StoopheadFred
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Hi world! 
Back again with a new setup in the works to share with ya. I have found myself creating different setups and then abandoning them for various reasons, the main one being stealth.
I think I've solved that problem this time.
After 2 stressful grows that resulted in the plants having to be moved mid-flower I decided I had to change something. The first was to re-evaluate my needs and consumption, I really don't smoke enough to justify needing to run 400 watts + of lighting.
So now what you're looking at is a self-contained micro grow system that will use a 150w ceramic metal halide (cmh) lamp I had lying around. I liked the look of the stacked tub designs, but to me it seemed that if I'm going to have some crazy looking rubbermaid setup in my closet I may as well have a tent in there. So my solution was to create a smaller stacked tub design out of 2x 5gal totes and fit that inside my 47gal rubbermaid along with the whole fan/filtration system.
The plan now is to get a SOG/staggered harvest deal going on. I will be using water bottles with the tops cut off as pots In order to do this I will need to go pheno hunting to find something special that will provide the single-cola plants I need to make this setup successful. I have been blessed with meeting many new medical friends recently and should have some nice PNW genetics to work with.
Another thing I didn't like about my last grow was my DWC hydro system. It worked well and didnt' require a lot of maintenance, but I was always worried that an air pump or something would fail and leave my crop in shambles. So this time I'm doing something different, coco coir! Seems to be really cheap and easy once you get the hang of it, and it can provide the explosive growth that I saw with my DWC as well so on paper this medium sounds great. We'll see how it goes!
I will be bottom-feeding for simplicity's sake. In the beginning I will be doing this by hand, but eventually I will setup a res with a water pump and timer setup to automate this process as I spend a lot of time snowboarding and away from my apartment.
Nutes will consist of mainly MaxiBloom, but I will also be throwing some compost teas, sea salts, and plant growth regulators into the mix in an effort to grow some dank plants with massive oil/resin production.
*EDIT* Quickly outgrew the small container, so we did some adjustments to this setup.
And here's what it looks like now:
We're now running 300w of raw CMH power and the plants are loving it!
Back again with a new setup in the works to share with ya. I have found myself creating different setups and then abandoning them for various reasons, the main one being stealth.
I think I've solved that problem this time.
After 2 stressful grows that resulted in the plants having to be moved mid-flower I decided I had to change something. The first was to re-evaluate my needs and consumption, I really don't smoke enough to justify needing to run 400 watts + of lighting.
So now what you're looking at is a self-contained micro grow system that will use a 150w ceramic metal halide (cmh) lamp I had lying around. I liked the look of the stacked tub designs, but to me it seemed that if I'm going to have some crazy looking rubbermaid setup in my closet I may as well have a tent in there. So my solution was to create a smaller stacked tub design out of 2x 5gal totes and fit that inside my 47gal rubbermaid along with the whole fan/filtration system.
The plan now is to get a SOG/staggered harvest deal going on. I will be using water bottles with the tops cut off as pots In order to do this I will need to go pheno hunting to find something special that will provide the single-cola plants I need to make this setup successful. I have been blessed with meeting many new medical friends recently and should have some nice PNW genetics to work with.
Another thing I didn't like about my last grow was my DWC hydro system. It worked well and didnt' require a lot of maintenance, but I was always worried that an air pump or something would fail and leave my crop in shambles. So this time I'm doing something different, coco coir! Seems to be really cheap and easy once you get the hang of it, and it can provide the explosive growth that I saw with my DWC as well so on paper this medium sounds great. We'll see how it goes!
I will be bottom-feeding for simplicity's sake. In the beginning I will be doing this by hand, but eventually I will setup a res with a water pump and timer setup to automate this process as I spend a lot of time snowboarding and away from my apartment.
Nutes will consist of mainly MaxiBloom, but I will also be throwing some compost teas, sea salts, and plant growth regulators into the mix in an effort to grow some dank plants with massive oil/resin production.
*EDIT* Quickly outgrew the small container, so we did some adjustments to this setup.
And here's what it looks like now:
We're now running 300w of raw CMH power and the plants are loving it!
