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FirstCavApache64

FirstCavApache64

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That's a nice system, my back is so jealous. I hand water 3 gallons a day with a turkey baster. I'm so ready for an automated watering system. When I go to a 5*5 tent I'm really going to try and get one setup. Looking forward to seeing how the Anesia seeds do in your hands.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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Billy the Mountain said:
Do get roughly the same output from the four rings?
How do you control the output? Does it run continuously?

Nice to see horizontal video!
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Yessir!.. having the manifold in the middle seems to give equal output, and I get about the same runoff from each one. I just fill up the 6 gallon tank, mix my nutes, and just open the T valve. It takes about 6-7 minutes to empty the tank.
 
Billy the Mountain

Billy the Mountain

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
Yessir!.. having the manifold in the middle seems to give equal output, and I get about the same runoff from each one. I just fill up the 6 gallon tank, mix my nutes, and just open the T valve. It takes about 6-7 minutes to empty the tank.
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Ok, gotcha - they share 6 gallons until the tank runs dry
Essentially an automated watering can or back-saver

You could easily add a solenoid and timer if needed once they get bigger
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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Billy the Mountain said:
Ok, gotcha - they share 6 gallons until the tank runs dry
Essentially an automated watering can or back-saver

You could easily add a solenoid and timer if needed once they get bigger
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Meh…. I’m always home. The water hose is right there to fill the tank..mixing nutes prob takes the most time. Going from feeding 78 to 4 is gonna be a cake walk. :D
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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We took a little break while the Dosi was drying (trimmers coming tomorrow), and went to Red River NM. Had a nice cabin by the roaring river, took ATV's up from 8500ft to 11,500 on advanced driver trails, scared the shit out of Paige. We were getting air off of these jumps on narrow trails with a 1000 ft drop to our right.... fun stuff! Did some river trout fishing, and I only caught one. Believe it or not, I hooked a trout right in the mouth that had been caught upstream that morning and they had filleted it, and threw it back in the river.... what are the odds???

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DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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farmerfischer said:
Plants and setup look great man.. i cant wait to get back indoors.. its just to hot here yet.. im figuring late oct. Or nov. Ill be back up and running..
I got a new 5x5 tent i want to get up as well ..
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Thanks! My dad was still here on my property.... it's the only time I can go on vacation is if he is here to tend to the current grow when he's not at his Mesa home. He comes in handy. Post up a grow journal on that 5x5! The 4x8 is like crazy easy coming from the 20x30. It was good timing for us to shut down the op. We got a letter from the Power Company today saying that if we didn't lower our consumption, they would disconnect us, and we have no other option other than that Power Company living out in the country. If we don't get under 100KWH per day, then we have the option to pay $1800 and upgrade transformers. Otherwise, we'll be in the dark. But I think once we get the dry room shut down, we'll be under 100KWH per day.
 
FirstCavApache64

FirstCavApache64

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farmerfischer said:
Plants and setup look great man.. i cant wait to get back indoors.. its just to hot here yet.. im figuring late oct. Or nov. Ill be back up and running..
I got a new 5x5 tent i want to get up as well ..
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I really need to get a 5*5 tent for my next grow. I won a killer light from Spider Farmer and it's for a 5*5. I'm afraid it will be overkill in my 4*4 so I'm talking the wife into a new/extra tent. I love your avatar, Lilu Dallas Multipass is a fan favorite around our house. Every time we have a whole chicken my wife has to say "Chicken.....good" in her accent. It still makes me laugh after a lot of years of bad chicken dinners.
 
FirstCavApache64

FirstCavApache64

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
Thanks! My dad was still here on my property.... it's the only time I can go on vacation is if he is here to tend to the current grow when he's not at his Mesa home. He comes in handy. Post up a grow journal on that 5x5! The 4x8 is like crazy easy coming from the 20x30. It was good timing for us to shut down the op. We got a letter from the Power Company today saying that if we didn't lower our consumption, they would disconnect us, and we have no other option other than that Power Company living out in the country. If we don't get under 100KWH per day, then we have the option to pay $1800 and upgrade transformers. Otherwise, we'll be in the dark. But I think once we get the dry room shut down, we'll be under 100KWH per day.
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That's nuts about the threat to cut your power off. As long as you're paying the bill why should they care how much you use unless they aren't equipped to properly service their demands. I remember worrying about power usage in the bad days of prohibition but now I just try to minimize the damage as best I can. When you live out in the country you're at everyone's mercy in some ways. There's no internet, crappy cell coverage and 911 takes 20-30 minutes for the cops if you need them. I'll still take it over city life any day though.
 
farmerfischer

farmerfischer

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Yeah im going to journal a side by side grow with basic nutes and using molasses on one plant to see/show how it aids in plant grow/flower.. one plant is a control.. no nutes just soil (all plants will be in the same)
One plant will get basic nutes.. and the third will get nutes with molasses..
I have a walk in closet thats 6x9 that my normal grows are in.. and if needed my old room thats 14x12..
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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FirstCavApache64 said:
That's nuts about the threat to cut your power off. As long as you're paying the bill why should they care how much you use unless they aren't equipped to properly service their demands. I remember worrying about power usage in the bad days of prohibition but now I just try to minimize the damage as best I can. When you live out in the country you're at everyone's mercy in some ways. There's no internet, crappy cell coverage and 911 takes 20-30 minutes for the cops if you need them. I'll still take it over city life any day though.
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Here's my theory.. They got the whole SW Oklahoma grid (rural).. and they decided to expand to accommodate the demand. Then, alot of growers were going out. Then they come up with a "solution" to cover costs of thier expansion ...IDK.... hard to say. They were fine during the peak of demand. They never changed the per KWH from .089 cents per KWH during this whole thing. We will prob never know the whole story.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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FirstCavApache64 said:
That's nuts about the threat to cut your power off. As long as you're paying the bill why should they care how much you use unless they aren't equipped to properly service their demands. I remember worrying about power usage in the bad days of prohibition but now I just try to minimize the damage as best I can. When you live out in the country you're at everyone's mercy in some ways. There's no internet, crappy cell coverage and 911 takes 20-30 minutes for the cops if you need them. I'll still take it over city life any day though.
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Smacker said:
I thought about you this morning Arron when I was mixing a tank. I thought how the hell did he hand water for that long. Lol.
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Well.. I didn't have to water 78 at one time.. I may have 13 one day 33 the next. But after I got the feed system in place, I just fed them all at one time. Unless they had a problem of taking up nutes, this worked out great on the last crop. I guess I just needed to balance them out. IDK.... I didn't have anything else to do... especially during the winter. I needed something to do. Summer is a different story.. I have plenty to do outside unless it's 105 degrees.... then I really spend sometime out there.
 
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