Well it had to come to this eventually. I have decided and implemented a new ebb/flow system and am now retiring my diy system that has allowed me to medicate myself for years now.

The main reasons I am changing is two fold. 1 - I have taken on 2 patients now and require a larger output and 2 - ease of use, now that I am dealing with health issues, my set up need to be accommodating to my needs.

So, sadly shit this has to go:


Now Im hoping that I will be able to dial the new system and at least produce similar.

My new set up will not have the plant count but with my past experiences with big girls I can only see an increase in quantity with less plants. Im hoping.

My thought are 1 plant will replace 4 plants with the same results, or better

Here is 4 girls planted, they are now being replaced with a single in the hopes she will produce equal or more of the same quality.


These trays have consitantly produced 400-500g per tray under a 400watter and 500-600g per tray in my perpetual system. This tray weighs out to 2595g. wet, at 75% loss it should work out to 650g. or so. One of the best trays to date:

I built this system for a closet grow and it out performed anything I used in the past. The main problem is the size of container. One or two of these containers is fine but when you run 10-12 they seem to be a bit large and require huge amounts of water on the ready to fill and drain. I had 7 reservoirs going and I could not keep up. The new trays I will be using are only a quarter the size, so I am expanding but only gonna have 2 reservoirs now.

A 3 day water schedule for this!






So if your needing a simple system and you grow in a confined space, you really need to look this over. The track record proves its a winner for small spaces.

I will be doing an update on the new system when I finally get rolling.

So, On another note, Ya all can see the curl on the leaves? Im thinking my humidity has been to low? Does it look like low humidity to you people? Its not lights and its not my nutes.

Any question feel free to PM me or just post.

Sad to see ya go!

Vaper

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO your DIY setup up was legend worthy!!! i was thinking of doing my next grown in similar fashion. super duper sad to hear it. but im sure your new system wil lbe even more stellar! what strain is that you are running, especially since you popped that huge bud on the top pic.

Those are really impressive Sir.G, hope your new system works out as well or better for you.

Good luck with everything sir G. We may not agree on everything about horticulture but I can never take away ur ability to grow superb nugs. I know u willcontinue with ur new system. Hope the best for u and ur patients.

Remember breathe easy, til ur coughin

Those four plants are absolutely beautiful. How tall are they, anyway? And those were grown under 600?

All the best with the new set up, bro, I'm certain you will have it tweaked to perfection in only a few grows.

Thanks people, a big part of my grow experience come from the crew around this place, so cudo's to ya all!

G these girls started under 1000's and ended under 600's. It did not seem to affect the quality or quantity.

Its a tough decision to stop something this productive but times are a changing and I thinks HC is gonna stab us in the back. Sooner or later.

Vaper

How tall?

Sorry G I didnt see the other question. They ended up at 32" tall. I started the flower when they were about 18-20".

I no longer have a TIME limit on my vegging. I now veg. by height not time. With the new set up I am vegging now till 28" tall so Im hoping they will end up 48-55" tall.

Vaper

I'm with you on the vegging thing SG, I stopped going by time and go by size (not height as I usually top at least once). The result is larger, healthier plants that put out more yeild.

Congrats on the new system, may it produce many pounds of great meds for ya.