Mega Crop Scrog grow

Thanks.This your first run with it?

psychadelibud said:

Red is right on the money about that looking like old school skunk. Reminds me of some of the classic sweet less pungent rks I used to run. Also had a FMS c99 that looked identical to that as well, only it had double serrations.

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I wouldnt be suprised if he ended up getting some sweet smells/flavors from it. Shoreline OG has some RKS strains he produces. @psychadelibud you should check him out on here in the "Shoreline OG" thread. I have some of his gear going now with RKS backcross.

https://www.rollitup.org/t/shoreline-genetics.915054/page-31

Sorry Chaos...didnt mean to derail your thread brother.

Derail away, I think everyone here is on the same page anyway. I put some extra risers I had under it to lift it up some. I only topped it once, CWK got topped twice. I'll keep a close eye on it for stability.

Ecstatic about the radicle bags, loved using the fabric dirt pots for years but these don't hold water and salts. No more white or green algie on the outsides.

Pardon my ignorance. This is labeled as a soiless grow, but these are in 4 gallon fabric pots, with soil in them...?

Confused

Nutes look great though, great grow.

ChaosHunter said:

Derail away, I think everyone here is on the same page anyway. I put some extra risers I had under it to lift it up some. I only topped it once, CWK got topped twice. I'll keep a close eye on it for stability.

Ecstatic about the radicle bags, loved using the fabric dirt pots for years but these don't hold water and salts. No more white or green algie on the outsides.

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I'm really interested in that AWB grape ape. I've been lurking, following your thread. I'm curious to see how it finishes up.

Keep up the good work.

kaivorth said:

Pardon my ignorance. This is labeled as a soiless grow, but these are in 4 gallon fabric pots, with soil in them...?

Confused

Nutes look great though, great grow.

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Not soil, I'm using Basement mix by Royal Gold. Its a coco based soilless mix. Think of Pro Mix but coco based and not peat based.

dstroy said:

I'm really interested in that AWB grape ape. I've been lurking, following your thread. I'm curious to see how it finishes up.

Keep up the good work.

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Ill keep it going because there are a few interested. "Disclaimer" I wont buy or pop the rest of my AWB beans. I'm not super happy about the stability of the two I popped. I will work with it if it shows promise but I would rather just have the CWK in the middle and balance the scrog. Running two plants in a small scrog is challenging.

There are other options out there for what I consider stock strains. https://www.growerschoiceseeds.com/ looks promising and I haven't seen any complaints. I have enough beans to keep me up for awhile though and have a couple Reg packs too.

Growing one or two plants at a time I'm not going to cringe at paying $$$ for good beans anymore.

ChaosHunter said:

Not soil, I'm using Basement mix by Royal Gold. Its a coco based soilless mix. Think of Pro Mix but coco based and not peat based.

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What is the apparatus around the base of the plant? Is that an irrigation drip unit of sorts? Looks neat. Where do I find those?

I might try a 300w COB grow with a setup similar to yours. Super simple, but with twice the light of what you currently have.

I just have to "get good" at growing, cropping, and SCROGGING

kaivorth said:

What is the apparatus around the base of the plant? Is that an irrigation drip unit of sorts? Looks neat. Where do I find those?

I might try a 300w COB grow with a setup similar to yours. Super simple, but with twice the light of what you currently have.

I just have to "get good" at growing, cropping, and SCROGGING

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Hydro Halos is what there called, I get them from my local hydro store.

ChaosHunter said:

Hydro Halos is what there called, I get them from my local hydro store.

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That is neat! So you have a pump connected to your Idevice Switch. It just pumps water into your hydro halo whenever you tell it too? What pump do you use for this?

You also mentioned you had to dial back the feed schedule a bit. I bet if you had more lights being pumped, you could've got away with more nutes.

You have quite a simple, sophisticated setup. I'm jealous.

ChaosHunter said:

Ill keep it going because there are a few interested. "Disclaimer" I wont buy or pop the rest of my AWB beans. I'm not super happy about the stability of the two I popped. I will work with it if it shows promise but I would rather just have the CWK in the middle and balance the scrog. Running two plants in a small scrog is challenging.

There are other options out there for what I consider stock strains. https://www.growerschoiceseeds.com/ looks promising and I haven't seen any complaints. I have enough beans to keep me up for awhile though and have a couple Reg packs too.

Growing one or two plants at a time I'm not going to cringe at paying $$$ for good beans anymore.

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Yeah, I’ve got my fingers crossed that everything works out

kaivorth said:

That is neat! So you have a pump connected to your Idevice Switch. It just pumps water into your hydro halo whenever you tell it too? What pump do you use for this?

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The smallest pond pump I could find "cheaper than a hydro pump". I use a 12 gallon tote for a rez and run about 6-8 gal at a time depending on stage. Yes I use the idevice switch and just set it how I want it. I water for 1 min after lights on. I control the flow with the ball vales you see, so I get the appropriate amount of runoff.

Its just a simple self watering DTW setup and really helps during flowering when there being watered every day.

ChaosHunter said:

The smallest pond pump I could find "cheaper than a hydro pump". I use a 12 gallon tote for a rez and run about 6-8 gal at a time depending on stage. Yes I use the idevice switch and just set it how I want it. I water for 1 min after lights on. I control the flow with the ball vales you see, so I get the appropriate amount of runoff.

Its just a simple self watering DTW setup and really helps during flowering when there being watered every day.

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I think I'll get the TP Link with Energy Monitoring built in here:
https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Required-Anywhere-Assistant-HS100/dp/B0178IC5ZY/ref=sr_1_4?s=lamps-light&ie=UTF8&qid=1514254948&sr=1-4&keywords=wifi+plug&th=1
It'll be nice to monitor the energy consumption.

Now you have some PVC pipes attached to the Hydro Halos? How did you go about coupling all of that together to the pump? Most of them use those aquarium lines

kaivorth said:

I think I'll get the TP Link with Energy Monitoring built in here:
https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Required-Anywhere-Assistant-HS100/dp/B0178IC5ZY/ref=sr_1_4?s=lamps-light&ie=UTF8&qid=1514254948&sr=1-4&keywords=wifi+plug&th=1
It'll be nice to monitor the energy consumption.

Now you have some PVC pipes attached to the Hydro Halos? How did you go about coupling all of that together to the pump? Most of them use those aquarium lines

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Idevices has monitoring also, I use one for my light too.

Most home improvement has 1/2 line and fittings. I picked up my stuff from my hydro store, they have it all there in one place. I added clamps to each junction for no leak assurance.

ChaosHunter said:

Idevices has monitoring also, I use one for my light too.

Most home improvement has 1/2 line and fittings. I picked up my stuff from my hydro store, they have it all there in one place. I added clamps to each junction for no leak assurance.

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When you get a minute, could you take a picture of how you have it connected? Is it just a barbed fitting, with a clamp, then you just screw on PVC adapters?

kaivorth said:

When you get a minute, could you take a picture of how you have it connected? Is it just a barbed fitting, with a clamp, then you just screw on PVC adapters?

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Its all 1/2in barbed fittings, no PVC, all 1/2in line to the rez and pump

ChaosHunter said:

Its all 1/2in barbed fittings, no PVC, all 1/2in line to the rez and pump

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Oh wow that is simple. 1/2 Vinyl tubing, ball valve to control flow, pump, and a hydro halo. You using the 6" hydro halo?

Would this pump be okay you think?
https://www.amazon.com/VicTsing-Submersible-Aquarium-Fountain-Hydroponics/dp/B00EWENKXO/ref=sr_1_4?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1514256984&sr=1-4&keywords=water+pump

Might just order most of this tonight, you got me all intrigued on how easy this is setup. I'm sick of all the nutes I have.

Sorry if I'm asking a lot of questions. I just got all excited how easy and simple this works.

ChaosHunter said:

Derail away, I think everyone here is on the same page anyway. I put some extra risers I had under it to lift it up some. I only topped it once, CWK got topped twice. I'll keep a close eye on it for stability.

Ecstatic about the radicle bags, loved using the fabric dirt pots for years but these don't hold water and salts. No more white or green algie on the outsides.

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I was looking at non-woven laundry bags at the dollar store & they might actually make good pots. Probably have to trim them a little...

Update on the AWB Grape Ape, she turns out to be a "it". Full blown hermie and that's a no go in this camp. No more fly by night suspect genetics for me, ill pay the fee for good stock and support. I'm not out much with AWB I only bought grape ape and purple cactus.