Jigfresh's Grow #3 - Flooded Tube Vertical - Querkle, Odyssey - 1000w

[jigfresh]

Nice setup..just read all the way through the thread and just have a couple questions/suggestions.
1. What's the advantage of the flooded tube setup vs. a regular dwc? I'm guessing it's so you could space your plants around your closet? Couldn't you just do 6 hempy buckets and eliminate the res, pump, construction, root clogging etc..? I'm not criticizing at all, the setup's cool..just thinking out loud.
2. Does your whole house smell like reefer?
3. I see your ballasts aren't enclosed, they're just hung on the mounting bracket? A power supply from an old computer with a case fan already installed makes a good ballast enclosure. Again, just thinking out loud.
4. I was thinking you could take one of the hoses from your air pump, clamp the end or melt it shut and poke/melt a bunch of little holes all along the tubing and snaked that through your pvc for some added oxygen. I don't know if it would work or really make much of a difference.

I feel awkward making suggestions to someone who's WAY more experienced than I am...I just like to mcguyver the shit out of everything.

Fucking awesome bro.... I will respond to this soon. I love it though, quit apoligizing.

Hey Jig, I need your advice. I did my taxes, and Im getting back $600 I was thinking about investing in some C02. Do you use it? Do you know anyone that does?

I do know people that use Co2... however I don't use it. I don't know if you know about cars... but I think of co2 like a turbo charger. It will make any car faster, but unless your car is in quality race shape in all the other parts the turbo is just going to be underutilized.

What I mean is if you added co2 to your set up now it would make a difference. If you added co2 to your setup when you had every other little tiny part working at it's max... then the co2 would make a big difference. Becuase co2 is already in the air... so we are talking about supplimentary co2 which is only used in abundance if the plants are pushing as hard as they possibly can.

So like in NFL games when the guys are getting oxygen. You could get the same oxygen on your couch, but it wouldn't make much difference as you are just relaxing.... But the NFL guy is working his ass off, so he needs that extra oxygen.

So there you go... cars + football = no co2.... lol.

 

[thatguy858]

Cars, NFL and weed... Is this heaven? Jesus?

 

[trippgordon]

Cars, NFL and weed... Is this heaven? Jesus?

don't forget boobies

 

[jigfresh]

don't forget boobies

Nice save tripp.

So I have got to say 1000w is BRIGHT!!!!! I got the light in today, still need to adjust things just right, but this is just crazy.

I'm diggin the Hortilux Eye bulb too. The light is very nice... not too orange. Really a nice combo of the MH and HPS spectrums. I should have some seriously MASSIVE buds by the end of this.

 

[PANGcake]

Nice save tripp.

So I have got to say 1000w is BRIGHT!!!!! I got the light in today, still need to adjust things just right, but this is just crazy.

I'm diggin the Hortilux Eye bulb too. The light is very nice... not too orange. Really a nice combo of the MH and HPS spectrums. I should have some seriously MASSIVE buds by the end of this.

Sounds nice! Can't wait to see those nugs forming up

 

[Hulk Nugs]

Room is looking full and beautiful,

Going to need your sunglasses when you open the door, plants are just going to get huge nugs with that light setup!

Keep up the good work

 

[thatguy858]

Hmm, maybe if you like your 1000W light so much, I might get one of those and throw my 600 in the other room for vedge. Your a guinea pig jig. hahaha

 

[BooMeR242]

haha yea def need to put on sum stunna shades when lookin into ur vertical oasis

 

[jigfresh]

Hello everyone. I was gone over the weekend and I left the girls in the care of my wife. When I got home and looked the buds were massive compared to when I saw them about 60 hours ago. Here's what the look like now... I'll take some more pics in the light when it's on.

 

[DST]

Sung to the tune of The whole world in his hands:

He's got the whole sun,
In his closet,
He's got the whole light spectrum,
In his closet,
He's got a bad ass light,
In his closet,
And he's growing bug mutha fuking buds.......

Peace, DST

 

[thatguy858]

Would you say thats because of the 1000w light or because they just hit a growth spurt

 

[jigfresh]

Sung to the tune of The whole world in his hands:

He's got the whole sun,
In his closet,
He's got the whole light spectrum,
In his closet,
He's got a bad ass light,
In his closet,
And he's growing bug mutha fuking buds.......

Peace, DST

D, this has got to be one of, if not my favaorite post on RIU. Love it bru.

On a more somber note... It's horrible about your friends brother. I can't imagine the loss of your friend, and his brothers families loss. It's tragic... but there are positive ways of looking at it (in my book at least). I've known people that have gotten drunk and driven themselves into a tree, and others that have taken their own life. At least our buddy J died for a reason. Politics aside, he died for 'something'. And cynical as we all may look at the whole situation down there, one way of looking at is that he died for the Afghani citizens. There are lots of ways we look at it in negative light, and I tend to agree with much of that negativity. But to say J died for nothing is not honoring his life. He died for something, whatever it was, it was something. And that to me is honorable, courageous, and respectable.

We love you J. And we will miss you dearly.

Would you say thats because of the 1000w light or because they just hit a growth spurt

It's for sure the 1k. I've never seen the difference like this in 2 days ever. I seriously think I'm going to have just a wall of buds. On Friday when I left, there were preflowers... like in the video... just some bunches of leaves getting tighter. And on Sunday night I have these formidable little buds. Just astonishing.

I'm also astonished that the 1000w is working in my small little space. There are leaves about 5 inches away from the bulb itself, and they have no heat strees, no bleaching, no real stress at all. One wild thing is the parts of the leaves that were yellow before from the sulphur, those parts are bleached to the extremem. The light just beat those leaves into submission.

These are definitely exciting times in the Jigfresh closet.

 

[DST]

D, this has got to be one of, if not my favaorite post on RIU. Love it bru.

On a more somber note... It's horrible about your friends brother. I can't imagine the loss of your friend, and his brothers families loss. It's tragic... but there are positive ways of looking at it (in my book at least). I've known people that have gotten drunk and driven themselves into a tree, and others that have taken their own life. At least our buddy J died for a reason. Politics aside, he died for 'something'. And cynical as we all may look at the whole situation down there, one way of looking at is that he died for the Afghani citizens. There are lots of ways we look at it in negative light, and I tend to agree with much of that negativity. But to say J died for nothing is not honoring his life. He died for something, whatever it was, it was something. And that to me is honorable, courageous, and respectable.

We love you J. And we will miss you dearly.



It's for sure the 1k. I've never seen the difference like this in 2 days ever. I seriously think I'm going to have just a wall of buds. On Friday when I left, there were preflowers... like in the video... just some bunches of leaves getting tighter. And on Sunday night I have these formidable little buds. Just astonishing.

I'm also astonished that the 1000w is working in my small little space. There are leaves about 5 inches away from the bulb itself, and they have no heat strees, no bleaching, no real stress at all. One wild thing is the parts of the leaves that were yellow before from the sulphur, those parts are bleached to the extremem. The light just beat those leaves into submission.

These are definitely exciting times in the Jigfresh closet.

Hey Jig, thanks for those words, and I tend to agree. A lot of Afghanis, especially the women are really down trodden by the extremist muslim views of the tali-ban. I am not saying anything about religion, but there are good reasons for sure to help these people. And for sure, J never died for nothing!!!

Man, the 1000w sounds like it is rocking bru!!! Glad you are happy with it.

Peace, DST

 

[kevin]

hey jig, just stopping by to wish you and everyone else that reads this a happy 420!!!!! congrats on 1000k light, the future is looking brighter everyday. all is good here in texas. love ya bro

 

[thatguy858]

Sorry to hijack again, but DST, I missed the post about this guy "J". Im assuming he was in Afghanistan? I dunno who is he, or what he was doing, but god bless him.

I grew up in San Diego California. All my friends joined either the Marinies, Army, or US Navy. San Diego is one of the largest military towns, if not the largest one, in America.

I couldn't join the Marines (fucking heartbreak) because when I was a kid, I had asthma. I tried 3 times. Not to sound retarded. But to me, there is nothing more honorable then laying down your life for the protection of people who cannot protect themselves. Ive lost 6 friends to this war in Afghanistan (and 2 to Iraq). 6 of my childhood friends, 6 guys I used to chase down the ice-cream man with, same guys on my baseball team and the 6 guys I had my first beers with. I would have gladly laid down my life for country and for my friends, but most importantly, for the people I was there to protect. Whomever this "J" guy was, hes a hero. tomorrow is 4/20, I will be smoking in his, and the rest of the Bad Ass Mother Fuckers honor. (fuck, Im all teary eyed) Also, any growers out there PM me if your interested in donating some of your medical crop (if you are in California) to Soldiers with PTSD. Its half the reason I grow. Hooah MARINES SEMPER FI!

 

[ievolution]

damn dude u got a crazy ass grow going here. props on that. i just harvest querkle and odyssey a few weeks ago. u should check out my grow if u get a chance. id really appreciate it. got cured pics up. odyssey is 1 of my favorite smokes ive had and querkle sits me on my ass. a really good night smoke. didnt turn too purple. the cola leaves were all purple on the bottom but thats it.
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/294700-my-second-400w-closet-grow-24.html

 

[thatguy858]

Honestly, your making this 1000W sound too good to be true. Im seriously and honestly thinking about buying a 1000W and downgrading my 600 to vedge room status.

How are you cooling your 1000W? your inline fan how many cfm are you exausting? and how big is your grow area again? My area is 5w 7l 7H and my 600 cant get it all.Also, are you going to THC Expose in LA this weekend? should be a blast!

 

[Iamtreehigh]

Wow, after seeing that growth I can't wait to see how it goes. Sorry I've been outta touch, I finally started working. Grow is looking good though

 

[PANGcake]

Looking sweet! I upgraded to dual 400W but ofc isn't what a 1000W is

I'll be watching you

edit: Oh and btw, happy 420!

 

[jigfresh]

Hey guys... what do you thinkof the new site? I'm not sure about it. I liked the old style, but this may grow on me. A bit of a bummer they took away the orange bar.... made me look bad-ass. Oh well. Anyways, happy 4.20!

I had a nice joint today. Also trimmed the hell out of the girls. They are about half the plant they were yesterday. Pretty much every bud that wasn't as big as the biggest buds got clipped. I cut probably 8 branches off the stalks. Hope I don't stunt them too bad. I don't really care though. I AM NOT trimming a ton of little buds this time for sure. Just like 30 massive colas.

The 1000w kicks ASS. I am a bit worried about my eyes though. I gotta get some good glasses for it. Ones that I can see the plants well with.

Well.... I'm gonna smoke one for all of you tonight.

Wish we could all smoke together.