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SirSmokalot

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Nice cross for sure, have not tried it. Had a bty x white widow that tested consistently over 30 and threw huge wide tops. Like the whole circle lost her some how. Smh I should have cloned her.
Vanilla nailed it. 4x8 table. Black Low tide = $120. Lil giant Condensate pump = $50.

Set table on pallets. Plenty of height. That's what I'm going to do...if a 4x8 will fit into my doorway. I've built pondliner tables my whole growing career. They work good, but for the cost of the low tides and all the benefits of a rigid table with drain slots + easy to clean, it's hard to beat. Might cost about the same too.
You will want the pump too. Collecting in a tray under the tables takes more height than a pump if you want any kind of capacity. Sucks to drain also. Spills and such, the nasty film that eventually develops unless regularly draining. With the pump you can get it into a trash can or something in or out of the room, unless there's a drain close by. If you have a proper timer(to the second) and adjustable emitters on the ones that drink the least runoff can be almost non existent if you water multiple times a day that is fine
 

dansbuds

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i've never had any mold problems using a shop vac ! & i've been using the same one for 5 years now . but i also use bleach to clean my trays after a run , & i suck that up with the same vac . & the clean rinse water afterwards . but hell yeah , a buckethead shop vac is the way to go for low ceilings ! i have 77" from floor to ceiling .... it SUX !

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EastCoast710

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i've never had any mold problems using a shop vac ! & i've been using the same one for 5 years now . but i also use bleach to clean my trays after a run , & i suck that up with the same vac . & the clean rinse water afterwards . but hell yeah , a buckethead shop vac is the way to go for low ceilings ! i have 77" from floor to ceiling .... it SUX !

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so you like the new halos u said for watering in coco?

I'm finally starting to setup a automated coco instead of handwatering so much
:thank you:
 

Croptober

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Maybe Blumats can help if you wish to water plants whithoth any run-offs..

https://blumatsystems.com/
Ive looked into them but think making my own drip system will work better.

Condensate pump under raised flood tray/built tray. Only would have to raise tray 7" off the floor.
Thought about that

Nice cross for sure, have not tried it. Had a bty x white widow that tested consistently over 30 and threw huge wide tops. Like the whole circle lost her some how. Smh I should have cloned her.
Vanilla nailed it. 4x8 table. Black Low tide = $120. Lil giant Condensate pump = $50.

Set table on pallets. Plenty of height. That's what I'm going to do...if a 4x8 will fit into my doorway. I've built pondliner tables my whole growing career. They work good, but for the cost of the low tides and all the benefits of a rigid table with drain slots + easy to clean, it's hard to beat. Might cost about the same too.
You will want the pump too. Collecting in a tray under the tables takes more height than a pump if you want any kind of capacity. Sucks to drain also. Spills and such, the nasty film that eventually develops unless regularly draining. With the pump you can get it into a trash can or something in or out of the room, unless there's a drain close by. If you have a proper timer(to the second) and adjustable emitters on the ones that drink the least runoff can be almost non existent if you water multiple times a day that is fine
Was it called little dragon by chance? I was thinking something like that and using a y split as it drains into 2 1 gallon buckets as I never get more than a gallon of runoff.

i've never had any mold problems using a shop vac ! & i've been using the same one for 5 years now . but i also use bleach to clean my trays after a run , & i suck that up with the same vac . & the clean rinse water afterwards . but hell yeah , a buckethead shop vac is the way to go for low ceilings ! i have 77" from floor to ceiling .... it SUX !
That was my first thought but I've read multiple things about them spreading mold spores and it turned me off along with the noise.

I'm finally starting to setup a automated coco instead of handwatering so much
It gets boring fast huh?
 

dansbuds

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so you like the new halos u said for watering in coco?

I'm finally starting to setup a automated coco instead of handwatering so much
:thank you:

yeah so far so good . i've got about a dozen runs on them & i just soak them in bleach between runs & it keeps them pretty clean . no clogs so far .
they do have to be pretty level or they'll drip to one side more than the other , but thats easy enough to do , they have 4" legs on them .
 

SirSmokalot

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That's the one. Lil dragon. Good stuff.
If you got a line on her holler. That'd make my friends day big time.
If you know where to get that bty cross you got now holler it'd make my day ;)
That bty does good things.

All this coco talk and I'm considering switching to Rockwool. Lol
Tired of these damn gnats. Sometimes there's very few sometimes there's a lot. But there's always some. And easy transplanting but mostly it's the gnats I've had enough of.
Did your bags come with em?
 

Croptober

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Great pictures!
Thank you!
That's the one. Lil dragon. Good stuff.
If you got a line on her holler. That'd make my friends day big time.
If you know where to get that bty cross you got now holler it'd make my day ;)
That bty does good things.

All this coco talk and I'm considering switching to Rockwool. Lol
Tired of these damn gnats. Sometimes there's very few sometimes there's a lot. But there's always some. And easy transplanting but mostly it's the gnats I've had enough of.
Did your bags come with em?
What a small world. That's one of my buddies favorites, smoked lots of zips of that stuff. Ill ask him and another homie that might have it and ill see what I can do :biggrin:
No gnats in the bag but I do see a couple every time I water but the yellow sticky traps on top of the pots seem to be keeping them at bay.
 

SirSmokalot

My Zips Be So Fluffy The Whole Town Love Me
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Dope pics
Did u use my tip from IG about shading the tops?

Dude that'd be dope you'd make a few close friends day. Everyone I know lost it or let it go or thought it was around and rotated it out for a run or two, then when multiple people were asking for it back, nobody had it. You'd have major karma headed your way
 

Croptober

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Dope pics
Did u use my tip from IG about shading the tops?

Dude that'd be dope you'd make a few close friends day. Everyone I know lost it or let it go or thought it was around and rotated it out for a run or two, then when multiple people were asking for it back, nobody had it. You'd have major karma headed your way



Pretty sure you saw but if not I asked my buddy who I thought had it but didn't so he was gonna ask his buddy and get back to me and ill let you know.
 

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