My newest LEGAL garden.

I'm in a new location since my last garden site and I decided to make some changes.

I switched to 100% coco hempy buckets about a year ago and LOVE it! I run a drip feed system that is currently set for a one minute run every 12 hours, each minute of feed typically provides each 5 gallon bucket with about 1 liter of nutes... so 2 liters of food every 24 hours. My license is for 25 plants grown indoors, I am split between 2 rooms (12 plants per room) each room roughly 12 X 16. I run a flipper system (relays) so my ballasts run 24/7 when in flower. Only running with 4 X 1000 watt HPS in cool tubes and 2 X 1000 watt MH in air cooled "square" shades to even out the spectrum. So 6000 watts total over each 12 plants.


I get my coco CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP! It costs me $200.00 cdn for a dump truck load.. yes a REAL dump truck... 4 yards plus of coco for 200 bucks

Still running DNF as my base nutrient, I supplement with CalMag, Rhizotonic and Diamond Nectar each time I mix nutes. I messed around with molasses for a grow and did see some benefit to it... though I noticed it messed up my drip feeders with GUNK so I now add it weekly in a manual feed. I'm looking around for something to boost with as I'm in flower and ready for something like "Big Bud" or "Monster Bloom"... Kool Bloom..... I'd like to find something CHEAPER though. I mix 500 liters at a time... lasts me about 10 days presently tho I believe it's asking for more lately. PH is set for 6.0

Room temps are great... typically sitting around 74-82 degrees, humidity almost always around 34%. The "exhaust" from our lamps heats the home 100% during winter, vented outside during summer. Will be setting up my CO2 generator for next grow and buying another one for the other room... didn't have the bucks to feed the propane bill this grow


I'll post a few pics of the grow in a few minutes. Comments welcome


alp

The current grow includes Saphire Star, Exodus Cheese and an "unknown" kush variety that I REALLY wish I knew what it was as it grows like CRAZY!


These pics are a couple weeks old, the plants are MUCH bigger now. I vegged for about 2 months... but not aggressively, nor with CO2.

alp

Nice set up!! I love recycling of your energy. You running a grow thread? I will follow along...rw

roofwayne said:

Nice set up!! I love recycling of your energy. You running a grow thread? I will follow along...rw

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Hi rw thanks for the kind words, I would put this up as a grow thread but didn't do any documentation till these pictures (plus I don't like documenting "unknown" genetics)... so till this lot clears out all I'm going to add to this thread is the finish pics.

Mostly what I put this down for was looking for input on my system and would really like to find a cheap bud booster

alp

Unsulfered Molasses like baer rabbit. I use it and works great....rw

I've been hitting them up with molasses once a week in a hand feed, but think there might be something with more "punch" that I can use in my feed tank instead or as well as

alp

wow , great setup !
my entire studio has the same surface as your grow room

Thanks for the nice words weed.senior. You must be referring to my "egg crates" under my buckets... I use them to keep the buckets off the floor and allow airflow. My buddy works for a chicken hatchery and gets all kinds of cool stuff for the garden that the hatchery throws away when it can no longer be sanitized enough for their purposes.

alp

Just a quick update shot. This is an "un-known" kush ... at least I'm told it is a kush. Anyone care to chime in on what you think it might be? A friend of mine thinks it's NYCD... really couldn't say myself..



alp

Just a quick shot through the microscope...




alp