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Juanitos 2016 Grow

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My plan is to have a smaller number of varieties with 10+ of each plant so i can get a decent harvest.
 
wholesale aji gold
wholesale hab choc
wholesale hab mustard
wholesale hab peach
wholesale hab white bullet
wholesale hab paper lantern
wholesale manzano
CARDI moruga red
CARDI west indes red
CARDI scorpion red
CARDI scotch bonnet (moa)
Feltrin bico biquinho
Feltrin ouro cumari do para 
Feltrin malaguetinha 
Feltrin bishop hat
Tastynl choc nagabrain f3 
Tastynl scotch brain f4
Tastynl bbg red
Tastynl bbg yel
Tastynl bbg br
Tastynl bog9
Semillas aji pineapple
Semillas aji starfish
Semillas aji omnicolor
Semillas santa rosa blanco PI 257142
Semillas trinidad perfume
Semillas red bhut II
Semillas peach bhut
Semillas choc bhut
Semillas yel moruga s
Semillas choc moruga s
Semillas primo
steve sb7j
 
i have some more stuff i'll start in smaller quantity just to try them out. (like cool crosses i get from seed train)
 
phase 0: PreGermination
first 2 weeks
 
8oz deli containers
paper towel
water + chamomile tea + potassium nitrate
 
phase 1: Indoors
January - May
 
area:
small  room(40sft) in shed
reflectix radiant barrier to insulate walls / floor
12 x 4'x2' shelves (made from 2x4 posts, 1x1 rails, 1x4 furring strip shelf support, OSB shelf tops)
capacity ~3500
radiant heater utilitech
tower fan blows on heater to heat faster
hurricane oscillating wall fan to circulate air in room
16' of 5630 light strip on each shelf powered with 240w psu on each shelf unit(powers 4 shelf)
 
containers:
1020 tray
72 cell starting tray
later into 606 jumbo inserts
 
media:
Berger.ca custom fast draining mix (extra pine bark, rice hulls)
 
irrigation:
hand watered, bottom watering using 1020 trays
 
nutrients:
masterblend tomato formula (low dosage)
 
phase 2: Outdoors
May - November
 
area:
outside
ground will be covered in black plastic (to prevent weeds)
capacity ???
 
containers:
5 or 7 gallon viagrow plastic grow bags
 
media:
DIY 5-1-1 mix
 
irrigataion:
mixrite 1% fertilizer injector
1g/h drippers
 
nutrients:
chemgro tomato formula
CANO3
MGSO4
 
 
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1st transplant
1.5 month old
 
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DAY 0
 
Pregermination so i don't have to deal with empty cells / separating sprouts after they have been planted. They are sitting next to the heater so are nice and warm.
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So i went with all 5630 light strips this year. Each set of 4 shelves is hooked to a 240w power supply (4x60w). This will use half the energy of the normal 2x 2x t8 setup and costs much less initially and to maintain... They worked fine in my test growout, we'll see how they work in a full production environment. So i only need 720w of lighting for 48 trays of plants which is pretty good.
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the weed guys always preaching about circulating air / air exchange so i got one of these wall mount hurricane fans, moves lots of air! much more than my little tower fan..
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so now just waiting 1-2 weeks for germination.
 
Whoa!  Wait a minute.  How much did you spend on lighting?  I did a search on 5630 light strips and the cost is so very inexpensive...  That seems awesome!! 
 
Great juanitos! All these strips led deliver good light power. I'm curious about the growth under strips led. I'll follow!
I wish you a long and hot season!

Paolo
 
bpiela said:
Whoa!  Wait a minute.  How much did you spend on lighting?  I did a search on 5630 light strips and the cost is so very inexpensive...  That seems awesome!!
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yeah 12(shelves)*8$ + 3(shelf units)*18$ = 150$ for 48 trays or 3.13$ per tray

t8 shoplights are 21$ and you put 2 per shelf.
12(shelves) * 21$*2 = 504$ for 48 trays or 10$ per tray

but we don't know how well they will work and how long they will last. Also they do take a bit more work to setup doing some wiring / soldering.

So i guess we'll see if they are worth it! if they are, it could be a huge savings for most people.
 
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