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Re: GFP SolarFlare 220 - Kali Mist, Scrog, DWC

Postby Xarlan » Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:25 am

Day 39

What she lacks in length she makes up for in girth :)

Still trucking along. Closer to the net but not quite there yet. She's been bushing out quite a bit though.

I'm thinking I should have tied down the remaining branches after topping her. She definitely is sending the growth signals to the outside branches leaving the center lagging behind. But I think that's something the scrog net will sort out :) I did trim a few fan leaves to allow more light to the center.

pH and ec are remaining stable but she's a heavy drinker. My next grow I think I'll try the 2 bucket system I saw in the March issue of High Times.
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Re: GFP SolarFlare 220 - Kali Mist, Scrog, DWC

Postby SisterMaryElephant » Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:50 am

Adding a second bucket as a controller bucket is very worth the effort in building. A step up from that would be (RDWC) "recirculating DWC." Always try to keep the water temps low too. ;)

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Re: GFP SolarFlare 220 - Kali Mist, Scrog, DWC

Postby Xarlan » Sun Jun 08, 2014 1:03 pm

Damnit, SME. I had almost convinced myself not to do it, lol. Guess what I'll be doing today? ;)

pics and update to come :D

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Re: GFP SolarFlare 220 - Kali Mist, Scrog, DWC

Postby SisterMaryElephant » Sun Jun 08, 2014 2:02 pm

You'll be glad you did, imho...

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Re: GFP SolarFlare 220 - Kali Mist, Scrog, DWC

Postby Xarlan » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:05 am

Day 47

Nothin' but net!



So the Kali has accepted the SCRoG challenge and is determined to overcome it. 8-) Several tops are ready to be trained back under the net and I've got a little trimming to do to give more nodes some light and allow more circulation.

Feels good to get more hands on with the training. Since she's a Sativa dom, I'll keep it going til about 50% of the net is full of nodes then I'll flip to flowering.

Going to try and get out to the store today to pick up supplies for the 2 bucket system. It'll be nice to simplify the res changes :)
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Re: GFP SolarFlare 220 - Kali Mist, Scrog, DWC

Postby rkymtnman » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:16 am

how do you change your nutes/bucket when the plant gets all the way into the screen?
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Re: GFP SolarFlare 220 - Kali Mist, Scrog, DWC

Postby SisterMaryElephant » Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:55 pm

rkymtnman wrote:how do you change your nutes/bucket when the plant gets all the way into the screen?

Hopefully he connected the two buckets together with a hose so one can be used to remotely fill/drain/test. I didn't read the article he mentioned but I assumed he meant that the second bucket was a controller bucket. Maybe we'll see pictures... ;)

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Re: GFP SolarFlare 220 - Kali Mist, Scrog, DWC

Postby Xarlan » Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:27 pm

Initially I used a manual water pump that attaches to a drill to/from another bucket. Then I noticed lubrication grease coming from the pump and realized it was likely contaminating the nutrients. So now I use 2 electic pumps, 1 in the res with a filter to keep out debris and 1 in the other bucket that I use to pre-mix and pH the nutes.

It works but it'd be a lot easier to have 2 buckets connected. Hind sight... ;)

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Re: GFP SolarFlare 220 - Kali Mist, Scrog, DWC

Postby SisterMaryElephant » Mon Jun 09, 2014 5:07 pm

I'm confused. Run down your system (with pictures if possible) specs again for us?

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Re: GFP SolarFlare 220 - Kali Mist, Scrog, DWC

Postby Xarlan » Mon Jun 09, 2014 5:30 pm

Yeah I tried to describe it without pics. Doesn't work, lol.
I'm out of the house atm but I'll get pics up tomorrow :)

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