Converting to grow trees, need tips

Capulator · Mar 14, 2013

kushtrees said:
Both. I could have thinned a lot more hands down, but also the tree had a 6ft canopy and a 1000w really only has a 4x4 spread. So the bottom 2 feet of the canopy was just small nugs. If I had cut off the bottom 2 ft and had a 4 ft canopy it probably would have been a lot better because all that energy would have gone toward the top nugs. This is what I do now, make sure the canopy is only the size of the spread of the light.

I was thinking about your set up gr33n, and this may work...

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6 plants, with the double stacked thousands. This way your plants can grow 6ft tall, and once they are tall enough they should be 4ft wide as well. Then you have a 6 ft tall, 12 ft (3 plants x 4ft canopy per plant) wide canopy. Witht the 12 plant design above, the plants would have to be 6ft tall and 2 ft wide (you have a 12 x 12 room right?)

Iuno a lot if strains that will grow 6ft and not get wider than 2 ft.

You can EASILY get 12 potatoes from 12 plants this way. I could hit that with a couple of my varieties and I'm not even stacking bulbs. A 1k up above and a 600 underneath IMHO, if you can swing the additional amps and cooling power. Also, if you want to be all ninja.. :blackalien:.. you can put a row of 6 on the floor to maximize your space.

The plants will get wider than 2 ft. They will grow in to each other and with the right pruning you be left with a wall of massive colas.

fishwhistle · Mar 14, 2013

My flower rooms are 11'.5''x11'.5'' and if i got anything close to 18-20 potatoes i would jizz all over myself,have a heart attack and die on the spot cap,lol.Those are amazing results.

Capulator · Mar 14, 2013

fishwhistle said:
My flower rooms are 11'.5''x11'.5'' and if i got anything close to 18-20 potatoes i would jizz all over myself,have a heart attack and die on the spot cap,lol.Those are amazing results.

LOL!!!

Those aren't my results but I believe the person who posted it. It really is strain dependent. I don't think you could see those numbers growing a kush strain. There are lots of other very awesome strains that can produce these results though.

LexLuthor · Mar 19, 2013

^^^^That hexagon pattern looks like it would be awesome, great idea.

deniro · Mar 21, 2013

Take your hand and place it at the top of the canopy of a plant and let it sit there for 10 seconds if your hand gets too hot, it's too close to the plant(s).

GR33NL3AF · Mar 21, 2013

deniro said:
Take your hand and place it at the top of the canopy of a plant and let it sit there for 10 seconds if your hand gets too hot, it's too close to the plant(s).

lol, what does that have to do with this thread??

deniro · Mar 21, 2013

ttystikk said:
Going to school on this. When dropping vertical bulbs into the corners of a grow, does it make sense to have a reflector behind it? It seems to me that all the light going into the corner would otherwise be wasted.

I would say use a reflector on this one!!

deniro · Mar 21, 2013

kushtrees said:
I can't wait till Gavita has a vertical bulb.

A light mover moving a bulb around a tree would be pretty cool. Or a spinning plant haha

Or ROTATE it every other day if you don't have the money!

deniro · Mar 21, 2013

GR33NL3AF said:
lol, what does that have to do with this thread??

So0rry, it was meant to be a reply to, just ston..

GR33NL3AF said:
lol, what does that have to do with this thread??

LexLuthor · Mar 21, 2013

deniro said:
Or ROTATE it every other day if you don't have the money!

Can't rotate RDWC plants, but if its in chow mix then yeah, rotating it would work.

kushtrees · Mar 21, 2013

Hahaha you can't rotate a tree. A wet 15g pot plus a 5ft tree is crazy heavy. Unless youre super strong you would need to put it on a stand that can rotate, kind of like a swivel chair, for that to be a possibility.

ttystikk · Mar 21, 2013

kushtrees said:
Hahaha you can't rotate a tree. A wet 15g pot plus a 5ft tree is crazy heavy. Unless youre super strong you would need to put it on a stand that can rotate, kind of like a swivel chair, for that to be a possibility.

Well, turns out that ain't always so. I saw a company with big gear driven turn tables that would easily accommodate such a pot. RDWC is pretty much a non starter still.

I'm of the opinion that if you get your lighting properly installed, you won't need to rotate the plants...

LexLuthor · Mar 21, 2013

ttystikk said:
I'm of the opinion that if you get your lighting properly installed, you won't need to rotate the plants...

Agreed

ttystikk · Mar 21, 2013

Ok, so the plan is- currently, at least- to do 4 vertical bulbs in the corners and one in the middle, for 5kW. The bulbs in the corners will be in hoods with the glass removed. Bare bulb in the middle, a hortilux thouie on a lunatic digital, I'll overdrive it to 1150w.

Four 27 gallon tuffboxes, each with two inlets and two outlets, the rest is my usual RDWC with top drip to encourage organic metabolism in the chow mix. Should be fun!

LexLuthor · Mar 21, 2013

Woot wooot!! Sounds great and good luck tty.

GR33NL3AF · Mar 21, 2013

ttystikk said:
Ok, so the plan is- currently, at least- to do 4 vertical bulbs in the corners and one in the middle, for 5kW. The bulbs in the corners will be in hoods with the glass removed. Bare bulb in the middle, a hortilux thouie on a lunatic digital, I'll overdrive it to 1150w.

Four 27 gallon tuffboxes, each with two inlets and two outlets, the rest is my usual RDWC with top drip to encourage organic metabolism in the chow mix. Should be fun!

Cant wait to see it!

kushtrees · Mar 21, 2013

Please let us know how the vert reflectors work. I will have to look into some adjust a wings if they work well.

Also I meant turning the plant on your own. That I tried for like 2 days in veg one time and gave up quick.

ttystikk · Mar 21, 2013

Don't worry, you guys will hear it all; the good, the bad- and especially the ugly!

LexLuthor · Mar 21, 2013

vert lights in corners with reflectors, I am very interested in that. Cant wait to see the results :woot:

Again, good luck tty

Capulator · Mar 21, 2013

ttystikk said:
Ok, so the plan is- currently, at least- to do 4 vertical bulbs in the corners and one in the middle, for 5kW. The bulbs in the corners will be in hoods with the glass removed. Bare bulb in the middle, a hortilux thouie on a lunatic digital, I'll overdrive it to 1150w.

Four 27 gallon tuffboxes, each with two inlets and two outlets, the rest is my usual RDWC with top drip to encourage organic metabolism in the chow mix. Should be fun!

if the bulb has a reflector the plant will not be able to get as close. Food for thought on your spacing.

Converting to grow trees, need tips

Converting to grow trees, need tips

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deniro

LexLuthor

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LexLuthor

GR33NL3AF

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Converting to grow trees, need tips

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Capulator

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Capulator

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LexLuthor

deniro

GR33NL3AF

deniro

deniro

deniro

LexLuthor

kushtrees

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ttystikk

LexLuthor

GR33NL3AF

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