Indoor Testing the eazyplug pyramid mini.

[The Iconoclast]

A decent amount of bud. She appears to have been a very well natured/trained plant and responded well to the pyramids!

Training was with LST plastic clips referred to upthread, and yes, autos respond really well and can take a lot of punishment without too.

@>Potato, that 9 x 9 minis looks like it would be a lot of problems certainly doable as one square foot of room is all that's strictly necessary for the canopy, but it looks hard to get to everything.

 

[>Potato]

I have 9 21l Airpots in a 4x4 (Copied this)

 

[kfigerm]

Well I tried full tents too in the beginning - 4 in a 80x80 tent. But I found it hard to keep them growing as they should, had too high humidity.

Then I learned dwc and did some hempy experiments and all of a sudden it was narrow event with two plants in that space if i wanted to keep them low (max heigth was 120 incl airpots, cos the tent was just 160cm high - had to supercrop every time).
The lights back then were also not too good, and "we" blew up to 600W LED in such a small place.

And the higher the plants grow, the more loss of light is down below - thats why people lolipop. If you have the space and spread them out, there will be buds, big enough to smoke.
I also compared the results of the growers that only grew out one plant to my 4x setup back then - they saved beans and had more out of one plant than others/me of 4. Where I am it is not even easy to get to seeds and I always have to be careful not to waste them. And the seeds are the most expensive recurring costs for me. So no wasting.Every seed that is alive gets a chance to grow out. Have two in my tent, everyone else would have culled, I think they are fine ;-)
I dumped the narrow grows. Perhaps - as i said, with indicas or dwarf like plants that would still work out.
Doesn't for me.
But everyone is free to act like he/she likes.

 

[Little-Leopard]

My Pink Kush CBD 30:1 What a pretty little thing. I feel like she needs to be on a desk as an ornamental plant.

I’m excited about my next project. This weekend I will have 9 pyramids. 3 x Bloody Skunk. 3 x Devil Cream. 3 x Red Pure CBD. All 9 will have a self recirculating watering system. All about the colours this next grow!

 

[kfigerm]

so some more input on my style with the pyramids and how played out with first plant harvested.
I set them up ontop some pebbles and let them stand in the runoff - treated like hydro, fed every feed.
So we know how they airprune the roots, but what if the lower roots may grow out even more in the pebbles.
Well. they're sativas, but they got big - topped and bend over still 75cm - the first harvested was the smallest of all, the think different ecactly at 75 cm.

and here some shots of the roots in the pebbles - they were completely incorporated.

Nice and healthy - some dwc guys may like this view.
So IF theres some relationship between size of the pyramid and size of the plant, now could easily get the ease of the pyramid use to extend the flowering...they may have gotten rootbound in my setup though...but the ultimate stands at a meter+, so there's still some more growth opportunity without being rootbound i guess.
so @The Iconoclast get your "shallow-water" setup prepared and pop a pyramid ontop - perhaps for monsters.

- SUCH LITTLE SPACE.
- No airpumps
- No ph swings
- No temp issues with res
- nearly no salt buildupo with my schedule (which I can't promise in the future due to a fertilizer change)
- little to zero runoff (the roots suck it up), very effective vs coco

- just the little weight with big plants...they may fall over if LSTed assymetrical from the stem when not fastened somehow later in the grow
- if they get too dry they become a little hydrophobic, so a ebbflow system would be best i think - so @>Potato I think that will be great if you get along with the placement of the plants in there.

Thumbs up for the pyramids!

Cheers!

 

[>Potato]

Thank you for testing this out! Lucky I love short fat indicas!

 

[BarelyMillennial]

they are prebuffered to ~5.8, so go with that @The Iconoclast didn't adjust, and it went well also so far as I read.
Go and try. I would always use an EC and PH meter, just to dial in the nutes, and save money over time.
I don't reccomend any brand, and cannot, because the ones I use atm have another formula now, and I'm not sure if I stick with them. Also don't know where I am heading.
I like trios that i can mix the lucas formula way to get to my NPK.

@BarelyMillennial, welcome to the thread and the forum, I find that the pyramids don't drift and I rarely adjust anything especially as I'm always mixing up small 9L fresh buckets. I also use the drops, I don't think it matter much what the pH is as long as it's around 6, I think any quality nutes will be fine because lets face it, they're all the same thing, and the pyramids do such a good job with the roots. I use a standard micro grow bloom, but I don't think it really matters all that much. Later on when if I get two beans that look the same I might do a side by side using a single mix nute the whole way through. Yeah I reckon you could do without an EC/ppm meter but they're cheap and handy to check things.

Hi again both of you,
Thank you very much for the replies. And Nice harvest pics. Iconoclast, if I can grow just half the size of what you got I would be so happy!

I am currently waiting for a new QB lamp and EC/pH meter after your recommendations. As for nutes I got GHE nute trio of Tripart Grow, FloraMicro Soft water, Bloom - These pyramids are too good to half-ass which is why I will be taking my time and be patient. Once everything is in order, I will begin to share/contribute/document my process in this thread as well. Thank you again for your contributions, this will be very exciting for me especially as a new grower.

By the way, would you compare the pyramid as coco in terms of difficulty and time consumption? I only have experience with soil so curious to hear how it compares

Sincerely, BarelyMilennial

 

[kfigerm]

so, if you treat it like coco, it is even easier.
no runoff, no cal/mag sucking material, no overwatering....getting redundant, all said above.
If not in the stretch where they need lots of water and nutes you can give feed with a very low EC - i loaded my pyramids too much, I have learned now.
You won't see much burn or excess problems - excess salts will build up on the pyramid, that's it.
With your trio you should be able to feed them on the point and even forget about runoff - just keep them moist and just enough nutes in. In the first weeks a every-other-day feed/watering will do, later on youll have one to four today out in the sun at 40°C for one plant - so they can dry out really fast, avoid that.
By time consumption and easiness, there's nothing comparable imo.

Go and give it a try.

 

[The Iconoclast]

What's happening chaps!

Update on Jedi Kush in the large pyramid, she is really packing on the trichomes, luckily it's very dry at the moment, but these pyramids also provide better air circulation which I need as I'm just growing in a non ventilated walk in wardrobe.



Auto Cheese/Stilton are both looking a bit sad in different ways, I've done something wrong but I'm not sure what. Meanwhile I have another Stilton on the way in order to investigate further. I am curious to see the final result when things have not gone well. But this is also a breeder I've not used before. Maybe they are just extra sensitive.

Northen Lights responded really well from having both of the top main fan leaves removed

Jack47 in the cube is settling in for the long haul


I also have another Jedi Kush in a mini pyramid, to see how that grows compared to the large pyramid.

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Now I want to use a pyramid in my shallow water culture,

My Pink Kush CBD 30:1 What a pretty little thing. I feel like she needs to be on a desk as an ornamental plant.
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I’m excited about my next project. This weekend I will have 9 pyramids. 3 x Bloody Skunk. 3 x Devil Cream. 3 x Red Pure CBD. All 9 will have a self recirculating watering system. All about the colours this next grow!

That sounds intense! please keep us updated.

 

[Little-Leopard]

@The Iconoclast
@kfigerm
This is kinda fun... Well the "prototype" appears to be working better than expected. Water flow on each nozzle is perfect. Each pyramid mini has a potential grow diameter of 42cm, equivalent to my current Dutch Passion Ultimate. WiFi controller, 50 liter recirculating reservoir etc are all in the tent now and testing is going well. I laughed while testing it.

From this to this to this lol

Ill should probably start a grow journal if the mood strikes.