ok, got some stuff to put out so here goes....
the first is the clone closet, the second is the budbox...
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ok, got some stuff to put out so here goes....
the first is the clone closet, the second is the budbox...
nice set up and cab, what kinda lights u using, u no what kinda strain that is?
in the budbox, the spacey fat one in the back is trainwreck, the huge tall ones are blueberry. they are late bloomers, and will probably need another few weeks; the trainwrecks are coming off on monday :)
as for lighting, i'm using a 400w hps and 16 23w cfl's in the budbox, 2 double 48" flo's with ge daylight tubes in the clone closet.
Awsome your veg box looks alot like mine, i wish i had the space for a flowering room like that, imhaving trouble making room, blants r too huge, What kinf of yealds do you get with thoes CFLs?
cfl's alone produce about 1-2 ounces, with the hps in addition, i'm hoping for a qp per plant...
Sorry you've been lonely round these parts KP. I wanted you to be unsure if it was coming so I have been lurking until I heard you got it.
Looking good girl....Where is the HPS light??? I don't see it.
How is it coming with the switchable ignitors???
I burned the hell out of my girls. I'll shoot you some pics of the carnage:weedpoke:
P&L -J
here's some more... the first is the seed room, the second is the massive, late bloomer blueberry hybrid, with about 3-4 weeks left!!!:p
hi cj, the hps is behind the big head... the one in this second pic... unfortunately, the mh ballasts are un-switchable:( now i'm looking to trade these for any hps, as i use flouro's for veg...
love, kp:p
bttt
WOW... you are awesome
iloveyou
hey
do you MSN?
I need to find that box yo were talking about... MY friend said it will cost $60 to mail the box... BUt you said I could get a $10 box....
I will have to go to the post office tomorrow and see what the deal is... It is some heavy SHITE!!!
iloveyou
GREAT PICTURES!!!
you are wonderful
sorry babe, no msn... but i may look into it... check your email...
love, kp:p
got some no pest strips at waly world, goodbye spidermites:D
ok, more pleasing stuff:) the first is a clone of sage. i cut her top just after taking this pic, she's going to be a mommy;) check out the long, single blade leaves... see why i call it sage?
the second is of the late bloomer, the last is of one of the blueberries...
no replies... you can tell it's the weekend...
Wow, what a setup!! Totally cool!!
thanx babe:)
Did you put that room together pretty much all at once or bit by bit? I'm so blown away by it!
which one sweetie? the veg room, seed room, clone closet, or the flowerbox?
i gess i kinda have built as i go; as the garden expands, so does everything else... the flowerbox has a 400whps, you just can't see it through the buds...
Amazing, absolutely amazing! What great work!
thnx:D
Wow, sounds like everyone is in love with your set up. Good job. Well I have found my way back into this part of the forest. I may get a thread going with some picks, but with a thread like this growing I don't think I would get any views. LOL
Well, I am going to post about an experience I had yesterday, I think I will put it in the grow lounge. It is about the craziest grow I have ever been to IMO, and shows how forgiving these plants can be under the most brutal circumstances.
Well keep it going. I am glad that the crew is showing you so much love, GK and CJ with the Christmas gifts. Well I will check back in later.
Adieu
i envy your seed room. is it 100% sealed off? i cant wait till i can start breading my favorite strains. Lookin good Kp. hopefully i will pull as much weight off one plant as you intend to. nice setup:jointsmile:
hi guys. santa, it's not 100%, but it's close, and it's in the basement, a floor away from the others.
well, i gess i have a sad update...........
when i got home today, i found my oldest yard dog dead. he's 13, it was his time, but, i cried hard and sat there for over an hour.
then my brother runs out of the house and yells, "something in your room is on fire!!" i ran into the house, and into my room, and find it so filled with smoke that you cant see a foot in front of your face. fortunately, it was just my 400w hps ballast shorting out. no fire hazzard, but the plants have suffered... there is now no light in the flower box, lights have been off for 20 hours. i broke most of the cfl's jerking the timer out of the wall. the clone closet looks bad, all clones look sick, though the moms seem to be coming back... i took them outside for fresh air.
so, i'm having a huge early harvest, some as early as 3-4 weeks. so my grow is pretty much stalled, like starting over again...
so, bear i'll be looking for your thread, and your christmas present will be leaving as soon as i get the beans out of the buds, which i'm going to cut tomorrow.
well, it's not always good i gess,
love, kp:p
clones are looking ok, we'll see...
Nice setup KP! Sorry to hear about your latest run of luck/life, though it does sound as if you are able to handle it maturely and realize it is what it is.... Sometimes timing can be so shitty though:(
If you are in a ? answering mood, what are the dimensions on the bloomroom? I imagine you run a perpetual type harvest, ie not really set "crops", just rotate plants in when you have space/new candidates?
P.S. if you just get some igniters you can run HPS bulbs with the MH ballasts - the ballasts are identical - HPS simply needs an igniter in the system to step up the arc since the bulb is, well, under High Pressure ;)
tokudai, the dimensions are 4x8x4... i'm semi perpetual, now the bloomroom is shut down for a while... til i can figure out what to do about lighting...
as for the mh ballasts....... i thought they were identicle too, but alas, these mh ballasts have no x3 line to connect an ignitor... i did get the ignitors, but, they don't work.
looking to trade...... two 400w mh ballasts for:
400w hps
600w hps
1000w hps.....
or maybe you know how to add an x3? the prob is you need to add a feed to both sides of the long side of the transformer.
i'm out until i can get another setup....
Holy Shit KP that was a close one! Sooo glad to hear you and your bro are ok!
Did you trace what happened on the ballast? I say keep growing and save up for a digi ballast. My next room is going to be all digi ballasts and bell lighting hoods. Then I won't have to play my x-mas music so loud for the girls:0)
BTW I cut some pollen with some baking soda and went for round 2. Looks like it took this time. I will update when I am for sure. Don't think it will be a pre x-mas birth though but 07 will be a good year!
Glad you're OK Love..
-Jay
Kp, I am so sorry to hear about both you dog and your plants. Wish there was something I could say....will keep you in my prayers.
take care....
My condolences on the loss of your pet. I know some of the old-guard growers veg and flower with MH bulbs. Perhaps using yours for the last 3-4 weeks of your unfinished plants' lifetimes would let you rescue your yield.
hmmm, they've been in the dark for more than 36 hours now, i think i'll just go ahead with the harvest.
i spent alot of time reflecting today, and i realy am better... still sad, but maybe some good can still come from it. we burried rusty; i chose a spot that i'd go and watch the sun set or just stare at the waterfall and think. i used to walk him there when i was hurt or brooding, and decided to make it his memorial.
give me a minute....
ok, as i don't have equipement to continue the perpetual, (which i was worried about room anyway) i'm considering some reconstruction. don't know when i'll be able to afford lights, so i'll be spending the next few weeks thinking out a new flowerbox, and possibly a veg cabinet... i saw this beautiful antique cabinet today, and its quite affordable.
my moms and clones survived... well, i lost some clones, but for the most part they pulled through. so maybe i'll veg them out some and choose the best two or three for breeding. the seed room is under mh so i still have that...
well, i'm going to check out the latest...
love, kp:p
damn i want some nice seeds haha keep it goin lets see what u yield, how much longer?
well, i'm taking a smoke break from cutting, trimming and hanging. i didn't take pix of the infested plants, but i will of the perdy ones... it's too bad about the hybrid. that one was becoming a monster...
Oh KP, I am so sorry to hear all of this stuff. You don't even know. And that ballast, feel really bad.
I hope that you are OK inside, I really feel for you.
I don't want to drop allot of words on you because I know that they don't always help, but just know that I am a partner and will always try to do what I can for you.
I would just use the 400's for flower, many old school growers still go the whole grow with them. An old friend used to do a grow with about 4 of them and still did good and did it for years.
Well, will try to have my grow's up by morning for you to take a look at. Wish I could
do something more for you little lady.
Adieu
hi bear... don't feel bad for me, we all just gotta keep on keepin on... sure, i'm sad right now, but i'll be better, and a better person for it. as for the op, i think i'm going to concentrate on breeding only for now, get a good bean stock. i'm also looking into red mh bulbs (3000k) i don't know where to get them or if they work well, but i'll be looking into it.
i'm harvesting over the next two days, got two blueberrys in the dry box. plenty of beans there too, from the attempt at controlled pollenation.
sorry i've not been able to send anything out yet bear, but i'm waiting unit i've got a variety for you...
hope you're doing well, i know that you'll probably be out alot for the holidays. be safe:)
cj, sorry for not answering you earlier; it would seem the ballast developed a short. i've seen that happen before on a smaller version that we had hanging on the garage. lots of smoke and thats it.
hope your girls are pregnant;)
love to all, and to all, a good nite
kp:p
Here are the Red MH bulbs at 1000bulbs:
http://www.1000bulbs.com/products.ph...t-Metal-Halide
At $70+ however, a used HPS from Ebay might be a better bet.
A quick search reveals:
http://cgi.ebay.com/hydroponic-balla...QQcmdZViewItem
6 hours left, currently at $5 plus shipping.
http://cgi.ebay.com/400-Watt-HPS-Hig...QQcmdZViewItem
17 hours, $15 + $19 shipping, easily converted into a remote ballast.
http://cgi.ebay.com/400-watt-HPS-120...QQcmdZViewItem
6 days, $30 currently, $55 buy-it-now, shipping negotiable.
Oh no KP I'm so sorry to hear about your dog.
That setup was really neat! And the plants look like you've been getting good yields off them.
Hey little lady as promised, some logs for you. Maybe they can help you take your mind off any problems for a minute or two.
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=94536
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=94533
Adieu
Hi KP
so sorry for all the trouble and sadness you have had lately. I haven't been around much lately, family issues going on, but my thoughts are with you.
Peace
thanks bear, i enjoyed those, and i'll be hanging out there some too...
check this out, me and bobbong butted heads together and got this put up...
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=94493
please help me spread the word about this one, i think it could help many, many people...
love, kp:p