Setting Up My New Vertical Cupboard

Yeah, basically this whole cupboard is an experiment

Originally I was going to try topping some, FIMing some, LSTing a few and leaving some controls... Then I smoked a few joints and just thought "fuck it"!

The plan is to promote a sort of hedgerow effect where all 3 walls are a solid mass of flowers

Getting a bit of nute burn on a few plants, so they are on plain water til I flower them, which should be pretty soon!

Some photos from today:

Flowers... Go!

Day 19 of flowering.

They are looking really healthy, but perhaps too bushy and flowering doesnt seem as advanced as I would expect?

Using "aquavalve(tm)"'s to fill trays isnt really working - I'm sure autopots work perfectly, but converting trays with them uses a hell of a lot of water and leaves it sitting in the grow-room.

After getting stem-rot on one plant I've ditched it, and I'm hand-watering. Next time its going to be all drip-fed!

I was also expecting them to grow towards the light more, but they have gone straight up, so next time around, they are going to be firmly trained to the optimum distance.

I'm also toying with the idea of hanging netting, and doing a sort of vertical scrog

Flowering: Day 30

Things are proceeding nicely, though one of the strains has hardly changed in height since flowering started, next time around they will have to be allowed to get a bit taller!

I also realised I've only ever shown photos of the left-hand side, so I've included both this time

how much has your electricity bill changed(cost) with 3 600 watt HPS's?
your in the states?

Looking good. Pulling up a chair.

greenerway said:

how much has your electricity bill changed(cost) with 3 600 watt HPS's?
your in the states?

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I'm in the UK, and unlimited electricity is included in the rent, so luckily not an issue

gotcha1st said:

Looking good. Pulling up a chair.

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Enjoy! This wasnt originally intended to be a grow journal, I should ask an admin to move this thread

man it looks like a jungle in there. i like the setup!

Flowering: Day 42 - Start of flushing.

Looking pretty fucking awesome really... bud everywhere... muahahaha

Damn man that is a nice grow you got going. Vertical is pretty sweet. What kind of soil are you using?

I'm using "Plagron Light Mix" in most of them, but a couple got cheapo potting compost from the garden center because I ran out

Vertical growing is made of pure win, you can fit so much more plant material into the same space!

Flowering: Day 68 - Harvest time!

They could go another couple of weeks, but its time this room started paying for itself!

Harvested the first dozen this afternoon, I am *so high* right now from my scissor-resin

Going to spend the rest of the weekend chopping, and will take some more pics tomorrow, but heres a few for now

Very nice my man, way to conserve the space

Thanks skatterman, I'm so high right now

I've been super busy harvesting, and havent gotten around to taking any more pics yet, but I'll try and get it together!

One thing worth noting: Half the crop spent 48 hours in there with the lights out before chopping down and I can not see *any* difference in resin amount/appearance.

*shrug*

Great Job on Your Grow My Brother!!!!!.........Look's to Be A Good Haul On The Buddage!!!!!

Thanks HATCH, I'm quite happy with this first run, and I already have a list of improvements which should makes things even better

It was amazing when I pulled them all out for harvest, just how much was packed in there!

Final dry weight: 3,470g - Minus whatever I quick dried and

Im surprised this grow hasnt seen more interest. This is how a vert should be done eheheh

yeah! i've seen how vertical SOGS are a fairly unexplored facet of growing. I plan on doing a micro vertical SOG with a 400w HPS...i've heard a shit ton of doubts but I'm a 100% can make it work and tear shit up!

Dont test the Stoner's Ingenuity!