Get a Harvest Every 2 Weeks

[Al B. Fuct]

TTDID420, was that intended to appear in this thread? Can't find what you're responding to.

fdd was doing fine with me until he decided to try to 'prove' my bud dryer couldn't possibly work because sixteen grow books from 1971 said so.

 

[strapmupscotty]

i use roughly the same method but only have 2 rooms i use 1000wtt for flower and 400wtt for my mother i harvest half a crop at a time and replaceing them as i takem..i use 2 clone boxes and just ya normal fluro light like out of a lamp.once my clones have rooted they come out of the clone box and stay in the veg room for a week then under the 1000wtt for flowering i dont harvest as much as u but same i deah roughly i think i normally get 10 to 14 bags every3 weeks...

 

[strapmupscotty]

i currantly just started a new mother witch i have put in the forums under regrow if any of u lads could hellp

 

[akidynoken]

well its been awhile but glad to say in two weeks i'll get my first harvest from the system and they really look nice all covered in trichs, almost cant tell the plants are green, they have that much frosting!! Well heres to you Al, your system rocks!!

 

[Al B. Fuct]

i use roughly the same method but only have 2 rooms i use 1000wtt for flower and 400wtt for my mother i harvest half a crop at a time and replaceing them as i takem..i use 2 clone boxes and just ya normal fluro light like out of a lamp.once my clones have rooted they come out of the clone box and stay in the veg room for a week then under the 1000wtt for flowering i dont harvest as much as u but same i deah roughly i think i normally get 10 to 14 bags every3 weeks...

Sounds great.

Why don't you try flowering a few without giving them any veg time? Might make them finish up a few inches shorter in height but weight yield ought to be similar.

I cut larger than usual clones, about 6-8" tall. My story (and I'm sticking to it) is that larger clones partly compensate for zero veg time for my clones.

I suppose 'zero' veg time isn't totally accurate as my mother plants are under 24hr light; clonebox runs 24h as well, so quite technically, as plants independent from the mothers, my clones get 5-10 days of fluoro in the clonebox while they are setting root.

If you find that zero veg time works for you, you can shrink your veg area so it is only maintaining mothers and expand your flowering space accordingly. It'd also speed things up by a week you didn't spend vegging.

 

[Al B. Fuct]

well its been awhile but glad to say in two weeks i'll get my first harvest from the system and they really look nice all covered in trichs, almost cant tell the plants are green, they have that much frosting!! Well heres to you Al, your system rocks!!

wow, sounds fantastic! Thanks for the compliment.

The best part is when you get the 'pipeline' loaded, you'll be harvesting every 2 weeks.

The downside is that every 2 weeks, you'll be harvesting. I hate the manicuring job... been doing it all friggin' day & I'm a little cross-eyed at the moment. Takes me about 2-3 solid 8hr days to manicure one of my trays. Work, work, work... but fuck, I could think of worse jobs.

 

[GreenGro]

I hate the manicuring job... been doing it all friggin' day & I'm a little cross-eyed at the moment. Takes me about 2-3 solid 8hr days to manicure one of my trays.

By manicuring do you mean cuttina all the leaves from around the bud? If so have you or anyone you know tried one of these ardvark electrionic trimmers, and does anyone know if their any good?

 

[VictorVIcious]

I've always assumed they must be expensive or we would here more about them.VV

 

[GreenGro]

I think their expensive maybe 200 - 250, but hey time is money so I guess it may be worth it if it saves loads of time

 

[Al B. Fuct]

By manicuring do you mean cuttina all the leaves from around the bud? If so have you or anyone you know tried one of these ardvark electrionic trimmers, and does anyone know if their any good?

Yep GG, that's what I'm talking about.

There's a couple of different brand names and styles of trimmers. I've seen the sort that fit on the end of a shop-vac hose and have a rotary cutting blade and also some that look like a small table with slots in the surface and a rotating cutter & fan blade just beneath. Prices vary from about $500 to $2000.

None do a particularly good job. They cut the tips off the bud leaves but they can not get in between the bracts to remove the leaves completely. If you saw my buds, you'd wonder how I grow buds without bud leaves- cos you wont find leaf stubs in my buds! The only way to get that level of trim is to do it with manicuring shears.

Thanks for the suggestions, anyway, but I have yet to find a trimmer (at any price) that can do the job as well as the old manicuring shears.

 

[FlipAPenny]

Al,

How big is your grow room? I really like what I see so I was wondering what it takes to do something lke what you got.

 

[kieahtoka]

hey generally how much is harvested off of each plant in the SOG technique?

And how long would the clones be vegging for?

 

[Al B. Fuct]

Al,

How big is your grow room? I really like what I see so I was wondering what it takes to do something lke what you got.

The whole ~shabang~ is contained in a 7' tall x 8' wide x 9' long space. Would fit neatly in a delivery van- with a very large alternator.

 

[fdd2blk]

The whole ~shabang~ is contained in a 7' tall x 8' wide x 9' long space. Would fit neatly in a delivery van- with a very large alternator.

you can deliver that to my house.

 

[Al B. Fuct]

hey generally how much is harvested off of each plant in the SOG technique?

About 3/4 oz per plant at this moment.

And how long would the clones be vegging for?

Zero veg time, outside of the 10-12 days they spend in the clonebox under fluoros.

 

[Al B. Fuct]

you can deliver that to my house.

heh, phone up FedEx!

Some clever pot-jockey somewhere has surely done a mobile grow op in an old truck or trailer.

In a related topic, I've heard of several cases where ppl have put grow ops in old 20' shipping containers buried in their yard. Of course, the reason you hear about such things is that their neighbours must be intensely curious about why there's a 20' steel container, a backhoe and a crane in the dopey-lookin' neighbour's back yard one day...

 

[abudsmoker]

heh, phone up FedEx!

Some clever pot-jockey somewhere has surely done a mobile grow op in an old truck or trailer.

In a related topic, I've heard of several cases where ppl have put grow ops in old 20' shipping containers buried in their yard. Of course, the reason you hear about such things is that their neighbours must be intensely curious about why there's a 20' steel container, a backhoe and a crane in the dopey-lookin' neighbour's back yard one day...

Do you know who i need to talk to get this done. If i buy in bulk do i get a discount, Can the lay new sod for me?

 

[Al B. Fuct]

abs, if you can find someone to drop a few shipping containers in your back yard, I'd bet the sodding sod is part of the package deal.

When I think about it, a bigmuthafuckin bulldozer would probably be the tool of choice for excavating for your new shipping container grow-cavern.

I recall seeing some joker build an underground grow op in some brilliant thread on Overgrow before it went *poof*. Did it properly, too- no shipping containers- he excavated and did reinforced concrete walls with steel beams for a roof at ground level. Wicked cool.

 

[abudsmoker]

yes and to think most of us start with one light. then two ..... ya ya ya

let me ask my homeowners assoication first. you think i should call the city before diggin.

you the other side afterwards theres gonna be bout 40 yards of soil left over, you know people who got semi's too.

lmao when you get this big you have definatly lost it... .

 

[Schmoo]

You said you only use 2 HPS set ups for the 4 tables? Really? I would have thought you would need 4...One for each table.

Could you post a pic of your layout? I looked at your gallery but there wasn't any clear pics of it. I guess I just had a hard time believing that one light would be enough for two tables...Guess they're brighter than I thought?