2017 Setup (or is it) 4x4 tent

Happy New Year RIU

This is me new setup with HID-LEC(CMH) conversion bulb 400 watt
HEPA & Carbon Filter Intake & Carbon filter Exhaust
Drip Irrigation Bato Buckets: 8 inch and 6 inch cubes; 40 Gallon Resivour with heater, x2 2 inch air stones
32 Plant sites
Timelapse Camera
Box Fan

The only problem is high PH (yes i soaked the cubes in 5.5 ph water) this shouldn't be a problem untill i want them to throw flowers

The plan is to get some RO water in there which comes out the machine with a PH of 6. The pre-hardwater treatement is a whopping 8 at the moment. Meteora Regular Sexed x24 which will be thinned to an expected 12. The back two buckets are devoted to tomatoes and lemon balm. Yum Yum.



Over Correction


Momentary Success



Brought to you by better living through chemistry:

The Inorganics:
Diammonium Phosphate
Potassium Nitrate
Calcium Nitrate
Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom)

and the organics (wet filtered with "bubble bags" or "guano bags")
Coffee Grounds
Kelp meal
Pure Ultra-dry Wood Ashes (reason for the high ph)

Organic Acids:
Citric Acid



LEC conversion bulb that runs on Electronic HID ballasts.



Early Mid-Flower

Interesting light bulb you got there. Looks like the plants love it!
Cool to see someone putting other vegetables in with their cannabis. Tagging along

Seedlings had a tough time but made it to 12 mature females!



Temp / Humidity monitor
1 inside grow tent
2 reservoir temp
3 outside house
IN - ambient outside grow tent




End of Week 4 from seed

Early Mid- Flower



"Stretch" is over and we employ the 10000k high uv bulb for 4 weeks (not pictured because it burns)



Pre-Flush (back to LEC during flush)



HARVEST DAY!

1st RO Flush brought PPM down to 800 (2 days)
2nd RO Flush took it down to 400 (7 Days)
HARVEST TIME

Is there nanners in there? Thought I spotted one. Are they hemp plants?

What are nanners? These are medical hemp plants probably 4% CBD 0.15% THC (thats the results from the seedy bud) I'm going to have this crop tested for cannibinoid content

fridayfishfry said:

What are nanners? These are medical hemp plants probably 4% CBD 0.15% THC (thats the results from the seedy bud) I'm going to have this crop tested for cannibinoid content

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That explains a lot, not seen hemp other than in the wild and I was thinking wtf went wrong until I saw you were looking at a hemp thread and figured it must be hemp. The nanner, if you click on your pic so it zooms in, just above the lowest big leaf, it might not be, I'm not used to looking at hemp.
Anyway nice to see something different. I was contemplating getting into hemp farming last year but unfortunately the land we had planned to use was suddenly sold. I'm in the UK so it would of been a viable legal option.

An RIU exclusive timelapse of the grow.

HARVEST big 36" paper bag, 70F degrees 38% humidity in bag
Good setup, nice root growth in dutch bucket
1 400w harvest 1 bag
Notice the non-hollow stems.. it's hemp
Snuck a smoke, good flush, white ashes

fridayfishfry said:

Happy New Year RIU

This is me new setup with HID-LEC(CMH) conversion bulb 400 watt
HEPA & Carbon Filter Intake & Carbon filter Exhaust
Drip Irrigation Bato Buckets: 8 inch and 6 inch cubes; 40 Gallon Resivour with heater, x2 2 inch air stones
32 Plant sites
Timelapse Camera
Box Fan

The only problem is high PH (yes i soaked the cubes in 5.5 ph water) this shouldn't be a problem untill i want them to throw flowers

The plan is to get some RO water in there which comes out the machine with a PH of 6. The pre-hardwater treatement is a whopping 8 at the moment. Meteora Regular Sexed x24 which will be thinned to an expected 12. The back two buckets are devoted to tomatoes and lemon balm. Yum Yum.

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Over Correction
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Momentary Success
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Brought to you by better living through chemistry:

The Inorganics:
Diammonium Phosphate
Potassium Nitrate
Calcium Nitrate
Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom)

and the organics (wet filtered with "bubble bags" or "guano bags")
Coffee Grounds
Kelp meal
Pure Ultra-dry Wood Ashes (reason for the high ph)

Organic Acids:
Citric Acid



LEC conversion bulb that runs on Electronic HID ballasts.

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Early Mid-Flower

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Nice setup there. Foliage looking pristine too. Well thought out and clearly working for you

Colanoscopy said:

Nice setup there. Foliage looking pristine too. Well thought out and clearly working for you

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Thanks! 8 years of practice!

First grow for me. Tight budget and minimal knowledge. Scouring rollitup all the time trying to piece the enigma that is mj together. Enjoying the journey though. And if 8 years on you're still at it you must enjoy it too

It's really about memorizing the basics and knowing your equipment and how your equipment will effect the growing environment. The other half is having a chill place to grow. I enjoy it, harvest is a pain but water management is easy with hydro. I use CBD for a condition. PM me if you got a tough question or hit up threads I'm on. RIU is a great resource but I keep a MJ grow bible as reference. That's really where it's at (the book)( even though it's a little out of date).

My recommendation is buy slow (equipment that is) don't drop $2,000 in a day. I spent 5,000 on trial an error over the years. this current setup has a net value of $1,500 retail cost.

coreywebster said:

That explains a lot, not seen hemp other than in the wild and I was thinking wtf went wrong until I saw you were looking at a hemp thread and figured it must be hemp. The nanner, if you click on your pic so it zooms in, just above the lowest big leaf, it might not be, I'm not used to looking at hemp.
Anyway nice to see something different. I was contemplating getting into hemp farming last year but unfortunately the land we had planned to use was suddenly sold. I'm in the UK so it would of been a viable legal option.

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I was looking to buy some land to grow trees (not weed, deciduous and coniferous, hard wood, pine trees) gave up, too busy at my day job
I still don't know what a "nanner" is

My 4x4 tent. 600w air cooled hps. 6xstardawg 3 plants a month behind on 12/12 (solved space issues from closet grow with the tent now you see) always make sure my basics are right. PH rose to about 7 the past week but ran a fair bit water ph'd to 6.4 through today. Top leaves on highest PH rootzone were yellowing. So hoping the ph'd water and the half dose superdrive misting they had at lights out restores what I'm guessing is iron lockout? Appreciate the offer for assistance too mate no doubt I'll need it ha

Colanoscopy said:

My 4x4 tent. 600w air cooled hps. 6xstardawg 3 plants a month behind on 12/12 (solved space issues from closet grow with the tent now you see) always make sure my basics are right. PH rose to about 7 the past week but ran a fair bit water ph'd to 6.4 through today. Top leaves on highest PH rootzone were yellowing. So hoping the ph'd water and the half dose superdrive misting they had at lights out restores what I'm guessing is iron lockout? Appreciate the offer for assistance too mate no doubt I'll need it ha

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Very nice for a first grow. I have my differences on the reflector style but it looks like you have it under control. The plants look fine, nothing to worry about enough to have to change anything much. A little yellowing in flowering is OK, towards the end of flower some fan leaves might yellow and wilt completely.

fridayfishfry said:

Very nice for a first grow. I have my differences on the reflector style but it looks like you have it under control. The plants look fine, nothing to worry about enough to have to change anything much. A little yellowing in flowering is OK, towards the end of flower some fan leaves might yellow and wilt completely.

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I know what you mean about the reflector style. It was the difference between paying 45quid for a tube. And paying about 80. It's working well enough so far but I wouldn't mind one of the ones that looks like a euro reflector with the flat glass base. This was always intended to be my test run. If I get nice buds at the end. Absolute bonus lol

fridayfishfry said:

I was looking to buy some land to grow trees (not weed, deciduous and coniferous, hard wood, pine trees) gave up, too busy at my day job
I still don't know what a "nanner" is

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Wish I could do that some days. Growing anything is an awesome experience.
By nanna I ment banana, a hermie sack ready to blow. Its not as relevant anyway now I understand what you are doing.

coreywebster said:

Wish I could do that some days. Growing anything is an awesome experience.
By nanna I ment banana, a hermie sack ready to blow. Its not as relevant anyway now I understand what you are doing.

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Oh ok. Nope, no hermies or males or seeds (woohoo!) Plucked all the males.

Quarter 2 2017 New setup. 552 actual lamp watts combined