The UK Growers Thread!

[mrt1980]

i got a double one,, and have NO extraction on it,, just the glass sheet on the bottom, dropped theheat in my grow room down massively,, with no extraction,, bear in mind they are heavy!! i dont trust mineon yoyos and just got sum chains delivered,,

Makes a bit of sense mate. It probably holds the hot air right by the bulb instead of it being blown around by the plants

Can't u stick your extractor duct onto one end of the hood so it pulls the air out the grow over the bulb and out if the vent?

Im going to look into that mate. I was thinking about it before but my extractor is 8" and the air cooled hoods are usually about 6". I can get one of those adaptors to go from 8" to 6" but im not sure how it will effect the air flow. It probably wont make much difference tho so ill give it a go

just been crazy busy matey, hows things all you lot?stuck in my bb order yesterday hhhmmmmm cant wait, fair play to th lads they no who they r, banging promo and new strains cant wait...any u lot play a online game called clash of the clans?

Ive never played that mate. I used to be addicted to evony tho. I'd spend over 12hrs a day on that just sending my troops out to attack forts for food to feed my army

 

[mrt1980]

Attatch ya filter to one side of ya hood, extractor to other pulling air through filter accross bulb and out the grow room this is the easy way and if temps are not too much of a problem then works well. Many ways to go with it could pull through the lights and blow through the filter. I have an 6" extractor for lights only (this needs to be 8" for next grow), this pulls fresh cool air from outside accross my 3 lights and as its all nice and sealed theres no need for a filter on that duct run so airflows/cooling is great, weather permitting lol still ave trouble in summer. Well took 30 odd cuts yesterday, all are still standing so thats no a bad sign, only need 24 for my nft grow and these should be well ready for the flip by the time my current grows finished. Looking forward to knocking all this watering by hand on the head and theres gonna be far less coco all over the kitchen.

Im ok for temps at the mo but i did have problems in the summer. I was looking into a new reflector more for light coverage but if i can bring temps down a bit i might up the power of the lights to 1000w. Anyone know a good air cooled reflector for light coverage? Ive looked at the cool tubes but dont think they would be as good as say the aerowing. I havent looked into the too much tho

 

[jimmygreenfingers]

Get yaself the multi duct nft tables, thos in the link are fine but no better than a multiduct imo. Ive built nft systems out of soil pipe almost the same as the ones in the link so that may be an option for ya if your into a bit of diy.

 

[jimmygreenfingers]

Im ok for temps at the mo but i did have problems in the summer. I was looking into a new reflector more for light coverage but if i can bring temps down a bit i might up the power of the lights to 1000w. Anyone know a good air cooled reflector for light coverage? Ive looked at the cool tubes but dont think they would be as good as say the aerowing. I havent looked into the too much tho

Aerowing is about the best aircooled light hood about for the price i think although theres a few others about since i got mine. These are huge and heavy but have great light spread and are sealed unlike some air cooled hoods you can buy.

 

[mrt1980]

Aerowing is about the best aircooled light hood about for the price i think although theres a few others about since i got mine. These are huge and heavy but have great light spread and are sealed unlike some air cooled hoods you can buy.

Cheers mate. They looked quite good but i havent read into them lol. Are those nft systems any better than growing in coco then? I was happy with the difference in soil and coco but wouldnt mid upgrading my system in the next grow or 2

 

[jimmygreenfingers]

Multiducts dont need to sit on the res, mine dont as it sits on a frame so i have easy access to the res. Yeah any of thos are great mate, NFt is a great way to grow and im going back to it after a break of about 3 years or so and i cant wait lol. As i say if you have a basic tool kit get yourself some 110mm soil pipe and a few fittings and you can have an nft system built to fit a particular space very easily. But if ya wanna go the easy route then any one of thos will do ya fine.

 

[jimmygreenfingers]

Cheers mate. They looked quite good but i havent read into them lol. Are those nft systems any better than growing in coco then? I was happy with the difference in soil and coco but wouldnt mid upgrading my system in the next grow or 2

I suppose its what suits you as a grower, NFT i can setup and leave for days if i wanted, coco and pots and handwatering is a pain if theres a few plants to do, i could rig a drip system up to do the watering but it still wouldnt match NFT for speed of growth or yield but thats just my opinion, but really i'd say any active system will be better if speed and yield are what your after. DWC great but again if you have 6 or more buckets on the go that can cause issues lol. NFT does the lot and is probably the easiest sytem out there i reckon.

 

[mrt1980]

I suppose its what suits you as a grower, NFT i can setup and leave for days if i wanted, coco and pots and handwatering is a pain if theres a few plants to do, i could rig a drip system up to do the watering but it still wouldnt match NFT for speed of growth or yield but thats just my opinion, but really i'd say any active system will be better if speed and yield are what your after. DWC great but again if you have 6 or more buckets on the go that can cause issues lol. NFT does the lot and is probably the easiest sytem out there i reckon.

I got one of those wilma big 4 kits after my first grow but never set it up. I was waiting on window fitters coming up but they keep putting it off for a few weeks every time. The more i think of it the less i want to use it because i think ill need a longer veg to fill the 1m square with only 4 plants. I was looking at the 6 pot DWC systems but they want nearly £400 for them

 

[jimmygreenfingers]

ive just gone ahead and bought the multicult system 2 gully kit, with the 2meter one i can actually shorten the width which helps me alot, the suregrow had a metal frame so couldnt! , thanks for the help Jimmy, im way to lazy to build it, plus after looking into prices and getting it all, getting the glue and that the fittings, im saving very little money, well when compared to the Multecult kit anyway

Ill start up a diary soon and link if for you

My New Baby

LOl yeah building things sounds easy but they can take a bit longer than planned, i use the nutriculture md601 and ill be adding another at the end of my current grow so link us when you do start and ill drop some pics off in your thread lol. Be intersted to see your setup in action, like anything nft.

 

[jimmygreenfingers]

I got one of those wilma big 4 kits after my first grow but never set it up. I was waiting on window fitters coming up but they keep putting it off for a few weeks every time. The more i think of it the less i want to use it because i think ill need a longer veg to fill the 1m square with only 4 plants. I was looking at the 6 pot DWC systems but they want nearly £400 for them

Really mrt as i was saying to avid, you could build it for less just gonna take you some spare hours is all get the same results for less cash. I like the look of the rdwc and been looking at some sytems by currentculture but they aint cheap either so ill be sticking with nft. One system i never used was the wilma, think SSB used one a while ago and he was the only one i see using them. If ya after trying a different system id go for dwc or nft.

 

[mrt1980]

Really mrt as i was saying to avid, you could build it for less just gonna take you some spare hours is all get the same results for less cash. I like the look of the rdwc and been looking at some sytems by currentculture but they aint cheap either so ill be sticking with nft. One system i never used was the wilma, think SSB used one a while ago and he was the only one i see using them. If ya after trying a different system id go for dwc or nft.

If i was any good at building stuff mate i'd have a go. When i get my adsl wire i'll upload a pic of a bird house i made last week. I fucked my wrist up while i was trying to snap the wood that i cut all wonky lol. Im ok at making things on a machine ie lathe or milling machine but when it comes to doing things by hand im shit lol

 

[jimmygreenfingers]

Even you could build one mrt lol, sometimes its worth looking into building a complete system other times its not i find. I just use the top tray from an nft systems the rest of it ive knocked together to how i want it rather than shelling out the full 180 for the whole setup. Mix and match is probably the best way lol.

 

[Closetgardner]

Aerowing is about the best aircooled light hood about for the price i think although theres a few others about since i got mine. These are huge and heavy but have great light spread and are sealed unlike some air cooled hoods you can buy.

Yh i agree, the aero wing is a really good cool hood. The magnum XL range are real good too, their coverage is probly the best. Mrt cool tubes are good but after reading around on the net, I sold mine and bought an aero wing. The light distribution with the tubes is ment to be really poor as it lets light shine up past the tube, it's not all directed down wards. Id just spend that wee bit extra for a better one man.

 

[jimmygreenfingers]

Thos mag xxl hoods are good n all but its the price that put me off, i needed 3 lol so it was gonna be a bit of a dent in the pocket to get thos babys.

 

[drgrowshit]

ha ha well happy got my 250mh and fan today

 

[Closetgardner]

On ya go mate!!! They'll start shooting up now

 

[Closetgardner]

Thos mag xxl hoods are good n all but its the price that put me off, i needed 3 lol so it was gonna be a bit of a dent in the pocket to get thos babys.

Yh your spot on there!!! That's why I think the aero wing is probly the best value for money that I've seen yet.

 

[mrt1980]

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Even you could build one mrt lol, sometimes its worth looking into building a complete system other times its not i find. I just use the top tray from an nft systems the rest of it ive knocked together to how i want it rather than shelling out the full 180 for the whole setup. Mix and match is probably the best way lol.

Ill have a look at building some sort of DWC pot. The more i think about it the more i think something with pots will work better for me. Ive got my 2.4x1.2m tent that im using for flowering and veg at the mo but i got my old 1.2m square tent that i want to use as a veg tent. If i use pots i want to build a little frame above each with something like pea netting to use as a scrog screen. I can veg them up in the veg tent and put them straight into the flower tent then. I can veg up some cuttings for 4 weeks and put them in the one side and 4 weeks later put the next batch in the other side. That way i'll be chopping every 4 weeks. Its better than a 2-3 day chopping session lol

 

[spooningbadgers]

any 1 ever grown autos before??

 

[mantiszn]

shark shock and strawberry cheesecake