Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

burtster said:

First time post, but have been reading for a long time.

So I thought I'd contribute and create a quick file of the Stinkbuds posts, all consolidated in one file for download. I was bored...

How To Guide

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I had no idea it was getting so long. I'm not even done yet!

I'm still writing tutorials on how build the systems.

Great job bro! It's nice to be able to read all the posts without having to read all the shit in between. I'm sure it will help a lot of people.

Need to add photos and plans when it's done. I still have some mild fixes and I want to put all the dimensions in also.

Also I want to confess something...

My last harvest only came out to 15 3/4 oz. not a pound like I brag about.

I feel better about coming clean though

Oh really. I dont want to read this anymore. YEAH RIGHT. 15 zones is still a lot. Keep growning good bud thats all that matters. Good shit on keepin it 100.

Peace

dont feel bad

hey stinkbud, have you looked at HBR's stadium setup? I am trying to figure out how I can use your system with that setup for the least amount of work over the long run, but with the most yield from my room sizes. I get the whole thing, but what i cant wrap my head around is how to transfer each plant for each cycle, and how limited am I to the number of plants per shelf in veg and in bloom, with bloom room being bigger than my veg room how many more plants do i need to fill the correct amount in bloom room that has the stadium on both sides. with your setup you say you have 14 sites per unit, did you harvest all 3 units at the same time? for a total of 42 plants that equal 1lb?(round about) or 14 plants = 1lb?
sorry if this ran on, i'm dry rite now


https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/119612-sog-questions-room-sizes-setups.html

torrey420 said:

Now all we need is a condensed, detailed parts list. I've been slowly figuring out what all is needed but still have a few questions!

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I have a list of all the materials to go with the plans. I also have a list (and photos) of all the tools.

I even have most of the photos done. And check out the 3D illustration I did of my Aero/NFT system.

All I need is time. I've been really busy with work (I have my own business).

I had no idea the response this thread would generate. I wasn't even sure anyone would read it!

I'm stoked to be helping so many others.

I can finish and post the tutorials this next weekend so stay tuned.

StinkBud, I'll keep updating it, no problem. Takes only a few seconds to do. I made it for my own learning's, but figured everyone could use it. I've already added photos to most of them. I'll post a final document after you ad more tutorials.... keep them coming, they're awesome.

hey stinkbud, have you looked at HBR's stadium setup? I am trying to figure out how I can use your system with that setup for the least amount of work over the long run, but with the most yield from my room sizes. I get the whole thing, but what i cant wrap my head around is how to transfer each plant for each cycle

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I really don't see any advantages to going with a stadium setup over mine.

You will need a lot bigger pump to get the water up to the top rows.

Water is very heavy so you need a huge pump to move the kind of water volume you need.

Bigger pumps mean more heat. Your water will get so hot that you will cook your roots. So you will need a water chiller. And another pump for the chiller.

Don't get me wrong, I think success is possible. You just need to take into account all the variables such as gravity.

how limited am I to the number of plants per shelf in veg and in bloom, with bloom room being bigger than my veg room how many more plants do i need to fill the correct amount in bloom room that has the stadium on both sides. with your setup you say you have 14 sites per unit, did you harvest all 3 units at the same time? for a total of 42 plants that equal 1lb?(round about) or 14 plants = 1lb?
sorry if this ran on, i'm dry rite now

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I harvest 14 plants every three weeks (one system) for a total of 16 oz. every three weeks.

I have 3 systems in my flower room. When I harvest I take the system out and clean it. While it's out I move the center system to the outside to replace it.

Then when I bring the clean system back in (with new plants) I put it directly under the lights. So the systems are rotated every three weeks.

That way the newest plants get the most amount of light and are not shaded by the larger side plants.

I keep 18 plants in veg at all times.

I keep 29 plants in the cloner at all times.

That way I always have a lot of plants to choose from for the flower room.

I'm am responsible for keeping the top 10 most popular strains alive over the Winter for the local Med community (outdoor growers). So I have to keep my shit together. My system is fool proof...

Offgrid grower I posted about combining HBR's stadium, with this aero set up a couple pages back(page10). It would be very easy to adapt it. You would also save more space then a soil stadium, since the fence posts are only 4 inchs wide. You could build a system with 5 sets of fence posts( or more) and it would only have to be about 25 inchs deep( 4 inchs per "tray" and 1inch per "tray" for the supports) You could even tip each fence post at about 30 degrees to accomadate the vertical setup from the begining. You'll have to include supports to hold the plants up, esspecially once they start to lean towards the light. If you look back to page 10, stinkbud offers me some good things to remember about doing this type of set up.

Like Stinkbud has said before you just move them in the 2inch net pots from one set up to the other. You will need to have enough clones to fill your stadium "X", so your veg room needs to be able to support that many "X" . If you did 7 sites per fence post, and you did a 5 level stadium, you would need about 70 plants ready to go into your system. You could even set the stadium up to cycle, leave 30% empty, so that you have a place to put the next set of clones. I would think that depending on the size of your room a 1000w, or 2 600w would be great.

Stinkbud feel free to correct me if need be, just thought I'd share since I've been thinking about this idea, and we had talked about it already. peace!

LOL you had already responded by the time I finished typing that(and looking back through the thread)!!!!

So ive been a busy little elf the last few days. I built this cab to hold the clones and the plants in veg. Its got a t5 and a dual strip floro. Im just waiting for my timer to come and then i will go and pick up the clones. I have a nice variety to choose from ..AK47, gf cheese, purple kush, GDP, trainwreck, og kush and many more. At least i will have 6 weeks to build the flower room after i get the clones.. what do ya think?

Looks pretty good, are you gonna cover the bottom half or no?

DIRTHAWKER said:

So ive been a busy little elf the last few days. I built this cab to hold the clones and the plants in veg. Its got a t5 and a dual strip floro. Im just waiting for my timer to come and then i will go and pick up the clones. I have a nice variety to choose from ..AK47, gf cheese, purple kush, GDP, trainwreck, og kush and many more. At least i will have 6 weeks to build the flower room after i get the clones.. what do ya think?

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do you think i should? i was thinking maybe put a screen on the bottom with velcro to keep the airflow, or do you think i should just enclose it?

If security isn't an issue I suppose leaving it open, or with a screen would be good for the air flow. Just didn't know if that was part of the plan, or you just hadn't finished it yet. But airflow is good.

Yea security isnt an issue,, im in the boonies. thanks.

DIRTHAWKER said:

So ive been a busy little elf the last few days. I built this cab to hold the clones and the plants in veg. Its got a t5 and a dual strip floro. Im just waiting for my timer to come and then i will go and pick up the clones. I have a nice variety to choose from ..AK47, gf cheese, purple kush, GDP, trainwreck, og kush and many more. At least i will have 6 weeks to build the flower room after i get the clones.. what do ya think?

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Perfect bro! That's one nice setup you have there.

Grandaddy Purple! Holy Shit! Trainwreck! OMFG My mouth is watering.

My buddy gets Trainwreck buds and I trade him my Blueberry for it. I'm looking for a clone right now. It's tasty shit!

You gotta get the AK47

I just called the club and found out that the clones are in row plugs (soil) what to do?

thanks for the compliment peeps!!

you could just buy one of each strain you want..grow them in a pot and then make as many clones as you want from it when it grows in a few weeks...

DIRTHAWKER said:

I just called the club and found out that the clones are in row plugs (soil) what to do?

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The fastest way to harvest would be to just cut the clones you buy and stick them in the cloner.

Within a week you will have roots and can put them in the veg unit.

It would be a good idea to start some others in soil just in case. Then just take cuttings from those later.

Once everything is going smooth put the mothers into flower and say goodbye to soil forever.

Man I wish I could just go and pick up some clones. That would be great. I'm tryin to figure out how I'm gettin my next seeds, or where I'm sending them. Clones would be so much faster. I'm jealous of you guys.

You probably already answered this but, how do you check the water and add nutes etc in the clone and veg units when you have roots coming down etc... isnt it bad for the nutes to be exposed to light? I imagine you could just have another container to set the lid on while doing maintainance?