6 Plants LST, 3 Week Cycle,Harvest Every 3 Weeks 250W HPS Flower 200W MultiCFL Veg

kingofqueen

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Thanks for stopping by ! This is a Perpetual Organic L.S.T. Medical Grow .
I will be cycling 3 plants in veg and 3 in flower staggering them 3 weeks
apart . Once its revolving we should be able to harvest every 3 weeks .
I will be experimenting with staged harvests too. I want to harvest the mature top colas , then let the rest mature and fatten up .This way all your buds are plump and dank .

The Grow Shack
:arrow:Dimensions are 4ft x 4ft x 7.5ft . Its a split cab , there are 2 doors , bottom space is for veg. and the top is for flowering . I have access locally to an abundant amount of clones and Subcool Seeds,TH Seeds and Centennial Seeds. For this reason it,s not convenient to clone myself when I can cycle a new strain in every time .So I buy my clones and will be running seeds from the above listed breeders and whoever else I find breeding locally.

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Ventilation is provided by a 4in inline fan from Hydrofarm . The inline fan pushes air out through a 4in dryer hose up through the top . It pulls through the light hood and carbon filter . The carbon filter is from Canfilter it's the cheapest smallest on they make . You can diy one , but just drop the 38 dollars on this one it works great and has a prefilter. A 4in hose clamps directly to it . I have 2 4in light proof ducts between the veg and flower area . These consist of 4in snaptite duct,4in adjustable 90's ,and 4in close access metal dryer hookups.One side has a diy blower that forces warm air from the 24/0 veg area. The passive intakes are located at the bottom of veg . 2 4in dryer baffels . Panty hose is clamped over the intakes on the outside to prevent bugs and dust .I have my inline fan hooked up to a 3 speed ceiling fan switch .It runs on low most of the time .

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Lighting consists of 250w HPS for flowering and multi cfls in veg mostly 23-26w.

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Media is Happy Frog Soil , party cups,#1 and#3 pots in veg . I'm using 5 gallon buckets in flower . I mix in different Organic ingredients for veg and flower .
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kingofqueen

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Construction consists of prefabed panels . Each panel has a frame built from 2x2x8's . I then take 4mil black construction plastic/visqueen and staple it tight over the frame . Then flip it over and staple in some insulation , this part gets hard because the thinnest insulation is for 2x4walls , because now as you staple the outer covering on you have to keep flattening out the insulation to squeeze it in.

For the roof panel plan ahead of time and frame it for hooks and extra supports for lighting and exhaust ports .

The front panel requires some extra thought too ,for how you want the doors to be .The doors are built the same way and overlap with a door weatherstrip for a airtight seal.

Panels are stood up and attached to each other using L brackets . I take and use black duct tape to seal up the seams and it matches the outer covering . I quick note , Try to use white panda film for the inner covering then no mylar is needed for reflecting light. I couldnt afford it at the time .

I also have a table built inside that seperates the top and bottom .It is free standing and fits the inside dimension of the enclosure .Top and bottom is air and light tight from each other aside from the air ventilation.All in all it wasnt that bad to build ,I did it in a day and the cost was around 120 dollars not counting equipment .It was a one chamber enclosure to start with , I gradually up graded it to what it is today.It holds temp well even when its 0 outside I can keep it above 60 and actually have tuned it to maintain constant temps .
 

kingofqueen

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Current strains
In Flower - Pineapple Express (Unknown )
Purple Flo (Grand Daddy Purplex Flo)

In Veg - Island Sweet Skunk(Who cares its just good)
Medibud (A Dutch Medical strain 27%THC)
Blueberry Express (Pineapple ExpressxBlueberry)
Pineapple Express
Purple Flo


 

kingofqueen

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L.S.T low stress training is the method I like to use . I don't have alot of headroom so it works out good.
I simply just use yarn and duct tape to tie them down . Start them young before the trunk hardens.Some strains train easier than others .
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auldone

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Sub'd + rep. I will be watching this closely. I'm running 250 HPS and have 6 plants, 2 are not quite showing sex yet but look like fems. 2 are Fems at 4 weeks from sprout and the other 2 are clones from 1 fem. Will clone off the other fem once I know the sex of the other 2. All from seed and bagseed at that! I started 6 seeds. 1 sprouted but that was it and 1 was a male. Pretty good fem turnout I think.

My plan is to have a rotation like yours though I am not all that experinced so I dont have a time table like your 3 weeks. I do know that I don't want to have to wait a whole Veg/Flower cycle. I do not have access to clones or seeds other than mail order and ATM I can't afford that. So I will go off my collection of bagseed.

Good Luck!
 

kingofqueen

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Welcome and thanks . Yeah it really sucks having to wait through a whole veg/bloom cycle to harvest. I learned bigger pot=bigger =rootsystem=bigger plant =larger yields . I flowered 6 on my last run no problem but it was too cramped in my space.

For the time table I just think of it like this , 4-5 wk veg ,8-10 wk flower , so if you bring them in 3 wks apart you will be able to harvest every 3wks roughly depending on if they finish timely ofcourse.
 

kingofqueen

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Plants in flower got feed 2 nights ago they are steady growing up with notable growth every day .I will be posting new pics as soon as my batteries get here .:)

I use RO water .They got 1/3 strength Age Old Organic Flower liquid formula ,1 TBSp of mollasses for cal mag supp. and to feed the beneficials .And 1 capful of Lemon Juice concentrate for Organic PH down , my nutes are akaline .

These two plants will be my best to date . It,s nice to see healthy big bushes steady growing .These plants are clones that were vegged for 8 weeks . I gotta feeling some heavy flowering is fixing to go down !
 

rasputin71

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For the time table I just think of it like this , 4-5 wk veg ,8-10 wk flower , so if you bring them in 3 wks apart you will be able to harvest every 3wks roughly depending on if they finish timely ofcourse.
perpetual ftw

So you always have 6 plants max?? 3 in flower and 3 in veg?? or do you have more in veg? Sorry drinking/smoking....

I am trying to start a 1 plant every 10 day cycle (LST too, obv, to control canopy/stretch issues) but think I might want to push that out to 1 plant every 12 days, to make sure I have time to finish flowering and keep a max of 6 plants in flower at one time (and 6 in seedling/veg to stay under my 12 plant limit).
 

kingofqueen

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Yeah 6 plant limit 3 veg 3 in flower . Until i can take on other patients that dont grow then I get 6 more per patient by state law.
 

kingofqueen

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Damn that made me laugh man ! Colorado brother .That's cool you guys get 12 .We have to carry another patient to get 12 .
 

kingofqueen

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Them gurls are loving all the room they have . All the leaves are relaxed and healthy .I haven't had growth like this before . Every day is an notable amount and they are actually forming some tight nodes .In 2 weeks these girls will look phenominal I think .

These 2 candidates are up next for flowering got to pic one in 2 weeks to cycle in.
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kingofqueen

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The Medibud was a shitty clone I bought from a dispensary . It just has started to take off some . It has suffered some deficientcys early on and severe transplant shock .I think it has potential though .It also seems to be a heavy feeder just about cant keep it green enough.

That PE though is on a mission it is literally exploding out of the pot . That plant is a clone that I took .Funny story about it though .
Her name is Lucy E. Fur or Lucifer after the cat that nearly ate every leave when it was a clone .This cat weighs about 5 lbs soaking wet and has never grew up she is playful and crazy as hell hence the name .check the pic ! LOL

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