Someguys Perpetual Parabolic SCROG Cabinet grow (trying to actually keep a journal)

Shackleford.R said:

i really love hempy grows. i wish i was ballsy enough to go for it. i've done hydro (Drip+DWC) and i'm about to start soil, i want to give soil a try, and then venture into the hydro-soil lovechild that is hempy! i am curious what feeding strength do you use? is it what most nutrient schedules call "Drain to Waste" or do you go full hydro strength or soil?? oh and rain water?! AWESOME! i dig the use of permaculture in cannabis grows, you don't see enough of it. i, foolishly, bought distilled water by the gallon from the store at every res change. NEVER AGAIN! i'm going tap water this grow.. other than balancing the pH, any thoughts before watering with it? i've heard leaving it out 24 hours helps rid it of the chlorine, anything other than that? keep up the good work man, love checking this thread!


Shack

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If you want to do hempy, just do it. Soil is messy, straight perlite is not. It really is the easiest way to do hydro. I only water/feed every 3rd day, Some do it every other but I feel its overkill. Again, if you are using organic nutrient, do not use tap water. If you use tap water and bad things start to happen, discontinue use, or.. bubble it and use chloramine remover. Leaving water out willl get rid of chlorine, but slowly. Bubbling will speed up the process.

As for nutrient strength.... it depends... and I dont follow a schedule. I usually start plants with 1/2 to a 1/3 of recommended dosage on the bottle for organics. For chem nutes I start with 1/4 strength and work up slowly. I watch and listen to the plant (very hippie of me I know), and then I try to give it what it needs and no more. My rule of thumb is to be very careful and always start out slow.

Hope that garble above helps ya out Shak

Hey Guy,

You mentioned you wished you had more space to grow in and I was thinking you got that back wall. With a couple more of those squares you could pull your shit away from the wall about 6 inches and angle screen back and up. I bet you could pick up another oz a grow. Have you thought of that?

cruzer101 said:

Hey Guy,

You mentioned you wished you had more space to grow in and I was thinking you got that back wall. With a couple more of those squares you could pull your shit away from the wall about 6 inches and angle screen back and up. I bet you could pick up another oz a grow. Have you thought of that?

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I have not... I am getting ready to do a new cab system after the new year... but I may try just putting a screen up that back wall where the thermostat is. Thanks!

bubbling tap water you say? does that just aid in "bringing the water to life" it gets microbes going? or rather than letting chlorine evaporate into the air, it pushes it out in a sense? i'll take your word for it, just curious what is going on when the water is bubbled.


Shack

Shackleford.R said:

bubbling tap water you say? does that just aid in "bringing the water to life" it gets microbes going? or rather than letting chlorine evaporate into the air, it pushes it out in a sense? i'll take your word for it, just curious what is going on when the water is bubbled.


Shack

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The chlorine is removed quicker since the bubbles force the water to circulate. Since more water is circulating more is making it to the surface which is where the chlorine is dissipated. You will want to "introduce" beneficial bacteria to your water as you feed. There are all sorts or organic brand fertilizers that will give you the bacterias you want. I just use Blue Mountain Organics because it works, and is cheaper.

Another option would be to put a submersible water pump in your water and just let that circulate. I have heard (not tried) that this is even better.

i've been using molasses, seaweed/kelp extract, and floralicious (grow/bloom) micronutrients, plus superthrive in my ornamental gardens. i just may use this same regiment for my next grow. between the seaweed and the molasses (i also plan to start with fox farms soil) i think should i have a nice micro-colony living in the soil.
thanks for the tip! never thought to bubble tap water!


Shack

Shackleford.R said:

i've been using molasses, seaweed/kelp extract, and floralicious (grow/bloom) micronutrients, plus superthrive in my ornamental gardens. i just may use this same regiment for my next grow. between the seaweed and the molasses (i also plan to start with fox farms soil) i think should i have a nice micro-colony living in the soil.
thanks for the tip! never thought to bubble tap water!


Shack

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I think youll do fine. Soil is fun if you have never done it. My very first grows were in soil. Im not sure if i have pics on here or not. I delete my pics once they are posted. I am a very cautious or paranoid person...LOL

Here we go:

I really like the branching you produced on those soilies SG.

... I securely delete all my pics too after posting from everywhere they are stored.
Also browser history every time after logging out.
Use Firefox with foxy proxy and TOR button.

Cautious or paranoid? No... just wise

Day 1 of week 9.

Thought you all might enjoy an update. They are very close. Other stuff is doing well too.

Shit SG... those girls got some more in 'em you know?
haha... take 'em when you need to dude... I just wanna keep looking at them, so I'm biased.
Beautiful!

Mammath said:

Shit SG... those girls got some more in 'em you know?
haha... take 'em when you need to dude... I just wanna keep looking at them, so I'm biased.
Beautiful!

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LOL. They are really close to where I pull. I like my bud a little on the done side ya know. Seems like new pistils are forming still though... so I hold off.

BTW...LOL side question. Have you every left your junk for say... over a week? All by its lonesome?.... I am working on an automatic feed system for just such occasions and wondered if you had any advice on that end. I have a mini 150 Rio pump right now to work with.

SomeGuy said:

LOL. They are really close to where I pull. I like my bud a little on the done side ya know. Seems like new pistils are forming still though... so I hold off.

BTW...LOL side question. Have you every left your junk for say... over a week? All by its lonesome?.... I am working on an automatic feed system for just such occasions and wondered if you had any advice on that end. I have a mini 150 Rio pump right now to work with.

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3 days is as long as I've left my plot run without any input but I could definitely leave it longer if needed as long as the res' was big enough.
I actually do that several times during a grow as I like to head away for the weekend quite often.
I wouldn't like to do it during the stretch faze of growth because of the possibility of bleaching from growing into the light but any other time should be fine.
As long as your timer is set for the pump and correct watering schedule, and the res' has enough water in it to last the duration should be fine.
Just spend time dialing it in to make sure it all works well before you try and leave it.
This means pretending your not there for a week but still keep an eye on everything.
Only thing that can happen is a breakdown of pump or timer so make sure there good and reliable units.

Update.

Just harvested the unknown bagseed. Smelled deliciously sweet and sour the whole time. Wet weight is 316 Grams. Sorry no pics, maybe on the Blue mystic chop. That one comes down tonight or tomorrow.

Before I put the godbud and sourberry in there I am going to add some screen to the back wall and do a few more modifications.

Update!

Blue mystic plant yielded 284g wet. Both plants are in the dryer. I will take pictures of dried buds this weekend.

That Blue Mystic looks awesome. Great job man.

i am stealing this setup... muwaaahahahahaha

i was going to do an upside down grow just for fun but this looks funner!

pinkjackyle said:

nice grows all round and looks like badass dank !! im vry interested in the t5 gro as im growing under t5s and 4-40watt cfls and a future ,next couple a days, home made remote ballast 100 watt hps made from a lowes purshased security light . real sweet buds dude u get 5 outa 5 reefer leaves

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Thanks. Good luck with your setup. I think you will like the hps. The Compact t-5 HO I run are pretty good. Ive been getting 2-2.5oz per harvest on the flouro side. 4-6oz on the hps.

cruzer101 said:

That Blue Mystic looks awesome. Great job man.

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Thanks man! It is all still drying. When its done I will post dry weight and some photos. I removed all the popcorn from my wieght though. So...80 or so wet grams was popcorn bud.

IAm5toned said:

i am stealing this setup... muwaaahahahahaha

i was going to do an upside down grow just for fun but this looks funner!

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Do it!! The curved screen is fun. I will take some pics of the modifications I have done before starting the next flowering cycle in the hps cab.

Oooo modifications! Looking forward to seeing how you've improved the setup!

Knickers said:

Oooo modifications! Looking forward to seeing how you've improved the setup!

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Hi Someguy,
Thanks for the reply in the 250w thread. I'm liking the idea of the parabolic. I do 2x large box modular flat SCROG's but not being able to remove them from the wardrobe would worry me -it gets quite humid in the last 2 wks... i like to move them around and turn the boxes. However, if it gives me extra i'll give it a go . Have you ever done a yield comparison of straight/curved in your set-up.
Thanks buddy. I'm working my way through yr journal. Good reading!
Rufus T.