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GoozMan · 02-14-2015, 04:10 AM

Hi everybody, welcome to my grow. btw I'm a retard and can't correct my sideways pictures. The flower room is in the back of my garage...

Can you see it? Its in the back and it looks like this

Heath's thing that looked like this for me seems like a gold standard for convenience and efficiency. I got the idea to replace the rigid pipes with this flexible stuff from another member a couple years ago - don't wanna steal credit - I've had some mediocre runs in here, always some problem, but this time it feels like its gonna be a big one. Just put plants in tonight, straight to flower from the homeade aerocloner in my backyard. All the plants are clones from a single seed, a strain I've grown before but have yet to do it justice. I don't have that many grows under my belt, crossing my fingers for enough of a harvest to keep my away from the delivery guy from here on out. Ooh and harvest day is scheduled for right around 4/20! Meant to be.

jd4083 · 02-14-2015, 05:10 AM

super cool, in on this one! Have you thought that you might need a 2 bulb stack or is the one enough to cover that whole area?

Crusader Rabbit · 02-14-2015, 05:51 AM

What a wonderful design! I'll be watching this for sure.

GoozMan · 02-14-2015, 07:45 AM

JD and CrusaderRabbit, thanks for dropping by. JD, I totally agree. I'm just waiting to get a reasonable harvest out of there to justify the extra expense, but I did build it with a pair of 400s in mind.

Bennyweed1 · 02-14-2015, 08:41 AM

wow, I just had one of those "why didnt I ever think of this" moments.

Great design man, super simply but really effective.

You for sure need two 400s to utlizie that space, fire it up man!

Chunkypigs · 02-14-2015, 08:45 AM

It looks really cool! what are the dimensions of the frame?
how many plant sites? that looks like a great low budget setup.
good luck!

GoozMan · 02-14-2015, 05:56 PM

Bennyweed, yeah I wish I could remember the name of the member here who built a room like this using this flexible tubing stuff, struck me as genius. Thanks for stopping by.

Chunkypigs, thanks dude, footprint is 4'x4', about 8' tall i think, right now I've only got 8 plants in there filling the bottom slots, with a few more in the cloner waiting their turn, all in all there are 24 plant sites but that goes all the way to the top of the spiral, I won't fill in those top slots until I get a second light going. Ideally with one light I'd like 12-15ish plants in there.

Since moving into this house with the garage I built this garden a little half-assed, maybe 3/4 assed, and had a couple of blah grows in there, each time some problem requiring some solution, but now the room feels complete. Ventilation is the only thing I haven't bothered with - I have the gear to build a carbon filter, I'm just waiting for a grow that's good enough to require one.

I'm using RO water with GH 3 part (minus the green bottle). My first grows I overfed and ruined many plants - since then I've been underfeeding by a lot and the plants seem healthy enough to me. Also included: Cal-mag to boost the RO water, SM-90, KoolBloom every once in a while, and a neem oil concentrate to keep the bugs away (which works great - got rid of my spider mites quick!). I got some mycorhizzae recently, tried it once and it seemed like my roots just exploded. I think that's it for the res... the tub holds 15 gallons nicely. Temps are very under control in my neck of the city, so I just have a little fan in there blowing up at the light, just to keep the air moving I guess.

Some pics of my veg setup. Seedlings and moms go in a cabinet in the laundry room

and then get chopped up for the aerocloner in the backyard

Trying to keep it low key while growing enough for my hungry hungry lungs. Peace.

GoozMan · 02-17-2015, 06:17 AM

quick update - plants are still alive

and my picture-loading skills are improving - now this one's upside down!

Actually I'm down from 8 plants to 7, one didn't have much for roots when I put it in, crossed my fingers for her but in fact the roots were not long enough to reach the nutrient stream and she died :( but the other 7 look great. As you can clearly see in my awesome picture.

Chunkypigs · 02-17-2015, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GoozMan

...Trying to keep it low key while growing enough for my hungry hungry lungs. Peace.

if you want to do right by your hungry lungs put some of your babies in conventional dirt. if trouble hits that system you probably will lose it all.

your system looks cool but i think it will be more work than it's worth.

I totally get the McGuyver appeal tho…

I hope I'm wrong and you kick ass but a couple in dirt on the side could save the day. good luck!

GoozMan · 02-17-2015, 06:53 AM

Neverrrrr!!! (in kind of a pirate voice)

02-14-2015, 04:10 AM	#1
GoozMan An all-around terrific person Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 338	Garage Grow: 400w in a spirally thing a la Heath Hi everybody, welcome to my grow. btw I'm a retard and can't correct my sideways pictures. The flower room is in the back of my garage... Can you see it? Its in the back and it looks like this Heath's thing that looked like this for me seems like a gold standard for convenience and efficiency. I got the idea to replace the rigid pipes with this flexible stuff from another member a couple years ago - don't wanna steal credit - I've had some mediocre runs in here, always some problem, but this time it feels like its gonna be a big one. Just put plants in tonight, straight to flower from the homeade aerocloner in my backyard. All the plants are clones from a single seed, a strain I've grown before but have yet to do it justice. I don't have that many grows under my belt, crossing my fingers for enough of a harvest to keep my away from the delivery guy from here on out. Ooh and harvest day is scheduled for right around 4/20! Meant to be. __________________ 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 Last edited by GoozMan; 02-14-2015 at 04:47 AM..
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02-14-2015, 05:10 AM	#2
jd4083 Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains Posts: 2,309	super cool, in on this one! Have you thought that you might need a 2 bulb stack or is the one enough to cover that whole area?
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02-14-2015, 05:51 AM	#3
Crusader Rabbit Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,631	What a wonderful design! I'll be watching this for sure.
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02-14-2015, 07:45 AM	#4
GoozMan An all-around terrific person Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 338	JD and CrusaderRabbit, thanks for dropping by. JD, I totally agree. I'm just waiting to get a reasonable harvest out of there to justify the extra expense, but I did build it with a pair of 400s in mind. __________________ 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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02-14-2015, 08:41 AM	#5
Bennyweed1 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,599	wow, I just had one of those "why didnt I ever think of this" moments. Great design man, super simply but really effective. You for sure need two 400s to utlizie that space, fire it up man! __________________ "Leave this world a better place than the way you found it." --------------------------------------------------- Some call me a conspiracy theorist, but the only thing I know to be true about 9/11 are the innocent people who lost their lives. Someday, we will have real justice. Someday the official story will be the conspiracy. Someday, you will have to be the one to shock the system Its said we were attacked because of our freedom, well it would appear, a decade later and some collective 1.5 million lives lost, that who ever "they are", have won, because AmerIkA is no longer free. NSA, TSA, FBI, CIA, DoD, BATF, DEA, DHS, BLM, USDA, FDA, IRS, and the emerging police state. Its absolutely clear, without unequivocal doubt, that whoever planned this, has systematically won, and has committed genocide that is being written into the books of history as a victory. Freedom is a frame of mind
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02-14-2015, 08:45 AM	#6
Chunkypigs Hard Mode Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: the ugly part of town where they keep the Government Buildings. Posts: 3,246	It looks really cool! what are the dimensions of the frame? how many plant sites? that looks like a great low budget setup. good luck!
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02-14-2015, 05:56 PM	#7
GoozMan An all-around terrific person Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 338	Bennyweed, yeah I wish I could remember the name of the member here who built a room like this using this flexible tubing stuff, struck me as genius. Thanks for stopping by. Chunkypigs, thanks dude, footprint is 4'x4', about 8' tall i think, right now I've only got 8 plants in there filling the bottom slots, with a few more in the cloner waiting their turn, all in all there are 24 plant sites but that goes all the way to the top of the spiral, I won't fill in those top slots until I get a second light going. Ideally with one light I'd like 12-15ish plants in there. Since moving into this house with the garage I built this garden a little half-assed, maybe 3/4 assed, and had a couple of blah grows in there, each time some problem requiring some solution, but now the room feels complete. Ventilation is the only thing I haven't bothered with - I have the gear to build a carbon filter, I'm just waiting for a grow that's good enough to require one. I'm using RO water with GH 3 part (minus the green bottle). My first grows I overfed and ruined many plants - since then I've been underfeeding by a lot and the plants seem healthy enough to me. Also included: Cal-mag to boost the RO water, SM-90, KoolBloom every once in a while, and a neem oil concentrate to keep the bugs away (which works great - got rid of my spider mites quick!). I got some mycorhizzae recently, tried it once and it seemed like my roots just exploded. I think that's it for the res... the tub holds 15 gallons nicely. Temps are very under control in my neck of the city, so I just have a little fan in there blowing up at the light, just to keep the air moving I guess. Some pics of my veg setup. Seedlings and moms go in a cabinet in the laundry room and then get chopped up for the aerocloner in the backyard Trying to keep it low key while growing enough for my hungry hungry lungs. Peace. __________________ 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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02-17-2015, 06:17 AM	#8
GoozMan An all-around terrific person Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 338	quick update - plants are still alive and my picture-loading skills are improving - now this one's upside down! Actually I'm down from 8 plants to 7, one didn't have much for roots when I put it in, crossed my fingers for her but in fact the roots were not long enough to reach the nutrient stream and she died :( but the other 7 look great. As you can clearly see in my awesome picture. __________________ 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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02-17-2015, 06:53 AM	#10
GoozMan An all-around terrific person Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 338	Neverrrrr!!! (in kind of a pirate voice) __________________ 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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