Big Perm
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Save yourself first.
The Ultimate Growing Competition
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Budzbuddha
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LOL!
Made my 1st mistake.
Took a pic of a tub of soil and then I realized I needed my # or it would be deleted.
Can anyone guess what is poured on top of the soil?
I'll explain what it is and why I add it last in my official post in a few hours.
I put the #121 around the edges of the paper in case I take certain pics where the entire sheet of paper doesn't fit, I can just catch the edges of the paper.
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Hmmm , guessing its the cat litter box and you are growing CAT PISS Strain .... well played ... well played.
Kushash
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LOL!
At the pace I'm moving right now I'll probably have my official post up by this evening PST.
I need to go have another toke 1st.
Kushash
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I'm gathering solo cups.
Some are 16 oz. some are 18 oz. and I can use all of them.
Mellow old School
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Good this stressfull afternoon(here) is now over, gonna relax tonight, been busy as mentioned with the new grow box...chill
dstroy
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#540
100gpd RO
44gal ro reservoir
34gal nutrient reservoir (temp regulated)
2x4gal accumulators ("temp regulated" pseudo)
total nutrient volume in the system approximately 44gal
1/10hp chiller
48 site turbokloner (temp regulated)
2'x4'x5' veg tent w/ 560w (10x cree cxb3590 3500k) light
16" wall mount hurricane, sometimes a floor fan. 6" hyperfan and carbon filter
4'x4'x7' flower tent w/ 560w (10x cree cxb3590 3500k) light
16" wall mount hurricane, always a floor fan, 6" ac infinity (great fan, very quiet) and carbon filter
an environmental controller that I built
a reservoir controller that I built
system pressure is 80-120psi, 125psi safety relief
I use cdp 8852 pumps to pressurize, and a seaflo pump to recover.
I strain to 40 micron pre pump, and filter to 1 micron.
Drying:
I dry in a closet, that I use for storage when I am not drying. It's sealed off, and temp/humidity controlled.
60%rH +/- 1%
70f
Medium:
no medium (root trellis?)
Bucket-in-bucket
5 gallon buckets
the lid has the plumbing, 3 3/4gph misters and a 12v nc solenoid valve
top bucket has a bunch of small holes to allow it to drain, and I also put a nylon "mesh paint strainer" in it to give the roots something to grab onto.
the mesh also helps stop the nutrient mist droplets from coalescing onto roots, instead of bouncing off of the walls and onto the roots the mesh catches them.
the bottom bucket is insulated on the exterior, and has plumbing that gets hooked to the recovery pump
System targets are:
60%rh +/- 2%
78f +/- 2f
I monitor CO2, but don't supplement, I make enough medicine without it.
1.2-1.6EC
res temp 68f
5.7-5.9pH
perform addback at 1/4 initial strength 1x daily res is topped off
I change it out after the EC drops below a threshold.
The accumulators are bled back into the reservoir every hour, this ensures the nutrient solution is constantly conditioned and filtered. (and more homogeneous)
Cloner:
0.6EC
5.7-5.8pH
72-74f
I use a blulab guardian in the cloner when it's running (my second monitor usually)
Nutrients:
20ml protekt at change to buffer the RO water
186-200g greenleaf mega crop (old formula)
75ml hydroguard
50ml emerald harvest calmag
splash of mammoth p
addback:
mega crop concentrate
How do I have different environments in the same room? By manufacturing air (70f 40%rh) outside the tents and manipulating extraction to achieve system targets.
System behavior:
Very complicated, makes a lot of decisions to try and keep the environment "nominal". It can let me know if there's a problem even if I am not home, and I can change things or shut it down remotely.
I change the reservoir, clean, prune, perform normal maintenance and calibration. That's it. About 10 minutes a day to hand water moms if I don't have any chores.
Building it wasn't particularly difficult but did require a lot of planning and time. I had to teach myself how to program and do several other things to make it happen.
100gpd RO
44gal ro reservoir
34gal nutrient reservoir (temp regulated)
2x4gal accumulators ("temp regulated" pseudo)
total nutrient volume in the system approximately 44gal
1/10hp chiller
48 site turbokloner (temp regulated)
2'x4'x5' veg tent w/ 560w (10x cree cxb3590 3500k) light
16" wall mount hurricane, sometimes a floor fan. 6" hyperfan and carbon filter
4'x4'x7' flower tent w/ 560w (10x cree cxb3590 3500k) light
16" wall mount hurricane, always a floor fan, 6" ac infinity (great fan, very quiet) and carbon filter
an environmental controller that I built
a reservoir controller that I built
system pressure is 80-120psi, 125psi safety relief
I use cdp 8852 pumps to pressurize, and a seaflo pump to recover.
I strain to 40 micron pre pump, and filter to 1 micron.
Drying:
I dry in a closet, that I use for storage when I am not drying. It's sealed off, and temp/humidity controlled.
60%rH +/- 1%
70f
Medium:
no medium (root trellis?)
Bucket-in-bucket
5 gallon buckets
the lid has the plumbing, 3 3/4gph misters and a 12v nc solenoid valve
top bucket has a bunch of small holes to allow it to drain, and I also put a nylon "mesh paint strainer" in it to give the roots something to grab onto.
the mesh also helps stop the nutrient mist droplets from coalescing onto roots, instead of bouncing off of the walls and onto the roots the mesh catches them.
the bottom bucket is insulated on the exterior, and has plumbing that gets hooked to the recovery pump
System targets are:
60%rh +/- 2%
78f +/- 2f
I monitor CO2, but don't supplement, I make enough medicine without it.
1.2-1.6EC
res temp 68f
5.7-5.9pH
perform addback at 1/4 initial strength 1x daily res is topped off
I change it out after the EC drops below a threshold.
The accumulators are bled back into the reservoir every hour, this ensures the nutrient solution is constantly conditioned and filtered. (and more homogeneous)
Cloner:
0.6EC
5.7-5.8pH
72-74f
I use a blulab guardian in the cloner when it's running (my second monitor usually)
Nutrients:
20ml protekt at change to buffer the RO water
186-200g greenleaf mega crop (old formula)
75ml hydroguard
50ml emerald harvest calmag
splash of mammoth p
addback:
mega crop concentrate
How do I have different environments in the same room? By manufacturing air (70f 40%rh) outside the tents and manipulating extraction to achieve system targets.
System behavior:
Very complicated, makes a lot of decisions to try and keep the environment "nominal". It can let me know if there's a problem even if I am not home, and I can change things or shut it down remotely.
I change the reservoir, clean, prune, perform normal maintenance and calibration. That's it. About 10 minutes a day to hand water moms if I don't have any chores.
Building it wasn't particularly difficult but did require a lot of planning and time. I had to teach myself how to program and do several other things to make it happen.
Big Perm
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Respect.
dstroy
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Thanks, I like to build things.
Cappuchino
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Here I go.
H.A.F.
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Little too late for that.
dstroy
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Thank you.
dstroy
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#540
Got the clones cut and the seeds wet. 7 TK#2 seeds and 2 LVTK clones.
I use a sharp, clean pair of scissors and cut at a 45, dip in elite 91 for 10-20 secs, and put them into the cloner.
I use the dome for the clones, it helps, I swear.
The seeds stay in the cup overnight and will go into a paper towel manyana.
Got the clones cut and the seeds wet. 7 TK#2 seeds and 2 LVTK clones.
I use a sharp, clean pair of scissors and cut at a 45, dip in elite 91 for 10-20 secs, and put them into the cloner.
I use the dome for the clones, it helps, I swear.
The seeds stay in the cup overnight and will go into a paper towel manyana.
homebrewer
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I'm entering with 6 cuts, taken today. (#194)
Might as well get this out of the way...
Ultimately these 6 cuts will be vegged and flowered out in homemade ebb-n-flow hydro systems.
Lighting: 13w x2 compact floros over clone dome, then moved under 2 ft t5s once roots have shown, then moved to a 250w MH for veg in my ebb-n-flow system, then flowered out under a Hortilux 600HPS.
Nutrients: Dip-n-Gro to clone, DynaGro's Foliage Pro only for veg, then combinations of DynaGro's Foliage Pro and DG's Bloom in flower - adding only GH's Florlicious plus and some homemade potassium silicate.
Media: Clones taken in rockwool, eventually moved to small cups with peat once roots have formed, then moved to 6" rockwool blocks for the duration of their lives.
Technique: I don't know? Ebb and flow hydro? Topping, pinching, bending? Is that what I'm supposed to write? Don't sweat the technique.
Might as well get this out of the way...
Ultimately these 6 cuts will be vegged and flowered out in homemade ebb-n-flow hydro systems.
Lighting: 13w x2 compact floros over clone dome, then moved under 2 ft t5s once roots have shown, then moved to a 250w MH for veg in my ebb-n-flow system, then flowered out under a Hortilux 600HPS.
Nutrients: Dip-n-Gro to clone, DynaGro's Foliage Pro only for veg, then combinations of DynaGro's Foliage Pro and DG's Bloom in flower - adding only GH's Florlicious plus and some homemade potassium silicate.
Media: Clones taken in rockwool, eventually moved to small cups with peat once roots have formed, then moved to 6" rockwool blocks for the duration of their lives.
Technique: I don't know? Ebb and flow hydro? Topping, pinching, bending? Is that what I'm supposed to write? Don't sweat the technique.
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Justinsbudzzz
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@Jetfixer100 that choclate mint og is fire the smoke is awesome grew it last year id show ya a pic but new phone lost all my old photos . I bought a ounce at a dispensarie to see if the cut I had was similar to the product I bought and it was almost identical stanky minty hard to explain taste lol good luck
SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe
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Well I'm out. I just logged in and realized there was no activity. I rushed and didn't actually upload the photo of my beans like I thought I did this afternoon. Damn it, I thought it went through!
I was rushing out of the house this afternoon to go away for the night. I hit send and closed my phone. Figured it went through, nope!
Well, you guys have a great competition.
Good luck to you all!
I guess I'll just go start a journal
and follow along.
I was rushing out of the house this afternoon to go away for the night. I hit send and closed my phone. Figured it went through, nope!
Well, you guys have a great competition.
Good luck to you all!
I guess I'll just go start a journal
and follow along.- Status