The Grass Baas

Thanks John. Will definitely start a grow diary soon, and keep a lookout at the DIY section. Might show you a thing or two

Thanks dude. That's some good info. I have taken 4x plants that have had about 6 weeks of veg in Coco/perlite topped twice. So far they've been impressing me. I initially had 9 clones. 4x living soil and 5x coco (same strain). The Coco is absolutely madness. They will be used as the guinea pigs for my scrog/coco adventure. Once again, thanks for all the Info and epic pics. Helps alot.

Great grow man. I read back abit and saw you get roughly 650 a m2. That is incredible. I'm trying the scrog thing out with 4 plants that are growing in Coco. It will be my first scrog aswell as my first coco grow. Seeing your plants react so well to the scrog is atleast helping with the expectations. This is honestly a goal for most growers to achieve. Well done

To be honest.....I wouldn't even flip yet. They're on a roll now.. let them grow. You have plenty more space to fill there. Top the one at the back and only worry about cleaning them when there are alot more leaves. Leave them for another week.....or two. Promise you won't regret it.

Nice man. Welcome. This forum has helped me alot with making up my mind with my setup. You'll learn alot. Any questions anytime.

Duuuuuude. These are some really good looking mains. Please post your dry weights when done. Would love to know what yield you guys got from those scrogs. Excellent work

Hey man. With sonoff, the person that created the link to the sonoff sensor is able to view logs under the options menu when viewing the device. I see when it goes on and off.

What's up dude. Great idea man. I'm also super into the whole remote control thing. I'm still abit of a noob but I manage a few simple things using sonoff switches. They're great. Have had really good success with them. I could be 300km away working and I could monitor some of the basic elements of a perpetual grow. 1) I use a sonoff switch and temp gauge to monitor the temp in my propagation chamber. It switches a heating pad on and off. I keep it at 20 - 24 Celsius. All the little clones love it. Helps alot in the cold winters. 2) I use a sonoff switch, humidity gauge and an extractor fan to control my humidity in both my flowering and vegging tents. Each having their own switch, humidity sensor and extractor. I use a humidifier in the vegetative/mother tent to keep humidity nice and high and then the sonoff will switch the extractor on and off, keeping it at about 65% humidity. The flowering tent has no humidifier and the switch puts the extractor on and off keeping the humidity at 45-55% humidity. Depending on where in the cycle the flowers are. And all these sonoff switches are pretty smart. Known as smart switches. They keep logs of when they switch on and off. You can also remotely change parameters. It's really great.

Those flowers look frooooooosty!!

What's up!!! Welcome. This is a great place for learning, and also for sharing. Please feel free to drop some knowledge anytime. I'll be sure to check it out.

@Dr. Green Holy shit. This post goes from scrawny little plants to Bam!!!!!!!!!! Plants on steroids. This is honestly a spectacular sight. I am on my first adventure to try scrog 4 plants exactly the same way you have just displayed. I have them in a coco/perlite mix with GHE tri part nutes. So far I am having an explosion of growth through the vegetative state. I am honestly amazed at how perfect you kept both canopies and perfectly flat. I would've love to see the progression of the grows. Still amazed. Quick question. The strain I'm using is quite the stretcher once flipped. How long after flip do you tuck nodes? Did you fill the entire canopy 100% before flipping or do you flip at 80% and fill the gaps as the plant stretches?

Awesome man. I once made the mistake to not water after I transplanted and didn't do the plants any good. Usually a good watering after the transplant helps alot with the shock. But otherwise they look great. They'll explode the next few weeks. Will be watching this closely.

*looks at Mic on floor, sits quietly waiting for the show to begin* Fuck this is great. Skip the veg straight to the good stuff. Super excited. I'll be here for a while...

Welcome dude. You'll get plenty of advice on this forum. I totally love growing my outdoors and am also excited for the new season around the corner. On the other hand I absolutely can't stand autos. But that's just me. Enjoy your time around here

Holy shit. Not to joke....yesterday I checked and he was on like 60k and when I checked as it was announced he was on like 5k. Crazy good fight for his publicity even though I still think it was an early stoppage, he was getting badly out performed.

Hey dudes. Sorry to jump in abit late but this is great info. I once also had major issues with over watering and underwatering. Never knew what to do. The one thing I realised is that I now prefer to increase my pot sizes as my plants grow. Makes it so much easier to water. For e.g.. if I water a brand new clone that has developed roots and just been transplanted into a pot, I make sure to saturate the entire pot. Just like @Green Leaf Organics mentioned about waiting a few minutes between watering, as it allows all the water to disperse through the medium, then your runoff will be from no more space for absorption rather than being hydrophobic. So usually just after a transplant the young plants take about 5-7 days to get the medium dry enough for the next watering. About 3 to 4 weeks after the transplant they usually start to get drier in about 1-2 days between watering. Then I know the plants are getting big enough to be transplanted and then I start again by saturation and waiting a couple days etc etc. Either Way, so far it's looking really good. Keep up the good work

Excellent job man. This before and after of the scrog is great. It shows you how much it can help with some extra light on that canopy. Very nice. Great diary

Aaaaah. Sorry to just drop in on this discussion but God damn I love the UFC. I stopped watching SA sports as it started becoming too political. Just my 2 cents on the fighters this weekend. If I had to choose top 3 fighters ever for me the Sugar show is right in there. That kid is on fire.....and smokes plenty of weed. Poirier is a champ and is going to face the toughest fight of his life. Connor is a seriously good Mixed martial artist but over the years the unsportsman like conduct got to me. He has been in so many court cases regarding his behaviour outside the octogan. I really hope Dustin humbles him and if not I really hope Nate would be able to in the trilogy. Tai tuivasa is also going to be an interesting one. And finally Dricus. Hope he gets this one. Have to support the local homie. I'm also going to try watch it live. Abit early/late but have to do it.

I saw those lights before this thread started. Having one look at it I realized they weren't even better than any recommended flood light. I would stay clear. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

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Hey man. Thanks for the input. I'm sure this will help me alot. Each strip is 1120mm long. This specific model comes in 4ft, 2ft and 1ft strips. Obviously I have the 4ft. I don't know if those two potentiometers actually adjust each output. If I'm not mistaken; one does constant voltage and the other constant current. Not left and right output. The idea of splitting the way you did in your perfectly drawn diagram is definitely an option. I've had to look around and ask some electricians about this as I'm not 100% sure which options I have. Still trying to figure out what impacts what when wiring up different ways. This build so far is working out great. Still trying to source some good aluminium heatsink. I've settled for aluminium flat bar but have gone abit thicker than normal. Hopefully this helps with the heat dissipation... If you're interested in builds like these, head over to a website called LEDgardener.com. It's great and helps alot. I would suggest starting off with going to the "Builds" tab and on the next page (you can go to older posts at the bottom of the page) you will find at the bottom of the page an article on strip builds. It has all the info you need there once you know how to navigate. Good luck Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Dude Yes!!!!!!!!! Totally on the same page. That is exactly how I understand it. I think it is a safety thing since you won't be sending one load down one wire. Lol. Agreed on the potentiometers aswell. So now I'm trying to figure out what would be the best way to wire them up. Thanks again Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Hey man. Here’s the link. https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/mean-well-usa-inc/HLG-480H-42A/7704115 Honestly don’t know if this link is going to work. As far as I understand the driver has 2 separate outputs so I think it’s recommended to use the two. There’s also 2 adjustment dials. I think they both adjust something different. Lol. I know sooooo much about this shit. I think this driver still puts out 12 amp but in 2 outputs. So it’s still 12 amps each splitting the current but also keeping it at 12amps each and not dividing it to 6amp each [emoji2369]. I feel like I understand this...maybe. If you look at the original diagram which is found on LED gardeners website, it’s puts 6 strips on one out put and 6 strips on the other. Thanks again for the help Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hey man. Thanks for the response. Daisy chain is the word I think I was looking for. Isn’t that pretty much what they call a series. Have a careful look, you’ll see the driver has 2 outputs. This allows for more amps if I’m not mistaken. Therefore I can use smaller wires. I think. PS. My drawing skills are still better than yours Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hello there grow bro’s and ladies (could’ve used the word rhyming with bros but a bit rude) I sat here typing out a massive questionnaire on how I would go about wiring a setup etc etc. Basically I’m in need of a better wiring setup than the one that is currently being recommended. Long story short, I’ve decided to build my own 480 watt led light with bridgelux EB gen 2 strips. The driver that is recommended in the build is one of those that splits its power into 2. So.....basically the build is of 12 strips. I’m wondering if anyone knows of any better wiring options than this. It seems as if there would be way too many wires involved. I’ve decided to take the 12 strips and mount them in pairs of 2 next to one another giving me 6 bars in total. (This is a build I found on LED gardener). So if I have 6 sets of strips am I able to join the pairs together via a series network or does each one have to be done individually as shown in the picture I will attach? So I am not the best artist or electrician, as you can see. I’ve made a drawing of what I have in mind. Since the strips will be in sets of 2, am I able to join those sets together instead of having its own line from the driver but rather from the buddy just next to him on the same bar? Literally a small wire connecting each pair ( in my exceptional sketch it’s the little red and black wires connecting the pairs of strips). Hope I’ve made some sense. Any other recommendations will be appreciated. I’m basically looking for the most economic wiring (not financially but space wise) Dankie