My latest Vert garden

ttystikk said:

Once a week is only 8-10 snaps. Consider every 2-3 days, it should do a much better job of catching growth spurts.

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Ya, but that's more work!

While I dont agree with his treatment of that soil and using artificial nutrients, the pruning and trimming looked good. Not sure that will fit my situation. But good info none the less.

PKHydro said:

Ya, but that's more work!

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They sell time lapse digital cameras now.

I just think you'd get a lot more out of having more pics. So would the rest of us, hint, hint... lol

Alright these were taken 4 days after the last.



*edit* changed the first picture for one of a more similar angle

Can you give me a rundown on how the root zone is set up? I'm thinking hard about a switch to coco/hempy.

No problem @ttystikk

I have a 3gal bucket with holes drilled in the bottom, that is stacked on top of a 5gal bucket with my drain/return line to my rez in the bottom of that.

I have lava rock in the 3gal buckets, the roots then hang down through the holes and create mats that sit on the bottom of the 5gal bucket. I just have to push my roots away from the drain holes a few times and then I usually don't have a problem.

The roots are not sitting in water. I've raised the buckets so that once the lights go out and pump stops all the water will drain back to the reservoir.

There's pictures here a few pages back I believe, of my root mats and bucket setups.

That's very descriptive, thank you!

PKHydro said:

No problem @ttystikk

I have a 3gal bucket with holes drilled in the bottom, that is stacked on top of a 5gal bucket with my drain/return line to my rez in the bottom of that.

I have lava rock in the 3gal buckets, the roots then hang down through the holes and create mats that sit on the bottom of the 5gal bucket. I just have to push my roots away from the drain holes a few times and then I usually don't have a problem.

The roots are not sitting in water. I've raised the buckets so that once the lights go out and pump stops all the water will drain back to the reservoir.

There's pictures here a few pages back I believe, of my root mats and bucket setups.

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Your grows look great.I wish you the best.I wish there was some one like you that lived close to me so I could hire them to set up a grow room for me.And teach me to grow indoors.I have never grew indoores but have grown tuns out doore in my life..you take care and stay safe and happy growing to you from ky.

ky man said:

Your grows look great.I wish you the best.I wish there was some one like you that lived close to me so I could hire them to set up a grow room for me.And teach me to grow indoors.I have never grew indoores but have grown tuns out doore in my life..you take care and stay safe and happy growing to you from ky.

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Cheers! And thanks for the kind words!

Alright, we are 1 week into flower, so tonight's the night I chop/prune. I took a few before and after shots, to show just how much I'm removing.





And another




And then the two shots of them in the room to compare growth.

Also it's been a while since I've posted and bud porn.

This is my other flower room right now, somewhere between 5-6 weeks.

You're putting on a clinic in how to prune. Nice.

Well it's been a few days since the pruning, and they are starting to blow up.

PKHydro said:

If I missed something or there are any other questions, just fire away. I'll be happy to try and answer them.

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g'day PK,

What size vents are u running & what are ur temps when light are off/on?
....post #54 looks like top exhaust vent is 12inch & floor intake vent is 10 inches?
Do u use Co2?
Cheers VG

Good eye VG, 12" exhaust out the roof, 10" intake from crawlspace under the house. And because it's not a sealed room, and I'm constantly exchanging air, I'm not running Co2.

My peak temps when my lights are on fluctuates throughout the seasons. In the middle of winter, my temps are mid 70s. In the middle of summer they can get up into the high 80s, low 90s. There's usually a few weeks in the summer when I'm only running 3 of the 5 lights in my rooms because of the heat. When this happens I'll just rotate the lights daily so the plants still get even coverage.

I try to not let my rooms get much colder that 67-68. I have a space heater in every room to maintain temps when the lights go out.

My exhaust and intake fans are controlled by a thermostat, so I use the space heaters to warm up the room enough during lights off, that my intake/exhaust come on every 30-45mins and exchanges the air in the room.

Hope this helps.

PKHydro said:

Good eye VG, 12" exhaust out the roof, 10" intake from crawlspace under the house. And because it's not a sealed room, and I'm constantly exchanging air, I'm not running Co2.

My peak temps when my lights are on fluctuates throughout the seasons. In the middle of winter, my temps are mid 70s. In the middle of summer they can get up into the high 80s, low 90s. There's usually a few weeks in the summer when I'm only running 3 of the 5 lights in my rooms because of the heat. When this happens I'll just rotate the lights daily so the plants still get even coverage.

I try to not let my rooms get much colder that 67-68. I have a space heater in every room to maintain temps when the lights go out.

My exhaust and intake fans are controlled by a thermostat, so I use the space heaters to warm up the room enough during lights off, that my intake/exhaust come on every 30-45mins and exchanges the air in the room.

Hope this helps.

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g'day PK,
hows the humidity?
Thx VG

verticalgrow said:

g'day PK,
hows the humidity?
Thx VG

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Humidity was only ever an issue before I put the space heaters in my rooms. Basically the lights would go out, then the rooms would never warm up enough to activate the exhaust/intake, allowing the humidity to skyrocket. I remember a few times opening the door just before the lights were to come back on, the walls were literally dripping with condensation.

So now exchanging the air in the rooms constantly when the lights are running, and then roughly every half hour or so when the lights are out, keeps everything in check.

PKHydro said:

Good eye VG, 12" exhaust out the roof, 10" intake from crawlspace under the house. And because it's not a sealed room, and I'm constantly exchanging air, I'm not running Co2.

My peak temps when my lights are on fluctuates throughout the seasons. In the middle of winter, my temps are mid 70s. In the middle of summer they can get up into the high 80s, low 90s. There's usually a few weeks in the summer when I'm only running 3 of the 5 lights in my rooms because of the heat. When this happens I'll just rotate the lights daily so the plants still get even coverage.

I try to not let my rooms get much colder that 67-68. I have a space heater in every room to maintain temps when the lights go out.

My exhaust and intake fans are controlled by a thermostat, so I use the space heaters to warm up the room enough during lights off, that my intake/exhaust come on every 30-45mins and exchanges the air in the room.

Hope this helps.

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What if I told you that I'll be getting the same heat as you, only without plugging in any space heaters?

ttystikk said:

What if I told you that I'll be getting the same heat as you, only without plugging in any space heaters?

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Not much would change, I'm already super jelly about all the cool gear you get to play with!

Lol, seriously though, I know your doing something crazy, but I just can't figure it out. I need pictures, and diagrams, how does this crazy chiller/heat pump contraption work!?

PKHydro said:

Not much would change, I'm already super jelly about all the cool gear you get to play with!

Lol, seriously though, I know your doing something crazy, but I just can't figure it out. I need pictures, and diagrams, how does this crazy chiller/heat pump contraption work!?

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