Vertical Goodness and Other Batshit Craziness

[ttystikk]

Damn it ttystikk you keep putting ideas into my brain(Or maybe its this Double cone of OrgiBX) that I find can't help but to make one tumescent. If your new grow space has a bunch of integrated solar panels that are strategically placed to capture any potential uncaptured light the the plants don't get, then send that to an all in one solar station and then run all your peripherals off it I will stand in awe.

I prefer to cover all surfaces other than lights, plants and floor with reflective plastic so that light finds its way to the plants.

The plan is definitely to have solar panels but they'll go on the roof of the house.

 

[oldsilvertip]

I used a kelp foliar spray when I did clones. Also used the clonex solution. Very high success rate with the clonex - way better than without.

i'll have to try this ! only thing i ever had root from cutting was bag seed, peat plugs dome setup .

 

[Zaphod420]

I prefer to cover all surfaces other than lights, plants and floor with reflective plastic so that light finds its way to the plants.

The plan is definitely to have solar panels but they'll go on the roof of the house.

I can't wait to see(seriously I'm geeking out) how far and in what direction(s) you take this new setup especially with your keen eye on how to maximize efficiency with simple/common sense feed back loop tweaks and such.

 

[ttystikk]

I can't wait to see(seriously I'm geeking out) how far and in what direction(s) you take this new setup especially with your keen eye on how to maximize efficiency with simple/common sense feed back loop tweaks and such.
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[ttystikk]

@Zaphod420 it seems you and I are the same kind of geek.

Ready the infinite improbability drive!

 

[m4s73r]

 

[pinner420]

Favorite quote from (dhf)dead head fred. You can get all yor DO from waterfalls why pump nasties in from the room with airstones.
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[ttystikk]

Favorite quote from (dhf)dead head fred. You can get all yor DO from waterfalls why pump nasties in from the room with airstones.
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For me it's a matter of simplicity; waterfalls do a better job than air stones anyway, so what's the point of them at all?

 

[Heisen]

For me it's a matter of simplicity; waterfalls do a better job than air stones anyway, so what's the point of them at all?

This i agree.

 

[ttystikk]

This i agree.

Getting bumps on the stems of my clones, looking good so far!

 

[pinner420]

Getting bumps on the stems of my clones, looking good so far!

Old school t5s for the win... i had a similar experience with cloning failure just had to step back in time to what never failed...

 

[ttystikk]

Old school t5s for the win... i had a similar experience with cloning failure just had to step back in time to what never failed...

I dialed down my LED light and it seems to have helped.

 

[H.A.F.]

Old school t5s for the win... i had a similar experience with cloning failure just had to step back in time to what never failed...

The HLG 65w is perfect for beans and clones.

 

[Rocman91]

Good shit brotha

 

[ttystikk]

So with the sealed room I still keep vpd during flower but i can run higher temps and push the plants harder. I'm deff down to try that out i just bought 2 5x10 tents smh...i might list them on marketplace and frame a giant room . Fuck this adventure never ends lol. What strains are you rocking these days ?

I figured I'd respond here because they're my strains and because this whole thread is about building grow spaces, testing equipment and validating new approaches to indoor Cultivation.

Strains:
Hillbilly Hobby, clone only
Ice Cream Cake
Durban Poison
Ice Box Pie
Starfire Cream
MAC1
Garlic Gorilla
Orange Cookie Chem
Orange Cookie Kush
Kabul Chem

Some of these are recent gifts I haven't run before, others are old friends, and Hillbilly Hobby was made for me by a friend who's a breeder at a major cannabis facility.

 

[ttystikk]

@Rocman91 Now, on to your room! "Sealed room growing", also known as Controlled Environment Agriculture, basically means that you're using climate control equipment to manage the parameters of your growing space directly, rather than depending on air exchange. It's more expensive but you get a lot more control.

Instead of venting, you use AC and dehumidification. Now that you're not blasting air in and out, you can (and must) supplement the air with carbon dioxide.

While it's apparently suddenly cool to monitor VPD, this doesn't make a lot of sense to me because VPD is just a measure of temperature vs RH... and you're doing that already. VPD is just a set of conditions that lets the plant open its stomata and breathe most effectively, which lets it absorb more CO2.

How to do all this most effectively is what this thread is ultimately about.

 

[Rocman91]

@Rocman91 Now, on to your room! "Sealed room growing", also known as Controlled Environment Agriculture, basically means that you're using climate control equipment to manage the parameters of your growing space directly, rather than depending on air exchange. It's more expensive but you get a lot more control.

Instead of venting, you use AC and dehumidification. Now that you're not blasting air in and out, you can (and must) supplement the air with carbon dioxide.

While it's apparently suddenly cool to monitor VPD, this doesn't make a lot of sense to me because VPD is just a measure of temperature vs RH... and you're doing that already. VPD is just a set of conditions that lets the plant open its stomata and breathe most effectively, which lets it absorb more CO2.

How to do all this most effectively is what this thread is ultimately about.

I guess I'll have to weigh the cost vs results. I've been hearing alot of good things going the "sealed" route . What's the yeild results vs open exchange ? I've heard 25 percent more yeild a run which seems to me would cover the cost of ac and dehu, plus you get better end products .

 

[ttystikk]

I guess I'll have to weigh the cost vs results. I've been hearing alot of good things going the "sealed" route . What's the yeild results vs open exchange ? I've heard 25 percent more yeild a run which seems to me would cover the cost of ac and dehu, plus you get better end products .

Consistency, lower incidence of pests, ideal growing conditions all the time and CO2 supplementation all add up and if your growing game is on point it can easily lead to 30% gains. It is a learning curve because we're talking about high intensity growing conditions and it's a handful if you aren't ready for it.

 

[m4s73r]

Now what is the cheapest co2 supplementation?

 

[ttystikk]

Now what is the cheapest co2 supplementation?

Sitting in your growroom and breathing. Seriously. You could even carry in weights or a stationary bike and do your workouts... or a bed, if that's the workout you prefer...