Pictures taken 01/20/14 2 days into week 1
Notes:
- some new pics for you. sorry about the quality. I am not good with a camera and probably need to shoot the plants with a standard light in the room.
-flipped 01-18-14
-pictures taken 01-20-14. so the plants are about 5 days into flower.
-temperatures in the room has been in the 50's during light off and mid to high 60's during light
on. I looked for a radiator type heater but they took all the winter supplies out of every single store i visited a few days earlier.
- see post above for height measurements at the end of each week. Not impressive due to the cold growing conditions.
Re: pi-senberg and his solar flair 400 trial run
by pisenberg » Wed Mar 05, 2014 2:51 pm
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Re: pi-senberg and his solar flair 400 trial run
by pisenberg » Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:11 pm
Pictures taken 2 days short of end week 2 01/29/14....
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Re: pi-senberg and his solar flair 400 trial run
by pisenberg » Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:41 pm
More pictures taken on 01/29/14. see post above.
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Re: pi-senberg and his solar flair 400 trial run
by pisenberg » Wed Mar 05, 2014 4:16 pm
No pictures taken at end of week 3 02/07/14....
Notes:
-all things considered i am pleased SO FAR.
-plants are gorgeous
-electric usage is minimal.
-temp of hood while running in flower mode is right at 72 degrees
- when i flipped the plants were between 10-14 inches tall. As of tuesday they ranged from about 15" to 26" if memory serves me correctly.
- have all the wood and hardware to put the unit in a corner. Should be ready by monday. Even have a white shower curtain under the plants.
- if i had to guesstimate my guess is we are looking at a half pound give or take on the yield. Hard to tell at this point.
No pictures taken at end of week 4 02/14/14....
Notes:
-warning will robinson warning. warning will robinson. all systems down. we had an ice storm here and i was without electricity for 3 days. the grow got down under 40 degrees for those 3 days. at least it came during the bud set portion of flowering.
- for what its worth... tom flowers in a study he did, indicated that long periods of darkness during the bud set portion actually help increase bud sites.
- for most of the flowering and some of the vegetative cycle the room temperatures have hovered [b]below 70 degrees. the weather has been all over the place. better temperature control would have definitely improved the growth of these plants.[/b]
Pictures taken at end of week 5 02/21/14....
Notes:
- plants and the light have been relocated to a corner to improve light intensity.
- they have been staked using 3 foot bamboo stakes.
- they are set up for a 6 ft squared foot print meaning the center of the footprint is 3 ft from the walls.
- i can see that this is too large of a footprint. i will move the light and the plants to accommodate a 5 ft square foot print and see how i like that.
- at 5 ft i will have a ( 60-40 div by 2 ) 10" buffer for air movement and for reflection all-the-way around the perimeter of the plants. if that still is too large i will drop down to a 4.5 ft footprint giving me a 7" buffer all-the-way-around.
- i have also added a white shower curtain under the plants to increase reflection and for ease of cleanup.
- i still need to finish the two panels i am making to completely enclose the grow. i will be using panda plastic for now. at some point i would like to go with orca film.
- the rootballs have started to fill in at the surface on most of the plants. i will take pictures of the root balls at the end of the cycle for general information.
-to do list..... finish portable panda panels, move light.
Notes:
-all things considered i am pleased SO FAR.
-plants are gorgeous
-electric usage is minimal.
-temp of hood while running in flower mode is right at 72 degrees
- when i flipped the plants were between 10-14 inches tall. As of tuesday they ranged from about 15" to 26" if memory serves me correctly.
- have all the wood and hardware to put the unit in a corner. Should be ready by monday. Even have a white shower curtain under the plants.
- if i had to guesstimate my guess is we are looking at a half pound give or take on the yield. Hard to tell at this point.
No pictures taken at end of week 4 02/14/14....
Notes:
-warning will robinson warning. warning will robinson. all systems down. we had an ice storm here and i was without electricity for 3 days. the grow got down under 40 degrees for those 3 days. at least it came during the bud set portion of flowering.
- for what its worth... tom flowers in a study he did, indicated that long periods of darkness during the bud set portion actually help increase bud sites.
- for most of the flowering and some of the vegetative cycle the room temperatures have hovered [b]below 70 degrees. the weather has been all over the place. better temperature control would have definitely improved the growth of these plants.[/b]
Pictures taken at end of week 5 02/21/14....
Notes:
- plants and the light have been relocated to a corner to improve light intensity.
- they have been staked using 3 foot bamboo stakes.
- they are set up for a 6 ft squared foot print meaning the center of the footprint is 3 ft from the walls.
- i can see that this is too large of a footprint. i will move the light and the plants to accommodate a 5 ft square foot print and see how i like that.
- at 5 ft i will have a ( 60-40 div by 2 ) 10" buffer for air movement and for reflection all-the-way around the perimeter of the plants. if that still is too large i will drop down to a 4.5 ft footprint giving me a 7" buffer all-the-way-around.
- i have also added a white shower curtain under the plants to increase reflection and for ease of cleanup.
- i still need to finish the two panels i am making to completely enclose the grow. i will be using panda plastic for now. at some point i would like to go with orca film.
- the rootballs have started to fill in at the surface on most of the plants. i will take pictures of the root balls at the end of the cycle for general information.
-to do list..... finish portable panda panels, move light.
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Re: pi-senberg and his solar flair 400 trial run
by pisenberg » Wed Mar 05, 2014 4:46 pm
Pictures taken at the end of week 6 02/28/14....
Notes:
- well i am into week 7 which should see the buds that have been set from weeks 3,4 and 5 start to bulk up.
- the last two weeks ( 8 and 9) should see them gain the most size and weight.
-saturday 03/8/14 i will turn on the uv lights and look for GIANT TRICHOMES to start popping up all over the place. hehe.
-vic high a friend of mine successfully used uv light to create his first batch of romberry seeds as well as other strains. i had 6 keepers out of the first 10 seeds i tried. they were tiny white seeds that looked like they were TRASH. to this day they were the most vigorous seeds i have ever germinated bar none. lets hope that these uv lights add some oomph to the strains i have growing. of the 4 strains i have grown only the cheese before. it is delicious and has a very strong high if grown right.
- water usage has been minimal at best. i have only watered the plants once since i first re-potted prior to week 1. using 22 oz cups of water into into 2 gallons of sunshine mix. this goes to show you how much the cold weather has played havoc with this grow.
- it is wed 03/05/14. i will water today. at least 22 oz of water for each plant.
- -to do list..... finish portable panda panels, move light.
Notes:
- well i am into week 7 which should see the buds that have been set from weeks 3,4 and 5 start to bulk up.
- the last two weeks ( 8 and 9) should see them gain the most size and weight.
-saturday 03/8/14 i will turn on the uv lights and look for GIANT TRICHOMES to start popping up all over the place. hehe.
-vic high a friend of mine successfully used uv light to create his first batch of romberry seeds as well as other strains. i had 6 keepers out of the first 10 seeds i tried. they were tiny white seeds that looked like they were TRASH. to this day they were the most vigorous seeds i have ever germinated bar none. lets hope that these uv lights add some oomph to the strains i have growing. of the 4 strains i have grown only the cheese before. it is delicious and has a very strong high if grown right.
- water usage has been minimal at best. i have only watered the plants once since i first re-potted prior to week 1. using 22 oz cups of water into into 2 gallons of sunshine mix. this goes to show you how much the cold weather has played havoc with this grow.
- it is wed 03/05/14. i will water today. at least 22 oz of water for each plant.
- -to do list..... finish portable panda panels, move light.
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Re: pi-senberg and his solar flair 400 trial run
by pisenberg » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:05 pm
Pictures taken 03/09/14 2 days into week 7
Notes:
- i took a picture of the light in each phase (veg, flower, flower+ uv) but there wasnt much of an apparent difference in the 3
- the uv bulbs are now ON.
- the plants were fed for only the 3d time in 7 weeks. water consumption has been minimal. some of this is a result of slow growth due to cold weather. my plants always tend to use less water in the winter months. i expect to have to water them one more time using a plain water flush.
- ferts used: pure blend pro soil formula fertilizer at 1/2 the recommended dosage on the bottle.
- another crop of clones is almost ready to repot up to 3 gal pots. i will use a bit more sunshine mix when i pot up. unlike those in flower they will veg under the light for a week after they are put into the 3 gal pot.
- they have been pruned at least twice.
- the pictures below were taken 2 days into week 7
Notes:
- i took a picture of the light in each phase (veg, flower, flower+ uv) but there wasnt much of an apparent difference in the 3
- the uv bulbs are now ON.
- the plants were fed for only the 3d time in 7 weeks. water consumption has been minimal. some of this is a result of slow growth due to cold weather. my plants always tend to use less water in the winter months. i expect to have to water them one more time using a plain water flush.
- ferts used: pure blend pro soil formula fertilizer at 1/2 the recommended dosage on the bottle.
- another crop of clones is almost ready to repot up to 3 gal pots. i will use a bit more sunshine mix when i pot up. unlike those in flower they will veg under the light for a week after they are put into the 3 gal pot.
- they have been pruned at least twice.
- the pictures below were taken 2 days into week 7
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Re: pi-senberg and his solar flair 400 trial run
by pisenberg » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:13 pm
Pictures taken 03/09/14 2 days into week 7...
Notes:
-more pictures
- picture 599 Is the picture with the unit in VEGETATIVE mode
- picture 598 is the picture with the unit in FLOWER mode
- picture 597 is the picture with the unit in FLOWER+UV mode
Notes:
-more pictures
- picture 599 Is the picture with the unit in VEGETATIVE mode
- picture 598 is the picture with the unit in FLOWER mode
- picture 597 is the picture with the unit in FLOWER+UV mode
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Re: pi-senberg and his solar flair 400 trial run
by pisenberg » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:46 pm
since yield / penetration of led's seems to be a big issue i went ahead and took some inexact measurements of the canopy. i do not think that this is totally relevant to this grow due to the growing conditions... cold, unenclosed grow, proper fert level tbd. i do think that yield will increase with better growing conditions but i also think that the max canopy thickness should be about 12 " ave in thickness from what i see so far. the penetration is just not there imo.
thickness of each canopy for each plant in inches as follows.
banana oger kush: 13,14, 15
hero: 13,14,16
red dog: 12,12,12,13,13
the cheese: 10,10,11,13,13
average canopy thickness = 13"
thickness of each canopy for each plant in inches as follows.
banana oger kush: 13,14, 15
hero: 13,14,16
red dog: 12,12,12,13,13
the cheese: 10,10,11,13,13
average canopy thickness = 13"
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