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MendoCruz · Feb 3, 2012

Just reset the room and made some minor adjustments. I had 2-4x4, 2-4x8, and 1-2x4 under 9K. I just added 2 more 2x4 trays and set the whole room on a drip. I set the res's up with float valves to top off for me during the week. Last run was almost all coco in 3 gal pots. This run will be rockwool blocks on grow cubes in 1 gal pots. I'm running Sage n' Sour, Sour D, Moby Dick, Platinum OG, and Sugaree. One 4x8 and 2x4 are 16/light, one 4x8 and 2x4 are12/light, one 4x4 and 2x4 9/light and 11 plants on the last 4x4. I have plants that grow at different rates and some are a little smaller than the others. I'll be feeding Green Planet's Hydro Fuel Bloom, Massive, Finisher, and Liquid W-8. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the ride.

skywalkerss · Feb 4, 2012

fucking A subd bro!

very clean setup, why the switch to drip and not flood?

MendoCruz · Feb 4, 2012

A friend of mine got me on to this set-up. I tried it out on a 2x4 tray and a 4x4, this last run. The growth was very explosive compared to what I had been doing. I use a flood and drain method on my veg table, though.

OGrower · Feb 4, 2012

clean setup, cant wait

skywalkerss · Feb 4, 2012

very interesting.....explosive how? in all around growth in veg? or ripping and bigger nugs in flower?

im hand water every morning...and so far i think they look good for 26-30 days veg, but why do you think that the drip is more accurate than the flood? maybe that consitant drip keeps that money spot between dry n damp for the rk?

SweetTooth · Feb 4, 2012

hydro fuel... Must be a Canuck

Looks nice and clean man. Cool setup

ogplatinum · Feb 4, 2012

NICE mendo, didn't see this thread till today. Diggin the new setup homie!

MendoCruz · Feb 4, 2012

SweetTooth said:
hydro fuel... Must be a Canuck

Looks nice and clean man. Cool setup

Nope. All American. :) Green Planet Hooked me up with a free runs worth of nutes on the last round to try out and I liked them so much that I am making the full switch. I've never had a run were the plants seemed to be lacking in some respects, until now. Size, quality, health, it's all there.

MendoCruz · Feb 4, 2012

skywalkerss said:
very interesting.....explosive how? in all around growth in veg? or ripping and bigger nugs in flower?

im hand water every morning...and so far i think they look good for 26-30 days veg, but why do you think that the drip is more accurate than the flood? maybe that consitant drip keeps that money spot between dry n damp for the rk?

I did a side by side with rockwool drip Vs. Hand-watering coco. The rockwool was really quick to dry so it got 4 2 minute long feedings a night. The coco got fed every other night. The plants in the rockwool were transplanted from 2" rooting cubes into delta 8's, then the blocks were set into 1 gal pots with grow cubes. The plants in coco were transplanted the same day from 4" pots into 3 gal pots. The rockwool plants were 3" tall, the coco plants were 8-10" with a well established root system. I vegged them both for a week and then flipped into flower. The rockwool grew extremely fast, the stocks grew much bigger and so did the flowers. I really do love coco but I feel that I can get more runs in a shorter period of time with rockwool.

MendoCruz · Feb 4, 2012

I have a few pics of the new room and some from the old room when we harvested today. The bud pictures are all Sage n' Sour. It was a beautiful day to trim outside in the warm sunshine.

skywalkerss · Feb 5, 2012

Thanks for the Rw and coco break down bro :) def good info......but.damm those are some nuggs u got there..I.see u have the bat hoods...u running co2?

Impressive pull my friend. Danketty dank dank

ogplatinum · Feb 5, 2012

DAMN homie, if ya need a pair of extra hands this weekend im free! Looks like you'll have your hands more than full!

MendoCruz · Feb 5, 2012

Thank you! That was a coco run. I run Co2 but, not a sealed room so to speak. I have intake and exaust for temp reasons. The fans kick on every hour or so. I really can't wait to smoke those girl. Sage n' Sour (clone cut) is my favorite of all the weed.

MendoCruz · Feb 5, 2012

OGP! I will need a hand pretty soon. Harvested the first run of the 9K last weekend and it is almost ready for trimming and the 4K will need scissors next weekend. The 9K was a pretty bunk harvest, though. I haven't had my ass handed to me like that in a while. New room, new plants, and I was spread pretty thin, equalled out to a shit harvest.

skywalkerss · Feb 5, 2012

:) I have never smoked sage n sour....smoke report soon? Lol

Do ya think its a waste of.money.runnin co2 with a non sealed room...I mean mostly sealed but.just like you, some fans will kick on for temps?

Do ya really see results even if its leaking somewhere?

Thanks mendo

MendoCruz · Feb 5, 2012

I saw a pretty good jump in growth speed, yield followed.

skywalkerss · Feb 5, 2012

Sweet, have tried those co2 propane burners?

ogplatinum · Feb 5, 2012

MendoCruz said:
OGP! I will need a hand pretty soon. Harvested the first run of the 9K last weekend and it is almost ready for trimming and the 4K will need scissors next weekend. The 9K was a pretty bunk harvest, though. I haven't had my ass handed to me like that in a while. New room, new plants, and I was spread pretty thin, equalled out to a shit harvest.

Well bro, any hands you need just let a brother know and im down! Always here for lend a hand! :banana1sv6:

Sucks about the bunk harvest bro, but im really diggin the new setup, always wanted to fuck with ebb an flow with hugo blocks, BUT I just wasn't confident enough...after a semester in "intro to hydroponics" where rockwool WILL be covered as a media i think I might give her a go!

OH an for anyone wondering how any of mendos sour dankness is on the potency level, its fucking DANK. one of his strains tests over 25% thc and has it all, bag appeal, SOUR ass smell and taste and knocks me down like'a freight train! Good shit! I might have some pics of your Sour OG dried and ready for smokin if you want me to throw some up? only a G in the pic or so, but its still some fire!

MendoCruz · Feb 5, 2012

ogplatinum said:
Well bro, any hands you need just let a brother know and im down! Always here for lend a hand! :banana1sv6:

Sucks about the bunk harvest bro, but im really diggin the new setup, always wanted to fuck with ebb an flow with hugo blocks, BUT I just wasn't confident enough...after a semester in "intro to hydroponics" where rockwool WILL be covered as a media i think I might give her a go!

OH an for anyone wondering how any of mendos sour dankness is on the potency level, its fucking DANK. one of his strains tests over 25% thc and has it all, bag appeal, SOUR ass smell and taste and knocks me down like'a freight train! Good shit! I might have some pics of your Sour OG dried and ready for smokin if you want me to throw some up? only a G in the pic or so, but its still some fire!

Post away, my Friend!

sticky icky · Feb 5, 2012

Damm homie really kick ass grow all around lovin the set up them babies are gonna get beastly I'm subbed keep up the awesome work!

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