Haps At The Grow Shack

[superpsy]

Hello! Welcome to the Shack!

This will be the new permanente grow log. Anything to do with grows at the Shack will be in here now.

First order of business is a upgrade. Will be cleaning up the tents and adding new 6" exhaust fans, refillable carbon filters with fan to filter couplers, 6" circ fans, humidifiers and 69 Pro+ controllers. Out with the Inkbird controllers I've been using for years for humidifiers. Out with the old cheap white 6" static circ fans. One will still be above the light. But new ones are going in the grow area. And the old AC Infinity 6" molex exhaust fans are gone along with there 67 controllers and accompanying limitations.

First grow will be Royal Queen Seeds. A single Blue Gelato photo in a 15 gal. bag in the 3 x 3. Then two or three Mimosa Autos in the 2 x 4 in 5 or 7 gal bags. I still need to finish mixing up and blending my two 47 gal totes of soil. I have some Gaia Green Green Sand, Glacier Rock Dust and Brut Worm Castings to get in the totes.Then they will be ready to grow and go. Will be feeding Gaia Green 4-4-4, 2-8-4, Black Fly Frass and giving them some Recharge, Stash Blend and Great White microbes here and there to keep the micro load healthy and diversified.

I also decided to try AC Infinity bottom watering trays with this auto grow. And light control for the HLG 650R in the 3 x 3 tent. The 650R does not have RJ11 so they have a dongle to hook up to the dimmer cord and on/off control module the 69 Pro+ can use. If it works and I like it I will put it on the 350R's in the 2 x 4. If I don't like the butt watering setup I'm sure the wife will find a use for them with some of her ornamentals.

 

[WeedHopper]

Pulling up a chair.

 

[Thomas81]

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[MariJan]

 

[greenmobster440]

All that looks like a lot of fun. I love planning and putting together grows. Ya got a plan. Let's see what happens.

 

[superpsy]

All that looks like a lot of fun. I love planning and putting together grows. Ya got a plan. Let's see what happens.

I always have a plan! Waiting on more stuff to come in. Winter storm kind of put the stick to plans. And I've come up short on the cleaning.

 

[superpsy]

I've been working on the 3 x 3. It's pretty much ready to go except I'm waiting on the power module for the lights so I can turn the lights on and off with the 69Pro+ and get rid of the old light timers I've been using for years. I still need to do some cable management. I have a 0 -10v dimmer on the way to replace the oem dimmer knob on the 650R. But I don't think it will give me the fine control/resolution the oem light dimmer does. Also going to use a power module on the UVA light so I can set it up to come on/off on it's own schedule. I like it to come on 1 to 3 hours,,, depending what the plant can handle in the middle of the flower light cycle. The one thing I DO NOT Like about ACI is how damn tight they package the cables. There a kinked up rats nest. I'm going to have to use a heat gun on them to get them to relax or they will be a mess for year or so. I also don't like how the wifi makes you use there server. So that may get turned off.

The controller is nice and 8 ports is enough for my setup. Depending on finale config I will be using 6 or 7 of the available ports. It's much more configurable than my old molex 67 controllers. Once I fired it up the first time and setup the Bluetooth and WiFi it updated it's firmware and took off. I do wish they had a desktop program so I could run it on my computer and not have to **** with my iPhone. Cell phones and pads remind me a lot of work, preretirement days. I like to put those devices on ignore.

The blower and replaceable carbon filter are nicer than the ones I'm replacing. And the coupler is well worth getting to connect the filter to the blower. I took one of my older prefilter sleeves that the wife sewed one end shut on. Dropped it in the filter, folded it around the flange and put the coupler on tightening down the hose clamp. Then slipped it on the discharge flange of the blower and tightened up the clamp. It is a bit quieter and brings down the temp faster than the older unit even though they are rated for the same CFM and setup the same. I could have bought a dongle and used the old blower with the new controller. Just thought it best to go all new.

The 6" oscillating fans are a lot better than my old static fans and much better than the POS Monkey fans I had years ago. They are quiet and much more efficient at moving air than anything I've used in a grow space. Don't think I will ever need to run them faster than 4 or 5 when it comes to speed. I've had them idling away on speed 3 for a couple of days now. Temps and humidity have stayed stable with the light on.

The humidifier is badass!. It's big and can produce vapor like a monster. Right now I have it inside the tent. But I expect it to find its permanent home outside of the tent. Fill it up with water plug in the UIS cable and power cord and control it from the Pro69+ and it blows and goes. No need to even use it's own humidity/temp sensor cable. And at 15l/4 gal or so no need to fill everyday. It's on little casters so it's easy to move about. And with top fill should be a pleasure to use. With three transducers, it could be used as a ultrasonic cleaner with a few simple mods. And this is how all this started I wanted better humidifiers and control than I had. Wham,,, Upgrade!

I even looked into their lights. But that was clearly a step backwards for me when I looked at the spectrum so they fell out of favor real fast. My current HLG's don't have the EVO led's but the spectrum is much more to my liking. And the ACI EVO lights did not have near enough Blue and Red with way to much yellow and orange. While the EVO6 would have fit like a glove in the 3 x 3 with great coverage. The EVO3 is underpowered for my 2 x 4 and not a good footprint. Just didn't add up for me.

Hope to be growing soon with the upgraded setup!

22" saucer and elevator.

Medium vapor setting.

 

[Thomas81]

Looking grand mate .

 

[superpsy]

Looking grand mate .

Thank You. I just want to get a few things taken care of and make my grow life better. Grow some common commercial fufu hybrid weed and maybe ease back into some proper landstrains and get back to really enjoying the grow and product.

 

[Thomas81]

Amen brother .