thenewstyle
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Nice grow dude! that room is packed!
10×20 that's going to give you a foot shorter of a walkway than mine. I have to walk sideways. Lol mine is 11×21.
Things to upgrade on next run..
New 36k btu a/c. The 18k is struggling. I should have known that from the beginning. I got a deal on it and I sprung for it.. it will be a backup a/c now.
Smart pots for more breathable air flowing through the medium.
Making drip rings and not an open line directly at base of stalk.
More fans underneath. I got that covered now but I'm going to make permanent placement for them once I have room to work after I harvest.
Going to make both tables movable. On casters so i can defoliate like I want to.. it's killing me that I can't walk around all my plants and work on them like I want to. I'll raise my yield a half pound a light after this.. it's a very important method that needs to happen.
And be ultra clean and thorough on my cleanings of my reservoir and my RO water storage tanks. From the beginning .
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask anything you want. Your new room sound great.!!
Honestly bro I planned on no walkways.... I'll be using DJM's method, wall to wall scrog. https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=300255
I'll be running 54k btu for the room (3x 18k wall units) hopefully this will suffice. I'll have a co2 burner and 8x 1150 maxed out deva lights.
Interesting idea with the smart pots. I think I prefer to feed until waste on this first run. I have an active aqua ebb n flow setup I'll modify with top feed drip rings and use the plumbing below for the dtw.
I think I may end up regretting the no walkway idea bUT I don't want to lose that 30sq ft of canopy space.
Nice recovery though man, shit impressive. How long until you chop? IM interested to see your final numbers
I'm flushing right now so I'm probably chopping Friday. They are hanging sagging and done. Fast flowering strains.
I think you will regret the no walkway man. If a plant dies in the middle of the grow bed how are you going to extract it. things can happen to plants with all the sudden they die is what I've learned from this grow and the last. you never know, so if one dies I don't know how easy it is for you to walk through there and grab it, just a suggestion my last run was 13 plus pounds. this run I bet you anything I get about 17..
And I do feed until waste with a smart pots as well. top feed drain to waste.
Im defoliating now...the canopy makes it very difficult and a lengthy process , but isles cost money, id rather work harder and maximize every sq foot of the room..since im on drippers isles really aren't necessary..its definitely not for every one..the trellis is 2 - 5 x 30s connected in the middle..when I defoliate, I untie about 3 feet between them , on the top and bottom trellis, pop up between the plants and work around that area, tie it back up and keep moving down..i also do the same around the parameter...takes a solid 8 hours to do the room, an isle would make it easier, but it would cost me a good 5 lbs per run from the loss of canopy...im no stranger to hard work, so I don't mind it..I do one major defoliating at day 18..i make sure that I pull down on the fan and take the entire stem off..at this stage , there is no flower, so the base of the fan is exposed to air and dries out..rot is a non issue....then I do another one at the start of flush..also pulling the fan down to make sure no dead pieces are left..i never pull fans from colas or tops, only from the secondary level of the canopy... below the top 10-12 inches..so its not an issue..if I pulled fans out of a cola, it may make it more susceptible to rot...plucking at the start of flush, opens the plants up, allowing more air to flow through them..At the same time I usually drop my temps and rh, so it makes rot really no concern
hope that clears it up
I will have the buckets below arranged in a way that allows me to crawl below the canopy to access. I will also be able to undo the netting around the sides to access the outer edges. If you've seen the coco trees sticky thread DJM is the guy who gave me this idea to attempt. He's pulling 3-3.5 per kw. I know I probably won't enjoy crawling around in this manner but if it means an additional 30 sq feet of canopy I may make this sacrifice haha. I've got knee pads and an auto creeper seat to lay down undetected the canopy and roll around lol.
Wow. Okay. Well go for it then.!! Make a grow thread I wanna see this. Also you're going to have to spray your plants while you're laying down too.. lol it will be a chore but doable for sure. Build it. !!