Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

[StinkBud]

Hey i was wondering about how big the pump should be???
does it have to be a 396?

The 396 is a good size. It's big enough for the sprayers but dosen't put out much heat like a larger pump will.

Smaller pumps help keep the water cool. At $25 it's a no brainer!

 

[StinkBud]

No Lion you read it right. I dont have an exhaust line. I have two lines in. One 6" line running thru the hood and then thru the ceiling. The second line is a 4" line that just brings in fresh air. What are my options? Can I just reverse the fan and run it thru the ceiling too? Or do I need to get another fan and leave the fresh air one in too?If I got a fan and carbon scrubber could they both in the same room? The scubber would clean the air and dry the moister out of the air at the same time?

That's exactly what I'm doing. I have my 6" fan cooling my lights. I take the air out of my bathroom, through the lights and into the attic.

My 4" vent fan is just hanging in the corner and vents into the attic. It it set to come on if the heat or humidity goes over the safe margin.

With A/C the vent fan dosen't come on much. CO2 gives the plants what they need for massive growth, not fresh air.

 

[Aeroweed]

How much bleach do you use per your res's when you clean them out after harvest, I don't want to put too much in and am fearful it will hang around easly if i do.

I am starting from seeds, In a rough setup like you have advised. when would you start adding nutes to the seedlings? 2 weeks maybe? and would you start them off on somthing like 500 ppm, for a week then bump it up?

I don't use bleach... I use trash bags as a liner in the rez. Empty the h2o and throw it away.

I added nutes to my seedling as soon as they had a tap root. Distilled water added nutes to 200 ppm first. PH always at 5.8

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Man i love my new controller!! Ive got it all set up, my ac unit is mounted high on the wall, the temps are staying between 83-86, the co2 is kickin it at 1500ppm, the dehumidifier is set to 45% and the room is dialed in perfect. let the fun begin!

 

[StinkBud]

Hi Stink, thanks for all the awesome advice, can you help me with these questions tho please? or any others that know!

How much bleach do you use per your res's when you clean them out after harvest, I don't want to put too much in and am fearful it will hang around easly if i do.

I didn't use any bleach last time for that very reason. It takes a long time to flush it all out.

What I did this time is take a new toilet brush and taped it to a broom handle. Then I just scrubbed the shit out of the inside of the fence posts.

I do use about a 1/4 cup of bleach in my cleaning water though. I use that water to wipe down the outside of everything after harvest.

I use a stiff hand brush to remove the salt buildup in the res. and on the lid. Sometimes I use the brush and Comet together for the really tough build ups.

I am starting from seeds, In a rough setup like you have advised. when would you start adding nutes to the seedlings? 2 weeks maybe? and would you start them off on somthing like 500 ppm, for a week then bump it up?

Also greenhouse seeds say big bang is best grown with PH 5.5 on thier video, is that because they are growing in soil, and aero needs to be 6.5?

Many thanks....got to page 250, so half way there only.

I put my seedlings right into the veg unit at 2000 PPM @ 5.8 PH. They love it!

 

[Aeroweed]

Man i love my new controller!! Ive got it all set up, my ac unit is mounted high on the wall, the temps are staying between 83-86, the co2 is kickin it at 1500ppm, the dehumidifier is set to 45% and the room is dialed in perfect. let the fun begin!

Hey Dirt
Which dehumidifier are you using?

I bought a 70 pt unit a couple of days ago... Its really freaking loud and it kicks out a ton of heat... I don't think I got the right one

 

[StinkBud]

Man i love my new controller!! Ive got it all set up, my ac unit is mounted high on the wall, the temps are staying between 83-86, the co2 is kickin it at 1500ppm, the dehumidifier is set to 45% and the room is dialed in perfect. let the fun begin!

I'm curious as to how long your tank will last with the controller. You will be surprised how often your CO2 will kick on.

My CO2 drops a point a second. My controller kicks on at 900 PPM and goes off at 1700. I have my valve set to 10 so the room fills quickly.

My PPM keeps climbing to about 2000 PPM after the CO2 kicks off. If I had a fuzzy logic controller it would program itself not to under/over shoot the PPM like mine does.

I'm stoked for you Dirt! You finally got everything for your room! You are done spending money!

Except for nutes of course....

One more thing. I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of you. You were the first one to read this thread. You were actually reading this thread as it was being posted!

Correct me if I'm wrong but you also came up with the name StinkBuddy and Stinkbuddies!

Your success has inspired many other to try my method. Because of this a lot of people will get the medicine they need.

So thanks Dirt, for being the first StinkBuddy!

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Hey Dirt
Which dehumidifier are you using?

I bought a 70 pt unit a couple of days ago... Its really freaking loud and it kicks out a ton of heat... I don't think I got the right one

Mines a comfort aire i bought off craigslist for $100.
It works great, i have the drain line running into a res, it gets a little hot sometimes but not too bad.

 

[StinkBud]

Hey Dirt
Which dehumidifier are you using?

I bought a 70 pt unit a couple of days ago... Its really freaking loud and it kicks out a ton of heat... I don't think I got the right one

I use my dehumidifier in the Winter when it is cold. The heat helps then.

In the Summer you need A/C to keep your temps down. The cool thing about A/C is it will also dehumidify the air as it cools it.

Two for one...

One thing to remember with A/C is that the water draining out smells like pot. People have been busted because of the smell. Better to drain the A/C water somewhere safe if security is a concern.

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Thanks Stink! Im so stoked that i found you that first day you started this thread. I was getting ready to buy soil and containers for an indoor soil grow when i read your first post.
BOY am i glad you were there!!!!!


Yea,, with my fuzzy logic control the tank kicks on and off like every few seconds while its getting close to the 1500setpoint,
I kept checking it throughout the cycle last night and it keeps the ppms hovering right between 1450 and 1550.


thanks so much, i can never thank you enough!

 

[dagobaker]

stink or anyone with a controller. Just how much co2 is left in the room after the 12 hours of dark ? Does most get used or lost? I was thinking about venting my room after an hour of dark to cool it down
I don't want my air conditioner having to cool 24/7

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

I have my exhaust fan set to come on the whole dark cycle,, it keeps the air moving and humidity and temps low.
The co2 will be down to regular levels by the next morning if not after an hour or two im sure, exhaust or not.

 

[whysohigh]

I'm loving this cloner. Not only does it make cloning a breeze, but I had a seedling about 3 weeks old that started doing really poor and it was my only female lemon skunk. I thought I was losing her when I found her stem was damaged but she wasn't leaned over so I didn't see it until I did a close inspection. There were only 2 nodes but I cut the stem above the damage and into the cloner she went. Today, I transplanted her to some coco since even though just as small as the day she went in the cloner, already stunted from the damage, she now has a healthy root mass and Stink's cloner saved my only one of that strain.

Thanks

hell yeah to that. my dp blueberry got that damn dampning off fungis shit and i had to chop the roots off of a 4 week old 10" tall ready to flower blueberry. i stuck it in the cloner with hopes of saving it and it shot roots and went back to veg, it looks like nothing ever happened.

 

[repvip]

Stink or Dirt...

Just read Stink's comment on A/C water that smells like pot.

I just started using a window A/C unit (small 5200btu) but I cannot tell where this supposed water is going to leak from? Been using it for a couple days and nothing is leaking out so far. This is being used for the flower room, which itself is a room inside a room--I didn't want water dripping out everywhere..

Dirt--did you do anything special when you mounted your A/C unit because of this?
oh and Dirt isn't 45% humidity a little low? I know <50% is good for the carbon filter exhaust, but I thought around 55% would be fine?

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Stink or Dirt...

Just read Stink's comment on A/C water that smells like pot.

I just started using a window A/C unit (small 5200btu) but I cannot tell where this supposed water is going to leak from? Been using it for a couple days and nothing is leaking out so far. This is being used for the flower room, which itself is a room inside a room--I didn't want water dripping out everywhere..

Dirt--did you do anything special when you mounted your A/C unit because of this?
oh and Dirt isn't 45% humidity a little low? I know <50% is good for the carbon filter exhaust, but I thought around 55% would be fine?

I was actually wondering the same thing.. I bought my unit at a garage sale for $8. I searched all over it and did not find anywhere where water would disperse from.

for 8 bucks i thought what the heck ill give it a try,,
when the room hits 86.5 it kicks on..i watched and it took about 20 minutes to cool the room back down to the setpoint of 83. and then it took about an hour before the room reached 86 again.

so far so good,,,but when the weather heats up will be the true test.

 

[sparat1k]

What I did this time is take a new toilet brush and taped it to a broom handle. Then I just scrubbed the shit out of the inside of the fence posts.

You are so smart!

 

[orzz]

The water that comes out of the a/c unit is a result of the a/c unit dehumidifying the rooms air. I use my window a/c units and they only drip when the humidity is high. The larger unit actually has a hose connection for the run off, the 2 smaller ones just drip thru a hole in the bottom of the unit.

 

[dagobaker]

do most people vent in air during the 12 hours of lights off when running co2?
i think im going to try this also.....
i noticed the heat has been under control the last few days since the outside temps are down.......im not sure my air conditioner can handle the extra hot days
i switched to starting 8pm on and off at 8 am.......seems like the coolest hours

 

[whysohigh]

Stink or Dirt...

Just read Stink's comment on A/C water that smells like pot.

I just started using a window A/C unit (small 5200btu) but I cannot tell where this supposed water is going to leak from? Been using it for a couple days and nothing is leaking out so far. This is being used for the flower room, which itself is a room inside a room--I didn't want water dripping out everywhere..

Dirt--did you do anything special when you mounted your A/C unit because of this?
oh and Dirt isn't 45% humidity a little low? I know <50% is good for the carbon filter exhaust, but I thought around 55% would be fine?

im using a wall mount unit and wondering the same thing, i cant get to the outside of mine its pretty close to my neighbors house. but i also just started using mine so maybe it takes some time to smell i dont know.

 

[BIGTIMEROOFERR]

hey stink & stinkbuddies
its been awhile it took me a day to catch up on the thread
i have an ideal im going to turn the lights on my veggie unit on 12/12 2 weeks before i harvest that way my veggies will already be flowering when i move them to the flower room
what do yall think about that

anybody think it will work ??????????????????????