For RIU's Sake! Vertical Growing Forum
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zem
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i don't have a vertical setup yet, still planning. it is the most efficient because light gets used completely 360degrees. i'm not claiming stuff, it's well known that vertical is more light efficient. i had normal setup for years, now i want to evolve, and it's trouble trying to find solid info.
i420
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I agree ..... a vert forum would rock...
To answer some questions the reason vert design are "so great" is because they are smart in that they use all of the bulbs surface and power. A vert grow is usually designed to use 360 degrees of a light and not be forced to reflect the opposing side of the bulb. The foot print of a grow space is multiplied when using a vert design. You get the benefits of a scrog but with less stress on the girls because of the vert space ready for them to grow into.
Here is my last scrog. A 4' x 8' screen .... and then the design for my next grow. The design takes up less space than the scrog screen and adds 3 times the grow surface using more the same screens and lights hung vertically in a dual cool tube.
And with fewer plants I expect to yield more than the scrog.
To answer some questions the reason vert design are "so great" is because they are smart in that they use all of the bulbs surface and power. A vert grow is usually designed to use 360 degrees of a light and not be forced to reflect the opposing side of the bulb. The foot print of a grow space is multiplied when using a vert design. You get the benefits of a scrog but with less stress on the girls because of the vert space ready for them to grow into.
Here is my last scrog. A 4' x 8' screen .... and then the design for my next grow. The design takes up less space than the scrog screen and adds 3 times the grow surface using more the same screens and lights hung vertically in a dual cool tube.
And with fewer plants I expect to yield more than the scrog.
zem
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hell there's a forum for organic, advanced cultivation, CFL growing, and what else! i wonder if the mods even look into the "request forum" or it's only a place to make RIU look open minded
it will be awesome to have some stickies for vertical and some solid info, it's a whole new world, can double the yields, i don't understand why they don't even consider this? and btw i'm not even a vertical grower yet, but i plan on doing a vert setup and having trouble to find solid info
come on RIU answer to our call! we want a vertical growing forum or maybe a subforum in indoor growing section. it will not only be for our benefit but also great for RIU!
it will be awesome to have some stickies for vertical and some solid info, it's a whole new world, can double the yields, i don't understand why they don't even consider this? and btw i'm not even a vertical grower yet, but i plan on doing a vert setup and having trouble to find solid info
come on RIU answer to our call! we want a vertical growing forum or maybe a subforum in indoor growing section. it will not only be for our benefit but also great for RIU!
Irollfatties
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Wow i420 seems to be on to something. That idea looks sick. Are you gonna make a build thread or journal on that?
i420
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Yes ... I'll do a journal. The girls are almost ready. Can't decide if I want to go with 6 different strains or one strain.
A couple of rivits in the cool tube needs to be drilled out to remove an inner reflector. And I need to buy a new fan for the cool tube closed system. Going w/ one 1000 watter and a 600 watter HPS. The space should be ready in a week or two. 8 weeks into flower right now
oOBe RyeOo
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It's an HP Aero system, running from 100-125PSI.
Here's a shitload more pics for ya..........had some downtime so decided to convert from LP Aero/NFT to HP Aero for the hell of it.
EDIT: Obviously some of the clones were healthier than others when they went into the system.
oOBe RyeOo
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Is this your first run or have you had harvest before with this? If so what's your yield look like? Sorry about all the ?'s I'm just super intrigued right now.
i420
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Man I love this set up. And if you just won that light on ePay I was bidding against you ....It's an HP Aero system, running from 100-125PSI.
Here's a shitload more pics for ya..........had some downtime so decided to convert from LP Aero/NFT to HP Aero for the hell of it.
EDIT: Obviously some of the clones were healthier than others when they went into the system.
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I ended up with a dual cool tube. That system is sick. How old are your girls when you flip?
Sorry already asked
rosecitypapa
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Bob Smith, nice one!
Here's a fiddlehead 6" flooded tube vert, 600w, first run, 40 days into flower.
Here's a fiddlehead 6" flooded tube vert, 600w, first run, 40 days into flower.
Nah, the only thing I was buying on eBay last night was some calcium nitrate and some chelated iron - my cooltube is from Octagonhydroponics.com.
And the goal is to flip at 12"; some plants are already well larger than that, and some are still just starting to grow - hoping to flowering in 10-14 days.
BTW, you should check out this journal, seems to be kinda what you're doing:
http://www.gardenscure.com/420/hydroponic-grow-journals/139572-cube.html
zem
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yeah i use chemical ferts in parts too. i have calcium nitrate, potassium nitrate, monopotassium phosphate, and mg sulfate. chelated iron is not enough by itself for trace elements, i got a whole trace element mix. this is the cheapest and the most effective fertilizing method
Just making some CalMag............bought some magnesium sulfate as well.
Figured I'd start off small before I went balls out and started making my own custom nute blends.
Prolly just buy a trace mix as well, because having a pound of boron sitting around for the next 200 years seems kinda silly.
Dragging my feet on getting my water analyzed (have an RO filter but hate the waste it creates and my tap ain't that bad - 7.5/150, so I've been using that - also like the chlorine in there as an oxydizing agent).