Bubblelicious, New York Power Diesel, and Super Skunk in DWC

[Bob Smith]

No prob bro!

Can't wait to see your set up up and running! The ceilings are definitely packed that's for sure!

I've been thinking of how I could attach some more supports some how to make it a little bit more structurally sound. Still trying to figure that one out though, guess I could bolt on some 2x4's if need be.

Burn on!

Truthfully, I'm not too worried about it - the filter I got is half the weight of most, and these are metal pipes - the more I think about it, the more confident I am that they'll hold up the 35-40ish pounds that are up there.

If they don't, I'll just send Sun System an invoice for the (hopefully) 1.25-1.5 pounds of weed that their faulty tent ruined.

 

[Twils]

Truthfully, I'm not too worried about it - the filter I got is half the weight of most, and these are metal pipes - the more I think about it, the more confident I am that they'll hold up the 35-40ish pounds that are up there.

If they don't, I'll just send Sun System an invoice for the (hopefully) 1.25-1.5 pounds of weed that their faulty tent ruined.

^^HAHA Awesome!

Burn on!

 

[Bob Smith]

So, after some thought and some cocktails, I've decided to go to CO2 for my first flowering session - was planning on holding off until I had my first crop and recouped some money, but have now decided to go balls out and say "fugg it".

I figure that even if my yields only increase by 10% instead of the 20%+ that people who are really dialed in get that I'll have more than made up for the expense of the initial outlay for the equipment.

That being said, I'm purchasing 3 20 pound tanks off a dude tomorrow (figured that tanks are the way to go because I don't need or want anymore heat in my grow room, and my hydro store will fill them up with no questions asked, which was the biggest deal to me).

I'm also going to buy the Sentinel CHHC-1 for climate control in my flower room, so that only leaves the regulator/solenoid valve thingy that I need to purchase, I believe.

So firstly, can anyone confirm that a simple $150ish CO2 regulator will be all that I need besides the tanks and the CHHC-1?

Also, is there a certain regulator that would be preferable over others, as per anyone's experiences? I.e., I've been reading about valves freezing and whatnot, do I need to buy one of those heaters for the solenoid valve?

Many, many thanks to anyone who can help me out with some info, and if I get said info, there will (hopefully) be some ridiculously sick weed pics being posted for the next few months+.

Thanks in advance for your time.

 

[Twils]

So, after some thought and some cocktails, I've decided to go to CO2 for my first flowering session - was planning on holding off until I had my first crop and recouped some money, but have now decided to go balls out and say "fugg it".

I figure that even if my yields only increase by 10% instead of the 20%+ that people who are really dialed in get that I'll have more than made up for the expense of the initial outlay for the equipment.

That being said, I'm purchasing 3 20 pound tanks off a dude tomorrow (figured that tanks are the way to go because I don't need or want anymore heat in my grow room, and my hydro store will fill them up with no questions asked, which was the biggest deal to me).

I'm also going to buy the Sentinel CHHC-1 for climate control in my flower room, so that only leaves the regulator/solenoid valve thingy that I need to purchase, I believe.

So firstly, can anyone confirm that a simple $150ish CO2 regulator will be all that I need besides the tanks and the CHHC-1?

Also, is there a certain regulator that would be preferable over others, as per anyone's experiences? I.e., I've been reading about valves freezing and whatnot, do I need to buy one of those heaters for the solenoid valve?

Many, many thanks to anyone who can help me out with some info, and if I get said info, there will (hopefully) be some ridiculously sick weed pics being posted for the next few months+.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Sorry Bob probably a worthless post on my part, but can't help ya there on the c02, but would love to learn more my self about it!

Burn on!

 

[Bob Smith]

No worries buddy; we can learn together

Picking up three tanks and ordering my CHHC-1 today, so then I'm pretty sure I just need to pick up the regulator from my hydro store and I think that I'm rocking and rolling.

If anyone had any tips/tricks/suggestions, though, that'd certainly be appreciated.

 

[Bob Smith]

Obviously as per my last post, meet some random dude for those CO2 tanks.

In addition, was worried that the phenotype that I chose for my mother (there were two, with three of the four plants exhibiting similar sativa characteristics and one plant which was clearly more indica dominant) would have an absurdly long flowering time (love smoking sativa, just hate growing it), so I checked on the one clone I had left from the more indica dominant plant, and sure enough, she's got white hairs showing. Would much rather the shorter flowering time and heavier yields from her, so we're gonna do the ole' switcheroo.

Here's some pics for ya:



The sativa phenotype which I'd initially (like up until this morning) planned to be my mama (of course, this is just killing time until my beans are ready to be flowered, so it's not that weighty of a decision, but I don't want a 12 or 13 week sativa in there screwing up my flowering schedule).



My new indica mommy - ignore the burns on some of her lower leaves, was testing the limits of those plants - I'll treat her much more nicely now kiss-ass




Some random seedling pictures to show you how big those little guys are getting - still waiting for the explosive growth, hoping that it'll be any day now.

So the plan is to build a bubble cloner today (wanted to put together my flowering tent first, but this needs to be done today for speed's sake, so this is what's getting done).

Everything I'll need:



Air pump, tubing, air stone, bucket (just remembered I need to grab a "T" fitting out of the garage).



Neoprene inserts, extra wide aluminum duct tape, and my ferocious guard dog - you can call him "Bob Jr.".



My totally light-proof black bucket lids which were delivered yesterday - these things are fugging badass.

So those things and my drill and I'm off and running - will post pics when it's done, hopefully shortly.

 

[Bob Smith]

Well, this was easy enough and didn't take much time; before the pics, a couple of things I noticed:

1) That aluminum tape is totally light-proof and pretty badass; much easier to apply than I thought it'd be

2) Black lids are SO much better than the cheapo Home Depot lids - these are made out of hard, brittle plastic as opposed to the flimsy and pliable Home Depot lids - also totally lightproof

3) That new airstone I got which puts out the "micro" bubbles is probably the greatest invention in the world - the difference between one of those and a cheapo Wal-Mart airstone is night and day.

So that being said, here are the pics:



Since the lid was black, needed to use my girl's white nail polish to mark out where I'd be drilling.



Easy enough, took about a minute and a half.



Add the neoprene inserts on top and it almost looks professional.



This is the "T" fitting attached to my air pump because the pump has two outlets but I'm only running one airstone.



The picture doesn't do this airstone justice - we're talking bubbles galore - definitely gonna use these in every bucket; kind of annoying that they're five bucks a piece, but you pay for quality, I guess.



The finished product - letting it run for a while to check that it's really getting things wet, but after two minutes most of the neoprene inserts were soaked on the bottom - gonna check again shortly, but it's definitely working well so far.

So, now onto finishing the duct work in my flower tent before I go meet this dude for some CO2 tanks.

 

[Imlovinit]

Wow man nice setup! A well planed setup saves time in the long run. That Bubblecloner looks like a great way to clone. Sometime when u get a minute (if u haven't already), take a look at some of the threads on Bubbleponics. You don't even have to buy a manifold u can jury rig one out of some hose and T's. Oh yeah before i forget, how much are Co2 tanks running these days like $120? I'll be lurking around keeping an eye on this thread, good luck. Later!

 

[Bob Smith]

Wow man nice setup! A well planed setup saves time in the long run. That Bubblecloner looks like a great way to clone. Sometime when u get a minute (if u haven't already), take a look at some of the threads on Bubbleponics. You don't even have to buy a manifold u can jury rig one out of some hose and T's. Oh yeah before i forget, how much are Co2 tanks running these days like $120? I'll be lurking around keeping an eye on this thread, good luck. Later!

Thanks man, happy to have you along for the ride.

As far as bubbleponics goes, I guess it's marginally faster when starting from seed, but since I don't plan on growing from seed very often, I don't think it's worth my time (trying to keep things as simple as possible, and for the incremental 1% in time saved/faster growth, I'm adding 30% more problems and things that could go wrong). The cost-benefit analysis doesn't seem to make sense (to me, anyways).

And I'm getting three CO2 tanks from some dude in the city for $125 - they're used, but they look fine in the pics, and I assume that they'll be just what I need - refill two at a time and always have one connected.

FYI, these are 20lb tanks.

Good luck with your grow.

 

[Imlovinit]

Thanks for the info Bob!

 

[DND]

NICE setup Bob! I didn't see the link to your grow before today, otherwise I would have been over sooner. Tell me how that temp thing works on page one if you would. I may need that in the near future.

 

[Bob Smith]

NICE setup Bob! I didn't see the link to your grow before today, otherwise I would have been over sooner. Tell me how that temp thing works on page one if you would. I may need that in the near future.

It works for both heating and cooling - if you'll notice in the pic on the first page, there's a switch on the right side to set it for heating or cooling, whichever you'd prefer.

On the left side is the differential that you want, either 3, 5, or 7 degrees - mine's set for cooling at 70 degrees with a five degree differential, so as soon as it hits 75, the exhaust and intake fans come on until it gets it back down to about 69/70.

It was like $70 online, not too bad.

Anyhow, just got back from buying those tanks off that dude (wasn't as shady as I'd thought it be, it was actually a restaurant that was installing a new keg system and didn't need these smaller tanks), here they are:



Not sure why the one doesn't have the plastic carrying thing, but I assume that doesn't interfere with the operation of it, so I really couldn't care less, as long as that's the case.

Also, left my new cloner on for the couple of hours that I was gone, and every neoprene insert is sopping wet on the bottom = success.

 

[Twils]

Looking really good Bob! Loving that cloner!!

It should be interesting to see everything set up in that bad boy and how it performs now!

Burn on!

 

[Bob Smith]

Looking really good Bob! Loving that cloner!!

It should be interesting to see everything set up in that bad boy and how it performs now!

Burn on!

Thanks for checking in - gonna try to take some cuttings tonight but more likely I'll get them done tomorrow.

Figure that they'll still beat the cuttings I took a few days ago which are in Rapid Rooters.

 

[Earl]

You about to fire up the cloner ?

 

[Bob Smith]

You about to fire up the cloner ?

It's actually been running all day to test it out, but I'm probably not gonna fill it up until tomorrow morning - vegging out in front of the TV for the rest of the night, methinks.

 

[Bob Smith]

Just bought this:

http://www.ecogrow.com/index.cfm?product=2224&special=new

I'm fugging stoked - sure hope this works out

Last thing I need is a regulator for my new CO2 tanks, and then hopefully I'm done with all my large purchases before I get the second flower tent setup.

Holy krikes am I into this project for some money, but I've got faith that it'll all be worth it

 

[Bob Smith]

BTW, in case there was any confusion, I didn't buy it from the link I posted - got it for $510 off of eBay, and that includes shipping.

Just an FYI in case anyone thought your boy Bob doesn't shop around before he buys.

 

[Earl]

Good Buy.
.

 

[Bob Smith]

Good Buy.
.

Yeah, never used CO2 before, so I figured I'd get something that'll do the thinking for me and minimize waste.

I'm excited for it, but what a damn day I have in store today - doing my conversion to buckets and away from Rubbermaids, and am going to build a seven or eight (including the reservoir) bucket system for my veg tent today.

Basically going to have eight buckets in there and one reservoir bucket outside to control the seven buckets that are connected in the tent - the only standalone bucket will be my cloner, and then there's going to be five buckets for varying stages of veg growth and two buckets for mamas - figure those seven buckets will all roughly be on the same nute schedule anyways, so that's what I'm planning to do, unless I quickly hear of a good reason not to.

Need to run to the hydro store and grab eight of those $5 airstones and then I'm good to go - just gonna use my test system from the other night, so it's really just taping out the buckets and cutting holes in the lid, shouldn't take long at all.