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How are you managing your runoff? I've had some plants in my screen that have SCREAMED for a flush! (over feeding/ PH imbalance, what have you) ,... but with no real way to manage runoff I couldn't do it :( My finished product has suffered for it too. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by emilya
I used a very low tech solution for this Canni... I thought hard about this when I first designed my SCRog table, with the ability to flush being second in importance to the ease of access under the screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by canniwhatsis
Therefore, I built this so that there was a 24" area under the table for equipment storage and access for run off buckets. Above that is the first table layer where the planters sit in a run off tub that sits on 1/2 plywood that is wide enough to hold the tub with a bit of overlap. This layer has been designed to have a slight forward slope for water to flow toward the front. Using shims, I can add slight slope to the right or left if necessary to drain water to either side in that run off tub, right on the right side, left on the left side. I could have also allowed a bit of a lip in front and managed the run off from there, but it is neater to drive all the water to a corner. The tubs are standard cheap (non tupperware) tubs that you can buy at Wal*Mart and they have a very handy trough around the outer edge to collect water. I drilled a 1/4" hole in the corner of that trough, dropped a 5 gal bucket in place when I water and presto, run off management, low tech and cheapskate style... just how Emmie likes it.
Here is a picture:
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Hope that helps...
Emmie
foreplanned is forearmed...:thumbsup:Quote:
I used a very low tech solution for this Canni... I thought hard about this when I first designed my SCRog table, with the ability to flush being second in importance to the ease of access under the screen.
Nicely done :thumbsup:
I'd have a bit of a problem trying that, while I do have room for buckets under my tables,.... I've got tables,..... 3 of em, all different sizes with different size pots cycling in and out of them at different times. I've been thinking of trying to use some Ebb/flow tray's and just plumb the drain into my basement drain,.... but the trays are F'n expensive!!!!!
Damn college kids think too far ahead.:)
How's your girl doin' Emmie?
Greetings everyone! Today finds me examining trichomes and looking for the signs of ripeness. Things have gone very well and it looks like we are about a week away from that magical point where all the trichomes have gone milky and a good percentage are beginning to show bits of amber. Today I see that maybe half to 75% are milky and there are a few spots where I am seeing amber already.
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Three days ago I gave Hillary her last nutes and told her it was water from here on out. I let her slide today and gave her one last hit of molasses, but the next water in 2 days is going to be a complete flush with 3x the container size or 9 gallons of water. Published data says that this is an 8 week flowering plant, so next Thursday is the day that she has flowered for the 56 days and possibly when she is at her peak. The pocket microscope will tell the story between now and then. When I decide it is going to be time to harvest, I will keep her working until she uses up her water, gives her last gasp... and then out come the snippers.
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I can see that some parts of the plant will be more "ripe" than others at this point, and I am going to try to separate out a couple different kinds of meds as I harvest. I am already planning for the next round and Hillary's 3 clones and 2 unknown seed startups should be ready to move to the flowering room for a summer crop at just about the time I have finished using the flowering tent to dry this one. I am very pleased at the timing and I would not have been able to do this without all the help I have received here over this last 4 months.
My next update should be at the harvest party and I will in the next few weeks wrap up this successful grow log with wet and dry weights and the obligatory smoke report afterward. This has been fun!
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Hope everything is going well with all of you,
Emmie
Great job Emmie!!!
Now that you are almost done with your first scrog, is there anything you would do different because of the gained experience?
great looking first grow. beautiful plant. ive been checking this since the start and looking good looking good.
had a question bout the WW, did you notice it was sensitive to nutrients? got one started my self and have read people talking about that.
nicely done