Totals are in... Flower: 10.5oz Trim: 4oz Not bad, but I was hoping for more. Also most of the flowers were airy and not compact. I feel that was the lights. So first grow is in the can. I learned sooo much. Thank you to everyone that offered advice along the way. Next grow coming very soon.

6 years ago

**Breakdown day** Time to breakdown everything and get it all cleaned and prepped for the next grow. I’ll probably get things half done tonight, and finish tomorrow. The clones are rocking it in the makeshift box I made. Funny thing...no filter and all of a sudden your basement is filled with the smell of plants 😂 Really need to settle on a light. Any suggestions for a 4x4 that is no more than say $700? I really liked the Gavita I saw. Damn thing would fill the whole tent but it’s over $1,000 so it’s out. Would it be better to build one?

6 years ago

**Final Harvest Day** I now know why people buy those auto trim devices. That would make life sooooo much easier. Holy hell. Harvesting was something I clearly under estimated 😂 So looking like next grow may be Northern Lights and Purple Kush. Not that I’m excited for the PK, but it’s the only strain I have with like flower times. Northern Lights is 55 days and PK is 55-60. Everything else is in the 65+ range. Really wish I was able to get that 4th NL clone. But in reality I would have needed 5 since 1 needs to reset the mother. Ohh well. Live and learn. So I’ll likely go with 2 x 2 (left side one strain and right side the other). One thing I have to say about these Blue Dream’s...HOLY useable sugar leaves and WOW the sheer volume of resin is crazy. Soooo sticky. This strain is more of a day time daily use kind (10% THC & 10% CBD). I look forward to really having a chance to grow this out in the whole tent with proper training. One thing harvesting has taught me is the sheer importance of training and thinning the canopy. I have soo many little buds I’m dealing with due to that lack of training due to vacation. Had these been solid trained where all sites could have gone vertical in the light, this would have been a sick harvest.

6 years ago

Well today was a bust. Didn’t get any time to harvest. So pushing until tomorrow. Good news though, my nova decarboxilator came in yesterday. Ph: 6.40 Temp: 65 TDS: 187

6 years ago

**Harvest Day 4** ...well not really... Needed to take the night off from trimming. Happy wife happy life right? 😉 I plan to knock out the last 2 plants tomorrow and I did check on the Blue Dreams and they are fine and haven’t even decimated the fan leaves yet so should be fine. Humidity feels a tad high in that tent, see graph below. As you can see when I added more fresh cuts the humidity went up and has been dropping. I opened one of the vent holes right behind the fan so it would pull in air from the room (35% is what I have the room dehumidifier set at) Question: Trim...if you toss it in a paper bag, should I set that bag inside the drying tent? Ph: 6.40 Temp: 62 TDS: 190

6 years ago

**Harvest Day 3** After a disappointing day 2 (low yielding Purple Kush), I’m going to try and finish the Strawberry Amnesia tonight. I am a tad bit concerned that something isn’t right in the drying tent. There is an ever so slight hay smell (which I read is bad), but I have made sure my parameters are good and I’m circulating air and venting moisture etc. so not sure what to think there. Because I don’t have a net to use to dry the clippings I spread them out on the bottom of the tent, hopefully that isn’t the issue. Anyways....time for another round of how long can this take 😂 Ph: 6.42 Temp: 60 TDS: 202

6 years ago

**Harvest Day 1** Tonight I learned...this is going to take much longer than I thought 😂 My goal was to clear the tops of all 4 plants. What I accomplished? The top of 1 plant 😂 That Strawberry Amnesia has sooo many stems to harvest and it smells wonderful. One thing I noticed, the big stretcher was definitely the Strawberry. It was all the tall reachers. Ph: 6.50 Temp: 63 TDS: 237 For size reference, the tent I’m drying in measures 24x24x48

6 years ago

**Flush Day 2** Decided to wait another day to harvest. I see more evidence of the plants pulling from the fan leaves, plus I had a super long day at work and am beat 😂 Ph: 5.87...Added Ph^ since it dropped so much in 1 day Temp: 62 TDS: 222

6 years ago

**Flush Day 1** Already starting to see the ladies draw from the fan leaves. Good times when things do what you expect them to do 😂 Ph: 6.60 Temp: 64 TDS: 231

6 years ago

**Flower Day 54** ***Flush Day*** Got a couple pics of the most developed flowers with the purple LED blocked. Those 2 are from the Purple Kush. Ph: 6.38 Temp: 62 TDS: 225

6 years ago

Had a better go with the 60x tonight. Tomorrow is flush day. Based on some of these shots I might want to push that back a day or 2. Hmmm. Ph: 5.71 Temp: 63 TDS: 1069

6 years ago

**Flower Day 52** Well I think we have a solid plan. Flower Day 54 - WC / Flush Flower Day 56 - Harvest Top Flowers that are done and open lower layers Flower Day 60-65 Harvest remaining flower Ph: 5.82 Temp: 64 TDS: 1129

6 years ago

**Flower Day 52** So took a few trich shots to figure out where I am. I took 2 pics from each plant. Below is the order... Purple Kush Blue Dream Blue Dream Strawberry Amnesia So...thoughts? Ph: 5.89 Temp: 66 TDS: 1134

6 years ago

** Flower Day 51 ** Well as I figured it looks like the Purple Kush is finished at the prime nodes right under the lights. The first few trichs are the purple kush. So here is my question.... Based on what you are seeing...what would you do? Would you chop the Purple Kush with no flush, would you start your flush in a few days (say Saturday) or just ride it out until the rest finish and harvest together and let it just end where it ends? Ph: 5.97 Temp: 64 TDS: 1117

6 years ago

**Flower Day 50** Quite the ph drop over night. Added 50ml Ph^, I’ll check it in the morning and if it hasn’t come up enough I’ll add then. I expect that the TDS will drop when the ph is back in the range. Ph: 5.3 Temp: 62 TDS: 1124

6 years ago

*Water Change Day* *Flower Day 49* Depending how the next week goes this may have been the final nutes Change. Have to decide if any other week is gonna be needed and also have to decide if I chop the top and then see if the bottoms of the plants ripen any more after the flush. Down to the final few weeks either way. Ph: 5.64 Temp: 63 TDS: 1119

6 years ago

Didn’t get to my WC today, so will have to be tomorrow. TDS dropped so I’m good there.

6 years ago

TDS on the rise, Ph in a good place, tomorrow I’m doing a WC because this week the behavior has been weird. Ph: 5.84 Temp: 64 TDS: 1119

6 years ago

So these trichs are sooooo sticky. It’s like glue when you touch it. So TDS stalled last night and ph still drifting. I added ph^ and will be doing a WC this weekend. Fun fact, the iPhone X has dual cameras and when using the 60x lense for my phone, it only covers one of them so just as you get to focus the other lens sees leaves and swaps. So I’ll have to devise something to keep that from happening. Ph: 5.59 Temp: 64 TDS: 1100

6 years ago

So apparently my theory was wrong...TDS still dropped tonight even though I had added Ph^ yesterday. Other than that, can’t wait for my new loop for my phone to arrive, which it’s due to arrive on Monday. Will be nice to be able to take pictures of the trichs. Also it’s soo hard to get to a couple prime buds to check with the loop that pictures are seemingly the best way to go. Ph: 5.64 Temp: 65 TDS: 1100

6 years ago

So here comes a good test tonight. So ph is falling still and so is TDS, so I added more ph^. If tomorrow the TDS jumps that should confirm if it effects TDS. I did try testing it directly and it registered TDS then went to - - - - so guessing it didn’t like the Base liquid much. Other than that, things look healthy and coming right along. Clones are doing GREAT and will be ready for the next grow. Ph: 5.53 Temp: 64 TDS: 1137

6 years ago

So interesting thing. I didn’t add Ph^ yesterday and now the TDS drops. I wonder if the ph^ was adding the TDS. Ph: 5.61 Temp: 63 TDS: 1150

6 years ago

Ph is in a comfortable spot so I’ll leave it for a few days and see what it does. The TDS keeps rising but plants look good so.... Ph: 5.69 Temp: 63 TDS: 1161

6 years ago

Ph is adjusting, added a touch more Ph^ just to give me a comfortable buffer for the drift. The TDS climbed again and not really sure what’s up with that, but on a positive note, the foam caused by the sugars have finally calmed down. Ph: 5.67 Temp: 63 TDS: 1129

6 years ago

TDS is up and Ph is not quite as high as I would like. I added more Ph^ to get into a range I know will last until the next WC. Got good pics tonight, wish I had a better way to get pics of the best buds in the middle directly under the lights. Looking forward to the next grow when I can really scrog the hell out of them and get a really even canopy. Still researching lights... Question: When it’s time to flush, do I add FloraKleen before or after I turn things over to just RO and no nutes? Ph: 5.55 Temp: 64 TDS: 1100

6 years ago

Things are moving along. Looks like the damn sugars are causing foam in the res. Ph dropped overnight as well. Added some PH^ to get it back in the range. Ph: 5.4 Temp: 64 TDS: 1085

6 years ago

****Water Change Day**** ****Flower Day 38**** Changed out the water today, it was a bit early but I wanted to get the sugars rolling. I’ll run this mix for a week and a half hopefully so it will all work out. Trichomes are clear and sparkling like little diamonds. Question: since some areas are in massive light and some are behind, do you just cut when the furthest along are ready and the rest is what it is? **Before WC** Ph: 5.58 Temp: 66 TDS: 979 **After WC** Ph: 5.83 Temp: 66 TDS: 1090

6 years ago

Ph is back in a safe zone after adding the ph^ last night. Was able to really look at the trics tonight and finally paid attention and can now see the little bulbs. Some of these are looking soooo nice😎 Can’t imagine how this would be looking had I been here to stay after the training on the SCROG and if I had solid light in all 4 corners. Ph: 5.64 Temp: 67 TDS: 997

6 years ago

Nice drop in nutes today. Guess those added lights are working. I added a little Ph^ to keep things in the right range. Was moving and trimming and noticed a distinctly new scent on the Strawberry Amnesia. It was on my fingers. A very citrusy smell. Can’t wait to see what that one is like fully cured. Ph: 5.55 Temp: 68 TDS: 1009

6 years ago

So the lights seem to be fine, temp up maybe 1 degree and humidity is down a few %. All in all good so far. Ph keeps falling a little each day. Kind of puzzled on that one. It was sooo stable for soo long and to see it fall of a bit each day makes me wonder. Is that normal at this point? I included the stats since the WC in the pics. Ph: 5.58 Temp: 68 TDS: 1051

6 years ago

Added a 2nd fan finally, also added 2 x double CFL fixtures to the ends of the tent. See what this does. Hoping it doesn’t add too much heat and also helps those areas. Still looking into my lighting situation for the next grow. May upgrade to a large panel. Need to figure out a good way to move that filter out but need to vent outside so can’t just swap it out easily. Don’t want to raise the ambient temp of the room so I pull in cool air to the tent. Ph: 5.62 Temp: 68 TDS: 1060

6 years ago

Lots of hairs changing colors, getting ready for the next evolution of these buds. Going to add some CFLs to help augment lighting. Question... Tomorrow is WC day, although I had a late change last week so it’s only been 5 days and TDS is high, but the mix of nutes changes at next WC. Do I just do a WC so I can get the sugars in or push off the WC until that TDS comes down a bit. Ph: 5.68 Temp: 67 TDS: 1069

6 years ago

**Flower Day 32** Well... TDS keeps climbing, although I kind of expect that to stop. The water level was rather high after the last WC, so it’s been working it’s way down and today it reached the ATO sensor so I expect TDS to start dropping. Everything is looking good, leaves are all frosting up, hairs are turning reddish brown, and things all look good. Is it worth it to add some CFL near the corners to supplement lighting at this point? Ph: 5.79 Temp: 67 TDS: 1081

6 years ago

Everything is looking frosty ❄️ So back to a question from yesterday... Is it worth the time to really clear out the lower branches that are not seeing light anyways? Ph: 5.87 Temp: 67 TDS: 1060

6 years ago

With things nice and stable and appears the stretch is over... How crazy should I be trimming the stuff way below the canopy that aren’t even getting light? Ph: 5.92 Temp: 69 TDS: 1042

6 years ago

**WC Day** Ran low on nutes and my replacement gallon hasn’t arrived so I made a trip to the local hydro store. When I got there... Old guy: You made it! (I called ahead) Me: yup, just needed some flora bloom Old guy: you use it for canna...shit I’m not supposed to ask that Me: my oregano and basil grow vary nicely with this. We both had a good laugh 😂 I turned up the nutes a bit as the last couple days these ladies made a sizable dent in the TDS. ~Before WC~ Ph: 5.53 Temp: 67 TDS: 753 ~After WC~ Ph: 5.83 Temp: 68 TDS: 1009

6 years ago

Water change was delayed today as time got away from me so that will be tomorrow. Started a thread on rollitup about adding additional Viparspectra and in came the elitists. Love when someone tells you, “your lights are barely good enough for cloning” and yet somehow you still have frosty buds developing 😂 Ph: 5.60 Temp: 68 TDS: 764

6 years ago

Saw a decent down tick of nutes today. Decided to hold off a day on the water change to stretch those nutes a bit further. Adjusted the bends a hair to improve lighting. Pretty sure next round I want to double up on lighting purely from a coverage standpoint. Everything in the center is growing like crazy and have amazing bud development but the corners are weak. Ph: 5.62 Temp: 68 TDS: 770

6 years ago

Things are looking good, flowers are coming along, and my leans have not snapped branches. So all in all, good week 😂. TDS hasn’t been dropping nearly as fast as I would have suspected, but plants are healthy so just making note. Ph: 5.66 Temp: 69 TDS: 806

6 years ago

Bud sites are really plumping up. Loving the progress. Question: in the zoomed in pics, the ones where the hairs are changing color, is this normal? It seems to be the only flower doing this. Ph: 5.68 Temp: 67 TDS: 809

6 years ago

Things are looking good, luckily the bent mains haven’t snapped so I am bending them right 😂 Question: mothers....soil or coco? Ph: 5.75 Temp: 67 TDS: 819

6 years ago

**Flower Day 23** 🎅🏼🎄 Merry Christmas Everyone 🎄🎅🏼 Lots of good growth, got additional leaning in on those mains. Did notice one of the really good looking flowers has some color changes occurring in the pistels? Just the tips and seems to only be happening on 1 flower. Ph: 5.80 Temp: 65 TDS: 819

6 years ago

Did some defoliating today, more bending of the large main in the back, moving it into better light. All is well.... Merry Christmas Eve Everyone! Ph: 5.88 Temp: 67 TDS: 833

6 years ago

**Flower Day 21** Everything is looking healthy. Was able to use a Yo-Yo to pull one of the tall mains over to get it more light. Buds are developing nicely as well. Ph: 5.99 Temp: 67 TDS: 819

6 years ago

**Flower Day 20** *Water Change Day* Fresh Nutes, plants looking healthy as hell, buds coming along, removed some upper fan leaves to let some light shine down on lower bud sites. Ph: 6.0 Temp: 67 TDS: 800

6 years ago

**Flower Day 19** Things are coming along, took out a dozen or so fan leaves to let light get to lower buds. I also pulled the filter forward to help light the area. Added in some raw sugar today (plan was to add that at water change but didn’t have any). Moved the large mains over leaning them more to move toward getting some light. TDS meter came in today. Looks like they are up about 100 ppm in 4 days. Can’t wait to see how frosty these girls look next week. Ph: 5.68 Temp: 68 TDS: 903

6 years ago

**Flower Day 18** Barely avoided a heart breaking disaster tonight. I was trying to see if I could use my lollipops to bend the tallest one into the light I apparently was overly aggressive (but just) as a few min after I secured both downward pressure as well as upward support I noticed the main branch folded. I quickly undid the wiring and supported it vertically. Luckily it didn’t snap or I may have lost the healthiest set of colas in the tent. Maybe I’ll get lucky and it will stop it from any additional stretch. On a positive note, I’m noticing sugar leaves are developing and getting covered in trics. I can’t wait to see how frosty these get. Any time I have to touch anything in the tent my fingers are instantly sticky. Another good note...my new TDS meter arrives tomorrow. I feel soo blind not know how they are doing on nutrient uptake. I’m not worried mind you, as the plants are healthy, the flowers are growing, and the crystals are forming. Ph: 5.71 Temp: 68 TDS: Broken Pen

6 years ago

Every time I open this tent the song, Welcome to the Jungle, plays in my head. The tallest “leaning” node is 4” from the top of the tent. God I hope it stops growing hahaha. New TDS meter will be here Friday so kind of flying blind right now. I really want the blue labs TDS/PH/Temp gauge that stays running at all times but at $225 it’s gonna have to wait. Is it worth removing fan leaves at the top to allow better light penetration at this point? Ph: 5.73 Temp: 67 TDS: Broken Pen

6 years ago

Moved the tall left ones on an angle, see if I can move them a tad more tomorrow. The flowers are starting to come along. Ph: 5.79 Temp: 66 TDS: Pen Broke, new one on order

6 years ago

Well the tall ladies on the left are officially taller than the light on the left side. Curious question...what happens to flowers that max out above the light but that have fan leaves under the lights? All kind of wondering now haha Can’t wait till next round when I will have more control over training. Ph: 5.88 Temp: 67 TDS: 984

6 years ago

*~Water Change Day~* Had to pin the tall ladies to the side of the tent as they finally made it to the light. Not sure what they will do now that they will be growing beyond the light. I also move the left light more toward the center. Ph: 5.68 Temp: 68 TDS: 953

6 years ago

So tonight I probably pulled out the final inch or so I can from the light on the left side. I also did some crimping of the mains to slow them down. Tried to limit the damage and only “just” got the crush in, so hope it’s enough to slow but not too much that it does ending damage. Ph: 5.51 Temp: 67 TDS: 935

6 years ago

Ph dipped a tad low so I added a dash of ph up. Other than that, I think it all looks good. Ph: 5.47 Temp: 66 TDS: 922

6 years ago

Was expecting just a blah check params and call it a night. Then I noticed ALL kinds of hairs at the bud sites. Very exciting (considering this is my first grow). I guess for me it shows they are doing more than trying to touch my lights 😂. Ph: 5.55 Temp: 65 TDS: 941

6 years ago

Raised the left side lights up. Still a few more inches left so hope these ladies slow on the verticals and start chunking out those flowers. Ph: 5.61 Temp: 65 TDS: 942

6 years ago

Well those left side ladies are really trying to touch those lights. Trying to hold off on raising them till they are closer since they will reach if light moves away. On a good note, the small tent I ordered for cloning this morning already arrived 😱. I got that setup and am all ready for the next round of clones. Ph: 5.66 Temp: 67 TDS: 967

6 years ago

These girls are growing nicely. Now that the stats have leveled off I expect to see them eating again. Ph: 5.83 Temp: 65 TDS: 1010

6 years ago

*~Water Change Day~* These ladies are in a mission. Maybe another week or 2 and I’ll have the lights up at the ceiling. Loving the progress. Who knows where I’ll end up with these ladies but I’m sure this tent will be maxed out by the end! Ph: 5.61 Temp: 65 TDS: 950

6 years ago

*~Flower Day 6~* Removed a couple fan leaves to ensure I’m still getting as much light penetration as possible. Starting to see hair production on the nodes. Really excited to see these flowers develop! Ph: 5.70 Temp: 65 TDS: 709

6 years ago

*~Flower Day 5~* Things are coming along, removed a couple fan leaves to keep things open. Also cleaned up below the net so the plants can focus on the canopy. Ph: 5.74 Temp: 67 TDS: 721

6 years ago

Things are looking good, they seem to have come through adding the second net. One day at a time. Ph: 5.81 Temp: 67 TDS: 751

6 years ago

Flower Day 3 Well got the 2nd net on. I also pulled some fan leaves to get some better light penetration. Bad part was I accidentally ripped a bud site off 🤬. Shit happens I guess. At least it’s only 1 and I didn’t snap a main or anything. So now things are set and we will see how things go. Ph: 5.83 Temp: 67 TDS: 777

6 years ago

Flower Day 2 Things are looking good and coming along. I’ll be placing the 2nd net either tonight or tomorrow. PH: 5.85 Temp: 66 TDS: 803

6 years ago

*~~FLOWER DAY 1~~* So today I’m going with flower day 1. Things are looking good, lots of growth is happening, and I’m happy with the overall progress of things. I have some good ideas for the next grow, glad I’ve been documenting everything and charting all the data so I can make some adjustments next round. Ph: 5.86 Temp: 69 TDS: 831

6 years ago

Rehung the lights again. This configuration makes it more difficult to direct the light but in the long run should give me max head space. I ran one set of leads to the outer bars and then used both cross bars on the other to give it direct vertical access. I swear I want to put 4 of these light in here and completely flood this tent with light but I realize there is diminishing returns etc. 😂. Will do another node check tomorrow and see how things are looking for completing the flip. Ph: 5.89 Temp: 68 TDS: 837

6 years ago

My ratchet ropes came in, so got the lights hung with them so I can get more clearance in the tent. I think they are getting ready for flower🧐 Ph: 5.89 Temp: 67 TDS: 911

6 years ago

Still drinking 2 gallons a day but seems they have slowed on nutes again. Checked out the progress on flipping into flower and I “think” I’m starting to see signs (but I’ve never seen them flower so it’s a guess based on pics online). Took a few just for posterity. Ph: 5.89 Temp: 66 TDS: 992

6 years ago

So they have started taking in nutrients again. Water level dropped 2 gallons and the TDS was the exact same. I call that a quick recovery and should be a switch coming soon. Ph: 5.91 Temp: 66 TDS: 975

6 years ago

Well they are drinking a lot but have slowed on the nutes uptake and are filling in very quickly. Should be soon now. Ph: 5.91 Temp: 67 TDS: 976

6 years ago

All is looking good today. Saw some new growth and some deep growth finally getting legs. I also took this transition time to move my carbon filter to the front which will allow me to move my lights all the way up to the top now as these girls grow. Ph: 5.92 Temp: 69 TDS: 930

6 years ago

***Flip Day*** Ok so spent about 2 hours cutting fan leaves, moving limbs around, cutting off low brush that is wasting energy. Looks very messy post cut but I hope that works itself out in a couple days. Was able to bring up some branches into the light and opened up the top to get light to the lower growth. Water change is under way and then I’ll be setting the flip. Ph: 5.75 Temp: 69 TDS: 527

6 years ago

Back from vacation and holy cow did these girls grow like CRAZY! 32g top off res is almost empty so that all worked as expected. MIL checked stats 1 time while I was away about midway and all numbers looked good. These ladies are sucking down about 2 gallons a day right now and have fully consumed the tent and I had to move the lights up. This stretch should be fun 😂! Tomorrow I’ll do a water change and flip these ladies into a 12/12 cycle and get this show on the road! Ph: 5.65 Temp: 68 TDS: 5.52

6 years ago

Last pictures for 10 Days! I’ve done all I can do, we ended up flying my mother-in-law in to house sit and watch our cats so she is going to keep general tabs on things while I am away and will call me if things go south. I’ll have her test the water every few days so I can walk her though things if need be. Now my mind is at ease.

6 years ago

Vacation tomorrow, I’ve have done all I can do (I hope). Update tomorrow and then nothing for 10 days...

6 years ago

Girls are doing well. Did a bunch more training tonight. Stats are great and the top off system is working like a champ. 2 more days to vacation...

6 years ago

These ladies are already filling this net in. By the time I get back from vacation it’s gonna be a full blown jungle😱 Parameters are stable as they have been and my auto topoff is in place and running (so I have a few days to make sure it works properly). I can almost relax and get ready to travel, but I still have to swap out totes for water for the mother plants. I feel I may have finally dialed in those damn cones.

6 years ago

So far they survived the scrog conversion. Did a water change tonight and tested my topoff to learn I’m Creating a siphon. So I need to get a clamp tomorrow to hold some pvc so I can keep the feed line above the top off res. Got my parameters all set. Busy night!

6 years ago

Got everything situated, My top off barrel is full, prepping for that WC in the next couple days. Need to add an air stone into that barrel to keep the water healthy. Got the scrog net in and wouldn’t you know it I cracked on of the mains. I wired it back together and tossed it a little rooting hormone. All I can do is hope that shoot survives. It’s all a learning process.

6 years ago

I was able to get my auto top off system in place today. Tomorrow I’ll do a water change and set the master level for the top off. My levels this week are the most stable they have been to date. Plants are doing really good, and water temps are dripping into high 60’s which is where I want it. Last night I forgot to plug my pump back in. When I found it off this morning and took my measurements the TDS dropped, guess they were really hungry over night and if you notice they are growing like crazy!

6 years ago

So today my Auto Top off system arrived. I’ll be putting that together. Going to feed it from a 32 gal can, which should get me through my vacation. So the question at hand is...to flip them tomorrow or not. I could ride out a few extra days since I leave on Friday for vacation and flip them mid week. Hmmm. Thoughts anyone? Based on the size. Based on @AlohaHaze’s thought about 1 to 3 growth rate, might be a good time to flip these ladies.

6 years ago

So apparently these ladies are up to 2 gallons per day now. Ph/TDS/and temps are stable. Growth is exploding. Beyond all the good, I found some holes in a few leaves. I only see them on 1 plant and I looked all over and I can’t find a single bug. So not sure if it’s insect damage or not.

6 years ago

Today was an interesting day. I have been keeping track of all the stats (water temp, ph, tds, air temp, humidity) and I decided to throw all that in Excel and make a cool set of graphs. Today I also ordered my Auto Topoff System to make sure I don’t run out of water while I’m on vacation. Water picked up. They drank 2 gallons in the past 24 hours opposed to the 1 gal per 24 hrs they have been drinking.

6 years ago

Morning Ph: 6.09 TDS: 805 Temp: 72 Evening Ph: 6.13 TDS: 824 Temp: 70 Day 17 of Veg After 3 days it appears that these ladies are downing 1 gallon of water a day. And lowering the light has really set them in motion. The growth has been noticeable day to day.

6 years ago

That back left plant is really starting to take off. Things are looking good. Can’t wait till it’s ready for the scrog net and get this whole canopy filled.

6 years ago

Busy day, just got pics. Back to stats tomorrow.

6 years ago

Water Change Day Ph: 5.95 TDS: 780 Temp: 70 Made a few changes in the nutes to see how it effects things. Can always dial it up if necessary. I took @AlohaHaze’s advice and brought the lights down to about 24”. I also did some low stress training to help open the plants up and get them growing outward. Made a makeshift water level check out of a dowel rod. Made the measurements as I filled the system. Now I can track how much they are drinking. 1.5 weeks until vacation. Need to get my add back system in place and my auto water in the dirt pots for my mothers ASAP.

6 years ago

Evening Ph: 6.18 TDS: 1000 Temp: 72 Day 13 of Veg Plants are coming along nicely. Found a centipede trying to make a home under my reflective covers. When the lights came on today he probably felt like a vampire and was hiding. One thing that hit me today...looking at the back left plant (supposed to be Blue Dream), I almost wonder if I mixed it up with the Purple Kush because the BIG ASS leaves look more like my Purple Kush Mother than my blue dream. If you look at my Mother Plants grow the Purple Kush is back right and Blue Dream is in the middle. I did a root check tonight and damn those roots are looking good!

6 years ago

Morning Ph: 6.16 TDS: 1000 Temp: 70 Evening Ph: 6.18 TDS: 1000 Temp: 72 Day 12 of Veg Well flipping the lights was clearly the right call. These ladies are moving right along. I took a peak at the roots and gotta say, most are crazy. The funny part was the one plant who’s basket was closest to the water has the smallest root system (and I’m sure you can tell which one that is as the plant is the smallest). Think that ones yield may be low if it doesn’t pickup the pace.

6 years ago

Morning Ph: 6.16 TDS: 999 Temp: 72 Evening Ph: 6.18 TDS: 1001 Temp: 70 Day 11 of Veg Well it appears these ladies were ready for more light. They look noticeably larger today. Really excited to see where things are come next week!

6 years ago

Only a slight uptick in ph and tds today. Stats back tomorrow. All looks good. I did enable the bloom lights. See if these girls are ready to run.

6 years ago

Morning Ph: 6.15 TDS: 990 Temp: 70 Evening Ph: 6.13 TDS: 985 Temp: 70 Day 9 of Veg Roots are really growing at a good rate now. Can’t wait to see these girls in the scrog net.

6 years ago

Morning Ph: 6.15 TDS: 1000 Temp: 67 Evening Ph: 6.13 TDS: 960 Temp: 70 Day 8 of Veg Everything is moving along. Water change didn’t kill them so apparently I did that right 😂. I do need to figure out a better solution because I ended up having to lift the lid to get the shop vac hose in there, which won’t really be possible once the scrog net is set. Thinking of making an adapter where I can connect a 1/2” hose to it with a screen over the end to stop it from attacking the roots.

6 years ago

Water Change Day! Topped these girls tonight. Their growth rate has been speeding up, its noticeable about every other day.

6 years ago

Ph: 6.55 @ 69 degrees TDS: 925 Tomorrow is water change day. Think I may tone down the mix just a tad. The ph levels stayed below 6.5 until today. Things are progressing along nicely. Pretty sure I’ll be topping them as well tomorrow.

6 years ago

Added reflective layer to make full use of the available light. Stats tomorrow, but showing a rising ph condition. Small changes each day.

6 years ago

Morning Ph: 6.16 TDS: 912 Temp: 71 Evening Ph: 6.26 TDS: 928 Temp: 70 The plants now all have roots in the water. Some are exploding some have just 1 making that trek. All in all solid progress for 24 hours!

6 years ago

Morning Ph: 6.09 TDS: 900 Temp: 71 Evening Ph: 6.11 TDS: 910 Temp: 71 The roots are already sticking through and a few are touching the water. Water parameters are holding pretty steady, hoping it stays steady as these girls start to lap up all those nutes.

6 years ago

Morning Ph: 6.11 @ 71 degrees TDS: 883 Evening Ph: 6.10 @ 70 degrees TDS: 900 Plants are looking good. I took some of the res water and dumped it down the roots as they are still reaching for the water and not quite there yet. Another day or 2 and they should be growing down into the containers.

6 years ago

Ph: 6.09 @ 70 degrees TDS: 888 Left the last 2 clones in the cloner just until the Strawberry Amnesia and Purple Kush roots hit the water.

6 years ago

Veg - Day 1 Transplanted the best 4 into their new home. As long as I got my nutrient setup right these ladies should be off the the races in the next few days. Front Left: Strawberry Amnesia (Dinafem - Very High THC) Front Right: Purple Kush (Kannabia - 22.9% THC) Back Row: Blue Dream (CBD) (Humbolt - 10% THC, 10% CBD) RDWC Capacity: 35 gallons Pump Flow Rate: 700g / hr

6 years ago

Tomorrow is slated as transplant day. The roots on the ones that took are insane!

6 years ago

Got rid of all the plants that just didn’t make it. Parts arrive tomorrow to get my pump situation fixed so I should be ready for transplant on Saturday.

6 years ago

Making preps to get these ladies transplanted this weekend. One thing that sucks, I cracked the case on my pump trying to tighten up a connection and caused a bigger leak. New parts will get here Friday.

6 years ago

These ladies are just about ready. Some really solid root systems developing. Glad I pulled soo many clones as some just never kicked out any roots.

6 years ago

Clones are looking great. I still can’t believe how much switching from LED to simple CFL turned these guys around. I even move in my future Northern Lights mother to get up and going. Testing to see if it will also benefit from the lower light output. Transplant into veg cycle I believe is happening Friday, but may go a day or 2 early if my work week isn’t hell like last week.

6 years ago

And we are up and running. DIY air manifold and in place of air stones are soaker hose rings. Instead of letting little beads of water out into the ground it’s letting TONS of micro air bubbles in a full ring around the container. 700 gph pump in recycling 25 gallons of water for a few days to make sure there are no leaks then I’ll swap it out with RO/DI water and add all the nutrients etc ready for week 1 of Veg. I’ll also kick on the LEDs and remove the CFL. BUSY week getting this buttoned up but glad I’m in the home stretch.

6 years ago

Clones doing well. Finally got the RDWC all clues up last night. Will be water testing it today for leaks (god let there be no leaks 🙏🏼)

6 years ago

Final dry fit design complete for RDWC. Added some double unions to allow me the ability to break down the system and remove it from the tent

6 years ago

Still progressing

6 years ago

Ok I’m convinced. Clones under CFL. 1200 wars of grow LED and only 1 was doing really well, the rest were suffering. Throw on 2 CFL bulbs and in days the plants have new growth and popping roots.

6 years ago

Plants are turning around with new lights

6 years ago

Swapped in 2 x CFL for the clones today. A friend suggested it because the roots are taking forever. He said he found LED took much longer to root. Worth a try. Basically finished the dry fitting today, thinking of adding additional double unions to make breaking the system down easier.

6 years ago

This update is going to be on the progress on the RDWC system. I almost have all the dry fitting completed. Need to cut 2 more 2” pipes and drill one last hole in the control module. The manifold that connects to the pump allows me to completely remove the pump if necessary.

6 years ago

Getting some roots coming out now. The wait is killing me

6 years ago

Late work day so didn’t get to finish setting up the RDWC. Did get the pump to control manifold dry fitted and positioned. Need a couple connectors to finish that. I believe I have roughly 5 more pieces to cut to get this dry fit in place.

6 years ago

RDWC is coming together while I wait for these clones. Had the most awful time getting the PVC through the uniseal, gave up, bought a bench grinder, made the ends of the pvc rounded and smooth and bam went right together. Best $30 purchase ever. Have to stop and pickup more 2” elbows tomorrow and with any luck I’ll get within striking distance of being done and letting the water run.

6 years ago

Saw a few root nubs when I spot checked today.

6 years ago

Hoping they all make it

6 years ago

Tick tock

6 years ago

A few of the clones are started to struggle. Started using Clonex Mist today. Hoping things turn around.

6 years ago

A few are still a little limp, hoping they turn it around

6 years ago

Day 2 of clones...

6 years ago

Day 1 of clones! Let’s get ready to GROW some bad ass bud!

6 years ago