PaulS Glog MMXV - Plant Outs :)

PaulS · May 8, 2015

Thanks dude. I appreciate the kind words. Especially as your plants are so good.

Pepper Ridge Farm said:
Nice grow tent you really seem to have growing peppers dialed in, everything from the seedlings to the bonchi look fantastic. Very nice!

PaulS · May 9, 2015

Small Update!
Here is the latest time lapse from 18th March to 09th May. Unfortunately as my tent gets pretty warm the camera slips and moves around abit.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcM3a0FsZew[/media]

OCD Chilehead · May 9, 2015

Thanks for the video. It's interesting how the plants respond just before the lights come on and off. They know when it's time to sleep and wake up.

D3monic · May 9, 2015

That was a really cool video. Plants are looking great.

tsurrie · May 10, 2015

cool video - it's fun to see how the plants groove through the day, when in their stage they grow most and how they finnaly grow into giant monsters

nice

PaulS · May 10, 2015

OCD Chilehead said:
Thanks for the video. It's interesting how the plants respond just before the lights come on and off. They know when it's time to sleep and wake up.

D3monic said:
That was a really cool video. Plants are looking great.

tsurrie said:
cool video - it's fun to see how the plants groove through the day, when in their stage they grow most and how they finnaly grow into giant monsters nice

Thanks Dudes!
It's fun to see huh, its like they are dancing, I like at the end when the one plant steals the stage!
There is a different set of plants in my tent now...

Some well needed re-potting was done yesterday.
All the plants that were in my tent got new pots, they went into 3 litre pots just until the british summer decides to show itself!

I didn't have time to take individual pictures. Next time.

Next the plants that were under my t5 got re-potted from 1 litre to 3 litre and filled the newly empty space in my tent;

Soooooi many plants. I dont know people have 100's I have admiration for you! Good job

The other day we made a homemade simple hydropot. I know it needs airation in the water but it was just for fun

I've actually bought a few things to make somethhing better. Gonna try this afternoon

Thanks for reading and comments/likes, this community is awesome.

chocolatescotchbonnet · May 10, 2015

That vid is sweet! Nice plants too.

juanitos · May 10, 2015

PaulS said:
The other day we made a homemade simple hydropot. I know it needs airation in the water but it was just for fun

they'll do fine in non aerated water actually, try it out! seeee

PaulS · May 10, 2015

Thanks

chocolatescotchbonnet said:
That vid is sweet! Nice plants too.

Nice. Thanks for sharing. It is actually growing new roots already. It was just a mislabelled plant I was experimenting with.

juanitos said:
they'll do fine in non aerated water actually, try it out! seeee

Trident chilli · May 10, 2015

Paul great video as others have said the way the plants react to light is weird .. not seen something like this makes for a great record of growth .. interesting to read what Juanitos said about not needing aeration ... did you add any nutrients to the water

Pulpiteer · May 10, 2015

Once again, cool video. It reminds me of breathing. At least that's what it looks like to me. Cool to see them progress.

Very cool design for the hydroponic set up. I've never seen that way before. I may actually try that with an extra plant. It's a neat idea.

grispa72 · May 10, 2015

Very interesting the hydroponic experiment. I have a question, did you start normally the seed in the dirt and than you put in the water or what else?

Thankyou
Paolo

Yellowfin2na · May 11, 2015

Paul, this is actually pretty damn good. Like jauanitos said no aeration needed. I have lots of plants growing in solo cups with no aeration at all. But not only that you have managed to solve the tipping over issues by weighing it down with rocks and the evaporation will be much less because it's sealed pretty good.

You adding nutes to that? Also as cool as it looks with it being clear, you may see algea form on the roots later on if you dont block the light.

Really digging that concept though!

PaulS · May 11, 2015

Trident chilli said:
Paul great video as others have said the way the plants react to light is weird .. not seen something like this makes for a great record of growth .. interesting to read what Juanitos said about not needing aeration ... did you add any nutrients to the water

Thanks dude. It's interesting isn't it. Well until the tall plant at the end blocks the view! I added cal-mag as I used rain water but I'll add some food next time I change the water. I've been using the Biobizz for a couple of weeks, the plants seem to like it. How's your trial food going?

Pulpiteer said:
Once again, cool video. It reminds me of breathing. At least that's what it looks like to me. Cool to see them progress.

Very cool design for the hydroponic set up. I've never seen that way before. I may actually try that with an extra plant. It's a neat idea.

Thanks dude. I know what you mean it's like there leaves take a huge gulp and inflate!
Give it a go, it was fun, I like little experiments

grispa72 said:
Very interesting the hydroponic experiment. I have a question, did you start normally the seed in the dirt and than you put in the water or what else?

Thankyou
Paolo

Thanks. Yeah it was started in soil and got that tall, I washed all the roots off, gently thread them through the bottle top then filled it up with stones nothing else.

Yellowfin2na said:
Paul, this is actually pretty damn good. Like jauanitos said no aeration needed. I have lots of plants growing in solo cups with no aeration at all. But not only that you have managed to solve the tipping over issues by weighing it down with rocks and the evaporation will be much less because it's sealed pretty good.

You adding nutes to that? Also as cool as it looks with it being clear, you may see algea form on the roots later on if you dont block the light.

Really digging that concept though!

Thanks dude. I've added cal-mag and I'll add some regular food in a few days, I figured I'd change the water every week or so.
I keep it in my grow tent, the other plants block the lights from its roots, it's cool cause then I can see them grow

PaulS · May 29, 2015

Long time with no update! I'm hoping to do all my plant outs this weekend if the weather allows!
Last week we made a little home made hydro pot;

All the components were cheap. £5 fish pump, £10 for 10 litres clay pepples, £2 for pvc tube & £5 for pots;

We cut some holes in the top pot;

Drilled! some holes in the tube and blocked the end;

We put the pump in the bottom pot and some round pots to support the top pot;

Some bigger stones to stop the clay pebbles blocking the holes;

Filled the top pot halfway and prepared a pink tiger plant;

Filled;

Stacked pots;

Turned pump on;

Finished product;

It works really nicely

The water is on all the time, I'm not sure if that is correct? I'm sure I have a lot to learn.

Should I change the water regularly?
If I add food do I change the water after a few days or leave it?

Any feedback would be awesome.
I have a lot of glogs to catch up on

chocolatescotchbonnet · May 29, 2015

This is very sweet and didn't cost nearly as much as my 18 gallon setup. Probably won't have to change water, cause the plant will drink it up pretty fast. Maybe clean red every month or two. I don't know if being on 24/7 matters, mines on a timer 1\2 hr on 1/2 hr off, and so on

Yellowfin2na · May 29, 2015

Good stuff there Paul. Looks real good and clean. You got the roots covered to prevent algae . Constant flow of water should provide extra oxygen. Very nice!

As chocolate said with a reservoir that small you shouldn't have to "change" the solution. The plants should just drink the solution and all you have to do is add more.

I had my system going 24/7 in the winter so he should be good.

PaulS · Jun 2, 2015

chocolatescotchbonnet said:
This is very sweet and didn't cost nearly as much as my 18 gallon setup. Probably won't have to change water, cause the plant will drink it up pretty fast. Maybe clean red every month or two. I don't know if being on 24/7 matters, mines on a timer 1\2 hr on 1/2 hr off, and so on

Thanks dude

Whhats the reason for 1/2hr on 1/2hr off? Just to give the plant a rest? Did you make yours?

Yellowfin2na said:
Good stuff there Paul. Looks real good and clean. You got the roots covered to prevent algae . Constant flow of water should provide extra oxygen. Very nice!

As chocolate said with a reservoir that small you shouldn't have to "change" the solution. The plants should just drink the solution and all you have to do is add more.

I had my system going 24/7 in the winter so he should be good.

Thanks dude

Did you make yours?

chocolatescotchbonnet · Jun 2, 2015

PaulS said:
Thanks dude Whhats the reason for 1/2hr on 1/2hr off? Just to give the plant a rest? Did you make yours?

Thanks dude Did you make yours?

yeah, I made it. 1/2 hr off so the upper roots can breath a bit.

PaulS · Jun 3, 2015

I finally got round to plant outs over the last weekend

I repotted into 17 litre sacks which will be there final homes, I still have a few more to do!

In there new home;

There are loads of pods coming

Plants;
Bubblegum 7 x PdN

B.O.C

Bahamian Goat Pepper

Bump please