Howdy folks! You may be aware of my last journal which I ended up running as a Screen of Green (ScrOG). It was very successful yielding 8 ounces of kind bud and a Plant of the Month nod from this community. For that I say 
I have redesigned the tent a bit. I am still going with the ebb and flow method of water and nutrient delivery. I just added a second flood bucket and pump system to a common reservoir. The pump times are staggered so only one is flooded at a time so there is the maximum of water in the rez for each bucket.
Most other equipment is the same as before. 400 watt HPS in a 4 foot square tent gives me a lot of room to work. I have it presently suspended 18 inches above the plants. It was higher for the first few days, but just lowered it to this height now. I still have the UV light but if I do run it, it will be in the later flowering stage. For the screen though, I wanted a way to secure it to the plants somehow so it wouldn't be too easy to shift the screen relative to the plants. I built a plywood floor and raised it up with 2 x 2 boards. I then secured two 5 gallon buckets to the floor with bolts. On this I can put the plants. Towards the corners of the wood floor I drilled 4 holes about 1 inch deep for the PVC pipe ends to sit from my ScrOG screen frame.
Decided to go with an indica this time around. Bubba Kush clones from a good friend of mine were generously supplied in order to see what I could do with them. 1 plant per bucket so a total of 2 plants this grow. I feel I am up to the challenge.
Nutrients are General Hydroponics's Flora Series. I will be using the Lucas Method at the mixing level of 7ml/gal of Micro and 14ml/gal of Bloom. Floralicious plus and KoolBloom will be added later in the grow but for the first week it will be the micro and bloom at a 1/4 strength with a vitamin B-1 supplement in order to encourage root growth.
Medium used is Hydroton clay pebbles. Grow started on October 29th, 2009. Water only for first couple of days. Had to deal with a small leak in the res. Some epoxy fixed that up and I am now moving forward with nutrients in the tank.
In that last pic, I am showing where the ScrOG PVC frame legs drop into the floor.
Here we go again!
I have redesigned the tent a bit. I am still going with the ebb and flow method of water and nutrient delivery. I just added a second flood bucket and pump system to a common reservoir. The pump times are staggered so only one is flooded at a time so there is the maximum of water in the rez for each bucket.
Most other equipment is the same as before. 400 watt HPS in a 4 foot square tent gives me a lot of room to work. I have it presently suspended 18 inches above the plants. It was higher for the first few days, but just lowered it to this height now. I still have the UV light but if I do run it, it will be in the later flowering stage. For the screen though, I wanted a way to secure it to the plants somehow so it wouldn't be too easy to shift the screen relative to the plants. I built a plywood floor and raised it up with 2 x 2 boards. I then secured two 5 gallon buckets to the floor with bolts. On this I can put the plants. Towards the corners of the wood floor I drilled 4 holes about 1 inch deep for the PVC pipe ends to sit from my ScrOG screen frame.
Decided to go with an indica this time around. Bubba Kush clones from a good friend of mine were generously supplied in order to see what I could do with them. 1 plant per bucket so a total of 2 plants this grow. I feel I am up to the challenge.
Nutrients are General Hydroponics's Flora Series. I will be using the Lucas Method at the mixing level of 7ml/gal of Micro and 14ml/gal of Bloom. Floralicious plus and KoolBloom will be added later in the grow but for the first week it will be the micro and bloom at a 1/4 strength with a vitamin B-1 supplement in order to encourage root growth.
Medium used is Hydroton clay pebbles. Grow started on October 29th, 2009. Water only for first couple of days. Had to deal with a small leak in the res. Some epoxy fixed that up and I am now moving forward with nutrients in the tank.
In that last pic, I am showing where the ScrOG PVC frame legs drop into the floor.
Here we go again!
Perhaps another plant of the month.
