Them are some damned nice looking plants you got there. Maybe some day I'll be in a location I can grow outdoors.I totally agree with you on planting directly into the 1gal pots.. I personally go with 2.5 gal then out to the garden, this year I will up pot into 20gal holes, hopefully that will get me 4 lbs a plant... strictly an organic outdoor grower myself...like what you are doing so far, I’m gonna fallow along , may even give it a try one day
Ahhh Shit..... Take me drunk, I'm home again. But, I want another Buttle of Bod first.... lol.Did someone say SIP Party?!
I got tequila! I got lemons! I got salt!
Just show me where to put it!!
NOW LETS GET FUCKING LITTTTTTTTT!
And you don't have to use the 5 gallon buckets. I grow in the 2 gallon buckets, with smaller plants.
I really like the fact that this light is so lightweight. It only weighs 12.8 lbs. & it being foldable sure makes it easy to carry to the tent, unfold & install in just minutes.
Here's a few pics of the KS5000 hanging & ready for take off.
In the next 4 pics I'll show the light at different brightness levels. If you look at the bottom of each pic it makes it easy to see the light differences.
Here it is at just 25% power. I should mention the KS5000 draws 500 True Watts from the wall. So at 25% it's only 125 watts which works well for germinating seeds.
At 50% it gets a little brighter & pulls 250 watts which is great for seedlings & Early Veg.
At 75% I feel like the cops just shined a spotlight in my face. This baby is really bright so I should get some great penetration. Damned, that made me laugh. Sounds like sex with a light.... lol. Hope you all have a sense of humor.
100%.... Oh Holy Chit.... I think there's a whole swat team out there lighting up the whole house. Yes, this light is Super Bright. Much brighter than most lights I've used.
Should make some excellent buds with this much light.
There's also an EXT position on the Dimmer, which I never use. I consider it Overdrive Mode. I don't really feel I need to push my lights or plants that hard to accomplish my goals so I wont be using it this grow.
The KS5000 is equipped with Samsung LM301H Diodes (792 pcs. of 3000K & 432 pcs. of 5000K) & OSRAM 660nm Diodes (86 pcs.).
It has a 4x4 Flowering Footprint, but could also be used in a 5x5 tent as well.
I have also been wondering if the sub-irrigation makes it kind of a hydro grow even if your medium is soil?
The Ping Pong Balls will be my Dip Stick Float to show me the water levels in the Internal Reservoir. Seen a lot of Ping Pong Balls float at the Carnival Gold Fish Game. That's where I got the idea. Just melt a small hole in it with a soldering iron & insert the wooden stick. Put a drop of clear silicon around the stick to seal it up. Then it floats up & down in the Black PVC Fill Tube to show you the water level.Thanks for the tag Buds. Wouldn't miss this one!
Of all the stuff you've covered so far I'm most interested in seeing how the ping pong balls fit into the equation.
Happy Growing!
I see hydro as more about bottled nutes and pH pens and the like. Much more controlled and scientific.. Deep pools of standing water aerated either remotely with a circulation system or directly in each container's reservoir with air stones.
In some ways it does mimic Hydro. But Hydro still grows faster & bigger plants in less time. I think these SIP's are a close second & is better than Coco in a Fabric Pot. I never pulled a pound per plant with DWC. But I do almost every time with SIP's. Not so sure I'll get a pound off this GG Auto though. I don't usually grow Auto's but felt like throwing one in there after 3 years of not growing one. Looks like an 8 -10 oz. plant to me. Good enough.
You must do organics. I pH my nutes every time I mix them. They say you don't have to with soil; but I feel better when I do. I've actually been wondering if I should pH to 5.8 since this is sort of a Hydro/Soil Grow. Or do like Old Salt taught me with Coco & feed at 5.8 until mid-flower & then go to 6.4 for 2-3 weeks before dropping it back down to 5.8. I'd have to read my 2nd journal again to see why we did it. I just remember it was a good grow.I see hydro as more about bottled nutes and pH pens and the like. Much more controlled and scientific.. Deep pools of standing water aerated either remotely with a circulation system or directly in each container's reservoir with air stones.
SIPs give similar outcomes but with less complication, and can be used with organic soils, and water only if your container is big enough.
So I think it shares some concepts, but unless you're running it with coco, I don't see it as hydro. Similar results in the explosive growth, and no dry cycle which allows the plants to grow without the pause you get from that dry period, but so much easier than hydro.
This is coming from someone who very much dislikes the pH pen. Not sure why. Maybe some weird trauma from my childhood.
Yes. Very true. I grow organics and very much like the simplicity of that. Of course there's a lot more on the front end switch mixing soils and feeding microbes, so maybe not actually easier in the end but fits my style much better.
I hear you. You are not the only person complaining about this. It seems to be a fairly common frustration. I had seeds not sprout last grow and this grow. Also don't usually have any difficulty so I blame the seed. Good luck with this seed!
I'll jump in if it's cool witchoo...
