Yo bro, how much are you running off your controller? Have you ever had issue with overloading it?
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Never mind again....thats what the 2- PXM-1 power expanders are for.....never knew those existed. Very cool.
140 gallon RDWC
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Yo bro, how much are you running off your controller? Have you ever had issue with overloading it?
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Never mind again....thats what the 2- PXM-1 power expanders are for.....never knew those existed. Very cool.
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ares420
very nice project 
good luck!
good luck!
You just gave me a nice chuckle this morning. Thanx Benny.
I have my a/c connected to my EVC-2. My fans are connected to my power strip. My humid/dehumidifier is on a seperate curcuit. The PXM-1 power expanders are for my 2-600w hps lamps in flower room. T-5's and a fan in the veg room on 1 curcuit. I use 2 curcuits for my whole grow.
Im disconnecting my stove and hooking up a 240v PXM-2 power expander and running 2 - 1000w lamps from it in abit.
TastyGoodness
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Wish I could have a setup that big!
Looks tasty mate, all the best!
Tasty
Looks tasty mate, all the best!
Tasty
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BredForMeds
dude my grow is small.. only 2 5x5 flower rooms.. and I have been hitting 2.5-3 pounds per room.. every 45 days or so . a big setup isn't ness if u run the right strains and are good at growing
damnnn what strains and wattage are you packing in there?
sahdgrower
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Yeah BredforMeds, post up some pics of your setup and your regimen!
2 flower rooms and a veg room? Right? Pics please.
I grow under 2- 600w HPS lamps in the flower room and get around 2 elbows per grow.
If I had 2- 1000w lamps Ide get 3 elbows per grow easy.
You have 2- 1000's? or 2- 600's?
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BredForMeds
my thing is .. i have 2 5x5x7 flower rooms.. 1 veg room at 5x5x5 and and the 2 feet i have above my veg room i made a shelving unit.. that holds 4-6 domes depending on which way i place them.. i run 1000ws in my flower rooms.. and a 600w for my veg room.. and 2 foot floros over my domes.
its all about finding the right pheno.. i spent 2 years phenohunting.. and out of 1000 seeds.. ive kept 8 females after running the females a few times each.. i ran the pheno hunt in 20oz cups and took clones off the females that were extremely vigorous.. and then revegged anything that i thought was worth it..
and i have had shitty yields and great yields.. it all depends.. but my lowest was 12 zips per light.. and my highest was almost 3.3 pounds a light..
the thing for me is. only running strains that grow well together.. and grow well in a crowded environment.. ive had plants that if they were around the outer edge of the grow.. they wouldn't yield dick.. so i found that i cant run more then 2 strains in each room.. or i don't hit the yields i want.
its more about really knowing your strain. and what it likes nutes wise.. environment wise.. and if it can grow nice buds in a crowded environment..
pics wont be coming until i get a good camera.. i have pics on my cell phone.. but i don't wana post them because they probably contain info i don't want to get out.
its all about finding the right pheno.. i spent 2 years phenohunting.. and out of 1000 seeds.. ive kept 8 females after running the females a few times each.. i ran the pheno hunt in 20oz cups and took clones off the females that were extremely vigorous.. and then revegged anything that i thought was worth it..
and i have had shitty yields and great yields.. it all depends.. but my lowest was 12 zips per light.. and my highest was almost 3.3 pounds a light..
the thing for me is. only running strains that grow well together.. and grow well in a crowded environment.. ive had plants that if they were around the outer edge of the grow.. they wouldn't yield dick.. so i found that i cant run more then 2 strains in each room.. or i don't hit the yields i want.
its more about really knowing your strain. and what it likes nutes wise.. environment wise.. and if it can grow nice buds in a crowded environment..
pics wont be coming until i get a good camera.. i have pics on my cell phone.. but i don't wana post them because they probably contain info i don't want to get out.
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BredForMeds
You just gave me a nice chuckle this morning. Thanx Benny.
I have my a/c connected to my EVC-2. My fans are connected to my power strip. My humid/dehumidifier is on a seperate curcuit. The PXM-1 power expanders are for my 2-600w hps lamps in flower room. T-5's and a fan in the veg room on 1 curcuit. I use 2 curcuits for my whole grow.
Im disconnecting my stove and hooking up a 240v PXM-2 power expander and running 2 - 1000w lamps from it in abit.
do you run a AC in the winter?
Things are looking alright. I busted the glass around the cooltube...lol
have not gone over 475ppm/.95ec, pH has been real solid.
This plant looks healthy but has some funky yellow marks on the older lower leafs.
These 4 are going so much better then the first round...lol. Now I just have to work on the size..........
have not gone over 475ppm/.95ec, pH has been real solid.
This plant looks healthy but has some funky yellow marks on the older lower leafs.
These 4 are going so much better then the first round...lol. Now I just have to work on the size..........
Here are the new plants in bloom. See what I mean, I need to get there size increased...
Which is now why I have my plants setup for an 8wk veg. I can not seem to get that fast vigorous growth like I see around here.
They sit in this lil flood tray for their first 4 wks under a 75w t5. These girls are one week in.
Then they go into the RDWC for their last 4 wks under two LEDs @ about 285w combined. This batch didnt get their first four wks in the flood table because cycle wasnt caught up. Now im good to good reloading 4 plants every 4 wks.
The veg tent housing
I changed nutrients in my veg area yesterday.
Which is now why I have my plants setup for an 8wk veg. I can not seem to get that fast vigorous growth like I see around here.
They sit in this lil flood tray for their first 4 wks under a 75w t5. These girls are one week in.
Then they go into the RDWC for their last 4 wks under two LEDs @ about 285w combined. This batch didnt get their first four wks in the flood table because cycle wasnt caught up. Now im good to good reloading 4 plants every 4 wks.
The veg tent housing
I changed nutrients in my veg area yesterday.
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How do you like the LED's Benny?
I like'em, I had these lights for almost four years and they still work great. I havent vegged with the LEDs in a while so I had to bust them back out.
Here is a new little preveg area I setup. I have 8 plants so I can select the 4 most healthy to send through.
Just a small ebb n flow under a t5 and LED. Look how that camera perfectly split the two color spectrum's. Pretty cool looking.
Just a small ebb n flow under a t5 and LED. Look how that camera perfectly split the two color spectrum's. Pretty cool looking.
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That is pretty neat Benny.
Whats that small black square thing on top of the can filter? (C)OOLTRON?
Are you using that to pull the air through your carbon scrubber?
I guess being a small veg room, with little smell, maybe you dont need an inline fan.
Does it actually pull enough air through it to make a difference?
Whats that small black square thing on top of the can filter? (C)OOLTRON?
Are you using that to pull the air through your carbon scrubber?
I guess being a small veg room, with little smell, maybe you dont need an inline fan.
Does it actually pull enough air through it to make a difference?
haha ya man you are exactly right. Its a small cooltron fan. It is a small 3'x'3'x6.5' tent so it actually does work for that little area. The fan it came with broke so I rigged that up. All my other filters have inlines....dont worry and good on ya for noticing! haha thats funny shit.
Turned my aero clonner into a fogger.
I bought a 2 head fogger to help raise the RH in my bloom area but it wasnt big enough and did nothing so I am giving this a try.
I bought a 2 head fogger to help raise the RH in my bloom area but it wasnt big enough and did nothing so I am giving this a try.
Here's a good use for cool tubes:
Instead of bad luck you should have better luck. Happy ventures!
Hey how is it going peeps?!
So from out the gate I have been thinking my growth has been slow and lacking. I thought it was my learning curve, trying to figure it all out.
Here is the thing, the plants in veg seem to go days without growing. I promise you, they grown an inch or less a week.
I have been playing with my nutrients this whole time..trying to find that sweet spot but it isnt happening.
I was at 350ppm for a hunk of time and that plants more of less seemed dormant. They werent dying, but werent growing, just kinda of remained that==e same. So I pulled the nutes back down to 200ppm, while they looked a little better and the leafs started to purk up, the overal plants started to turn yellow. Then I raised it back up too 340ppm and the leafs started to curl. pH meters are calibrated every week.
I am left thinking it is my pH. I normally set her at 6.0 and let it ride up......perhaps my plants like a lower pH....I have tried everything else except messing with the pH.
I get so damn jealous looking at all these RDWC guys with badass growth. I need to get there!
So from out the gate I have been thinking my growth has been slow and lacking. I thought it was my learning curve, trying to figure it all out.
Here is the thing, the plants in veg seem to go days without growing. I promise you, they grown an inch or less a week.
I have been playing with my nutrients this whole time..trying to find that sweet spot but it isnt happening.
I was at 350ppm for a hunk of time and that plants more of less seemed dormant. They werent dying, but werent growing, just kinda of remained that==e same. So I pulled the nutes back down to 200ppm, while they looked a little better and the leafs started to purk up, the overal plants started to turn yellow. Then I raised it back up too 340ppm and the leafs started to curl. pH meters are calibrated every week.
I am left thinking it is my pH. I normally set her at 6.0 and let it ride up......perhaps my plants like a lower pH....I have tried everything else except messing with the pH.
I get so damn jealous looking at all these RDWC guys with badass growth. I need to get there!
