r/SpiderFarmerLED

The stretch finally slowed and the tent is packed wall to wall now. Frost is already creeping out onto the fan leaves this early, which is looking like a really good sign for resin production later in flower.

Running 5 plants in the Spider Farmer DWC and they’re drinking heavy a gal every day. Lollipopped hard underneath to push energy into the tops and improve airflow. Light is maxed out to the ceiling and the canopy is still reaching for more.

Genetics:
Gizzard Punch
(Wizard Punch x Blissful Wizard) x Girl Scout Glue (GSC x Gorilla Glue)

Starting to get that greasy look already. Curious to see how hard these stack over the next 3 weeks.

Curious what you guys think this canopy is gonna yield dry?

Am I the only one growin fruit and veg?

Got the 7000 goin, and just picked up the soil sensors. Still need to learn proper ranges. Super fun so far.

Still trying to get the EC up without fert burn. Didn’t realize everybody was starving!

Hey guys I am a new grower who recently purchased a 2x2x5 complete kit and my GSS controller kit came separately from the rest and I am attempting to install it but I have been lost on where I should place the sensor in the tent? I am confused on the instructions due to it looking different from what everyone else has and my cable is way longer. Thanks in advance! Also any other tips the kit is appreciated aswell

Day 22 of flower and the tent is fully shifting into production mode.

I moved the light up as high as the tent allows to prevent leaf curling while keeping a viable PPFD. Also, shifted the exhaust to the side to keep as much vertical room as possible. The plants are drinking a gallon a day now, and after stretch I lollipopped most of the lower growth to push energy into the tops and cut down on larf.

Airflow is locked in, the lower zones are cleaner, and the whole canopy is getting more focused instead of wasting effort underneath.

Running Gizzard Punch from The Captain’s Connection:
Wizard Punch (Purple Punch x Blissful Wizard) x Girl Scout Glue (GSC x Gorilla Glue)

This is one of my favorite points in flower because the structure is set and now it’s all about what the tops do from here.

I had a fun idea for a new product. Thanks to some ai magic It became a real concept.
Please send me the first ones hehehe

Hi guys! Thanks for all the tips on the last post of my first grow. 🌻

They are 40 days in flower right now, and I was wondering when to know if they are ready to be harvested.
I also had some problems with leaves dying and getting burned for some reason. Never happened before. Cut off those.

I will be sharing some images and videos on the link below because I can’t share that much apparently. Link: https://imgur.com/a/0Hrwl4p

The Spider Farmer GGS is a solid little controller, but it ships with a closed cloud-only app and zero documented local API, so it doesn't talk to Home Assistant out of the box. I spent some time reverse-engineering the protocol and built SpiderBridge: a small MITM proxy that sits between the controller and the SF cloud, mirrors every change to MQTT, and exposes everything as proper Home Assistant entities via MQTT Discovery. Comes with a custom Lovelace card that brings the SF-App UI inside HA.

Repo: https://github.com/iceboerg00/spiderfarmer-bridge

Screenshot of the card

What you get

Every knob in the SF-App, but as native Home Assistant entities you can automate, dashboard, and script:

• Lights with full mode control
• Fans and blowers with speed, oscillation, natural wind, and the full preset matrix: Manual, Schedule, Cycle, and the five Environment modes (temperature, humidity, and the priority blends).
• Sensors and outlets auto-discovered: soil moisture, temperature, humidity, and any switched outlets attached to the controller.
• Custom Lovelace card that mirrors the SF-App layout, one tab per device, mode-specific settings panels, and a Save button that commits pending edits in one click.
• Two-way sync so changes you make in the SF-App still show up in HA, no need to abandon the app if you don't want to.

Install

One-click as a Home Assistant Add-on from the repo. Bundles its own MQTT broker and auto-registers the Lovelace card. Standalone Pi install also works. Bit of WiFi steering needed so the GGS dials the bridge instead of the SF cloud, there's a guided script.

Credits

Big shoutout to schedule-4-real by Eddie Piazza. That repo was the spark that convinced me reversing the GGS Controller was doable.

MIT, PRs and issues welcome.