Almost on the vertical level!

Been wanting to go vertical, since I seen the coliseum on the high times mag years ago. I would never b able to afford a coliseum, neither less want one shipped to me! I’m looking in the threads and y’all got sum neat shit! I was just going to build me a wooden shelf octagon.
I went with 2 600 mh, and 1 600 hps for lighting. In cool tubes of course, with ventilation 4 tubes entering/exiting from outside. My question is what size octagon to build completely around them. I was thinking, and hoping for 6’? What would b the best size for my lighting. My cool tubes r 20” each, 60” stacked in 3. My ceiling height is standard 8’, and I have them hanging 2’ off the floor.

Thedunnaman said:

Been wanting to go vertical, since I seen the coliseum on the high times mag years ago. I would never b able to afford a coliseum, neither less want one shipped to me! I’m looking in the threads and y’all got sum neat shit! I was just going to build me a wooden shelf octagon.
I went with 2 600 mh, and 1 600 hps for lighting. In cool tubes of course, with ventilation 4 tubes entering/exiting from outside. My question is what size octagon to build completely around them. I was thinking, and hoping for 6’? What would b the best size for my lighting. My cool tubes r 20” each, 60” stacked in 3. My ceiling height is standard 8’, and I have them hanging 2’ off the floor. View attachment 4132811

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What MH lamps are you running there?

I have 2 advanced nutrients bad ass 600w mh conversion bulbs. I will run them on my old gro pro duel 600hps ballast. I also have the 1 advanced nutrients bad ass 600w hps bulb in the middle. I run that one on my harvest pro elite 600w hps ballast. I also have back up ballast, of the same kind, and brand. Just Incase. It’s alot easier to buy a bulb near me. Ballast r hard to come by.

I only have 1 room in the pool house so a 9’6”x13’ room is what I have for my entire solar system. I do have a bathroom, but I only use it to water, and maintenance the moms in the shower, and use the sink to mix my advanced connoisseur grow program. My veg rooms r 2 tents. (1) 2’x4’x5’ for mums, (1) 2’x2’x4’ for clones. Notice the mini split 12,000 btu I installed last week.

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Mums. I choose th seeds heavy duty fruity. I wanted stink, stank, stunk! Attitude had the promo so I do have some elemental seeds Huckleberry in their.
The 3 lager ones is 3 HDF seeds I started outside months ago. They flowered on me when first grown due to 12 hour sun around the time they was conceived. So I got to see I have 1 male, and 2 females. I reverted them back to veg to keep as moms.
The other smaller 6 is 3 more HDF, and 3 Huckleberry. I do not know the sex of yet, but I only cloned them twice. Last week As soon as I got clones off these to root, I put them in the small tent to determine sex. When I determine sex then I will trow out all the clones I cut from any males. I will not trow out the seed males just yet. They might come in handy later on.

I forgot 2 mention I want to flower about close to 100 plants vertical coliseum layout around my home made sun. Octogon shape, 5 to 6 tiers. I want 16 plants per tier. Plants in 2 gallon pots, with subcool organic super soil mix, and half organic original roots organic. HAND WATER! Hopefully I can get 1 zip per plant, puts me at a lb per tier. These numbers put me at 1.25-1.5 gram per watt. I figure, if u gonna b down, b down all the way, why use walls when u can use plants!
So working with these numbers I have to get my mothers right. I read this good article about bonzi mums. https://www.growery.org/2994/Bonsai-Mothers
I figure I need a few of them to keep up with the demand for clones, and low maintenance.

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What are the lights in your veg tents?
Does Advanced still make bulbs?
Also, where are you located?

T5 4 lamps. 2’ in the small tent, 4’ In the larger tent. I do not know if advanced is still making the bulbs, But they do have sum on eBay right now. eBay item number 130948660980 . And as far as where I’m at, I like to call it Never-Never Land!

Forgot 2 mention both t5’s are high output. HO for short.

I buy the cheapest new t5ho lights off eBay. They r nice, but the cheap China ballast they come with suck! Both t5ho light ballast have been changed with replacement t5HO ballast from Home Depot or Lowe’s. When the ballast goes it usually takes a bulb or 2 with it. My local garden and pet feed stores carry aquatic t5HO bulbs at 6500k.

And I also make sure I have extra long/short tombstones when taking apart these lights. The tombstones r cheap and sometimes break when being removed.

When u change the t5ho ballast to a good advanced-Phillips, or ge. They work a lot longer due to a better made ballast.

Thedunnaman said:

And I also make sure I have extra long/short tombstones when taking apart these lights. The tombstones r cheap and sometimes break when being removed.

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You clearly have enough skill with electronics to build a Quantum Board kit or two. You should try them. You'll like them.

ttystikk said:

You clearly have enough skill with electronics to build a Quantum Board kit or two. You should try them. You'll like them.

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Are you and Stephen fucking?

Quantum board? I have no idea what that is. If it involves a soldering iron, and chip boards, I’m all in! I’m a beast with electronics, I fix golf cart controllers, and pcb boards all the time. My full time job is a window tinter though. One hit, I’m not gay, he sucked my dick! Lol!

Just bought the wood for the home made octogon. Never thought I’d see the day a 2x10, is cheaper than a 1x10. Paid about 230$ in (14) 2x10x10, (4) 2x10x12, and a box of 2 1/2 kreg pocket jig screws. Designing it on paper tonight. Cutting and building tomorrow.

Went ahead and did my design. Every thing didn’t plan out as I intended. I didn’t go from ceiling 2 floor with my lights so I had to tweak things up a bit. I wanted to go 5 tiers but mathematically I couldn’t. So instead I have 2 go 4 tiers. But on layout looks like I can leave out one side of the octagon for entry, and still fit 3 plants per shelf. So 7x3=21 per tier, and 21x4 tiers= merry Christmas! My octagon will b 6’ outer diameter, with 9.5” wide shelves.
Got everything cut, now I’m listening 2 my neighbors arguing. Sounds like she was telling the guy she caught him fucking someone else. Lol. Glad I’m done cutting for the night. I cut (35) pieces 2”x10”x28 5/16” (long end) on 22.5 degree angle on my makita miter saw. Then I have ( pieces for the uprights 2”x10”x77 3/4”. Each side is starting 12” off the floor (so I can clean under the octagon). Each chamber includes the 1.5” wood thickness at 16” per chamber. Plus I added another 1.75 for another piece at the top. So here is where I’m at so far!