"Pirates Cave" (and a Perpetual Sea Of Green)

[Pirate]

That's the best grow Ive ever seen. Its big, it has very very good room construction (with two floors ) and those roots on the previous site are absolutely amazing. Don't know how do you manage, but i like all that I don't know if you already mention but how much fans do you have for intake and outtake and to where do you pump and suck the air? How much cfm does that fans have?

Well that is one of "The best compliments I have ever had". So thanks.

Mange it? It's constant.

Well let's see.......Ventilation huh?
I have 2- 6 inch passive intake hoses (no fan) (in the summer I use an intake fan on one hose) coming into the lowest section of the room, 1 - 8 inch 750 cfm exhaust for lights, 1 - 6 inch 450 cfm, 1 - 4 inch 180 cfm and several BATHROOM type exhaust fans for misc. heat extraction. Plus I have 2 AC units and a dehumidifier.....each with their own exhaust fans and everything blows out through the attic or roof eaves.

I'm in the process of designing some sort of heat exchanger to eliminate half the fans. Way to many fans and 90% of my ambient noise comes from ventilation. If I can eliminate fans.........I can eliminate noise. It's not overly loud........but it's there and I don't like it. I would prefer to go NINJA !!

 

[IndianHay]

Thanks for straight answer. So why I asked for those fans? Answer is very simple. I was just wondering how much ventilation is needed to run grow as that one, because in a few years i will build my own house and cca. 1/4 of the basement will be designed for growing. Ive seen that you harvest every two weeks. What do you do with buds then? I wouldn t say that you smoke em all because this is not a small project. Answer of leave it If ventilation cant be heard out the house its ninja style and you can do this for the rest of your life if you will not tell everyone you see like some dudes from my school. I could report him, but i grow too and I dont wanna ruin his life. I am just quiet and no one will ever know ok Ive swimmed a little away .... anyhow i absolutely admire your work so I hope that you will write your diary in the future.

 

[Pirate]

Thanks for straight answer. So why I asked for those fans? Answer is very simple. I was just wondering how much ventilation is needed to run grow as that one, because in a few years i will build my own house and cca. 1/4 of the basement will be designed for growing. Ive seen that you harvest every two weeks. What do you do with buds then? I wouldn t say that you smoke em all because this is not a small project. Answer of leave it If ventilation cant be heard out the house its ninja style and you can do this for the rest of your life if you will not tell everyone you see like some dudes from my school. I could report him, but i grow too and I dont wanna ruin his life. I am just quiet and no one will ever know ok Ive swimmed a little away .... anyhow i absolutely admire your work so I hope that you will write your diary in the future.

Thanks again Man !!

My extra buds make their way into the local medical community.
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[IndianHay]

No problem m8!

If i am correct you are growing legally? How did you get permision for that?

 

[Pirate]

Medical Certification.

Sorry Man. No disrespect but I'd rather not go into it here.

 

[boston]

nice set up

will be watching please keep updates coming

 

[IndianHay]

When i first heard for that i said wow! But I think there are negative things with medical growing too.

I am with boston

 

[Pirate]

When i first heard for that i said wow! But I think there are negative things with medical growing too.

I am with boston

Yea there is. There are many Medical Growers sitting in Federal prisons all over the country. I do what i can..........not to be one of em.

 

[Pirate]

Well.........In keeping with the idea that this is an ongoing Perpetual Thread. I took some photos of day #1 for Flowering table #2.

I've been asked how I get my Pre-Flowered Clones into the flower room. I made a rubber-maid carrier. It has 50 holes. I just drop the Pre-Flowers into it.......Move them to the Flower room and drop them in there. No water. The whole thing is done in 10 minutes (per 50)

Here's the Tote: This batch is going into the black aero tray. Little by littel I am replacing the black trays. I'm going from 12 - 2x3 black ones to 8 - 3x3 white ones. 1 or 2 at a time. As a table gets harvested.........It gets replaced with the new style unit.

Here are the roots after 14 days in Pre-Flower under a 400 watt HPS on a mover:(these are just over 30 days from the time I cut the clone) If I've learned just one thing that determines your yield...........It's the quality of the roots when you switch over to 12/12.

Here we are: Day #1 of Flower. Berry OG & Satori:The white 3 x 3 tray is the one I built this last weekend.(Only 6 more to build) I'm using an old Rain-Forest for a Rez.

Nuff 4 Now........................

 

[greenhornets]

pirate , man you never let me down . i just admire your work bro . please keeps us posted on all your diy project for this thread . i just learn so much from this thread alone .. man those pics are just out of sight , man im jealous!! lol .. :jawdrop: .. now on with show !!!

 

[BobbleheadJed]

You've got it figured out pretty damn good, pirate. You know, I'm thinking day one of flower should be some type of a holiday. Seems like a celebration or party should be in order.

This is going to be fun watching fill up, isn't it? Thank you.

 

[pistolvania420]

This is a very motivating grow. I hope one day I will have a set-up 1/100th elaborate as this one. You sir is a genius.

 

[InjectTruth]

Yeah Pirate! I just finished reading your aeroponics tutorial, and you've got me itching to experiment. I inappropriately thought aero required the super high pressure misters or it wouldnt work properly. You've obviously crushed that myth!

That root porn is immaculate. "As above, so below". The nug is just the tip of the iceberg!

 

[Pirate]

YO !! Thanks everyone !!

Today was harvest day. I took down 1 of the upper tables and this is what I got:

This is the table one minute before harvest:
Looking Left

Looking Right:

Table 7 / 8 = 1 pound 5oz (calculated dry / I'm usually spot on). Berry OG, Satori & Speed Queen. I still have a little left to cut down but I need to give em a few more days or so.

This will be the next harvest: Your looking at 1/2 of the table. Mostly Berry OG & Satori. About 2 weeks left.

Remember Table 2 from 5 posts back? This is day #4 of 12/12. Sorry about the HPS lighting.

 

[arcticsun]

respect man, thats a fantastic grow. look at them buds woo

.. a little sneak preview of what im doing just for you since u got that buuuuty of a room going

View image in gallery​

peace

 

[BobbleheadJed]

SEA OF BUDS! Wow, that was an update, thanks pirate. I really need to try the Satori. The Speed Queen does right by my me, I know that.

Totally off topic and an 'inside' comment for pirate.
Illinois was the first state to ban the ephedra plant and the derivative ephedrine. Barack Obama introduced and championed that legislation in Illinois. Ephedrine later was banned by the FDA and is now illegal in the U.S. Human being are locked in cages for possessing the ephedra plant or ephedrine, largely in thanks to Barack Obama.

Granted, there is more scientific evidence that ephedrine is more harmful than cannabis, but ephedrine is definitely "less harmful" than alcohol for some risk disclosure. Just sayin'. Respect to you pirate.

 

[Core]

sweet harvet i see...congratz on the pull Pirate!!

K +++

 

[LolaGal]

Looking good Pirate!

Do you hand trim your buds or do you use a trimmer?

 

[whiskeytango420]

Lookin damn fine! Great haul pirate!
good vibes

 

[JACKtheREFFER]

awsome buddy !!!!!!