Sage N Sour Bed+Screen Trial

Well Its been a while since I have had the time to take some pics and then actually sit down and make a thread. On my last grow I flowered in 5 gal buckets and then just drilled holes in the bucket and tied down all the branches. It worked okay but wasn't fully utilizing all the light/space. I had really liked what two people did on his site, Tranoble with his flower beds and justaseed with his awesome scrog work. I thought what if you combined the two? I have a medical grow and my plant count is limited so I can't do a SOG with a lot of small plants. So I'm still using a bed just with fewer but larger plants, then using the screen to utilize all the light and space. I had a friend growing in raised beds and having great results so I got a few pointers from him and I was off to home depot. I built the bed out of 2x12's for the sides and then 3/4" plywood for the bottom reinforced with a few 2x4's. It came out to be 3 1/2 feet wide by 7 feet long. I used a 4" shower drain in the dead center and routed it so it was flush with the plywood. Then I lay'd down some poly, put sand on top of that and sloped it so the water/nutrients would drain towards the middle. Then I used a 20 mill pond liner on top of that and filled it up with Sunshine mix #4 with some chunky perlite added in. Then I spaced out 14 plants that had been topped once and vegged for about 2 months under a 4ft T5. I tried putting in a drip system but have yet to get it working to my satisfaction, so lately I just use a 15 gal res with a 500gph pump hooked up to a 1/2" line using it like a garden hose. I let the plants grow on their own for the first 2 weeks of flower then put the screen on. And here's the pics!:thumbsup:

and here they are fully scrogged :rastasmoke: I also added a pic of the drip system.

I'm still using 1 1000 watt hps and 1 600 watt hps both sealed and air cooled. I have one 12" oscillating fan and one Honeywell blowing underneath the screen. Then I have a 6" can fan for my exhaust hooked up to a temp/humidistat. So far temps stay around 70-75f and the humidity has been around 60%.

looks excellent! I was toying with the idea of making a bed the exact size of the inside of my cab, which is small but I believe would better utilize the space that I do have.

Do you think it would work with 2'W x 1'D? Maybe 3 plants spaced out ?

sweet sassy molassy... that is a thing of beauty right there.

very very nice work chris. :thumbsup:

DrSpiggity

look really good, keep it up and you should have tons of buds :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by bombdiggity

looks excellent! I was toying with the idea of making a bed the exact size of the inside of my cab, which is small but I believe would better utilize the space that I do have.

Do you think it would work with 2'W x 1'D? Maybe 3 plants spaced out ?

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Yeah that should be okay, just make sure you add in some kind of drainage system to avoid salt build up or ph issues.

what is the total height from floor to top of your light? I like the idea and want to see if I can fit it in a spot I have in my garage.

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Originally Posted by misterz

what is the total height from floor to top of your light? I like the idea and want to see if I can fit it in a spot I have in my garage.

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from the floor to the top of the 1000 watt is probably 6 1/2ft and for the 600 watt is about 6 ft. from floor to top of hood. I can take exact measurements later when the lights come back on. Keep the questions/comments coming. I'll be going camping for the next 2 days so if I don't answer right away that's why...

Happy growing :thumbsup:

Hi chris
I was wondering if the strain in this picture is what your growing ?? very nice setup you have ..:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by veggii

Hi chris
I was wondering if the strain in this picture is what your growing ?? very nice setup you have ..:thumbsup:

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No, the Strain is a cross of Sage and Sour Diesel. But I have that book with that picture and the Sage does look incredible.