Title | Description | Added |
Front of Flower Box |
Box dimensions are:
5' 5" Tall
3' Wide
2' 10" Deep
Vented Light Domes added 7/31/07
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07/31/07 |
Transplanting to Flower Box |
Finished transplanting. Heat has been 95F with both lamps on and box all shut up. Added vented light dome/hoods, attached with 4" dryer vent hose to the intake of a 400cfm squirrel cage blower. Exhaust side is open, and shooting straight up towards the box exhaust fan. |
07/31/07 |
165CFM 4" Can-Fan Exhaust Fan |
Venting air from the top of the box to outside of the box, on the "roof". Have a matching 165CFM 24"L active filter, unhooked until smell occurs. |
07/31/07 |
Nutrient Mixture |
5 Gallons of water per 5 gallon bucket. 1 plant per bucket.
Nutrient Mixture: (All Measurements Are Per Bucket)
1ml Tap Water Conditioner
2 TSP Hydrogen Peroxide
2 TSP GH HardWater Micro nutes
1 TSP GH Bloom nutes
1 TSP GH Floralicious Plus
1 1/4 TSP GH PH Down
Starting PPM 112 | Starting PH 7.0
Ending PPM 312 | Ending PH 5.1 |
07/31/07 |
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Passive Intakes |
2 2" Passive Intakes on rear right side of box. 2 2" Passive Intakes in back wall (not shown) |
07/31/07 |
3x5Gal Reservoir |
1 5Gal bucket linked via 1/2" tube to another 5gal bucket, and that one is linked to a 198gph in-line water pump and that connects to the 5gal controller bucket. There is a liquid level controller in the Controller bucket that keeps all 5 buckets full. |
07/31/07 |
Res Buckets Above View |
Shot of 198gph Eheim inline/submersable pump with a 1/2" barbed inlet and outlet. |
07/31/07 |
To Flowers On/Off Valve |
An On/Off valve connected between the controller bucket and the flower buckets. |
07/31/07 |
Flower Box |
All Closed Up |
07/31/07 |
Vented Domes Installed |
Vented domes were installed to help lower heat, currently 92F :(
Helped by 3-4F |
07/31/07 |
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