9 Bucket Set Up

Rearranged some things to maximize floor space. Moved the plants into them after spending 12 days of 12/12 under the 400. Needed to use Tomato Cages on them. Will have pictures of those soon.

BendBrewer said:

Rearranged some things to maximize floor space. Moved the plants into them after spending 12 days of 12/12 under the 400. Needed to use Tomato Cages on them. Will have pictures of those soon.

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Dude I'm super jealous. I wish I had the space...workin out of one of those storage lockers so the MAX I could fit would be three in there. That's with no space in between buckets either. Whatcha growin and how tall were they when you flipped em? Nutes? Ppm? Stats etc?

Most of them are pushing 3 feet tall atm. Hoping that the stretching is about done.

I have 3 Babyloina Fruit and 6 PowerKush in there. The BF is budding a lot faster than the Kush. Had nickle sized flowers on the BF before I could even tell the sex of the Kush. Here's what they looked like in the veg room the day I flipped them to 12/12.

Day 19 veg.

UMMMM does that picture say two week veg?! That's two weeks in? If so, wtf am I doing wrong?!?! Mine were ten inches when I flipped em. That was 30 days from seed. Flipped em 11 days ago and they've grown 7 inches tho lol. Def lookin forward to watchin how this system works out for you tho.

mushmaster said:

UMMMM does that picture say two week veg?! That's two weeks in? If so, wtf am I doing wrong?!?! Mine were ten inches when I flipped em. That was 30 days from seed. Flipped em 11 days ago and they've grown 7 inches tho lol. Def lookin forward to watchin how this system works out for you tho.

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That was actually day 19 of veg. Here is day 1, 8 and day 14. You ought to see them now under the 1000.

Nice...I'm working with CFLs so I'm def not gonna get the same results. Gotta stick with those becuase I'm in a storage cabinet. Got 5 ww fem in a 3 x 1.5 foot space under 380 watts of CFL. I sure as hell wish I had the space...What is the size of the entire system with res? I'm thinking I could fit 3 buckets in each cabinet with a 55 gal drum sitting right beside them pumping through the back of the cabinet to the buckets. I want to scrog tho since I'm working with small space and CFLs so IDK how I could scrog those buckets. Any ideas? You gonna show off some current pics under that 1000 watter or what? Also, I see that you spaced them out. Was that out of necessity? Because I wouldn't be able to do that in the cabinet.

I've been interested in going down the recirculating dwc route. Question is, how do you change the water in a sys like this? Seems like with the water rushing around you could never drain completely...?

I have about 30 gallons of solution in the entire system. I use a 27 gallon tote as my res. If your cabinet is elevated, you might want to think of an Ebb and Flow system and use the power of gravity. That might keep your plant a little lower giving you more space to deal with. IDK.

Yes it is necessary to space them out as they grow into bushes after training them a bit. That's about a 5.5' x 5.5' space and 9 plants fill it. If you really want to do the SCROG technique you might want to consider doing just 1 plant. You can get 12 colas off of one if you do it right and it would fill that space with buds.

Nixusr - A ShopVac! Drains 30 gallons in a matter of minutes.

Oh you wanted some new pics.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! F-n trees!!!! Damn I need space...Yup still jealous

How did u insert those cages into the bucket lids?

Pi$tol said:

How did u insert those cages into the bucket lids?

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Jammed the 'stakes' into the hydro ton. I am going to build some custom cages out of these cages that are more of a typical SCROG screen on top and I will drill holes in the bucket 'lids' to insert them into. This will allow me to raise the SCROG screen as they grow in veg. and move into flower.

^I cant wait to see that set up

I think I'll control these things a little better the next time. Really liking the way the Babylonia Fruit is growing in this system. The Kush seems to be lagging.

looking good my friend

How did you build those dwc buckets. Did you use grommets to intact those pvcs. DO you have a how to build on that?

Thanks Pi$tol.

I have been meaning to put together a Build Thread but you know how things get pushed back......

I used pvc fittings from Home Depot and a large rubber washer. I suggest getting some rubber and making your own. Found these at a plumbing store but they were 1.50 each. The fitting has threads on the outside that the T threads onto. 3/4" fittings and 1" hose.

Screw it. They are going to do what they're going to do at this point.

lol, yeah it look like you out in the bush.....You going to have some great smoke anywayzz

BendBrewer said:

Thanks Pi$tol.

I have been meaning to put together a Build Thread but you know how things get pushed back......

I used pvc fittings from Home Depot and a large rubber washer. I suggest getting some rubber and making your own. Found these at a plumbing store but they were 1.50 each. The fitting has threads on the outside that the T threads onto. 3/4" fittings and 1" hose.

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please do a build thread i been wanting to do a setup like this and want to know the details and u got more build photos?