Nice, Bro! I would love to see a pic of that!I built a 15 place cloner from a 5 gal bucket. I used the eco plus pump stink uses, pvc and the red aero sprayers. It works awesome.
I Took a hole saw the size of the aero cloner neoprine discs to make the 15 holes in the bucket lid. I used a bit and as a tap to make some threads in the pvc pipe for the sparyers to screw into.
I simpley take clones and dip them in a small amount of rooting gel. I put NOTHING in the water. I run the pump 1 min on and 5 min off. Having the timmer WILL keep the water temp down.I have a small round flouro above it.
100% success
I had always done soil and clones were 90% succcess but with 100% more work(misting,humidity dome)
The bucket is ridiculously easy
I notice that many people think the sprayers are "Misters" There are "sprayers". They shoot out 2 streams of water. Those streams hit the top/side/roots/other streams of water and then basically splash all over. Think about what a garden hose dose if you spray it against a wall, now imagine many smaller sprays against a wall in a confined space like a bucket or a fence post.
A mister will actually atomise the water into a mist. Similar to the fans they have in long lines (six lags)that cool people off with a misting of water. Those are way to small not to clog up with root or nuiet
The aero grow (not cloners)systems for sale that I have seen do not have any sprayers on them. They have the pvc pipe that has holes in it that is mounted to the top left corner. As the pump turns on it sprays the water/nuiet solution against the inside of the fence post and then it spashes about
As a side note you can get a pump that is designed for a parts washer tub at meanards for @20 bucks. It is a great heavy duty pump for the price. You have to hard wire it for a plug but its easy
as always thanks Stink and the rest of the group here
Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!
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Nice, Bro! I would love to see a pic of that!
Yeah, Rep - looking good!!! Wow!
Well, it's a week after the feminist uprising and the purging of all males from my flowering room, and BAM it's like I never even did a thing.
Take a look, only seven days have gone by from the first picture to the next two, but they are all budding nicely.
These are growing in my 12 inch tall modified versions of the original design.
Oh, and those little cups are actually seedlings of tomato and bell pepper plants. I'd never thought I'd say this, but I think I'm gonna have too much weed.
Take a look, only seven days have gone by from the first picture to the next two, but they are all budding nicely.
These are growing in my 12 inch tall modified versions of the original design.
Oh, and those little cups are actually seedlings of tomato and bell pepper plants. I'd never thought I'd say this, but I think I'm gonna have too much weed.
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andyman
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ok guys just ran the amp probe on my pump. I did it on my lil cheap harbor frieght one. 290gph Now it was hard to tell cause my digital meter moved so quick so I tried with my hold button and just doing it so many times. (glad I have a switch to turn it on and off) and the best I can tell is its drawing about 6amps for a split second. Way to fast for my meter to tell for sure. And less than 1 amp when running. Im going to see if I can borrow an anolog meter to see if this is right or not. Again this is way hard to tell cause the digital one flashes so quick. I know there is another tool I can use to help but am not sure what it is. If anyone can remember please let me know. peace
andyman
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just picked up a big light hood and with the german reflective inside. anyway it has 2 vents on it. one at each end. they are 6" . is it crutial to use a 6" fan and ducting or can I reduce that to a 4" fan and ducting? Im going to be using (2) 1000hps and a crap load of cfl, t8 , t5 and red/blue high power led. So the only real heat producers will be the 2 vented 1000hps. I only have 1 rt now but will be adding a 2nd and the same vented light hood. any sugestions
DubB83
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That sounds about right to me.
These little buggers really use a good bit of juice to get rolling and use hardly any at all to maintain.
It is less energy efficient then to run the pumps on for a minute and off for 5 than to run the pump all day long. That is hilarious!
DubB83
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I would keep it 6" in diameter, the more you reduce the more heat will build up, with two 1000W you want to get that heat out as fast as possible.
Reducing will only restrict you.
andyman
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there my first lights bigger than a 400w so I didnt know if they made way more heat or not. my 400w didnt make that much heat really. I will keep it all 6" then. thanksI would keep it 6" in diameter, the more you reduce the more heat will build up, with two 1000W you want to get that heat out as fast as possible.
Reducing will only restrict you.
DIRTHAWKER
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Thanks for running the test Andy.. so far so good on my 485 va UPS with all 5 pumps hooked up, My last one, the 425 on sale for $25 burned out after just a couple hours.. so i think it should be good. just a warning for anyone who purchased that 425 UPS from staples, it wont run 5 pumps for long.
andyman
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good to know, Im planning on gettin one of those soon.
DIRTHAWKER
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10 days into flush,, the buds are thicker then my first harvest. I picked up a radio shack scope and it looks just about ready...a little cloudy and a little clear..just a day or two and they should be just right.
PS. Does any one know how long a pre mix of nutes can sit before its not good to use anymore?
PS. Does any one know how long a pre mix of nutes can sit before its not good to use anymore?
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Thundercat
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Looks very tasty dirt! Looks like its gonna be a nice full yield too.
andyman
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mouthwatering
StinkBud
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Always use plant stakes. If you don't have any, make some out of cheap plastic cups.Thanks for the help guys...and i await your test andyman.
I have a small problem that maybe the readers of this thread can help with.
I lost my clone unit menu, I always write a diagram of what plant is what on a piece of paper and pin it up on the wall. well come to find it fell on the floor and stuck to my shoe and i found it in the yard in the rain..lol
cant read it now. so now i have 24 clones 4 different strains and dont know which is which.. i wanted to start pumping the Cheese and the Redgrape beacuse they were so dank and yielded the best. the only way i can tell them apart is about 2-3 weeks in flower.
any ideas?
Cut the cup into strips and write the strain on it before you put the clone in.
In your case I would number each clone. Take a cutting off of each clone when you go into flower.
As the plants start to flower you should be able to tell which one is which. Just go back and label the clones correctly.
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StinkBud
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I'm growing Bubble Gum right now. Mine is from a cutting.
Serious Seeds sells the best Bubble Gum seeds if you can't get a clone.
It's a very good strain but not my favorite. As good as it is I actually have strains that are a lot better.
Bubble Gum take a little too long to finish. It really like more like 10 weeks flowering time and 11 weeks is better.
NYC Diesel it turning out to be a favorite of all my buddies. They all love the Kush type strains.
Blueberry is the only strain that I don't get tired of after awhile. It should be a required strain for everyone's quiver.
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StinkBud
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The 4ft. 8-light HO fluorescent lights put out 40,000 lumens. You can use the red blulbs for flowering.
I think it is a great idea for adding light. Both of my systems against the wall don't receive enough light. It would be great to have the extra light in just the right place.
A lot of people dismiss fluorescent lights and rightly so. HO fls are a different story though. They are designed from the ground up for agricultural.
If you ask me nothing is better for clones and veg than blue fluorescent lights.
Having 4 lights overhead seams like the best way to light my room though. I'm going to add a couple more lights as soon as I get my power wired in.
StinkBud
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Those plants look great bro! Nice to see the mods are working for you.
Love the pics, keep them coming!
Too much weed? Find a cancer patient...
Everyone understands that my plans and instructions are not free, right?
Payment is required! You must help someone else in need. Your debt is not paid until you "Spread the Love".
TheLastJuror
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very nice plants dude
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mindphuk
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I just put my order in at the 'tude and ordered a single blueberry seed in addition to the rest of my order on your recommendation. I figure this will be my private smoke for me and good friends.
The other strains I bought were Great White Shark, Lemon Skunk, White Rhino, Train Wreck, Cheese and they threw in free White Widow and G13 Power Skunk.
Do you (anyone please help, this isn't a question just for SB) have any experience with any of these strains and how long I should flower each? Obviously, I want to put strains with similar flowering times together but I have learned not to always trust the information given by the breeder since their recommended time period is sometimes too short.