Nirvana Gelato DIY RDWC SCRoG

Ordered a new tent for the real run after these finish. Picked up an AC Infinity 8x4 so can run both the array 3 lights at the same time. Plan is to set up two 3x3 spaces in the tent and still have enough room to get in there for training and other equipment (heating, dehuey, etc.). Prob pull em next weekend. Will keep the 3x3 for vegging with the HLG100 the mothers are under. Might look at some cheap bar LED for the mums

New additions to the mum room are coming along. The green crack freebie on the right is massive. Must be a foot wide with hand sized leaves and a stem like a pencil. Gave it a fim’ing to try keep it as tall as the critical Jack next to it. Will trash the Gelato on the left at the back and just keep the right one to make space for one more strain

Set the new tent up to take some measurements for the DWC return lines. Sucks that most tent manufacturers don’t put at least one outlet at floor height. It’s pretty big though

Grabbed a couple of testers off the back plant since I can’t really get back there to check properly. Seems like it’s finally starting to get its act together.

They are crazy frosty when they dry out a bit. Not sure if that’s LEDs, the strain or both

Everything is just falling over even with the hangers so it’s time to go this weekend

D-Day

Going to need a drink after breaking all these branches down

The fan leaves on this critical Jack mother are comically large. Like cartoon styles

Really digging the controller 69 that came with the T8 fan for the big tent. Awesome to see the data when drying in a new environment

Think I’ll run the critical jack freebie next run. Never had anything stink this hard in veg. Had to run a fan and filter on the mum room because it stunk the whole house out. Plus I’m interested to see it’s structure, given the fan leaves are bigger than anything I’ve ever seen.

Trying a range of humidities to see which we prefer. Still heaps of trim jail yet, so prob about 8oz of decent tops and another few for cooking. Not terrible from a 3x3 with a 250w light considering all the experiments with abusing them.

Time for a new journal with the new setup...

Flower time starting in the new tent

Few improvements on this one:

-more space to get my crippled ass in there for training/pruning, it’s two 3x3 setups in a 8x4 running off the same res
-can finally use my big pump for 4 pots, never got the rdwc flowing properly and evenly across 2 pots. Works a treat now
-easy access to the dehuey. It’s got an external drain so subbed in a Jerry can for empties every 3-4 days instead of twice daily yoga
-added an external air intake from outside. Was worried as it gets cold here but so far so good. Got a portable heat pump/aircon if it gets too crazy
-kept all the rdwc lines back and out of the way, less chance of bumping or tripping. Also wetvac the return on the res for water changes now. Sucks up any roots that have got into the returns before they get established. I’ve built a return for each pot into one big return pipe instead of the single return for both pots that clogged in week 8 last time. Hoping 4 manifolds and a weekly vac keeps them in check

Might need a bigger res though. Have a 100L tub that I fill to 70L. They are drinking like 15-20L a day now though. I found topping off with the dehuey water keeps the ph the same, so it hasn’t run dry. They seem happy though, EC was at 1.3 a week ago 0.4 today (0.1 tap water) - first week of 12/12

Green crack on the left, critical jack on the right

Definitely got a lot to clean up under the net on the weekend

Holy shit they stink already. Let the games begin

Day 10 of 12/12 and I had to clear up under the net. Was too hectic under there and the dehumidifier was struggling to keep up

Still plenty up top though