Leighs 6Kw DIY project...the here and now, but certain to change

[Leigh]

Yessir......I remember yas....It`s funny cuz you were a "brain surgeon and rocket scientist cross".....A good hybrid ...LOL...

Welcome my buddy......anything I can do ta help , just holler....and yeah....

It`s more like conversation to my boyz than just typin......at least it`s always been that way fer me.....

Yer shit looks pretty tight Bro.......We just needta tweak and dial a lil bit.......you`ll get there......guaranteed.....and....

Pull tha trigger.....

'Rocket Surgeon'...more of a blonde joke than anything

Thx for the welcome and the kind offer DHF.

Just off the top of your head...what are ya feelin' for this space?
7.5x23', just under 7 high actually (not the 7.5 in my first post)...6Kw, maybe another K or two depending on veg needs...which can be in a separate 9x13' room.

My cuts only come in jiffies and are pre-planted in in peat in those individualized liners that fit 36 to a 10x20" tray. So they don't fit a 2" netpot for example...but transfer into a 3"+ RW cube or 3.5" netpots with hydroton nicely for a hydro run.
I was thinkin' of lining the room walls with 4" pvc pipes and running it RSWC like Heaths octagon but a huge rectangle like his dual 600w....plant count in the 4-500 range....

 

[Leigh]

This is how my cuts come....and I have to vegg'em under flouros for a week or two to get the roots to this stage...but they're definitely ready to rock at that point

 

[Leigh]

Here's how well that^ rootball fits into a 3.5" netpot with small hydroton.
Those plants are just some last remaining Fire Hydrant from Dr.GreenThumbs, which I never ordered...but somehow made into the mix in place of the Millennium Bud.
Gonna thro these into a couple 4" pvc tubes for a test run.

 

[Leigh]

Oh, the reason that's the last of'em^...it's at least a 9wk strain...I don't do 9weekers...my attention span isn't that long

 

[Leigh]

e-loco...Thx and feel free to ask anything if you want/need some clarity.

250wscrogger....Thx for the input, much appreciated. About the most I could effectively fit with 6" pots in a flat garden here is 8/9 x 41/42(328-378) if the lights are run in a single row along the length.

My current yield is 18gr a plant with this Purple Kush I have...6" peat...2wks veg under bloom wattage and 7wks flower(and old bulbs)....9wks taking up the bloom room....1.07lbs a light(1Kw...flat garden, umbrella reflectors)
And that's running it 6x32...
Hmmm.....

 

[Leigh]

turbo...cjk....glad to have you aboard!
You like that turbo? That's just 3/4" steel electrical conduit at $8 per 10' piece chopped down and slipped into a hole in two 2x4's....the shelf is just 6" "track"...used in metal stud wall construction for top and bottom plates. Not a Home-De-Pot item, but findable

 

[forkup]

Nice simple layout, the wall of green is gonna rock, I expect a good yield with this setup

 

[DHF]

Just made a post in another thread bout smaller flip rooms once set in motion behind each other would provide more harvey`s per yr with monocropped/dialed strains ftw...

4 rooms finishin every 2 weeks or so on 8/9-ish week strains/varieties sounds a whole lot better to me than tryin ta control environment with buncha light , heat , and lack of environment havin ta trim buncha plants all at 1 time without havin plants ta put back in said larger space ta keep the ball rollin , but that`s just me....and then....

Haveta replace the WHOLE fuckin room with mega plants ta start over with all at once....Don`t make sense over here....sorry....

I oughta teach a class I guess...Leigh....didn`t mean ta rant in your new thread......

Good luck...Pullin fer yas....DHF........

 

[stinkyigloo]

Hey leigh, this looks like an interesting grow when it takes off. Cant wait to see what you do. Keep it up

 

[Nitelife]

Oh man this thread is GREAT!!!! I'm a noob and just your pictures alone have giving me at least 5 usable ideas. Your Horizontal and Vertical setup is such a awesome space saver. Man I will be following this and reading your other posts. Thank you very much for sharing what you got going on man.

I'm with you on this one,,me being a noob as well......Looks interesting as helll!

 

[Leigh]

...tryin ta control environment with buncha light , heat , and lack of environment havin ta trim buncha plants all at 1 time without havin plants ta put back in said larger space ta keep the ball rollin , but that`s just me....and then....

Haveta replace the WHOLE fuckin room with mega plants ta start over with all at once...

Good luck...Pullin fer yas....DHF........

I hear ya on the worries about the work load all at once for a single large harvest/reload etc....it took yrs to get there, but we can trim (perfectly plucked and hand trimmed) a 1 to 1.5lbs/hr currently...that's at a plant density of 1 per sq/ft. If I had to guess...I'd expect going up to 3 or 4 plants per sqft, while doubling or tripling the yield, I'd guess trimming time to only go up 25-50% at the most on a per light basis...... So a 6-8k harvest is a normal days work currently. Planting those 150-180 in 1gal pots of peat-mix is 3-4hrs working as a pair, 6-7hrs by myself.....one thing I've always considered to be a bonus is that with the whole room in the same cycle, I get a few weeks break with no smell, instead of always having ripe plants like in perpetual.

Having said that^...stepping up the plant count to 400+....I HAVE to change the medium. It's at the limit of how much I can bring in/out of this place as it is. Not the greatest location for that.....which is why I'm interested in a system like Heaths rswc or nft...either tables or tubes..but this reduces the amount of medium drastically, so interests me now.......and I have the space to preveg that amount if the medium is a 3-4" RW cube or a 3.5" netpot...

 

[Leigh]

 

[Vhghost]

very nice BUD!

 

[cody2white]

Damn. What a great room! Best of luck to you

 

[elgwedoloco]

So Leigh I seen that before you had 1 wall vert and the other half of the room was horizontal. Did you keep the horizontal and just put it behind your new vert wall to make it sudo 2 rooms?

This is such awesome work you have been doing. I have recently been givin the green light to use a 10' x 12' bedroom in my house and love this design. Probably wont happen for a year or two until I get a few harvests under my belt.

 

[DHF]

Yeah Bro.....nuthin written in stone , and as long as yas can handle the work load and enjoy the down time between runs , then it`s all good.....

I was a greedy fuck and needed shit runnin all the time , but could only trim X amount on my pre-determined weekends ta chop , so it`s all in what works for the individual right ?....

I`ve got growbro`s that sell cuts to the clubs in SoCal and run 256 3" rockwool cubes in 4 x 4 flood tables or 512 in 4 x 8`s with parabolic unvented 1KW`s over said tables and NEVER pull less than 4 lbs per light , but it`s with dialed strains they`ve worked with since `95 or so....on flat grows ta boot.....

It`s a numbers game vertical OR horizontal if yas got a clone factory ta supply yer bloom rooms.....and they do....not for everyone , but it`s doable....

Good luck on whatchas figure out....Holler if I can help....

Peace...DHF........

 

[laylow]

this is going to be mental when it blows up hope you know what your letting your self in for strap in

 

[laylow]

right just been over this as i scanned it the first time and excitedly posted...

so how are you feeding and dealing with runoff as hempys have runoff every water dont they?

if you plan on hand watering i would suggest setting up a drip system if you have the means to do so while they are manageable.... i mean once them girls fill out and in you wont be able to get into them for shit... you will want a net from top to bottom left to right to hold them big ole badass buds in place... this again is going to make watering a nightmare...just giving you a heads up dude... good luck will be watchin

 

[forkup]

Have you considered lowering half your lights a little maybe? That's an awesome setup dude and should produce very well for you. I'm looking forward to seeing t blow up.

 

[dontstepongrass]

sick sick sick