@Mr.Sparkle maybe you could write a pruning FAQ. The bonsai plants in the PC case are impressive.
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Pretty basic once you know and a lot of that info is out there and i believe a lot of it is in the grow faq here,
But what do you want to know ? iâll also check this site to see whatâs already published and maybe go from there.
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i might have to go thrifting to find old PC cases or something. @Mr.Sparkle do you have a filter or anything for when you are pollinating, or do you do selective pollination with a brush?
selectively pollinate with a brush when i want to, or just bash them around but usually the former, but to note i run carbon filters on all my spaces apart from the 1gal mini bucket so pollen has to get through them first, so typically the only way plants get pollinated are when i want them to or bring it over myself by accident aka dirty hands, i would say any air pollination in between them is non existent, when i was running two pc cases they would only be 4-5 feet apart with zero issues
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Ok, then. It just looks like you have a lot of experience taking it to an extreme. Iâd be interested in your specific technique.
Hey can you show us some of you carbon fiber exhausts?
Well to start and the number one is if you can limit root space that ultimately dictates plant size, also if the plant has enough lateral space to grow unimpeded usually then you donât have to touch the plant, but getting that right takes some trial and error.
But basic things i do to either free up space or keep plants in check are, super cropping if they start to get too tall, which is simply just crushing the stems inner herd and flopping over a top, that typically causes the other buds to catch up and in a couple days things are usually more even and the top you flopped over is reaching for the sky again which usually needs to be bent over again, or tied down, i use elastic bands in my own just looping back on themselves and then ties to a hook or something as this still allows the plant to grow relatively unimpeded vs the use of string.
If plants are crowding each other out and or buds are getting covered in higher foliage then i typically defoliate most of the bigger fan leaves that are causing issue, it can be done drastically leaving sticks but its better to leave as much as you can behind. This also helps with airing out your spaces as sometimes the canopy gets way too dense and you can run into rot issue if things are to humid or dense.
I also lollipop pretty regularly to a certain extent by removing the bottom couple nodes of flowering sites and they just become a fluffy mess which doesnât really increase yield and are a hassle to trim, so i opt instead for the plant to focus its energy on the buds that get more light and to air out the under canopy a bit.
If things really donât behave then the tops get chopped, which with photo periods you can tell or know by about week 2-3 of flower and its early enough that they can recover.
But if i donât want to chop then i do something i call âZâ ing, which is just a more extreme form of some supercropping/high stress training, but honestly the plants dont even slow down if they are healthy.
Iâll include an old picture of that just to show you what can be done, and that are plants are a lot more resilient than most think or know.
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No carbon fiber exhausts even though i could make some ;), but no i run small carbon filters, really just something that holds aquarium carbon in at least a 5cm/2" thick depth, they work pretty decent but not 100% so really stink plant in the last couple weeks of flower can be a pain but they definitely helps.
Hereâs an old pic of a filter for pc case i dismantled a few months back, itâs magnetically attached so i can easily remove it for when i need to swap the carbon out, it just slots in over a standard 120mm pc fan and is made out of some joist panning which is just galvanized hvac tin you can easily get and home improvement stores for cheap, plus some mesh material for the front and back obviously.
Really just different shapes between what space it is, like when i use to build my own cabinets for growing they typically had a removable tray with mesh on one side which were super easy to change the carbon in comparison.
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Glad to see you posting up here @Mr.Sparkle. I love you âzâ bends. That photo shows just how much shorter you can make them with a little persistence.
You havenât even talked about the Arduino stuff. I still need to get back to working with mine. Itâs just too much like work (Iâm a programmer by trade).
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The âzâ bend is definitely something new!
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I am so impressed man.
Fantastic work @Mr.Sparkle.
The Z bend blew my mind and itâs not yet 8am.
Welcome brother, weâre very glad to have your contributions.
Stay hazed
Jake
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Dam mr sparklesâŚu coulda warned meâŚlolâŚwell i opened up several led bulbs like you informed meâŚi put power too just 1 âŚbright as hellâŚblue spot for a few minutesâŚim impressedâŚas per our messages i will go with just 4 like you have shownâŚany more is way overkillâŚi wouldnt have imagined how bright these are without the housingâŚwow.
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I have a chifaroâŚhowever you spell itâŚi been wanting to convert to a false stealthâŚthis is gonna work into something .
haha yeah you donât want to be looking at them while there on youâll see dots for awhile, just watch out for the exposed electrical connections on the surface of those cobs which is typically right in the center of most bulbs, no need to electrocute oneself but so long as youâre aware of itâs fine to run as is, dodgey cheap generic chinese 240v bulbs you have to watch out for, i only get the 120v ones here due to the country electrical standard but if wanting some extra safety either way a little dab of liquid electrical tape, or non conductive silicone covers any issue that may come up
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Im working on the lid nowâŚ/ prepping lightsâŚstill havent figured a heatsink?..mite just use a 8 inch aluminum disc half inch from bucket topâŚ??..also i think i want to place fan like you didâŚbut i want to cut the center of the bottom out of another bucket to place on topâŚmy goal is to make it look like i have 3 stacks of 3 buckets just sitting off to the corner of my shed???*what do you think?..
that would work, but looking into possibly a bit beefier heat sinks a flat disc wont do much especially if its in the bucket, some channel, or computer heatsinks would be more idea.
As for the fan it easier not to cut it up like what i previously have done, that was me just over thinking things and trying to conserve as much space as possible, just cut a hole and mount the fan on top and your good.
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I looked back at original first picâŚi see your sinks nowâŚwill just duplicate.
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Hey sparklesâŚi have my bucket completly finnishedâŚim on wifiâŚas soon as i get more data i will upload some pictures if thats ok?
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go for it, i should start a new thread soon, and will just jump the gun and call it my bucket build for 2018
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This is pretty impressive stuff you got goingâŚtaking the dome off those bulbs is genius, simply genius.
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