Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!
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TwistedSoul
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Best threat ive seen! Props!
bubblerking
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Give them a weak food supply that will slow them down and ya 24/7 of course they are bumping lol go to 18/6 that will slow them down too
hope this helps peace
StinkBud
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I hate those fucking knobs on the ART-Dne. I've bumped them before and it sucks. I actually put a piece of Duct tape over my knobs to keep from accidentally moving them. Not to mention one of mine already stopped working after less than a year.I ran across this timer. NFT-1. Seems perfect for us stoners, no knobs for us to goof up, lol. Not exactly 1 on/5 off, but close. Best price I'm seeing is $65ish. Any thoughts StinkBud? I know you weren't 100% thrilled with the Art-Dne.
http://www.77hydrostore.com/env130.html
1 on, 4 off would work fine. If I had my choice I would use the NFT-1 instead of the ART-Dne.
StinkBud
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Dude I've had one of those the whole time! That's the way to go if you ask me. It's made for 1/2" PVC and if the threads fit it would be perfect.
Way better than my way...
Thanks Gringo!
StinkBud
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That looks great bro! Better start thinking of ways to support the plants. In two weeks they will be so tall they will start to fall over.Stink, I just wanted to say thank you for this wonderful thread - I have learned so much and have become more experienced because of it
I wanted to share pics of my design, which I coined The Mantis, due to the green color of the reservoir and the slight grade at which I set the posts.
Here are the first 2, I plan some more modifications for the next 2.
Your stoked dude!!!! Good job!
bubblerking
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lol will never look at a vinal fence post again with out smiling yaaaaaaaaaaaaa
StinkBud
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It makes me want to slap those fuckers that make the ART-Dne. Same thing happened to me once. Mine were also wilted like that.
I ran the pump solid for a few hours and the plants came back up to normal. If I hadn't of caught it though I would of lost everything! All my pumps run off of one timer. Scary!
After that I put duct tape on the knobs.
StinkBud
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What about the guys that make the fence posts?
"Gee boss, I just don't understand why we are selling so many fence posts in the middle of Winter"
StinkBud
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Are you saying I'm going to have to buy another couple of 1000W lights so you don't make me look bad?
I can think of worse things than having your plants too big. I doubt you will get much sympathy around here. It does get kind of crazy sometimes. I over vegged my 6 hole unit just for shits and grins and they are turning into trees now! Biggest indoor plants I've ever grown indoors.
It's actually kind of funny. You read all the other posts and everyone is having problems. Our biggest problem is everything grows so fucking fast!
bubblerking
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bubblerking
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gotta love that problemAre you saying I'm going to have to buy another couple of 1000W lights so you don't make me look bad?
I can think of worse things than having your plants too big. I doubt you will get much sympathy around here. It does get kind of crazy sometimes. I over vegged my 6 hole unit just for shits and grins and they are turning into trees now! Biggest indoor plants I've ever grown indoors.
It's actually kind of funny. You read all the other posts and everyone is having problems. Our biggest problem is everything grows so fucking fast!
GringoLoco
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I'm currently supporting my soon to harvest crop with twine tied to support beams overhead. If that doesn't work with The Mantis I was thinking of attaching PVC to C clamps and mounting them on the fence posts and using them as support for chicken wire or the like.
Thanks for the kind words, I could not have gotten as far as I have without the information and knowledge you have shared through this thread.
I started with a Stealth BubblePonics system, but then got hooked on your thread and read straight through (over the course of a couple of weeks, a lot to soak in).
First I built the cloner (which I think I way have to lower the height of the sprayer frame inside, because, even though it's a roughneck, it leaks like a sieve! Thank goodness for waterproof flooring! Any thoughts on that Stink, the sprayers currently sit ~2.5" from the top, but the edges always seems to leaks big fat drops no matter how I adjust the sprayers (rotating)??) which has thus far netted me 100% success rate when cloning, very impressive indeed, and accomplished in a much simpler fashion than most methods I've seen.
I tried to start a thread describing my journey thus far, but it said I had to wait for a moderator to approve it and that was almost a week ago. I'm guessing I'll have to earn some rep. before I can start my own journal?
Cheers, Stink and to all us "Stinkies",
El Gringo Loco
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stofmonster
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I have been using this timer for 5weeks now, seems gr8 no problems no knobs to mess up plants don't seem to mind the minute difference and it was $15-$20 cheaper than the Art-Dna
I ran across this timer. NFT-1. Seems perfect for us stoners, no knobs for us to goof up, lol. Not exactly 1 on/5 off, but close. Best price I'm seeing is $65ish. Any thoughts StinkBud? I know you weren't 100% thrilled with the Art-Dne.
http://www.77hydrostore.com/env130.html
DoobyDoo
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If two wasn't enough, here's a third solution for connecting the pump to the rest of the PVC: p/n 56125 at Lowe's. That particular one is a 1/2" x 10" PVC nipple, found by all the other PVC stuff. I measured and cut it, it screws right into the pump and slips into the tee going to the sprayers. Even one less joint to seal is good for me, I'm not a big fan of that PVC cement.
They have longer ones too, I'm going to pick another one up and use it in place of the downspout on the veg unit.
They have longer ones too, I'm going to pick another one up and use it in place of the downspout on the veg unit.
bubblerking
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One tip if people want to try. I wrapped black vinal tape around the net cup 4 times at the very top right under the lip gives the net cup a real tight snug seal and is just plain out a lot more sturdy hope this helps some peeps
oneeyejedi
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stink i was looking at some of your first pics on this thread. what system is the round pipes? there seems to be a pipe running down the middle with small hoses running off that?
GringoLoco
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Personally, I wasn't able to budget in those high end timers and went with the cheapo 15 minute interval Wally World timers and have been running The Mantis at 15 minutes On, 15 Minutes Off without any ill effect that I can see. The cloner and veg units I run 24/7.
In case anyone wondered, I've got a 400W HPS and 2 150 Econolight HPS for flowering and 4 2' HO Floros for veg.
robotninja
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Cool beans, will have to invest in one of those.
I was wondering if HO flourescent's are too much for baby clones? Whats the best light for my babies?
