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The first screen(training screen) was set at a height that me and my roleable mechanic stool can fit u see comfortably. Plants are now set in rows that aloe me to roll in and out.
From my stool I can reach up to just above the top screen so I can adjust plants as needed or foliar. Thanks for checkin in guys. Any questions or comments are always appreciated.
Confu
I totally understand but where I think you may have trouble is that that under the screen is going to become to thick to be able to reach 2 feet up to the tops.
On my horz scrogs there is no way I could reach under the canopy all the way to the tops and actually see what I'm working on, even if I could roll around underneath the canopy. To me it's like trying to pour new oil into a car, but trying to do it while under the car.
I'm still a huge fan of tables that you can roll away in order to access the tops.
I just built 20 of these. (Haven't added the casters in the pic)
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But I'm very curious to see how it works.
Cheers
Sorry I missed ur post @Dunge. To answer ur question,"Don't they need to form a grid to perform their requisite function" I thought the same thing the first time I saw Cap use the string zigzagged like that, but after playing with it, as long as the string is rigid you can train jus like you would with a trellis net. You have half as many places to "tuck" the tops ur tryin to train but I've never had a canopy so full that I needed all that "tuckable" space. Where this netting system shines will be on breakdown day, cutting plants out of netting or caging ISNOT the biznezz. With the snip of the scissors and a tie of the string I can take down a whole row of plants but keep all the others where they need to be. Having plants lean on the dirty floor ISNOT the biznezz. All in all its a functional cheap method that is cost effective.Any problem will be unreachable.
I wouldn't mention it, but I worried those strings might just get in the way.
Don't they need to form a grid to perform their requisite function?
Love the room, not so sure about the screen.
Glad your eating good this week dude. Keeping it real is just easier than Faking the funk. I'm like O.D.B; I keep shit stank in my draws so I can get funky for u.At least your an honest man lol last week I hardly had anything to eat but this week im eating good!
I love the trellis system I'll deff have to copy that shit
Phillips was the original manufacturer of Gavita bulbs. This year however, Gavita switched to the German company who makes Ushio for their bulbs. Phillips just had a recall on ALL DE bulbs made from Jan 2014-Sept 2014 as they started to blow in a VERY VERY scary way including some fires. I have heard rumors that it was not the bulbs at all but rather the frequency that Gavita is running the ballasts. Did you specifically get Phillips bulbs with your Gavita?View attachment 457102 I walked into the room this morning to find out one of my Gavitas blew a bulb. Kinda scary , have u heard of this happening @GR33NL3AF ?
Confu
Phillips was the original manufacturer of Gavita bulbs. This year however, Gavita switched to the German company who makes Ushio for their bulbs. Phillips just had a recall on ALL DE bulbs made from Jan 2014-Sept 2014 as they started to blow in a VERY VERY scary way including some fires. I have heard rumors that it was not the bulbs at all but rather the frequency that Gavita is running the ballasts. Did you specifically get Phillips bulbs with your Gavita?
i thought it smelled funky in here lol.keep at it confu,its coming together nice in here bro.just that one bulb blew right?i would imagine its one of the most sought after bulbs in the world right now so they are prolly crankin em out pretty fast.peace
Sorry I'm late to the show. I just love a good build. You have done a great job. You should have seen my first mud party I had to re tape most of it.
You had me worried that you weren't going to paint! You have to seal drywall or its just one big spong!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad you got that cancer thing beat! I'm like you don't worry over the shit I can't control.
Peace and keep up the great work.
Phillips was the original manufacturer of Gavita bulbs. This year however, Gavita switched to the German company who makes Ushio for their bulbs. Phillips just had a recall on ALL DE bulbs made from Jan 2014-Sept 2014 as they started to blow in a VERY VERY scary way including some fires. I have heard rumors that it was not the bulbs at all but rather the frequency that Gavita is running the ballasts. Did you specifically get Phillips bulbs with your Gavita?
Awesome build Confu....keep at it, I see good things in the future. MGG
Gavitas come with diffrent bulbs now dude. jus an fyi.Great news on the bulb issue, next week I'm ordering 15 gavitas. Makes me feel real comfortable.
What u no about the epaps, HH?
Glad u figured things out, I had similar issues with my room.. Things to look for which happened to me, co2 being pumped into the root zone due to air pump that was suppose to pump oxygen into the Rez being to low and absorbing the co2, and ethylene build up from a liner made polyethylene off gassing .. From my understanding sealed rooms shouldn't have these issues even from using co2 tanks but for piece of mind I added an exhaust vent which only comes on during the night period to exchange the air.. You may notice more co2 consumption but during the night period ur co2 isn't need and the co2 should be off..So lately ive been having a hell of a time getting my plants healthy, ever since i moved very healthy plants from veg to the flower room, Ive been trying to figure out what is wrong with them. I did alot of reading and checkin all variables and i think i narrowed it down to stale air in a sealed room. I thought buy going with co2tanks i would eliminate the sad plant syndrome people seem to have when the do a big new sealed room. most people Ive read this happening to usually had c02 burners and mabe Ethylene build up but some also had tanks. last night I saw @gettogro post some new trees and he metioned that he was having the exact symptoms in a sealed room (purple stems, strechy. and yellow leaves) but when he took the plants out of that room they perked up. thats when it hit me, Its gotta be the air in the room.
this morning I did my best to exchange air in the room by opening up the door and running my 12 inch inline blowing fresh air in.
I also gave them 24 hr or darkness as today is day 1 of flower. in the past the 24 hr dark period has helped me with sad lookin plants.
they do look alot better, ill take new pixs soon.
Im a embarrassed by the look of these plants but here is what they looked like right before I gave them a 24 hr dark period
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They are wet because they jus got a fulpower/seagreen foliar.
I hope me documenting this can help someone else out. Im gonna be cutting a whole for fresh air and a inline fan soon.
confu
Epaps still come with the Philips bulbs, the main distributor in the USA (for the Epaps) had downplayed the severity of the Philips recall and then said it was only happening with Gavita ballasts but clearly it is in his best interest to say this. Now that there are so many manufacturers getting into the DE world (Gavita, E-papillion, Paralux, Nanolux) small frequency differences are potentially dangerous. Philips are just covering their ass but it would not surprise me if this is a problem that may happen with more bulbs. In the case of the Phillips bulbs the problem was that they did not use enough silica in the crystal of the DE bulb. I have tested all of the DE bulbs out there and have to say that the Ushio and now the new Gavita bulbs are the best. The ballasts and reflectors on the other hand are subject to your opinions. I know Gavita matches their ballasts with the Ushio and Gavita bulbs, I believe that Lighting Innovations (parent company of the e-papillion) does the same with the Philips bulbs. So it is likely that that would be the preferable combination.Great news on the bulb issue, next week I'm ordering 15 gavitas. Makes me feel real comfortable.
What u no about the epaps, HH?
So lately ive been having a hell of a time getting my plants healthy, ever since i moved very healthy plants from veg to the flower room, Ive been trying to figure out what is wrong with them. I did alot of reading and checkin all variables and i think i narrowed it down to stale air in a sealed room. I thought buy going with co2tanks i would eliminate the sad plant syndrome people seem to have when the do a big new sealed room. most people Ive read this happening to usually had c02 burners and mabe Ethylene build up but some also had tanks. last night I saw @gettogro post some new trees and he metioned that he was having the exact symptoms in a sealed room (purple stems, strechy. and yellow leaves) but when he took the plants out of that room they perked up. thats when it hit me, Its gotta be the air in the room.
this morning I did my best to exchange air in the room by opening up the door and running my 12 inch inline blowing fresh air in.
I also gave them 24 hr or darkness as today is day 1 of flower. in the past the 24 hr dark period has helped me with sad lookin plants.
they do look alot better, ill take new pixs soon.
Im a embarrassed by the look of these plants but here is what they looked like right before I gave them a 24 hr dark period
View attachment 463054 View attachment 463055 View attachment 463056 View attachment 463057 View attachment 463058 View attachment 463059 View attachment 463060
They are wet because they jus got a fulpower/seagreen foliar.
I hope me documenting this can help someone else out. Im gonna be cutting a whole for fresh air and a inline fan soon.
confu
Im working on installing a inline for night time exchange, but for now im jus opening the door and pointing my 12 towards the room drawing from the veg room, which have no issues in there. thank for @EveryOneSmokes !Glad u figured things out, I had similar issues with my room.. Things to look for which happened to me, co2 being pumped into the root zone due to air pump that was suppose to pump oxygen into the Rez being to low and absorbing the co2, and ethylene build up from a liner made polyethylene off gassing .. From my understanding sealed rooms shouldn't have these issues even from using co2 tanks but for piece of mind I added an exhaust vent which only comes on during the night period to exchange the air.. You may notice more co2 consumption but during the night period ur co2 isn't need and the co2 should be off..
Glad u caught this early, I did the same thing and caught it on flip day, things turning out great even with the set backs..
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