METAL GROW SOLID

Make your own Volcano Vaporizer for under $50!

This post by 420God at rollitup.org shows you how to make your own Volcano like vaporizer for under fifty dollars using a digital heat gun and some simple pipe fittings. Very intuitive and creative.

"I've had quite a few people ask me now how I built my vape, well I'll try and explain it best as possible with the pics.

Total cost is less than $50!!!!

Materials:

Digital Heat Gun
3/4" to 1/2" Pipe Reducer
Electrical Tap
Oven Bag
Screens
Plastic Pipe

This heat gun only allows a setting of either 350F or 450F and the temp we want is 400F so in the cone we add to the heat gun we have to punch 2 small holes to help lower the temp. (Cannabis starts to burn at 450F)

For metal I used some thick aluminum flashing but pop can metal will work and electrical tape to hold it all together, heat resistant would be best.

Start by making a cone for the end of the heat gun. This will help direct the flow of air into the chamber. Make sure everything gets a nice seal when put together and that the small end of the cone fits snugly into the chamber fitting.

The pipe reducer will be the chamber the bud goes in. I wanted to use the size I chose because it holds the larger screens you can buy at any local head shop. Now because it's a reducer it has a lip on the inside stopping the screen from going all the way through, this allows us to place the screen inside then put weed in on top. Place the second screen on top of the weed to hold it in place sandwiching the weed in between the two. The second screen gets held in place by the threads inside the reducer.

To connect the bag to the chamber I taped pop can material to the outside of the reducer extending it about an inch. I use a piece of 1 1/4" plastic tube for the mouth piece and taped it to the oven bag. The mouth piece slides into the chamber completing the vaporizer.

To operate all you have to do is turn the heat gun onto the 450F setting, wait for it to warm up, then place the chamber and the bag on the cone and you'll see the vapor fill the bag, then smoke."

(Thanks to 420God for this post. All photos and article are created by 420God.)

ScrOG (Screen of Green) Explained

Why use the Screen of Green method?

The screen of green (ScrOG) technique of growing is used for its efficiency, even canopy for equal light penetration, and ability to use less plants. Scrogging can be done on indoor or outdoor gardens.

What is the ScrOG method?

The ScrOG method is done by using a netting system (chicken wire, fencing, strings, wood, etc.) and putting them over the tops of the plants. The plants are then in vegetative growth until the growth reaches the netting. Once at the netting, the plants are manipulated into filling out as much of the screen as possible.

(A fence is completely filled out with multiple bud sites, which in turn creates more colas.)

(Thanks to Las Fingerez of rollitup.org for this photo.)

How to ScrOG:

Once you have your netting set up above the canopy of your plants, keep them in vegetative growth until the growth shoots start reaching the net. Once they are tall enough, start bending all of the growth shoots throughout the screen so it fills it out.

Like so:

(Each growth shoot was bent to one part of the screen to allow other sites to grow.)

(Thanks to Rotten Egg of grasscity.org for the photo.)

From underneath:

(Each branch is grown until it is tall as the screen and then manipulated to fill it out.)

(Thanks to RaceFan of 420 Magazine for this photo.)

(Las Fingerez of rollitup.org uses miniature netting for individual plants to maximize growth. Very ingenious!)

Advantages of the ScrOG technique:

It is efficient, as it will maximize yield from a single plant by giving multiple tops and bud sites.
This is a good method for people who have plant limits or spacial issues and want to maximize yield.
If done correctly, ventilation could become less of an issue, as more air is getting through more of the plant.

Disadvantages of the ScrOG:

There is a considerably longer vegetative growth time, which elongates harvest.
It can be time consuming and tedious for some.
If not done properly, branches could snap and ventilation could become an issue.

Scrogging is definitely a method that maximizes yield per plant and can pay off if done right. It might be time consuming and the veg time might be more, but the ScrOG method is worth experimenting with.

TehBosh

Increase yield with FIMing.

This is a write up by a user at rollitup.org name MBlaze and this is his tutorial on how to FIM a plant for multiple growth sites which results in higher yield.

"After seeing and hearing many questions about the FIM method I decided to do a tutorial on this method to show exactly how it is done and the results that can be achieved.

FIM stands for ''F**k I Missed'' and I'm not sure how it got that name because it's very simple to do. I use this method all the time to help create a wide canopy with many branches and colas. Some people FIM each plant more than once to create even more colas and branches and it works very well for them and has very minimal stress on the plant.

I usually FIM plants when they are between 1-2ft tall and it should be done at least 2 weeks before turning to 12/12 to maximize the growth potential of the new shoots and maximize the benefits of using this method.

#1 Locate the very top of the new growth.

#2 With a clean, sterilized scissors, Fold the fan leafs over and cut approximately 80% of the new growth off the plant.

#3 This is what it should look like after the cut has been made.

#4 View of the Cut section after 2 days growth, showing the 4 new growth shoots (branches).

I sometimes dont even use scissors and I just pinch out some of the new growth with my fingers. Heres a few pics of another plant that I pinched with my fingers. This plant has been neglected throughout its short life so far and it has been sitting under a shitty fluro light so it would be doing much better under some decent lighting and better conditions but it gives you an idea of the early progress.

You can see the dot where the FIM was done.

(4/6/09) Now you can see how many new shoots have started to form and you can get some idea of how many main branches this plant will have. Remember that this plant has been under a Flouro light so the growth would be even better under some decent lights.