McBud's Double D's, Dinafem Remo Chemo and Dutchpassion Jorges Diamonds #1

[McB]

A little update tent wise and watering system tent side mock up done
My guesstimate of size on those flora grow caps was a tad out. Will test them and see how they do. They will work beautifully for veg if they fail here. Can always put in sprays

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[Pat999]

Probs the easiest watering method that can be used. Dude I love this tent and how it looks like

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[McB]

8 hours ago, Pat999 said:

Probs the easiest watering method that can be used. Dude I love this tent and how it looks like

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Thanks Pat, been too damn long struggling with half measures.
Spent way too much money trying to "find a cheaper way" and costing myself time, energy and double the money of doing it properly once off.

i think that's why i'm so sensitive to the " just get seagro bro" growers, i was one. 

granted its not a credit card fuelled all out ,dual plenty seven watt arachnid branded led in a brand new tent,or a mobicred sponsored "grow kit" but it is the absolute best i can do on a cash budget, with no shortcuts taken. (no offence to the kit buyers, just saying this isn't one)

Props to a really good friend for all the help, and patience while i plodded through my "i bet i can build this cheaper" phase.

Mentality changed somewhere,very glad it did.if i'm doing,this i'm doing this to the best of my ability, with as little redo as possible.
lol, thinking back to my bagseed trials years ago, between paranoia, bad growing and cheapy diy everything, i vegged 4 grows before successfully flowering anything

 

 

 

[Pvt_sToNeR]

Follow you on insta but the quality of the pics on the forum is just bar none. Very clean system brother! 

[McB]

4 minutes ago, Pvt_sToNeR said:

Follow you on insta but the quality of the pics on the forum is just bar none. Very clean system brother! 

shot,ironically i upload insta pics to forum as they have minor edits done, whats your nic on IG.

on a side note, Fucking bleak about that "clean" system, bumped my bongalong naughty vase off the table wall mounting my power surge strip and ballasts.

i knew i shouldn't fuck with stuff at 1am but it was bugging me...

so very very very bleak...silicon from here on out, im done replacing bongs, the heartbreak is too damn much

Edited January 30, 2019 by McB

[Pvt_sToNeR]

8 minutes ago, McB said:

shot,ironically i upload insta pics to forum as they have minor edits done, whats your nic on IG.

on a side note, Fucking bleak about that "clean" system, bumped my bongalong naughty vase off the table wall mounting my power surge strip and ballasts.

i knew i shouldn't fuck with stuff at 1am but it was bugging me...

so very very very bleak...silicon from here on out, im done replacing bongs, the heartbreak is too damn much

Its always heart wrenching when a piece goes down, if its been in the family long and you have sentimental value to it, i'm very sure that bongalong can do a repair on it.

But i get the 1am fiddles, when i also have a bright spark i like to implement it as soon as i can.   

[McB]

9 minutes ago, Pvt_sToNeR said:

Its always heart wrenching when a piece goes down, if its been in the family long and you have sentimental value to it, i'm very sure that bongalong can do a repair on it.

But i get the 1am fiddles, when i also have a bright spark i like to implement it as soon as i can.   

well the repair option hit me this morning on the way to work, i cant say i was overly gracious when it fell, i will admit to being in socks and slops and it was , for lack of a better term, p03skak. so i didn't really look for all the bits. then again, a gold repairs to ceramic ala kintsugi would look fecking epic.

i generally don't sleep much but the tent upgrade has me scribbling designs down at all hours, i travel for a weeks at a time and this thing has got to be reliable,easy, clearly labeelled,straight forward and most importantly safe.

so i'm a little obsessive, to the point i didn't eat last night, walked into the house at 9pm after the scrog work and watering mockup, got busy with wiring the new timer(led panel doesn't switch off entirely on old analogue timer, constant low power glow!) and by the time i looked again it was 12 and i have been replaying the grand tour s3ep3 for hours....

[Pvt_sToNeR]

I truly get you man, everybody thinks building something is hard....but maintaining something is a hole other story.  Glad i get to learn with you so when the time comes the learning curve will be in the bag. I do design so if you ever need a custom part or want to make sure something fits in a certain space i will be more than happy to design it in the 3D space for you. 

[McB]

Yet another late night update.

Barney's lsd seedling has joined the party. 1 of 7 to pop. Store you seeds properly from day 1. Lost genetics suck balls.

 

Res pump bubbler and piping done for watering system. Flora grow caps are too small as expected.but everything else works well. Pump drains the res in less than 10 min so will play with flow rather a little. I'm eyeing my catering tray drip tray experiment failure from a new perspective. Perfect size for a diy cap and a soldering iron will sort flow quickly.

Think like water Mcb... Flow

 

Wall mounted my ballasts timer and powerstrips. New watering system floods are bad enough without being life threatening.... Power high water low folks... Always.

Work in progress, pardon the cabling

 

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[Pat999]

Thanks Pat, been too damn long struggling with half measures.
Spent way too much money trying to "find a cheaper way" and costing myself time, energy and double the money of doing it properly once off.
i think that's why i'm so sensitive to the " just get seagro bro" growers, i was one. 
granted its not a credit card fuelled all out ,dual plenty seven watt arachnid branded led in a brand new tent,or a mobicred sponsored "grow kit" but it is the absolute best i can do on a cash budget, with no shortcuts taken. (no offence to the kit buyers, just saying this isn't one)
Props to a really good friend for all the help, and patience while i plodded through my "i bet i can build this cheaper" phase.
Mentality changed somewhere,very glad it did.if i'm doing,this i'm doing this to the best of my ability, with as little redo as possible.
lol, thinking back to my bagseed trials years ago, between paranoia, bad growing and cheapy diy everything, i vegged 4 grows before successfully flowering anything
 
 
 

Dude I've learned long time ago that to get results you gotta spend that money. This is an expensive hobby for sure but dangit I love it to bits. Sometimes you can DIY met Riaan but sometimes just spend the money to get the results.

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[Pat999]

Lovely dude. Yeah keep that electricity out of the way

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[McB]

so i reckon i literally designed and built myself to burnout this week.
started hunting soaker hose/drip tape/drip line/netafim techline yesterday for further watering system trials and just realised i'm over it. placed my order for drip line and put it to bed until next week

 turns out i'm not travelling next week so pressure is off. backing away a little and thinking.

buddy of mine has given me a bit to think about regarding cleaning of the system between watering. showed me how  organic nutes can develop quite the aroma if left standing for only an hour or two, thinking i may need to add a flush valve and line running to waste for the lawn/veggies or garden.

testing is a real bitch, cant exactly over water my pots getting it dialled nor can get a decent idea of spread in any other container of soil as i only have 4 bags...bleh, im going to have a bong and wait for some preflowers

[McB]

For a bit of a script flip... Here's my outdoor autopot girl. Charlotte's angel cbd.

Also organic. Same soil. Just a layer of perlite in the bottom for capilary wicking up to soil. Top fed with organics matters vermicast and alfalfa mulch. Happy lady and almost maintenance free. Fill res walk away

 

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[Hydrochronic]

Skaam jou. How would you feel if you were that chili . Never had luck with autos

[McB]

Skaam jou. How would you feel if you were that chili . Never had luck with autos

No no. She's in an autopot system. Not an auto plant. Did my time. Like keep my favourote stains and can't clone autos. For me it's massively false economy single seed VS a potential lifetime of the genetic
LOL yeah that chilli plant must ha e a severe inferiority complex

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[Hydrochronic]

@McB sorry bud I thought she was a autoflower. Love your ninja fence you got going there. She is looking good though.

[McB]

Plants responding well to the scrog. Remo a little slow but I did snap 3 nice growth points on initial scrog.
Gravity feed flooded my tent... Time to add a valve

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[greenkush]

Where did you get that scrog meshy  material? 

[McB]

Where did you get that scrog meshy  material? 

Got it from grow guru

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[greenkush]

1 minute ago, McB said:

Got it from grow guru

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Ah okay cool, thanks, I got similar from GT, but just felt pretty flimsy.

[McB]

18 minutes ago, greenkush said:

Ah okay cool, thanks, I got similar from GT, but just felt pretty flimsy.

its is pretty thin, kinda half supported by the thicker branches vs fully rigid netting supporting the plant

[McB]

brought an old youtube channel back from the archives, now i can share some of the ig videos

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lms7RI4qm8

Edited February 5, 2019 by McB

[Hydrochronic]

McB in your second image, that black three way elbow (next to the bricks) I'm guessing its from a tent right ?

[McB]

3 minutes ago, Hydrochronic said:

McB in your second image, that black three way elbow (next to the bricks) I'm guessing its from a tent right ?

yup, thats the frankenstein part of this tent, it absorbed most of the 80x80's poles in its re, erm animation

[McB]

Just now, McB said:

yup, thats the frankenstein part of this tent, it absorbed most of the 80x80's poles in its re, erm animation

funny part is my 1.5x1.5 is nearing being ready to ship, search high and low for a tent, eventually loan a monster , scrog to the point of no return....and tada, have your pic sir, how many would you like