Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

StinkBud said:

Yes you need to run the pumps. As soon as you have a nice tap root pull the seedling out.

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Thanks, have you ever considered the method of just putting the seeds in a paper towel inside the cloner and then putting in the neoprene after they get a tap root? I've heard good things about it, seems like everyone has their own method for starting from seed though.
Thank you for all the great info over the years, I've bought your books and been a fan a long time. Starting my first grow soon once my room is complete, kandy Kush seeds are waiting!

Stink bud I've read so far through the first 48 pages of this epic post and inspiration was a flame! I'd love to read your high times article, how many have you written?

Here's my mock up

I'm only going to do one row of 5 plant sites spaced 5-6 inches apart from one another, and I decided to go with 4" PVC tube instead of fence post for aesthetic reasons alone, (although it's just dawned on me how the net pots will awkwardly set in a round tube rather than flat post)I have the tube go into a 4" to 2" down tube where I have a screen awaiting curious roots before they get in to my reservoir. Also my reservoir will be a 15 gal cooler. One of the reasone why I go down to the 2" down tube is because it fits perfect in a cup holder on the cooler. I chose a cooler because I am all too accustom with root rot in DWC and if I throw in a frozen 2liter water bottle once a week, my temps will stay below 70 degrees.



I went to the Home Depot and got a few things then on the way home found a new grow shop (called the grow room) it was great because I was going to get everything off amazon (sprayers n timers n junk) but stumbling upon a place tucked in an industrial area I have everything today. Except no one had a 4ft 4"pcv tube so that is tomorrow's quest. Also I've more 1/2" tubing that I'm going to get to complete the stand and plumbing.

Anyway I'm too high on hash and ranting. Stinky ol boy, you're alright,

joespit said:

Stink bud I've read so far through the first 48 pages of this epic post and inspiration was a flame! I'd love to read your high times article, how many have you written?

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I'm only going to do one row of 5 plant sites spaced 5-6 inches apart from one another, and I decided to go with 4" PVC tube instead of fence post for aesthetic reasons alone, (although it's just dawned on me how the net pots will awkwardly set in a round tube rather than flat post)I have the tube go into a 4" to 2" down tube where I have a screen awaiting curious roots before they get in to my reservoir. Also my reservoir will be a 15 gal cooler. One of the reasone why I go down to the 2" down tube is because it fits perfect in a cup holder on the cooler. I chose a cooler because I am all too accustom with root rot in DWC and if I throw in a frozen 2liter water bottle once a week, my temps will stay below 70 degrees.

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I went to the Home Depot and got a few things then on the way home found a new grow shop (called the grow room) it was great because I was going to get everything off amazon (sprayers n timers n junk) but stumbling upon a place tucked in an industrial area I have everything today. Except no one had a 4ft 4"pcv tube so that is tomorrow's quest. Also I've more 1/2" tubing that I'm going to get to complete the stand and plumbing.

Anyway I'm too high on hash and ranting. Stinky ol boy, you're alright,

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NICE bro! I really like your ideas. Your system is going to kick ass! My first system used round 4" PVC pips with 2" inserts that held the net pots level. The cooler is another great idea. In fact I've looked at them myself. The make big ones with wheels that would be perfect for a large system.

As far as water temps go, as long as your room stays under 78 degrees you should be Okay. Water stays about 10 degrees cooler than the air. Keep the photos coming bro.

One more thing... The Blue Cheese I'm running now is looking great! If it smokes as good as it looks then it will be a winner.

Bigdogfirecrotch said:

Thanks, have you ever considered the method of just putting the seeds in a paper towel inside the cloner and then putting in the neoprene after they get a tap root? I've heard good things about it, seems like everyone has their own method for starting from seed though.
Thank you for all the great info over the years, I've bought your books and been a fan a long time. Starting my first grow soon once my room is complete, kandy Kush seeds are waiting!

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I think that's a great idea bro! Whatever works for you is the best in my opinion. There are a million methods for starting seeds but you just can't beat the old paper towel method. Be sure and post some pics of your new grow and good luck!

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NICE bro! I really like your ideas. Your system is going to kick ass! My first system used round 4" PVC pips with 2" inserts that held the net pots level. The cooler is another great idea. In fact I've looked at them myself. The make big ones with wheels that would be perfect for a large system.

As far as water temps go, as long as your room stays under 78 degrees you should be Okay. Water stays about 10 degrees cooler than the air. Keep the photos coming bro.

One more thing... The Blue Cheese I'm running now is looking great! If it smokes as good as it looks then it will be a winner.

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How do you think having 5 of greenhouses strawberry haze are going to do in my rigeramajig? They have super silver haze in them, but I do plan to top,LST,super crop, and perhaps my first scrog.

I could/should probably not go with 5 plants with 15 gal cooler, but I really wanna just pop the whole pack

Wow ain't you a stinker, ol' stinky!

I've assembled and tested my drug machine And it's so simple, I love it and you stink.
Gone are the days of hauling buckets, to hell with theincessant whirr of airstone pumps, and herald the coming problems of having too many pots.

I give you the spit-stinker, of course all credit goes to you stink but I gotta try and sneak my name in somewhere.

With all of your inspiration I've totally gotten rid of all clothes that need to be hung up and converted my closet in to a zen garden filled with perpetual enlightenment. I plan to split my 6x3x8 closet into a veg and flower chamber. While I'ven't made the veg side I plan on making your cloner perhaps from a 5gal bucket with maybe 13 sites then I'll make your veg double kerfuffle with probably 10 sites and then my flower room will consist of the current 5 plat set up I've made. I like the idea of having a number of plants around even of they never make it out of veg because I like to juice raw hemp, it gives an energy kick stronger than wheat grass!

I'm paper toweling 5 strawberry haze seeds that, and tell me if I'm wrong, I was just going to put in a plug and grow this batch with out taking the rapid rooter plug apart... I'm lazy and figure what's the difference, maybe a mold potential?




Also with the five sites I have 10 sprayers connected to an 800gph pump...I think it's over kill but my only other pump is 158gph and I don't have an adapter to hook it to the PVC...again lazy, but should I use the lesser pump? Certainty the 800 makes short work of draining the reservoir and I likey that as I'm using like a 100' hose (to go 20 feet of course ) and I don't think the shorty pump could push through all that hose.
Now I just need to make water line marks so I know haw much is in the res and I'm growing again and I feel it will be better than I've ever done before. Thank you sir stink!

It's alive!!!!!



I. Super happy with being a stink buddy!

Few notes:

-I did ever so slightly stray away from KISS and two of my joints are leaking almost 1 drop every time the sprayers turn on. I foresee it remedying itself once the roots get big, but I can live with the buckets until harvest and I can't glue all the leaks or else I can't take apart to clean.

- my pump cycle timer I think isn't starting g the pump every time, I think it misses a cycle once every 50 cycles or so. I could just be going a lil crazy, but it also could be that the 800gph pump is too much for the timer and I should probably make one of andymans relays

-using hydroponic researches "veg+bloom" I've my ppms set low at 270 just to introduce the seedlings to nuits. I've never used this formula before so I'm taking it easy.

I. Going to be grow journaling on RIU, this grow is listed on my signature as; my closet zen garden of perpetual enlightenment.


So I got rid of all clothes that need to be hung up and slip my closet to grow perpetually.

Stink I'm so glad to have read your words of wisdom and this thread has turned into a community, if the internet were a place you'd be mayor of this part. No only have you cultivated amazing crops, but you've helped make people as amazing as your big buds.

Well 800gph pump is definitely too hot for my cooler, which may be acting as a thermos at this point. I have a 138gph I'm going to try and see if it can pump to my sprayers. But I've never seen seedlings grow so fast, it messes up my internal clock and I think a lot more time has gone by

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joespit said:

Well 800gph pump is definitely too hot for my cooler, which may be acting as a thermos at this point. I have a 138gph I'm going to try and see if it can pump to my sprayers. But I've never seen seedlings grow so fast, it messes up my internal clock and I think a lot more time has gone by

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How many spray heads are you running? Specs for EZ Clone sprayer heads are 31 GPH at 20psi. So every head takes about 30 gph to give you a decent spray. You could run 4-5 sprayers with a 138 gph pump.

StinkBud said:

How many spray heads are you running? Specs for EZ Clone sprayer heads are 31 GPH at 20psi. So every head takes about 30 gph to give you a decent spray. You could run 4-5 sprayers with a 138 gph pump.

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I probably over did it with 10

StinkBud said:

How many spray heads are you running? Specs for EZ Clone sprayer heads are 31 GPH at 20psi. So every head takes about 30 gph to give you a decent spray. You could run 4-5 sprayers with a 138 gph pump.

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Hey SB. You still run timer 1on 4 off , I just built my double stack vegg tote was wounded what would be the ideal timer setting for vegg .. Could I cut it to 30sec on

Well about two weeks in and everything is running superb!!!!!


Stink I've dreamed of a system this reliable and easy.. I know I'm only a few weeks in but thus far I'm smitten with your system.


Never have I ever had roots that look this healthy, I know DWC is a completely different game, but areo is the way to do it I most certainly think so!

A few questions though stink master;
Currently I'm using fem seeds and when I begin the perpetual grow, how should I go about choosing the pheno that's just right? As you can see some are growing better than others, or what I assume is better because it's bigger stronger faster, but should I wait until these trees are harvested and tested to see which pheno I prefer?

This I have to try Thanks StinkBud for sharing, this is going to be a great setup.
Many Thanks.

Peace

I've read through 150 pages of this thread, purchased the book, and am on my way to building my own setup in a 24'x11.6'x7' room. Amazing info from everyone here, and special thanks to Stink!

First person I hope to help is my parents, struggling to keep quality and quantity in soil. Getting them switched and not have it be as much work will be a godsend, so you sir Stink are the man!

Can't say thank you enough!

Hello all,im pulling up a chair.

Well stinky I built me a veg/cloner box!



What's you're method of keeping track how much water is in there? In my flower chamber it's easier to access the reservoir but with this double set up it's not so simple. I was using my hose to fill a half gallon pitcher and going from there. I used slits with a box cutter rather then making large holes because I don't want roots getting in res. Also I don't think I'll be able to use a clone box because I'ven't the room in my closet for all three. So sans cloner I'll have to keep these plants in here while the others finish (10 weeks) I'm sure I'll have to throw out a crop or two (and by throw out I mean cold press juice shots )



But here's the closet in all it's glory!

I know I won't be harvesting every two weeks with this strain(strawberry haze) it'll at least be every 7-10 weeks. I plan on running this strain until I find the pheno I like, grow out a full crop of that pheno and after that I who knows what will happen. Bit stink I certainly couldn't of done this with anything but your system. You're a mad man savant making everything almost too simple and self contained. I could have done this in another medium but it would've been half as many plants. And from what I've seen from you're pics areo give you the largest and perhaps healthiest plants possible grown indoors.

I'm looking to re-purpose this setup to try growing other plants in larger numbers so ~$20 per 8ft post is too expensive and too short.

Is it possible to use round pvc piping? I'm concerned with sprayers making a mess around the netpots as they don't sit flat.

That

Voidling said:

I'm looking to re-purpose this setup to try growing other plants in larger numbers so ~$20 per 8ft post is too expensive and too short.

Is it possible to use round pvc piping? I'm concerned with sprayers making a mess around the netpots as they don't sit flat.

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what I've been using. I forget how much mine was but it's pretty comparable to ~$20

$25 for 8 foot fence post, $20 for 10ft round. So yeah I guess price isn't a determining factor. Was just thinking of making longer runs. Maybe I'll do multiple individual units instead at 8 ft long but have to figure out how to do all my returns.