Recent content by odam2k

This thing is so handy, I made a second one. They can go anywhere...

This might be the last piece of the Grow By Wire system, a wireless alarm notifier. I have an alarm module which simply monitors a table in the database looking for entries signifying alarms, such as temperatures out of range, plants that have been waiting more than 4 hours to be watered...

I no longer look down on portable air conditioners. The one in the grow room is doing a fantastic job. I'm starting to try my hand at designing module enclosures to be printed on the 3D printer. Simple right, a box maybe with a lid, and a couple holes? I'm sure someone who works with CAD...

Back to the grow room... Getting ready for the heat of summer, but as I explained earlier, we are very limited in the power available. I replaced my 400W HPS and my 700W MH lights with LED's, what a huge difference in heat. We can't have window A/C units (if it fell, it would land right on...

How in the world did I ever do without a 3D Printer? Both printers are going non stop, and I'm sure glad I got the second one. Some things take forever to print, like 18 hours, I think that's the longest so far. If you are as old as I am, you will remember how SLOW regular printers were when...

I've had my 3D printer for a week now, poor thing hasn't stopped... My second printer arrived yesterday! As soon as I started playing with 3d printing I realized just how beneficial this is going to be. Simple things, filter tips for my joints... rolling accessories to roll and fill perfect...

So the plants are happy again, and it looks like the powdery milder, and the thrips are gone. I'm at 5 and a half weeks flowering now, probably going 8, but we'll see how they do with the new lights. I have to take new cuts now for the next crop, I should have done it sooner, but I've been...

I'm loving the new LED lights, and so are the plants. II tried some "blurple" cheap lights a while back on my cuttings, but I hated them, the plants weren't too impressed either. These new ones are the new Full Spectrum lights, so it looks just like sunlight.

I'm finally making the big switch.... I started growing well over 20 years ago, and I've always used HID lights, MH for Veg and HPS for Flower. Currently I run a 600W HPS in a 4x4 tent for flower, and a 400W MH in a 4x4 tent for Veg. The 1000W together draws about 8.3 amps. We are no longer...

Wireless Digital Scales are done, at least for a while, I'll use them and see what needs to change...

During my last harvest, I found mildew that I hadn't noticed before, the buds were full of it... 90% of the plants were unsalvageable :( I want to do one more spraying of the Safers 3 in 1 on the flowering plants (4 weeks now). I will disinfect the tent as well, I can move all the plants into...