40+ lbs with 12 Plants in 2 Rooms on a Flip
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diggs99
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Ya it would be quite something if you see no loss on yield or quality going from 1k to 600, that would be huge savings in your garden lol
Renfro
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Yeah I might even buy more sunsystem ballasts if that is the case. Thats 1728 kWh in savings per month not including savings on running the AC so hard. I figure the savings would pay for a ballast per month so in 9 months i would be paid in full on the investment, sans bulbs but I need to replace bulbs after this run anyways.
Renfro
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So I got a little gift in the mail today. Some bulbs to test, that aren't on the market yet. They are 1kW DE CMH, they work with HPS ballasts. They don't have any UV block in them so they have plenty of UV (hopefully not too much lol). They sent two 4k bulbs and two 3k bulbs. I popped the 3k bulbs in room A row 2 and we will see how they do. I was told not to dim them so if they get too bright for the plants as they get taller I may have to change them out.
I think room B will go to 12/12 tomorrow and room A a day or two later. I'll get some pics tomorrow and post them.
Gonna have to repot some of the odd ball plants into larger pots or I am afraid they will need water 2 or 3 times a day, get root bound and probably fall over with all the top heaviness.
I think room B will go to 12/12 tomorrow and room A a day or two later. I'll get some pics tomorrow and post them.
Gonna have to repot some of the odd ball plants into larger pots or I am afraid they will need water 2 or 3 times a day, get root bound and probably fall over with all the top heaviness.
Renfro
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Here are some pics, beginning of day 17 of veg since I moved them.
Room A (You can see the 1kW CMH bulbs in the middle row.)
Room B (A little bigger than room A, wonder if they like the Jacks nutes??)
Gonna give this room it's first 12 hours of darkness tonight.
Wedding Cake and Triple Nova
Room A (You can see the 1kW CMH bulbs in the middle row.)
Room B (A little bigger than room A, wonder if they like the Jacks nutes??)
Gonna give this room it's first 12 hours of darkness tonight.
Wedding Cake and Triple Nova
hempisphere
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OMG yes, the overgrow crew back in the day. That brings back a memory or two.
Renfro
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Remember Wally Duck and his ducksfoot strain?
Renfro
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I keep veg humidity until they start to form buds. Everything is still the same for now.
Here is the mix I plan to use in room A with the GH.
I will use the B52 like every other barrel I mix, until it runs out. I don't even know if it actually does anything lol. Room B is gonna get the same treatment. You think I should bother with the Armor Si in room B?
Room B I am using the Jacks so I will be developing that feed as I go, here is my starting point tho:
Those gram figures are probably a little off because I am pre mixing a concentrate with 100 grams per every 1000 mL of h2o. When I measure the nutes I am just moving the decimal over one place and thats not exact because adding the powder to the H2O does increase volume. So in reality those gram figures are best interperted as x10 mL of the resulting concentrate. So 4.32 grams would really be 43.2 mL of the concentrate. Hope that makes sense. The PPM values are calculated, that said they come extremely close, within a few PPM.
diggs99
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Thats a probe meter is it?
Renfro
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Yeah, Apera calls it a "spear probe", thats the one amazon sent me, PH-60S when I ordered the regular one, the PH-60. I paid 80 and got the way more expensive probe on it, seen this model going for like 250. It still measures fluids just fine too.
diggs99
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Oh this is the one they sent wrong but in a good way lol
Nice.
I have a cheapie probe meter, i dont trust it at all , but its no apera, it says wet or dry for soil check haha
diggs99
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What do i need to divide these numbers by to get the ML per Gallon?
I have all the same GH line as you( minus the b52), im gonna mimick your exact feeding schedule on these space cookies once i flip them.
We talked about this before, but i cant find where
Renfro
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You can divide them by 30, I use a 30 gallon mix barrel.
So I was at the grow store today and I snagged a Truncheon on sale because I was bored killing time while waiting on the lady to shop at the beauty store and I shouldn't be shopping when I am bored... lol It's pretty cool, just another tool to have.
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