Hello to all again. For those of you who followed my last journal Papaya, Hindu Kush Aerotub Journal I appreciate all the comments. As I mentioned in the last post of that journal I was a little disappointed in the potency but feel sure I caused the problem with a nute concentration that was way too nitrogen rich towards the end of the flowering period. I also started from seed due to some unfortunate circumstances with my last set of clones. Even with the Indica variety of seeds I ended up with plants that were too tall to manage properly on an indoor grow. I went to 12/12 when the babies were about 2' tall (as soon as preflowers appeared) and ended up with HUGE plants that required constant attention just to keep them away from the HID fixtures.

That grow is behind us and I'm now working with 12 clones (same variety) which were taken directly from the aerocloner and placed under (2) 400w HPS fixtures. These clones were 6-8" tall at the time they went to 12/12 and the results appear much more favorable than growing from seed.

The system:

Flower Area (5'x5'):

(2) 20 gal DIY Tupperware aerotubs . 6 plants in each tub.
(2) 400w Fixtures with Lumatek ballasts and Hortilux HPS eye bulbs
(1) Intermatic t101 mechanical time clock.
(2) dual outlet air pumps and 4 12" airstones. (2 stones in each tub).
(1) 450 cfm vortex fan.
(1) Ultrasonic humidifier
(1) GE Merlin R.O machine providing as much as 700g/day of R.O water.
GH and AN nutes (3 part, bud blood, carboload, Dr Hornbys)

Mom Closet (3x2 x 9' tall)

(1) 400w MH fixture with Lumatek digital ballast
(3) Hydrogarden drip systems
(1) Intermatic t101 mechanical time clock
Intake and exhaust provided by splitting the outlet (using dampers) of the 450cfm vortex fan feeding the flowering clones.

Cloning area:

(1) aerocloner
(4) 150cfl bulbs in 2 cheap Home Depot reflectors (2 bulbs in each reflector)

Current Status:

6" Clones moved to flower area on 5/30. Running at 590ppm, 5.7ph. Pictures below were taken on 6/12. (13 days under 12/12)

Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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A little clearer picture. Lots of budsites for 2 weeks in to flower.

PPM 550
PH 5.7

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That is awsome. I want to do a Box o Green! Ill be watchin..

Thanks EDU. Feel free to PM with questions. As with every grow this is trial and error and I certainly have made my mistakes. Hopefully I've learned from the past and don't mind passing on anything I've learned.

Good Luck!

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Day 17 of flower and lots-o-buds.

PPM -650,
PH -5.8
Room temp 76 fah

Added bud blood today with the new nute mix. I'm expecting to take 10 more clones from the Mom's (not shown) in a few days and give them 10 days to root. Once they root they're going straight to this area (12/12) and I'll add a 600w HPS. Hopefully my future harvests will be 5-6 weeks apart.

Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

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Nice little room you have there

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Thanks Cloud. I own a mechanical/electrical contracting business so it would be unacceptable (in my mind) to have some funky ass set-up. Everything is commercial grade (except those Tupperware tubs) and I'm always improving on it. I've built in quite a bit of redundancy as well as tried to make almost everything "quick change". With my luck, shit fails when I need it the most. Experience has taught me that. Last grow it was a failed 600w ballast (over the holiday weekend no less when the hydro show was closed). My next upgrade will be a PH dosing system. Those aero tubs could (if necessary) go unattended for a week at a time if I didn't need to adjust the PH every damn day.....sometimes twice a day. It's time to monitor and adjust automatically.

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wow LOVE that SCROG there im gonna have to make one like that for my veggies.

Took 20 clones last night from the Moms (not shown) and they should be rooted in 8-10 days. I'll add them to this group under 12/12 and that should set me on track for a 12 plant harvest every month and a half. Not big by any means but more than enough for me.

Picture below is 20 days in to flowering. So far they're looking schweeeeeet!

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Day 23 here of flowering and everything is going well.

Temps=78fah
PPM= 600
PH= 5.8


I've had a few PM's asking for pictures of the grow area. Here ya go.

Pics below:

(1) 5x5 grow area w/ (2) 400w HPS
(2) Da Buds @ 22 days
(3) Time clock, ballasts, dual outlet air pumps
(4) R.O. Machine on right.

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