Balcony Garden Shed Round 3 - 16 plant SOG in vert tubes, 2x250w HPS - Vertical / Colosseum Growing - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

GoozMan · 03-14-2011, 06:20 AM

Hello to all my heroes in the vert thread. I am revamping my balcony garden shed to go vertical, it should really fit the dimensions of the shed better than what I had been doing. The shed sits on my top floor corner apartment balcony and blows over a busy street - an ideal spot. I've been thinking about this shed and planning this remodel for the last three months and I think I've got a design that will work. I'm posting it here to get ideas from all you bright people and avoid any mistakes as this is all still pretty new to me.

The shed is 26"x16" footprint with 66" height. I had already setup the shed's ventilation from the previous grows - a 256cfm dayton blower sitting on top of the shed in a separate bucket pulling air through with two passive 4" intakes at the bottom - everything else is new for this round. I've gotten most of my materials together, now its a matter of assembling. So far I've built a table and started the drainage plumbing. I'm going for a sort of NFT waterfall thing, I know I've seen it before on some other people's threads here. I'll be adding some 1/2" tubing to pump water up to the top and down through each column. I've got two 250w HPS lamps that I've removed from hoods and spliced extension cords to the sockets with junction boxes, and a big powerbox to hold the ballasts and a small fan on a small table behind the shed.

For strain, I've grown out some seeds I got from a dispensary nearby - Pride of Amsterdam x Blueberry Hogsbreath. I don't know anything about this strain, I'm growing it out for the first time, really I'm just excited to be growing out some seeds. They must have been feminized because all four seedlings that I kept were female. I've got 11 rooted clones vegging in a tub and another 35 in a cabinet in my kitchen waiting for roots. If all goes well, the 35 will root and I'll pick the best 16 to fill out the shed for this round.

I would love any feedback, thanks for reading.

snufkin · 03-14-2011, 04:40 PM

Interesting setup for sure and can't wait to see some green in there. I'll subscribe and take a nice first row seat

Good luck with this!

Devlove · 03-15-2011, 12:35 AM

Definitely going to be watching this one, lets see what you can do!

OrgAeroMan · 03-15-2011, 12:37 AM

Sweet dude, keep me posted on your progress, killer set up

GoozMan · 03-15-2011, 06:50 AM

Hi guys, thanks for joining along. I'm really excited for this new setup. I just checked my cuttings and most have rooted and are ready to go. Working on assembling the lights and the rest of the plumbing tonight, will get some better pics up soon.

GoozMan · 03-19-2011, 10:23 PM

...progress is slow but sure. I've got a little boy who is sleep training and another who is potty training and between the two we get very little sleep around here. But today I finished the plumbing and did a test run and it looks great! I found some barbs at home depot that made the upward flow easy to setup. There are two leaks that need to be dealt with but otherwise I'm happy. This just leaves hanging the lights with fencing and setting up the powerbox for the ballasts.

The last pic is of the cabinet in my kitchen just above the microwave that was just the right size for cuttings. These 35 cuts came from 2 mother plants grown from seed, Pride of Amsterdam x Blueberry Hogsbreath. They were almost a little too rooted, I really should have done this a couple days ago. I put the best looking 22 into a DWC bubbler that replaced this tray in the kitchen cabinet and gave the remaining clones to my neighbor. I'm hoping the clones' roots will get longer and drape down so that they get hit with the water coming down the tubes in the shed. I hooked up some shrub sprinkler heads to the ends of the tubing pushing out water down the tubes - I may play around with these and try something else, but so far it looks pretty good.

Still lots of work to do but its getting there!!!

GoozMan · 03-29-2011, 01:25 AM

Alright, got some more work done this weekend and I'm feeling pretty good. Almost ready to grow. The veggers in the microwave cabinet are getting kinda tall and need to be moved pronto, so I've got to try and tie up any loose ends tonight and get them into the shed. This weekend I glued all the ABS pieces together which took care of the leaks, and I setup the powerbox to hold 2x250w ballasts and a mini-fan. Last night I connected the sockets to the powerbox and hung up the lights - I had to splice in some extension cord to each socket. My heart stopped for a moment when I turned everything on and only one ballast fired up. I went to bed feeling defeated but woke up with a eureka moment - one ballast had an on/off switch in the powerbox that I had forgot to check. Flipped it on and we're good to go!

Sorry for the sideways pics, I still can't figure out how to fix that.

megayields · 03-29-2011, 02:54 AM

nice grow man - will subscribe once I can.

5th · 03-29-2011, 04:02 AM

Yeah I'm in on this one also. Looking good so far man. From what I've seen/read don't let them clones get to big.

megayields · 03-29-2011, 05:55 AM

what is the problem if clones get to big?

03-14-2011, 06:20 AM	#1
GoozMan An all-around terrific person Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 338	Balcony Garden Shed Round 3 - 16 plant SOG in vert tubes, 2x250w HPS Hello to all my heroes in the vert thread. I am revamping my balcony garden shed to go vertical, it should really fit the dimensions of the shed better than what I had been doing. The shed sits on my top floor corner apartment balcony and blows over a busy street - an ideal spot. I've been thinking about this shed and planning this remodel for the last three months and I think I've got a design that will work. I'm posting it here to get ideas from all you bright people and avoid any mistakes as this is all still pretty new to me. The shed is 26"x16" footprint with 66" height. I had already setup the shed's ventilation from the previous grows - a 256cfm dayton blower sitting on top of the shed in a separate bucket pulling air through with two passive 4" intakes at the bottom - everything else is new for this round. I've gotten most of my materials together, now its a matter of assembling. So far I've built a table and started the drainage plumbing. I'm going for a sort of NFT waterfall thing, I know I've seen it before on some other people's threads here. I'll be adding some 1/2" tubing to pump water up to the top and down through each column. I've got two 250w HPS lamps that I've removed from hoods and spliced extension cords to the sockets with junction boxes, and a big powerbox to hold the ballasts and a small fan on a small table behind the shed. For strain, I've grown out some seeds I got from a dispensary nearby - Pride of Amsterdam x Blueberry Hogsbreath. I don't know anything about this strain, I'm growing it out for the first time, really I'm just excited to be growing out some seeds. They must have been feminized because all four seedlings that I kept were female. I've got 11 rooted clones vegging in a tub and another 35 in a cabinet in my kitchen waiting for roots. If all goes well, the 35 will root and I'll pick the best 16 to fill out the shed for this round. I would love any feedback, thanks for reading. __________________ Garage Grow - 400w in a spirally thing a la Heath Balcony Garden Shed Round 3 - 16 plant SOG in vert tubes, 2x250w HPS (4/23/11-7/26/11) - 4 plants = 209 grams+hash+milk
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03-14-2011, 04:40 PM	#2
snufkin Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 56	Interesting setup for sure and can't wait to see some green in there. I'll subscribe and take a nice first row seat Good luck with this!
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03-15-2011, 12:35 AM	#3
Devlove Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 49	Definitely going to be watching this one, lets see what you can do!
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03-15-2011, 12:37 AM	#4
OrgAeroMan Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Up your butt. Posts: 256	Sweet dude, keep me posted on your progress, killer set up __________________ Now I lay me down to sleep, to wait the coming 'morrow, perhaps success, perhaps defeat, and everlasting sorrow, but, come what may, I'll try it on, my condition can't be worse, for if there's money in that box, tis money in my purse. -Black Bart (Elderly 19th century stagecoach robber)
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03-15-2011, 06:50 AM	#5
GoozMan An all-around terrific person Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 338	Hi guys, thanks for joining along. I'm really excited for this new setup. I just checked my cuttings and most have rooted and are ready to go. Working on assembling the lights and the rest of the plumbing tonight, will get some better pics up soon. __________________ Garage Grow - 400w in a spirally thing a la Heath Balcony Garden Shed Round 3 - 16 plant SOG in vert tubes, 2x250w HPS (4/23/11-7/26/11) - 4 plants = 209 grams+hash+milk
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03-19-2011, 10:23 PM	#6
GoozMan An all-around terrific person Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 338	Getting there... ...progress is slow but sure. I've got a little boy who is sleep training and another who is potty training and between the two we get very little sleep around here. But today I finished the plumbing and did a test run and it looks great! I found some barbs at home depot that made the upward flow easy to setup. There are two leaks that need to be dealt with but otherwise I'm happy. This just leaves hanging the lights with fencing and setting up the powerbox for the ballasts. The last pic is of the cabinet in my kitchen just above the microwave that was just the right size for cuttings. These 35 cuts came from 2 mother plants grown from seed, Pride of Amsterdam x Blueberry Hogsbreath. They were almost a little too rooted, I really should have done this a couple days ago. I put the best looking 22 into a DWC bubbler that replaced this tray in the kitchen cabinet and gave the remaining clones to my neighbor. I'm hoping the clones' roots will get longer and drape down so that they get hit with the water coming down the tubes in the shed. I hooked up some shrub sprinkler heads to the ends of the tubing pushing out water down the tubes - I may play around with these and try something else, but so far it looks pretty good. Still lots of work to do but its getting there!!! __________________ Garage Grow - 400w in a spirally thing a la Heath Balcony Garden Shed Round 3 - 16 plant SOG in vert tubes, 2x250w HPS (4/23/11-7/26/11) - 4 plants = 209 grams+hash+milk
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03-29-2011, 01:25 AM	#7
GoozMan An all-around terrific person Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 338	almost there! Alright, got some more work done this weekend and I'm feeling pretty good. Almost ready to grow. The veggers in the microwave cabinet are getting kinda tall and need to be moved pronto, so I've got to try and tie up any loose ends tonight and get them into the shed. This weekend I glued all the ABS pieces together which took care of the leaks, and I setup the powerbox to hold 2x250w ballasts and a mini-fan. Last night I connected the sockets to the powerbox and hung up the lights - I had to splice in some extension cord to each socket. My heart stopped for a moment when I turned everything on and only one ballast fired up. I went to bed feeling defeated but woke up with a eureka moment - one ballast had an on/off switch in the powerbox that I had forgot to check. Flipped it on and we're good to go! Sorry for the sideways pics, I still can't figure out how to fix that. __________________ Garage Grow - 400w in a spirally thing a la Heath Balcony Garden Shed Round 3 - 16 plant SOG in vert tubes, 2x250w HPS (4/23/11-7/26/11) - 4 plants = 209 grams+hash+milk
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03-29-2011, 02:54 AM	#8
megayields Grower of Connoisseur herb's. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: (831), (775), and .....? Posts: 4,796	nice grow man - will subscribe once I can.
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03-29-2011, 04:02 AM	#9
5th Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Mattersville Posts: 2,153	Yeah I'm in on this one also. Looking good so far man. From what I've seen/read don't let them clones get to big.
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03-29-2011, 05:55 AM	#10
megayields Grower of Connoisseur herb's. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: (831), (775), and .....? Posts: 4,796	what is the problem if clones get to big?
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