to think on my feet as this grow develops... Not entirely sure how I'm going to deal with the heat/humidity situation. Just trying my best to keep it below 80 degrees and 60% humidity.
 

maximus444

Member
Ye I noticed the Kingspan alright, it looks like it sealed your rig up well so 50mm Kingspan boards are on my shopping list. I already have a couple of dehumidifiers on the list as well as the humidity over here where I am is around 80+% outside at the moment. 5 intake fans is a lot man I didn't expect that, my rig is smaller than yours its only 8' x 8' so I might get away with one or two hopefully. Is the noise off the fans noticeable from a few feet away from the shed? I'm thinking I'll require a climate control system too.
 

mully1982

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Ye I noticed the Kingspan alright, it looks like it sealed your rig up well so 50mm Kingspan boards are on my shopping list. I already have a couple of dehumidifiers on the list as well as the humidity over here where I am is around 80+% outside at the moment. 5 intake fans is a lot man I didn't expect that, my rig is smaller than yours its only 8' x 8' so I might get away with one or two hopefully. Is the noise off the fans noticeable from a few feet away from the shed? I'm thinking I'll require a climate control system too.

To be fair, maximus, you can hear it from more than a few feet away, but there isn't another house within 50-60 feet... It's pretty stealthy for a 3mX2m garden shed :D
 

zamzia

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Looking good! Amazing that you're doing ti in a shed. I'd be worried about the heat signature too. Or do those insulation boards work that well?
 

mully1982

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Looking good! Amazing that you're doing ti in a shed. I'd be worried about the heat signature too. Or do those insulation boards work that well?
I really have no idea, but we're home and dry in a fortnight so fingers crossed :D
 

TheCannabist

Active Member
It looks lovely, you gotta give us some better quality shots though! I like the sound of the swiss cheese, did you get a good mother from them? How long do you reckon your blue cheeses will go for as well? Hope all is good mate, nice growing!

TC
 

mully1982

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It looks lovely, you gotta give us some better quality shots though! I like the sound of the swiss cheese, did you get a good mother from them? How long do you reckon your blue cheeses will go for as well? Hope all is good mate, nice growing!

TC
Yeah the pics are terrible but I'm not in control of that particular department. I will definitely get some decent ones up shortly. The blue cheese looks like it's almost there. Have to say I'm disappointed with the yield on Barney's version. Of all the plants they have the least bud. Smells beautiful though.

The original plan was to clone each strain for a mother but I kinda' put the idea to bed when the workload of taking care of 50 odd plants hit me.

Really impressed with Nirvana though. Really solid, uniformed strain which has flowered in the time they said it would. Could've let them go longer but all the trichs were nice and cloudy, and that's the kinda' high I like.
 
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