Preview of my pl-l micro closet.

[superpedro]

Thanks. Happy you like it

I got a picture of my lamp, or at least you are able to see the difference in light i get from my two types of bulbs. The white one is a standard 865, the purple is the triplus (aka triton), a bulb with much lower amount of the middle spectrum of light the plants can't use (not much unlike grolux).

Three bad things.

A very small one(pic from yesterday):

The hurricane i had on for a few days damaged some of the exposed leaf tips.

Slightly bigger problem: Caught a thrips fly in my cab, no signs of larvae on any leafs.
I've been breeding "Amblyseius cucumeris" to defend my plants, but not anymore since i thought my cab's would keep them bastards out. But I sit with the cap open ever so often.
I will try to get some "Amblyseius swirskii" (a very effective predator) this time. I should be able to breed on them as well, though it's a bit more demanding.

And the biggest: I took a shortcut with my soil, this being a spontaneous testrun. The soil I got promised a Ph value of 6,2-6,8, but it is 5,8 tested from the bag and the cab. I'm lucky I took my time to test the soil yesterday, and the plants still seem untouched by the problem.
I'll give them a dose of potasiumcarbonate to reset the soil, but first I have to run tests on the right amount so I won't set it too high. A lot of work

A picture from today:

 

[xmobotx]

cool - great micro scrog

 

[Tonatiuh]

clean,clean,clean
peace-T-

 

[b00m]

Clean and mean setup there superpedro, gunna pull up a chair and and watch how this one turns out. Should be awesome.
Happy Gardening All.
Peace.

 

[Rhyolite]

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[Helis]

Very nice setup! I will be watching this one.
This is good inspiration, I like your plant collection and must save you have some interesting hobbies

 

[superpedro]

Thanks everyone, happy you like it!!

It's been a hard week at work, I haven't had time to build anything new, so this will be a small update. I plan on using the rest of this Friday for nothing but and surfing icmag until I drop.
weekend will be all about the cabs.



a few pics from yesterday - 5 days of 12/12
I got the Ph fixed before it became a problem.

TLC & LST

Day 5

See you later

 

[#1cheesebuds]

wow wow they r just pluging away arn't they. rock on.

 

[ScrubNinja]

Looking very nice Pedro. Hope we get to see more cool stuff!

 

[Dr 4 four]

This is the type of micro setup I dream about. lol Nice grow! Can't wait to see them fill up the space.

 

[superpedro]

Thanks for all the positive feedback, It's highly appreciated


Today I've been working on a yeast co2 system with dosage control for my cab. Its against my DIY genes to use the bottle any longer More about that when the change is made.
There is a link for a guide I made about it in my signature.

I'm "afraid" the plants have already shown the first signs of flowering. Damn I expected more stretch than that, but now I can let them grow until full flower kicks in without height being an issue.

later!!

 

[superpedro]

The new DIY CO2 system is complete. Now I've the first 5L of yeast mix brewing. It wont be installed before 5 days time, when the second brewing can will be added, and my second e-valve for the night shutter for the slow release has arrived.
More about that in my DIY thread

Now to make some 100% airtight one way valves for a perfect air exchange system. I'm thinking ping-pong balls, tubes of different dimensions and small fans.

cheers

 

[fatigues]

Loving this thread!

I'm still puzzling out the principles involved in your DIY needle valve assisted CO2 injector too - but you got my attention .

Great contributions to ICM here.

K++

 

[superpedro]

Loving this thread!

I'm still puzzling out the principles involved in your DIY needle valve assisted CO2 injector too - but you got my attention .

Great contributions to ICM here.

K++

Thanks for the kind words

The needle valve allows you to bypass the e-valve, and can be precisely adjusted to deliver in the rate of the expected consumption by the plants, and maintain somewhere around 1500ppm between the exchange cycle.
Equipment for CO2 measurements is being used to assess indoor work climate, and it should be possible to lease one for a few days to adjust your flow rate to perfection.

Happy to have you on board!

 

[ScrubNinja]

I don't understand how it works but it looks pretty cool.

Nice idea with the pingpong balls too.

 

[superpedro]

Won't have time to mess with the CO2 systems before Saturday.

Very quick update.


Bulb change. New colors for bloom time.: it's two tritons, two dulux 827 and two master 830 from now on

 

[Trev]

love your setup! i see a couple of those aquarium plants i recognise!


im a freshwater planted tank fanatic! haha.
whats the red plant in the far left of the pic?
is it aquatic?

 

[superpedro]

Thanks mate.
It's a Ludwigia repens "rubin". It is aquatic, all those on the picture are
I like to keep them emerged, it's easy to maintain the plants under these conditions, but they change quite allot, sometimes all leaves die, and a completely new shape and color appears under water.

this is the same plant submersed

 

[Trev]

cool! ive grown mostly crypts emersed, as well as some glossotigma just so it filled in before filling the tank. i plan to do some more emersed growing here soon as i take the plunge into ripariums!


awesome tank!



i think i might butcher one of my dual 55w PLL fixtures and retrofit it into my speaker cab......ideas...ideas.....

 

[aminem]

what spectrums were u using during veg and what now