Grandaddy Purple, Sativa Spirit, Bubble Gum, Blue Dream

[AquaponicHerb]

Growing some of the finest- some uppers, downers, and all-arounders. I'm going to be using lavarock again with some basic nutrients. I have some rooted into 4" grodan cubes, but will have them all uniformly in the lavarock in a few days.

These are clones purchased from local dispensaries; hoping they will be my last as I just started doing my own cuttings again. I have them sitting in 3 inches of azamax infused nutrified water with optimal oxygenation.

I aquired the Bubble Gum genetics and am now using it for this grow. I'm hopeful as reports of this plant seem positive as it has been stabilized for many years in holland.

[AquaponicHerb]

Wrote a program in flash to help me with this grow. Its called Harvest Pro. Hoping it will increase yield...

[MJACTIVIST]

Wrote a program in flash to help me with this grow. Its called Harvest Pro. Hoping it will increase yield...

I don't see how.
So how will a program help u yield more?
If u kept the PH, PPM's, pot size and lighting the same how would the yield change? A program is just another why for u to keep track of whats going on in the grow room.
And what Bubble Gum did u get? B.O.G.s?
L8
MJ

[AquaponicHerb]

Not sure. Got it at a local dispensary, don't know the pheno but I know it grows very vigorously in veg. This flash program is to help me keep track of daily growth rates, clones, mothers, treatments, nutrients, yields, multiple overlapping harvests. It forces me to pay attention to each individual plant and pay attention to whats going on.

This will increase my yield because I will be more aware of the little variables that affect my plants. This will allow me to learn from my mistakes, even if the mistake is something as subtle as a 10% lag in veg growth per day over a 2 week period. A lot of people just start a batch and forget about their plants- they dont look them over individually everyday but rather just water the group of plants and once in awhile pull dead leaves or inspect for pests.

I'm ocd but I am also lazy. This program is perfect for me because it forces me to track all these stats on my plants.

It works for me....
:thumbsup:

[AquaponicHerb]

Few days into vegetative growth.

[AquaponicHerb]

doing transplants into lavarock. have some different size containers and transplant methods im experimenting with for efficacy. currently starting new grow area so things are in disarray. doing custom passive dwc hybrid systems-

I was hit by a wave of suprise mites in my veg section during my last flowering

got azamax at 5% perma dose in solution for systemic approach
using airborne hydroxyl radicals
using alcohol/soap mix spray
azamax painted on undersides of leaves @ 125% concentration

thinking this should handle it...

[AquaponicHerb]

flash program I wrote up....

[AquaponicHerb]

Its been awhile since I've updated this journal.

Currently I'm using a custom made flood and drain hydroponic system. I flood every 6 hours in each of my bins. I'm running 5.7 ph constant with different advanced nutrients products and I am on a 24/0 photoperiod.

I was tweaking with my different types of water and air pumps, trying to form a hybrid of sorts. I created a lot of effects injecting massive amounts of air into the hose of a 375 gph water pump. I got lots of different effects, not so impressive, bubbles moving through the water tube to the grow beds big deal.....

But then after some more tinkering what I discovered was that if air is injected into a specific area of a high pressure water line at the right angle, the right shaped pipe, right airflow and waterflow; the right shaped oxygen nozzle, you cross a threshold and it makes a very fine hissing sound resulting in billions of microscopic bubbles with optimal surface area; I'm talking aerosol baby....

The water comes out in a jet and fills the 65 gallon grow bed, and there is a super thick white solution of microscopic bubbles that dont float, but rather just whirl around suspended in the water. I noticed oxidation in the form of fizzing around the root masses. And there is a type of foaming around dead veg matter leading me to believe I may be pushing upper thresholds of naturally forming hydrogen peroxide.

I will label my method the "AquaponicHerbs 5 micron venturi hybrid method", or something along those lines.

I'll have some pictures soon. I am very very suprised that no one uses this type of technology, and I have not had many results searching for it on google with cannabis growth.

I need to further perfect this so I can replicate it over and over. The bubbles are so fine that my water looks as white as milk....

I will provide pictures soon.

[AquaponicHerb]

here is some documentation of the venturi's efficacy

I'm still working on perfecting it....

:rastasmoke:

[AquaponicHerb]

OK, I made a venturi adapter. I used Bernoulli's principle to figure out the constants so I could adjust the angles just right.

What I got now is an airhose coming out of my res which sucks in air on its own- injecting it into a 375 gph waterline.

The design consists of several layers of different sized tubing, hose, plastic vitamin bottle, air flow regulator, screw-clamp for the seals, and pieces of a plastic pen with fanlike serations in it to atomize the bubbles to 5-20 microns.

I then took it a step further, and attached an aquarium air pump rated for 150 gallons. What happened next was strange....

I heard a fizzing and popping all around, and the the tubes leading to the trays emitted a super high frequency whine, possibly a mach threshold.

I could hear bubbles being smashed and smashed and smashed and cut and smashed again inside my venturi; fittings and a plastic bottle designed like a vortex, so the bubbles spin around the inside and get cut and smashed many times before escaping into the system.

The water turned as white as milk, so opaque that I couldnt even seen 1 inch into the solution, like milk I tell ya. After looking more closely I realized they were billions of microscopic bubbles. The few I could actually make out with my eyes I estimated to be in the 30-40 micron range. There are many others of smaller size which I cannot make out that form the white hue in the water. I estimate these to be around 5-20 microns? this cant be right.....

These small bubbles stay in the water almost indefinetly if there is current. Eventually they will rise to the top after 20-30 minutes but they are so tiny they tend to just move with the water back down into the res again for a double dose.

There is also a foam, similar to what you see in the ocean when large waves crash, or in riptides. A rich bubbling foaming froth that oxidizes all the pathogens and dead organic matter it touches. This "surf foam" lingers but subsides and does not leave a soapy foam or residue.

I'm am going to post some pictures soon dont have my cam. But most of all I'm looking forward to the results from my plants. I wish I could measure my oxygen levels. I may be close to aeroponic levels of oxygen, I dont know...


I know I stumbled onto something significant because I have not been able to reach this kind of effeciency with aeration; I always just bubble the hell out of my res, but then once that water gets to the beds its all clear again with hardly any oxygen. I mean this is why some deep water cultures have an advantage over flood and drain because of the direct bubble to root action.

I use to put airstones in the beds themselves- its a pain in the ass, lots of stones, and when the trays drain the airstones make noise and splatter water all over the plants.

Now I just use 2 air pumps, and 2 375 gph water pumps- modified with my custom venturi adapter with spiral bubble cutting action. Thats it.

My venturis and I got more than enough oxygen for about 15 4x4 grow beds with the following reasoning:

Since all the water coming from the res is white with saturated microscopic bubbles that stay in the water for over 20 minutes, then the oxygen coverage is therefore an even 100% to all flooded beds since my water returns back to the res in less than 15 minutes before the cloudy bubbles eventually pop and the water turns clear again. Because I use stronger pumps I can cover this kind of volume with not delays.

My airpump and waterpump come on at the same time. So I have no oxygen stones running when im not flooding. I have a single large bubble airstone to keep my res mixed.

I wish someone had told me about this before, or on one of these forums. Given the science is out there, but I guess I had to just figure it out by mistake...

I'll keep you guys posted...

[AquaponicHerb]

gonna take some pictures today, will have them tonight. working on my venturi..

[MJACTIVIST]

Not sure. Got it at a local dispensary, don't know the pheno but I know it grows very vigorously in veg. This flash program is to help me keep track of daily growth rates, clones, mothers, treatments, nutrients, yields, multiple overlapping harvests. It forces me to pay attention to each individual plant and pay attention to whats going on.

This will increase my yield because I will be more aware of the little variables that affect my plants. This will allow me to learn from my mistakes, even if the mistake is something as subtle as a 10% lag in veg growth per day over a 2 week period. A lot of people just start a batch and forget about their plants- they dont look them over individually everyday but rather just water the group of plants and once in awhile pull dead leaves or inspect for pests.

I'm ocd but I am also lazy. This program is perfect for me because it forces me to track all these stats on my plants.

It works for me....
:thumbsup:

Nice dude. Check out Velvet 2.0 its a high tech version of yours. Also what I was saying is if u have a hard time keeping track of stuff before the computer program then a computer program wont help. U still have to write evrything down. Good luck
MJ

[AquaponicHerb]

true

[AquaponicHerb]

I got some new stuff going on. Venturi prototypes and some overhauls in the room. Everything is venturi based now.

Heres a few pics of my room...

[AquaponicHerb]

the insides are lined with serrated edges and the water spirals through it....

I got multiple airstones in the res even though I truly only need 1 to mix the solution with my new venturis.

[AquaponicHerb]

Protype 2 under developement. Testing oxygen thresholds in water...

[AquaponicHerb]

im also using a hydroxyl radical lighting system for cuttings

heres a sneak peak at my venturi 2.0

[DocKgreenThumb]

I was wondering about a system like this. I'm glad to see sum one with more knowledge and experiance is working it out keep us posted bro and good work:thumbsup:

[AquaponicHerb]

My plants have literally grown an inch overnight. Some of the sicker ones all of a sudden look healthy, coincidentally the same ones that were fizzing the most when I initiated Venturi 2.0 ( attached picture, notice sick plant oxidizing.)

I will be expanding on this concept. Its important to note I am using CFL lighting that produce hydroxyl radicals at massive levels in the room. This is a relatively new concept and has not had a lot of trial in Marijuana growing. I have some posts on grasscity about cfl odor eating technology but it never took off...

:thumbsup:

:stoned:

[Micsog]

U MEAN CFL FRESH BULBS RIGHT? I HEARD THEY ELIMINATE TASTE AND SMELL
I ONLY USE THEM IN MY LAMP BY THE DOOR BECAUSE I LIKE THE TASTE OF MY MEDS IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY TASTE I THINK IT WOULD TASTE LIKE BURNING
STEMS MAYBE I DUNNO LET ME KNOW HOW THIS ENDS UP

[AquaponicHerb]

Yes you are absolutely correct sir. I was experimenting with these lights awhile ago and it worked great to eliminate odor, produce carbon dioxide, and increase humidity.

Also sterilizes and oxidates just about anything harmful to the plant.

However, since thc and its resins are odorous radicals they too would be destroyed.

I use these in my stage 2 rooting/transplant area to keep plants sterile. But it tends to work throughout the whole vegetative room and kills all smell; I can even take my meds in there and the smoke is gone in 10 mins.

These things really work man, like magic. No smell whatsoever, but DO NOT USE THEM IN FLOWERING ROOM.

I'm gonna start a thread covering these.....
:)

[DocKgreenThumb]

Yes you are absolutely correct sir. I was experimenting with these lights awhile ago and it worked great to eliminate odor, produce carbon dioxide, and increase humidity.

Also sterilizes and oxidates just about anything harmful to the plant.

However, since thc and its resins are odorous radicals they too would be destroyed.

I use these in my stage 2 rooting/transplant area to keep plants sterile. But it tends to work throughout the whole vegetative room and kills all smell; I can even take my meds in there and the smoke is gone in 10 mins.

These things really work man, like magic. No smell whatsoever, but DO NOT USE THEM IN FLOWERING ROOM.

I'm gonna start a thread covering these.....
:)

Were can those cfl lights be found can u post a link please and are they safe for daily use??

[DocKgreenThumb]

Were can those cfl lights be found can u post a link please and are they safe for daily use??

Nvm how bout wer to buy for the cheapest?

[AquaponicHerb]

I got mine at a local lighting supply shop. They were very very difficult to find, I called about 20 different lighting stores. Don't give up.

It would be easy to order them online, under different brand names but here is
a quick link:

Buy Fresh 2TI Odor Eliminating 23W 2700K CFL at GoodMart.com (http://www.goodmart.com/products/553730.htm)