doublejj's BIG 2015 adventure.....

Shelby420

Shelby420

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doublejj said:
Well BIG plans have been made for the coming season. Many lessons were learned and we are very eager to take the plunge into 2015. We've made an evaluation of last season & see room for much improvement. We will be doing some things differently this year. I'm very excited to be the first to carry the ball this season, and launch us into the next chapter. 8)

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Hey JJ, any chance of maybe letting us in on some of the things you learned and are planning on changing? Would be interesting to hear what you plan to change and why. Always wanting to learn.
 
doublejj

doublejj

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Mostly equipment upgrades & tweaking our process to get the most out of our facilities. And hopefully a little better strain selection.
We will be adding a "Golden Arm" apparatus that will assist in covering the greenhouse for light dep. It's an arm & pivot at each end of the greenhouse that you attach your blackout cover to & it covers the entire greenhouse from the outside. They are really sweet & make the light dep job easy....er.
We will be adding a bigger or 2nd water tank & a drip system. This will make watering less of a chore. Replacing the 200gl with 400gl smart pots, lay'ed out so we can put up hoop tunnels or carports to cover the plants if necessary...
I'm going to split the starting & plantings into smaller batches to make better use of my resources & upgrade my lighting systems. I grew too many plants simultaneously unnecessarily last season. They didn't all need to be planted at the same time. More but smaller batches will allow me to produce better plants overall, better proportioned & better timed.......
this list goes on, & I will try to cover changes & improvements as we go thru the season...
(:
 
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Shelby420

Shelby420

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doublejj said:
Mostly equipment upgrades & tweaking our process to get the most out of our facilities. And hopefully a little better strain selection.
We will be adding a "Golden Arm" apparatus that will assist in covering the greenhouse for light dep. It's an arm & pivot at each end of the greenhouse that you attach your blackout cover to & it covers the entire greenhouse from the outside. They are really sweet & make the light dep job easy....er.
We will be adding a bigger or 2nd water tank & a drip system. This will make watering less of a chore. Replacing the 200gl with 400gl smart pots, lay'ed out better so we can put up hoop tunnels or carports to cover the plants if necessary...
I'm going to split the starting & plantings up into smaller batches to make better use of my resources & upgrade my lighting systems. I grew too many plants simultaneously unnecessarily last season. They didn't all need to be planted at the same time. More but smaller batches will allow me to produce better plants overall, better proportioned & better timed.......
this list goes on, & I will try to cover changes & improvements as we go thru the season...
(:
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Good info JJ Thanks for taking the time.
 
curious2garden

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adower said:
I believe they only offer one plasma light. Its a 300 watt rating. I havent seen any grow's with a plasma light. You're ballsy to try one! Make sure you put up pics if you got the plasma ones!

You'll know if you bought a plasma or not by the price. Each plasma unit runs about 1100$, each gavita pro 1000 de runs about 500-600$.
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Cn bought a Plasma Light and I use(d) it right until the bulb burned out after less than 1000 hours under pretty careful conditions. Engineered obsolescence dialed in to perfection. The light died less than 2 weeks AFTER the warranty period and the maker has not bothered to return calls. ......

It was nice but not great. I had some other tests I would have liked to run on it but I never got the chance and I did not see anything significantly wow enough to pay for another bulb.

I'll be interested in hearing how they work out for you. I'd hang onto those Gavitas, add a Plasma and mount them on light rails (looks like three long ones would be sweet), set those babies crawling. Then again I grow on a VERY small scale, nothing like you guys.
Ymmv,
Annie
 
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