Well I thought it was time to post my new project which I started by remodeling my room completely, adding Co2 another light, losing the Ebb & Flow tables and making a custom bucket system that works as a DWC in between floods.
I have to tell you that this room was a BITCH to set up because of the space requirements and the heat generated by the lights and the Co2 burners. After thousands of $’s with many trials and errors most of which I have kept to myself although in keeping of the "WEED Baron" tradition I should have documented it for your enjoyment.
I set up 3 runs of 5- 7.5 gal buckets each with its own air stone and 35 gal rez with custom bucket timers.
I am using Higromite as my medium I thought for a while that I would use STG Hail but I just didn't want to use something a lot different than Hydroton. HM is cool although you have to wash the shit out of it even more so than Hydroton but I feel so far that it is a great medium, We shall see if I am saying that when I have to clean that shit after harvest.
Adding Co2 has been interesting only in the fact that you just THINK you have a sealed room and then you find yourself burning though propane like you are out BBQing with 100 of your friends 24/7 then you realize your idea of sealed and Co2's idea of sealed are 2 different things.
The 3000 Watts of light was another issue especially since I added one of the high end dual spectrum MH lights that seem to put out 2 x the heat but after switching out the 6500 BTU for a 12,500 BTU AC it keeps it at a cool 80 to 82 degrees with everything on. Nothing like walking in and your room is 103!!
I changed my nutrients from the simple Flora Series to the even simpler Dyna Gro product line and could not be happier Dyna Gro is SOOOOO much cleaner and so stable I am really glad I switched. I am not into the MOJO juice the hydro industry has made us believe we need; Dyna Gro is what commercial produce grower’s use because of the complete spectrum of nutes it provides. When you break down what is really needed for optimum plant growth there is nothing that delivers for less.
I use House and Garden Root accelerator and Hygrozyme along with the Dyna Gro although I am NOT spending 100 bucks a liter for that root shit again Dyna had a root product and will be changing when I am out.
I foliar spray everyday rotating seaweed extract, liquid light and Dyna Gro in a foliar spray
SO now for the grow info where the future is unknown and the chance of failure is possible.
I got this idea from 2 mothers I topped and grew side by side trimming each branch until only the colas remained and since I am a Al B FUCT Head disciple anyway I just took the idea one step further so instead of one cola I have 4 with a total of 16 colas in each bucket
The "Plan" I set 4 plants PER bucket topping when there is at least 6 nodes showing leaving 4 per plant then trimming and training each set to grow uniformly allowing the colas to grow at the same rate. Yes they will be tight but if done correctly there is no reason this will not work. If things get too tight I will just trim to fit learning what works and what doesn’t.
60 plants in a 7x7 room should be interesting to say the least so hold on!
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Subbed bro, should be interesting to see.
Although...on another note...Kinda curious why you posted this in the "Grow Journal DISCUSSIONS" portion of the forum...I kind of just stumbled onto it while browsing around...
Shouldn't this be in the Indoor Growing section? Or the Grow Journals section? Or even the Advanced Cultivation section???
I dunno, either way, i'm subbed so i'll be following. If you decide to move the thread to a more appropriate location, you'll most likely get quite a few more people following along with you.
