12/12 From Seed Experiment - 21 Strains

Look at those ladies reach for the heavens!!! Great work bro. Fun part is just beginning let's see how these look when those buds start swelling all over the place. Keep it up man

Looks like they are not done stretching. Starting to get a little concerned about height. But yes, I cannot wait for flowers!!

Chapter 2 Update
Day 64
Flowering Day 21

Chronic Thunder canopy height is 35" and Skunk #1 is 31". Will be watering tomorrow with the Week #4 schedule at 40 to 45%. I've managed to move the reflector as high as it can go and I'm going to have some difficult decisions to make very soon. They are already taller than I anticipated and they just keep growing up. What I may be forced to do is remove everything from the tent altogether. I have 9 feet ceilings so if I move them out I can manage the height. Odor control should still be OK as the room they are in is carbon filtered as well. Downsides will be colder temps and no reflective surrounding but I can always rig something up. The colder temps worry me the most. What do you guys think?

What's the distance between the light and plants at the moment? And how cold would it get outside of the tent? Main thing that would worry me with cold is cold wet roots, especially with so many plants in a tub.

I had major height issues once and ended buying a spreader, not the one from adjust-a-wing (although that might work depending on what hood you use) but a transparent one. Can't find a pic online... It would obviously come with a loss but far less than for example switching to 400w.

Sativied said:

What's the distance between the light and plants at the moment? And how cold would it get outside of the tent? Main thing that would worry me with cold is cold wet roots, especially with so many plants in a tub.

I had major height issues once and ended buying a spreader, not the one from adjust-a-wing (although that might work depending on what hood you use) but a transparent one. Can't find a pic online... It would obviously come with a loss but far less than for example switching to 400w.

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Basement temps have climbed from 46 to 50. According to Accuweather, I've got another 10 days or so of mid 40's outside and then projected mid 60's after that. I have an oil radiator heater that I've been using on and off. Thinking about positioning the passive intake ducting to blow through the heater onto the plants. I've brought the temps up in the room by having the room exhaust only kick on once per hour for 15 minutes. If I lose the tent then I'll have to have the room exhaust on 24/7

Edit: I'll measure tomorrow but approximately 14 inches is my guess. My glass is removed so it's hotter directly underneath.

This experiment is going to be a bust...I kind of already know it. Maybe I'll just pull the tubs out, slap another 600 on them and look to have a modest harvest to recoup some expenses and move on to the 3rd chapter which will be DRAMATICALLY different.

I wonder what (30) 2x4's and 120 feet of 4 inch PVC pipe is going to be used for?
Sneak peak coming soon

Chapter 2 Update
Day 65
Flowering Day 22

I was able to eek out a few more inches on my reflector so I'll wait and see how we're doing on height before I make any rash decisions.
Did a 12 gallon water with 40% of the final feed schedule.
Began the process of removing lower growth. This is going to be a lot of work.
Also got a little more aggressive with fan leaf removal up on top.

The Skunk #1's are a little further along with flower development than the Chronic Thunder's. After looking back over the 1st chapter, the Chronic Thunder's were behind as well which makes me feel a little better because all in all, things seem to be progressing pretty slowly.


A Skunk #1 with some interesting yellow colors up on top.




Another Skunk #1. The camera focused on a fan leaf so the flower is out of focus but I kind of liked this picture so I'm sharing.

Looks pretty awesome still! Gotta try stuff so you can learn

Hot Diggity Sog said:

Chapter 2 Update
Day 65
Flowering Day 22

I was able to eek out a few more inches on my reflector so I'll wait and see how we're doing on height before I make any rash decisions.
Did a 12 gallon water with 40% of the final feed schedule.
Began the process of removing lower growth. This is going to be a lot of work.
Also got a little more aggressive with fan leaf removal up on top.

The Skunk #1's are a little further along with flower development than the Chronic Thunder's. After looking back over the 1st chapter, the Chronic Thunder's were behind as well which makes me feel a little better because all in all, things seem to be progressing pretty slowly.


A Skunk #1 with some interesting yellow colors up on top.
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Another Skunk #1. The camera focused on a fan leaf so the flower is out of focus but I kind of liked this picture so I'm sharing.
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Looking great bro!
I think im going to try this out with a few tubs outdoors with autos! seems to work pretty well thanks for the inspiration bud!

bf80255 said:

Looking great bro!
I think im going to try this out with a few tubs outdoors with autos! seems to work pretty well thanks for the inspiration bud!

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A little too early to tell for sure but 3" x 3" might be a tad bit tight...lol

trying it with tomatos first
you like?

bf80255 said:

trying it with tomatos first
you like?

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Dude, that's awesome! What do you think so far?

Hot Diggity Sog said:

Dude, that's awesome! What do you think so far?

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I love the simplicity of just dropping a tray into a tub and lettin them go!
I also love how I can run higher numbers to find what Im after and still get a good representation (albeit miniature) of the individual plants for selection without having to waste time watering hella individual cups.

thanks again for the idea bro.

Today would normally be my every 3rd day update but the girls are chugging along at a pretty slow clip so I'm wait til Friday or Saturday. In the meantime I thought I would share what I'm working on for the next run. It's gunna be probably 3 or 4 weeks before it's built and tested but I'm super excited.

That looks amazing!

Where did you get the clips?

Mohican said:

That looks amazing!

Where did you get the clips?

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Got the clips from a local hardware store. They're Oatey J-Hook Pipe Holders.

This has been a lot of trial and error. From framing it 3 different ways to the layout of the pipe, it's a work in progress. Had intended to have 1 continuous pipe like a spring but it caused too much tension on the joints so I'm currently rethinking it. Either way, I intend on having 6 rows, 8 sites per row...duh, it's an octagon, with 7 sites per section.
Total Capacity: 56 per row or 336 plants. Will be doing this with a single 600 hung vertically with no reflector.

This is my 1st prototype with an Arduino board and a water flow rate sensor. The water from the reservoir will pass through this on the way to the PVC pipe. I was able to finish writing the sketch as well as the .NET code to talk to the Arduino and I have functional code running as a desktop app as well as a web page that reports water flow in real-time. Think: If my pump dies, I better get a Text message immediately

Nice, I hoped to see what I see above when you announced your new project. I look forward to seeing it in action.

Oooooo this looks really good. I actually just took down my 4inch pcv vert NFT(too hot right now for anything but soil), i like your style. I was running it 12 12 from seed... to get more seeds lol. Think i had 35 strains in a 3x3 area with a piddly lil 125watts lol

Im really interested in ardiunos as well. I really wish i had more time to work on sensors and diy lights, but ive been slammed at work. How much was the flow attatchment/sensor, i know the ardis are relatively cheap