Snowy is just unstoppable
....Re: 2 SolarStorm 400s, 1 Closet, DWC, Afghan Kush x Black Do
by CoastalCowboy » Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:04 am
November 18, 2013 - 97 days into grow.
Snowy is just unstoppable ....
Snowy is just unstoppable
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Re: 2 SolarStorm 400s, 1 Closet, DWC, Afghan Kush x Black Do
by SisterMaryElephant » Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:36 pm
I'm so confused. Why are your pictures behind again? I think that you're 8 weeks into flower but I'm not seeing a lot of flowers. Give me the quick rundown on your grow room and stuff, temps, humidity, etc. I need a nap... 
Disclaimer:
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
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Re: 2 SolarStorm 400s, 1 Closet, DWC, Afghan Kush x Black Do
by CoastalCowboy » Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:03 pm
SisterMaryElephant wrote:I'm so confused. Why are your pictures behind again? I think that you're 8 weeks into flower but I'm not seeing a lot of flowers. Give me the quick rundown on your grow room and stuff, temps, humidity, etc. I need a nap...
Sorry for the delay SME, I have a lot on my plate right now.
I've got lots of buds, however small, on Mary and Jane who in the photos above (11-18-2013) were 2 days short of 5 weeks into flowering. I'm way behind with my posts, hope to be back up to speed today. So, check out subsequent post for bigger and better bud photo updates.
Now Snowy is another story altogether. In the photos above (11-18-2013) she's 1 day shy of only 3 weeks into flowering. She has quite a ways to go yet.
I hope that helps address your concerns.
Peace Out,
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Re: 2 SolarStorm 400s, 1 Closet, DWC, Afghan Kush x Black Do
by CoastalCowboy » Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:49 pm
SisterMaryElephant wrote:I'm so confused. Why are your pictures behind again? I think that you're 8 weeks into flower but I'm not seeing a lot of flowers. Give me the quick rundown on your grow room and stuff, temps, humidity, etc. I need a nap...
As for a rundown in my flower chamber, its a 38" x 45" x 9' tall closet which has been made light tight with 12/12. The daytime temp is typically 75 degrees and nighttime is about 70. Humidity is typically 30 - 60%.
Mary and Jane are in 5 gal. DWC buckets with two 4" can shaped air stones in each. Using GH Flora Grow, Micro, Bloom, Floralicious Plus, KoolBloom totaling 400ppm; Cal Mag, Orca, Hygrozyme, Silica Blast, Flora Nectar totaling about 280ppm, for a combined total ppm of about 680.
Originally I was severely depriving the plants of CalMag, my bad. I now realize that my PH was also way too high in my DWC buckets, typically round 7.0. While I made sure the solutions were 6.0 before I pumped them in through the grow medium, I hadn't checked the PH at any point after that until recently and realized my mistake. Because I'm so busy right now, I've also let the nutrient level get very low at times.
This didn't help combined with the fact that I started the seeds in those horrible Coco Pellets which I believe stunted their growth. When I checked the roots of the plants I culled, they grew sideways and only turned downward after reaching the edge of the Coco pellets, plus they had to grow through the outer mesh material.
I wasn't really expecting a lot from these plants seeing how badly I messed up this time, and after the Thrips get done with them, who knows what I'll be left with.
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Re: 2 SolarStorm 400s, 1 Closet, DWC, Afghan Kush x Black Do
by CoastalCowboy » Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:58 pm
November 18, 2013 - 97 days into grow.
Mary and Jane are at 33 of 55 days Flowereing.
A few Cola Shots of Mary and Jane....
Mary and Jane are at 33 of 55 days Flowereing.
A few Cola Shots of Mary and Jane....
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Re: 2 SolarStorm 400s, 1 Closet, DWC, Afghan Kush x Black Do
by CoastalCowboy » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:14 pm
November 18, 2013 - 97 days into grow.
Mary and Jane are at 33 of 55 days Flowereing.
Random Bud Shots....
Mary and Jane are at 33 of 55 days Flowereing.
Random Bud Shots....
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Re: 2 SolarStorm 400s, 1 Closet, DWC, Afghan Kush x Black Do
by SisterMaryElephant » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:56 pm
Try for 5.8 in DWC, the plants will be happier. 
They seem ok though, no telling how long they'll take to finish but they're frosting up so that's good. Make sure there are no light leaks or other sources of light inside, at night. 680ppm seems light for that stage, have you heard of the lucas formula?
Don't be so hard on yourself it's just a plant and you can grow more next time.
They seem ok though, no telling how long they'll take to finish but they're frosting up so that's good. Make sure there are no light leaks or other sources of light inside, at night. 680ppm seems light for that stage, have you heard of the lucas formula?
Don't be so hard on yourself it's just a plant and you can grow more next time.
Disclaimer:
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
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Re: 2 SolarStorm 400s, 1 Closet, DWC, Afghan Kush x Black Do
by CoastalCowboy » Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:30 pm
SisterMaryElephant wrote:Try for 5.8 in DWC, the plants will be happier.
They seem ok though, no telling how long they'll take to finish but they're frosting up so that's good. Make sure there are no light leaks or other sources of light inside, at night. 680ppm seems light for that stage, have you heard of the lucas formula?
Don't be so hard on yourself it's just a plant and you can grow more next time.
Yeah, I hear you loud and clear on that one SME. I dropped the PH to 5.75 before adding it and have been monitoring the PH and the plants seem to be responding.
I forgot to mention that I forgot to hook up the air on Mary after having to move her, Jane, and Snowy briefly out of the room to do some work in there. She sat for a couple days before I realized her lines weren't hooked up after putting them back. At that point, her hairs were turning red, buds looked smaller, and the roots sorta smelled like sour milk. Then for some reason the same thing started happening to Jane's buds. My hydro dealer suggested Hygrozyme which seemed to work well and they even started experiencing new bud growth, which appeared as side shoots in isolated portions of the colas and buds.
The room is pretty light tight, there is one tiny spot, so tiny its hard to even see any light that I'll have to address next time around.
No, I haven't heard of lucas formula, I'll have to look it up.
I believe the guy I've been following, Hygrohybrid, keeps his PPMs at about 650 and seems to be doing well. Plus my leave tips are brown which I figured was a little nute burn, but in hind sight, it was probably from when I let the nute level get way too low and the solution was pretty concentrated at that point. But i'll look into lucas formula in the mean time.
Thanx for the help!
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Re: 2 SolarStorm 400s, 1 Closet, DWC, Afghan Kush x Black Do
by CoastalCowboy » Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:20 pm
November 24, 2013 - 103 days into grow.
Snow White at 26 of 63 days Flowereing.
Snowy is getting so big and drinking so much, I had to purchase a larger container for her. I upgraded to a 20 Gal. Brute container, which worked really nice. The bottom of the 10" net pot sits at about the 8 Gal level, and slightly above the white band on the fluid level tube. I'll use this setup for monster cropping and SCROGing a single plant when I finally get to that point.
I set the net pot off center so that I could create an access port which makes testing and adjusting the nutrient solution so much easier.
Snow White at 26 of 63 days Flowereing.
Snowy is getting so big and drinking so much, I had to purchase a larger container for her. I upgraded to a 20 Gal. Brute container, which worked really nice. The bottom of the 10" net pot sits at about the 8 Gal level, and slightly above the white band on the fluid level tube. I'll use this setup for monster cropping and SCROGing a single plant when I finally get to that point.
I set the net pot off center so that I could create an access port which makes testing and adjusting the nutrient solution so much easier.
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Re: 2 SolarStorm 400s, 1 Closet, DWC, Afghan Kush x Black Do
by CoastalCowboy » Sat Dec 14, 2013 12:02 am
November 24, 2013 - 103 days into grow.
Mary and Jane are at 39 of 55 days Flowereing.
Some random bud shots....
(This is where my bud pistils turn red prematurely)
Mary and Jane are at 39 of 55 days Flowereing.
Some random bud shots....
(This is where my bud pistils turn red prematurely)
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