howdy ya'll. im back at it growing again and am ready to share my experience with you. my current setup is a 600 w digital ballast with gull wing reflector and both mh and hps bulbs. im growing 1 large bag seed plant I started veg in early February and started flowering on april 21. it is in soil from a local greenhouse their premium soil made from every poop under the and is in a 7 gallon planter. I have a 20 watt 45 lpm commercial air pump for teas and a 6 inch bubbledisc for aeration. I have used 5-1-1 Alaska fish for veg and 0-5-0 cave bat guano for flower. 1 tablespoon molasses was added to every tea to feed the microbes and mychorrizae was added to the soil. I am using mylar for the walls an a simple box fan for circulation. my temps have ranged between 72-81 all grow and are stable at 79 now, my rh has been between 42% and 65% super thrive was added twice during veg and I have used >6 ppm water for waterings with a ph of 6.3 the whole grow. run off ph has ranged from 5.9-6.5. im hoping to harvest by june 20th currently I have 3 amber for every 10 or so cloudy/ clear trichs. it is currently over 3 ft tall and im hoping to get ~12 oz dry. pics to come
Hey, man, good to have you aboard. Sounds like you're getting shit done. Looking foreward to pics of the garden.
assit: Make yourself at home and catch you on the forum.Always good to have some new members introduce themselves.:thumbsup:
. We definitely would love to see some pics of the grow. Dont get offended when members pick out things you could be doing better, these guys know what they are talking about and you will learn alot from them. Peace, and goodluck:redbong:
Howdy , and welcome to GK. Sounds like you are off to a solid start and yeah- we like pictures. Good luck BBT
:-welcome-: GK's a :coool: spot. We have a lot of knowledgeable growers here doing a myriad of different styles. I dig your style man. Organic soil and Teas are where it's at. I was running Hydro but just went back to soil and started brewing my own compost tea. Looking forward to seeing some pics. :thumbs-up: asssit:
im also developing a new grow room that is meant to vent hot air/ ethylene from the top while recirculating co2 on the bottom. alot of kinks to work out though im basically going to be using 2 fans to both push and pull co2 pooling on the bottom of the grow room so that it recirculates up through the leaves . a puller fan will be mounted slightly above the canopy and a pusher fan mounted on the bottom opposite of one another with ducting running around the outside of the box to connect the intake/ exhaust charge. basically the problem im having is keeping the bottom completely sealed so co2 doesnt escape while keeping the height of the box high enough so that co2 doesnt escape that way. the other problems are buildup of relative humidity and keeping temps in the 85-90 range and ppm between 1000-1100. to combat humidity iv considered using a coffee can filled with silica gel or a similar desiccant to remove moisture and the vent fan on the ceiling to control heat. here is a picture so you get the idea of what im trying to do: View attachment 18017 of course im content right now with growing slammin bud and making bubble hash /monthly_2013_06/57a6cabf79322_co2room.jpg.a76eb4b5989310f2f9b45bbaa9f34ffe.jpg
Curious about the this. So you're running a closed CO2 supplement system and need to vent ethylene without opening the garden to atmosphere? A good circulating fan in the garden takes care of any pooling problems and daily exhaust venting deals with the ethylene easily enough. Still curious to see how this type of scavenging could work without reducing overall CO2 concentrations or wasting bottle gas. Might want to get that ppm up over 1200 to get full effect.:thumbsup:
Forgive me if I missed something, but where is the ethylene coming from/ Why is there a need to vent ethylene from the grow room?
Ethylene is a byproduct gas from plant aging or decay. A build up (which is quite rare) can cause inadequate bud formation, bud rot or failing overall health of the plants. Most grow rooms are so well ventilated it's of absolutely no concern. Closed loop CO2 can build up ethylene late in flowering. That's one of the reasons to fully exhaust the garden room periodically. Fruit shippers use ethylene gas to ripen some fruits that are harvested "green" then ship to the retailer.
Okay. Good to at least have the knowledge of this. I run a sealed room with Co2. However, my "sealed room" isn't 100% airtight. I get some leakage so I doubt that I would have any issues with ethylene buildup. I hope. :redbong:
