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DETAILS:
Cab: Refrigerator
Strains: White Satin and unknown purple variety
Light: 250WATT switchable HPS/MH (HPS start to finish)
Cycle: Flip to 12/12 @ around three weeks from germ
Nutes: General Hydroponics Flora (classic 3 part nutrients)
Media: Rapid Rooter starter plugs and Sunleaves silica stone
Containers: "Hempy Style" buckets (I wanted an infinitely reusable media)
Exhaust: 4" 80 cfm inline fan
Intake: 4" floor opening (90 degree turn in duct to prevent light issues)
I saw an add in the newspaper for a free refrigerator. I had to have it and called the man. It is from the 70's and pretty simple of design. I traced the size of my 4" duct with a pen and used a drill to go around the line, I then used a pair of cutters to muscle my way through the metal. After that, I used a hammer to beat all the sharp edges down inside the double wall and covered the edges with duct tape. I ran my 4" flexible dryer duct through and sealed it off with duct tape as well. I turned the duct a couple of 90 degree turns to prevent any problems with light leaks. I have my fan pulling air out while my opening in the bottom allows fresh air to pulled in. The fridge is sealed so there is a noticable amount of air flowing through the system.
A look inside.
80cfm inline fan.
My tools of the trade. Those are rapid rooters in the bag and I recently added epsom salts to my arsenal.
I used pins with colored heads to ID my seeds. Purple is my unknown purple variety, White is White Satin, Green is a Hashberry I threw in just for fun, Red is an unknown variety I got in a bag of some very potent smoke, and yellow is some bagseed that was from some compressed weed that more than likely came from Mexico.
Silica was a new one for me and I made some noob mistakes. ALWAYS wet silica stone before working with it. It is easier to work with, cuts down on dust and easier on your plants. Combined with my lamp being too close and low humidity, I killed off all but 8 purples and 3 White Satins.
2.5 weeks from germination.
3 weeks and 2 days from germination. Had to move my holes in the cups up due to thirsty plants. I fllipped to the 12/12 light cyle about this time.
I started seeing sex shortly after flipping to 12/12. Here are some male preflowers.
I posed these two males and cleaned them up so you all could see the root mass. I had minor algae issues, as you can see on the male on the right. Since the transplant it has not been an issue. I sexed what I thought were 6 girls and transplanted them to larger containers after taking these pics.
I had to leave for 5 days and needed to come up with a way to keep the plants fed and watered. I came up with the idea of an adjustable, gravity fed drip line. I used a 10 gallon tote as the res. and ran a 1/4" aquarium air line inside the cab. I used a line connector with a shut off valve a few inches down the line from the tote. Using this valve I could disconnect the res. and take it in the house to fill it and mix nutes. Inside the cab I used an adjustable flow valve to get the drip time I wanted. I T'ed everything off from there and installed drippers at each plant. For the last two drippers on the line I siliconed the ends closed where they would have attached to another line. At the rate of flow the heat from the inside of the cab warmed the nutes before delivery. This kept my plants alive for five days but I would not recommend this for long term use.
The adjustable valve
The drip line
Plants did ok while I was gone but they got a little cold, as seen in the pic. Once I was back I disconnected the res. and pulled the line. The plants rebounded quickly.
Back middle plant hermed on me. Had to chop before it was too late. Picture @ 6 weeks and 2 days from germination.
I placed my intake over an electric radiator to battle below freezing temps. This has turned out to be very effective.
White Satin just prior to bending.
Some people will argue that the crushing/bending technique can reduce your yield and stress your plants. However, I have had better than good results when doing it. Growth slows for a couple of days while the plant mends and then they go boom. It really helps when height is an issue. Some plants will shrug it off like it was nothing. When that happens it is best to tie them down. White Satin is center stage. I wanted her to have the most room.
Here we are at 4 weeks of the 12/12 light cycle. Plants look good. Did a fair amount of trimming to open the canopy for other bud sites. Plant in front left corner is more touchy than the others. It looks more sativa. Snapped the main stalk when I bent it over but it rebounded. Looks like it's going to reduce my yield a little, oh well.
In this pic the plants look a little tossled due to me tucking fan leaves. I bent the big one over to slow it down. If it responds like last time, it wont help much. From here own out I'm going to leave it alone and let it do it's thing. I dont want to screw up a good thing.
Here is the cola of my White Satin. I cant wait to taste Madala's wares again. In my last grow they were frosty with trichs. Check out my gallery to see my previous White Satin grow.
Whew! OK, I got this thread started and where I want it. Come one, come all. Enjoy and feel free to comment.
Fish
Cab: Refrigerator
Strains: White Satin and unknown purple variety
Light: 250WATT switchable HPS/MH (HPS start to finish)
Cycle: Flip to 12/12 @ around three weeks from germ
Nutes: General Hydroponics Flora (classic 3 part nutrients)
Media: Rapid Rooter starter plugs and Sunleaves silica stone
Containers: "Hempy Style" buckets (I wanted an infinitely reusable media)
Exhaust: 4" 80 cfm inline fan
Intake: 4" floor opening (90 degree turn in duct to prevent light issues)
I saw an add in the newspaper for a free refrigerator. I had to have it and called the man. It is from the 70's and pretty simple of design. I traced the size of my 4" duct with a pen and used a drill to go around the line, I then used a pair of cutters to muscle my way through the metal. After that, I used a hammer to beat all the sharp edges down inside the double wall and covered the edges with duct tape. I ran my 4" flexible dryer duct through and sealed it off with duct tape as well. I turned the duct a couple of 90 degree turns to prevent any problems with light leaks. I have my fan pulling air out while my opening in the bottom allows fresh air to pulled in. The fridge is sealed so there is a noticable amount of air flowing through the system.
A look inside.
80cfm inline fan.
My tools of the trade. Those are rapid rooters in the bag and I recently added epsom salts to my arsenal.
I used pins with colored heads to ID my seeds. Purple is my unknown purple variety, White is White Satin, Green is a Hashberry I threw in just for fun, Red is an unknown variety I got in a bag of some very potent smoke, and yellow is some bagseed that was from some compressed weed that more than likely came from Mexico.
Silica was a new one for me and I made some noob mistakes. ALWAYS wet silica stone before working with it. It is easier to work with, cuts down on dust and easier on your plants. Combined with my lamp being too close and low humidity, I killed off all but 8 purples and 3 White Satins.
2.5 weeks from germination.
3 weeks and 2 days from germination. Had to move my holes in the cups up due to thirsty plants. I fllipped to the 12/12 light cyle about this time.
I started seeing sex shortly after flipping to 12/12. Here are some male preflowers.
I posed these two males and cleaned them up so you all could see the root mass. I had minor algae issues, as you can see on the male on the right. Since the transplant it has not been an issue. I sexed what I thought were 6 girls and transplanted them to larger containers after taking these pics.
I had to leave for 5 days and needed to come up with a way to keep the plants fed and watered. I came up with the idea of an adjustable, gravity fed drip line. I used a 10 gallon tote as the res. and ran a 1/4" aquarium air line inside the cab. I used a line connector with a shut off valve a few inches down the line from the tote. Using this valve I could disconnect the res. and take it in the house to fill it and mix nutes. Inside the cab I used an adjustable flow valve to get the drip time I wanted. I T'ed everything off from there and installed drippers at each plant. For the last two drippers on the line I siliconed the ends closed where they would have attached to another line. At the rate of flow the heat from the inside of the cab warmed the nutes before delivery. This kept my plants alive for five days but I would not recommend this for long term use.
The adjustable valve
The drip line
Plants did ok while I was gone but they got a little cold, as seen in the pic. Once I was back I disconnected the res. and pulled the line. The plants rebounded quickly.
Back middle plant hermed on me. Had to chop before it was too late. Picture @ 6 weeks and 2 days from germination.
I placed my intake over an electric radiator to battle below freezing temps. This has turned out to be very effective.
White Satin just prior to bending.
Some people will argue that the crushing/bending technique can reduce your yield and stress your plants. However, I have had better than good results when doing it. Growth slows for a couple of days while the plant mends and then they go boom. It really helps when height is an issue. Some plants will shrug it off like it was nothing. When that happens it is best to tie them down. White Satin is center stage. I wanted her to have the most room.
Here we are at 4 weeks of the 12/12 light cycle. Plants look good. Did a fair amount of trimming to open the canopy for other bud sites. Plant in front left corner is more touchy than the others. It looks more sativa. Snapped the main stalk when I bent it over but it rebounded. Looks like it's going to reduce my yield a little, oh well.
In this pic the plants look a little tossled due to me tucking fan leaves. I bent the big one over to slow it down. If it responds like last time, it wont help much. From here own out I'm going to leave it alone and let it do it's thing. I dont want to screw up a good thing.
Here is the cola of my White Satin. I cant wait to taste Madala's wares again. In my last grow they were frosty with trichs. Check out my gallery to see my previous White Satin grow.
Whew! OK, I got this thread started and where I want it. Come one, come all. Enjoy and feel free to comment.
Fish
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