16000+ watts medigrow: og kush+ 13 x 1kw hps + 3 x t5 badboys + grotek = *HAPPY JOY*

Ninjabowler

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Kitty, i know that you have disproved some other posters claiming that umbrella hoods would improve your light usage. I agree with you but it stuck in my head. Then i smoked some blueberry trying to kill a brain hemorage of a headach and thought of this idea. If the hid bulbs were wired to point up instead of down like on a telescoping stand for instance and you placed umbrella reflectors or some reflective material over them suspended above the plant canopy. Do you think you could utilize a couple more lumins out of them? Idk if it would make much of a difference but it seems that theres still a decent percentage of light being lost in an upward direction. Its probably been thought of but some type of reflective celing that was lower....? Im NOT..suggesting that you try it but do you think it would help any with this type of model? I do understand that it would come with a price. Decresed mobility, increase in equipment damage, and circulation issues may arise.
I hope you get those plant stands with castor wheels you mentioned. Mr kitty could make them pretty cheaply for you (sorry mr. Kitty lol)...honey do..... Oh ya, have you seen the electric plant turners. Theyd be great for your video updates which i know you enjoy making :)
 
mellokitty

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welcome to the thread, i'm happy we can provide you with some stoned inspiration. :) (did you really spend your new year's reading us? i feel honoured :shock:)

hmm.....
i honestly can't think of where i might have disproved that..... i know i've talked wastage vis-a-vis bulb orientation (ie. vert vs. horizontal) where you lose a certain amount of light quality through reflectors but that's a bit different.....
i see parabolic reflectors in barevert rooms, they do help, but the cost/facial damage (usually me) tradeoff doesn't really work out in their favour in our case. instead, we hang our lights a bit lower and supplement overhead with t5s. i do admit we tend to be a bit complacent about the wastage (not just light) that goes on in our room, but it was designed with a bit of excess in mind; at 1000w : 3 plants, it's a scaled-down version of some of the bigger grows we've seen. interesting to note that 1000w : 2 plants almost always takes a comparative hit in yield, even if they're vegged longer.

upwards vertical and downwards vertical are basically the same; the light spreads outwards from the core with hardly any emitted from either pole. the room close to harvest would be rendered unworkable if there were 15 flammable/fragile things for me have to worry about knocking over (not that the plants aren't fragile and flammable but i'd have to be druuuuuunk to get in a fight with a 7 gallon pot and win). that would also entail a comfort-exceeding amount of wiring on the floor, or, if not on the floor, right at tripping level. we couldn't, for instance, hang said wires without bracing them away from the bulbs somehow.

isn't design such fun? i can hardly look at a greenhouse/warehouse/empty retail space/outbuilding without having visions of where and how i would hang lights. ("oo, oo, that loft space would be perfect for a pipe dream veg system...." :lol:)
 
Ninjabowler

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Sorry for the proof reading error, should not try it, is what i ment to say. Owch.

ya, i did stay up reading this thread new years night. Didnt wake up my nugget but i had some good laughs. You crack me up. I think im going to try a recipe or two out of your collection. I was wondering if fruity flavors come through at all? Say like a blueberry?
 
mellokitty

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Ninjabowler said:
Sorry for the proof reading error, should not try it, is what i ment to say. Owch.

ya, i did stay up reading this thread new years night. Didnt wake up my nugget but i had some good laughs. You crack me up. I think im going to try a recipe or two out of your collection. I was wondering if fruity flavors come through at all? Say like a blueberry?
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in my experience, no. piney and spicy tend to come through better. i think it has something to do with terpene degradation at decarb temps.
 
smokeingdog

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thats what u call a growroom,wish i had a spare room in my house i also pray it will b legal in my life time,i'd buzz growing legal even if we were only growing 4-5 plants it better than nothing
 
Wolverine97

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mellokitty said:
so what's new?

how was the vacay?

any breakthroughs with the harpin protein?

tell me everything!
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Oh, there have been lots of happenings round hea lately. I shut down for an extended period of time due to mites, and other forces of nature. Just finally getting things back in order here, but really my own inherent laziness was mostly to blame. I let things go on autopilot a bit too much, and by the time I spotted the invaders they had set up shop and were not easily showed to the door. I lost some great genetics that I'll probably never get back, but life goes on.

Vacation was most excellent, we're trying to plan another for March but we'll see. I have other plans that may require some additional funds, so we may sacrifice the island hopping this year. We'll see.

I've been very happy with what I've seen from using Halo, it really does seem to kick things into high gear. The two crops I pulled after starting with harpin protein had a considerably higher yield than usual, but I also used Black Pearl on those runs, so I can't say for certain that it was the Halo that did it. Everything else was the same as usual, so those two items are now part of my standard formula.

I have nothing in flower atm, everything is vegging. A few new strains, a few old, and some new beans to crack. Still bummed I missed a winter crop this year, they're always the best.

How's you? Still using the Bio Dome? How did the new OG (it was an OG wasn't it?)turn out?
 
mellokitty

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Wolverine97 said:
Oh, there have been lots of happenings round hea lately. I shut down for an extended period of time due to mites, and other forces of nature. Just finally getting things back in order here, but really my own inherent laziness was mostly to blame. I let things go on autopilot a bit too much, and by the time I spotted the invaders they had set up shop and were not easily showed to the door. I lost some great genetics that I'll probably never get back, but life goes on.

Vacation was most excellent, we're trying to plan another for March but we'll see. I have other plans that may require some additional funds, so we may sacrifice the island hopping this year. We'll see.

I've been very happy with what I've seen from using Halo, it really does seem to kick things into high gear. The two crops I pulled after starting with harpin protein had a considerably higher yield than usual, but I also used Black Pearl on those runs, so I can't say for certain that it was the Halo that did it. Everything else was the same as usual, so those two items are now part of my standard formula.

I have nothing in flower atm, everything is vegging. A few new strains, a few old, and some new beans to crack. Still bummed I missed a winter crop this year, they're always the best.

How's you? Still using the Bio Dome? How did the new OG (it was an OG wasn't it?)turn out?
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been there! sometimes life burns you out before you can get around to your chores.... and then it becomes a love-hate relationship with the girls, right?

other plans hey? i'd guess you're either moving, building something, or you knocked her up.... :lol:

interesting news about the halo, i'm still intrigued..... the half of the veg garden that got the black pearl seemed to outperform the side that didn't..... but it all got eaten by critters before any of it came to fruition so nothing grew long enough for me to tell if it was psychosomatic or not. i may have to hold off on the harpin though.... a buddy of mine wants us to test his new nute line so he's sending up a sample run. probably no new additives until that's done with.

the bio-dome is for veg only so it hasn't been up for a while but i guess it's pretty easy to take down/put up now that it's been built.

i literally haven't been to the production site since, uh, november (and i forgot my camera when i went - D'Oh!) but as far as i know the current strain is master kush (for real this time, no doppelgangers). hopefully pics *soon*. just jo~nesing for my GLV (green leaf volatile) fix.
 
mellokitty

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smokeingdog said:
thats what u call a growroom,wish i had a spare room in my house i also pray it will b legal in my life time,i'd buzz growing legal even if we were only growing 4-5 plants it better than nothing
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they sure don't make it easy for you guys over there do they? odd that holland's just across the channel.

fumble said:
Doing pretty good now. Just moved and settling in. Got my flu shot so thankfully not sick. Sorry you are sick up there.
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yeah, apparently it's "epidemic" here (isn't it every year??)..... it'd be better if i didn't have a toddler in preschool i bet. at what age do they stop being little germ disseminators? :lol:

mysunnyboy said:
hey girls :eyesmoke:
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'sup sunny..... refresh my memory.... what agri zone is that peninsula of yours in? 10? 12? it's almost time for me to start mucking aboot in the veg garden...... almost. (brr!)
 
Wolverine97

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mellokitty said:
been there! sometimes life burns you out before you can get around to your chores.... and then it becomes a love-hate relationship with the girls, right?

other plans hey? i'd guess you're either moving, building something, or you knocked her up.... :lol:

interesting news about the halo, i'm still intrigued..... the half of the veg garden that got the black pearl seemed to outperform the side that didn't..... but it all got eaten by critters before any of it came to fruition so nothing grew long enough for me to tell if it was psychosomatic or not. i may have to hold off on the harpin though.... a buddy of mine wants us to test his new nute line so he's sending up a sample run. probably no new additives until that's done with.

the bio-dome is for veg only so it hasn't been up for a while but i guess it's pretty easy to take down/put up now that it's been built.

i literally haven't been to the production site since, uh, november (and i forgot my camera when i went - D'Oh!) but as far as i know the current strain is master kush (for real this time, no doppelgangers). hopefully pics *soon*. just jo~nesing for my GLV (green leaf volatile) fix.
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LAWL. There'll be no knocking up around these parts if I can help it ;-) But you're pretty on point as usual, I want to build something. Nothing to do with the grow, just a nice vacay spot. Glad to see you're doing well.
 
mellokitty

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Joedank said:
missin the kitty !! JUST HAD MY BABY!! wish yall would come on down to colorado!! love you blessings:)
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OMFGeez

~*~ congratulations ~*~ (welcome, wee being!)

what an exciting time!! seriously might consider coming to colorado to meet your little bundle.... hope y'all are keeping safe with the biblical flooding.
if you have a p.o. box for me to send it to, i may seriously have to knit you something like a fairyweedgodmama. inbox me.
 
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