cravin morehead's bio-buckets

[cravin morehead]

some of you may know i got a new tent/set-up going. i just finished building a bio-bucket set-up in it. it is just cycling now, and i'm waiting for my cuts to root (dg's brainfreeze) i got from my brother. should be putting them in the new system in about 10 days or so, we'll see. here's some pics of the set-up:
its a 6 bucket, 1000w blockbuster 6", bio-bucket in a GL 120 tent.



reservoir is a 96 quart(24 gal) igloo cooler with a float valve


the media is lava rocks, pump is moving 640 gph, each bucket has a drain valve on the bottom

all light leaks were addressed and all vents have diy light traps



lemme know what you think, more to come


cm

 

[cyat]

looks super clean!

 

[pearlemae]

NICE!!!!! Better yet REALLY, REALLY, NICE!!!!!!!!!

 

[cravin morehead]

thanks guys!! i actually took my sweet ass time building and researching this time...

 

[bagada]

make sure those black hoses are compatible with growing. I used tubing before that was harmful and ruined my whole grow. I think its best to stick with pvc unless you have used that type hose before. Its not worth losing everything

 

[KryptKeepa]

Id try to get a stronger pump.
7-10 times minimum of water volume circulation per hour.
So your cutting it a little close. Better safe than sorry brother!

(I use a 1200 gph pump on 3 5g buckets and a 20g res)

 

[NeWcS]

Very nice and clean.

 

[cravin morehead]

hey bagada- those black hoses are flexible pvc. they can be glued into standard pvc fittings.

krypt- with this pump im exchanging the water over 12 times an hour. lets say the buckets hold 5 gallons each (reality is more like 4 gallons) + 10 gallons in the reservoir= 40 gallons. 498 gph / 40 =12.45 . and according to the 3 quarts for each sq. ft. of canopy (3' x 3'), i should have enough total volume. got links to your bio grow?

thanks for the props and concern everyone. hopefully this will work out for me...

actually, i was double checking my pump. it is actually rated @ 700gph/640gph with 6" head( which i have 8 " head height) so, even better.

 

[Desert Hydro]

looks pretty nice man. cant wait to see it running

 

[cravin morehead]

thanks DH... i can't wait too. should be not too long now... anyone run dutch grown Brainfreeze?? i got clones of the first 2 BF's my bro popped, just wondering what to expect, stretch,smell, taste, and nute wise. it's bred by dutch grown so i know its gotta be pretty nice, lui x c99 has gotta be great tho

 

[cyat]

thanks DH... i can't wait too. should be not too long now... anyone run dutch grown Brainfreeze?? i got clones of the first 2 BF's my bro popped, just wondering what to expect, stretch,smell, taste, and nute wise. it's bred by dutch grown so i know its gotta be pretty nice, lui x c99 has gotta be great tho

I ran it(2x)... do you want the truth or a nice polite answer?

 

[cravin morehead]

truth, i can take it...

 

[cyat]

ok.. sativa type node spacing lotta stretch.. huge buds good yield...

but, very light fruity flavor and smell, low potency and trichomes

grown w lucas formula in dirt/oil dri and h and g in coco

no one wanted it was my worst stuff at the time, but maybe your pheno is better

I didnt even order it, was a mistake

 

[cravin morehead]

ouch!! the pheno i'm rooting has some fat leaves, but resembles a sativa in the node spacing. hard to say though, my brother doesn't have intense lighting at all. all his plants are a little sativa spaced looking with kind of airy buds. these cuts stink already, with no roots or visible preflowers yet. i guess i'll just use this grow as a measure of my system, not really about quality of smoke. but, who knows, these 2 phenos may be pretty nice. not every seed is a winner/loser right??

i don't have much choice right now. just starting new moms and i've never bought a dispensary clone that was worth a shit. done with buying those infested shitty cuts... i need to run something to test the new (to me) bio system. i don't know any other growers except me and my bro, and i taught him... soooo

thanks for your input, (ouch!!)

cm

 

[cyat]

ya every seed is different yours could be dank!

buyin cuts usually does suck... but your in ca so youve got a lot of options

 

[cravin morehead]

true, tons of options. but not many good options. i just read some reports on dutchgrowns section, got more hope now. thanks for your honesty though, i appreciate it...

 

[Mountain High]

sweet, what nutes are you planning to go with?

 

[cravin morehead]

...must spread it around before giving rep again....

thanks man

 

[cravin morehead]

hey mountain high- i'm going to run dyna. i've tried a bunch over the years, some good, some not so good. so i figure i'll run a nice simple regimen with clean results. plus i've read these bio-systems don't like/need a bunch of additives, come to think of it, neither do i...

 

[petemoss]

Hi cm, nice clean build! Keep us updated on your grow!