Northern Farmer Stadium Grow , Vertical

wouldn't you get root rot that way?

i dont believe so..you might have some dry air pockets in your medium if your not watering enough.

the only way you would get root rot is from over watering. someone growing to this caliber must know what their doing.... did you see the buds? OMG!!! beautiful

looks like a cement floor so my guess is probably run off just hit the floor and down a drain. and a power wash after harvest makes it spic and span again.

lol dam now thats wot u call a grow

DAMN i think i busted a nut in my pants....that looks nice

I found NF's stadium a few months back, too. I built a three shelf stadium using three 600w hps. I put both sides on wheels also, facilitates me gettin my giant ass in there to work. I'm growing NL#5 in two gallon bags. All of it is hand watered, takes about twenty minutes for 50 plants. My previous grows were with kalimist, scrog in bubblers, so put two tubs on the floor at each end with two plants each. I'm ten days into flower and things are going very well. I anticipate yield in the 50 ounce range, plus 7 or 8 from the bubblers. The only thing I need to figure out is how to cool the damn hanging lights so my AC does'nt work so hard.

fred flint: can you get any pics of your stadium grow? i'd like to see how you did yours because i'm thinking about doing something along these lines as well.

letmeblazemyfuckingbong said:

depends on witch kind of hydro system u use if u use bubbler u need a air stone in each bucket and that be alot of buckets in there i think it knock ur elctric bill up im all about using the lest amount of money

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Are you an idiot or are you making a joke. The HID's and airconditioners are what use the electricity. The whole rest of your garden uses less electricity than one of your HID's. A 700cfm fan only uses like 225 watts.

And lest?? lest? Do you mean least?

yeah no shit u figured out im a shity speller and no i isnt afucking idiot personaly i dont like hydro its a pain in the ass just for faster groth it dont up ur thc level at all or nothing it just promotes faster groth that it and seriously i know hid us more electric and fans do to air pumps dont use much but its just more unnessasary shit u dont need let it grow the way it was ment to in soil plus its alot easyer

how do u water all of that?.....It's a hassle to water the 5 I have going....lol

u use and pump and a sprayer its goes quick that way

Is that thread jacking, or are we far enough into this thread that we can forget about grass?

well to hop back on topic..

Any form of vertical, whether it be a soil or hydro grow is going to be more efficient gpw wise. reflectors rob us of light and the distance the light is from the plant robs our babies of precious lumens. That being said I would have to agree to disagree with some of you guys. Each method of growing is going to have benefits for the grower and would have negative benefits to other growers.

I have done A soil grow and after i realised i was going to have to get rid of a shit ton of soil after my back was already sore from handwatering 30 plants for 12 weeks I said fuck it. now yes those first buds had that great guano earthy hippy crack organic taste which was nice but not worth the hassle. after making the switch to hydro I realised that it was very easy to fuck your shit up with great efficiency so you had to be more careful because there is so much less of a buffer zone. but its kind of like the old carpenters saying goes measure twice cut once... meaning if you do your homework and dont be an idiot you can pull it off with great ease. after tuning into hydro methods I will never go back. all you have to do is change the res once a week and clean some rocks every cycle... thats it... be careful what you feed your babies and they will rock out wit their nugs out.

now that being said i have tried quite a few hydro methods... i have done DWC, drippers, ebb and flo, and everything inbetween. I currently am doing a vertical drip/ebb and flo system and couldnt be happier. but the point is that it fits MY specific needs. I needed a system that could do maximum output for the energy i paid for and fit it in the smallest available space. If i had a big ass house I would probably have a totally different setup, if i lived in a college dorm i would probably build a stealth dresser, if i had a warehouse i would probably have 50 omega gardens stacked and filled... its all about your NEEDS and specific specifications. No method is any better or worse than another one, they each have pros and cons, the only thing better or worse are the growers tending them... smoke on that!

FLo

The "Perfect Garden" in see more buds 3 gets 6lbs off of 2000 watts in a flat garden with trees in hydro.

everybody need to see thiskiss-ass

I have to agree with Flo. Your method of grow is a very personal thing,i.e., whatever suits your needs.Trial and error is a strong, unforgiving teacher sometimes.
I've used various hydro methods over the years and am scheming a way to convert this NF stadium to dwc. This is my first run with it and I'm using a soiless mix. Hand watering 48 or so 2gal. bags is a bit more work than I'm used to, but when trying a totally new type of grow (NF Stadium) it seemed the best way to cut down on the variables. This run should yield twice as much as my flat dwc scrog using the same watts. I think next run I'll try to rig up some drip irrigation of some kind. At the very least a 60 gal res in the room. This bucket brigade is for the birds!
Bottom line: There are a Million ways to grow. There's also alot of good times exploring them.

Whatapothead: Can't do pics now. Stay tuned though, I'll try to do a full journal next run. If you read through Northern Farmers post you'll see everything you need. My only change was one end of both sides are attached to a 2'x4' piece of 3/4" ply on 3" casters. I also only did 3 shelves per side due to use of 3-600w instead of 3-1000w. Still squeezd in 48 plants.

making easier to find

TO THE TOP. of a big apartment in the sky....all i want is a piece of the pie....lol

just making this easy to find.

very nice indeed.......

At the very least a 60 gal res in the room. This bucket brigade is for the birds!
wouldn't you get root rot that way?


yeah ive got a giant rolling garbage can, industrial one, that I let water sit out for 2 days in. lets me move probably 60 gallons at a time from kitchen to room. and yeah a sprayer and traditional watering can are both still used. the sprayer is nice for control watering and ease but a little slow when they are thirsty, thats when the watering can comes in fast and dirty. but be careful its easy to overdo it on water in soil Ill admit you have to be careful, I let the plants tell me they need it. literally the leaves speak to you when there thirsty. and why I try and stick with one or 2 strain so they all get similar needs in nutrients and water, but of course healthier plants need more water so lift the bucket for weight idea and let the leaves talk to you. less water than more is best idea!

the stadium is still the best idea whether hydroponically done or soil based, supporters mainly are looking for and referring to light positioning and maximum yield for lights. I dont think you can really question stadium setup is best use of light and electric. No one argues that or should at least.

and i havnt dont mine yet but still my final plan. but still no house or basement to make a vertical weed city, but someday my babies. someday...