Shane's Vegetable Farm
- Thread starter Shane Karmann
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That sad Gorilla Frost. I ran it 3 different ways and never got a harvest. The clones in the rails, then two moms outside that got worms and rot immediately. And another clone that hermied.
That makes perfect sense. I think you'd have to grow spear like clones in that system. Sort of like Tyler does.
I had 6 clones that had grown to maybe 14 inches. I put them in and velcroed them down horizontally so each node would branch up. It was a great idea and would have produced nothing but tops. It just needed to be in a dedicated system.
I killed them when they got to this stage. But, yeah, I might like another try at that.
New set of rails, no lightblocking shrinkwrap required. 4x8 tent coming together. I need a nicer, more compact stand for that filter. Could be dumbbell shaped just to hold it at the right height and not take up floor space. Thoughts, friends? Haven't seen a ready-made corner shelf I would trust.
Cool discovery that the flood tray is upgraded to heavy white vinyl. Certain to be easier to clean.
Thurston
Howell III
Nothing ready made comes to mind but I am sure there are small carts or stands via Amazon that would work. If custom is your thought, the maker-pipe fittings and EMT conduit from hardware store and you can make what you need and customize as needed/desired. I have received my fittings and just need a trip to get the conduit to make the custom 4x6 drain table. Also going to use it to make mobile base for 2x2 seedling tent. Sorry, I started to ramble there. Must be the weed. 
Ramble away! I am looking to glom any feedback. This ain't RIU!Nothing ready made comes to mind but I am sure there are small carts or stands via Amazon that would work. If custom is your thought, the maker-pipe fittings and EMT conduit from hardware store and you can make what you need and customize as needed/desired. I have received my fittings and just need a trip to get the conduit to make the custom 4x6 drain table. Also going to use it to make mobile base for 2x2 seedling tent. Sorry, I started to ramble there. Must be the weed.
You could provide a link for that?
Thurston
Howell III
To be clear I was researching hydroponic stands for ideas to use the maker-pipe connectors. The picture is from a pricey NFT rail system but it was the stand I was researching. Link below.
https://cropking.com/collections/nft-systems/products/vertical-nft-system
These connectors can also be bought from Amazon in packs of 10+. Seems you already have the plumbing and just need the stand.
https://makerpipe.com/collections/modular-pipe-fittings
https://cropking.com/collections/nft-systems/products/vertical-nft-system
These connectors can also be bought from Amazon in packs of 10+. Seems you already have the plumbing and just need the stand.
https://makerpipe.com/collections/modular-pipe-fittings
Thurston has made me yearn for casters. Anyway, solid rack, quality hardware, lightproof tubes and a robust pump. My original system cost more, wasn't lightproof and you had to figure out how to mount/hang them. Once empty, they'll be moved down here and mounted to the tent walls. Shared res for all.
too bad they didn't come in FloraFlex green.
Leak test is a success. It appears the systems needs to be dead level to drain equally from both sides. Thank you, Archimedes and whoever invented shims.
I let it run for a bit then dosed with Maxibloom, Calmag and Hydroguard. Using bloom because lettuce doesn't need that much N and I need the strawberries to have productive flowers.
Got most of my baby lettuce moved in, going to assess my strawberries plant by plant as the go in. They love to get nasty looking roots but I think that's just how they roll. Lettuce always has beautiful roots until I try to leave a harvest plant in a bowlof water in the kitchen. They turn black and stinky right away.
Got most of my baby lettuce moved in, going to assess my strawberries plant by plant as the go in. They love to get nasty looking roots but I think that's just how they roll. Lettuce always has beautiful roots until I try to leave a harvest plant in a bowlof water in the kitchen. They turn black and stinky right away.
Got all the strawberries in. System now full.
Got another rig up and running. Planting parsley, basil, chilies, tomatoes.
Comes with Hole covers. I don't think they meant to print Hole cover.on every one. Now I'm muttering Hole cover Hole cover Hole cover all day long
The Hole covers suck since they don't stick well. So I'm filling a lot of them with new plants. 10 lettuce, 5 basil, 5 cucumber, 5 cherry tomatoes, some Turkish peppers and parsley. I doubt I will keep them all but better too many than too few.
I think I solved my hole cover issue by using a silicon burnishing tool and a little wipe of ISO on the offending corners.
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