Are you okay? You need to take better care of yourself. LoL.
That’s rough. As you know your time is better spent elsewhere. A lot of guys claim that it’s valuable time spent with your plants but I disagree. I personally clean and inspect several times a week and it’s much easier to focus on one important task at a time imo. With watering by hand I would just zone out lol.i can’t help you with dosers but would be more then happy to with just a basic watering system. Let me know
Yes I turn co2 down to 900-1000. Lights down to 100%. Daytime temps to 76ish and 55% humidity.
Go to aliexpress, they have the same lights ceramics solutions offered up. Only problem is the shipping time if u r in a hurry. The shipping is pricey, but if you message the sellers asking for a shipping break on quantity, you'll get it for cheaper.
Damn. Everyone with perspective heart's just sank for you
That’s rough. As you know your time is better spent elsewhere. A lot of guys claim that it’s valuable time spent with your plants but I disagree. I personally clean and inspect several times a week and it’s much easier to focus on one important task at a time imo. With watering by hand I would just zone out lol.i can’t help you with dosers but would be more then happy to with just a basic watering system. Let me know
Seems there’s always codes for 40% off floraflex which just makes it appear that they are priced 40% high.
Really interesting stuff! Bewildering breath of information out there on these apparently ubiquitous solenoids. I was hoping you could perhaps point me in the right direction, based on what works for you.
. Something you can appreciate, I am sure. Some of my questions might be a bit open ended. In those cases I am interested in your opinion and perspective.
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Thank you for the kind words. I ll break your questions down to several posts as I’ve drank several beers at this point lol.Konnichiwa Eric-san!
Greetings from across the pond! Hope you and yours are well and your karate game is going as strong as the impressive, no nonsense OP documented here. Combing through this fine thread time and again, a few questions came to my humble mind.a) Is my understanding correct in that you currently have two IBCs, each feeding one of the FLO rooms, which in turn are partitioned into three zones via solenoids, corresponding to the three rows of lights and plants per room?Apologies, this has become rather long winded. The pile of questions, though, is hardly even beginning to shrink. More knowledge begets more questions and I learned megatons here. A good thing, I hope you agree.
b) Do you run aeration or circulation pumps in the IBCs? Couldn’t make out any such lines going into the them, so I am just wondering. Since aeration would throw PH out of whack, that would necessitate a PH controller/adjuster to remain within the desired range. Especially, if the tank were to last more than a few days or a week, say. Right?
So, basically dissolved oxygen content and salts falling out of solution over time would be my main concerns, or rather questions, here. Proper mixing procedures undoubtedly go a long way towards avoiding fall-out.
c) Could you please, if it isn't too much of an inconvenience, elaborate a bit further on your irrigation / fertigation system, especially with a view to solenoid setup (zoning) and controlling these?
Furthermore, is there anything you would design differently in light of your experiences so far? Of course, we would all love unlimited budgets every now and then but apart from that, I mean.
d) Do you use drip clean, pool cleaner, yukka or something similar to prevent clogging dem lines and drip drips? If so, at what application rate and in what intervals? What is your maintenance routine for drip systems, tanks and pipes?
e) Do fertiliser regimens differ between the two FLO rooms? Obviously, VEG is different, as outlined previously. But besides choosing (and keeping) cultivars based on how well they perform in your set-up, as well as grouping cultivars based on the similarities of their needs and profiles, are there any other methods or techniques you use to accommodate individual needs a particular cultivar might have? Foliar feeds, teas, extra hand feeding and amending, additives or something along those lines?
In particular, I was thinking of the GMO cut you are running. Given there is Chem D in there, and seeing how Chems, Diesels and OGs tend to love comparatively elevated Cal/Mag levels - let alone slightly divergent N profiles - , is said GMO cut happy with your regimen? Any tweaks? Definitely made a note not to de-leaf too aggressively.
How do you generally deal with outliers? Just straight axing and nexting because of the pressures that be (tyranny of profit, ever shrinking margins and competition)? Or would there be a market for 10+ week strains in, say, your neck of the woods? Not blaming the player here. There still seem to be a lot of kinks to be worked out in this game, i.e. most recreational and medical markets - as well as the greyer ones. Also a lot to be said about educating customers and and their willingness to pay that quality premium.
Mainly interested in how you balance quality and exclusivity with profitability; and whether you’d see a market for 10+ week strains (flower and/or extract) grown indoor versus the ever widening ranks of faster (hype) hybrids - with quite often pretty muddied effects and terps.
Also, if not mistaken, the GMO loves an extra mile or two in FLO. Did read and hear anything from 10 to 12 weeks to be bee's-knees-territory, with most tending towards 12 to max out on terps and yield. A harvest window quite reminiscent of ECSD (one of my island strains), by the way. Guess that trait runs strong and deep in the family. How long do you let the GMO go for, normally? Most of your other cuts (GG4, Sunday Driver, Cakes, etc.) seem to err more on the 8-9 weeks, mayhaps 10, side of things.
Does that cause you any problems or do they simply have to look forward to the same chop-chop date?
Deeply sorry if any answers already given were missed. Tried to make sure I didn't. Lack of sleep and general exhaustion would be to blame as we are in the process of building out a new facility with 16 hour shifts. Two weeks and counting. They do take their toll
Since you are a busy man, I would very much appreciate if you could find some time and help me answer these questions. Keywords would be perfectly fine as well as more detailed answers. If they are not too bloody misplaced or annoying, there are loads more questions
Big ups and domo arigato in advance.View Image I’m off to slaying dragons in LaLa-Land!
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Mate, nothing wrong with a few pints for posterity! Though, I had no intention of pushing readers into inebriation just to cope. Well, after the fact, it dawned on me reading the whole shebang might be a bit taxing (working towards 50 posts and the rights they bring). Slightly blushing here. Hope no readers were / will be hurt in the process. Good lord, was I out of it. Couldn't even type me alias proper
. Add amply catering to my endo-cannabinoid system and the rambling mess of a post above hopefully makes a bit more sense.
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