^^ excuse me for not paying close enough attention, but what is this? some medium? nutes? beneficials?
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^^ excuse me for not paying close enough attention, but what is this? some medium? nutes? beneficials?
bobble, bobble, bobble, maybe you havn't been paying attention to my thread. I didn't buy 200' of flexzilla, a 300 dollar selenoid, and 64 drain fittings because i'm waiting on you for ideas. I've known how I planned to setup my DTW racks since before you bought your first selenoid. Just been a lil busier taking care of oh something like 500 more lights worth of garden than you
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Things are looking good bro. Can't wait to see what you come up with this year
Blah blah blah, your such a little whinner.
It's a pot plant. Seriously. It is perlite and if you look close in the background you can see a couple hundred clones. With those he plans on
Mr D.
Lol if you look close there's roots in the bottom of that cup... One of around 400 to select from to fill my octagon... Can't let Bldswttrs have all the glory...
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DHF
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Bobble,
Is this the garden where you are playing around with the gravity timed solenoid.
Curious if you ever sorted that out to see how those solenoids were treating you.
Bobble,
Is this the garden where you are playing around with the gravity timed solenoid.
Curious if you ever sorted that out to see how those solenoids were treating you.
I'm currently irrigating 2 gardens with solenoids and it's working great. My $20 battery powered deal is working great! I didn't need to spend $300 on something that doesn't even come with a timer... I mean I just keep a spare on hand in case one breaks... Or rather I break one... So another $20 for insurance.
I'm also using a dripper manifold on a pump like bldswttrs has in his racks... It has a filter, and 9 ports with individual controls. It's pretty nice... But I have a bunch of rubber grommets to use now, so I probably won't be buying a bunch of dripper manifolds just yet. I gotta see if gravity pressure is enough for them. I don't see why it wouldn't be.
the octagon will be gravity powered, with a whole bunch of equal length drip tubing coming off a manifold on 1 level. This is going to save me time in that I won't have to dial the feed to each and every plant site. I've taken the cuts I need to have my pick of plants for the perfect canopy. Should be a hoot.
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With those he plans on
We'll see. I've been a busy boy myself 
I didn't NEED to spend 300 dollars. I just like to overkill everything
. Glad to hear the cheapy is still working, might grab a couple for another project myself 
I just took a peek at bldswttrs thread, I gotta agree with you Bobble, his setup is very sweet, so sweet I might incorporate some of his features in the next room design.
Keep killing it brah...
Keep killing it brah...
I walked out the door without the camera again... I have bigger things on my mind lately.
Got back to bobblefarms... after passing through the res room, first thing I do is walk through the veg room... and that's where I found 9 plants mostly dead in the flood tubs. The imid/malathion combo didn't just kill and root-born critters, it also burned the hell out of my plants... So the decision has been made on the X room, that room will become another SOG rack build for now. I didn't really care about the 9 dead plants... since across the room I had several hundred clones rooted and waiting... I put around 200 in the flood tubs. Roughly 150 Chem D to veg up the 96 I need to fill up the octagon, 30+ chem sis x NL #5, 10ish straw dd for moms, 2 USD...
hoonin...
baby-shit...
set it and forget it!
So yeah, better pics next week cause the pocket computer I carry around just doesn't take very good pics. I got all my old root balls and coco packed up and hauled out. It filled up the bed of my Ranger... lol... With the grows going so well, only needing a little bending here and some leaf pruning there... I had a lot of time to clean up for once! My veg room is clean and bug free!!! Holla! I spent a lot of time sitting in there looking for bugs... kinda makes you go a little crazy looking for nearly microscopic bugs... I'm already a little out there... I also went around and collected all my grow bags not in use, and they're soaking in 100g of bleach water.
It only took me a year to get my shit together! lol...
Got back to bobblefarms... after passing through the res room, first thing I do is walk through the veg room... and that's where I found 9 plants mostly dead in the flood tubs. The imid/malathion combo didn't just kill and root-born critters, it also burned the hell out of my plants... So the decision has been made on the X room, that room will become another SOG rack build for now. I didn't really care about the 9 dead plants... since across the room I had several hundred clones rooted and waiting... I put around 200 in the flood tubs. Roughly 150 Chem D to veg up the 96 I need to fill up the octagon, 30+ chem sis x NL #5, 10ish straw dd for moms, 2 USD...
hoonin...
baby-shit...
set it and forget it!
So yeah, better pics next week cause the pocket computer I carry around just doesn't take very good pics. I got all my old root balls and coco packed up and hauled out. It filled up the bed of my Ranger... lol... With the grows going so well, only needing a little bending here and some leaf pruning there... I had a lot of time to clean up for once! My veg room is clean and bug free!!! Holla! I spent a lot of time sitting in there looking for bugs... kinda makes you go a little crazy looking for nearly microscopic bugs... I'm already a little out there... I also went around and collected all my grow bags not in use, and they're soaking in 100g of bleach water.
It only took me a year to get my shit together! lol...
big ups, bobble. those two flowering rooms look tight, good to see your plants living up to your potential.
question about those tubs with the perlite clones in them; do you havethem setup with flood/drain fittings to water them while you are gone, or do yo just leave some water in the bottom of the tubs and let the perlite wick the water up?
yell ya to no pests, I have been battling spider mites since July. twice with the bene's, 3 cans of Dr Doom and Azatrol weekly, and I still get them in flower after I stop using the Azatrol around day 30. I have put off bying an Avid or Floramite type product, but I might break down and pick some up and nuke the veg room before the next flower run.
Any thoughts?
rbdf
question about those tubs with the perlite clones in them; do you havethem setup with flood/drain fittings to water them while you are gone, or do yo just leave some water in the bottom of the tubs and let the perlite wick the water up?
yell ya to no pests, I have been battling spider mites since July. twice with the bene's, 3 cans of Dr Doom and Azatrol weekly, and I still get them in flower after I stop using the Azatrol around day 30. I have put off bying an Avid or Floramite type product, but I might break down and pick some up and nuke the veg room before the next flower run.
Any thoughts?
rbdf
They're rigged to flood and drain, EC set to 1.5 pH 5.5. I would have raised the pH to 6.0 but I ran out of pH up... My RO comes out at .1 EC and pH 6.0... I clone them by hand watering the cups 1x a week. It can take a little bit longer, I'd prefer to water 2x a week... but until I make some more flood tables that won't happen. Anyway, it works.
Dude you wanna kill some mites... get some forbid 4F. I beat out russet/broad mites (w/e they were) by applying forbid and sm-90 one week, malathion and sm-90 the following week, and then I repeated the same rotation for another 2 weeks. I haven't seen a mite since. I also used an atomizer, so I know every square inch of the plants and the room was treated. You gotta mask up and do the whole 9 yards.
Anyway, the veg room is bug free... I just gotta finish up the plants that are in flower and I'll be free of cannabis pests... there's still gonna be lots of woodland beetles finding their way in... but they don't bother anything.
I'll toss in my two cents. What has always worked for me is this:
1. Spray, no drench EVERY plant top and bottom (veg & flower) with floramite (mixed at 4-5 drops per quart of water) on days 1, 3, and 6.
2. Set off these bombs on day 1 and 3. Doesn't hurt to do it on day 6 also. Those doktor doom bombs are shit, these kill EVERYTHING that moves.
If your plants are too far into flower, treat the veg room as described, then treat again right as the next round of flower begins.
They're sticky traps I bought at home depot. Imported from switzerland or something like that... lol I paid double what I would have paid at walmart... oh well. I had to make sure I'm flyer free! So far so good...
bobblehead overtakes
Avid ended my mite's careers dead in there tracks. Hit everything in veg once about 3 months ago. Even changing location and being exposed to the elements, not a single mite related spots.
It was my last option, but well worth it.
Avid ended my mite's careers dead in there tracks. Hit everything in veg once about 3 months ago. Even changing location and being exposed to the elements, not a single mite related spots.
It was my last option, but well worth it.
so yeah, Forbid F4, Avid or Floramite. words.
they are all systemic, right?
rbdf
they are all systemic, right?
rbdf
Pro-Controls work, but these are better. These little 2oz bombs are the one you want if you can still find them.
My local shop can no longer get them and now sell the foggers Mr_D listed. Something about a stop sale as they can no longer be purchased without a larger agriculture license or something. Looks like they may still be available online though.
These little bangers are 4% concentration vs. the 0.5% concentration of the Pro-Controls.
My local shop can no longer get them and now sell the foggers Mr_D listed. Something about a stop sale as they can no longer be purchased without a larger agriculture license or something. Looks like they may still be available online though.
These little bangers are 4% concentration vs. the 0.5% concentration of the Pro-Controls.
Not sure on the others, but I've always been told that AVID is about 60 days systemic.
I try not to use at all, and normally don't ever have mites, but if gifted clones from someone they always get an avid dunk after rooting. 30 day veg + 60 or so flower should be in the clear...although I've heard many argue that AVID is systemic for much longer.
I try not to use at all, and normally don't ever have mites, but if gifted clones from someone they always get an avid dunk after rooting. 30 day veg + 60 or so flower should be in the clear...although I've heard many argue that AVID is systemic for much longer.
I have gotten rid of mites in flower with the no pest strips. You turn off your exhaust fans at lights off and put about three to four times the recommended amount on a fan. Just before lights on turn the exhaust back on. This will kill them over a week or so with out messing up your buds with pesticide taste or mold from the excess moisture. Then be ruthless on the veg plants.
