Wuddupguys!!
just sqwinging by to say hey, n let you guys know that my mothers are growing, and ill be starting my perpetualness pretty soon. Gypsy, you really got some fuckin DANK NUGS goin on man, n im proud to say that your my homeboy
hopefully i can get some nuggets as greasy n crystal covered as yours are real soon here man. Beautiful pics!!
So, i dont know if you read my last post or not, but i cant do dro once again, because i overshot my budget on equipment, since i moved into the new house, i had to spend a shit ton of cash of little odds n ends to make the wife happy, so it didnt look like we lived in 200 sq ft of emptiness, lol. Anyways, i DID however decide to progress even farther, and make my way to hydro, by choosing to make my medium relatively soilless, in a manner of speaking. Well, not soilLESS, but not much soil. Im usiing 2parts Perlite (FF big n chunky), 1 part vermiculite, and 1 part pro mix. then with the cottonseed meal added in right before potting, i figure that my results should be pretty well, at least IMO. This is just one step closer to my dream of having the ideal AL B. setup, using 4 4x4 flood tables (i already have one table - i originally had two, but i had to trade up one of them, along with a couple of the smaller wattage lights that i had, so i could afford to pick up another 1000w setup, and a 4ft carbon filter, lol!).
--so heres the setup - ill be using my original growtent for my mommies (5 moms in total --The Church, Sputnik, Dj Short Blueberry, Sour P, and i cant fuckin remember what the damn other one was, i gotta check my labels again, lol), and then i have a 10x10 area sectioned off, and tarped up. over each 5x5 area i have a 1000w Agromax complete system (ballast, bulbs, and solar six hood(a/c) ), and ill have 20 plants growing in each section, which will represent 10 plants in each stage of growth. So i guess itll actually be 4 sections, lol, but itll only be taped off as two sections, and itll be up to me to label everything correctly, hehe. On the side of my mother tent ill have a lil space sectioned off for my clones, which ill use to take 10 clones every two weeks. So even though the method im using is a little less accurate and precise than an ebb n flow setup would be, i think that as long as im using 6-8 wk strains, i should be pretty well on the mark, in getting a harvest every 2-3 wks.
Im thinking about doing something a little different though.. Im also thinking about figuring out a way to veg the plants for 2 wks maybe, so that i can top them maybe once, and give them a chance to get big, so that i can get more weight off of each plant. Do you (or you guys) think thats a bad idea, and ill actually get more than what ill need from 10 plants every two weeks? im looking to get anywhere in the area of 1/2 lb + per harvest, i just dont know if thatll cut the mustard with my grow method, seeing as im not doing 20+ plants per run, and its not hydroponic. Sorry if im babbling, i guess im looking for you guys opinions more than i am actually explaining how im going to do things.
If anybody has any advice to give that has experience with perpetual growth, please let me know. This will be my first attempt at sustaining perpetual harvests, so if anybody has any feedback on a way i can achieve my goal a little bit better, i am very receptive, and willing to make adjustments, as i have only begun to build my setup, due to inspectors coming by for gas, electric, and landlords and such. But thats all done now, and i can be left to my own devices for the next year, dialing in my technique and getting used to constantly having a harvest to deal with. Please, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to hit me up here, or in my journal, or even PM me, it doesnt matter. Im trying to read as much as i can, and learn as much as i can from all of you guys who have been growing perpetual for a long time, and i think im ready to take it on...it just sucks that i couldnt go hydroponic. I spent a couple weeks shopping around, trying to find suitable replacements just for the flood tables, but i couldnt think of anything good enough or sturdy enough to replace a 4x4 flood table, so i said screw it, and went with the growbags again. My choice in medium should get me a little closer to where i want to be in yield and precision, but i know that its just not the same. I was even looking at prefabbed sandboxes to buy as a replacement, lol, but theyre just as expensive as the tables, so i had to just put it off for a couple runs, until i can afford to pick up the proper equipment.
--sorry Gyps man, i know you wanted me to go hydro just as bad as i want to aswell, but putting it off for one or two runs until i can get 3 more tables is the smart move. Just a few short months and ill be there. I already got truncheons (ph n ec), pumps, rez's, tubing, tthe conical drill bit to drill my own holes in the tables, stands, and pretty much everything else i need to go hydroponic, but the tables man, i just dont wanna skimp on the quality. I know your probably gonna say build my own, lol, but im so limited at this point, i cant even buy the woood and supplies i would need to do that, lol. So i got what i need to start up a nice perpetual grow, and the cash i have left is to live off of for now, but ive already started saving up to improve the setup, and ill continue to stack money away over the months, so that i can do the damn thing right.
bah, sorry about that everyone. I know thats an awful lot to read, but its been about 3 wks since ive posted a rreal post on RIU, and i needed to let everyone know whats goin on, so i could get that feedback. Usually i come on here n confer with you guys before i go out n make descisions on my own, but this time since i knew that what i was doing would work, and i didnt have the ability to come on here at the time, i had to do it on my own. So like i said, any type of feedbback would be awesome guys.
Take it easy
-K1
