jigfresh
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone...
I've decided it's time to start my grow journal even though there are no plants yet, and I'm not 100% done with the construction. I find it pushes me to move things along when I have people on my thread asking "why the hell aren't you growing any plants yet, you shit"
So for this round I'm doing pretty much the same thing as last round - https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/306850-jigfreshs-grow-3-flooded-tube.html - only this time I added a level of tubes. There will be 10 plants (5 per level). I'm not sure what kind of light I will veg with (I have wayyyyyyy to many lights). But for flower I will be using the 1000w Hortilux EYE I have. It is in a DIY cooltube. There is a 6" inline fan cooling it and also sucking air from the closet to keep it cool, during lights on. I have a muffin fan up high that will run when lights are off to keep things fresh in the closet.
The closet itself is 2' x 3'... not a lot of space I know. My house is less than 600 sq.ft so not lots of room to grow. THe flooded tube setup is made from 4" soil pipe, which I wrap with foil tape to keep the pipes and water from heating up in the light. THe pipe is black. I have 4 dams in the tubes to keep about 1.5 inches of water in the bottom. I do this mostly because it scares me to think what would happen if my electricity went off for 24 hours (which it has done before). I've found that plants can stay quite happy in water that is just sitting... they just don't mature without the dissolved oxygen in it too.
I'm using a 30 gallon rubbermaid container as the rez. I think I'm going to use about 10 gallons of water at a time. I use Dutch Master nutes and always have. I am going to use what I have left of their Advanced line until it's gone then I am going to buy thier Gold line. I use all their additives as well. I've been very satisfied with the results of my previous 3 grows. I have a 400 g/h water pump that will deliver the water to the top of the tubes and it will flow through them and drop back into the rez. I guess you can call it a recirculating DWC of sorts, mixed with NFT... or something like that. I got the idea from Heath Robinson - https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/149998-heaths-flooded-tube-vertical.html
I will also be using a screen in place behind the plants to hold them back... they tend to grow into the light and with such limited space I need to hold them back so they aren't light bleached.
As for strains I have quite a few beans laying around that I beleive I am going to use this round. I've never germed a seed before so it should be interesting to see what happens. I have OG Kush, Headband, OG x Headband, Timewarp, Timewarp x Romulan, Trinity Rainbow Purple, and some bag seeds of unknown strains.
I actually don't smoke anymore... been 5 months since I have. Before that I smoked everyday for probably 13 years or so. However I can't kick the addiction of growing these beautiful plants. I seriously can not wait to see some green in the closet.
I have 9 cat's and a beautiful wife. We were due to have our first child in Feb, but we lost our little one 21 weeks into pregnancy. He was my little boy. Anyways, we are trying again, so hopefully in the coming pages I will be able to share the exciting news that we are pregnant again... wish me luck.
We live in the mountains of southern california. Quite a bit of snow falls during the winter. However not much this year so far. Bears, racoons, and skunks frequent my front deck. As well as the local stray cats.
As you can tell from the previous 3 paragraphs I like talking about myself and life... so bring it all on in this journal. I have made such wonderful friends on RIU. I've actually met 9 of you now... and would call 5 of you my closest friends I have. Much love to Rollitup.
Now... let's get growing!!!!!
[youtube]6WBKQ7vSqJQ[/youtube]
Feel free to check any of my older grows in my signature. Also check my youtube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/scrogking.
Questions and comments welcome. However you can leave any hostility and negativity at the door... they are bad for my plants' health.
I've decided it's time to start my grow journal even though there are no plants yet, and I'm not 100% done with the construction. I find it pushes me to move things along when I have people on my thread asking "why the hell aren't you growing any plants yet, you shit"
So for this round I'm doing pretty much the same thing as last round - https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/306850-jigfreshs-grow-3-flooded-tube.html - only this time I added a level of tubes. There will be 10 plants (5 per level). I'm not sure what kind of light I will veg with (I have wayyyyyyy to many lights). But for flower I will be using the 1000w Hortilux EYE I have. It is in a DIY cooltube. There is a 6" inline fan cooling it and also sucking air from the closet to keep it cool, during lights on. I have a muffin fan up high that will run when lights are off to keep things fresh in the closet.
The closet itself is 2' x 3'... not a lot of space I know. My house is less than 600 sq.ft so not lots of room to grow. THe flooded tube setup is made from 4" soil pipe, which I wrap with foil tape to keep the pipes and water from heating up in the light. THe pipe is black. I have 4 dams in the tubes to keep about 1.5 inches of water in the bottom. I do this mostly because it scares me to think what would happen if my electricity went off for 24 hours (which it has done before). I've found that plants can stay quite happy in water that is just sitting... they just don't mature without the dissolved oxygen in it too.
I'm using a 30 gallon rubbermaid container as the rez. I think I'm going to use about 10 gallons of water at a time. I use Dutch Master nutes and always have. I am going to use what I have left of their Advanced line until it's gone then I am going to buy thier Gold line. I use all their additives as well. I've been very satisfied with the results of my previous 3 grows. I have a 400 g/h water pump that will deliver the water to the top of the tubes and it will flow through them and drop back into the rez. I guess you can call it a recirculating DWC of sorts, mixed with NFT... or something like that. I got the idea from Heath Robinson - https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/149998-heaths-flooded-tube-vertical.html
I will also be using a screen in place behind the plants to hold them back... they tend to grow into the light and with such limited space I need to hold them back so they aren't light bleached.
As for strains I have quite a few beans laying around that I beleive I am going to use this round. I've never germed a seed before so it should be interesting to see what happens. I have OG Kush, Headband, OG x Headband, Timewarp, Timewarp x Romulan, Trinity Rainbow Purple, and some bag seeds of unknown strains.
I actually don't smoke anymore... been 5 months since I have. Before that I smoked everyday for probably 13 years or so. However I can't kick the addiction of growing these beautiful plants. I seriously can not wait to see some green in the closet.
I have 9 cat's and a beautiful wife. We were due to have our first child in Feb, but we lost our little one 21 weeks into pregnancy. He was my little boy. Anyways, we are trying again, so hopefully in the coming pages I will be able to share the exciting news that we are pregnant again... wish me luck.
We live in the mountains of southern california. Quite a bit of snow falls during the winter. However not much this year so far. Bears, racoons, and skunks frequent my front deck. As well as the local stray cats.
As you can tell from the previous 3 paragraphs I like talking about myself and life... so bring it all on in this journal. I have made such wonderful friends on RIU. I've actually met 9 of you now... and would call 5 of you my closest friends I have. Much love to Rollitup.
Now... let's get growing!!!!!
[youtube]6WBKQ7vSqJQ[/youtube]
Feel free to check any of my older grows in my signature. Also check my youtube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/scrogking.
Questions and comments welcome. However you can leave any hostility and negativity at the door... they are bad for my plants' health.
