Hello all and welcome to what I considering my answer for economic hardship and downfall due to a system I feel is extremely flawed. I do this because I personally like knowing if something was to happen, I always have cultivation to get me through. Its my safety net and peace of mind. So knowing what we know now let me introduce my plans and intended methods.........
First and for most, I will be trying to maximize efficiency by using the minimal to achieve maximums results. I will have one flower tent and one veg/mom/clone tent. The flower tent measure 8' L x 4'W x 6.5'H and the veg tent measures 5'x5'x6.5.
The flower tent will be a combination of a 600w vertical grow and a stationary horizontal grow using 3 -- 12gallon soil beds lit by three LED lights. My good hearted intentions are too craft a perpetual cycle which will give me a harvest every month using strains the take 8ish weeks to flower.
The veg tent will house a 25site areo clone machine, my soon to bonsai mommas and the vegging plants that will replace the monthly harvest. I am using T5s and T8s for my veg tent which won’t total more than 200watts.
This is my concept. Veg the plants for 4 weeks, then they go into the flower tent. Using two flower lights and spacing things 4 weeks apart will give me the monthly harvest I am after once everything is filled and running smoothly. It takes a while to get to that point when you take in account making moms, taking clones, vegging, and then flowering. So in about 3-4 months from now I will have everything filled and running and most importantly….giving me the profits Im after to make this worth it.
And the most important aspect of this grow is everything is and will be done organically. So let me show you my pictures. Please keep in mind I just moved into this home so everything is in disarray and not at all setup. Between working full time, going to school full time, and establishing a successful grow operation, my time is very much used up and spent. I literally have zero free time during the week unless I want to cut into my sleep time (which I do to frequently so when Friday finally gets here I am totally spent and sleep for like 16 hrs straight).
Moving on…………….to the method of my madness..
Here is all my random equipment one accumulates from this lucrative hobby: A little bit of everything in there. Filters, fans, Lights, LEDs…ext….
And here is my mixing bay and soil ingredients center. My favorite spot, once again there is a little bit of everything here….2 different N/P bat guanos, worm castings, rock phosphates, gypsum, green sand, blood meal, bone meal, dololime, rice flour, Myco inoculates, kelp meal, alfalfa, azomite, food grade DE, two grades of perlite, and dry molasses. Think I covered it all…..?
My base soil…and usually I don’t buy any big brands in my mixes but during the winter months it is difficult to source good peat moss and soils.
My water tote with a float valve hooked up to my RO/DI filter (a must for AACT convenience in my opinion).
My newly bought veg tent. (It wasn’t shipped with corner brackets and had a slice in one of the sides. So the vendor is sending me a brand new one and letting me keep this tent!)
Here is the power draw of my 600w HPS which will be my vertical bare bulb. 567w at operating temp.
Here is the power consumption of the three LED lights that will light my 12 gallon soil beds. 498w total.
Here are those soil beds. Mixed about one week ago, gonna give them another 2 weeks before I plant in them. I am considering a live mulch but don’t have enough knowledge on the various clover covers to make a educated purchase of seeds so I will research when I have time. Each tote will have two plants in it.
And finally my back bone and support, the moms or soon to be moms. Exhibit One is a new life, she is Kong and a feminized seed which broke soil yesterday.
The other two plants are clones and are hanging on for dear life. I am doing everything I can to keep them on this planet but things are not looking to promising. When I picked them up a few days ago from a buddy they were in a dark closet and had no light for probably 4-5 days and were kept in the same solo cups for probably 30-45 days receiving no type of nutrition. One is a Vanilla Kush and the other is Strawberry Diesel. Since receiving the clones I transplanted them in my dankly mixed soil and water with a AACT. Only time will tell…..
Well that is It for now folks. I think I am going to order 6 fem seeds to grow and flower out to keep my busy while I create a mom and establish clones to kick off my perpetual grow. All in all I should be under 1500 total watts between both tents and all the subsystem equipment. That being said my goals and aspirations are 1 pound a month once I am at full operation. Cheers ICmag..
First and for most, I will be trying to maximize efficiency by using the minimal to achieve maximums results. I will have one flower tent and one veg/mom/clone tent. The flower tent measure 8' L x 4'W x 6.5'H and the veg tent measures 5'x5'x6.5.
The flower tent will be a combination of a 600w vertical grow and a stationary horizontal grow using 3 -- 12gallon soil beds lit by three LED lights. My good hearted intentions are too craft a perpetual cycle which will give me a harvest every month using strains the take 8ish weeks to flower.
The veg tent will house a 25site areo clone machine, my soon to bonsai mommas and the vegging plants that will replace the monthly harvest. I am using T5s and T8s for my veg tent which won’t total more than 200watts.
This is my concept. Veg the plants for 4 weeks, then they go into the flower tent. Using two flower lights and spacing things 4 weeks apart will give me the monthly harvest I am after once everything is filled and running smoothly. It takes a while to get to that point when you take in account making moms, taking clones, vegging, and then flowering. So in about 3-4 months from now I will have everything filled and running and most importantly….giving me the profits Im after to make this worth it.
And the most important aspect of this grow is everything is and will be done organically. So let me show you my pictures. Please keep in mind I just moved into this home so everything is in disarray and not at all setup. Between working full time, going to school full time, and establishing a successful grow operation, my time is very much used up and spent. I literally have zero free time during the week unless I want to cut into my sleep time (which I do to frequently so when Friday finally gets here I am totally spent and sleep for like 16 hrs straight).
Moving on…………….to the method of my madness..
Here is all my random equipment one accumulates from this lucrative hobby: A little bit of everything in there. Filters, fans, Lights, LEDs…ext….
And here is my mixing bay and soil ingredients center. My favorite spot, once again there is a little bit of everything here….2 different N/P bat guanos, worm castings, rock phosphates, gypsum, green sand, blood meal, bone meal, dololime, rice flour, Myco inoculates, kelp meal, alfalfa, azomite, food grade DE, two grades of perlite, and dry molasses. Think I covered it all…..?
My base soil…and usually I don’t buy any big brands in my mixes but during the winter months it is difficult to source good peat moss and soils.
My water tote with a float valve hooked up to my RO/DI filter (a must for AACT convenience in my opinion).
My newly bought veg tent. (It wasn’t shipped with corner brackets and had a slice in one of the sides. So the vendor is sending me a brand new one and letting me keep this tent!)
Here is the power draw of my 600w HPS which will be my vertical bare bulb. 567w at operating temp.
Here is the power consumption of the three LED lights that will light my 12 gallon soil beds. 498w total.
Here are those soil beds. Mixed about one week ago, gonna give them another 2 weeks before I plant in them. I am considering a live mulch but don’t have enough knowledge on the various clover covers to make a educated purchase of seeds so I will research when I have time. Each tote will have two plants in it.
And finally my back bone and support, the moms or soon to be moms. Exhibit One is a new life, she is Kong and a feminized seed which broke soil yesterday.
The other two plants are clones and are hanging on for dear life. I am doing everything I can to keep them on this planet but things are not looking to promising. When I picked them up a few days ago from a buddy they were in a dark closet and had no light for probably 4-5 days and were kept in the same solo cups for probably 30-45 days receiving no type of nutrition. One is a Vanilla Kush and the other is Strawberry Diesel. Since receiving the clones I transplanted them in my dankly mixed soil and water with a AACT. Only time will tell…..
Well that is It for now folks. I think I am going to order 6 fem seeds to grow and flower out to keep my busy while I create a mom and establish clones to kick off my perpetual grow. All in all I should be under 1500 total watts between both tents and all the subsystem equipment. That being said my goals and aspirations are 1 pound a month once I am at full operation. Cheers ICmag..
