Boomer's 5000w Medical Cannabis Laboratory w/ C02 generator & ScrOG

[Shady]

Looking good Boomer! I'm still diggin' your clean setup. Hmmm, let me know when you upgrade for more big boy toys... I'm still playing in the Tot lot... :giggle

 

[justiceman]

not that cool when he bumps into a bare bulb with his cheek.


awesome setup man.

HAHAHAHA man that's a good one right there. As you said boomer those lamps are just like floating fire. Man that would suck to bump into them.

Damn boomer those ladies are looking nice and lush for sure! wow if your talking about improving 5x I can't wait to see what's in store since your already doing it damn nice!

 

[Boomer242]

Flower Update Week 2 Day 11

Heres week 2 of flower update

feeding around 1100ppm at 5.6-5.8 ph

prob gonna start bumping up my length of watering since the ladies are lookin droopy and using up alot of water im sure since the c02 is pumpin out at 1500ppm still.

pistils and buds are forming now.

for u scroggers out there i need sum advice.
ive been tucking watever branches were long enough to b tucked bak under and from wat i understand the stretch lasts about 2 weeks? so should i plan to stop weaving by the end of this week? shit is gettin packed and im running out of room to weave the branches and actually havin to almost cross paths with other plants. tryin not to get shit too crowded.

also when should i begin to clean up under the canopy? once the canopy is full and minimum light shines thru to the bottom?

anyways let me know watsup guys just been busy workin on shit. 8)


heres the scrog tables

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buds begin

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temps dialed in


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thought id mess with the camera settings sum. c02 generator burning 1500ppm 8)

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the generator and my work station


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[winta]

shit lookin right boomer!

 

[mikegreenthumb]

83 is just about perfect when using co2 dont be fooled if your not using co2 ( anyone looking at journal ) about 10 degrees lower is what you want

 

[justiceman]

Damn can't get over the cleanliness of the room itself. I like how you set it up in order to provide room so you can move around and work inside the area. Good premeditated plan.

 

[JACKMAYOFFER]

Its hard to tell from your pics but it looks like they need a flush or your PH is off? I like to recalibrate my PH meter every month. As far as taking off the lower growth I stop at the start of week 3 so Week 1 and 2 start removing and the begining of week 3 go back and hit anything you missed, No later or it will affect your yield.JACK..

 

[Boomer242]

Flower update week 2 day 13

heres a couple new pix with the lights off. trimmed up everything under the canopy. was a lot more then i thought but looks def cleaned up. i untangled sum of the main stems that took off into other plant zones but seems to be spaced enough so no competing for space and no mold issues with colas stacked on top each other. the screen is decently filled. id say like 80% maybe 90% but still learnin the scrog method and strain. the next round of ladies will not be FIMmed or topped. ill just lay em over under the netting.



im thinkin about pickin up 2x1000w HPS lamps and do vertical lighting in the middle of the tables to add to side lighting. anyone think this would be worth it at this stage? not sure about the vertical light pattern as well so that id need sum light shedded on haha





as delivered....



waterfarm setup
left four = master bubba kush (not doin too well)
right four = sour grape
hoping to keep these bitches alive and get solid mothers rollin but the ph curve and wide ring dripper stunted em from lack of attention. anyways im gettin a diff strain to grow after the current flower crop is done. itll be a filler crop since the mothers are laggin.



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ladies weaved


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buds showing their tops 8)


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kinda hard to see with the lights off but the underside of the canopy has been cleaned up


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[Boomer242]

Its hard to tell from your pics but it looks like they need a flush or your PH is off? I like to recalibrate my PH meter every month. As far as taking off the lower growth I stop at the start of week 3 so Week 1 and 2 start removing and the begining of week 3 go back and hit anything you missed, No later or it will affect your yield.JACK..

thanks jack i finished the trimming today as u can see in the update above.

my ph has been in the 5.5-5.9 range i check everyday before the lights come on. but maybe its too low or high for certain uptake. im flushin tomorrow since its the end of my flower week. so im sure they will take off and clean up. i just got my ph stick recalibrated too since it seemed to be trippin

 

[BOSSMAN88188]

Looking real happy boomer.

 

[mikegreenthumb]

i dont ushually say if i think and what i think imbalances are or if there are some just cause i figure you already seen it and were treating if you wanted too maybe if it was a newbies journal but look how advanced boomers setup is im pretty sure safe bet he seen was on it and treating the way he wanted and even if you wanted advice would ask but i may be wrong

big ups boomer looking top notch as always

 

[Boomer242]

Next Round...

im learning lots from this round already and makin plans for the next round with this setup as well as putting together the new collective vendor grow :mrgreen::eyesmoke:

anyways im considering lowering the heigth on my scrog netting and at the same time instead of stacking the 6" rockwool vegged cube on top an individual 4" rockwool slab; id just set the 6" cube on the hydro tray and fill the table with hydroton pebbles? this idea was mentioned and got me thinkin... this in theory would allow the roots to blow out under the cube and continue to stretch as far as they want under cover from the hydroton..? but do these extended roots get proper watering?? considering im using a ring drip hydro setup i dont think the roots would... theyd dry up and die from wat i understand. so would i have to switch to a flood and drain setup to get this benefit?

the reason im trying to get my canopy lowered is my lights are only 20" away from the screen total and the colas growin up thru the screen can get larger then planned (hopefully) and get too close to the lights. heat isnt the issue, its the foxtail and any other weird side effects from too many lumens... plus the 600w footprint isnt as wide as it could be since its close.

anyways let me know wat u guys think.

 

[mikegreenthumb]

im learning lots from this round already and makin plans for the next round with this setup as well as putting together the new collective vendor grow :mrgreen::eyesmoke:

anyways im considering lowering the heigth on my scrog netting and at the same time instead of stacking the 6" rockwool vegged cube on top an individual 4" rockwool slab; id just set the 6" cube on the hydro tray and fill the table with hydroton pebbles? this idea was mentioned and got me thinkin... this in theory would allow the roots to blow out under the cube and continue to stretch as far as they want under cover from the hydroton..? but do these extended roots get proper watering?? considering im using a ring drip hydro setup i dont think the roots would... theyd dry up and die from wat i understand. so would i have to switch to a flood and drain setup to get this benefit?

the reason im trying to get my canopy lowered is my lights are only 20" away from the screen total and the colas growin up thru the screen can get larger then planned (hopefully) and get too close to the lights. heat isnt the issue, its the foxtail and any other weird side effects from too many lumens... plus the 600w footprint isnt as wide as it could be since its close.

anyways let me know wat u guys think.

i got my 600 covering 3x3 and about 12" from tops i run the hotilux super hps runs a bit cooler than norm bulb and i dont worry to much bout too many lumens you know if there too close when leafs start "bleaching"

 

[Boomer242]

im running all (6) 600w HPS hortilux blue bulbs with air cooled hoods and 2tons of AC. thing is im not just using a 600w over a 3x3 area its more like 900w for the area so thats why i want to make sure not to bleach the leafs or foxtail like mentioned before.

 

[mikegreenthumb]

if you didnt have bleaching and just had foxtails prob wasn't lumen issues from what ive seen bleaching always occurs first calculate your lumens per sq foot light degrades alot x distance my 600 at 12" more than 1000 at 24 " http://forum.grasscity.com/absolute-beginners/216418-introduction-lighting.html

 

[JACKMAYOFFER]

Those shots look much better :clapping!!How long have those clones been in the water farms ?

 

[Boomer242]

Conversion?

i def always focus on root development and tryin to learn more as i grow.

filling the table with hydroton would be more space efficient to me so the roots can blow out further and i have 4" more of heigth to work with by gettin rid of the 4" rockwool slab. as long as i cant find a negative reason to do this method then i mite make this conversion. issue would b i want to continue using my ring drip emitters but not sure all the roots will get fully watered with this feeding method. i dont like the concept of flood and drain with a recirculating rez. i prefer to waste my runoff and not contaminate my feed rez. so thats the issue i need to work thru

 

[Boomer242]

Those shots look much better :clapping!!How long have those clones been in the water farms ?

glad theyre lookin better i have been messin with the ph in my rezs for a while now and got my canna meter recalibrated which i think helped. the ladies really responded well to the flush with RO and 300ppm.

and ummm... the clones have been in the waterfarm setup for too long im over it lol. thinkin about converting it a diff way or just doin a whole neew mother setup period that fits better under the 400w MH.


becuz the mothers were stunted im resorting to picking up 42 cuttings from another vendor and havin to choose from his selection. wish i had more options but i dont trust collective cuttings and they never have the amount im lookin for.

 

[mikegreenthumb]

glad theyre lookin better i have been messin with the ph in my rezs for a while now and got my canna meter recalibrated which i think helped. the ladies really responded well to the flush with RO and 300ppm.

and ummm... the clones have been in the waterfarm setup for too long im over it lol. thinkin about converting it a diff way or just doin a whole neew mother setup period that fits better under the 400w MH.


becuz the mothers were stunted im resorting to picking up 42 cuttings from another vendor and havin to choose from his selection. wish i had more options but i dont trust collective cuttings and they never have the amount im lookin for.

idk bout how you feel bout harborside but thell do 99 clones i hear

 

[mikegreenthumb]

hella peeps i know having issues with those cloners how many clones you ushually go throu at a time like how many would you take and need for setup