Finally did it :)

[milkweeds]

Hey thanks for the reply man! I appreciate the advice. I will check out that other thread on hydro research for sure. What made me go GH was rezdog and head's threads, so a tad late for this time but maybe next or something. I'm new to coco so just getting it to look like your guys' is #1, at least for now then I can experiment more.

You meant 100g, not mg right?

 

[dansbuds]

yup .... sorry

 

[dansbuds]

Oh you meant the adjustable drip stakes .... yeah they work great but ya need a pretty strong pump to get the spray pattern from them . my 264gph didn't have the push power so i went with the basket type & they work great with my pumps .
I believe thirdcoast is using them ... if he is ... maybe we can get him to chime in how they work ....... 3rd ????

Thanx B00m , Matt , milkweeds & everybody for lookin in on my little grow !! all the kind words are greatly appreciated !!!

a small update .....
The slabs are just about ready to harvest & i've got my 12 Brainfreeze clones all ready to go on the slabs after i clean everything up first . I tooped them all once to get them all the same height going in & hoping for an even canopy this time even though theres 2 pheno's of the BF going in & one of them seems to grow a touch shorter & greener.

also got the Laughing tigers transplanted into their 3 gallon smart pots tonight . they have about a month before they go in .... so i have some time to train them wider so they don't get crazy tall on me . i'll give them a few days to get over the transplant shock .. then i'll start tying branches down .

i think thats it for tonight guys . i'll get back to ya with some dry pics from the slab harvest in a few days .
Have a good one gang !!!

 

[dansbuds]

Took the last 2 moms out of the veg room so the tigers have all the light to themselves .... cranked that up to 600 too today . (was set on 400 till i tested the temps )
put 3 drip stakes per pot .... should be good with 3 but i can add more if needed for a good spread .

Today 2/7/13 is day one of 12/12 for 12 Brainfreeze clones on canna coco slabs .

got the room & Tray cleaned up ... including the rez & all the lines & drippers . gave the slabs a good flush of 1.0 EC nutes & zymes & then put the 12 BF girls in thier new home .

got the tray up off the floor this time so the girls are closer to the lights & i could put my drip pan under the tray .... makes it soooo much easier to drain & keep clean .

& lastly ... a shitty orange side pic of the left side of the room .

Thats it for tonight guys ... i'm beat & baked !!

Thanx for lookin in & have a great night

 

[dansbuds]

I can't believe the growth in the last few days here . The Lt's & BF have just taken off !!!

Heres the LT's still in veg ... probably not much longer before i flip the switch on them so they don't get outa hand stretching .

 

[dansbuds]

the 5 pic limit sux ... so we're on to the next page . just some small LT's in 3 1/2" nursery pots with a few Biesels to go on the slabs in about 3 weeks . these are going to have to be scrogged even just grown from clone with a 2 week veg ... cuz they stretch like nobodys business !!!

the whole seedling clone room with some future moms on the far left , some sour power clones in the middle & the LT & biesel clones .

 

[dansbuds]

just a couple shots of the lower portion of the seed clone room . its my mom & small veg spot with a T5 rack for lighting .

Moms on the left side (future bonzai moms ) blue satelite 2.2's & a double bubble in the middle & my 4 out of 5 new cuts i recieved recently on the right side in 2 gallon pots .
skunk47 . moby dick , chamelion kush & purple chem .... the 5th is the sour powers i have on the upper shelf . the mom got chopped cuz she was to big to bonzai . so i'll replace her with one of the clones . the 4 others were transplanted into 2 gallon pots to veg for awhile then they'll get flowered after i get a couple cuts .

i'll grab BF pics on the slabs tomorrow before lights on so ya can see how they've practiclly doubled in size in the 3 days sense i put them in .

 

[b00m]

Love your work bruz, straight killing it in here

 

[dansbuds]

I saved the best for last !!! KQR #6 pineapplecindy at day 50 .... she will be taken to 70 or 75 days this time cuz 63 just didn't do her justice ... another week or more will really kick in the duration of the KQR i remember from the first run .

I know .... shitty orange pics .... but these 2 magenta99 #4's are way to big & tied down to drag out for pics

 

[dansbuds]

Thanx B00mer ... its really appreciated !!


Almost done .....

this one is not a DG plant ... its one of Pumas crosses & a gem in her own right !! so i had to show a couple pics of her . shes at 50 days also & on the 70 to 75 day schedule .

i think thats it for tonight guys ... i'll get back with BF slab pics soon .

thanx everybody for checkin in & the kind words ... its appreciated !!!!

 

[dansbuds]

I did make one decision today ...... the 4 big LT's are staying in the 4 x 4 room to flower out !!! i'll leave the MH bulb in untill the stretch is over in flowering , then i'll swap it out for a Hortilix red .

The tomato cages are in .... i'll let them fill out a bit more ... then its time to flip the switch !! gonna be nice to get an extra run in before summer .... maybe 2

 

[dansbuds]

Ok back at day 5 with slab pics ..... i'm surprised how much they've grown in just 5 days .... might be nice plants in a few weeks !!!

BF 1 are on the lefts side & middle rows ... BF 2 is on the right side .... shes my shorter stockier pheno

I love how the V&B gives me a nice clean rez !!!!

 

[Infinitesimal]

sup dan,

the plants are looking good... nice chunky buds you got going on, they look tasty... awesome work!

 

[dansbuds]

Thanx Infi .... its greatly appreciated

 

[dansbuds]

Picked up a new 2 x 4 tray for the small veg room today . wish they made it a touch longer though .....

 

[Smokin Joe]

Dan I been thinking about setting up some res feeders in my gardens. Your set up seems to work quite well. How about a brief run down of your set up so I can have an idea of what works. I know I could do some searching and find something but I trust you opinion.

 

[bugman52]

Dan I been thinking about setting up some res feeders in my gardens. Your set up seems to work quite well. How about a brief run down of your set up so I can have an idea of what works. I know I could do some searching and find something but I trust you opinion.

YEAi was thinking the same thing

 

[dansbuds]

I just use the rubbermaid 18 gallon totes , but i put them in the stronger parts containers so the sides don't bulge out to much when full .

i use a 264gph pump in each rez with a 1/2" poly line to each tray with a shutoff before it hits the tray (for maintance ) & 1/4" drip lines off the 1/2 " with basket drippers in each pot .The 1/2 poly line in the tray is set up as a loop so the pump strength is equal at all 1/4" line .
the 264 pumps aren't strong enough to give a good spray pattern with the basket drippers ... so i'm trying a 369 on the tray with the 4 LT's in it cuz i have 3 drip stakes per pot on the 3 gallon smarties . in the 2 gallon pots ... 2 drip stakes is plenty .

i feed starting at 1st week of flower for 1 minute every day or whatever it takes to get runoff , when i stop getting runoff ... i add another 1 minute feed to the timer . then once that stops giving me runoff ... I add another minute again . so i feed for a minute at 7pm 8 pm & again at 9pm .... have never needed so far to give them more than 3 feed times .
on the slabs cuz the pots are so small & over flow easily on 1 minute feeds i feed them in 30 second intervals . i got up to 4 30 second feeds on the last run & always had runoff & no drying out of the coco .
most of the drip lines & fittings can be had at Lowe's ... they have a Mister Landscaper section that has any fitting & line you could need . heres a link ....http://www.lowes.com/Search=mister+...0051&N=0&newSearch=true&Ntt=mister+landscaper

Off the 1/2" line i put about 8 - 1/4" emitters with a short line & a T at the end so i can run 2 drip lines off one emitter in the 1/2" .8 lines with T's will give me 16 1/4" drippers ... but you can put as many or as few as ya want in the 1/2" line . the ones i don't use ... i just put a loop on the T .

here ya can see the 1/2" line around the tray with the short 1/4" lines with the T's

bottom left corner of the tray you can see a loop on a line i'm not using

the 1/2" loop for the slabs i made much shorter in the tray .... i just went in between the slabs , didn't need it all the way around the tray . plus this pick shows the drip baskets i use .

i hope this makes sense to you guys ... if not ... ask & i'll clear anything up for ya's

 

[unclefishstick]

i like how your trays are always clean....

 

[dansbuds]

Forgot to mention the timers ..... i use digi's with seconds of on time for better controll . these are them .....http://www.mistking.com/Digital-Seconds-Timer.html