Self-Reliance Micro Cab'n

[blynx]

Very cool!

Is your seed run going to be without the screen?

 

[grouchy]

Yeah. I have four seeds left and will plant them around the bulb and let them grow up. My only goal for this run is seeds. I am planning on upgrading the grow bed with a flood and drain bell siphon as well if I get around to it.

 

[autosfordummies]

dont know how i didnt see this thread, freakin sweet.

im running a 60gal aquaponics setup for my lettuce and peppers and herbs outside and id stick with the constant flow. i originally used the bell siphon but its super hit and miss with constant adjustments needing to be made to get it to siphon every time or getting the siphon to stop. pulled it out and reajusted my drain a little lower and everything is growing so much better on the constant flow. and the only maintenance ive had to do is clean my pump and hose out once a week or so cuz of algae build up. also added a second air pump just to be on the safe side.

think i might try a similair setup with a few guppies or something inside for the dank.

 

[micro420guy]

probably dont need to flush with aquaponics . you dont need to flush vegetables grown in aquaponics.

 

[grouchy]

probably dont need to flush with aquaponics . you dont need to flush vegetables grown in aquaponics.

I have heard that too but I had to go out of town for awhile anyways so it didn't hurt to pull the fish out since I wouldn't be able to feed them. There were still plenty of nitrates left in the water when I got back and when I chopped.

 

[JHerbz]

Crazy for one bulb~!

 

[MrCopyZ]

My understanding about flushing is that you are trying to remove the nutrients from the plant by forcing it to eat up whatever is stored in itself. That way you have less to evaporate during dry and cure.

I could be wrong.

But if this is true, then aquaponics would need a flush just the same. But we might leave the fishes out of that part.

 

[grouchy]

I ended up putting 12g into the curing jar. I also ended up with a dugout full of some water-cured bud from all the popcorn and sugar leaf. Smokes nice and clean and should keep me out of the goods till later. The buds weren't very dense but it was only a 42w bulb and my heat was a little high. Very satisfied with the run.

 

[grouchy]

I am a little into the next run now. Only one seed germinated out of the four. They were a couple years old though. If it turns out to be female I will probably try and make some feminized seeds. If it's male I will save the pollen for future projects.

 

[soursmoker]

lets see an update man

 

[izzybud]

x2 cant believe i havent seen this post! nice shit

 

[grouchy]

Pics will have to come later.

The cab is filled with what I believe to be a male plant. I have collected a ton of pollen to try and make some future autoflower crosses. The only problem with this is the plant is also showing female pistils. This was my last bean out of a pack of Joint Docters Dwarf mix. I am going to continue collecting pollen and wait to see if the plant will produce some seeds on its own.

If no seeds, I will try to make my own cross some time down the road. I have two other packs of seeds. One is Power Skunk and the other is Spotanica. The first runs I will do after this will be to make some fresh seeds from both those packs. When I first started I had a safe address to order seeds to. I have since lost that benefit and do not feel safe ordering seeds.

I also plan on upgrading to a bigger grow space soon. I will start making steps towards that. Future plans include two 100w HPS flower rooms working off of one ballast and a flip-flop relay, a veg/mom room running a 100w cmh and a separate area for strictly autos. I want to feed the flower rooms off of a ten gallon fish tank stocked full of little swimmers. I will just PH the fish tank water for the moms and autos. I have plans for a couple drying rooms and a separate utility area. My hope is that the s&p td100x will be able to cool all this and be silent behind a muffler and sound deadened box. All this will go in a 72"x36"x18" metal storage cab.

 

[jay-toker]

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[grouchy]

Alright, I got the cab cleaned out and ready to start another round. Going to pop 2-3 power skunks and see what happens. Boy-girl and we will have a seed run. All boys and I will collect some pollen. All girls and I will pollinate a couple lower branches w/ lowrider dust and have a good harvest. I have been wanting to try out some edibles for awhile but I can't seem to keep out in front of my smoking supply.

 

[grouchy]

Started two g-13 power skunks last night. I also added 7 more fish for a total of 14. I am going to try and build up some good nitrate levels before the skunks start getting hungry. I will keep a close eye on the ammonia and nitrite levels to make sure that the grow bed can convert that much poop.

For food they are getting flake food that is preservative free. I am going to try and catch some night crawlers tonight and grind them up and freeze them in little ice cubes. If they like it I might try and switch them over to just worms and see if it makes them poop more.

I am also going to try and put some more worms in the grow bed. I added some previously but I think they got out or something. It would be nice to get some castings applied directly in the bed.

 

[grouchy]

I've been reading up on the cxa-3070 lately and I plan on pulling the trigger soon to make an upgrade. I will be ordering two 3000k z2 bin chips and plan on running them at 1400ma similar to Bueno's setup. I will try and mount them with the active heatsink on the out side of the box and the led's sealed to the top inside. This will allow me to cool the lights with non-scrubbed air and keep it quiet. I'm really looking forward to this upgrade as I have been struggling with heat and I think this is the answer.

 

[Bueno Time]

Missed this update grouchy, two 3070s will do some serious work in your little flowering area. It would be a nice setup I think that should produce very well in that space.

 

[grouchy]

I have two 3000k's that I will run in my micro ngb box. I picked up a couple of those alpine 11 plus coolers and will be mounting them both to a chunk of 1/4" aluminum plate. This plate will go on top of my box and keep the fans and most of the heat on the outside. This will allow more headroom and less ventilation which are two problem areas I have been fighting.

I haven't picked out my drivers yet but I would like to find a couple meanwells that can be run at 1400-1900ma and dimmable. Money and an upcoming trip will keep me from starting before late September unfortunately. Check out my thread in my sig for a better idea of my work space.

Nice, sounds like a good plan.

When I bought my first COB I was going to build a little test cab for it and cut a hole in the top for the COB to stick in through and the heatsink/fan remain on the outside of the cab but never build a test cab just went for it and bout some more stuff to convert the tent over to LED.

Should keep a good portion of the heat outside of the cab, the COBs do put out some heat from the light emitting side as well but the heatsink side will shed heat outside the cab well. Having the heatsink outside the cab will have lower temps of air being blown through the heatsink so it will run the COB cooler easier too resulting in better efficiency and longevity with better lumen maintenance.

Ill have to look a bit, if you are only running 2 COBs you might be able to get a single Meanwell that is 1400-1900mA max and dimmable to run both COBs off one driver.

Lets bring this conversation over here.

I think I want to go with separate drivers so I can adjust then independently. I plan on running one plant per cob and staggered 4 weeks apart. That will leave uneven canopies and a need to tailor the lights individually. I could then keep a mother and a vegging plant in the small section.

I would like to possibly main-line the plants for 4 main colas in 3 gallon bags. This might be a tight squeeze and the first run will let me know if its possible.

 

[Bueno Time]

Lets bring this conversation over here.

I think I want to go with separate drivers so I can adjust then independently. I plan on running one plant per cob and staggered 4 weeks apart. That will leave uneven canopies and a need to tailor the lights individually. I could then keep a mother and a vegging plant in the small section.

I would like to possibly main-line the plants for 4 main colas in 3 gallon bags. This might be a tight squeeze and the first run will let me know if its possible.

Ok I was just going to recommend a driver for running 2-3 CXA3070s. Not sure about lower voltage dimmables that can run a single COB and still have a max current of 1400+mA that you want. There has to be some though.

 

[grouchy]

There were a couple examples on RIU for the driver. Not to worried about that as I wont have the cash for a week or two.

I am sure the 1400ma will be over kill in my box right now but I have an idea for running co2 to take advantage of over lighting and higher temps. Since my existing ventilation pretty much sucks (2 120mm pc fans with a charcoal box in between) I was thinking it would be easy to boost the co2 in such a small space. I already own co2 aquarium equipment and have knowledge of what it does to plants in high light environments. My plan is to try co2 with the fans set to the minimum and see if I can get the ppms up and if not then try putting one of the two fans on a timer to shut off while the co2 is going. I need to keep negative room pressure for odor control but with the lights being externally cooled it might work.