My 8hr flowering experiment

[torontoke]

Lawn irrigation timers are also 24 hour units.

There are digital timers that run programs weekly. If you can make your schedule come out to 168 hours, this could be an option.

The harvest master pro controller would do it but it's $1000 for that kind of money I'd rather just stay home and flip manually lmao. 168 week hours is the thing I'm trying to shorten but it only works out one way using a regular 24hour digital timer.
At least with my wonky math skills.
If I use a 21 hour day or 8/13,9/12 then I would need an 8 day programable timer
Numbers give me a headache

 

[torontoke]

This is a project I'd love to collaborate with you on, if you're game.

Gonna offer him rubber cheques too.
That's ok collaborate sounds dirty when u say it

So what's an arduino anyway I'm behind in the times.

 

[ANC]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/AC-220V-240V-CN101A-Digital-Power-Programmable-Timer-Switch-Relay-16A-with-4pcs-15cm-5-9/32603853583.html?spm=2114.search0302.4.2.WJkuOp

I have a couple of these guys, it has 15 slots per day you could program, it could repeat daily, alternate days etc... very clever little thing and cheap on ebay.

 

[ttystikk]

Gonna offer him rubber cheques too.
That's ok collaborate sounds dirty when u say it

So what's an arduino anyway I'm behind in the times.

It's a small computer on a PC board commonly used for hobbies and electronics. Raspberry pi is another similar device that is optimised for video.

 

[torontoke]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/AC-220V-240V-CN101A-Digital-Power-Programmable-Timer-Switch-Relay-16A-with-4pcs-15cm-5-9/32603853583.html?spm=2114.search0302.4.2.WJkuOp

I have a couple of these guys, it has 15 slots per day you could program, it could repeat daily, alternate days etc... very clever little thing and cheap on ebay.

Crimp on connections tho
I'm not sure I'd know how to begin wiring that thing never mind programming it.
Maybe a simpleton like me is better to stick with my disposable push pin timers

 

[torontoke]

It's a small computer on a PC board commonly used for hobbies and electronics. Raspberry pi is another similar device that is optimised for video.

Ok so basically it's a plc controller like my friend was talking about writing up a program for.
These talks always leave me wishing I was more of a nerd years ago and kept up with all this stuff.

 

[torontoke]

Ok so after spending the last half hour reading about them it looks like I'm going to be buying an arduino kit.
Not bad really $130 and you assemble it and can build it many ways.
So many possible functions and I can pretty much program it to do all that I was looking for and then some.
Got a few light build ideas in mind and this would certainly also help with that firing up the way I would like it to work.
Thanks guys for steering me in the direction

 

[ANC]

It is very simple, two wires are basically the AC in and the other two prongs are the two sides of the actual switch so they would interrupt a wire leading to a light or a contactor if required.

Lol I'm too old for this new fandangled crap, I have a bunch of old PIC processors, slap something together in Assembly and make do.

 

[torontoke]

Been 30days already
Reveg plants have a few extra main top colas going.
And the multiple topping seems to have given me a good amount of colas.
Will be interesting to see how 5 do weight wise.
Another 20-30 days we'll see I suppose

 

[ANC]

I'd pull the big fan leaves right at the top.

 

[ThcGuy]

Hmmm. Might have to try this re Veg thing. How much did you hack them up when you harvested the first time?

 

[ttystikk]

Hmmm. Might have to try this re Veg thing. How much did you hack them up when you harvested the first time?

I've never had good results...

 

[torontoke]

Hmmm. Might have to try this re Veg thing. How much did you hack them up when you harvested the first time?

I chopped everything over 12" from the pot.
Left all the leaves I possibly could.
And maybe 6-10 small lil popcorn branches that would have went in the trim bin anyway.

Put them in my tent back on my veg cycle for 47 days and they were 32" and bushy af.
If nothing else it's a great way to save a strain you didn't clone

 

[torontoke]

I've never had good results...

You didn't have good results with revegging?
I know you said u didn't have good results with glr either.

 

[ANC]

I've had one girl go 11 months outdoors.

 

[torontoke]

I've had one girl go 11 months outdoors.

11 months?
Where do u live in a cave in northern Alaska?
That seems like a ridiculous amount of time

 

[ThcGuy]

I chopped everything over 12" from the pot.
Left all the leaves I possibly could.
And maybe 6-10 small lil popcorn branches that would have went in the trim bin anyway.

Put them in my tent back on my veg cycle for 47 days and they were 32" and bushy af.
If nothing else it's a great way to save a strain you didn't clone

I like the idea of keeping the plants around until I cure and weigh up each one and then keep the one that stands out as a mother plant. I have herd that sativas are harder than I indicas to reveg, any truth to this?

 

[torontoke]

I like the idea of keeping the plants around until I cure and weigh up each one and then keep the one that stands out as a mother plant. I have herd that sativas are harder than I indicas to reveg, any truth to this?

To be completely honest these three were all hybrids but I'd say leaning more Indy but if anything I'd say the saty might take a bit longer and I'd leave a lil more foliage on it.
I left them In for the duration of my next round of flower but I could have clipped clones off them easily half way through.

 

[ANC]

11 months?
Where do u live in a cave in northern Alaska?
That seems like a ridiculous amount of time

Lol, Africa. Where I stay winters are temperate. After flowering, shew grew some weird leaves for a while, and then when on with normal growth.

 

[torontoke]

Lol, Africa. Where I stay winters are temperate. After flowering, shew grew some weird leaves for a while, and then when on with normal growth.

Forgive my ignorance, my self centred thinking fails to recognize people do in fact live outside of North America sometimes.
When I picture Africa I think sun and humidity with little rain and damp am I way off? What kind of light hours do u get there in the different seasons?