A new grow, GG#4/WW/BW

[dirtymike]

any news from the camera yet??

[dirtymike]

That bear is a good luck omen. 30 days aint nothing, cannabis belongs outside.

[Bowhunterwoody]

That's a pretty good one. Looks like a big male. Big square head. Good luck with the wpm. So damp this year in the northeast.

[GreenState]

So I mixed up 9 gals of watering solution for the auto watering system, should be plenty. Have already seen a few spots of wpm, removed the small branches infected and did a bit more defoliation but my hopes are not very high for the month ahead unattended. Such a shame as she's actually doing fairly well, decent plant structure for air flow,manageable size, I'm bummed to leave here, 'nough said. I also noticed the nutrients settle out of the solution. I've set the intake up a few inches of the bottom.
dirtymike I have cameras with the alarm system, but will let the plant have its privacy <g>
I lied, more pics beginning to get some puff balls --- also, had a visitor the other day. :O)

[dirtymike]

Get a CAM and follow.

[GreenState]

One last pic before I go. She'll be on her own for a month, about 2-3 weeks before a typical harvest
I give her zero to none chances of yielding anything smokeable. Think the watering system is dialed in, but it's WPM and bud rot I fear.
Anyhow, good luck to the rest of you

She's setting buds for sure. White widow, it likes to grow late into the season.
A bit taller than I was aiming for, but it's stretchy stuff, stretch seems to be close to over though.

[Bluey]

Nice work. My tank siphons if I fill it with more than about 30 gal. A design floor when I was designing the room. I tried a few simple fixes but no joy.

To be honest I prefer and enjoy handwatering but it's a bit much given 5 big plants that require the equivalent of a quart every 90 minutes.

[GreenState]

Bluey Thanks. Worked like a charm this morning for the scheduled 6:30 am watering. Quite pleased actually, no ponding at all, in fact the surface of the soil stayed dry and all was absorbed below surface grade. At this point, $40 well spent <g>.

[Bluey]

Just keep the top of the nute tank lower than the top of your soil. It will syphon if your tank is higher.

[Ckbrew]

That contraption just might work...

[GreenState]

will mix a couple small batches in the cooler then which over to the large 15 gal one when I leave.

[GreenState]

Ckbrew definitely pretty under-powered, but should work good for my purposes.
2 nozzles will deliver a fat 1/2gal in 7 minutes so that's what I'll try every third day(might end up at 6 minutes). If it does overflow I'll put a pan under it to catch any overflow so it can absorb it from the bottom. I have time for a few trial runs before I leave.
PS: with no nozzles it pumps 1 gal in 6 minutes through 1/4" hose.

[Bluey]

If you can trigger its operation from the power supply, that is it runs when the power is supplied to it, you can automate it via a smart power socket and programing and scheduling what you want is pretty easy. Problem is that a lot of equipment cannot be controlled by the power supply and must be triggered by its own controls, but if you have the equipment it is easy to test for that.

[GreenState]

Ckbrew I'll let you know for sure. I don't need a lot of volume for my purposes, only one plant. Hoping to get it a week before
I leave in order to try and dial it in. I'm basically looking for 1/2 gal every 3 days. Not sure I can set it up for multiple waterings on the same day though, which would be ideal. 1/2 then 15 minute later the second half, but we'll see. I do have a 15 gal container for the water (plus some neuts). I suspect the other issues one encounters with outdoor growing will get me in the end. But fingers will be crossed hoping the gods shine down on me <g>

[Ckbrew]

GreenState please post a review of the auto watering product. It looks to good to be true. I could not find a spec on time to deliver volume. It looks undersized.