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Thanks shady I hope things keep going smoothThose trees look lovely Bubblehaze! DIY FTW!
Looking very nice in there.. I am looking forward to watching these girls fill out... Well done..
looks great, what strains are u running?
Do you think it will be an issue pumping elevated co2 levels into the root zone with the air pumps in the same room?
Im not sure about the air pump in the room either, I have looked for some answers as well, but couldnt come up with anything definitive. I guess if someone had a lab quality DO meter to do some testing we could find out. I have seen many grows with the air pumps in the high co2 room, doesn't seem to have any adverse effects. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
55" centers can get small really fast. I have overgrown mine twice, it really hurts yield. Plants grow into each other and choke out the lights, so I had to raise them way above optimum height. At 55 centers I liked my plants to finish around 4x4, but that is strain dependent. The key is to get your flip size dialed in for your room and your strains. I'm about to try 72" centers with double stacked lights on my wifi, we'll see how that goes..
I have also heard that "if you can drink it, so can your plants" lol
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nice build. rubbermaid also makes those square cans. look in to US plastics they have them available to ship.
Thanks for the heads up.
I saw the rubber maid ones they were grey so I was worried about the light. The Rubbermaid ones were also quite more expensive.I think like $15 more a piece. We are building another 12 site one and we are even using black pipe next time.
I dont think a little bit of light affects the roots as much as we think. In my MPB, there is some light leakage in the buckets and the plants do not mind at all. Roots are nice and healthy.
I would stay away from ABS pipe and just use the PVC. My concern is the black pipe making your chiller work too hard. White pvc and then cover it with some 3M adhesive spray and reflectex. that will keep the pipes dark, and insulated. If I coudl do it again thats what I would do. The light will heat that black pipe up, and the hot pipe will heat the water, become a home for pathogens, etc..
Anyway, you know what you are doing. The DIY UC you put up speaks for itself.
I'm all about wrapping my PVC. I even get the insulated 3/4in pipe covers, stuffs cheap and worth it.. It really did cut down on my chiller usage even compared to just buckets being covered.. I too thought about using ABS until I covered my PVC, cheaper with same benefits, IMHO..
Very nice set up my friend, i see these vertical grows getting bigger and bigger and your so right about the way to grow, if your looking for ''big'', lol. I was diggin your veg time, taking that risk to get them as big as you did, but the over grow you talked about will only add when you hang lights. I understand it wasn't your plan, but bro this lil set-up is going to ROCK. Im new to the vert growing and had the space just a few months ago and now looking to micro grow in an apartment now, lol. But still trying to pull of using my LED's in my tent, just more risky here, i was in the boonies. I guess thats why i was glad you went balls to the wall in veg for big ass plants, i missed my opportunity to try a vert grow so im glad to see you push it hard like this. Its going to kill man i know it is, thanks for the show man, il be watching this one for sure!
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I have a 5 ton on 9 1k's and it is just barely keeping up FWIW. I think you are supposed to figure 5k per bulb to be on the safe side.
3 mini splits sounds good to me. I dont know abotu cool tubes because I haev never used them When I built my room I was told it is better to get more AC and run bare bulbs. You are not running a little closet over there, and I am pretty sure with 16k you can afford the extra AC and electrical bill. Then you dont have to walk around those tubes either. I am sure that can get to be a pain in the ass.
In my 6 site UC PRO (35g) setup I have 14k vert/horiz bulbs and 70" Centers is what we had to go with and even then you have to make sure they do not over grow into each other. I would consider doing 65" at a minimum.
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