TEST LAUNCH-Operation Redwood Tree

Welcome to my new log.

In this log I'm going to follow 2 grows, one very simple and a new grow doing something I haven't tried before. This time I'm going to try and go for the biggest plants I can get....and a record yield as well. :stoned:

I'll be using buckets like the one below to flower the plants with. I have two of them and each one will hold about 6-7 gallons of water (when half full which is how they will be used) in a DWC/drip ring setup that hopefully will have enough room to allow some good size to the plants I'll be growing.

There are a couple reasons I have not gone to bigger buckets for growing but the main one is because I really did NOT want a bunch of five gallon (or in this case....15 gallon) buckets sitting all over our teeny little house. We really just don't have the room for it. So I wanted a setup that I could start small and then transfer to something larger with minimal problem and stress to the plant at some point when needed during flowering. These plants start as a seed. They DON'T need seven gallons of water from the get go so I really didn't want to have to start them that way and waste large amounts of water and nutes.

The answer (we HOPE) seems to be the 8 inch net pot bucket lids. They fit nicely into the tan w/f buckets with enough extra room inside on all sides for the roots to grow down the sides of the net pot versus having to grow through the bottom of bucket only.

OOH... I was wanting to build something similar to this a little while back, but lost a lot of my steam because I'm such a noob at hydro. I'll definitely be keeping my eye on this thread. Thanks for inspiring my lazy ass! :jointsmile:

I have a feeling his will be a good one...I'm really interested if you can grow monsters like Crispy did whit this cool equipment...
These buckets are huge, and whit that 1000w hps i believe you will set up a new record.....
Well, good luck WH...I'll be watching.....:thumbsup:

Thanks you guys I really appreciate you stopping by. Mr C....if you want to play with some hydro I'd be glad to help. :)

Zeb...I sure hope you are right.....I'm not at all sure I'll match Master Crispi.. :D but I AM going to make a play for it. ;)

Once they do get some size they'll go (still into their net pots) into one of the large 15 gal buckets. Originally I wanted to cut a hole in the middle-ish for the net pots but the acrylic we bought was 1/4 inch thick (we wanted sturdy and it actually took Mr Hound and a standard circular saw to cut so we improvised. But it IS sturdy.

There are two ten inch airstones in each bucket (which I may trade out for bubble wands....I'm still on the fence about them but Opie and MVP both suggested them) if I'm not happy with the way they work. And a little side slot on each tub to check ph, add nutes or whatever without having to lift the plant out of the bucket.

The pump has six airlines which is enough to power both tubs and their accessories.

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Originally Posted by Weedhound

Mr C....if you want to play with some hydro I'd be glad to help. :)

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Ah, thank you very much Milady Weedhound... and you're already helping me out a ton by making this log. :jointsmile:

I'll absorb as much as possible here and in the deep dark recesses of the Hydro forum before I ask too many questions. I see this log quickly becoming quite dear to me!
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count me in.....very interested on this....being a dirty boy myself, WH and opie have been getting me close to wanting to try dro...rocks endeavors scared me though......lol, Im subscribing to this!!!!
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whiskeytango

Stealth....good to see you (two :D) The seedlings will be going into the small setup today so there won't be anything really exciting for awhile yet.

My personal best yield at this point is 9.3 oz/plant. X-Crispis is 19 oz off one plant in his five gallon buckets. Now I don't know about 19 ozs but I'm going to aim for close to a pound off one plant. We shall see how close I can get. ;)

holy shit!!! my best is 4oz...:dance: but thats because i used to use the lollypop method. loved how your looked though, exspecially the church..lol, take a look in my thread, you inspired me on a few of my plants...lol
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whiskeytango