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im actually a little curious how things will go. My water is that super hard, boiled-egg well water. Im sure the drippers will clog first, but idk, this water straight up mauls house water filters. That screens days are numbered too i imagineWhen you set your drip system up, get a screen filter if you can to protect your drip hose. You probably know that already ;)
I hear ya there! I do a roadside stand with a Mini fridge lol. I just removed the unsold vegtable seedlings, they did well, but now time to start rackin up the micros againWhen you set your drip system up, get a screen filter if you can to protect your drip hose. You probably know that already ;)
I like Wi-Fi for multiple reasons but mainly because I like to be in 100% control of my irrigation on a day to day basis and not have to rely on timers. Plus my shit’s stupid complex since I specialize in growing top-tier greens and other spring and fall crops in the summer. Punishing but pays very well because nobody else does it around here. Zero competition that I’ve ever detected between June 1st and roughly October 7th.
I knew when I went in to farming that I wanted to do something unique to secure easy sales at all times without ever having to do farmer’s markets.
Im a total cheapskate man, im just going to have 14 dripper outlets. Half inch lines with a 1/4" barbed outlet per plant. And i probably wont even use the timer as it usually would be. Ill just run it before i go to work, and when i get back on the hot dry days and use the timer to make it stop so i dont have to remember. Im pretty weather obsessed and i check em every morning and evening even if its raining and storming. Ill adjust watering as i get used to using it here.When you set your drip system up, get a screen filter if you can to protect your drip hose. You probably know that already ;)
I like Wi-Fi for multiple reasons but mainly because I like to be in 100% control of my irrigation on a day to day basis and not have to rely on timers. Plus my shit’s stupid complex since I specialize in growing top-tier greens and other spring and fall crops in the summer. Punishing but pays very well because nobody else does it around here. Zero competition that I’ve ever detected between June 1st and roughly October 7th.
I knew when I went in to farming that I wanted to do something unique to secure easy sales at all times without ever having to do farmer’s markets.
That’s my next goal Is drip irrigation through the whole garden the kits would be wayyy to pricy where the best place to buy individual components? Emitters tubing barbs etc is Amazon the cheapest?Im a total cheapskate man, im just going to have 14 dripper outlets. Half inch lines with a 1/4" barbed outlet per plant. And i probably wont even use the timer as it usually would be. Ill just run it before i go to work, and when i get back on the hot dry days and use the timer to make it stop so i dont have to remember. Im pretty weather obsessed and i check em every morning and evening even if its raining and storming. Ill adjust watering as i get used to using it here.
If i have anything become substantial over time, im sure ill get a lot more in depth with it. The irrigation designs out there can get absolutely mind blowing lmao. Produce and cannabis both im a home grower. At least these days. Im eyeing a comfy board member salary position a country club.. In some time anyway.
I went to ace hardware for the fittings and timers. Youll be glad you did. Water cutoff valves and filters etc.That’s my next goal Is drip irrigation through the whole garden the kits would be wayyy to pricy where the best place to buy individual components? Emitters tubing barbs etc is Amazon the cheapest?
If you ever want a drip setup just private message me. I have hundreds of hours between in depth irrigation studies and building systems. It’s not that expensive, it’s just daunting as fuck when you don’t know any of the intricacies. Kits are mostly overpriced, or trash.That’s my next goal Is drip irrigation through the whole garden the kits would be wayyy to pricy where the best place to buy individual components? Emitters tubing barbs etc is Amazon the cheapest?
Yeah I was looking at the individual pieces like I’d need about 100-150 emitters to start, was gunna use 1/4” black tubing. I’m real familiar with ace tons near me, will definitely check them out first, the tubing I saw there was super expansive compared to a 100’ roll for $20 on Amazon was gunna pick up 3-4 rolls to start with. I’m so confused looking at the emitters though I want drip not those sprayers, have a link or pic to the correct emitters?I went to ace hardware for the fittings and timers. Youll be glad you did. Water cutoff valves and filters etc.
Things like tubing and T's just order online, cheap is fine with those.
Use black line or algea will grow inside it lol.
There are cheap kits on ebay that will last you a season. But they arent anythign youll be holding onto. I used one of those to decide how i was gonn layout my moms, then just went to ace to replace the bits i determined were donky-doo. The drippers and stuff in those will last ok for a season if you pipe tape the threads. You can find much better ones at bigger nurseries, hydro stores, and online though.
Hell yeah I’ll PM you, it’ll be a work in progress for sure but gotta start somewhere! I was worried about pressure loss on the end of the long runs etc I know minimum I gotta start with like 10x 20’ runs with 10-12 emitters per runIf you ever want a drip setup just private message me. I have hundreds of hours between in depth irrigation studies and building systems. It’s not that expensive, it’s just daunting as fuck when you don’t know any of the intricacies. Kits are mostly overpriced, or trash.
you're 100% fine. i dont mind at all.Yeah I was looking at the individual pieces like I’d need about 100-150 emitters to start, was gunna use 1/4” black tubing. I’m real familiar with ace tons near me, will definitely check them out first, the tubing I saw there was super expansive compared to a 100’ roll for $20 on Amazon was gunna pick up 3-4 rolls to start with. I’m so confused looking at the emitters though I want drip not those sprayers, have a link or pic to the correct emitters?
@Thatoneguyyouknow_ sorry for the thread hijack
Long time grower, getting back at it. Ill try to keep this short, i can be very long winded with text.
Around 20 or so years growing experience indoor and out both. Last several years i've been workking for NOAA/Nat'l weather service and just haven't had time for it. Had connections with many long time growers, and several commercial growers in the Kansas City area for a while.
Now im out in the sticks, and i have my own land to play around on. I had some really cool genetics in the fridge, and on a whim decided i might as well start a grow this season.
It's going to be a combination small indoor soil grow/outdoor/as i finish remodeling the basement ill be putting a 5x5, 4 bucket DWC grow together to transition to with my soil closet hosting soil bound clone mothers.
There will be some explanations on the genetics down below somewhere. My mix is 50/50ish coir/self made compost. No perlite locally so i didnt use any. This mix drains better and clumps less then you'd think looking at it though
3 Gobnugget fem self made
3 Peaceblaster Fem self made
2 Biggs ---- Fem self made
4 crazy old deadhead's sativa beans His buds were just big pointy christmas trees that tasted as good as pine-sol smells, in the best way possible that i know a lot of others miss too. The top most my seeds came from (about 50) weighed clos to 10g and it was absolutely connoisseur grade sativa goodness that's hard to find. Honestly im excited about these the most. Claims to have been running for 30+ years outdoor from a couple of original plants. One was supposedly the original jack herer, another was the original big bud. So his crazy old deadhead story goes anyway.
Got a couple weirdo trifoliates from the deadhead's beans, so i do believe him that his plants have been incbed for 30 years
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Some rambling on the origins of the genetics.
The biggs and peaceblaster seeds are both about 5 years old (Also the most vigorous to start, but seed keep for a VERY long time in the cold) The gobnugget seeds are about 3 years old, untested seeds. fridge stored. The old deadhead's beans i obtained this last winter on a trip back to missouri.
Biggs= Bubba kush x gelato f1 regular cross. Pheno hunted for two very similar females. two small clones were grown in a small tent together, one was forced to hermaphrodite. The seeds im calling biggs are these seeds. Ive grown 3 of them and so far theyve been similar enough to not justify giving them numbers. If stressed can hermie. But just a few little bananas and a seed or two per. No full male flowers.
Gobnugget= thin mint cookies x male seedsman original afgani #1 F1 cross. Male selected....
GG4 clone x selected F1 male (it was selected for tight node spacing and rapid flower development, didnt translate as wished really.) Female selected
Selected female clone X Blue dream male. (I traded some female bubba x gelato pollen for this male pollen to another Missouri area cat) Female selected. Gobnugget is an accidental F1 feminized cross of this selected female and Biggs. Grew them together once and had a family emergency and no one to plant sit. Left town for about 4 days leaving lights off (for safety) in a DWC grow. Came back and finished up. The Biggs spit a few bananas. The selected female clone did not. Her seeds were kept and labeled "Gobnuggets?"
I will likely be numbering the Gobnugget females at some point until i chose one. I'll prob just call it gobnugget then. I have never grown these seeds before.
Peaceblaster=
x forced hermaphrodite Columbian landrace sativa - F1 fem cross (Yup :blsmoke:....you can go back and look and let that one sink in for second. You can't have any. Sorry) The phenos ive run tended to test in the mid 20s
Ill be numbering these too. Ive done a couple of these, one was a heavily sativa dominant plant with hybrid vigor that would triple in size during flower, outyeild any of my indicas in grm/m3 metrics, be ready to pull in 55 days flat on a solid DWC run. It could do this in half the veg time of my Biggs while ending up twice the size and more then double the yield if you compared directly on a plant to plant basis.
Those old deadhead's beans= Is a non fem sativa cross that's supposed to be the original Jack Herrer x Original Big bud. Dude also, like many crazy old deadheads, has crazy old dead head stories. Said he's been running the same males and females for 30 years now and got both plants from a friend of Jack himself. The buds he shared were seriously massive, and seriously good. Had that sativa straight pine taste you just basically never find anymore. I got 2/4 trifoliates which is interesting, haven't had 50% trifoliates in any beans ive popped before, so i AM at least somewhat inclined to believe that wherever this seed stock originated, it's been inbred for several generations. So maybe it is an older genetic worth preserving or breeding??? I have pretty solid confirmation his claim of essentially inbreeding the same plants for 30 generations would play well with this % of likely inbred origin deformity. I have probably 50 more of these seeds too. More then ill ever need. The guy really just let his pollen chuck itself year after year never removing the males starting from just a couple plants if his story checks out. These seeds are very fresh. Big fat, very circular seeds with dark stripes, fridge stored
Im open to some genetic trading with anything but the Peaceblaster, i only have about 10 of those. Assuming im allowed to say that. I have a small handful of the columbian land race beans left too. But they are nearly 10 years old at this point and haven't spent the entire time in the fridge and i dont want to pop anything i dont want to grow.
Ill dig out and post up some pics of my past grows with these genetics when i feel like actually doing that, this post got way bigger then i wanted it to. I have pics somewhere of a monster DWC grow with the columbian land race that pulled about 2 pounds from a plant that was about 5' tall 6' wide because she wouldn't ever finish flowering lol. It was entirely by accident. Had to bust out an old 1kw HPS to finish her and still couldn't. She went in to flower like a foot tall next to 2 other plants in a 6x7 spac
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