The Nug Machine... Round 3

fishdeth · Sep 2, 2015

Tim Fox said:
Wow, congrats, that is a big difference, if you were scroggin you could y weave the bigger one y a bit more and have like the screen fill, then flip, but I don't know how you are going to make mainlining work evenly

Ahhh, I do!
I will start the mainlining process on the GL when the time is right.
It is supposed to be a TALL grower, so instead of stopping the toppings at 8 colas, I will top one more time on that plant for 16 colas and the AK-47 will be flipped with only 8.

BINGO !

Tim Fox · Sep 2, 2015

fishdeth said:
Ahhh, I do!
I will start the mainlining process on the GL when the time is right.
It is supposed to be a TALL grower, so instead of stopping the toppings at 8 colas, I will top one more time on that plant for 16 colas and the AK-47 will be flipped with only 8.

BINGO !

A man with a plan

fishdeth · Sep 5, 2015

AK-47 is coming along nicely, as is GL !

fishdeth · Sep 7, 2015

I added another 150 watts of light with a clamp on lamp, a y splitter and 2 4100K bulbs that replace 75W each.
Time to PUMP this party UP !

fishdeth · Sep 8, 2015

WoW !!!
The growth since I added the extra light yesterday afternoon has been impressive.
BOTH the leaves AND the roots !!!

fishdeth · Sep 9, 2015

Progress !
Meanwhile, I am waiting on delivery of a new Hanna PH checker.
Mine took a dump after 2 runs.
So I have been using the drops to check PH, which I break out once in a while to double check those meters.

fishdeth · Sep 12, 2015

The seeds popped 7 days apart and the GL is at 5 nodes, poppin the 6th.
AK is at 3, poppin the 4th.

Tim Fox · Sep 12, 2015

fishdeth said:
Progress !
Meanwhile, I am waiting on delivery of a new Hanna PH checker.
Mine took a dump after 2 runs.
So I have been using the drops to check PH, which I break out once in a while to double check those meters.
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Hey looking so healthy, what strength nutes are you using and how many ppm thank-you

dionysus4 · Sep 13, 2015

just read the first 2 chapters of this story-thanks for all the construction details in chapter 1

following closely

fishdeth · Sep 14, 2015

Well, I have made a couple last minute tweeks to the machine.
I added 1 more big air stone to the root res.
I had it down in the lower res, but it gets plenty aeration down there from the returning water falling down.

fishdeth · Sep 14, 2015

I also painted both tubs black to help keep light out of the soup.
Then I tested out the Phillips CDM bulb & ballast and the light coming down thru the air hole between the freezer & fridge was WAY too bright.
So I added a light trap from 4" aluminum duct piping.
I painted it black inside so it wouldn't act like a "solar tube"
I had to bite a little notch out of the freezer door parts to get the door to close.

fishdeth · Sep 14, 2015

You may have noticed the foil on the front of the Root tub.
I masked off a rectangle ares before painting the tub then applied the foil with a "window" cut into it.
I wanted to be able to look at the roots with a flashlight.

fishdeth · Sep 14, 2015

You can see a coil of about 20 feet of 1/4" water tubing.
I have this all hooked up to the res for automatic add backs.
I popped a small hole in the A/C duct hose and ran the water line from outside in the ground, up through the shed floor and into the freezer area via that hole.
I also added a little inline shutoff valve.
I wanted the water to be staged inside the freezer area to be cooled down slightly before being added to the rez.

fishdeth · Sep 14, 2015

Ladies & Gentlemen....
May I present to you....

The Nug Machine V3

fishdeth · Sep 14, 2015

Tim Fox said:
Hey looking so healthy, what strength nutes are you using and how many ppm thank-you

Timmy,
I am using this chart pretty much right on.
Had to kinda split the difference on the first 2 weeks because of a 7 day difference in the age of the plants.

fishdeth · Sep 14, 2015

dionysus4 said:
just read the first 2 chapters of this story-thanks for all the construction details in chapter 1
following closely

It is my pleasure.
I wished I could have found something like it when I was just getting started instead of having to make it all up myself.
I do gotta say tho, this thing almost built itself.
Everything just seemed to work out perfect (You'll notice that I used that word a LOT?)
Well, I think I am getting ever closer to that benchmark !

Thanks for joining in !

fishdeth · Sep 14, 2015

Anyhow, I believe I will do my first topping on the GoldLeafuck.
She has the 6th node showing pretty good and the 7th popping out.
Probably later today she will look a LOT different.
Cut back to the 3rd node to start building the "manifold"

fishdeth · Sep 15, 2015

Man... it still hurts to cut away that much growth.
But look at the growth between 8PM and 5AM this morning.

fishdeth · Sep 15, 2015

AND... both plants are spitting out roots like aa mofo !
I tried GH "Rapid Start" this time to give the roots a little boost and it seems to have really increased root production.
The WHOLE reason you grow the plant out to 6 nodes then chop back to 3 is to develop a strong root mass so recovery times between toppings will be shorter.

Giddy-up !

fishdeth · Sep 15, 2015

Each new main already has 2 nodes, popping the third.

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