Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

Hey Stinkbud,

I haven't been following this for awhile, but that article was in the back of my head. I went out yesterday and sure enough there it was on the stand on the cover no less - June issue.

I read through it and liked all of the updated pictures and even made mention on another site to go run out and buy the magazine.

I was looking through it again this morning and I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think it got screwed up. The veg section shows an 18 hole NFT unit with corresponding blueprints, however, all of the text explains how to build the tote veg unit. Uhg - I hope they make mention on the site and post corrections.

hehehemann said:

Quick question for you all. My bulb blew last night. I'm into my final four weeks of flowering and was wondering if its okay to run the system in the dark for a couple of days until the bulb gets here??

Thanks

PS. Bulb could be 4 days to get to me.

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No worries bro... just leave them in the dark. They will turn a lighter green but won't be hurt in the least.

I replace my bulbs every 6 months. Once at the first of the year and once in July. I keep my old bulbs for spares or give them away.

hydrofarm makes a light meter. ($50) If you failed to write down when you bought your last hps bulb, you can test it with one of these. If it no longer puts off what it should it is time to replace.

meter also help determine how even your light is being distributed.

Not sure if someone added this along but to attach the pvc to the pump I use a 1/2 male fitting that screws right into the pump. I don't know about you but I tend to bump things and It could knock it off the pump. Also you need to add 2 more elbows and 6 more tees to the plans for the flower unit ( or veg unit according to them) in high times.

maddawg13 said:

Lighting question ! I dont remember if there is a page in this post about how to do the lighting . Cloner 24/0 - or 24/7off ? And after you move them from the cloner to the veg do you have to leave the lights off a certain amount of time before you go 18/6 ? And same for going to 12/12 ?

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its in here somewhere but basically you want 24 hrs of light on clones and veg then you just throw them in 12/12 whenever you want to flower.

maddawg13 said:

Lighting question ! I dont remember if there is a page in this post about how to do the lighting . Cloner 24/0 - or 24/7off ? And after you move them from the cloner to the veg do you have to leave the lights off a certain amount of time before you go 18/6 ? And same for going to 12/12 ?

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I think SB switched from using a 18/6 to 24/0 hour photo-period on the vegger & cloner. This makes the plants veg a few days more in the flowering room before they start to bud. I don't think he does any darkness periods before throwing them into flower.

DIRTHAWKER said:

Hey guys, when using an environmental controller and lets say you have the temp set at 86. when the room temp gets to 87 then i assume it kicks on whatever is used to cool (ac or exhaust). does it bring the temp down to just below 86 before shutting off? or does it bring it down several degrees? It seems like if it brought the room temp down to just below 86 then it would be kickin on and off all the time. and if you had just an exhaust fan to cool then the co2 would be wasted.

any thoughts?

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Hey Dirt - they've thought about this for ya... there is such a thing called a "deadband" this is the term used to define how far past your desired set point you want to cool, heat, or CO2 something... so if you have a "cooling" setpoint of 86, and a deadband of 3 - the AC would kick on at 86 and off at 83. The Sentinel has this deadband for all environmental parameters... in addition to the deadbands, there is something called "interlock" this allows you to lock or split items when trying to coordinate CO2 and exhausting. So... if you wanted your exhaust fan to go on when the temps got to 86 OR the humidity got to 60% - you could plug your exhaust fan into either the cooling or humidity receptacle and then set the interlock for cooling/humidity to "connect" and viola. Furthermore,there are settings for both day and night - as you need to mantain different temps and humidity at night (and CO2 does not run). Finally, the CO2 setting can be set to either "fuzzy logic" mode or "generator mode", this in conjunction with the CO2 deadband allows you to dial in your gassing to suit your needs.

LionsRoor said:

Hey...

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Clear out your pm box buddy

Jack Sprat said:

Hi Stink buddies every where.

Is the HT article in the April or May edition?

I checked out the May edition and didn't see the article?


We can clone anything! I broke a branch off some flowering Purple Kush and am trying to root the buds. just to see if it will work?

I'm using a LED panel in my clone bin and it seems to work fine.


Pass the Love on!

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June HT

I'm medicating with some Purple Kush (nice!)

I will root - but it will take some longer than from a vegetative cut.

Yeah LED! Have you seen the LumiGrow? Do they suck? They look like the best, but none of you LED guys ever talk about them. 6 months ago, they were $1600 - I wonder what they cost now. I understand they have some real world comparisons that show it equals the real world performance of a 600W? They look killer? But I always wondered how you were supposed to dial in the spectrum? Is there any type of consumer meter to check color spectrum?

sparat1k said:

Clear out your pm box buddy

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Oops - didn;t realize - thanks - send me a message!

i was just wondering if anyone has experimented with the citrus sweet.. there are a few strains im playing with that have a really lemon smell to them.. SFV OG Kush for example.. straight lemon fuel smell to it.. im thinking the citrus sweet would only enhance that flavor instead of using berry ( a diff flavor ) .. anyone ??


Chef

What is the Perfect pH i should be at?

5.5 or 5.8?

NewHiddenGrower said:

What is the Perfect pH i should be at?

5.5 or 5.8?

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5.8 is what ur lookin for

chef

ok i have my entire new grow room hooked up and loaded with nice plants
6 stink aero flowering systems with 9 - 5 gallon hempy containers
im running 2200 hps with 3 600 and 1 400 and my room is 10 foot by 12 foot with 7.5 foot high
i just added a co2 generator and although i seem to keep my humidity (at 50%%) (heard its a nightmare with a co2 generator) where i want it (have a 50 pint dehumidifier) the temps seem to be creeping alittle bit high........
they start at 84 and go to 90.........
im dont have a controller quite yet (getting caught up on money) and figured i would add as much as possibe but it does get the heat up
if they get to 90 should i let the humidity hit 60% and maybe the dehumidifier wont run as much and keep the temps down
so i guess im asking the absolute max on temps while the co2 is kicking
im running 15 minutes on and 45 minutes off with it set on 6 cub foot per hour (2 burners)

ok after rechecking the co2 calculator i should only be running 11 minutes per hour......but my timer is 15 minimum ....so i only need 9 cycles per 12 hour on period
im going to fix the timer and see where the temps go after a 12 hour period
i was hoping to not go over 85 degrees........but im hoping if it peaks a little over ill be ok

if i run 9 15 minute periods of co2 with the generator i can run a 5 gallon (standard) propane tank for 40 days.........nice
i went with generator because id be buying co2 tanks every week......too much work

StinkBud said:

Thanks so much!! I can't imagine anyone having to start from the beginning of this thread. 500+ pages is fucking crazy!

I need to write a book. I still have a lot of info to teach. Not to mention I'm always experimenting and changing things.

I'm doing another article for High Times on my 6 hole unit. It works so good I'm tempted on running 6-6 hole units instead of 3-12 hole units.

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When is your DVD going to come out, so you can become a millionaire? !WTB YOUR DVDS

Here are some pics at day 25... needless to say, I veged too long! I was finishing my room and underestimated the power of the Stink system! The plants grew right up and over the supports - forcing me to raise the lights much higher than I intended. Stink told me the sweet spot for flowering was 6 - 12 inches, of course he was right. I will be sure to get my 3rd batch into flower at the right height.

Additionally, I mixed strains that don't do well together - OG Kush and Headband. While they both have Sativa in them, the HB is a really lanky plant that needs more nutes and light to grow properly (IMHO). It is not ripening as the OG is. It also has taken over with lots of spindly growth. I did not do any pre-flowering trimming or pruning. I think that was a mistake too. I just did not know what to expect.

I had so many variables this grow with building the new room, and introducing the new system all at one time - but things are fairly stable now and I am happy to be cruising along - even if I do have an overgrown garden!

Thanks, Stink, thanks, Stinkbuds!

Was just reading the times article, Well done. Is the Veg system shown in the magazine incorrect?

Hey Roor, we were talking a few pages back about super cropping this guys grow with similar explosive growth.

This might be a good option if you find your vertical height is limited by your roof haha.

I have super cropped plants at week 2.5 or 3 i cant remember...but it worked out really well.


I just flowered mine at 8" and they still are giong to be taller than I had hoped.

VERY HEALTHY LOOKING!