CampUnderDog
Active Member
Ok, so I am sitting here in front of the computer doing nothing, and thinking about my grow, or the next step of my grow I should say. I just got done playing with a 12v CPU fan I will be using for the conversion... but I am getting ahead of myself.
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Growing Background
I have done 4 successful organic grows under 250w, 2 successful organic grows under 2x 125w CFL + 250w HPS, and a 12/12 from seed hydroponic grow with the RainForest 66 unit, and a 600w HPS. The last wasn't as successful as past ventures, I won't go into all the reasons for failure, but I believe my biggest reason was standing water in the unit, not enough movement of water, and some clogging of the pump.
While Looking for a new idea for my grow, I came across a video on YouTube by a guy named FogGrower, who did a Fogponic grow in a 20 gallon tub. He had some amazing results, and it got me thinking, I could do a conversion on my RainForest 66 unit, and really use it RainForest style, with Fog...
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The Plan
Here is my plan in thought, and word... pictures will come tomorrow when I do a little shopping and get the last few things I need.
Ok, so I already have the tent, a 600w HPS (which is currently growing 4 organics in 3 gallon pots 12/12 from seed), with good ventilation, air cleaning, and CO2 boost system. I also have the RainForest 66 Aeroponic unit.
I have ordered 2x Fogger with US Adaptor and they have been shipped out yesterday. Those will go into a 5 Gallon Bucket, with my Nutrients. Attached to the lid of the five gallon bucket will be a short stack (will probably ghetto rig something) with a 120mm super quiet 12v fan that I just got done rewiring to work with the system, this will blow air through, forcing the fog through the other opening in the lid. This other opening will be plugged with a heavy duty rubber grommet, and will have an RV Heavy Duty Sewer hose connecting the bucket / reservoir to the center of the RainForest 66, instead of having the standard Vortex Sprayer in the center. The RainForest reservoir will fill with fog, and all will be well.
Now the RainForest unit will also need a little bit of redneck ingenuity, as I will show in pictures tomorrow. I want to get away from having ANY standing water near the roots, so I will need to ghetto engineer a new bottom to this unit, and I am too stoned to describe it in words right now, but you will see it come together in pictures tomorrow so...
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The Goal
I recently purchased THESE seeds online through Attitude, much love to the for their past services, and hopefully this one as well. The strains (in case you were too lazy to read the title of this post, or click the link) are Hollands Hope, Durban Poison, and Voodoo. I only plan on doing one of each in the converted RainForest 66 to start with. I will be working with tying them down very young, and bushing them as quickly as possible, because they will be 12/12 from seedling, just like everything else I grow.
I think the foggers will be on a timer... and only on during the daylight cycle, but have to do more research on that. I am basically posting my thoughts as a sounding board to you all, and of course will be updating quite frequently as to my progress through the whole thing.
For nutes I will be using General Hydroponics 3 part system that came with my RainForest, CalMag (when and if needed), and Super Thrive (I love this shit). I will be using at the most 1/2 strength on the nutes, I will be running the nutes through only one time, once the fog is used, it is used, and drains to a drip pan. At what rate, well that still remains to be seen.
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Concluding the First Post
This is going to be a project in progress, and will be happening around 4 organic plants as well, in my 3 x 3 growtent. I will post pictures here and there, with detailed updates, and hope you all ask many many questions and give lots of help throughout.
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Growing Background
I have done 4 successful organic grows under 250w, 2 successful organic grows under 2x 125w CFL + 250w HPS, and a 12/12 from seed hydroponic grow with the RainForest 66 unit, and a 600w HPS. The last wasn't as successful as past ventures, I won't go into all the reasons for failure, but I believe my biggest reason was standing water in the unit, not enough movement of water, and some clogging of the pump.
While Looking for a new idea for my grow, I came across a video on YouTube by a guy named FogGrower, who did a Fogponic grow in a 20 gallon tub. He had some amazing results, and it got me thinking, I could do a conversion on my RainForest 66 unit, and really use it RainForest style, with Fog...
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The Plan
Here is my plan in thought, and word... pictures will come tomorrow when I do a little shopping and get the last few things I need.
Ok, so I already have the tent, a 600w HPS (which is currently growing 4 organics in 3 gallon pots 12/12 from seed), with good ventilation, air cleaning, and CO2 boost system. I also have the RainForest 66 Aeroponic unit.
I have ordered 2x Fogger with US Adaptor and they have been shipped out yesterday. Those will go into a 5 Gallon Bucket, with my Nutrients. Attached to the lid of the five gallon bucket will be a short stack (will probably ghetto rig something) with a 120mm super quiet 12v fan that I just got done rewiring to work with the system, this will blow air through, forcing the fog through the other opening in the lid. This other opening will be plugged with a heavy duty rubber grommet, and will have an RV Heavy Duty Sewer hose connecting the bucket / reservoir to the center of the RainForest 66, instead of having the standard Vortex Sprayer in the center. The RainForest reservoir will fill with fog, and all will be well.
Now the RainForest unit will also need a little bit of redneck ingenuity, as I will show in pictures tomorrow. I want to get away from having ANY standing water near the roots, so I will need to ghetto engineer a new bottom to this unit, and I am too stoned to describe it in words right now, but you will see it come together in pictures tomorrow so...
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The Goal
I recently purchased THESE seeds online through Attitude, much love to the for their past services, and hopefully this one as well. The strains (in case you were too lazy to read the title of this post, or click the link) are Hollands Hope, Durban Poison, and Voodoo. I only plan on doing one of each in the converted RainForest 66 to start with. I will be working with tying them down very young, and bushing them as quickly as possible, because they will be 12/12 from seedling, just like everything else I grow.
I think the foggers will be on a timer... and only on during the daylight cycle, but have to do more research on that. I am basically posting my thoughts as a sounding board to you all, and of course will be updating quite frequently as to my progress through the whole thing.
For nutes I will be using General Hydroponics 3 part system that came with my RainForest, CalMag (when and if needed), and Super Thrive (I love this shit). I will be using at the most 1/2 strength on the nutes, I will be running the nutes through only one time, once the fog is used, it is used, and drains to a drip pan. At what rate, well that still remains to be seen.
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Concluding the First Post
This is going to be a project in progress, and will be happening around 4 organic plants as well, in my 3 x 3 growtent. I will post pictures here and there, with detailed updates, and hope you all ask many many questions and give lots of help throughout.
