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newbie hydro\cfl experiment
this is something i started back in Feb. and i'm not exactly what you'd call 'organizized' so note taking has been sporadic at best.
in doing this (posting) i hope to get help with problems i encounter, and believe me, i've not only encountered several problems, i've gotten a LOT of useful advice. i also hope to help or inspire others of us still slogging up the learning curve. mostly though, i do this because i find that i enjoy growing immensely, i find it truely relaxing and there is no bud as sweet as the one you grew yourself!
i find also that i need someplace safe to talk about it, to confer, to opine, to ...
sorry, people tell me i'm long winded. here are some pics of the beginning
1) my cfl's with a view of my old MV security lights (man they sucked)
2) my bin (proto-type #1) with black duct tape, dowels, hot glued for support, and bag-seedlings in DIY net pots, aka dixie cups
3) note oscillating fan in back, air line in front and thermometer hung too high in the upper right
4) puttin' down roots
5) ahhh, my canopy to be
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May-04-2008, 10:16
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the continueing saga
more pics please
1) the back of my closet
2) work begins on proto-type #2
3) pretty self-explanitory
4) ubiquitous duct tape
5) getting ready for movong day
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bozo,
peace, love, dope
'it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice'
'man made alcohol, God made weed, who do you trust?'
my imaginary garden
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it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an asshole, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt
be advised, these are the meanderings of a mad man, completely imaginary and should in no way be taken seriously, especially Leo
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May-04-2008, 10:20
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what style hydro??
lol looks like you could use some zip ties for the mile of wires
looks cool man ......always wondered what to do under the stairs..
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May-04-2008, 10:32
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makeshift is my middle name
I guess some background would help so, first, I’m 52 now and I started ‘blazing’ my own trail in 1968, ‘the good old days’. I’m also a disabled vet and a single parent with 3 teenagers convinced they know all the answers before they’ve heard the questions, sadly, just like they’re old man back in ’68, I vacillate between wanting to hug them and wanting to choke them, lol.
Anyway, that’s another story, maybe ‘The Trials and Tribulations of Trying To Teach Teenagers To Think’ would work.
Enough intro, as I said, I’m new to growing, in fact, I’m actually only recording hypothetical scenarios that exist within the nooks and crannies of my half-baked mind, I’ve NEVER actually grown any illegal substances, nor would I. I'm actually just lost in thought.
Anyway, it was last year i decided to try growing my own bud and, although it didn't yield me what i'd hoped for, i got enough to be hooked. lol.
Anywho, that first attempt was in dirt, in DIY pots made from 2 liter Coke bottles and they worked great, not big enough for momma's but nice for clones, and 15 of them fit into one of those bins (before the hot glued dowels were installed of course).
This time i decided to go hydro and i know now, except for outdoors, i will never go back, my results have been MUCH better with the hydro and the cfl's too
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bozo,
peace, love, dope
'it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice'
'man made alcohol, God made weed, who do you trust?'
my imaginary garden
GreenPassion.com
it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an asshole, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt
be advised, these are the meanderings of a mad man, completely imaginary and should in no way be taken seriously, especially Leo
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May-04-2008, 10:35
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lol, yeah, all that waisted space
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what style hydro??
lol looks like you could use some zip ties for the mile of wires
looks cool man ......always wondered what to do under the stairs..
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DWC my man, very few moving parts. also, i don't think i'd know how to act if i wasn't tripping over my own shit, lol, still a teenager myself inside here (my head), and thanks, still very much a work in progress.
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bozo,
peace, love, dope
'it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice'
'man made alcohol, God made weed, who do you trust?'
my imaginary garden
GreenPassion.com
it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an asshole, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt
be advised, these are the meanderings of a mad man, completely imaginary and should in no way be taken seriously, especially Leo
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May-04-2008, 11:07
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making the transition
some more pics of the transition to stage 2
1) half done moving
2) move complete (note different colored cups for different bag-seed strains
3) complications (i battle root-rot)
4) more roots, sick from oxy deprivation
5) a little healthier here
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bozo,
peace, love, dope
'it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice'
'man made alcohol, God made weed, who do you trust?'
my imaginary garden
GreenPassion.com
it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an asshole, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt
be advised, these are the meanderings of a mad man, completely imaginary and should in no way be taken seriously, especially Leo
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May-04-2008, 11:26
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my babies survive root rot
not the yellow tint to the water, i tried some stuff i got at the pet store sold to treat fish with fungal problems, i don't know if it helped or not but it didn't hurt them and most survived. the survival rate of my seedlings has been MUCH better with hydro.
anyway, here are some pics of vegetative growth during my battle with root-rot. note the short internodes brought about i'm sure because i used 4x30wtt 6500K CFL's and 1x40wtt 2700K CFL for lighting, the growth i've gotten off these CFL's has been amazing.
and i'm using cfl's rather than hid's because i can add 40wtts at a time for under ten bucks as opposed to having to buy an hid for 300.00. also, lol, before you suggest it, i plan on reversing my light spectrum for flowering
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bozo,
peace, love, dope
'it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice'
'man made alcohol, God made weed, who do you trust?'
my imaginary garden
GreenPassion.com
it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an asshole, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt
be advised, these are the meanderings of a mad man, completely imaginary and should in no way be taken seriously, especially Leo
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May-04-2008, 11:30
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Root rot = Reservoir temp????
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May-04-2008, 11:42
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oxygen deprivation was the problem
not res temp but oxy dep, i got lazy making the move and left the plantlets in the new proto-types without an oxygen line for a few days, not very smart i know, fortunately, most survived my neglect.
shit man, they grow like WEEDS lol
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bozo,
peace, love, dope
'it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice'
'man made alcohol, God made weed, who do you trust?'
my imaginary garden
GreenPassion.com
it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an asshole, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt
be advised, these are the meanderings of a mad man, completely imaginary and should in no way be taken seriously, especially Leo
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May-04-2008, 11:55
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roots, making a comeback
pics 1 and 2 are of the ones that i neglected, pics 3 and 4 are the ones that had uninterrupted oxygen and the last pic is another shot of the expanding canopy, note the empty cups left by the valiant dead.
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bozo,
peace, love, dope
'it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice'
'man made alcohol, God made weed, who do you trust?'
my imaginary garden
GreenPassion.com
it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an asshole, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt
be advised, these are the meanderings of a mad man, completely imaginary and should in no way be taken seriously, especially Leo
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Lookin good...I started out using a small storage container like that as well...from there to the Folgers coffee containers...aint stoppin now..  ..
My first Hawaiian Snow..from Green House Seeds..
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May-04-2008, 14:14
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they look 'good to the last drop'
who knew Folgers could be so sweet, LOL
i'm not using those bins anymore either, i found some new ones for prototype #3, almost the same footprint but they hold 27 quarts.
actually 5 gallons fits comfortably with some room to spare, plus they're made of black plastic so no light leaks, plus, they're available at Lowes, which is a store like Home Depot so they're really easy to find. another plus is they come in several sizes and depths, i'm using one of the smaller ones for a bubble cloner
i'll put pics up when i get there, i don't want to get ahead of myself here
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bozo,
peace, love, dope
'it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice'
'man made alcohol, God made weed, who do you trust?'
my imaginary garden
GreenPassion.com
it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an asshole, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt
be advised, these are the meanderings of a mad man, completely imaginary and should in no way be taken seriously, especially Leo
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May-04-2008, 15:58
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some details
in looking back over the thread i realised how light on details it was so let me fill in.
i started this grow back in mid February with bagseed, 20 in all. i germinated them in pre-soaked rockwool starter cubes inside a dome and they all popped but 2, not bad at all. then, i started 10 more from the bag i had just finished, being better than average middies, of those 10, 9 popped.
so, the first and second set of pics are from mid March when i began work on prototype #2. by the first of April i was ready to begin work on prototype #3 (i think this is it).
i'm using Technaflora's BC Boost, Grow and Bloom with ThriveAlive B1 red and green as my basic nutrient mix and i follow the directions to the letter except a little on the light side.
my plan, my hope, my dream is to have a perpetual Sea Of Green in my closet. not as a commercial enterprise but just to feed my head. ultimately, once i iron out the kinks, i want to have 3 mommas from 3 different premium strains that i can take 4 cuttings from, every third week.
i don't plan on any vegging at all other than the 3 - 4 weeks it will take to get a solid root mass established, then directly to flower.
i'm using DWC throughout, with identical bins in the flower op and for the mommas, i even built a bubble cloner that is identical except half as tall. in the flower room each 5 gallon bin has 8 stations for a total of 32 stations, made to fit diy pots made from 9 oz cups, 2 colors, 2 strains. i plan on putting 4 clones a week until i get to that beautiful day when i have to take 4 out to put 4 in. also, if i can manage even 6 grams per i will be as happy as a clam cuz i don't smoke 24 grams a week now and all i get now is middies.
anyway, here's some pics of the expanding canopy from the first week of April
btw, i'm an attention junkie so all comments are appreciated
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bozo,
peace, love, dope
'it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice'
'man made alcohol, God made weed, who do you trust?'
my imaginary garden
GreenPassion.com
it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an asshole, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt
be advised, these are the meanderings of a mad man, completely imaginary and should in no way be taken seriously, especially Leo
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Great stuff justanotherbozo
You got a closet full of beautiful plants there. Im glad they made it through the root rot without any major problems. I too started growing from my closet only to expand to my nana cab finally, but I miss having my bedroom stink of fresh herb.
Ill be lurking around so If for any reason you need a bit of help, Ill be around. I diy all my stuff, since I like to think of myself as handy. Plus I dont have money to throw around so I have to use it wisely.
grow hard and grow smart
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May-05-2008, 05:59
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Hi justanotherbozo,
I have been lurking on your Hydro experiment and thought it was time to chime in.
Its looking good' your babes look strong i recon you are doing something right.
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Wow they're so healthy and beautiful! I'm thinking that next time I get to start another DWC I'll probably end up making my own netpots like yours. But before I can gather the supplies I need I'll probably try (and fail) at a small dirt grow.
Keep up the good work, you'll have a jungle there in no time!
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lol, thanks, but already too late
thanks for looking man, the truth is those pictures are from early April, they have grown so much since then it is amazing, especially since i'm only using CFLs. my last grow, which was my first, was in dirt and, although i got some smokeable bud, the yield was meager.
i didn't know diddley when i started and i live on a very tight budget so i had to find lighting i could afford. what i did was buy a 175wattt Mercury Vapor security light for $25.00 at walmart, it even came with the bulb. then, about 6 wks later i bought another. i won't go into all the problems i had but i shitcanned the MV lights and now i'm using CFLs and it's just amazing, the difference.
i'll be putting more pics up today so i can try to get up-to-date with it.
anyway, thanks for the feedback
bozo,
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peace, love, dope
'it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice'
'man made alcohol, God made weed, who do you trust?'
my imaginary garden
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it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an asshole, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt
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