as usual i came up one plant short on medium...plus the seedlings...they can wait another day,its cold and raining out now...and dammit,im going mountain biking tomorrow!
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A Guide to Fishsticks
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well...rained off and on today,looks like more occasional showers tonight,pretty cool day as well...perfect timing since i have cookies and blue satellite coming done in a few days and they purple up nicely with a little cool weather...did a quick set of squishes,got a few things done,had a nice nappy...
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Kool pics unc. If you blow them up there are some images in the bubbles. Can almost make out a face in 1 of them lol
yup,getting the hang of it for sure...i may have to upgrade to heated plates but ive at least made 4-5x what the equipment cost....
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Looks great unc.
I'm looking for a shop to make some plates still. Or should I say I haven't even talked to anyone yet lol. Got a brother that said he could get the plates but haven't talked to him in a coupla weeks. Hell I don't even have a market for squished goodys. Was thinking it would be like field of dreams, if you squish it they will come lol.
any knucklehead who can wave a torch should be able to weld a collar on to steel plate,mine got a little tiny bit warped but as far as i can tell theres no real effect...
I just ordered 5lb of V&B DIRTY..They have a form you fill out and will tell you what kind of V&B to get. With RO in soil they said I need Dirty. I had the Soft in my cart until I saw that form. If you use coco or hydro then it says to use Soft.
Chiller is plumbed in and working. I have it running on the RO drum until the tubing gets here. I did not have enough to reach the Nutrient drum. Easy to add new tubing when it gets here..
The new pump is here too. Best I have ever used. I found these on Amazon from a pricing error. The ECOTRONIC 130 is a 405$ pump. They had it priced @178$ by mistake so we ordered 4 of them. I just waned 1 but at that price they could not pass up on it so they got 3 of them. I'm waiting for some better none lead garden hoses to get here for that.
I got a iceprobe for the Mist cloner on the way. that will work perfect to keep the temps stable all the time. This project will be complete.
Chiller is plumbed in and working. I have it running on the RO drum until the tubing gets here. I did not have enough to reach the Nutrient drum. Easy to add new tubing when it gets here..
The new pump is here too. Best I have ever used. I found these on Amazon from a pricing error. The ECOTRONIC 130 is a 405$ pump. They had it priced @178$ by mistake so we ordered 4 of them. I just waned 1 but at that price they could not pass up on it so they got 3 of them. I'm waiting for some better none lead garden hoses to get here for that.
I got a iceprobe for the Mist cloner on the way. that will work perfect to keep the temps stable all the time. This project will be complete.
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That looks great Unc! Mmmmm.........
I don't think it would be a good idea to use a torch and braze the collar on the plate. It would take too lone to get the plate hot enough and that would cause it to warp. Would be best to take it to a shop and get the collar welded on. Also to make heated plates you need a good drill press and good drill bits. It also helps to know the proper speed the bits require to not burn up and brake off inside the plate. Knoladge is the key to quality
I am using Pro-Mix this round so I ordered the dirty V&B as well....I was just looking at the instructions on my tub and it says if your water is below .2 EC add tap water to bring up EC to .2 to .3 before adding the V&B dirty mix. My tap varies in ph from 7 to 7.8 and EC from not registering on my Bluelab to .2.
Anyone know why bringing it up first is required? For the nutes to mix properly? I cannot add tap water to bring it up if my tap is not registering.
morning y'all
Anyone know why bringing it up first is required? For the nutes to mix properly? I cannot add tap water to bring it up if my tap is not registering.
morning y'all
I don't think it would be a good idea to use a torch and braze the collar on the plate. It would take too lone to get the plate hot enough and that would cause it to warp. Would be best to take it to a shop and get the collar welded on. Also to make heated plates you need a good drill press and good drill bits. It also helps to know the proper speed the bits require to not burn up and brake off inside the plate. Knoladge is the key to quality
well i think i have shown that a simple approach can work well but for sure if i upgrade i would just buy premade plates rather than trying to get it done here...
the collar doesnt need to be strongly attached,its not under any pressure,mine is just spot welded on...
mornin campers...not much going on today,bike stuff blah blah blah...aside from that probably just a grocery run...gotta refill the ro barrel,do some more cleanup around the house...i have like 50 pieces of parchment paper with failed squishes laying around,not sure what to do with those,got all the hash sticky plates and bowls from the bubble making binge cleaned up yesterday...using up all my iso getting bits of rosin off everything!
I am using Pro-Mix this round so I ordered the dirty V&B as well....I was just looking at the instructions on my tub and it says if your water is below .2 EC add tap water to bring up EC to .2 to .3 before adding the V&B dirty mix. My tap varies in ph from 7 to 7.8 and EC from not registering on my Bluelab to .2.
Anyone know why bringing it up first is required? For the nutes to mix properly? I cannot add tap water to bring it up if my tap is not registering.
morning y'all
probably for the extra clamag in your tap water . so have a bottle on hand in case defs show up .
my kid uses the soft formula in promix with very little problems & very rarely needs calmag .
Unreg & Hammer ...... your both trying the dirty formula ..... i hear it works good , but leaves alot of sediment in the rez , so be warned of that . me personally , that would drive me nuts !!! i hate cleaning rez's ! i prefer the original formulas over any of the products they offer ! hard or soft water formulas .... & they can be used in any medium .... no need to get medium specific nutrients from these guys . the HD formula has turned out to be a complete disaster ! nobody has had good results with it .
so if you do use the Dirty & don't like it .... please try the original before you give up on it ! I have amazing results with it !!
Ro formula & vitamin/hormone boost from MBferts in veg & nothing but RO formula in flower ...... no PK boosters , no sweeteners , no nothing , just V&B !!! & you see my finished product
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Yup spot welding will work just fine and not warp the plates if done right. I have a brother that will do the welding and I have a drill press and the know how to drill and tap the holes.
All I need now is the stainless plates, heaters, controls and the time to source to sources it all.
Not this weekend but the next I'm gonna spend a few days in the gulf fishing for what ever bites the hook. Been a few years and I've been counting days lol
I can't wait to get up to camp & get my fishing gear out !!!! dunno why i left it up there .... won't do that again ! i missed opening day of trout season & stripped bass cuz my gear is locked up & i can't get to it !
i kept it simple until it proved itself to be viable and to see how much market there was for it,and the rig payed for itself the first week...and now like i said i would rather let someone else do the legwork,an hours squishing would pay for the new plates and heaters...
so much for getting a ride in today....waiting for someone,then i have to go get groceries,and when thats done it will be nap time...got some garden work done anyway...pruned my 4 wing salt brush...that thing really took off,got it as a one gallon plant and at this point its like a hedge...6 feet tall and equally girthy...cleaned out a few of the beds,trying to keep some of the dead stuff as a natural mulch while keeping things looking neat...amazing how much some plants have spread...lots of volunteer plants coming up all over...flowers everywhere now...
