KGB’s EarthBox Grow

[KGB]

You’re getting a nice deep controlled canopy. Good job.

I appreciate your advice on flipping to 12/12 and not a minute too soon. I am still closer to the light than I wanted and will be moving it up my last 4 inches soon which should prevent burns. I have also started bending one of my larger colas away from the light just a little a day.

I should have a 4x4 tent next grow with some type of light mover for my 230 watt light for an interesting experiment and an additional 8 inches of overhead. I plan on keeping the scrog 9 to 12 inches max.

 

[greenmobster440]

I appreciate your advice on flipping to 12/12 and not a minute too soon. I am still closer to the light than I wanted and will be moving it up my last 4 inches soon which should prevent burns. I have also started bending one of my larger colas away from the light just a little a day.

I should have a 4x4 tent next grow with some type of light mover for my 230 watt light for an interesting experiment and an additional 8 inches of overhead. I plan on keeping the scrog 9 to 12 inches max.

Man you'll be dangerous in a 4x4.

Great time of the year to find a new lamp with all this black Friday stuff going on.

I'm using this exact lamp in my 4x4. Still only gives 25w psqft but I've grown a lot of weed with it in that space.
https://a.co/d/3N9DyKO

 

[KGB]

Man you'll be dangerous in a 4x4.

Great time of the year to find a new lamp with all this black Friday stuff going on.

I'm using this exact lamp in my 4x4. Still only gives 25w psqft but I've grown a lot of weed with it in that space.
https://a.co/d/3N9DyKO

I would but I did budget $25 a month for recurring expense on this project. I am super curious if I can make that light rail into something different than what it was designed for in which case I stay within my budget but produce the results of a 400 watt light.

By my calculations the 400 watt light will cost me $50 a month to run

Regardless it intrigues me to see if I can. I consider it a worthy experiment with a great odds of working.

 

[KGB]

Pulled the trigger on the 4x4 so next week I will set it up and look at options I can come up with to move the light

 

[KGB]

I decided to move my time lapse camera last night since it wound up in a position that doesn’t view the entire canopy. In the right corner is the Ice Princess the far corner is the Skunk#1 and below the camera is now the C99xPurple Urkle. The left corner is a mix of the Ice and Skunk as it was trained that way.

 

[KGB]

Ok so my 4x4 tent arrives today and I have been running the first part of my light mover experiment for 3 days. I just grabbed some scrap wood and set the rail on a 2x4 for now temporally on my work bench. What I have done is I bought a timer that allows timing to the second. For this I just have it running 10 seconds on and 10 seconds off. 10 seconds smoothly moves it 6.5 inches then it stops for 10 seconds. I need to measure my space once I get the 4x4 setup and figure out how to hang a rail system I have yet to make.

But basically I am looking at parking the light for 10 minutes then move it for 10 seconds. Over time where it stops will be random throughout the light period allowing light to get to more bud sites at different angles.

I love an experiment! And yes everyone tells me it won’t work but that’s never stopped me from breaking the laws of physics before.

And as you look at the photo remember….I don’t have the ability to organize

 

[WeedHopper]

Well if you grow outside mother nature moves the light for you.
I always try to have some side lighting to replicate the sun when I'm growing inside.

 

[KGB]

Well if you grow outside mother nature moves the light for you.
I always try to have some side lighting to replicate the sun when I'm growing inside.

The problem with light movers is they are designed to move large lights about 12 ft which makes them unusable for tents. And even though it doesn’t fly it moves about 40 inches a minute so the plants it’s going over get a “taste” of the center of a focused LED light.

I am changing that so it randomly stops and gives 10-15 minutes of light

 

[KGB]

Day 63 from seed

i turned down the light to 50% which would be around 115 watts. Water intake was much less so this will be my option when I can’t water for a few days. Temp stays around 68 degrees inside the tent and drops to 65 when the light is off. I can live with that

 

[T_Dub]

Day 63 from seed

i turned down the light to 50% which would be around 115 watts. Water intake was much less so this will be my option when I can’t water for a few days. Temp stays around 68 degrees inside the tent and drops to 65 when the light is off. I can live with that

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Good luck with your plan KGB? Your canopy is looking great!

 

[KGB]

I put the 4x4 together and am letting it stretch. Then I will slide the top off and put a bar set on close to where I think it needs to be based on my current grow to accommodate the scrog net and to keep the tent from pulling in at the sides. The plan is to use the 4x4 for initial drying but as soon as all three are chopped I will take everything out. Then I can move the drying racks to the 3x3 and outfit the 4x4 then kick off the next experiment.

The 2x2 I will be using to experiment with curing techniques after drying is done.

 

[Hippie420]

One curing technique I always wanted to try was one I read about years ago. The dude took one of those small rectangular tupperware type boxes and filled it full of buds, poked holes in the top, and then floated it in an aquarium with the water temps of around 90 degrees. The article had pics. The buds came out x amount of days later and they were peanut butter brown instead of green. Claimed it was a very smooth smoke.

 

[KGB]

So I slid the top of the tent back and it did stretch a little. Much easier to work with now.

Looking at my current attempt at a scrog I can see better where to place the nets and the side bars for the 4x4. I decided not to use the Velcro type fasteners and instead use zip ties. It makes the connection stronger but I guess a few years down the road it might rub the finish off the bars. This also makes it easy to leave the bar on the main door off until I wire and load up the tent. Having the bars on a tent this size, at the right location up the tent walls, will prohibit the tent from pulling in as negative pressure will pull on the walls giving me quite a bit more space if the canopy is full.

Note the rubber stickers at the end of the bars. With the zip ties it makes the tent much more rigid

Another Black Friday deal

 

[KGB]

One curing technique I always wanted to try was one I read about years ago. The dude took one of those small rectangular tupperware type boxes and filled it full of buds, poked holes in the top, and then floated it in an aquarium with the water temps of around 90 degrees. The article had pics. The buds came out x amount of days later and they were peanut butter brown instead of green. Claimed it was a very smooth smoke.

I am going more with putting my 2x2 in the corner of my basement on the concrete so it’s always 65 degrees inside. I would still put my buds in grove bags then put them inside the 2x2 on nets so they aren’t directly on the floor of the tent. Then put a bowl of water with a sponge inside on the floor. I will be monitoring that with my original AC Infinity controller when I am not using it in the 3x3 for drying.

If I can manipulate the environment I can stretch the cure for longer I think.

 

[KGB]

Now that I have a 4x4 and a 3x3 in the same room it’s getting too crowded. It’s time to create a plan for separating the saucer ship from the mothership and move the 3x3 into the unfinished basement. The problem is I am using the fan and carbon filter on my main tent to pull air through which really isn’t the best way.

I already purchased and am using the refillable 6 inch carbon filter and there is a little life left on the original filter or I can cut it open and possibly refill. But I still needed a fan and I just don’t want to pay another $80 for a fully controlled fan. So I snagged this as I have an extra outlet controller. I will just set it on low and allow my controller to turn it on and off.

 

[KGB]

Day 67 from seed

The Skunk#1 is starting to produce terpenes and it’s the exact small I remember from the 80’s and 90’s. I can’t wait for it to finish
The shape of the buds for Skunk#1 aren’t like the other plants I grew out. These are more “dome” shaped.

 

[KGB]

Well crap

I was taking pictures and turned my light on with the manual knob on the ballast so I could change intensity to 10%. Then I forgot and it ran an extra hour before I realized my error and shut it off.

Anyone think this is or is not a major issue chime in

 

[T_Dub]

Well crap

I was taking pictures and turned my light on with the manual knob on the ballast so I could change intensity to 10%. Then I forgot and it ran an extra hour before I realized my error and shut it off.

Anyone think this is or is not a major issue chime in

So instead of 12/12 you ran 13/11? I bet you’re fine….dont some people flower under that every day?

 

[Hippie420]

One time ain't gonna hurt.

 

[KGB]

So instead of 12/12 you ran 13/11? I bet you’re fine….dont some people flower under that every day?

It just freaks me out to break a golden rule…never touch the ballast switch because minor details are not my friends at my age.