A.k.a. Greenybeanymeany Grow #2

[zem]

Honestly, DIY's are great.. heck, I've made a couple of tutorials for DIY stuff. I just do not use my own DIY stuff anymore. Well, when I'm done these two harv's I will be hah

i know exactly what you mean. i too threw away some things that i made and bought stuff that i didn't need. by taking the diy route, you're surely going to go through trials and errors, but with time, i got better, and make less and less mistakes, and most of the times, make things custom made better than anything in market, and it saves loads of cash.

 

[MR1]

HMMMM Mr MR1?! (Mr MR1 .. that's hilarious hah )

Ok Fang, you can call me Mr. MR1, I like that.

 

[schoolboy420]

You need a minimum of 40 oz,imo, for a 14 inch long, 8 inch diameter filter with a 1 inch thick wall of carbon rated at about 435 cfm.

:rofl:

Just buy one :aok:

lol yeah if you can just buy one, it will save you the trouble, but damn i love diy as long as it does the same job or better than ready made stuff

Lol, I'll just buy one. I'm sure I'd mess it up one way or another.

 

[schoolboy420]

Honestly, DIY's are great.. heck, I've made a couple of tutorials for DIY stuff. I just do not use my own DIY stuff anymore. Well, when I'm done these two harv's I will be hah

i know exactly what you mean. i too threw away some things that i made and bought stuff that i didn't need. by taking the diy route, you're surely going to go through trials and errors, but with time, i got better, and make less and less mistakes, and most of the times, make things custom made better than anything in market, and it saves loads of cash.

I'll just save myself the errors lol. I'll save diy routes for after I have the proper set up.

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

Good call IMO. I think, if you're learning the art of horticulture, it's best to have the best possible to you at the time, at your finger tips. Sure, you could DIY everything and get to it, or you can buy quality stuff and get right into it... either way this "IT" we speak of is the HARDEST part of the whole thing. I think it's beneficial to buy properly right out the gate. I do believe my first grow ever 2 years ago, helps show that proper gear and knowledge attainment will lead to mega victory :aok:

Grow Journal of a Cannabinoid Android chronicles a great adventure with a bit of trial and error. Great results in the end, but you'll see I over nuted them to ****.

Point being, if I had DIY'd everything, I wouldn't be able to judge my end process correctly in my own mind. Does that make sense? I'll always be wondering; "Man, if I just bought that tent.. maybe I wouldn't have had light leaks / better ventilation / more reflection / etc" or "Damn it, if I bought a true quality 600w setup, I wouldn't have this cheap DIY light that's not putting out the right spectrum or nearly enough lumens."

Do it right the first time. Because with gaining knowledge you don't always have that choice, but with setting up your room you DO have that choice! Then, DIY's become fun and interesting, you know.. a year down the road.

Rant over ROFL

 

[zem]

lol DGF i seen people trying t diy a ph/tds meter LMAO. IMO there are some things that are not better when you buy them like the tent. I would never buy a tent. if you might go wrong in building a cabin, then i guess you should buy everything ready and never ever diy anything. this is also the case if you find yourself trying to DIY something like a light or a timer

 

[MR1]

Or you could just build it right the first time lol.

 

[Kraven]

Or you could just build it right the first time lol.

I would like to see the filter, be cool if you made a DIY, so we can do it right the first time.

 

[MR1]

Not gonna happen, no more pics.

 

[schoolboy420]

Good call IMO. I think, if you're learning the art of horticulture, it's best to have the best possible to you at the time, at your finger tips. Sure, you could DIY everything and get to it, or you can buy quality stuff and get right into it... either way this "IT" we speak of is the HARDEST part of the whole thing. I think it's beneficial to buy properly right out the gate. I do believe my first grow ever 2 years ago, helps show that proper gear and knowledge attainment will lead to mega victory :aok:

Grow Journal of a Cannabinoid Android chronicles a great adventure with a bit of trial and error. Great results in the end, but you'll see I over nuted them to ****.

Point being, if I had DIY'd everything, I wouldn't be able to judge my end process correctly in my own mind. Does that make sense? I'll always be wondering; "Man, if I just bought that tent.. maybe I wouldn't have had light leaks / better ventilation / more reflection / etc" or "Damn it, if I bought a true quality 600w setup, I wouldn't have this cheap DIY light that's not putting out the right spectrum or nearly enough lumens."

Do it right the first time. Because with gaining knowledge you don't always have that choice, but with setting up your room you DO have that choice! Then, DIY's become fun and interesting, you know.. a year down the road.

Rant over ROFL

It most certainly does make sense. I will experiment with DIY stuff soon, but I'll wait until I have stuff that works before making something that possibly won't.

I'll check that out tonight, for sure.

 

[schoolboy420]

lol DGF i seen people trying t diy a ph/tds meter LMAO. IMO there are some things that are not better when you buy them like the tent. I would never buy a tent. if you might go wrong in building a cabin, then i guess you should buy everything ready and never ever diy anything. this is also the case if you find yourself trying to DIY something like a light or a timer

Lol. Why bother? TDs meters are reasonable, and I think you'd be better off buying a cheapo pH meter/test kit, than to try to make your own. Lol

 

[schoolboy420]

I would like to see the filter, be cool if you made a DIY, so we can do it right the first time.

Not gonna happen, no more pics.

I would too, out of curiosity, but darn the luck.

 

[schoolboy420]

Update time.

I did some more hacking away last night, growth seems a little accelerated since I did that, but my pictures are from last night. And the night before, I pinched the two tallest stalks in attempt to slow growth. It healed too fast to have any noticeable difference.

But I weeded out some of the new stalks that are trying to come in. I was reading on PJs grow and saw him say, multiple times, that he keeps 6-8 and thinks its the best way to go, as far as yield goes. So I snipped the ones that weren't getting much light. I certaintly did a number cleaning up the bottom.

PH is right at 6.1

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[zem]

Lol. Why bother? TDs meters are reasonable, and I think you'd be better off buying a cheapo pH meter/test kit, than to try to make your own. Lol

yes exactly, i meant that some things are okay to diy others are not, such things like lights or precision instruments

 

[schoolboy420]

yes exactly, i meant that some things are okay to diy others are not, such things like lights or precision instruments

I agree 100%

 

[schoolboy420]

Hey DGF, this is what is inside my shed out back.

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[Dr. Green Fang]

lol w...t...f.. is that thing?! hah

 

[schoolboy420]

lol w...t...f.. is that thing?! hah

It says something about heating on it, and it appears to draw air in or push air out.not quite sure, and it's wired to that thermostat. It was in there when I moved it.

 

[schoolboy420]

Ph from water going in, 6.4. PH of water coming out. 6.6. So my pH is 6.5.

Ppm going in 337, coming out 487, so my ppm is 412

Now for pics.

The light stems areas are normal right? Or what is wrong? (First pic)

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[Dr. Green Fang]

Everything looks good to me.. the only thing I can see is you're growing in soil. Now, that may make you laugh, or some soil people even roll their eyes.....BUT.. every single time I see a soil plant, it seems they claw a bit and just don't look quite as green. I'm not saying your plant doesn't look healthy, I'm saying it looks like it's in soil. HAH. I mean that with love.

You can clean out under the canopy in about 5 days from now, just out of a total guess, and only some fans and few nodes....mostly fans. Top areas of the plant seem quite healthy, so that's good. Pretty much always read your plant from the very tops, down through.