UCMETOO
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In my best Mr. Burns voice:Excellent!
can't wait to see the progress,.....im really impressed, so much so that i'm contemplating running one of my 8 site 8gl UC's without a chiller in the same room next to the 10 site 8gl system thats chilled on a 1/4hp chiller,........so far its just a thought {one you put in my head, so to speak} the main reason is i want to use the 8 site for a Royal Kush grow and not share the nutes with the Bruce Banner im running in the 10 site. Having never having grown either in the UC im betting i might need to treat them differently.
The chilling 2 different systems with SS cool coils is the way to go... i will deffinatly be doing this as well as also using the chiller for cooling the air via a car radiator and large fan blowing through... Im kicking myself in the ass for not putting my cages around my buckets to support the plants... I was thinking i would be alright because they have nice strong branches to support the massive buds, however i wasnt expecting the whole plants to get top heavy and lean and fall over:mad:.. I spent lastnight jimmy riggin the cages around the plants and tying the plants to anything possible (faucet heads, other plants, whatever i could find)... Ive found that some kind of support for the plants is a MUST.. wether its a trellis or cages something needs to keep the plants in place and under the lights..Obviously i can't actually run it sans chiller so let me fix that with this,......the plan is to use the chiller to hold a 50 gl Res at 50 or so degrees being chilled directly from the 1/4 hp chiller, then run 2 seperate stainless coils into the Res to chill each of the two UC systems, hopefully, independent of eachother,.........since i too use no AC at all in Flower and run 5k in one room with extremely well ventelated hoods each with its own fresh-cool air intake ~ Hell in the winter i worry i'm running air too freaking cold thru them~ I'm actually looking to step up to a larger chiller and use the Res to also run "IceBox" style cooling radiatiors thru a couple of my 8' inline air movers -even thinking about chilling the air comming off the charcoal air scrubber!
I got no way to support I'm just gonna have to make due with what I got... I got them pretty much tied up except for 1 girl I can't get to... I well live and learn, this will never happen again especially since I do already have the burgee tomato cages... Here's a couple shots of the ladies.. I apologize in advance for the crappy pics, all I got is my cam phone right now so please bare with me...View attachment 329886 View attachment 329887 View attachment 329888 View attachment 329889 View attachment 329890 View attachment 329891 View attachment 329892
Hey BHughie, I've been looking back at the start of your show and i'm curious what was your layout, as far as the distances from bucket center to the ajacent bucket center, any idea? any suggestions you would make for 8 to 10 buckets under 2K with a 4'x8' trellis at the canopy. i'm pretty much stuck with the 4'x8' footprint as this is the smaller setup in the room,....
my setup is right around 4x8 give or take a few inches... i built this system for 10 buckets however after a few grows i realized the front 2 buckets werent nearly getting enough light so i stopped putting plants in them.. i just measured the centers and they are about 36-38".. If i rebuilt this system i would either use just the 8 buckets with the same centers or 10 buckets with 30-32" centers... One suggestion would be to get the Burpee tomato cages instead of using the trellis... The cages are perfect for the 8gal or 13 gal buckets, they slip right over the tops snuggly and have enough bars to train the plants through the cage... Or if you insist using a trellis do a double trellis to make sure that they will be able to support the large tops that you will have...
Here's a couple pics of a previous grow with the cages you can see they really help keep an even canopy and spread out the plant with minimal training I paid like 100 for 9 of them.. They come in 3 packs for around 35 bucks...
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its really all strain specific those pics i just posted didnt yield very good, but thats because of strain she is a really crappy yield but one of the most potent smokes ive ever experienced... i average 1.5-1.75#s per 1000w with other strains... However if i had the cages in with this strain im running now i would have no doubt id get +2# per 1000kw... I think youd pry have the same results whether you use a double scrog or cages.. i think its just what you feel more comfortable with... I myself find it much easier to work with the cages i tried the scrog once and found it hard to weave the plants in the middle of the net because it was hard for me to reach
Looking so nice and frosty. How long do they have now?
UCMETOO I found with the cages if you put em up soon enough they do everything for ya. No tucking or pulling needed. Just cage and they work the rest out for ya.
Damn Amber straight killin it!!! beautiful colors going on too... What strain is that???Well im not too sure what pics you saw but here is a random one with some nice full cages. View attachment 330465
As far as the IBA and the bubble tray. Currently I am not using it. I am using only CS veg and CS Roots. The bubble tray I have found is for only and short amount of time. I have gotten tangled by being in there too long. Couple weeks thats it. As for my DS dealings he advised honestly that I go buy the $7 IBA from Home Depot dump that whole thing in there (no it does not dissolve in there just floats around) with some Dyna Bloom (yes bloom not veg) and a sterilizer like CS Roots and thats it. It works perhaps too good.
I think its interesting your trying out the short strain. I was actually thinking that the opposite would be optimal in the system because of the nature of the system to just bush. I was thinking that the longer lengthy sativa would have a lot of potential. I guess I would assume a Sour Diesel or Blue Dream would just be jaw dropping. I guess that I can also see how the system would optimize a shorter strain though. I'm actually pretty interested in knowing how that works out for ya.
Thanks its some Girl Scout from a local dispensary. I stuck the mom outside a week or two ago so I will let you know if its the system that makes em beefy or if its just the strain.(whatever it is).Damn Amber straight killin it!!! beautiful colors going on too... What strain is that???
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