Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

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whysohigh said:

hey aeroweed and any other stinkbuddys that have problems with the 2" netpots tipping over. i put one of these little bastards on each side of the net pot, i cant remember what they are called i had them layin around but you can get them any where.
at first i was using twine and zipties but i got sick of having to go out and buy it all the time. so here ya guys go.

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Those drilled directly into the flowering posts?

whysohigh said:

sorry i was a little bit lit, i forgot to specify. i only use it on the flower units, i havnt had any problems with tipping over in the veg yet but im sure you could get them to work by using a small screw with a washer and nut.

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In the veg units - I just let em tip! Not sure I want to install 18 of those screw-in flip tabs on the lid... I wonder if that wouldn't change the fit of the lid, if the plants were fixed to the hole, they may actually jar the lid or cause an edge of the lid to come up and leak as they grow and tip over???

For the flower units - I connect 2 zip ties and wrap around the whole fence post and over the edge of the offending net cup and neoprene insert. I had to zip 2 or 3 in each flower unit last round. I love zip ties. To get the max use out of zip ties - you need a bicycle tool used to tighten the shift cables and brake cables. This tool lets you tighten zip ties to their fullest. I use this same tool to zip tie my posts to the frame. I forget the name of the tool - but it is made by Park, or Hozan is the model I have - Hozan C-356.

i have 8 stink bud systems with an average of 5 plants per post or 80 total plants under 2600 watts all hps
i have a 12 x 10 room......running 3 600 and 2 400.....but 4 600 would work fine....just using what i already have

robotninja said:

Those drilled directly into the flowering posts?

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yup drilled right in the post i put a little silicone on the inside too. way easy and works bad ass.

This system run out of water = plants die

Hey!
well going with what you say about the whole up and down curling leaves i'd say i was probably just over reacting a bit!!! because they are doing both and its definitely not heat... plus the fact its only a couple of leaves reacting like this makes me think this also!!! But i will just have to keep an eye on them.

I have attatched some photos of when i just moved them into flowering and some from this morning, i'm using my flower unit as a veg unit at the moment to gain some extra height because this is my first attept so figured the unit was sitting there doing nothin so i may as well iron out the bugs now while i can hahaha.

Pce!!

Very strange day...

I started up my new to me ballast & reflector (Quantum 1000w dimmable w/Hortilux HPS bulb) Had it set on 50%. I just wanted to see what it was like, before putting plants into the flower unit.

The light was amazing, compared to my T-5 on the cloner & vegger

I felt like Aero Edison... LOL



Then I saw a problem

I noticed that my 2 of my PH/PPM/temp meters were flipping out... WTH? PH/PPM/Temp were all suddenly wrong. I shut off the light. The meters returned to normal.

I waited a few hours. Turned on the HPS light on again, the meters wigged again. I left the light on for about 20 minutes to see if the meters would come back to normal. One of them did get close to the normal reading (-.2 PH), that meter was plugged into a surge protected strip. The other meter plugged into a regular power strip, either had blank or just #1 on the PH window. It would switch back and forth... zip or 1.

My Hanna GrowChek meter seemed fine... The two CWP meters were whacked.

My current lights didn't dim. Pumps came on as normal. It was just those 2 meters wigging in the readings. I could take the one on the surge protected strip and calibrate it with the HPS on... OR try putting them on the outlet on the other side of the room...

Any ideas?
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On another note. I learned today a fantastic member in one of my car clubs has cancer. He's in the hospital. I don't know how he feels about MMJ. How do I ask if I can help him?

NewHiddenGrower said:

dammit... just when i thought i can sit back and relax......



3 Of my plants start growing little nuts....


How can this be!!!!!!! i ordered all feminized seeds from nirvana..... Shouldnt they at least show sign of white hair + nuts...

These plants only show nuts wtf?!?!?!


HELP!!!!

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I hear that. Germed 3 each 2 different strains from Nirvana, all three hindu kush, nuts everywhere. 2 white rhinos were girls, one boy.

I thought if they came from feminized seeds the worst you could do was a hermie? I know probably a new guy mistake for ordering feminized seeds, I was just trying to make it easier.

I do have a confession though, I don't use the fence post flower system. I just use the veg units. It makes them nice to interchange them while your cleaning them out between cycles. I just trade the lids to a new reservoir with the next nute/ph setup and slide them back into place. I put some pvc around it in a square so I can tie up/support them. I'll put some pics up later.

Jagermaster said:

I hear that. Germed 3 each 2 different strains from Nirvana, all three hindu kush, nuts everywhere. 2 white rhinos were girls, one boy.

I thought if they came from feminized seeds the worst you could do was a hermie? I know probably a new guy mistake for ordering feminized seeds, I was just trying to make it easier.

I do have a confession though, I don't use the fence post flower system. I just use the veg units. It makes them nice to interchange them while your cleaning them out between cycles. I just trade the lids to a new reservoir with the next nute/ph setup and slide them back into place. I put some pvc around it in a square so I can tie up/support them. I'll put some pics up later.

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But i dont have signs of female.

I would be fine if it was herms but this is straight Male from feminized plants.... Unless signs of female comes later?

Anyways this veg system is too small for you to flower.

NewHiddenGrower said:

But i dont have signs of female.

I would be fine if it was herms but this is straight Male from feminized plants.... Unless signs of female comes later?

Anyways this veg system is too small for you to flower.

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Ive had good luck in my veg unit flowering. but I mod ed mine. I posted some pics a while back, it works great for small spaces. 6 holes per tote. one small 10gal res with a 14gal top/root chamber. only problem is they get so heavy with buds that it pushes the net cup into the hole if its those cheap netcups with very little lips.

andyman said:

Ive had good luck in my veg unit flowering. but I mod ed mine. I posted some pics a while back, it works great for small spaces. 6 holes per tote. one small 10gal res with a 14gal top/root chamber. only problem is they get so heavy with buds that it pushes the net cup into the hole if its those cheap netcups with very little lips.

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I knew I heard the brilliant idea on here before. LOL. I remember those pics. I've got plenty of room as well. I could even get a shorter reservoir if I needed. I let my first plants veg too long. I like it. They like it. I could fit 3ft plants with room to burn.
Whatever works. LOL

Jagermaster said:

I knew I heard the brilliant idea on here before. LOL. I remember those pics. I've got plenty of room as well. I could even get a shorter reservoir if I needed. I let my first plants veg too long. I like it. They like it. I could fit 3ft plants with room to burn.
Whatever works. LOL

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I vegged way to long and I payed for it because I had to top 3 plants in the start of flowering. I guess the question is the only flaw to the stink system I can see is the height of the flower unit. Having more vertical room would allow for more bud? if my thinking is right. So could you see a few more ounces to the total pound every three weeks? with maybe 6 more vertical inches?

Maybetomorrow said:

I vegged way to long and I payed for it because I had to top 3 plants in the start of flowering. I guess the question is the only flaw to the stink system I can see is the height of the flower unit. Having more vertical room would allow for more bud? if my thinking is right. So could you see a few more ounces to the total pound every three weeks? with maybe 6 more vertical inches?

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when I plan on doing my flower units with the fence post, I am going to have them go in the side of the res rather than on top just to save about 6" or so. If I can find a long enough res I will run it underneith as long as its short enough. Im thinking one of them totes you slide under your bed and are about 5"-6" tall and long and kinda wide. This way I can have more vertical room for larger monsters.

andyman said:

when I plan on doing my flower units with the fence post, I am going to have them go in the side of the res rather than on top just to save about 6" or so. If I can find a long enough res I will run it underneith as long as its short enough. Im thinking one of them totes you slide under your bed and are about 5"-6" tall and long and kinda wide. This way I can have more vertical room for larger monsters.

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That was my thinking, you don't need a seal tight container cause its just draining into it. So I have been looking all over and found a tub that I will use for my dual cloner but Its not wide enough to run 2 flower units off one rez. I will post pics of it when the lights come on. I painted it white for now cause it was clear unless that is bad?

andyman said:

when I plan on doing my flower units with the fence post, I am going to have them go in the side of the res rather than on top just to save about 6" or so. If I can find a long enough res I will run it underneith as long as its short enough. Im thinking one of them totes you slide under your bed and are about 5"-6" tall and long and kinda wide. This way I can have more vertical room for larger monsters.

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that was my origonal idea to make the rez out of one of those flat under the bed style containers, i just couldnt find any that wernt clear. i use the 14 gal roughnecks for the rez. ill throw some pics up later, its pretty low to the ground, i would still like to get one of the flat style containers and maybe try to paint it or something

bigb1987 said:

I plan on using the fence post system for vegging too... how large of plants can the fence posts support I am willing to add support, but will the root mass get to large for it if I want to veg for an entire flowering cycle ~ 60-70 days then flower from there will this system be able to hand it...

I am going to skip his veg unit and veg them in the fence post system and flower in the fence post system. How big of plants will it support. I am worried about root mass not support for the stalk of the plants.

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You could always go with the 6" fence post. It will give you more room for the roots.

thinkhigh said:

You could always go with the 6" fence post. It will give you more room for the roots.

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i use some 4" and some 5" posts, theres no difference in the root mat at the end of harvest. my buddy uses the 6" posts and his root mat is just as thick as mine in the 4". to go bigger is pretty much a waste of space, after this harvest hes tossin out the 6" posts and he already has some new 4" cut to take its place. 4" is perfect imho, if it aint broke.........

I use 4.75 inch posts since they were same price
I think u could use veg system for flowering if u went sog
Maybe 9 plants in each container. How about 1 week veg only?

Someone with space issues could clone veg and flower in the same system. U would start with 10 gallons of water. Add clonex. After 2 weeks they root. Drain and add 15 gallns with veg nutes. Veg one week. Switch to 12/12. 2 weeks with same nutes. Then 5 weeks (6 most) bloom nutes. Then one week flush
U woiuld need a clone source though