In the Box

[humble1]

It all starts at the top
This is my box of wonders and it's about time for a thorough inspection.
Above you will notice three 600 Watt HPS FutureBrite ballasts. They've been trouble free from the jump and my old 400 was good until her microfans gave out. I fixed 'em at Radioshack. Support efficient technology, I say.
I need all the help I can get.

Bulbs are 2 Eye Hortilux and 1 Solarmax (for comparison)



this my new canfan extractor 1023 initial cfm!
Not pictured is the old warhorse elicent. At 6" I'm guessing she's pulling 400-600 cfm intake from behind the reservoir



which is this 150 Gal monster. Continual pH/EC/temp monitor floating on top.
Inside is a 600gph recirc pump with an air injection tube. I call it the Bop Gun!
What? You want some oxygen, or something?
The drip pump itself is 1100 gph with backflow protectors, cutoff valves, and an inline filter running to two separate tables.







This 3x3 is all white widow fed on drip stakes. The Cocomat is experimental and since these girls are just vegging into the 1/2 gal bags shown from 1/2" rw cubes their roots have not yet interacted with it.




This 6x3 tray is all BubbleJack.




A closer inspection



The dripline is poked forcefully through the matting.



Here is the first bale of coco that my babies will be transplanted into. They'll move into a mix of 3 and 2 gallon bags of straight coco. Right now they're in my proprietary blend of chunky perlite and royalgold with a dash of Plant Success in the bottom.
Feeding Schedule Begun As pH'd water with superthrive 1/2 strength.
Transitioned to PBP Grow @ 0.6 EC
PBP Grow now @ 1.0 EC
minor tip burn on lower growth.

Fun, fun, fun in the indoor sun, sun, sun. My previous run at this location was vertical 150+ sites and a major pain in the ass. Back to basics for me. Flat, Coco, DTW...... KISS, right?

Catch Ya on the Flipside

 

[humble1]

Cue the deafening silence

Cue the deafening silence


Wait, now i'm jumping the gun.
If anyone else feels like i've forgotten some crucial element don't be afraid to speak up. Without further ado, then, i present some more details from my consumptive hobby:

The aforementioned Bop Gun. It doesn't raise the temps in the res, surprisingly.

Any ideas on what this might be? This pic is with the lights on.

As is this.


EC and pH respectively. You'll find i use a lot of tape. It's a gift, not a skill. Strike that. Reverse it.


These two runts are a mystery. Okay, well the larger one had a twisted dripline through the matting. The smaller one remains a mystery. It taunts me with its punyness(sic?)


Where's waldo?

The White widows are shooting up like rockets towards the artificial sun.

While the Bubblejacks are bushing, in a land far away

New growth from an ancient forest




Yay Tents!

 

[humble1]

In the upcoming weeks i'll begin this nutrient schedule, Courtesy of IronMan:
days 1-7
monkeyjuice(mj) and budblood(bblood)

days 8-13
mj and bigbud(bb)

days 14-16
phosphoload @ 8ml/gal + mj and bb

days 17-20
mj and bb

days 21-23
Bushmaster(BM) straight and low

days 24-27
mj and cha-ching (combo formula/soil app)

days 28-30
mj and overdrive and gravity

days 31-32
cha-ching (stand alone)

days 33-34
mj and overdrive

days 35-36
sweet leaf or sweet or sugardaddy (flush)

options:
flush cycle
days 37-38
sweet leaf
days 39-40
final flush
days 41-finish
water

or (if the quality is not there @ day 36)
days 37-39
overdrive

and then go through flush cycle.

 

[humble1]

I really would appreciate any and all feedback.
It's starting to get lonely in my little box.....sniff.......
Especially if anyone has a clue on that pic with the interveinal chlorosis.....

Peace, Love, and Coco

 

[Guest]

Juries Cannot Be Punish for Their Verdicts.

You are runnin' great setup,
Next grow of my will be something like your's,
It's far away, but I just have to take a seat, learn and coco along.

That feeding schedule looks impressive.

 

[humble1]

Thanks Johny,

my reservoir is so big that all the two and three day feedings will be troublesome. I don't want my big pump to run so close to dry for fear that she might overheat. We'll see soon how it turns out.

Peace, Love, and Coco

 

[Ziggy420]

High times put out a hydroguide on the magazine rack in April or May. There's a nice write up on nutrients, micro and macro, and symptoms of deficiencies.

 

[humble1]

Thanks Ziggy,
a new magazine shop just opened around the way so i'll go see what issues they have in.
I really prefer cannabisculture over hightimes any day, but i'll have a look. It seems to be a fairly isolated issue. My new concern is gnats. I'm busting out the neem as we speak, then pyrethrum, then neem and a full dose of gnatrol somewhere inbetween. Just goes to show you that daily maintenance is essential.

 

[gaiusmarius]

nice new thread and grow humble1, just pulling up a chair for now. it looks like you are off to a good start

 

[humble1]

Thanks gaius,
it's always good to know the heavy hitters are watching! I'll have more pix posted soon (probably this afternoon). I'm about to transplant into the five gallon bags and mix the first big batch of the ironman nute schedule. Also noticed that extra transplants in the veg tent developed way more mycelia from the Plant Success than the girls in the box on the autodrip. Probably frequent watering stunts mycelial growth. Or it could be the way i mixed the plant success into a bag of coco and let it colonize a couple days before transplanting. Or both.

Peace, Love, and Coco

 

[humble1]

New Day, New Way

New Day, New Way

Alright you expectant little monkeys! I finally got a new batch of pix for yas.
Significant growth through the last week. Applied Gnatrol and neem. Mixing up the brick for the transplant with plant success.
The Monkey Juice is swirling through the fount from the bop gun @ 2tsp/gal (roughly 10ml). I know, its hot in here already! Bud Blood @ the ready....



That's after Budblood and a little protekt to raise pH.
2 packets of BudBlood for a total of 80g dry.


My bush babies, the bubblejacks at two weeks veg. The next step will be their final homes in 2 and 3 gallon bags of straight coco.



White widows also seem to be bustin at the seams. Any voices on whether or not to top the widows before the stretch of 12/12?

Peace, Love, and Coco

 

[humble1]

Started in on the Big Bud

Started in on the Big Bud

this week is all monkeyjuice and big bud. if y'all missed the free tub of powdered Big Bud from AN.... my bad. they set me up for life with that one. i use 5 Tbl per reservoir change..... they sent me a gallon bucket of the stuff.

ppm are still in the 1200 range, probably end near 1300 with evaporation by the end of the week. protekt for pH up to 5.8.

i'll post some pix soon with the transplanted ladies. i staged the transplanting to see if it makes a difference whether i do it before or after the 12/12 switch. right when i flipped them i got some strange leaf curling on a couple nodes, but the newer nodes and older ones are just fine. the pix will explain all....

Peace, Love, and Coco

p.s. relax your eyes into it

 

[-VT-]

Nice setup....I like those tables
I'll be looking for the results of the transplant experiment (be a good post for The Experiment Thread)
I transplanted a plant right at bloom (have done it several times with no issues)....but this time I fucked up doing that
I'll be following this show....

 

[humble1]

I'm Baaack

I'm Baaack

with not so much to report. gnats returned after initial gnatrol application. now i'm gonna stick with it until they are no more. plants are large and in charge. i've never rocked them this size before
and i kinda like it
when i get a new camera i'll send in some close ups of the new budlings and the crazy zebra striped leaf i have directly under the lone solarmax bulb!
ppm @ 1350 after adding phosphoload.
i really thought it would jack my ppm way up (calling something phosphoLOAD...... maybe i'm missing something) but they only jumped about 50ppm @ approx. 8ml/gal
Over in veg world i'm starting new mothers in coco! Blueberry,BubbleJack, White Widow, C99, RockBud and last (not least) PurpleKush are the surviving generation.

Peace, Love, and Coco!

 

[NOFpuXnk]

WOW!
YOU ARE HUMBLE!!
next time call ur thread "HEY EVERYONE FUCKIN LOOK OVER HERE!!!" then weel find it faster

k+ give

give us more pictures!

 

[humble1]

Thanks NOFpuXnk,
i'm not really one for calling attention to what i'm up to.
My ladies are budding out and this isn't even the 20th day of bloom.
Sorry about the shortage of shots, folks, but my key lady with the camera is whistfully absent. Perhaps I'll track down another, better camera in the meantime.
Gnats still raging after two more apps of gnatrol @ 30ml/gallon with a 3 day gap. More sticky traps and chocolate milk for me i see.
Switching shortly to Bushmaster and water.
Right now it's the old Monkeyjuice and Bigbud combo with some residual phosphoload (i'm lazy, so i just topped up the reservoir)
thanks y'all

Peace, Love, and Coco