Wow looking great. I can't wait to see the harvest!
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PC grow 100w pll, bubbler
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spongebong
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Job well done
Job well done
:jawdrop:One word AWESOME! Im definitely one of your fan after reading the whole thread. I am definetly going to try growing my own stash at some point and your grow made me wanna do it asap. Cant do it now because i have to get my degree this year in college and i have compulsory military service to in a few months.
Anyway about your grow , i myself haven't seen such a good micro grow that uses the space given so efficiently ,but one or two questions remain for me and i wanted to ask you if you can make some blueprint sketches of how is your DWC constructed and your electrics? Where did you hide your ballast? 
Keep up the good work!! Cant wait for your next harvest!
Job well done
:jawdrop:One word AWESOME! Im definitely one of your fan after reading the whole thread. I am definetly going to try growing my own stash at some point and your grow made me wanna do it asap. Cant do it now because i have to get my degree this year in college and i have compulsory military service to in a few months.
Anyway about your grow , i myself haven't seen such a good micro grow that uses the space given so efficiently ,but one or two questions remain for me and i wanted to ask you if you can make some blueprint sketches of how is your DWC constructed and your electrics? Where did you hide your ballast? Keep up the good work!! Cant wait for your next harvest!
thankyou steakthdragon.
spongebong - thankyou so much. Compulsory military service? wow, hope that doesn't suck. stay safe.
the dwc is just pieces of acrylic that i had cut to size for me from my local glass shop that also does acrylic etc. loads of people do this service on a famous auction website. Sorry i don't have any sketches to post but its very simple to imagine it. Its just a rectangular base which is the footprint of the dwc, and all the side pieces are placed on it, rather than glued to the side. You have to take into account the acrylic thickness to get the correct size box, obviously. It would be a good idea to look on youtube for building stuff from acrylic. I used 10mm think acrylic because i read its alot more forgiving to make it watertight when you have zero experience.
You read the whole thread? Wow, i am sort of sorry. Its such a mess lol - but thanks, its like an ego stroke we all need at some time. The ballast is mounted inside an old dvd box that i removed all the internal shit from. Its stashed under the couch that the pc sits next to. Its external to the pc, and attached so whenever i want to get the pc out to take pictures its just one more hassle to move it out. I also have to unplug shit because the cables are short. Best of luck with ur future plans!
spongebong - thankyou so much. Compulsory military service? wow, hope that doesn't suck. stay safe.
the dwc is just pieces of acrylic that i had cut to size for me from my local glass shop that also does acrylic etc. loads of people do this service on a famous auction website. Sorry i don't have any sketches to post but its very simple to imagine it. Its just a rectangular base which is the footprint of the dwc, and all the side pieces are placed on it, rather than glued to the side. You have to take into account the acrylic thickness to get the correct size box, obviously. It would be a good idea to look on youtube for building stuff from acrylic. I used 10mm think acrylic because i read its alot more forgiving to make it watertight when you have zero experience.
You read the whole thread? Wow, i am sort of sorry. Its such a mess lol - but thanks, its like an ego stroke we all need at some time. The ballast is mounted inside an old dvd box that i removed all the internal shit from. Its stashed under the couch that the pc sits next to. Its external to the pc, and attached so whenever i want to get the pc out to take pictures its just one more hassle to move it out. I also have to unplug shit because the cables are short. Best of luck with ur future plans!
Hey do you remember how many days you flowered the first run for? I scrolled back but can't see mention of days but you took it a fair while eh?
Man, I can see you really put a lot of thought, time, and effort into your box and your plants. Well Done! That is a very impressive harvest, but that's what it's all about, right.Thankyou guys! hehe, cheesebuds: one pc is quite enough for me. Im snowed under with some seriously strong skunk from the last grow. I love to get stoned but at the same time it can be truly horrendous being stoned in the wrong situation, as i'm sure some of you have experienced! I would say i'm not a heavy smoker. That wasn't always the case - it took many many years for me to learn how to moderate my smoking so that i didn't belong in a mental institution, because it was going that way in the past!
here are some pictures from yesterday:
spongebong
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Thanks for the quick reply D.I. Anyway to the build ,now i know at least where the ballasts disappeared 
, I wasn't actually concerned about how the box itself was built but more so about the internal mechanis and components of the DWC. I wanted to know how the dwc is constructed . which pumps to you use ;how they are mounted ;is it a recirculating system if so ,how is it built?
By the way how far is your reveg harvest ,how is it looking?
Thanks in advance!
, I wasn't actually concerned about how the box itself was built but more so about the internal mechanis and components of the DWC. I wanted to know how the dwc is constructed . which pumps to you use ;how they are mounted ;is it a recirculating system if so ,how is it built? By the way how far is your reveg harvest ,how is it looking?
Thanks in advance!
hey scrub, it was a long time i flowered them for! They kept on packing on weight so i thought what the hell. must have been something like 3 months from first 12/12. They also had heat stress during early flower and i'm pretty sure that's a flower inhibitor. I veg with 24/0 and usually see buds after 3 weeks.
spongebong, it is not a recirc dwc. just a bog standard tub of water. I have put an aquarium heater in the set to 27C and there is an airpump suspended on elastic bands under my bed. I need about 4m of the air tube to get to the pc. But its amazing- zero pump noise. The airstone i use is i think called hagen air curtain. Its good because it transmits no pump noise through it. I found that all the ceramic ones vibrated at the same frequency of the actual pump. Problem with the hagen air curtain is it get blocked and someone gave me an excellent tip to prick it with a needle every so often.
they are looking good at the moment. The camera does not actually belong to me and right now its on holiday with somebody. When i can ill get some new pics.
spongebong, it is not a recirc dwc. just a bog standard tub of water. I have put an aquarium heater in the set to 27C and there is an airpump suspended on elastic bands under my bed. I need about 4m of the air tube to get to the pc. But its amazing- zero pump noise. The airstone i use is i think called hagen air curtain. Its good because it transmits no pump noise through it. I found that all the ceramic ones vibrated at the same frequency of the actual pump. Problem with the hagen air curtain is it get blocked and someone gave me an excellent tip to prick it with a needle every so often.
they are looking good at the moment. The camera does not actually belong to me and right now its on holiday with somebody. When i can ill get some new pics.
spongebong
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thanks now i have the complete picture of your grow. Can the pc grow handle a sativa strain or does it have to be some kind of dwarf strain ? What strain did you use (cant remember from the thread if it was mentioned or not)?
believe it or not you are the first person to ask what strain. Answer is i don't even know lol. It could be white rhino nirvana, white widow dp, papaya nirvana, or top44 nirvana. I dont know because i mixed the seedlings up. Shoot me down for saying this but hybrids to me are basically all the same. When i compare it to the diversity from the varieties of tomatoes that i grow there's no comparison. I find with these hybrids there more diversity from seed to seed within a packet than from strain to strain. I'm also not sofisticated enough to detect any difference in high. It gets me fucked alot, or it gets me fucked really alot.
you can grow whatever you want in there. If you train it into shape of course you could grow sativa. Some of the apple trees i have seen in south france look just like a vinyard vine. About a waste high bush brimming with fruit. Its just about making it into the right shape.
Thankyou ghostwolf, you are absolutely right - alot of time and effort, although that is some time ago now!
you can grow whatever you want in there. If you train it into shape of course you could grow sativa. Some of the apple trees i have seen in south france look just like a vinyard vine. About a waste high bush brimming with fruit. Its just about making it into the right shape.
Thankyou ghostwolf, you are absolutely right - alot of time and effort, although that is some time ago now!
spongebong
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But what do you think can the PC handle a pure sativa with the scrog method without stretching through the roof
Thanks for that info mate.
I think nirvanas are f2's, according to my friend anyway, and that's where you naturally get a lot of variations and freaks/keepers. If the f2 thing is true and you want a stable nirvana strain I would think the landracey types would be your best bet, like an afghan or something. I think it's largely a strain-by-strain and breeder-by-breeder situation for sure though. I think of the dankest narcotic afghan and the sweetest blueberry, and there are worlds of difference, just as much as tomatoes, if not more. The Pure cut I run was the keeper out of I think 3 or 4 packs or more, and they were all very similar.
I think nirvanas are f2's, according to my friend anyway, and that's where you naturally get a lot of variations and freaks/keepers. If the f2 thing is true and you want a stable nirvana strain I would think the landracey types would be your best bet, like an afghan or something. I think it's largely a strain-by-strain and breeder-by-breeder situation for sure though. I think of the dankest narcotic afghan and the sweetest blueberry, and there are worlds of difference, just as much as tomatoes, if not more. The Pure cut I run was the keeper out of I think 3 or 4 packs or more, and they were all very similar.
cheers for that scrub. I don't doubt you are right although with tomatoes the diversity is strikingly obvious by the appearance. I have grown yellow tomatoes, purple, red (obviously), green (when ripe), plum shape, round, pumpkin shape, all with distinctive tastes. With weed appearances are very similar and as I said I am just one of those people that gets really quite stoned and useless no matter what it is i smoke. Im sure there is alot of diversity, and yes i have bought crappy nirvana seeds and yes they are f2s, but in the past i have bought some very expensive seeds and I wasn't impressed to say the least. The dutch passion white widows had just as much variability as the cheap f2 nirvanas. I tried some TH seeds in the past too.
The diversity of these strains has very little to do with appearance, which obviously is pretty constant, but more to do with the high. Well i'm sorry, maybe its because I get stoned too easily, but it's imperceptable to me, hehe.
The diversity of these strains has very little to do with appearance, which obviously is pretty constant, but more to do with the high. Well i'm sorry, maybe its because I get stoned too easily, but it's imperceptable to me, hehe.
You have a great grow going on in that case. I have a few going and was wondering how long of a veg I should give mine. I see you said you gave yours 3 months worth. Im not going to srog mine. Im just going to lst them maybe or just go for a single cola. Next run I may do dwc or some form of a water farm. which is what im use to doing this go is soil and I dont think it go's as fast as hydro. I has just wondering if any of you micro growers have heard of bush master? I have used it 3 times and with it you can stop all vertical growth. So with that you can grow any strain you want. heres a pic of my case
how much veg do you think I need to give them or anyone else
hi there algrow, they look like they are just beginning a healthy new life! Ive never heard of or used bushmaster. I'd want to know what is in it before i used it. I don't like the idea of using unknown chemicals. Try dwc when your ready, and don't worry its extremely easy. If you compost your kitchen food waste using bokashi then you have right there a constant supply of supplemental organic nutrient and beneficial microorganisms. Would be great for your soil too. Bokashi seriously rocks - you'll find a better explanation on google than I can give. That's one of my best weapons in my organic armoury. Compost tea is too much fucking hassle.
Its some kind of sea weed extract. All I know is it works and works good. I have a bigger cab and the computer case. The first pic is the 1st grow nixt pic is after using bush master. I got a better yield out of the 2nd grow.
http://www.icmag.com/ic/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=694829&size=big&cat=&ppuser=28028
I know all about dwc and yes it is easy
http://www.icmag.com/ic/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=694829&size=big&cat=&ppuser=28028
Thank you Yeah I guess I kind of made it seem I was a newby . My bad the 1st pic is in my old gallery and I dont know how to make them show up. Im just trying to do a seed run so the pollon doesn't get in the big box I don't want seeds in that stuff 
. now if I could just get the main cola to get like this
in the pc case I would love it, I do know thats not going to happen though. Like I said its just a seed run. I was just looking to get the most out of it the case is not that wide or long . I do have alot of hieght and wanted to fill it up if I could. I may have to change the light to do that though.
. My bad the 1st pic is in my old gallery and I dont know how to make them show up. Im just trying to do a seed run so the pollon doesn't get in the big box I don't want seeds in that stuff . now if I could just get the main cola to get like this
There's a lot worse in bushmaster than seaweed, just so you know. All these PGRs use paclobutrazol to achieve that effect.
