Finally did it :)

[dansbuds]

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

Thanx Unc .... i learned from the best that keepin things clean is the best way to keep the critters at bay

 

[calientecarlos]

Lookin nice Dans!!! I dig the setup!!!

 

[milkweeds]

Still following! appreciate all the pix too.
I agree with uncle, it's always very clean. Only appropriate for the juicy buds you create! Well done Dan man, but I had a quick question.. you say you water at 7, 8 and 9? why every hour, 3 times so close? and pm? unless I missed something..
And is the tube that's hooked up to the pump the same poly tubing you made your tray rings with?

 

[dansbuds]

My lights come on at 7pm & go off at 7 am . I feed during lights on . I basicly consider it feeding once . i just feed enough to get runoff & instead of tweeking the 1 time feed up 30 seconds or so i just add another short feed time to the timer . it gives the water & nutes a chance to settle between feedings so i can see if i have runoff or not .
its more than likely just my fucked up way of thinking .... but it works for me


oh .... & yeah its the same tubing .

 

[mattkilla420]

The 5 pick limit royaly blows. Icmag should do something about that. Love your work goin on in here man. Those trees looked great. Im also thinking of doing some tomato cages around my new coco buckets as a individual SCROG type thing. How far do you keep that T5 from your plants? is it a 2 ft or 4? I was just wondering bc it looked kinda far, i usually keep mine a bit closer is that bad?

Love the cleanliness as well!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Thanks for the rez info Dan. I got a few to build. 3 gardens in different towns is getting to be a royal pan in the ass to hand water. 1 more thing, How do you handle ph swing?

 

[dansbuds]

The cabinet/room that the T5 rack is in is ... 2' deep 4 1/2' long & 3' high so i mounted the T5 rack on the cieling of the cabinet . its a 4' 6 bulb T5 HO rack . i just raise the pots up instead of dropping & raising the light all the time . most of the time i have plants of varying heights in there so its better mounted in one spot .

Thanx everybody for checkin out my little grow & everybodys kind words are greatly appreciated !!!

 

[dansbuds]

Thanks for the rez info Dan. I got a few to build. 3 gardens in different towns is getting to be a royal pan in the ass to hand water. 1 more thing, How do you handle ph swing?

I hear ya G . Thats my biggest problem right now . even with using RO My PH has to be adjusted everyday . within 24 hrs it goes right back to 6.4 where it was before i PH'ed .so i adjust down to 5.6 a few hours before the pumps kick on , that way its in range by the time i feed . its got to do with the winter PH of my tap water source , i'm on municiple water & the chems they add during the winter makes the PH crazy every year . during the spring summer & fall its great ..... just not during the winter . always wondered if its cuz of the salts they use on the roads here to melt the ice . its gotta mess up the water supply . I'm also noticing cuz i have a heater in 1 rez ..... that the colder the water is ... the faster the PH raises back to 6.4 . cuz i have less of a problem with it in the rez with the heater .



hopefully you don't have that problem .

 

[calientecarlos]

Hey dans if you ever wanna automate ph control get ya one of these or similar.

http://www.aquacave.com/Milwaukee-MC122-pH-Controller-P3709.aspx


It uses co2 to lower ph. Been out of the aeroponics game for a lil while n I totally forgot aboot these. Daily drip has proven to be very efficient for me and with one of these I bet it can only get better.


All ladies love consistency,
HC

 

[mattkilla420]

Re: Finally did it

The cabinet/room that the T5 rack is in is ... 2' deep 4 1/2' long & 3' high so i mounted the T5 rack on the cieling of the cabinet . its a 4' 6 bulb T5 HO rack . i just raise the pots up instead of dropping & raising the light all the time . most of the time i have plants of varying heights in there so its better mounted in one spot .

Thanx everybody for checkin out my little grow & everybodys kind words are greatly appreciated !!!

Thanks bro. I too usually raise the pots, because in our perpetual, we always have plants of a bunch of sizes. Wow that T5 is bigger than i thought. Makes for an awesome cloning /mom light. Im dissecting your style and gonna try to follow the best i can. Your product looks exquisite.

sent from my Droid RAZR Maxx JB

 

[dansbuds]

Carlos .... thanx for that link dude !!! i've been looking for something like that ,defenatly gonna check it out !!!


Matt .... glad to help in anyway i can dude . IC has helped me get to where i am .... the least i can do is pass on some of the knowledge i've gained here .

I just wish i wasn't stuck in this attic !!! If i had the right amount of space .... you'd really see a killer perpetual set up !!!!
someday i'll come across the "right spot "


Matt , yeah the T5 is a nice light . i would have liked the 8 bulb model but it was to wide for my spot . the 8 bulb has 2 switches to turn off half the bulbs if needed , mine only has the 1 switch .

http://1000bulbs.com/product/88882/...issku=SUN777dash777960302&site=www.nextag.com

 

[dansbuds]

Ok .... how do I start this ???
selfbashing is one way ... like why the hell am I poppin seeds when i can't even sex a plant properly ??? or Dan.... your just a fukin IDIOT !!!

let me explain .... I said i'd give you guys a grow show ... good or bad .... so far so good right ? WRONG !!! I'm a blind moron !!
I refilled the slab rez tonight & got in the room to check the girls out good . I put 7 BF #1's in the slabs with 5 BF #2's . well tonight while looking ... i realized all 7 BF #1's were all males !!!!

I don't fukin know guys .....
I coulda swore when i took cuts off # 1 & chopped her that there were white hairs .... there were no signs of balls thats for sure !! but i must have missed something . cuz # 1 is a dude !!!! 9 days into flower proved that !!

So they all got the chop ... including the clone i had for a mom . now i'm left with 2 nearly empty slabs .

WTF am i gonna do now ???? I'm gonna go smoke a fatty & think about it is what i'm gonna do !!!

I look in the veg cabinet & decided to grab the 4 new cuts i got vegging in 2 gallon pots to grow out soon anyways . they are ...
moby dick
chemelion kush
purple chem & skunk47

I also up potted the 5 BF #2's into 2 gallon pots & put all 9 into flower .

the 4 new ones will be about 10 days behind the BF but everything should work out . I'm glad i had those 4 so far along in veg or i'd really be screwed !!!
now i have to figure out whats happening the next couple rounds soi can make sure everythings ready to go when it needs to .


See guys .... i'm just a stupid stoner after all & you guys wanting me to do seed tests .... i wouldn't blame ya if you changed your minds

 

[b00m]

Duck and roll with the punches mate and frack the naysayers, keep the spirits up and move forward mate

 

[Arminius]

Finally did it

Lol! Don't beat yourself up too bad, we all fuck up at times...
Just yesterday I lost 30 gallons of freshly mixed nutes in my closet. Left the pump on with the hose in the res. I go work on the main rooms for a couple hours, and came back to an empty res. the bummer is I have to hump the water from the barn (100 yards away) 5 gallons at a time. I humped 60 gallons that day...
Love your work man!

 

[unclefishstick]

your not the only one thats ever happened too,i have goofed at least once over the last 3 rounds of seed popping...granted,a male didnt make it that far into flower,but i had one in a 5 gallon smarty ready to go in when i noticed...

 

[Hammerhead]

at least you caught the mistake before the pollen stated to fly.

 

[dansbuds]

Thanx guys & yeah It could have been alot worse !!! just can't believe it happened . i wasn't even looking for it to happen in flower cuz i was convinced it was female . or i wouldn't have taken cuts & rooted so many clones of it then chopped it .
i guess its good that i take more clones than i need .... cuz i end up needing them for some stupid reason or another ... like this .

now i've got myself wondering about the 2 BS 2.2's ..... gonna take the magnifying glass to them before i decide what to do with them .

 

[bugman52]

My lights come on at 7pm & go off at 7 am . I feed during lights on . I basicly consider it feeding once . i just feed enough to get runoff & instead of tweeking the 1 time feed up 30 seconds or so i just add another short feed time to the timer . it gives the water & nutes a chance to settle between feedings so i can see if i have runoff or not .
its more than likely just my fucked up way of thinking .... but it works for me


oh .... & yeah its the same tubing .

i was wondering how offen u fed watered an how much i never grew in just coco thanks for the info

 

[bugman52]

Ok .... how do I start this ???
selfbashing is one way ... like why the hell am I poppin seeds when i can't even sex a plant properly ??? or Dan.... your just a fukin IDIOT !!!

let me explain .... I said i'd give you guys a grow show ... good or bad .... so far so good right ? WRONG !!! I'm a blind moron !!
I refilled the slab rez tonight & got in the room to check the girls out good . I put 7 BF #1's in the slabs with 5 BF #2's . well tonight while looking ... i realized all 7 BF #1's were all males !!!!

I don't fukin know guys .....
I coulda swore when i took cuts off # 1 & chopped her that there were white hairs .... there were no signs of balls thats for sure !! but i must have missed something . cuz # 1 is a dude !!!! 9 days into flower proved that !!

View Image

So they all got the chop ... including the clone i had for a mom . now i'm left with 2 nearly empty slabs .

View Image

WTF am i gonna do now ???? I'm gonna go smoke a fatty & think about it is what i'm gonna do !!!

I look in the veg cabinet & decided to grab the 4 new cuts i got vegging in 2 gallon pots to grow out soon anyways . they are ...
moby dick
chemelion kush
purple chem & skunk47

I also up potted the 5 BF #2's into 2 gallon pots & put all 9 into flower .

View Image

the 4 new ones will be about 10 days behind the BF but everything should work out . I'm glad i had those 4 so far along in veg or i'd really be screwed !!!
now i have to figure out whats happening the next couple rounds soi can make sure everythings ready to go when it needs to .


See guys .... i'm just a stupid stoner after all & you guys wanting me to do seed tests .... i wouldn't blame ya if you changed your minds

Dan i did the same thing i went and cut clones at a friend grow he said they were all females i took about 3 cut each of 4 kush moms one was male i just pulled it out of bud now i have to fined the other 2 clones they r labled so want b to hard to fined DAN did u keep 1 to make seed with

 

[Smokin Joe]

Lol Dan bruz you are doing fine. I did kinda the same thing. I took 5 KQR males to live with Scooter Trash. After 2 weeks 1 of the boys showed her girly parts We gonna have some f2's lol