The light is a LOT more intense than my previous collection of T5's and CFL's combined. And the wavelengths are more targeted for stimulating plant growth.
Awesome job Dave so far so good brother these a51 lights really do the trick don't they ! I like your setup man very ingenious cool as fuck man your going to get a big green stinky bitch outa that one for sure.I hung up a crossbar on the ceiling of my cabinet today:
Now there's a lot less stress on the ropes and I can raise the lights up higher. Previously, the ropes were hung on those hooks way out at the sides. (In know that I need to replace that PVC elbow that's jammed against the right side of the bar... with something more secure. Work in progress.)
I also built the frame for a SCROG screen:
It might look familiar to fans of Brother Dawg. I copied it shamelessly from his setup (also the crossbar). I still need to glue some of the pipes together and put a screen on top, but it's getting there. I want to be able to slide the whole plant, SCROG and all, out of the cabinet even when the plant is full grown, so that I can replace the res with a clean one at every water change. I think this will work.
Look at that fuckin plant! Ain't she gorgeous? Thanks to everyone's advice here and my Area 51 light, she looks like the healthiest plant so far that I've ever grown. I hope she stays this healthy through the rest of the grow.
I see you noticed some of my recent changes, Karma. I had to tape some of the power cords to the wall so that my SCROG frame can pass freely into and out of the cabinet. And I shortened the Pampers box for the same reason. I'll have the SCROG done shortly. Just have to put the screen on top of it now. This is all a huge improvement over my previous setups. I learned a lot from Mr Dawg and the rest of you guys.
You think I should get a bigger oscillating fan or something like that? I always just used several PC fans placed around the cabinet in different spots, but I'm open to suggestions.You are planning on upgrading your circulating fan right?? because your bitch is gonna be huge with that res. size and will need it.
nice gardening and great pics, which I always enjoy
I added only 1 ml/liter of Advanced Nutrients Cal/Mag. That was enough to eliminate the leaf damage problem. Glad to hear of your success with it. You should post a pic of your clones.
Will post clones in a minute.
Not a joke. I have thought about how to build an inner tent frame for the purpose of having places to tie down long sat branches (mine snap from heavy buds, even though the branches are quite sturdy), and quasi-train, but it would also act as a simple scrog frame.
Like you, TTs came to my mind, but checking into them, they are $$$$$, then I came across this Discovery tent frame kit. The dowels are too flimsy + diagonal bars are needed to increase load capacity. I found dowels at Lowes, but got the wrong diameter, so to be continued, but one kit should fill a 2 x 4 x 6ft tent
Pics taken on 12/15. They have grown quite a bit since
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What is IC and can I follow your grow over there? I'm curious how the scrog frame will work out.
