HASH BOMB. 250w HPS DWC

TheStickMan

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grapefruitmarmalade said:
I'm using a small tent. 2x2. I find it a lot easier to manage... usually one plant at a time but it appears like I've got 4 Pineapple Chunk seedlings at the moment :D Might just keep all of them and turn them early and let them do their thing and see what happens.
I'm using the same old hempy buckets with 100% perlite and topped with expanded clay pellets. I feed depending on how the plant wants to eat. I use GH 3-part nutes and I'm mixing equal amounts and tune the EC accordingly. Towards the end of the grow I add in a little extra PK or pull back on the N
Lighting is LED. older gen LED but they do their thing. Two CXA 3050 and two Vero 18. All at 1400mA; around 185 watts. Big ass heat sinks 30 cm x 20 cm so heat is not an issue. :D I don't think I'll upgrade any time soon unless I decide to move house, but that's not foreseeable in the near future.
ATM my main problem is smell. I use ONA gells but I'll need to figure out a way to put a carbon filter in there >_<
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Sounds good, what yields you getting with those LED's? How talls your tent? Can you not get a 4" filter in?
 
TheStickMan

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calliandra said:
Wow Anon! congrats on a great harvest - those buds look spectacular :bigjoint:


I've been playing with the idea of a DIY carbon filter on a PC fan for a while now as an alternative to my hugely overdimensioned exhaust fan + storebought filter - it's working fine with regards to smell, but it's not stealth if you don't smell anything BUT anyone coming into the room asks, "what's that noise coming from your closet?!" LMAO

Problem with those is that while there are tons of ideas floating about, the documentation is usually not so good. So it would be an experimental build. But seeing I have so many experiments going on all the time, I am hesitant to add yet another at the moment (apart from the fact that sourcing parts and ingredients is a major hassle for me - I'm definitely not a hunter, but more a gatherer by nature :rolleyes: ).

Have you thought of going that direction?


LOL indeed I have, made a sprouts smoothie (I find "Sprouted Seed Tea" to be a misnomer, as it has nothing to do with TEA, no steeping involved at all!) for the Sour Stomper to promote growth. :D
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I'm still experimenting with other methods too, but I think the smoothie approach will be a keeper - it doesn't require sourcing exotic ingredients, I like the reasoning behind it, plus you can vary ingredients depending on growth phase - sprouts for growth, flowers/fruits for flowering, "plain" chlorophyll water for general health and vitality...
I have this hunch that along with building good living soil with compost, this can pretty much cover all my needs if done right.
But the quest continues! :bigjoint:
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Haha Sprouts Smoothie, sounds yummy! lol ahhh she's looking lovely, what did you end up doing with the other one?
 
TheStickMan

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So the end is here for the plants and also my soil growing experience. I just woke up this morning and thought fuck it, they're getting chopped. I checked the trichomes on the Durban Poison and they are pretty much all cloudy so that just made my decision final. Didn't check the other two plants, lost interest in them, they do smell great though, just look shite. And the buds on the No Hope are just like tiny little wispy things.
Not got much hope in the yield. 4 ounce maybe?

I've planted a Critical +2.0, waiting for it to emerge from the Root Riot cube, so I'm hoping on a quickish dry time so I can free up the tent and clean it out.
Hoping to get a massive yield from the next grow to compensate for the last 2 poor grows. It'll be time to say bye to this thread as well soon, as I will be starting a new one in a couple of weeks, once I have something worth looking at..
Best clean the DWC bucket, it's time to grow a monster. :fire:
 
calliandra

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TheStickMan said:
Haha Sprouts Smoothie, sounds yummy! lol ahhh she's looking lovely, what did you end up doing with the other one?
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hehe thanks :D Ahem, well, you know me? I repotted the lil one, she survived, and it's going to make it that much harder to kill her LMAO what was I thinking? I may give her to that grunge grow friend of mine, since the PE is going to take all of the sour stomper veg time to finish off and I really won't have space for her... :roll:

TheStickMan said:
So the end is here for the plants and also my soil growing experience. I just woke up this morning and thought fuck it, they're getting chopped. I checked the trichomes on the Durban Poison and they are pretty much all cloudy so that just made my decision final. Didn't check the other two plants, lost interest in them, they do smell great though, just look shite. And the buds on the No Hope are just like tiny little wispy things.
Not got much hope in the yield. 4 ounce maybe?

I've planted a Critical +2.0, waiting for it to emerge from the Root Riot cube, so I'm hoping on a quickish dry time so I can free up the tent and clean it out.
Hoping to get a massive yield from the next grow to compensate for the last 2 poor grows. It'll be time to say bye to this thread as well soon, as I will be starting a new one in a couple of weeks, once I have something worth looking at..
Best clean the DWC bucket, it's time to grow a monster. :fire:
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Haha! Congrats on the chop!
It's funny, innit, how certain ways of going about just don't do it for oneself? :D
I think I couldn't ever grow DWC, just adding some (even self-made! but still chemistry) extracts to my soil felt sooo alien I won't do that ever again if I can avoid it.
So I imagine the soil has a similar effect on you!
Good riddance to mismatched growing methods then, and may your monster scare us all haha! :bigjoint:
 
grapefruitmarmalade

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calliandra said:
Wow Anon! congrats on a great harvest - those buds look spectacular :bigjoint:


I've been playing with the idea of a DIY carbon filter on a PC fan for a while now as an alternative to my hugely overdimensioned exhaust fan + storebought filter - it's working fine with regards to smell, but it's not stealth if you don't smell anything BUT anyone coming into the room asks, "what's that noise coming from your closet?!" LMAO

Problem with those is that while there are tons of ideas floating about, the documentation is usually not so good. So it would be an experimental build. But seeing I have so many experiments going on all the time, I am hesitant to add yet another at the moment (apart from the fact that sourcing parts and ingredients is a major hassle for me - I'm definitely not a hunter, but more a gatherer by nature :rolleyes: ).

Have you thought of going that direction?
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There's a lot of tutorials on how to make your own carbon filter but I believe it requires some factory production
for them to be efficient.
I have problems with noise as well that's why I just went with the ONA gels :D works fine for now but we'll see how good they are come harvest time at the end of the week. Usually people keep asking me if I'm drunk cause I smell like beer on harvest day :P
 
mattyblade1

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TheStickMan said:
So the end is here for the plants and also my soil growing experience. I just woke up this morning and thought fuck it, they're getting chopped. I checked the trichomes on the Durban Poison and they are pretty much all cloudy so that just made my decision final. Didn't check the other two plants, lost interest in them, they do smell great though, just look shite. And the buds on the No Hope are just like tiny little wispy things.
Not got much hope in the yield. 4 ounce maybe?

I've planted a Critical +2.0, waiting for it to emerge from the Root Riot cube, so I'm hoping on a quickish dry time so I can free up the tent and clean it out.
Hoping to get a massive yield from the next grow to compensate for the last 2 poor grows. It'll be time to say bye to this thread as well soon, as I will be starting a new one in a couple of weeks, once I have something worth looking at..
Best clean the DWC bucket, it's time to grow a monster. :fire:
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Dam man I like this thread
 
TheStickMan

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calliandra said:
hehe thanks :D Ahem, well, you know me? I repotted the lil one, she survived, and it's going to make it that much harder to kill her LMAO what was I thinking? I may give her to that grunge grow friend of mine, since the PE is going to take all of the sour stomper veg time to finish off and I really won't have space for her... :roll:


Haha! Congrats on the chop!
It's funny, innit, how certain ways of going about just don't do it for oneself? :D
I think I couldn't ever grow DWC, just adding some (even self-made! but still chemistry) extracts to my soil felt sooo alien I won't do that ever again if I can avoid it.
So I imagine the soil has a similar effect on you!
Good riddance to mismatched growing methods then, and may your monster scare us all haha! :bigjoint:
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I was going to start off two seedlings and pick the best of the two, but that would mean killing one! I can't do it lol
Yeah i've tried in soil before in my unspeakable first auto grow lol i don't like the fact that I've now got 3 pots of soil to get rid off as well, normally I just pour the water down the drain haha
I wonder if theres a way to organically grow in DWC? I shall look into it.
And thank you, may she be a big fat smelly monster!
 
TheStickMan

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horribleherk said:
there is a single plant grow journal using a 315 cmh it's called northern lights 315w CMH he just flipped the light it looks pretty good his name I think is citeh or something like that but it's a nice journal
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Cheers mate, just had a quick scan at it, looks good, will have a better look when Iget chance.
 
horribleherk

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TheStickMan said:
You are coming with me to the new thread mate. You all are, whether you like it or not. :razz:
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yeah I'm wanting a new thread but was gonna wait until I get the led light sometimes new is good haven't decided on a title but it's gonna be along the theme of getting a pound from a single plant grow no matter what strain I'm growing or the light I'm using the title won't need to change so let us know I'll be there
 
calliandra

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TheStickMan said:
I wonder if theres a way to organically grow in DWC?
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Well I do know people are working to build aquaponic systems for indoor gardening (not pot specific, rather for food self-sufficiency in cold climates in winter), whereby their focus is on creating self-sustaining cycling systems with fish and aquatic plants I think - the fish provide nutrients to the veggies, the pumps are solar powered, and somehow they make the system self-cleaning too? I think it's rather complex, but a neat idea - gives the phrase "gone fishing" a new dimension haha :D
 
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