Humanrob
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I wish you luck... security cameras, a large scary dog, and a tall fence...
SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)
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Tim Fox
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Welcome to the nieghborhood , Estacada here
twagner23
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Security cameras will be up for sure, since it will be a designated medical grow and completely legal I can use the cops as recourse if need be. I also plan on putting up signs around the grow saying something along the lines of "Designated Medical Grow, Security Cameras Are Present. Trespassers will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."I wish you luck... security cameras, a large scary dog, and a tall fence...
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twagner23
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Nice, just moved from AZ about a year ago. Want to do some camping this Spring/Summer around Clackamas River..
Humanrob
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I'm out in the NE corner of Multnomah County. When our medical grow was ripped we walked over to the Police station and reported it, that was surreal. We're "patient growing only for themselves at their own residence" status, so no requirements for us (other than count). The LEO's did suggest that whether or not we get cameras, we should at least put up signs saying we have them. Other than a few autos that should finish before September, I won't grow outdoors this summer, now that rippers found us I'm assuming like squirrels on a bird feeder, they'll be back.
twagner23
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Yeah not sure what the cops would actually do with footage of a license plate or face, but I figure at least the sign might make someone think twice from stealing from a medical grow. I know it is a serious offense to steal medical cannabis if you are caught, especially when there are signs advising you of such like the cops suggested.
Humanrob
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They were thorough, professional, and polite. We never expected anything to come of it, we just wanted them to have the data in case theft patterns emerged. I haven’t seen any actual stats yet on med thefts.
Farmer.J
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Would Autopots be considered"SIP's"?Sub-irrigated planter
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Sub-Irrigated Planter
Sub-irrigated planter (SIP) is a generic name for a special type of planting box used in container gardening and commercial landscaping. A SIP is any method of watering plants where the water is introduced from the bottom, allowing the water to soak upwards to the plant through capillary action.[1] It is possible to automate the watering and thus SIPs are popular with professional landscapers in buildings or urban settings. SIPs are available as products, under brand names such as Planter Technology[2] (commercial) and EarthBox[3] (consumer), Ollie Plant Sipper[4](consumer), The Refuge Garden (www.urbanrefugegardening.com) (consumer/commercial) or as do-it-yourselfprojects made from plastic buckets and boxes.[5]
Would love to hear about your experiments, projects, failures and successes.
Tim Fox
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you have moved to Camping heaven
Humanrob
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I've never used Autopots, so I don't know. Sorry.
PDX Joe
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Simple answer is if you are using plain water and adding your nutrients to the soil, then yes they are. If you mix nutrients into the water then you’re using it as a hydro system. Complex answer, some designs are considered more “SIP” like. They have a wick that hangs down into the water and there is an air gap. Autopot as designed are almost more like a Hempy bucket. I changed mine to have an air gap and wick. I found using them as designed the plants were droopy from over watering and as a hydro system the salts built up in the soil and killed the plants. Using them with organic nutrients mixed into the top of the soil has worked much better for me. But you have to use the big ones.
PDX Joe
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Check out the Wallowa Mountains. The “Swiss Alps” of Oregon.
Humanrob
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@PDX Joe , how long did you veg those for? And how are they doing with the proximity to the lights?
The strain I'm running doesn't like too much light, so I had to plan this grow around giving them more space. I've got other strains in other spaces going that are 12" from COBs running @50w, but these are about 16" from COBs running between 30-40w+/-.
This is one day shy of 3 weeks. It looks like I tamed the stretch, I hope I didn't do it too well. It's looking like this grow is going to produce a lot of medium sized buds, but I think that will get me the overall volume I'm after.
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Tim Fox
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wow Rob that scrog is pretty my friend,,, very well done
Tim Fox
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thats good to hear,, i had to dial mine back down a few weeks ago, and its running 50 watts per square,, anymoer and It looked like the plants were trying to bleach,, I kinda wish i had another 2 feet to raise thel ight,,
Tim Fox
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long stretch, glad its over for you, do you have any room to raise your light more or are you out of headroom,, I totally ran out of space in my box, and stretch stopped just in the nick of time
Humanrob
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Thanks, it's been a fun experiment so far. I am starting to wonder if continuing the training after the stretch starts has any negative impacts, specifically, I'm wondering if colas only develop on vertical branches and by keeping them horizontal, I wonder if I shortened the colas... but as usual, I'm probably just thinking too much. If they stop stretching soon, it will be one of the least stretchy stretches I've had, and I think GG usually puts on a good growth after being flipped.
PDX Joe
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Nice well trained canopy... very even.
I vegged for 4 weeks. That Lemon OG on the right has stretched like crazy. The Critical Cure is much more compact and better suited for my head height. They seem to be okay that close to the light so far. The biggest difference was going from the 250 Watts up to 440 Watts. They just grow like mad now. I did some LST on a few branches to lower them a bit.