Bodhi Strawberry Mama / Super Silver Strawberry / Romulan IX2 + autoflower + landrace medical & recreational cannabis home grow

[Bandit420]

Today was like being the GM of a baseball team and managing the roster before the trade deadline.

I sent the two AC Infinity Ionframe lights to Cleveland in exchange for a veteran left handed hash washer, two rookie bricks of coco, and four 1/2" straight line barbed fittings + $40 in cash or $50 in store credit to be named later.

 

[GrumpAzz]

I used an inkbird in the mother tent. I started hooking up exhaust fans and oscillators to my old Controller 69 and stopped myself short.. it's a mother tent that I don't intend on pushing the plants in, so passive airflow and set oscilations it is.

Inkbird handles the heater and humidifier. Controller 69 will likely either be a contest prize or a raffle item at this point.

If I wasn't going to try out AC infinity's pH and EC probes, the flower tent would just get an inkbird as well.

 

[Bandit420]

I used an inkbird in the mother tent. I started hooking up exhaust fans and oscillators to my old Controller 69 and stopped myself short.. it's a mother tent that I don't intend on pushing the plants in, so passive airflow and set oscilations it is.

Inkbird handles the heater and humidifier. Controller 69 will likely either be a contest prize or a raffle item at this point.

If I wasn't going to try out AC infinity's pH and EC probes, the flower tent would just get an inkbird as well.

Inkbird stuff I use is really solid and worth every penny. It doesn't get kicked out of here like other brands. They make the CO2, temp, and RH monitor I use, the plug in thermostat for my exhaust, the heat controller in my extraction kit, and my meat probes & sous vide lol.
The other thermostat I use is Hydrofarm new old stock but built to handle huge loads from an AC or heater.

Inkbird makes a dual stage temp and rh controller that would be top of my list if I already didn't have what I have. That's one of the few controllers that does temp and RH, not one or the other, since it has dual outlets. That the one you have? Lots of controllers only do one or the other from a single outlet.

AC Infinity has done a real good job saturating the market and planting ideas that people need all of those devices to grow. I would agree that growing in tents adds a difficulty with less room for error requiring tighter control but when I see something crazy like a dehuey and a huey running at the same time, shit's down the rabbit hole.
I kinda go back to earlier in this thread and mobility issues...Not too sure ACI or any of those folks are really looking at that. Dealing with those issues, I find myself prefering remote controls more than phone and app control.
Tables, winches, & fans all have remotes and that is way nicer than needing to open up my phone.
I also like the temp displays and stuff like that in the room. Looking at that stuff on my phone is nice but it's so much easier to include a glance up at the monitor while I'm in the room to have and stop to mess with my phone or tablet.

The closet space in my room is where half the new analog and partial digital control is installed on the door frame of the closet.
Inside is the water supply barrel and on the other side of the door frame is where I've been stowing the remotes using 3D printed cradles to stick them on the wall.
They may as well be touch screens mounted up high like that. I don't take them out and just press the buttons I need for whatever. A remote on the wall seems to be way more user freindly for me than my phone.
Two new fans means two more remotes though so it's about to start looking like a 2005 hifi entertainment center with 7 different remotes

 

[GrumpAzz]

Inkbird makes a dual stage temp and rh controller that would be top of my list if I already didn't have what I have. That's one of the few controllers that does temp and RH, not one or the other, since it has dual outlets. That the one you have? Lots of controllers only do one or the other from a single outlet.

Yeah that's the one I have running the mother tent. Had to Google the manual to get it set up, but it's worked flawlessly since.

I have 3 or 4 more of them to either raffle off or include as prizes. Then i also have a couple single outlet controllers. Either temp or humidity only, like you said. Moe really hooked me up.

I will say, ACI saved my plants a time or two when the plug running my heater failed closed and ran the heat nonstop. Remote monitoring and a wife at home to unplug shit kept me from cooking my plants.

 

[Stoneyluv]

i like inkbird a lot!! my sousvide is an inkbird!!

another brand i'd like to throw out there as a quality controller and thats this digiten model. i have a couple of them and they are very reliable and can be set down to the tenth of a degree if needed. both rh and temp..

Amazon.com

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Bandit i have always secretly wanted one of those bubbleman washers... i say good trade!!!!!!!!!!!

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so what do you do with those prickly pear things? what do they taste like?

they look like they would be good for a little frisky foreplay!!!! a paddle with ticklers on it. oooooooow

 

[Bandit420]

Yeah that's the one I have running the mother tent. Had to Google the manual to get it set up, but it's worked flawlessly since.

I have 3 or 4 more of them to either raffle off or include as prizes. Then i also have a couple single outlet controllers. Either temp or humidity only, like you said. Moe really hooked me up.

I will say, ACI saved my plants a time or two when the plug running my heater failed closed and ran the heat nonstop. Remote monitoring and a wife at home to unplug shit kept me from cooking my plants.

I've had my heater stay on more than once and walk into a room around 105 haha. Yeah not fun.
A few ACI gadgets made the cut down...I have the small controller,I think 69+, and it's probe has always been outside so I always knew if there was really great weather outside, flip the intake switch and get it inside to the garden. I kept it there along with a fan to work inside the drying tent and give power to that probe
I also rearranged the intake box and since I have the controller going, turned the intake box into a carbon air scrubber.
I have a hepa filter along with 10lbs of activated carbon in this box recycling the room air




Removed and rearranged a lot of other stuff on this wall.
Now it's just power outlets, ac/heat control, water inlet, and passive air intake when open.
I left the fire extinguisher since a lot of the grow electric is a charge station for a bunch of different batteries now, most are lipo and probably more dangerous than any of the grow gear in here.

i like inkbird a lot!! my sousvide is an inkbird!!

another brand i'd like to throw out there as a quality controller and thats this digiten model. i have a couple of them and they are very reliable and can be set down to the tenth of a degree if needed. both rh and temp..

Amazon.com

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Bandit i have always secretly wanted one of those bubbleman washers... i say good trade!!!!!!!!!!!

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so what do you do with those prickly pear things? what do they taste like?

they look like they would be good for a little frisky foreplay!!!! a paddle with ticklers on it. oooooooow

Man, I've been so close to buying one of those washers for so long. I had an ebay knockoff a long time ago and figured they were all crappy like that until I saw this one in person. It's bigger and built better than what I had. It also came with a set of bags and a wash bag. Needs a good detailing and deep clean but looks like the shipping plastic is still on the top so under that should be clean. I'll like it just for the drain in the bottom hahaah!

Prickly pears are so yummy!!! You can make hooch with 'em!!!
I'd say they taste kinda like a kiwi without the seeds with some juicy fruit gum flavoring and texture of a mango. Use them pretty much you'd use a sweet fruit and these can also be good in drinks and teas. They gotta be peeled first since they'll have prickly fuzz and tough skin.
The paddles can be eaten too. They're nopalitos and have the flavor of a lemony okra but gotta be picked young when the spines are still soft.

Welp, looks like there's gonna be aliens one way or another!!!





Yo Fucknuts! It's probin' time!!!

 

[Bandit420]

New fans are here and installed!
8.5", wall mount, stealth silent, 5 speeds, magnetic remote, purple and green blades. I like 'em so far!



Took the Duderino for a spin today

 

[Bandit420]

Crazy results making hash I've never had before.
It's a live fresh frozen then freeze dried before and after bubble wash extraction.
It came out of the freeze dryer blonde AF
When I pull bits off and roll into temple balls, it turns darker touching it and goes darker the more it's rolled and warmed by body heat.
Extremely stable but still sticky so best to keep it cool. The more it's in my hand the more it sticks with body heat warming it.
It's at around 95-98% full melt with very little residue left after a dab.
I take a rice to pea size dab at 470 for two minutes then another 520 to finish it
Incredibly smooth and has a luxury to it's smoke.
Stoney AF. I think this was Hindu Kush because the narcotic effect is very indica. I had a lot of HK set for extraction but I forgot to label it.
I don't weigh anything so don't have any return info. When you start freeze drying stuff you take all water weight away so my weights would probably be around 12-15% lower than common return numbers.
I can say that I ran about a 5-6oz volume of weed and got back what will amount to around a golf ball size chunk of hash.

 

[Bandit420]

Shopping for grow room AC this week. Thinking about changing out a 12 year old window unit that's seen better days. Wanted to change it last Summer but decided to get one more year out of it. Still works but is inefficient AF and is probably over sized now that the grow op is cut by half.

I have an offer for an AC Infinity Terraform for only $550 but IDK. They look interesting online but live and in person it's a bit ridiculous for an AC. Too much into one thing and it's like a Rube Goldberg device or something from Dr. Suess with 3 ducts.
I'm not sure about either of the two AC made for grow tents from ACI or Vivosun but the small ACs made for tents and camping are bringing up some possibilities.

Kinda wanna get away from the window unit and use a portable but it's gotta be the right size and fit and preferable single duct.
A camping tent AC also opens the door for an off grid possibility running off DC and a 12 volt solar power station later on

 

[Bandit420]

I see ya lurkin' Bob!!!
Don't be a stranger Buddy!

Forever chasing that gleam, Coach!!!








Finally got off the pot and pulled the trigger on the new AC
It's only 37lbs, 550 watts, and about the size of a boombox






The herd is up and kicking, 1 week into this project so far. Could be better, could be worse.
Found the floor on my spectramax light and feel like it has no business being set at anything lower than 50%. Was trying to get by at 30% but not seeing the response I wanted. Finally got it at around 50% with a 40 red 60 white spectra.

Started the feeding program yesterday with a fresh rez so they're on more than just water now.
Should start to see them take leaps forward each day starting this week.
No aliens. Lots of Bodhi strawberry stuff and Romulan though. Some white label fems are filling the gaps

 

[Bandit420]

Taking them off the baby formula today





Hood is up on the #Extract Craft Toyota getting filled up with 40 gallons of Sunoco hydro fuel and a half turn on the right side hydraulics




Battle of the Bulge grow room style
Lights create a 10 degree rise in heat and 10% drop in RH. The goal is to take what looks like shark fins on a graph, and make them into small pimples using exhaust and air movement as much as possible until actual cooling is needed



Puffco rebuilt my Proxy, I guess just replaced the battery, and sent it back with a new chamber and carb cap for free.
I'll say this...Puffco gear can get glitchy but doesn't mean it sucks. Just keep all purchase records and buy from an authorized seller and they'll take care of you if the shit breaks



This week's slushie challenge is Country Time Cherry Lemonade vs Country Time Lemonade + Cherry Koolaid!
All lemons and cherries are not created equal and the king still hold the throne! Oh Yeah!!!!



Costco scores brought me the flavor of childhood memories and thanks to a manager's clearance special, looks like I'm gonna learn a new skill this summer!

 

[Bandit420]

Indeed. Nature is healing.
Fuck AI

 

[GrumpAzz]

Let's say I have the AI controller with no intentions of using the AI functionality... Is it basically just a suped up 69pro at that point?

 

[Bandit420]

Let's say I have the AI controller with no intentions of using the AI functionality... Is it basically just a suped up 69pro at that point?

It's an 8 port controller with 2 sensor probes for any combo of temp/rh, moisture, and CO2. I think that's what separates the two with the 69 only having 4 ports and 1 sensor probe. The 69pro cannot read the moisture sensor and I'm unsure if it can read CO2.
The AI feature is questionable and really more of a very active messaging system but it does give you CO2 control if you wanted it.
Controllers are only as good as the devices they control and the parameters set.
The AI+ controller data is incomplete until you have every device and metric of info to add. The AI locks up device control so it's all AI or no AI and I'm not even sure it's actual AI but more of a weird way to use the device controls.
You can run a split ecosystem.
You need at least two devices to make the AI function so you can plug in a couple fans and let the AI take control, letting it run and do it's calculations. I ran it side by side with known calculations and to see what happens.
The AI gave me information about adjusting time of lights on for better environment control. My own grow room calculator math was only off by 20 minutes.
So a basic 8th grade algebra equation was about as good as what the AI could come up with. Seems underwhelming to me.

This season I'm all in on the ecowitt for monitoring then other devices including a 69+ pro. 3 analog timers and two thermostats handle the duties.
In a room with day to day variable adjustments like mine, I find the 69pro to be great for meat and potato control.
The wireless transmitters, daisy chain fan function, and port splitters all work with 69pro too.

 

[GrumpAzz]

I'm only gonna run with it because of the pH/EC sensor ability. Figured I'd give that a go since it's one thing I can't see on my phone.

My last run, after burning up another UIS outlet, I just ran an oil heater in the lung room and it worked out perfectly. There was a little difference between lights on and lights off temps, but the plants thrived.

I'll likely only use it for my humidifier and pH/EC probes and the humidifier will only be needed for the first couple weeks, maybe... wasted potential I suppose, but I do like being able to check in on the plants while I'm at work.

Nice to hear you can fully ignore it's AI functionality. I will be implementing CO2 eventually, though.

I could probably use it to run some far red and UV light bars, eh? Just plug them into some UIS outlets?

 

[Bandit420]

I'm only gonna run with it because of the pH/EC sensor ability. Figured I'd give that a go since it's one thing I can't see on my phone.

My last run, after burning up another UIS outlet, I just ran an oil heater in the lung room and it worked out perfectly. There was a little difference between lights on and lights off temps, but the plants thrived.

I'll likely only use it for my humidifier and pH/EC probes and the humidifier will only be needed for the first couple weeks, maybe... wasted potential I suppose, but I do like being able to check in on the plants while I'm at work.

Nice to hear you can fully ignore it's AI functionality. I will be implementing CO2 eventually, though.

I could probably use it to run some far red and UV light bars, eh? Just plug them into some UIS outlets?

I wouldn't trust the outlets for any critical function that could ruin a crop. So no lights or relying on it to run water pumps for me.
One glitched on me last year running just a 200 watt light. Luckily it was in veg but it left the light on 24/7. Woulda been a hard kick in the groin if it was during bloom.

When I used it for UV, it tripped again during testing and never made it into the grow. I used a regular timer for that.
I trust my AC Infinity gear to run 3 fans that cool my lights, the air scrubber, and a fan for drying but nothing too important.
I decided to use my exhaust with the 69 control this week taking it off the thermostat and using the 69 as a timer to run it during lights on.
I'm hesitant to let it even do that but I'm here so if it fails I can catch it and not let the room overheat with a dead exhaust.

 

[GrumpAzz]

Wow really? 200w?!

That's ridiculous. I've really only used them for a space heater and they definitely don't like that. The inkbird in the motherdro tent is running it's space heater with no issues.

I wouldn't think far reds could fuck up a grow, but maybe. Now the UV bars... if those got kicked on and left on... that could roast some shit, eh?

I do like the newer inkbird styled controllers that ACI offers though. I'm just a sucker for a sleek look.

 

[Bandit420]

Wow really? 200w?!

That's ridiculous. I've really only used them for a space heater and they definitely don't like that. The inkbird in the motherdro tent is running it's space heater with no issues.

I wouldn't think far reds could fuck up a grow, but maybe. Now the UV bars... if those got kicked on and left on... that could roast some shit, eh?

I do like the newer inkbird styled controllers that ACI offers though. I'm just a sucker for a sleek look.

Yep! Even an air pump go weird on one of those plugs lol. Cool when they work but I don't trsut them so they got sent packing too.

Pretty much any light that comes on during the dark period can create light poisoning.
I haven't been able to force a hermie by creating a "light leak" but it will confuse a plant and force a reveg or at least stall out growth for up to two weeks.
I've seen a porch light, 5 watt CFL in a ceiling fan, distant light from another room, and blue light from an inkbird co2 monitor all offer up a dose of light poisoning or "light leaks" and stall plants out.
UV and far red are very much usable plant light and if they interrupt the dark period even at the dimmest possible setting, they will cause light poisoning and fuck up the cycle. It must remain 100% dark and I don't trust the timing switch in ACI to do that job reliably. Green is the only light you can use during lights off and even then use it as little as possible if you cant wait.


I use this dual outlet HD dial timer and a power strip timer for my supplement lights.
This combo gives me two outlets on one timed setting and a built in timer for second timed setting on the other half of the power strip.
It gives me an outlet for the full spectrum supplements set for 12on/12off and another outlet for UV set at 4on/20off.
The 12/12 is synced up with the main light and the 4/20 is synced up to the final 4 hours of the 12/12 lights.
They're not fancy and they're not digital but they are heavy duty and reliable

https://www.amazon.com/Century-Compact-Outdoor-Mechanical-Programmable/dp/B079N9FW5B/ref=sr_1_6?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vV4mFF0w4POaqsQ8lknlegt-BeMpVzTz_1eCpe2NF7jz4uNAqRXSDjqEAoU-trKxZT9yhQ-cQSMc61IlXcow1s7PpYMxcNxs573RPsvQpE00KG2l-J4EUftc81YgVY80BrnPhcZ5mJk_ISwFecX3T1Ds955vmnpsD6GwTlWECqj6fqHpY1E_VY34vfK0pNhEKtpHQuZntExSVcRJu-SkVkEfep2uZa4Yh3dijvi43Piijbj3f_9tdedgh1AnYCj9H7ttd5EErUuuQzspcvckNAlWsAk7GwanvHYPjtpBLHw.SPTlzIXta7AZ9GBYZKayzZFoPacNSQw_CVmpA4KBKdI&dib_tag=se&keywords=heavy%2Bduty%2Boutdoor%2Btimers%2Bfor%2Blights&qid=1780520417&sr=8-6&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLFRW8J5?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

When it comes to heavy duty climate control for heaters and AC I don't ever talk about this dude because they don't make them anymore but there's a few around.
I'd share a foxhole with the Blueprint BDTC-1 that's how much faith I have in it.
10 years of duty in my room and still going strong. Not even a hint at scorching or overheating. A few are still around for about $60