The MS880 is a beast of a machine, i've never owned one but used one that also had the 30" bar. Got a bloke who delivers my wood cheap now, so down to a MS170 and an electric Makita. I'm a petrol head from way back and have always laughed at whimpy electric saws. But for the smaller stuff they are fucking awesome, especially for carting in the 4wd to clear trees off tracks etc.
Just checked out your journal, seems like a good system and working out well for you. Is this mob who made yours? autopot.com.au/kits
I want to give hydro a go, but want to have another run in soil to get that dialed in first and improve on the stuff i've learned on my first grow. I outgrew one tent and got a second tent, so i could probably do soil in one and hydro in the other.
Reminds me, havent done a grow update in a while. Tent 2 is pretty full, they are starting to stretch a bit now. I've taken off the LST clips i've been using to widen and flatten the canopy. So now they can stretch up. Thought i got the fungus gnats under control, but they hit back again. Otherwise all seems to be fairly healthy and no warning signs. Tent 2:
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Tent 1 is a bit further along since flip, and there's buds everywhere forming up. Same as the other tent, no real issue besides gnats and it's going great... almost too good that i'm waiting for some kind of curve ball. Tent 1:
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Getting excited now, so rewarding opening the tent and seeing the growth!