Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

[robotninja]

Hey stink, do you have build instuctions for the veg unit? Wondering how you did the plumbing from the top container to the bottom.

And where did you get your pumps from?

 

[dspec]

Hey stink, do you have build instuctions for the veg unit? Wondering how you did the plumbing from the top container to the bottom.

And where did you get your pumps from?

Here are his plans... the pumps can be ordered online, or picked up at local hydroponic store for about $20

 

[BigBud66]

Go to page 75 , Stink complied his masterpiece there for us to resource. It has all the palns, nutes,anything and everything

 

[robotninja]

cool, thx alot!

 

[vertise]

cool shit read alot of your thread. I want to just use either your clone or veg system to grow to flowering. Can i flower without using two bins like your veg setup. also how many plants can i do in a 32 gallon rubermaid container. i grow in soil but i want to try your setup. what spacing should i use between plant from veg to flowering

 

[peaceb2usall]

Can someone tell me (perhaps from the plans) what the max width is of the regular flowering setup given by stink. My friend pedro's grow cab is about 5ft long by 25" wide is that wide enough?

 

[StinkBud]

Just made my cloner monday and it seems to be working good. Hey stinkbud any problems with the cloner being too cold? As it is below 30f here in Ohio. Would I need to add a fishtank heater to regulate it to keep it in the upper 60's F. cause its staying between 60-65 in my house when its 68-70F ambient room temp in my kitchen.
thanks for all the help everyone

They may not root as fast but they should stay green and happy.

 

[StinkBud]

cool shit read alot of your thread. I want to just use either your clone or veg system to grow to flowering. Can i flower without using two bins like your veg setup. also how many plants can i do in a 32 gallon rubermaid container. i grow in soil but i want to try your setup. what spacing should i use between plant from veg to flowering

You would be better off with a cloner and the Aero/NFT system though.

Run your veg and flower in the same system.

I just did this with my 6-hole test system. I vegged them for a month and they are huge now.

 

[Bullethead21]

Where are you guys seeing these magnetic pumps for 20 bucks? Not at my local shop thats for sure.....only deals I seen that even come close to 20 bucks is used crap on ebay........

 

[StinkBud]

Can someone tell me (perhaps from the plans) what the max width is of the regular flowering setup given by stink. My friend pedro's grow cab is about 5ft long by 25" wide is that wide enough?

You should build the system around your room. Maybe 2 long posts draining into a center res. Or 3 long single post systems with the res running lengthwise.

My room is 7x8. I have virtually no room to work. It sucks. That's why the single long post might be better.

You might also be better off with 6 or 8 -400W lights instead of 4-600s

 

[StinkBud]

Where are you guys seeing these magnetic pumps for 20 bucks? Not at my local shop thats for sure.....only deals I seen that even come close to 20 bucks is used crap on ebay........

Do a search for EcoPlus 396...

 

[G33kDro]

yea ecoplus 396 is available at your local hydro store, or should be... and i picked a few up from harbor freight as well. i had some crappy pump that came with a botanicare system that crapped out on me a few days ago so i brought it in to the hydro store and he swapped it out no q's asked. ran really hot too. the 396's can also be used as an inline pump. havent tried that yet since no need, but i may want to if i locate a larger res outside of the flowering room, because it is the only res i am having problems keeping the temp below 72... hmmmm how to rig a ™Stinkbud brand flowering system to use a res outside of the room in order to keep it cooler...

 

[havefungodumb]

very well done stink bud, im lookin foward toplayin with some pcv pipe

i just got 1 question, your useing 2 1000w and only getting a P?

i thought u could get more than that from 2 1ooo's..?

 

[havefungodumb]

i looked at your pics and it seems you have 3 flowering pcv pipe systems at end is that correct?

 

[DoobyDoo]

I have been thinking about the reservoir temp issue here as well, since I'm going to have to deal with that come summertime.

My thought was why not take gallon or half-gallon plastic milk jugs, fill them with water (leaving room for expansion), freeze them and then just drop those into the reservoir? It's just a big, reusable ice cube. It might require swapping them out every day, but if you had a few of them it would just be a matter trading places in the freezer... a couple minutes, tops. The reservoir would stay cool, and then you don't have to deal with extra equipment taking up space in the grow room or sucking more power either.

Of course, this wouldn't work if you wanted to take off for a few days or something, but it's an idea.

 

[robotninja]

Got a question, how high should the water be spraying under the lid of your veg and cloner? Because my sprayers don't reach the net pots. They reach like 2-3 inches below the bottom of my pots. How can my clones root if the water never hits em?

I got that 390+ pump so it's powerfull enough. However I wasn't able to get those Ez-Clone sprayers, instead I got the crappy red 360 ones from home depot, the ones with little tiny holes that clog easy. Are my sprayers the problem? I built it to specifications otherwise.

Also I just have the pump sitting inside the pvc with no seal, is that my pressure problem? How can I seal the pump to the pvc without using cement/silicon?

 

[DragonPhoenix]

Got a question, how high should the water be spraying under the lid of your veg and cloner? Because my sprayers don't reach the net pots. They reach like 2-3 inches below the bottom of my pots. How can my clones root if the water never hits em?

I got that 390+ pump so it's powerfull enough. However I wasn't able to get those Ez-Clone sprayers, instead I got the crappy red 360 ones from home depot, the ones with little tiny holes that clog easy. Are my sprayers the problem? I built it to specifications otherwise.

Also I just have the pump sitting inside the pvc with no seal, is that my pressure problem? How can I seal the pump to the pvc without using cement/silicon?

Something is wrong here. It's impossible to diagnose the problem without actually seeing it but my 400gph pump will shoot water way over the top of the lid if I don't have it on. If I remove one netpot there is water spraying out of the hole. I can try to list possible causes of your issue but as I said before it's gonna be hard without actually seeing it. If anyone saw it in operation they'd probably see right away what the issue is.

It sounds like you don't have enough pressure as the water isn't spraying out. So here goes as to possible causes of that.
1. PVC pipes not joined together.
2. Issue with size of the holes for your sprayer heads
3. Issue with connection of pump to PVC pipe.

Since the water isn't even reaching the pots you can have the lid off and look to see if any water is coming out of where you join the PVC together. I actually use a piece of tube off the end of my pump that fits INSIDE the PVC pipe and I slide the PVC all the way down over the tube as far as it will go. I'm not sure if you can find tube to fit your pump but I believe the 1/2" PVC pipe is the INNER diameter of the pipe so you'd want a tub that is 1/2" OUTER diameter which means it's probably 3/8" inner diameter.

If the problem isn't there I'd move to swapping out the pump if you have another one sitting around. If this doesn't fix it you know it's not the pump.

Start there and report back here if none of this helps and we can go from there. Could you possibly post a picture of the sprayer heads you got? I use the little red EZ Clone ones and never had a problem.

We'll figure this out - we're all here to help.

DP

 

[robotninja]

Ok, so it's definatly supposed to spray all the way to the top. Then I know what my problem is, my pump to pvc connecting is too loose.

Will try to get a better fit and then see how my sprayers work.

Thx for the help

 

[peaceb2usall]

You should build the system around your room. Maybe 2 long posts draining into a center res. Or 3 long single post systems with the res running lengthwise.

My room is 7x8. I have virtually no room to work. It sucks. That's why the single long post might be better.

You might also be better off with 6 or 8 -400W lights instead of 4-600s

Sorry I think we may have mis understood each other

I really just have a small closet / cab style grow which is 5 feet long and 25 inches wide, Can anyone who has built the standard flower system(2 x 4 foot posts and res + framework) tell me if it will fit width wise within 25 inches with enough room for the plants to grow successfully?

Also Stink what is the end cost per pound(not what you sell or distribute it for to your patients)?

 

[dspec]

Sorry I think we may have mis understood each other

I really just have a small closet / cab style grow which is 5 feet long and 25 inches wide, Can anyone who has built the standard flower system(2 x 4 foot posts and res + framework) tell me if it will fit width wise within 25 inches with enough room for the plants to grow successfully?

Also Stink what is the end cost per pound(not what you sell or distribute it for to your patients)?

i have made one...bro you can make it any width you like just by the length of the pvc between the support rails....for my veg i didnt use any supports and the system is only 1ft wide...this shit is all customizable, do what you gotta do =P