Starting Over - Learning From Mistakes Or Making Them - Ramblings Of A Stoner

[Mr Smith]

Hi.
I'm Mr Smith. Got a question for ya. Ever started a grow project that ever became a never ending search for improving it? Thats me. I try and try again to make it better, easier, and more productive. Tried some bizare shit over the years and did alot of fuckups that seems to come from being a stoner in the grow room. I have had alot of success and a few total failures.

Earlier this year I had a bunch of clones ready to go and because I didn't have a organized grow/veg area I lost them the day before transplant because my timer was over the on/off button of the powerstrip it was in and my partner accidently turned the strip off. It became a devastating lost of time because the mums just got a haircut the day before.
My veg room has gone through many renovations before but this time I put alot of thought into this one.
Check it out, it might give ya a few ideals. Then I am going to redo a few projects I have done in the past with a few improvements.

[Mr Smith]

First thing was to relocate the plants into a different room. That was easy because my flowering room was empty.



We have three mums, a few clippings going through the rooting process and a few seedlings in the megagarden ebb.

I do hydro so I setup grow areas that have easy access to a water supply and a drain.
My veg area has 1 dedicated 20amp 120v circuit for a ac unit and 1 20amp circuit to power the rest. I use t8 flouro bulb fixtures cause I got them for free and rewired them with lamp repair kits. Not as efficient as a t5 but uses less electricity and the coolwhite bulbs are cheep. Been using them for years.
The grow area is a small room. The floor is covered completely with pond liner with a 1 inch raised lip at the entry way. The walls were covered with reflective insulation bought at lowes.
Bought a bunch of 2by3s a sheet of good quality plywood and designed a veg table station big enough to meet my needs with a cloning station underneath. The build was slow, I needed to utilize space with light effciency. The table needed to be strong and rigid. It needed to be level. I have a bad back so the table can't be to deep. And I wanted to setup a organized power station for all the plugs and timers.

[Mr Smith]

Raised lips on sides and back. Two holes for my diy gravitydrain ebb controller.











Wires are protected and hidden behind reflective insulation.




Power station is well marked.





I'll continue this at a later date.

[Mr Smith]

The work staion is finished. table surfaces are lined with pond liner. The room is cleaned. The mums are brought up. The seedlings are transplanted into buckets.




The best clones that are in the 60 are put into the 45 unit then the 60 unit is refilled with more clippings from the mums and test clippings are taken from the seedlings.





The veg room is now in action.

[Mr Smith]

After a few days the clones in the 45 are strong enough for transplant.









The clones in the 60 are 8 to 10 days behind the clones in the 45.

[Mr Smith]

After a month and a half of downtime I finally have plants in flower. The clones that were in the 45 are transplanted into a aero 36 then put straight into flower.

[Mr Smith]

The clones I didn't need for the a36 were left in the 45 to make up for the weak clones that might develop in the 60. A few more clipping were added just because the water was still farely fresh.



A major haircut and tiedown was performed on the mums.



They grow so fast.

[Mrgivemethat]

First seat in ur new journal my chair is pulled up

[Mr Smith]

Its going to be a long story.
Day 14 flower for the a36 they got military hair cuts. High and tight. Day 15 the aero flo 60 was filled with clones.

[Mr Smith]

The mums are strong. The seedling are mature plants.



New haircuts are given often to keep short plants. I'll let them grow out for 2 weeks before I take clones again.

[Mr Smith]

A frame of 1by2 wood is built around the plants.



The lighting system for this flowering room is 2 600w hps on a light mover with a add a lamp trolly.

[Mr Smith]

Day 20 a36 and day 5 a60.
A light barrier of reflective insulation was installed surrounding the plants.

[Mr Smith]

Day22 day 7.
They grow fast.

[QueenTokelove]

Wow, that is one beauty of a set up. You can see by looking at the pics how well thought out it is.

[Chiodos367]

looking forward to see this one!