Heaths Flooded Tube Vertical

Heath Robinson said:

Things seem to have got a little bit heated in here

chill out and look at my latest find, its different to say the least!Heaths Dizzy!!!

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Very different to say the least.
I have just 1 question about the Tubes and Bulb. If I remember you said that the ladies were 2 Feet (24 inches) from the light. Is that correct, and if so would you go farther or closer(with a 600) or stay at that distance.

TheShroomDude said:

Very different to say the least.
I have just 1 question about the Tubes and Bulb. If I remember you said that the ladies were 2 Feet (24 inches) from the light. Is that correct, and if so would you go farther or closer(with a 600) or stay at that distance.

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No I would stay at that distance, it seems to be the optimum for a 600w.


Heath

This is simply awesome.

I want to see the ABC breeding too, a purple ABC would be the ultimate in unhidden stealth. Good luck man, could very well be the future of marijuana!

respect man, that is well thought trough! I like the efficiency
Excuse my ignorance, I have read through almost the entire post, but I might have missed it - How do you get in there to work on the plants. The tubes seem to be entirely closed in?
I would like to design one with two of these stacked on top of another, bad idea?

thank you

nevermind, I found my answer!

This is close to what I had in my head to purchase but can't find anything like it online. What I do find is like 3k. So I have no tools, some skills, an a Fresca Sol I might just have to try an build something like this, it is very inspiring!

Awsome setup and grow! + rep

how do you solve the problem of the roots clogging the tubes?

Heath Robinson said:

No I would stay at that distance, it seems to be the optimum for a 600w.


Heath

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If I remember correctly you had mentionned that your system was 5 feet and a half wide which means the plants would be 2 feet 9 inches from the bulb which is almost 3 feet. am I correct?
also how far apart are your 4 rows. in other words you mentionned the plants are 8 inches away from each other but i dont think your rows have only 8 inches apart.

1littlesoldier1 said:

If I remember correctly you had mentionned that your system was 5 feet and a half wide which means the plants would be 2 feet 9 inches from the bulb which is almost 3 feet. am I correct?
also how far apart are your 4 rows. in other words you mentionned the plants are 8 inches away from each other but i dont think your rows have only 8 inches apart.

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No you are not correct the inner diameter is approx 4ft, the plant centres are 8" apart

Heath

Heath Robinson said:

No you are not correct the inner diameter is approx 4ft, the plant centres are 8" apart

Heath

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IE 8 inches from the top of one pipe to the top of the pipe above it and drill the holes for the net pots 8 inches on center. This means if the net pots are 2 inches in diamteer the hole edges will be approx 6 inches apart. Therefore the base of the individual plant stalks will be approx 8 inches apart both horizontally and vertically.

I wanted to say THANK YOU to Mr Robinson for posting this. I have been working on a copy the past few months and am submitting a picture of the first week of flower. As a newcomer to hydro, I was stunned by the almost violent rate of growth in this device. I started with bagseed and a few clones I had, the picture only shows 33 plants of 62 total sites on my tubes. I am also not using the correct strains, it will take me another run or two before I can find the proper short bushy plants necessary for this.

trippgordon said:

I wanted to say THANK YOU to Mr Robinson for posting this. I have been working on a copy the past few months and am submitting a picture of the first week of flower. As a newcomer to hydro, I was stunned by the almost violent rate of growth in this device. I started with bagseed and a few clones I had, the picture only shows 33 plants of 62 total sites on my tubes. I am also not using the correct strains, it will take me another run or two before I can find the proper short bushy plants necessary for this.

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Your creation is impressive! What size bulb are you running in that and what size rez and pump are you using? I'd really like to hear what you come up with in strain selection.

I tried to stay as true to the original as possible, with the same dimensions and a single 600w bulb. I started with a 396 pump on the end cap but added a 633 with garden hose dimensions and that really made the water rush. I just stuck the added hose in one of the unused sites with a little duct tape. Did I mention that I was a hillbilly redneck? The res is a lowes storage bin, I think its a 32gal but not sure, I'll check. I have a purple wreck mom and the clones are liking the tubes. I also have an unknown mother of some kush? that is short, the clones are doing well. The hardest part has been coming up with enough plants to fill this thing. Everything was bought at lowes, aquarium supply, and harbor freight except for ionic nutes, light, and pots/media/ph stuff....which were bought at garden depot in Lodi...nice folks.

Dillinger said:

Your creation is impressive! What size bulb are you running in that and what size rez and pump are you using? I'd really like to hear what you come up with in strain selection.

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Trip you start your own journal?

Hello all ,
First off, I would like to thank Heath for all the info on this grow. I started reading it some months back and I have decided to take the leap. I am going to follow Heaths Vert grow to the letter. This will be my first attempt at growing since the late 80's,back when the Pyraponics Phototron was all the rage.
It will be no problem to build the Vert and the maintenance seems pretty idiot proof....thank God.
I'm going shopping tomorrow for everything and I'm going to order some seeds tonight. I'm in the states so any info on a good seed bank would be appreciated.
The one question I have for Heath is, Could you give some info on your cloning system? You make brief mention to it and showed a couple of pictures, but I'm a total newb and I need all the info and pix you can give. Perhaps point me to another thread that would spell it out for me.
Once again, thank you Heath....you are too cool for words

how do u get into your room?

Bates995 and others with similar questions. My advice is to read through the first part of the journal. At least the first 25 to 30 pages. That is like a short story! And if you're interested, like I assume you are..since you asked a question about it.. you should be pretty excited to read and find out everything you need to know to replicate this system!

But to be nice, he only enters during the beginning of growth while the plants aren't crowding the space.. and he enters where the tubes have a slight drop.

InvestInMe said:

Trip you start your own journal?

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Thats a good idea. I'll do that after this first batch is harvested. I really dislike incomplete journals, and I might still screw this all up somehow.

trippgordon said:

Thats a good idea. I'll do that after this first batch is harvested. I really dislike incomplete journals, and I might still screw this all up somehow.

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I would really like it if you kept some sort of journal on the first run. That's where all the learning comes in. We can learn from you. If we only get the second grow, we won't know how to work the bugs out. You would be doing a lot of people a big service by keeping a journal now, of what works, what doesn't. Plus you would get a lot of help along the way if you did that... instead of going it alone.

Just becase you might not harvest what you would want to doesn't make it an incomplete journal. Incomplete is where someone just stops saying anything.

I mean you were inspired by this journal. You could inspire folks with yours.

I'm keeping a jounal on my attempt... and it's going rather badly. I'm sure your's will be better. https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/306850-jigfreshs-grow-3-flooded-tube.html

jigfresh said:

I would really like it if you kept some sort of journal on the first run. That's where all the learning comes in. We can learn from you. If we only get the second grow, we won't know how to work the bugs out. You would be doing a lot of people a big service by keeping a journal now, of what works, what doesn't. Plus you would get a lot of help along the way if you did that... instead of going it alone.

Just becase you might not harvest what you would want to doesn't make it an incomplete journal. Incomplete is where someone just stops saying anything.

I mean you were inspired by this journal. You could inspire folks with yours.

I'm keeping a jounal on my attempt... and it's going rather badly. I'm sure your's will be better. https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/306850-jigfreshs-grow-3-flooded-tube.html

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After finally figuring out how to create a thread (I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed) I decided to start a grow journal. Dunno how to link it here but its called tripp's hillbilly flooded tube copy. Hopefully it will make it easier for us yanks trying to copy this fantastic system. All I can say is it works like gangbusters. By the way, doesnt Big Bear have about 350 days of sunshine a year??? I'm sooooo friggin jealous!!