DutchDude
Well-Known Member
I have been thinking that I want smaller harvest, more often. Smaller plants will be more manageable, and so will a single large cola.
So after reading a bunch, I am thinking of doing the Stinkbud setup, with a few modifications. I know the choices that I am about to make will not provide me with maximum yield, but it should provide me with a steady yield.
So, here is the proposal, and please speak up and let me hear your opinions.
Start out with a HD bucket, with four 3.75" net pots, neoprene inserts, pump and sprayers. Straight 5.8 pH-ed water with Clonex. The usual cloning setup, right? Just with larger net pots. No special light on top of this bucket, I figure if it is close enough to the two main stations, it will get enough stray light. All three stations will have a 375 gph pump that is on for 1 minute, and off for 5 minutes. Three pumps will share 1 timer.
The reason that I want to do larger pots is so that I can move them from station to station, and since they are within neoprene, the plant should not care how large the initial pot is.
Station one will have a 14 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck on the bottom, and a 10 gallon Roughneck on the top. I know that Stinkbud's setup calls for two 18 gallon tubs, but I think that I want to limit the total height, unless someone can give me a compelling reason not to go with the smaller versions. The heights are 8.5" for the 10, 12.5" for the 14 and 16.5" for the 18 gallon. So, 21" versus 33", what would you guys do?
There will be eight 3.75" net pots in station one, in two rows of 4. Of course it will have the pump in the lower tub, the sprayers in the upper tub and the upper tub will drain into the lower one while keeping the roots contained. The first station will get vegging nutrients and a 6700k 250W MH right on top of it.
Station two will be the same setup as station one, but will have flowering nutrients and a 2700k 250W HPS above it.
Visual (thanks to Google SketchUp):
From the picture, I hope that you can see what I am planning on doing. There will be 5 phases, of 3 weeks each. The light will be a constant 12/12, no matter which phase the plant is in. Every three weeks, the plant moves up a row. Cuttings are taken at the 9th week and there should be a harvest every three weeks.
So, keeping in mind that I am not going for maximum yield - are there any major flaws with this setup??
Please discuss?
So after reading a bunch, I am thinking of doing the Stinkbud setup, with a few modifications. I know the choices that I am about to make will not provide me with maximum yield, but it should provide me with a steady yield.
So, here is the proposal, and please speak up and let me hear your opinions.
Start out with a HD bucket, with four 3.75" net pots, neoprene inserts, pump and sprayers. Straight 5.8 pH-ed water with Clonex. The usual cloning setup, right? Just with larger net pots. No special light on top of this bucket, I figure if it is close enough to the two main stations, it will get enough stray light. All three stations will have a 375 gph pump that is on for 1 minute, and off for 5 minutes. Three pumps will share 1 timer.
The reason that I want to do larger pots is so that I can move them from station to station, and since they are within neoprene, the plant should not care how large the initial pot is.
Station one will have a 14 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck on the bottom, and a 10 gallon Roughneck on the top. I know that Stinkbud's setup calls for two 18 gallon tubs, but I think that I want to limit the total height, unless someone can give me a compelling reason not to go with the smaller versions. The heights are 8.5" for the 10, 12.5" for the 14 and 16.5" for the 18 gallon. So, 21" versus 33", what would you guys do?
There will be eight 3.75" net pots in station one, in two rows of 4. Of course it will have the pump in the lower tub, the sprayers in the upper tub and the upper tub will drain into the lower one while keeping the roots contained. The first station will get vegging nutrients and a 6700k 250W MH right on top of it.
Station two will be the same setup as station one, but will have flowering nutrients and a 2700k 250W HPS above it.
Visual (thanks to Google SketchUp):
From the picture, I hope that you can see what I am planning on doing. There will be 5 phases, of 3 weeks each. The light will be a constant 12/12, no matter which phase the plant is in. Every three weeks, the plant moves up a row. Cuttings are taken at the 9th week and there should be a harvest every three weeks.
So, keeping in mind that I am not going for maximum yield - are there any major flaws with this setup??
Please discuss?