big plant ppk

[delta9nxs]

Glad to see the Master is back. All I can say is thanks. I've had a few stumbles but every thing is rockin. Three weeks into bloom and this is the only way I will ever grow. Had plants ready to go and tote split had hair line crack that I didn't see so the plants that I had ready got really abused almost completely dead. Had buds on them from binging stuck in a dark corner. So I started new seeds. I went ahead and put 2 of these dried up shriveled up plants in and in 14 days they were ready to go. Iv never been able to reveg in soil. There is no way they should have survived. They are 6ft tall covered with buds. Had trics started at 1 week into bloom. I am a convert never going back to the old way again. I will never be out again. Free at last free at last. Buy they way could you of not made this so easy. It hard to find some thing to do. Plants grow and I watch and I am amazed and amused.
D9 you rock son.

pics or it didn't happen! seriously though, this is a great story and i'm very gratified to hear about people growing their own medicine and becoming independent.

 

[JeanGreens]

Im so looking forward to your pix! This sounds amazing..

 

[Grow4Flow]

i had actually gotten to using a staggered pattern just before i was so rudely interrupted. approx 2 lbs ea with 3 1k's around ea.

well i have apparently forgotten how to post, this is in answer to grow4flow's lighting question.

Thanks D9,
again, great to have THE Pioneer back! looking forward to your new build. just received 20 Tuff Stuff tubs, but gonna hold off to see the new revisions of he build.

 

[Gry]

The thought of seeing this pick back up sounds real fine to me. Came to really look forward to the thought that was put into the posts and projects.

 

[bearded1]

you wanted pics D9

you wanted pics D9

this is the first pics I took should of started taking them sooner but when your wife is in and out hospital and Docs a re killing her you don't think straight. So this is at 14 days after I toped them stuck tops in with a plant that I started from seed in ppk just to see what would happen. First bud 1 week bloom.
This last pic of bud took this am 3 weeks in bloom.
Hope you like.

Theses plants are my on F1s Train Wreck x Raspberry Ice. now lets see if it post.

 

[bearded1]

Wow 40 post in 4 years. I talk to damn much.

 

[Sqydro]

looking forward to d9s pics, built my groom just got to decide what im running, really wanna do PPKs but scuuured

 

[Grow4Flow]

looking forward to d9s pics, built my groom just got to decide what im running, really wanna do PPKs but scuuured

never got your PPK's started? i'm sure everyone who went this route was afraid; i know i was, it's something new, i'm glad i took the risk.

 

[gregor_mendel]

You should be scared not to.

 

[JeanGreens]

@ delta9ns

A friend of mine has been talking about your PPK process and wants me to try it. I am feeling pretty stupid because I am new to the site and cant figure out where your original post is.

I've built my grow from scratch and am unahppy with the way I am currently growing and am seeking something that would work better. Would you mind posting again any links you may have that would explain how PPK is done and how to do the set up?

Im currently running in coco. I started with xnutrients and then switched to maxi bloom for flowering. I've just got cuttings rooted for the next go round and was trying to find your information fast in case there was something I needed to do to the new clones.

Thanks in advance,
Jean

 

[Sqydro]

never got your PPK's started? i'm sure everyone who went this route was afraid; i know i was, it's something new, i'm glad i took the risk.

no sir i had to move prememsis as well, got set up for muti feed DTW coco in a space of 2m x 2.5m or so, so could still go PPK if i wanted , like u said tho im scuuured lol

 

[twist1uc]

this is a power veg chamber. i hope to achieve 36" plants in a 3 week period. i built this so i could return to a perpetual cycle of one plant per week. so i will have 3 positions here and 10 in the flower room.

i use a light schedule of 8 on, 4 off, 8 on, 4 off per 24 hour period.

i went to 5/8" garden hose tech here as it is all available locally at lowes or home depot.

the pump is a 950 mag drive.

it will flood all three plant containers in about 60 seconds.

the manifold has valves so i did not need them at the plant end.

the elbow at the pump will pick up down to 3/8".

the completed plant module. i used 1/2" cpvc for the pulse feed as it fits perfectly inside a 5/8" hose. the hose is "never kink" brand. of course they are lying bastards and you can kink it but it is hard to do. you want everything light proof to block algae. that's a standard 1" c-clamp.

the fittings connecting the sub-irrigation plumbing are 1/2" electrical through fittings. also from lowes. they thread into the hose tightly but i used hose clamps for security.

instead of glueing this time i used 1 1/2" hose clamps to hold both the tailpiece and the screen in place.

Not being sarcastic, but are there supposed to be pictures???

 

[Sqydro]

if ur quoting a od post of d9s then the pics have been removed due to upload limits on the site mate

 

[bearded1]

first atempt aint bad

first atempt aint bad

This is the jungle. I'm a little overwhelmed by the growth in ppk. they just grow so damn fast. Went from 400W to 1000W doesn't hurt either. Went crazy in stretch. maybe I should of stayed with 400 for first grow. But damn this is nice. for my fist PPK I am proud. got to learn how to handle so much growth is so little room.

The Jungle


Frosty

 

[delta9nxs]

This is the jungle. I'm a little overwhelmed by the growth in ppk. they just grow so damn fast. Went from 400W to 1000W doesn't hurt either. Went crazy in stretch. maybe I should of stayed with 400 for first grow. But damn this is nice. for my fist PPK I am proud. got to learn how to handle so much growth is so little room.

The Jungle
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Frosty

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i like frosty! nice job!

 

[JeanGreens]

Mind telling?

Mind telling?

never got your PPK's started? i'm sure everyone who went this route was afraid; i know i was, it's something new, i'm glad i took the risk.

Im really hoping to get information, or be guided to a link that you learned how to do your PPK. Would you care to say why you are glad you took the risk and what steps did you do to PPK?

Thanks heaps!

Jean

 

[LSWM]

Im really hoping to get information, or be guided to a link that you learned how to do your PPK. Would you care to say why you are glad you took the risk and what steps did you do to PPK?

Thanks heaps!

Jean

This is the best I can do for you on the PPK info. At the bottom is a Coco ppk I built. Still isn't really getting put to great use as my rooms are a disaster.

Here's a really old ->PDF<- from D9 and others. A few things changed between now and then.

#1: Nobody drills holes in the upper bucket.
#2: Nobody I know of uses tire valves anymore. I could be wrong here... I personally think they look like a massive pain, as does his manifold. I think drip line fittings/manifolds would work much better/easier.
#3: Wider/Shorter is the preferred shape of the upper bucket. Lower bucket can be any size as long as a large enough air gap is supplied. Smaller will be less stable, depending on control bucket size.
#4: I see no reason to glue (EWWWWW) the tailpiece if you cut the hole in the buckets slightly smaller than the tailpiece and you use the proper sink tailpiece which has the lip at the top.


Here's a Coco ppk I built recently. It's currently a single site, but modular and expandable. It gets watered 2-4 times a day currently. The last pic is the plant from a 2 gal pot I put into it. Each bin is 5 gallons.

 

[LSWM]

If you download the pdf I linked above it explains it all, but in great detail.

In short: The "tailpipe(s)" coming out of the bottom of the upper bucket are packed with media. A float valve, generally in a separate control bucket linked to each bottom bucket, is used to keep the levels in the lower bucket at each site at a certain level.

What this does is eliminate the perched water table from the rootzone and concentrates it in a smaller area in the tailpiece. An adjustable float valve allows you to change the height of this level if need be. The water level is literally sucked down into the tailpiece due to various physical laws that govern fluids. Because of this, you get a more even rootzone and can flood more often with better results, as well as recirculate with ease due to lack of anaerobic areas for root rot to take hold.

...at least that is the theory behind it.

Hopefully someone else will chime in and correct me where appropriate and give you some more info as needed.

 

[Sqydro]

nice post LSWM

whens the pics of the new breed then d9 i await with baited breath

 

[delta9nxs]

good morning! don't worry about the old pics! i will be posting a new build in the hydro section within a day or two.