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Growreport 4x4 - AUTOPOT & Biotabs ORGANIC

Ttutorial

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420club
Another update -> 70x70 Mars Hydro!

The Mars Hydro tent is a real disaster, the fact that they didn't make a big hole at the bottom to be able to insert an air intake hose is an outrage in my opinion!

Got a light leak, at 12/12 -
I noticed it after 4 days or so.. So we now have flowering day 24 instead of 28.. or so :D

Everything is clean, no hermaphrodites (searched today).. it's good.. iam glad and happy about that!

The hole crew:

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What is in the tent? (small reminder):

Last row ->
Savage Hulk F3 (bred by me) incredible fruity smell! Thickest flowers so far.
#4 and #2 - 2 different phenos:
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#2 has an incredibly good stacking in my opinion.
#4 has much more biomass and smells more intense and fruity.
Both Plants in soil (7L or 1,85 Gallons) with Biotabs and compost tea.

So #4 so far the favorite for my F4 selection.
However, I have found some other Plants that are a much more indica...

I still have to think about whether I'm driving 2 lines or which direction I want to go with the F4!
2 lines would be too much, again, who has the space to test them all? I have to many different projects :/

But I can't decide jet!
We will see if #4 will be after the harvest still my favorite!

Lets go to over the other plants in the tent,

Front row, right side =
CBD #1 from ACE - 0,55% THC and 12% CBD

Front row, left side =
Runtz (Clone Only)
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Middle, right side =
GRC X BBC F2 (Grape Rock Candy x Banana Butter Cups F2) - Bred by Square One Genetics:
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Middle, left side =
Blue Zushi from Dutch Passion:
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Ttutorial

Well-known member
420club
Saying the tent is a disaster because you didn't do the research is something.
If you desperately need a hole down there, just make one. :biggrin:
Hey!
Its something? Maybe its not a big deal for you, for me it absolutly is!
How should i get air in the tent otherwise? Any other option will bring light in the tent.

I did my research and i saw youtube videos, there is a hole, but just in the bigger tents, not in the small one and i didnt knew that.
 

aCBD

Well-known member
Was just offering a simple solution, I only use a tube with hepa filter but every grow situation is different.
The passive air intakes are a joke in my eyes. Waiting for the day when Mars Hydro will sell a light trap for them, made out of plastic for just 99,99 :biggrin:
 

Ca++

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Couple of duct spigot plates should fix the tent. Fix one using the 4 bolt holes. Then the other to the bolts using nuts. Then slice out the main hole. It's cheap kitchen extraction stuff

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Hard to see, but top right we see one fixed, after the tent was first gaffer taped. You see it again behind the ladder. You may not want the flange inside also, but it fits, and offers a means to deliver the air more precisely. You could save a couple of euro's and make a board instead. Or even two boards, with a 85mm hole, for 100mm helical duct to screw in. The duct is your light control. So some thin white pvc won't really work.

You want a bit both inside and out, to sandwich the tent. Anything less probably won't work
 

Ca++

Well-known member
I'm always apprehensive about cutting tents. My 1.2 x 2.4 homebox was about £450 iirc, but the first to have a hole in the side, for a cleaner duct run then using the top. These things do have a value, expressed in cost, and also having to dispose of them. They also have a value, in terms of their productivity. In all honestly, I cut out a piece, and later taped it back in again, seeing so little change, it didn't matter. If I lost the bit, I would gaffer outside and foil tape inside. This might break up every couple of years, but the cost:benifit ratio is good.

I just did this little nasty. Two hoses through an 'I' slash near the floor. Just a piece of gaffer will fix this, as no material was removed. This is a £100 tent, not meant to move for years. It's worth making it work how we need it to.
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Ttutorial

Well-known member
420club
Couple of duct spigot plates should fix the tent. Fix one using the 4 bolt holes. Then the other to the bolts using nuts. Then slice out the main hole. It's cheap kitchen extraction stuff

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Hard to see, but top right we see one fixed, after the tent was first gaffer taped. You see it again behind the ladder. You may not want the flange inside also, but it fits, and offers a means to deliver the air more precisely. You could save a couple of euro's and make a board instead. Or even two boards, with a 85mm hole, for 100mm helical duct to screw in. The duct is your light control. So some thin white pvc won't really work.

You want a bit both inside and out, to sandwich the tent. Anything less probably won't work
That's so cool from you bro, I do appreciate that you wanna help :)

I still need space boosters for my small tent, there isn't one that you can buy for a 70x70 (2.3 x 2.3).

That sucks but I will find a way :D

The problem with the light leak was, that the duct was just like an arrow.. so directly there was light involved into the tent.

Now I bought a really big one, so I can even lay it down almost to the ground, so they get fresh air..

I had a 2 meter one, I have clamped it between the vent.


I think i will buy something like that then its anyway done with the light leeks but its expensiv as fuck.

Because i have a dog, and jeah.. that hair is going everywhere..

I have one of those:
Scroll down, the first picture.
Blue Dog, love this bitch over my life and every human ive ever mad except for my mom.. man this dog..

but u can imagine, this hair.. its getting outa hand sometimes.
 
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Ttutorial

Well-known member
420club
I'm always apprehensive about cutting tents. My 1.2 x 2.4 homebox was about £450 iirc, but the first to have a hole in the side, for a cleaner duct run then using the top. These things do have a value, expressed in cost, and also having to dispose of them. They also have a value, in terms of their productivity. In all honestly, I cut out a piece, and later taped it back in again, seeing so little change, it didn't matter. If I lost the bit, I would gaffer outside and foil tape inside. This might break up every couple of years, but the cost:benifit ratio is good.

I just did this little nasty. Two hoses through an 'I' slash near the floor. Just a piece of gaffer will fix this, as no material was removed. This is a £100 tent, not meant to move for years. It's worth making it work how we need it to.
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Jeah i dont wanna cut a hole my self either, because i think i will fuck it up.. How u ask? I dont know, thats the funny part i dont know how i fuck it up, but i will :D
 
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