40+ lbs with 12 Plants in 2 Rooms on a Flip

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Renfro

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Please explain more on this. This bulb runs on a gavita?
If it works on a gavita I'd be very interested in how it does on the 600 watt setting.. summer is coming
They aren't on the market yet. @GoBrah can enlighten you more. Pretty sure he said they will work with gavita when they come out.

Well this batch didn't work, just tried them. The same ballasts as I used before with the UV version, both set at 1000 watt setting. The one on the sunsystem ballast didn't strike an arc at all. The one on the nanolux ballast ran for a couple minutes and just stopped. I tried letting it cool and firing it up again but it did nothing. I put the HPS bulbs back in the ballasts and they are working fine.
 

GoBrah

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Please explain more on this. This bulb runs on a gavita?
If it works on a gavita I'd be very interested in how it does on the 600 watt setting.. summer is coming

I will talk with one GAVITA's ballast supplier we have worked with, we matched before but since GAVITA has multiple ballast suppliers i need make sure which one we have done matching.
 

GoBrah

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E ballasts. Honestly not gonna jump on it after hearing they have firing issues and a 100$+ price tag
surely the firing issue will be sorted out before it goes on market, but about the price i dont think there is any chance to bring a 1000W CMH down below $100
 

rob333

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These started 12/12 on 12/11/18 so they are about 23 days into flowering. Another 47ish to go.

Strain is Gorilla Glue #4. With this strain I manage 42 to 48 pounds.

Each row that has the galvanized trellis rig have 2 plants. 6 plants per room, 2 rooms on a flip. Each room has 9600 watts of lighting. 6000 DE overhead and 2400w vertical end row lights with batwings plus I use and 2 x 600 watt verticals between rows. The side lighting is on a high temperature cutoff in the rare event things get too hot.

My plants are in black 10 gallon buckets. The 2 oddball plants in the rolling white 5 gallon buckets are my girlfriends plants.

All buckets are top feed drain to waste (bucket in bucket with hose to floor drain). I use Berger BM6 HP medium. I cut my clones from plants about 14-20 days into 12/12 so as to improve branching. Once rooted and transplanted into 10 gallon buckets my plants veg for about 40 days from clone in a dedicated veg room and are then moved into the flowering rooms after a harvest and cleanup. Then they are vegged another 10-14 days to get them trellised out sideways to maximize canopy area, create more bud stalks and keep it even as possible.

Feed is General Hydroponics Flora 3 part with Armor Si and Calimagic. I also add Advanced Nutrients B52 and Age Old Mycorrhizae (dry) and Advanced Nutrients Carboload to feed those microbes. pH 6.3 to 6.7 using Advanced pH up and down.

Each room has a 4 ton ceiling mount minisplits (also on the flip with the lights), natural gas CO2 generators, autopilot controllers, swamp coolers to add humidity when required and dehumidifiers to keep it from getting to high (not a problem often here in this dry climate). RO filter provides clean H2O.

For scale purposes the galvanized pipe trellis rigs are 5 feet tall from the floor, 4 feet wide and 8 feet long.
40 lb no a few pounds yes
 

Renfro

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So I have an AC problem in room A, it's not cooling as it should so backup ventilation kicked in and high temp cutoff on the side lighting is doing it's job so no harm done. Turned the CO2 generators down to 750 PPM to reduce the heat generated between ventilation cycles.

So during the daylight I am gonna pump down the unit and weigh out the charge to see if it's low. Then hopefully just weigh in a proper charge and get it running. I can leak detect with a nitrogen pressure test between runs.

Always good to be keeping a close eye on things and detecting issues and fixing them fast. I am thankful that I have the ventilation setup and high temp cutoff for the side lighting because it's not a super major issue especially since this room runs at night when it's cooler outside.
 

diggs99

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So I have an AC problem in room A, it's not cooling as it should so backup ventilation kicked in and high temp cutoff on the side lighting is doing it's job so no harm done. Turned the CO2 generators down to 750 PPM to reduce the heat generated between ventilation cycles.

So during the daylight I am gonna pump down the unit and weigh out the charge to see if it's low. Then hopefully just weigh in a proper charge and get it running. I can leak detect with a nitrogen pressure test between runs.

Always good to be keeping a close eye on things and detecting issues and fixing them fast. I am thankful that I have the ventilation setup and high temp cutoff for the side lighting because it's not a super major issue especially since this room runs at night when it's cooler outside.
Im not sure if i got smarter reading that, or realized how lost i would be trying to keep a room like yours dialed in lol
 

rob333

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lol I got close last run, and it was flipped too soon. This one should be 40+. Done it many times before so your doubts are unwarranted. Glad to have you drop by, watch this run and see what ya think!
mate i have seen 40 lb grows that aint even close good luck tho peace
 

diggs99

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5-10 pounds off one plant?

Got pics of flowering? Would love to see what kind of beast that must be lol
 
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