How do you drain your runoff?
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Well buddy if you're ever dankrupt I'm about to harvest in the next few weeks. Always willing to help a fellow Canadian out
guitarguy10
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well that's generous of you. I've been pretty good at rationing smoking out of a bong (small like 0.2g bowls). I'm almost out, but my current harvest it's 3 weeks in so err hopefully I'll be able to ration for a few more weeks.
my tiny living space is full now though cuz I made a spot for a mother plant and another for clones (in a small bedroom). it just takes way to long starting a seed when you harvest. like this weed I'm using is the last of my last harvest which was all the way at the end of August. mid November and still only 3 weeks into this next harvest. my room is so bright in some spots though, it can be hard to sleep lol
PadawanWarrior
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Let me guess, that's an auto, Not that there's anything wrong with that.
guitarguy10
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I have a tent, my ladies are in it. But I need another area to have lights on for 18/6 (for my mother), and another area for my homemade aerocloner. All this money!! lol
bk78
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They didn’t have autos back in 78 when he started growing 40+ years ago
guitarguy10
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In case anyone is curious, I found a 6gallon 4hp Stanley shop-vac on Amazon that I just pulled the trigger on. Bigger then my needs, but for $50CAD I don't think you can go wrong:
Stanley Wet/Dry Vacuum, 6 Gallon, 4 Horsepower: Amazon.ca: Tools & Home Improvement
Stanley Wet/Dry Vacuum, 6 Gallon, 4 Horsepower: Amazon.ca: Tools & Home Improvement
www.amazon.ca
PadawanWarrior
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I've been using my 16 gal for a couple years. You don't want to see the inside though, lol.
Dr. Who
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Tis true - "To each their own" but, I agree with the guy following your post.....Hey Doc, it's been a long time since we conversed.
All I'm trying too say is that feeding every single watering is not really needed in my opinion.
I ran my plants @ 700 ppm when I used coco and only fed them every 3rd watering and they did fine.
I'm cheap though and wanted to save nutes/eliminate salt buildup (I never needed to flush)
Anyway too each their own, right?
You take care & stay safe
Peace out my friend
Jimdamick
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Absolutely too each their own.
There are many ways to grow herb.
Envoirment/mediums/nutes/lighting all come into play.
But at the end, if you are happy with your production/plants, thats really all that count's, right?
I'm content
You stay safe Doc, where I'm at now it's all fucked up with COVID-19.
Peace out
Jimdamick
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Don't waste your time on a mother plant, just smoke it
1st off it has to be a very good plant with good genetics (hard to find)
Then you can maybe take 6 clones off that plant & that's it.
I used to clone but now I just use seed.
The time frame is almost identical & I feel that the root system from a seeded plant is healthier than a clones
So, I recommend saving up some money & buy seeds.
Attitude seedbank is pretty good & gives RIU members a discount (ROLLITUP10)
Anyway, it's just my opinion.
Take care/stay safe/happy growing
guitarguy10
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My last harvest was at the end of August. I just can't wait that long (until Nov1 just to start flowering).Don't waste your time on a mother plant, just smoke it
1st off it has to be a very good plant with good genetics (hard to find)
Then you can maybe take 6 clones off that plant & that's it.
I used to clone but now I just use seed.
The time frame is almost identical & I feel that the root system from a seeded plant is healthier than a clones
So, I recommend saving up some money & buy seeds.
Attitude seedbank is pretty good & gives RIU members a discount (ROLLITUP10)
Anyway, it's just my opinion.
Take care/stay safe/happy growing
Also, I have taken 20-30 clones off of a plant that was never meant to be a mother plant anyways ... and it grew back, because it was just kept in veg until it does. Thing I've learned about weed plants is that you can literally chop them in half (which I did when I was trying manifolding) and they may take a week or so but they will always come back (as long as they are in veg).
You don't know the genetics of the seeds you're using so what difference does it make if i know the genetics of the mother plant? I just want decent weed, doesn't have to be what do the kids call it today 'top-shelf'?
I have about 30 seeds, I am just sick of this huge gap of time in growing, all this wasted electricity, and I don't see how a perpetual harvest type setup is a bad thing at all, esp. since being all clones I know that each plant will grow similar. Unlike this grow where I have plants (from seed) propped up on books cuz they never grew as vigorous as the plants from clones.
I dunno just my 2 cents but I don't quite understand how it's a bad thing to make up for that 2 months of time that my tent could have been flowering dealing with seedlings.
DrKiz
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Looks like a cut extension cord plug sticking out of the outlet in the bottom left of your picture.Absolutely too each their own.
There are many ways to grow herb.
Envoirment/mediums/nutes/lighting all come into play.
But at the end, if you are happy with your production/plants, thats really all that count's, right?
I'm content
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You stay safe Doc, where I'm at now it's all fucked up with COVID-19.
Peace out
When the cops raided a medical grow here, they cut all the cords off the fans, lights, etc.. just like that.
(They were sued and the guy reclaimed expenses.)
twentyeight.threefive
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Zoom in. Although the picture isn't super clear in that area you can see the cord bend and continue down.
If the cops cut all the cords on that raid you are talking about just like that they aren't that intelligent. For both the reason you stated and it's still plugged in.
Star Dog
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It's so easy and cheap to keep a constant veg it's crazy not to, i can keep a mother and take clones with 100w of T5s, another upside is you know what you are growing ime buying seed is a shot of the dark and rarely uniform.
That said it's a very time consuming process actually growing testing and cloning a good mother from a pack of seeds.
calvin.m16
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Shop vacuum or I just get lazy and let it crust up in the trays. lol no way that I'm maintaining hoses, lines & filters and all that just to drain my run off.. Get a shop vac with a drain hose and just use that.
$70 Shop Vac Home Depot
$10 hose-attachment for bottom of shop vac to drain OR $40 Extraction Pump if you need to pump the waste up into a toilet or something. lol
Another tip is learn your pot size, plant consumption and start watering just until you get drops coming out of the pots so that it just dries up naturally. Clean trays between cycles with oxiclean or bleach if you don't mind the fumes.
$70 Shop Vac Home Depot
$10 hose-attachment for bottom of shop vac to drain OR $40 Extraction Pump if you need to pump the waste up into a toilet or something. lol
Another tip is learn your pot size, plant consumption and start watering just until you get drops coming out of the pots so that it just dries up naturally. Clean trays between cycles with oxiclean or bleach if you don't mind the fumes.
guitarguy10
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I did buy a shop vac, was probably a few pages ago now on this thread, but I have ordered and am waiting for this to arrive:
Stanley Wet/Dry Vacuum, 6 Gallon, 4 Horsepower: Amazon.ca: Tools & Home Improvement
Stanley Wet/Dry Vacuum, 6 Gallon, 4 Horsepower: Amazon.ca: Tools & Home Improvement
www.amazon.ca
calvin.m16
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Heck yeah, now you just need that drain plug for easy extraction. I personally just empty my shop vac into my Sump Pump but I'm growing in a basement so I know some situations don't have that option.
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