SciFi's Durban-X, Experimental Bubble Lab 2010

[SciFi]

Hello my fiends...

Welcome..

To ..


The ..


Machine....



*INSERT PINK FLOYD NOISES HERE*

.... Err, Lab.

What strain is it?

Durban-X

Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid?

Hybrid - Grows very wide fat leaf phenotype, but will grow quite tall if given the opportunity. I've had to top repeatedly to force it to branch out.

Is it in Veg or Flower stage?

There's 3 plants that just entered flower, and several stages of cloning on-going in veg.

WHAT IT DO?

6 gallon DWC + Hydroton Root zone flooding (AKA DIY Deep Water Culture(TM))
Custom SWC Cloning, Custom 9 site HRZDWC build in progress, too.

HOW YA FEEL?

Two plants in flower with 400WMH/HPS in an air-conditioned Lab (AKA Basement) at 76F & 40%RH.

WHAT IT IS?

I'm feeding a 3-stage custom Lucas Formula with GH Flora series, and the dry series as well in Lucas formula.


Pictures to come tomorrow!

 

[Green007]

 

[SciFi]

First day in 12/12.

6 gallon DWC

Custom Bubble cloning shallow water culture.

 

[Green007]

That's an interesting setup you have there. Plants look good, how long do you think that strain will flower?

 

[SciFi]

Last grow peaked at about 8 or 9 weeks, I think.

One of those clones has about 1.5' long roots on it..

I like the tight mesh 10" baskets... It's like having a little flood table of hydroton.

I'm going to use this veg tank to transition to the 9 site system (when it's built), and move the current flower tank to it.

 

[Green007]

Ya, I'm looking forward to seeing what the 9 site system is going to look like.

 

[SciFi]

I'll be prototyping it tonight, in all likely hood. I'm still trying to decided on the top baskets. F'ers at the store had the 10" baskets marked as the 7" baskets. Same price, so that mattered little, but they had no 7"s in-stock either.

 

[SciFi]

Well... The baskets sort of fit, and sort of don't. I can chop the sides and the fit better... But, we'll see.

Anyways, I've built phase one of the prototype, and I'm quite impressed.

Phase two is commencing.

 

[SciFi]

No time tonight for the garden. Worked all day and night.

I've got an idea for a bankrupt ass cooler, if the pump can hang.

 

[Green007]

Looking forward to the pics after you figure it out.

 

[SciFi]

Welp, I didn't have enough parts to build all 9 sites, but I got enough for 4 up and running... Might have enough for 5.. We'll see, tonight. I'm also going to see if I can rig up that cooler while I'm at it. The new systems water is floating around 75F, and the chilled water is around 64F, so I'm hoping the bankrupt cooler can bring it down 5 degrees.

It's still breaking in, and I've got my first coat of slime.. This seems to happen every time I setup something new, even without any nuets in it, or plants.

 

[Green007]

Cool, still like to see pics if at all possible.

 

[SciFi]

There's the garden...

From the top...

A basket.. 10"x10"x4" filled with hydroton..

A smaller pot used to hold up the big pot..

The big pot..

Here's the ghetto cooling.. The pump runs to a coil of tube into the sump res, and back out. It sits about 64F in the sump reservoir. It fills up from rainwater and cold water from my dehumidifier.

The pump!

Waterlines installed..

It expands!

Again!

The pipes interconnecting the buckets..

In detail..

Water ring.. this would be buried about an inch below the surface of the hydroton.

 

[Green007]

Nice.
+reps for ingenuity

 

[SciFi]

Thanks man.. The whole build is pretty solid and was pretty easy on the wallet.



Two ladies are showing, in the flowering tubs. WOOP WOOP.

 

[MostlyCrazy]

Prototype is a good word! This ought to be interesting! I'm envious of people that can make shit! LOL!

 

[SciFi]

I said experimental bubble lab, in the title. I meant it.

 

[MostlyCrazy]

Is that the mad scientist edition? LOL!

 

[Green007]

 

[SciFi]

More then you know. >