My Under the Stairs Laboratory. Airpots,Coco, 4 strains

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mrsrixon

• Dec 4, 2009

• #1

Hello all. I m trying these airpots for the first time. It will also be my first coco grow, but not my first rodeo . I am using 100% canna coco. I will be using agricultural organics coco a+b as a base. I will use Cal Mag plus and cannazyme from start to finish. I am staring them in 3L pots then moving to 9L after 80% of the veg cycle.

Strains-
Grand Daddy Purple
Skunk x BlueBerry (skunkberry)
Sour Diesel (coming soon)
L.A. Confidential (coming soon)

Veg room is about 6 sqft. and about 12 cuft.
Flower room is about 14 sqft and about 85.8 cuft

Light-
Veg room has 12 CFL 26w (1750 lumens each)
Flower room has 1 600w hps and 4-8 CFL 26w

What do you all think?

Enjoy the up coming show please!

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 8, 2009

• #2

Hello all, here is a quick update.

I am now seeing roots coming out of the holes and getting pruned (pics below).

The girls are growing fast, they seem to like the AO nutes and their surroundings so far.

Temps are between 70-78 during the light cycle and down to 60-69 during dark hours.

Can't wait till they are done!

 

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guanito

Active member

• Dec 9, 2009

• #3

what kind of pots are those?
they have all those little holes all over them?

 

Kcar

There are FOUR lights!

Veteran

• Dec 9, 2009

• #4

Why not go the distance in the 5l or 7.5l airpots?
Isn't that the reason for them? You could be onto something, though.
Good Luck!

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 9, 2009

• #5

Kcar said:

Why not go the distance in the 5l or 7.5l airpots?
Isn't that the reason for them? You could be onto something, though.
Good Luck!

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They are in the 3L for the first 80% of veg or so to build a solid, large "root mass" then on to the 9l for the last 20% of veg and through flowering.

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 9, 2009

• #6

guanito said:

what kind of pots are those?
they have all those little holes all over them?

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They are called Airpots. Here is a link--> Airpots

 

festivus

STAY TOASTY MY FRIENDS!

ICMag Donor

Veteran

• Dec 9, 2009

• #7

A buddy and I did an under-the-stairs grow a few years ago. His gas water heater was on the back side of an exterior wall, so we cut a 4" hole and mounted a fan to blow the exhaust gas into the grow area. The plants went crazy! One trainwreck had a 90 gram head bud! Had to remember to shut off the fan and let it air out before entering though. Best of luck on your grow mrsrixon!!

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 9, 2009

• #8

festivus said:

A buddy and I did an under-the-stairs grow a few years ago. His gas water heater was on the back side of an exterior wall, so we cut a 4" hole and mounted a fan to blow the exhaust gas into the grow area. The plants went crazy! One trainwreck had a 90 gram head bud! Had to remember to shut off the fan and let it air out before entering though. Best of luck on your grow mrsrixon!!

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Thats crazy 90g! I bet with all the co2 coming from the burner your plants were in heaven. I don't have that option . Thanks for the luck festivus. I have ran many under here so far with great results. Last batch was just under 14 oz dry from 3 Plants in buckets. I hope to see a similar result with these airpots.

 

dirtyshawa

Member

• Dec 12, 2009

• #9

looking good, have you thought about using AO sea products?

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 12, 2009

• #10

never seen any sea products from them

 

Kusherman

Member

• Dec 12, 2009

• #11

Looking stellar my friend, I wish you good fortune for your grow. PEACE LUV AND BUDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ThisBuds4You

Member

• Dec 12, 2009

• #12

Lookin' good!

--
TB4U

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 12, 2009

• #13

I totaled up what it would cost me to run the Ao line of additives and its just to much to fork out right now.
I will be sticking with the AO as a base but would like some suggestions about a line of additives. They don't have to be super cheap just not $125/L.

Thanks

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 15, 2009

• #14

Here is an update

I am happy with the growth rates and overall health of the pants. Once I get some roots to pop out of the cuttlings I took I will toss them into the flowering room where the real fun begins!
These are pics from the middle of the 10th day in the veg room.

This is the SkunkBerry

This is the Grand Daddy Purple

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 23, 2009

• #15

Girls are getting big!They are a very healthy green if you ask me! I am moving them to the flowing room in a few days, just waiting on my a+b coco flower nutes to get here. I will post some pics tomorrow.

I have decided to stick with Agricultural Organics as a Base but not for additives they are just to darn expensive and to many parts for my liking. For additives I will use B'cuzz bloom stimulator, and continue to use Cal Mag Plus and Cannazyme through the bloom cycle.

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 23, 2009

• #16

Here is a update!

This is the 21st day for the girls... I have topped them many times to keep em short and bushy, and for cloners. I also tried the "fimming" technique and it is working great, getting 4-6 budsites per cut instead of 2 with a top. For those of you not familiar with the "fimming" technique it explains it here -->http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=104379

enjoy!

Skunkberry

Grand Daddy Purp

The veg room

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 24, 2009

• #17

pics

 

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weezybleezy

Member

• Dec 24, 2009

• #18

Nice grow man.. I was wondering how/what you made your veg cab as im in the process of trying to design an inexpensive solution
happy holidays
peacee

 

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mrsrixon

• Dec 25, 2009

• #19

weezybleezy said:

Nice grow man.. I was wondering how/what you made your veg cab as im in the process of trying to design an inexpensive solution
happy holidays
peacee

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I just used garage insulator foil you can get from home depot to make the walls and door. I stapled the foil to the stairs on top and duck tape to secure the bottom of the "walls" to the ground. I used plain old wire from home depot for stringing the lights together. I used single and dual sockets also from home depot. Wife got some bulbs from sams club they are the 46w cfl 1750 lumens. Got a couple of 3" computer fans from radio shack for my intake and exhaust and found a old power cord with a 12 volt power supply, the same volts as the fans. This is important if you want to be able to connect them to a standard wall outlet. Put it all together and bamb a veg room and happy plants.

 

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weezybleezy

Member

• Dec 25, 2009

• #20

One more quick question before i run out and get some stuff..

is

http://www.homedepot.com/Building-M...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

the stuff youre talking about or is the stuff you have more rigid and freestanding? thanks