Hello All,

You may have noticed me trying to assist with some questions posted here at RIU. I am only trying to give back what many here and other forums offered as I prepared to construct and fire up my op this past summer.

I come from a traditional horticulture background so Hydro and Cannabis offered some unique challenges for me. I have a great deal of comfort with much of the process but the balance that must be maintained requires some trial and error as well as expert guidance......that being said......

I would like to thank AlB, Potroast, VV, Stinkbud, Bugs, Spark and many more.....all of you here have made a difference in my op-whether you know it or not....I keep an eye on as much as I can and try to pay attention to what is working and what is not. Thanks again to all of you.

I hope many of you will stop by and follow along. And pleeeease give some feedback......the learning never stops, and I am definitely still on the curve.....but its getting there.

There are a number of questions I have and a great deal of issues that seem to come and go throughout the life-cycle so some of my initial posts will be that of some problems I am encountering and any assistance with these issues would be greatly appreciated.

Gather around everyone.....Old's first pics ever........

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"You know you can re-use your Hydroton? Nobody here thinks you are."-Clerk 2008
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Ok guys,

This summer I designed and built my op....details will follow

I am not doing anything special but I thought it would be nice to post a thread anyway....yes I know just some other newbie doing the Al B Tribute Grow.

Yes and No.

It is a perpetual harvest SoG with top-drip and hydroton as the medium, I utilize some aeroponics for my veg phase (which is only 4-7 days) But Mums and Flower are top-drip (I will be changing to flood drain in flower-details as to why and whats what to follow). I have tweaked some things to fit my needs but otherwise its just another perpetual SoG.

I ordered seeds in early August and germinated on August 23rd. I used seedbankupdate.com to find reputable seed banks and had no problems with my choice(s)

I have 7 strains going in order to find the best for my op.

Afgani #1-pure indica
Skunk #1-80/20 sativa/indica-cup winner from way back in the day
Shiva Shanti-afgani dominant indica
Malawi Gold-african sativa
White Widow-f1 hybrid
Big Bud-f1 hybrid
NLxAK

Pretty basic choices but i will start adding some other mums to my quiver in early 09'

Got some kiwi haze and cali orange seeds that I have not started yet.

I waited on the haze till I worked the bugs out and the cali orange doesn't look that dank. But I will probably start a few soon to do some trial runs.

I guess we will start with my veg, clone and mother room.

Mums are under 1kw Mh, Aeroponic Veg Unit is using a 4'-8 bulb T5 (400w floro), Clones are done using rapid rooters instead of rw cubes but otherwise I follow the batch of clones in rockwool set-up.

Here are some pics.

Starting with mums. More posts and pics to follow....oh what the hell I am going to throw in a couple bud pics too....i just can't help myself.


Mums

More Mums

the same Mums...again

twin skunk #1 at 5 weeks

Shiva Cola at 7 weeks

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Clone Pictures...........



Clones are done in Rapid Rooters, trays are sitting on heat mats.



One thermostat controls both heat mats.....nice huh



These are 6 days old, I usually see roots in 7-10



Close up shows a couple secrets-I turn my rapid rooters upside-down and make my own hole so the cdutting is held firmly by the medium. They also sit in net cups which ar secured to the tray so things don't topple over when watering/misting.

I usually take cuttings the same length as my pruners. That's about it-I will post some pics of the aeroponic veg unit soon and then move into pics of the flower room.


Hope you guys like it so far.....

Thanks for looking.

-OitW

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"You know you can re-use your Hydroton? Nobody here thinks you are."-Clerk 2008
http://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-...w-journal.html
http://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-de...om-set-up.html

are there supposed to be pics?

No pics?? I put them in the text-not as attachments. Do you need to change a browser setting maybe??

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"You know you can re-use your Hydroton? Nobody here thinks you are."-Clerk 2008
http://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-...w-journal.html
http://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-de...om-set-up.html

Can anyone see the pics??

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"You know you can re-use your Hydroton? Nobody here thinks you are."-Clerk 2008
http://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-...w-journal.html
http://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-de...om-set-up.html

Here is a EZ Clone 120.



I didn't find it usefull for cloning so after my clones root through the rapid rooters...........I hang them in here for 4-7 days to put on some roots and a node or two in height before they go to flower.....They start looking like this.



after 7 plus days......they really get rolling




They then get moved to flower.

Tray 1--Days1-20
1kw HPS

Here is a sneak preview.



I hope these pics are coming up...if not let me know

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"You know you can re-use your Hydroton? Nobody here thinks you are."-Clerk 2008
http://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-...w-journal.html
http://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-de...om-set-up.html

hmm i dunno i dont see anything where it wold say ttext pic but i donts see any

Are the pictures in my post??? I had the pictures marked private in my album maybe that meant you couldn't see them. Anyone know what the deal is....I hate all this computer crap.


Can anyone see this picture??

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"You know you can re-use your Hydroton? Nobody here thinks you are."-Clerk 2008
http://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-...w-journal.html
http://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-de...om-set-up.html

Here is a couple new pics......wide shot of flower room





Hope you guys like it...I have some semi-major changes in the works. Such as a 4th light and res but I need to switch from 3-8x4 trays and get 4-6x4 trays (i only use a 6x4 space on my trays for each 1kw lamp) to change from a 20 day cycle to a 15 day. All will be completed after the new year.

Stick around it should get interesting......Hey check out my 4000w Grow Room thread in the Design and Set-up Category. Thx for playing

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"You know you can re-use your Hydroton? Nobody here thinks you are."-Clerk 2008
http://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-...w-journal.html
http://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-de...om-set-up.html