600W C99 Organic Scrog

Mechanical

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Topped both of them today after their 5th node.

Pre Snip
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Post Snip

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The Aftermath
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Will give them their first nute feeding tomorrow. Cotelydons are fully yellow on both of them.
 
Mechanical

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I'll measure when the lights come back on at 8:15. I'm not any good at guessing inches.. Lol at least that's what my GF says:)
 
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Soil felt pretty dry and I did a little reading on organics and letting your soil totally dry out isn't good.Went ahead and gave them their first feedings. After mixing the seedling dose it ph'd to about 4.9 in distilled water. Box says not to adjust but I went ahead and adjusted it to 6.5 with organic Earth Juice.
 
Roomie

Roomie

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The screen looks pretty sharp, Mechani! What's up with the lower piping around the plants?
 
Mechanical

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Roomie said:
The screen looks pretty sharp, Mechani! What's up with the lower piping around the plants?
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Thanks man.. Well originally the piping was going to be used to house tubing for a drip system so I could just turn on a pump to water them. Don't know if I will set it up now though. Kind of depends on how difficult it will be to water them when the screen is getting full. I will probably just use a funnel with a hose on it unless I get high and get in the project mode:) So for now it just looks like extra PVC but that PVC is also what is holding up the stand for the smart pots under the table. You can't tell but they are hanging underneath. I'll take a pic..
 
Mechanical

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I dont know if you can see what I mean but this is one corner.

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This is how I collect my run off. I cut out holes in that wood piece slightly larger than the very bottom of the plastic drip trays so they sit down inside. I poked a bunch of holes in the bottom of those trays and then those buckets catch the drips. Makes it easy for me to flush em while they are being trained in the screen.

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Mechanical

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Ya I had a hydro setup before this one and it just didnt work out. I had ph problems from the get go so I scrapped it and started over with these in soil cause I know dirt and its less work. Im gone every other week for 7 days.. I work on a rig and my gf babysits them while im gone. Ph'n the res and checking ppms is a little much for her cause this is her first time and she doesnt stay at my house everyday I'm gone.. Mixing a gallon of nutes or watering with plain distilled water and raising the lights is no problem for her twice a week. Plus if something does go crazy I have more of a buffer in soil.

I had an ebb and flow system with two 5 gallon buckets, a 25g (i think) res, a 10 gallon top off res with a float valve set at the lowest point of the flood cycle, a ph/ppm/temp meter that stayed in the res, and all the other bells and whistles. System worked great. I almost bought one of those auto ph systems but I couldnt justify spending $750. I still have it all so if I ever change careers and get a normal job I'll give hydro another shot. One day:) Thanks for the kind words..
 
Adam & Cola

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I was curious what the other PVC pipes were as well. thanks for the explanation. I like the scrog too. It must have taken forever to screw in all those EYE hooks. Nice simple design though.

How much space do you have under your screen for rearranging your plant into the scrog? looks like a tight fit under there, hard to tell. I think mines going to be around 12" of space.
 
Mechanical

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Adam & Cola said:
I was curious what the other PVC pipes were as well. thanks for the explanation. I like the scrog too. It must have taken forever to screw in all those EYE hooks. Nice simple design though.

How much space do you have under your screen for rearranging your plant into the scrog? looks like a tight fit under there, hard to tell. I think mines going to be around 12" of space.
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Ya it did take a while. Whats funny is I also have a secondary screen if needed so the eye hooks you see are only half of them. On each side of the screen frame are pvc T's and the second screen sits 6'' above or I could make it shorter. Thats only if the buds get too tall and heavy though. Ive never scrogged this strain so I dont know exactly how they are going to stretch. From the soil to screen is 8'' and from table to screen is about 6''. Plenty of room to get my hand in there and there is also about 4'' of space between the sides and the walls. When you have 14 days off a month you tend to think alot and over plan:) I think building and designing is half the fun of growing though. Building grow rooms would be my dream job lol. I dont know if the amount of space really matters. I just thought 8'' sounded like a good even number..
 
Adam & Cola

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lookin good lookin good!! my set up is nearly completed. I just need to get some insulated ducting. Gona half to wait a couple weeks till payday though.

Here is a pic of my setup for the time being. 3x3 Oasis tent with an actuall footprint of 44.5" x 44.5"
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And hopefully my Female C99.
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I think building and designing is half the fun of growing though. Building grow rooms would be my dream job lol.
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Yeah If had all the right tools and a garage I would build my own grow box in a heart beat. Fun shit!! I'm pretty sure I could build a slick grow box.
 
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