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Aussie Growers Thread
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LeeroySlim
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im thinking of trying to get an early outdoor harvest this year, i want to bring in some of my girls inside in a dark room at the end of december, do u think after 2 weeks of this it will reveg again in mid jan or do u guys think this is enough to keep it flowering?
smallclosetgrowr
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it wouldnt be far off but i would think it might reveg , i would put it out at feb
hey guys so im gonna build my r/DWC tomorrow.....so far its about $350 but thats inc ph and EC meters.
One problem im havin though, is i was going to use 4mm hose as the inlet and 19mm as the outlet as that seems to be the norm(?). Problem is i have to take a 19mm and reduce it to 4mm and dont seem to find anything to do this....any help?
EDIT: i saw some multi port headers once...cant seem to find them now.
The alt was to run 19mm and use that puncture tool to place in 4mm barbs then run from that....donno if they can handle the pressure though?
One problem im havin though, is i was going to use 4mm hose as the inlet and 19mm as the outlet as that seems to be the norm(?). Problem is i have to take a 19mm and reduce it to 4mm and dont seem to find anything to do this....any help?
EDIT: i saw some multi port headers once...cant seem to find them now.
The alt was to run 19mm and use that puncture tool to place in 4mm barbs then run from that....donno if they can handle the pressure though?
Rusty Crutch
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I don't quite understand you.
If you're top feeding then you will go from the pump in the reservoir to a main 13mm line with 6mm feeders coming of that to the pots.
All of the pots are connected to the reservoir with 19mm irrigation hose at the base of the pots. You only really need to top feed when the plant is young before the roots hit the water. I finally ripped my 13mm system out in disgust over 2 weeks ago.
Found the picture
http://www.sprinklerwarehouse.com/v/vspfiles/images/drip_irrigation/xeri_bird_bg.jpg
OR
http://www.howtohome.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ols_rbpsl2.jpg
Useing a puncture and barb like setup i could do that
EDIT:
On a side note, i got my seeds from Herbies Headshop within a week of payment being received. Well packaged and speedy delivery. Just in case people were wondering about trusty seed banks. This said i havnt germinated them yet so who knows.
EDIT1:
i went to bunnings and got a bunch of connectors and what not. I went for the puncture and barb method for now as they didnt have that multi port thing. HOWEVER the buckets they had there were shit and no lids, so i still need to get more stuff from discount hydro, so if anyone knows where to get that multi port thing from please let me know
smallclosetgrowr
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goto bunnings and goto the irragation isle. youll need to block the end of the 19mm tubing and then just puncture holes into the hose and plug in the 4mm connection peices.Found the picture
http://www.sprinklerwarehouse.com/v/vspfiles/images/drip_irrigation/xeri_bird_bg.jpg
OR
http://www.howtohome.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ols_rbpsl2.jpg
Useing a puncture and barb like setup i could do that
EDIT:
On a side note, i got my seeds from Herbies Headshop within a week of payment being received. Well packaged and speedy delivery. Just in case people were wondering about trusty seed banks. This said i havnt germinated them yet so who knows.
EDIT1:
i went to bunnings and got a bunch of connectors and what not. I went for the puncture and barb method for now as they didnt have that multi port thing. HOWEVER the buckets they had there were shit and no lids, so i still need to get more stuff from discount hydro, so if anyone knows where to get that multi port thing from please let me know
herbies are awesome i reccomend them all the time.there the fastest seedbank to deliver and the cheapest on the net (no joke).
smallclosetgrowr
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skiz or u could just by those O ring things that go around the top of your pots , there a 19mm to 19mm connection
Thats exactly what i ended up buying
HOWEVER if i manage to find the thing i want ill still get it. Yer they seem pretty great, because my G13 got here so fast i just ordered some Jock Horror. They are Sativa (im sick of just getting burnt out when i want to have a "day" smoke) and autos so it should be ok to hide some outside but ill chuck two under some fluros indoors aswell to test out my new DWC im building and i wont have to worry about Mr Copter finding them with his new IR camera
Strain: http://www.herbiesheadshop.com/sativa-jock-horror-autoflowering-feminised-seeds-2558
I was looking at them, but they dont really do what i want.....they would make it look quite messy.
Yer i saw that but i donno.....just didnt thrill me lol.
For those who use r/DWC: What size bucket should i get and what size net pot? Ill be growing only two plants and myt res is only 25L tub (i wanted it to be small so i can fit everything in my cupboard
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smallclosetgrowr
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o yeah wasnt thinking , although my hydro guy just makes them for me with tubing so i can get any size
They'll stay in flower, I have had an issue with this before also GOD elaborated on this ~10 pages back, we do not have a long enough day ever to put a plant back to veg generally over 16hrs.
Grumpy Old Dreamer
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I may need to alter my stance on this subject a little.
I'm not sure that it is just the number of hours of daylight that matters - I think that if the number of hours/minutes of daylight is over 12 and the number is increasing each day, then the plant may believe that summer is approaching and revegging may happen.
The reason that I say this - I put a small flowering plant outdoors and the little fucker has revegged.
All I can say is that if light hours are constant (as in indoor growing) you need 16 hours+ to cause revegging. Outdoors, the number of hours daylight needs to be used together with whether the period of light is increasing or decreasing.
December 21st is generally the date when daylight hours start to decrease (in the southern hemisphere) so from mid-December onwards, a flowering plant should not reveg if placed outdoors.
Well I hope so I have plants that have inadvertantly flowered again because of all the rain and actual daylight hours dropping below 12, though I am not hopeful.
im pretty noob so prob wrong, but it seems the only plants that grow WELL outside are the autos? The photos seem to have so many of these issues which i find odd seems how Aus is stupidly hot most the time lol.
Honestly I'v had nothing but fuck ups with my outdoor crops, constant shit weather from drought to god damn el nina and people interuppting my grows. Indoors the same story got busted by an ex mate turned cop so even thats a shit fight.
Still the 3 KC42's I have out are all about 2 foot tall and the same wide and have 10 weeks or so of flower left and from previous experience I would guess I am going to yield 4 O at least a plant weather permitting, I've now decided to put my efforts into my 4 skunk special and 5 KC36's and am going to moster them and cross my skunk with my short rider and see of i can up the yield of autos.
steve6green
Active Member
just got my latest investment a timer that runs for 4 mins on one minute off to be used on my aeroponic cloner bought the misters from m10 for a ripoff price but hope to have a trial run this weekend
Grumpy Old Dreamer
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The spending never stops - just like every hobby I've ever had
So what are you growing Steve?