Vert Scrog Flooded Tube Banana OG, Dog Kush 1000w

All good. We got an ip changer thingy to watch all our UK goodies. You know we are half brit at heart.

Nice work the boys did against Bordeaux. Making a good showing for England. Liverpool and Tottenham didn't look great by any means.

Played around with the bottle idea a bit more last night, but came to the conclusion that roots would block the bottle-neck so cut some slits in the bottles (hopefully too small to let hydroton through). Photo here. I stuffed it with toilet roll to make the holes more clear.
This kind of shows the general idea with one plant per bottle.
And at a 45 degree angle, I plan on doing something like this, with each bottle having a little hydroton and wrapped in the 5" ducting.
I used two different coloured bottles to make things clearer.

And were off..........

got an hour from 1 minute ago to get this little cup to the hospital. Ah the joys of infertility. Let's GO!

jigfresh said:

And were off..........

got an hour from 1 minute ago to get this little cup to the hospital. Ah the joys of infertility. Let's GO!

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slap happy early in the day jig..........
[video=youtube;RgclWn5dEUo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgclWn5dEUo[/video]

cues said:

Played around with the bottle idea a bit more last night, but came to the conclusion that roots would block the bottle-neck so cut some slits in the bottles (hopefully too small to let hydroton through). Photo here. I stuffed it with toilet roll to make the holes more clear.View attachment 2361734
This kind of shows the general idea with one plant per bottle.View attachment 2361735
And at a 45 degree angle, I plan on doing something like this, with each bottle having a little hydroton and wrapped in the 5" ducting.View attachment 2361736
I used two different coloured bottles to make things clearer.

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I dont think the ducting is going to hold up well with hydro nutes running through it, if thats what Im reading

jigfresh said:

And were off..........

got an hour from 1 minute ago to get this little cup to the hospital. Ah the joys of infertility. Let's GO!

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Pray for no traffic jams


cof

G'luck Jig.

LOL gotta keep the jizz fresh jigfresh. Best of British to u mate.

supchaka said:

I dont think the ducting is going to hold up well with hydro nutes running through it, if thats what Im reading

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I know what you're saying. That's the idea of the bottles.

The basic idea is that the bottles will hold the water. The ducting is only to reflect/keep light out of the rootzone and provide some limited support to the structure.

That's why I'm trying to make it fit to the 45 degree angle of the roof and cut the slits etc to allow some oxygenation through the 'Waterfall effect' wothout any leakage.

Still thinking through it but winter is not an option. I thought of growing winter cabbage in it but realiised what freezing temps would do to the hydro system.

I may build it,record it and post a journal in the new year.

Jiggy, I may pm you as I'm going if you don't mind.

Oh crap. Turned the telly on and those idiots are chasing a ball up and down, churning the field up again.

Thanks a lot guys for the support. I really do appreciate it and love you guys for it. Things went as well as they could this morning, just routine really, but will be great if it works.

@cues I think I see what you are saying about the bottles and ducting, not sure though.

About my grow, the roots are still going amazing. The Dog kush plants are the ones with the roots, the bananas are lagging on that front, may need to start without them in the tubes?

I talked to my buddy who grew those soil plants I talked about a while ago. We set up a cardboard box grow for him, lol. Guess it worked out alright. He was happy. He was using a 250w MH and got about a half ounce from 2 plants. Not that bad for a first grow spending about $80 on supplies and only using water in the super soil. Something definitely went wrong with either the watering, or soil, or something, because there were like no roots. He said they were maybe 1-2 inches long out of the little rockwool cubes they were in originally. They were in 3 gallon fabric pots, and he said he didn't water much, maybe every 3-4 days, but maybe that was too much. I don't know, I'm not a soil guy. But I'm working towards it.

Any input on that would be appreciated. Ask questions if you need to.

LOL Gen.

I had a similar instance with a supersoil that was off and ended up scapping almost everything planted in it. I'm mixing two good quality bag soils with perlite for the healthest garden I've had.....with no other nutes.
I have a german shepherd having puppies tonight...one so far.


cof

Maybe tomorrow when they are clean and such, and mama lets you, there could be a picture taken?

I'm glad to have a guinea pig for this soil adventure, to iron out some bumps before I get there.

I'll get some pics tomorrow-there are two now.


cof

Beautiful the circle of life is. Thanks for letting me know. Makes me .

jigfresh said:

Thanks a lot guys for the support. I really do appreciate it and love you guys for it. Things went as well as they could this morning, just routine really, but will be great if it works.

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That's what good about certain areas of this site. Seems like a real community. I wish you and the Mrs. the best.

I have a couple quick questions. Have you used coco before? and any suggestions if so? I didn't see anywhere in your grow journals. I would love to run a nice pipe system like you have set up but due to power blinks I can't really afford to have it screwing with the rez as I'm gone for a good portion of the day. I also need to figure out the effects of a water softener water on plants. Got any good resources to check out. I've been reading the water sticky already. Are you doing a soil test run? Full of questions right? Hahah
Thanks,
Smooth oooouttttt

Smoothkicksandsmoke said:

That's what good about certain areas of this site. Seems like a real community. I wish you and the Mrs. the best.

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Thanks a lot, and I agree about this site. Much of it drives me crazy and pisses me off, but there is some priceless stuff here. Be it info on growing mj, or meeting some really great people. It sounds funny to say but my life is definitely better from having joined RIU.

Smoothkicksandsmoke said:

Have you used coco before? Are you doing a soil test run? Full of questions right? Hahah

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I have never used coco, but my friends use it. Maybe someone will chime in, or give a good suggestion of a good resource. According to my memory both DST and Mr. West use coco and they both grow top notch smoke. You could check out their journals. No idea about soft water. Just read about it and it seems like soft water has the calcium and magnesium removed, that's replaced with sodium (in salt systems). Not sure the effect of the added salt, but it looks like you'll need to use some cal-mag with your nutrients to replace the stuff gone from the water. But that's just a guess you should look into it.

I'm going to try soil after this grow. I have set a friend up with a little soil grow in part to work out the kinks. He should be able to get another one in before I start going that way.

dolomite lime for your cal/mg...cheap, more efficient and has other needed ingrediants.

third pup didn't make it. mama dog doesn't want me to remove him so I'm going to leave him awhile.
it's sad, it's her first litter and she's still licking him, trying to revive him.


cof

That breaks my heart. Life sure is a tough pill to swallow sometimes. Animals seem to handle it all with so much more grace than us humans. My heart goes out to mama. I kinda know what she must be feeling right now.

I miss my boy.

Here's to healthy puppies and babies all round the world. While tough, this life thing sure is beautiful. Totally worth any pain.

EDIT: It truly amazes me how much a single event can change a person. A week from now it will be 2 years ago we had our ________. I don't even know what to say here. Our 'big day', our 'mishap', our boy. I still cry all the time. Going though all this stuff to get pregnant again doesn't help. If I never see another doctor in my life I'll be alright. Every time we go to the hospital I think about the drive down there that day. 45 minutes of speeding while wondering if A) your baby is going to live and B) if your wife is going to live. I don't wish a time like that on anyone. Sometimes I just want to move away from my house, because this is where her water broke and I heard her scream from the back room. Fuck. Life changed that instant. Before that I was innocent. I didn't know what pain was.

Now I appreciate every single day. Even if it sucks or hurts, I could die tomorrow. Wife could die in her sleep tonight. A damn bomb could take out the city my parents are in. I'm not spending much time thinking about those things, but I am taking time now like it is precious. Every single little moment is precious. Those 5 minutes I spent listening to my little ones heart beat in my bedroom a week or so before we lost him... I didn't know it then, but those were about the most special 5 minutes I've ever had in my 33 years here.

And as always, feel free to talk about plants or whatever. We won't think you are insensitive. (maybe a little lol) just kidding. I just enjoy talking about things.

It's shaping up to be a glorious weekend around these parts. I 'think' that fall is officially here. Supposed to get down in the 30's overnight next week. That's 2-4 celcius. In other words really cold.