Sage N Sour Bed+Screen Trial

[chrisdl805]

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:

chrisdl805 Reviewed by chrisdl805 on 06-07-2008. 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 Rating: 5

[chrisdl805]

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%.

[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 ?

[DrSpoof]

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

very very nice work chris. :thumbsup:

DrSpiggity

[yaamaan]

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

[chrisdl805]

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 ?

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

[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.

[chrisdl805]

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.

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:

[veggii]

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

[chrisdl805]

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

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.