Vegas Kid
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The Grow
This was gnarly. After an unruly St. Patrick’s Day. I dropped 9 seeds in rockwool (3/19/2014), RO water dark and warm) germinated 7, one was three leaf set bonsai about the size of a dime before I got bored and tossed it. 11 days of RO water under the Dome. ¼ strength (Lucas Method - Maxi-Bloom base) for 4 feedings the bumped up to 50% until transplanted. Under 150 W CFL .
The relative humidity in the Mojave Desert was some of the lowest on record if you left the dome off too long you could see the wilt. 4/17/2014 transplanted 6 to Dutch Bucket top drip 24/7 with Hydro Halo rings under 400W MH and 400W HPS 925 PPM Maxi. 18/6 for 5 days and I flipped them. 1 plant lost to fan burn and 1 damaged.
When I looked at roots of the burned plant I found most of them in the Rockwool cube. Over spray had kept the plants fed and they were showing NO interest in rooting. Changed to periodic watering system and pushed the rings into the hydroton then pulled back until they just cleared. The plants will chase the water, no rooting product this time.
Put a wind break on the damaged plant and crossed my fingers. And Flipped
I don’t know what I expected, but I am sure it’s not what I got. I ran a 15 gallon reserior for now 5 plants. They were about 6 to 8 inches tall. I ran ppm’s 870 to 920. I deliberately forced them short. They grew like the proverbial weed; alas 4 of them had balls. The single female was the wind damaged plant.
I am not hard up enough for weed to spend a couple of months babysitting a single survivor. I was out of time to restart.
SEED CROP
Never gave it a second thought. Clipped the male flowers and froze. Then threw 3 in the trash and let nature take is course. 5/6 to 5/14.
On June 8 I reduced to 11 hours of light on a single 400W HPS
Since then I’ve learned
1. Don’t grow if you’re not going to be there. 3 days out town - SLIME
(End of May in Vegas = hot)
2. AIR stones will knock chlorine out of the water (if you put it in light just before feeding you get the roots; heavy dose at night will be in the reservoir 12 hours)
3. Nutrient salts build up fast in a top feed system - in the heat
4. 68 to 70 F in the reservoir beats bleach
5. reduce PPM’s as Heat rises
6. flush with low ph water 5.3
7. flush weekly for 24 hours
8. What “they all say” about the first grow in new hydroton is true
9. Never grow hydro on the second floor (way too many floods on my garage floor.)
10. You may not get away with starting so late next time
11. This one is counter intuitive run the lights during the day. It may be 83 to 86 F during the day if the lights are on or not, but I can give the plant a 70 to 75 F night (for swamp coolers)
12. One problem on one leaf may only be one problem on that leaf and you don’t have to press the panic and start reaching for additives.
The plant has been in flower for 57 days and this is the 6th week tomorrow since pollination. It is now 34 inches, and loaded with prime White Widow f2. The plant is rangy and spindly consider its 5 day veg under HID. Has survived 87 F @ 60% RH - 76 F reservoir, dry and cold , air circulation fan and feed water pump off 24 hours. I’m afraid to look back on the log any more. 90% of the calyx have split and the tips are starting to brown up. The lower fan leaves turning a soft yellow. There are very tiny flowers among the seed pods. It is going to be 110 in shade at my place this weekend. I still like the odds – this one is a survivor
This was gnarly. After an unruly St. Patrick’s Day. I dropped 9 seeds in rockwool (3/19/2014), RO water dark and warm) germinated 7, one was three leaf set bonsai about the size of a dime before I got bored and tossed it. 11 days of RO water under the Dome. ¼ strength (Lucas Method - Maxi-Bloom base) for 4 feedings the bumped up to 50% until transplanted. Under 150 W CFL .
The relative humidity in the Mojave Desert was some of the lowest on record if you left the dome off too long you could see the wilt. 4/17/2014 transplanted 6 to Dutch Bucket top drip 24/7 with Hydro Halo rings under 400W MH and 400W HPS 925 PPM Maxi. 18/6 for 5 days and I flipped them. 1 plant lost to fan burn and 1 damaged.
When I looked at roots of the burned plant I found most of them in the Rockwool cube. Over spray had kept the plants fed and they were showing NO interest in rooting. Changed to periodic watering system and pushed the rings into the hydroton then pulled back until they just cleared. The plants will chase the water, no rooting product this time.
Put a wind break on the damaged plant and crossed my fingers. And Flipped
I don’t know what I expected, but I am sure it’s not what I got. I ran a 15 gallon reserior for now 5 plants. They were about 6 to 8 inches tall. I ran ppm’s 870 to 920. I deliberately forced them short. They grew like the proverbial weed; alas 4 of them had balls. The single female was the wind damaged plant.
I am not hard up enough for weed to spend a couple of months babysitting a single survivor. I was out of time to restart.
SEED CROP
Never gave it a second thought. Clipped the male flowers and froze. Then threw 3 in the trash and let nature take is course. 5/6 to 5/14.
On June 8 I reduced to 11 hours of light on a single 400W HPS
Since then I’ve learned
1. Don’t grow if you’re not going to be there. 3 days out town - SLIME
(End of May in Vegas = hot)
2. AIR stones will knock chlorine out of the water (if you put it in light just before feeding you get the roots; heavy dose at night will be in the reservoir 12 hours)
3. Nutrient salts build up fast in a top feed system - in the heat
4. 68 to 70 F in the reservoir beats bleach
5. reduce PPM’s as Heat rises
6. flush with low ph water 5.3
7. flush weekly for 24 hours
8. What “they all say” about the first grow in new hydroton is true
9. Never grow hydro on the second floor (way too many floods on my garage floor.)
10. You may not get away with starting so late next time
11. This one is counter intuitive run the lights during the day. It may be 83 to 86 F during the day if the lights are on or not, but I can give the plant a 70 to 75 F night (for swamp coolers)
12. One problem on one leaf may only be one problem on that leaf and you don’t have to press the panic and start reaching for additives.
The plant has been in flower for 57 days and this is the 6th week tomorrow since pollination. It is now 34 inches, and loaded with prime White Widow f2. The plant is rangy and spindly consider its 5 day veg under HID. Has survived 87 F @ 60% RH - 76 F reservoir, dry and cold , air circulation fan and feed water pump off 24 hours. I’m afraid to look back on the log any more. 90% of the calyx have split and the tips are starting to brown up. The lower fan leaves turning a soft yellow. There are very tiny flowers among the seed pods. It is going to be 110 in shade at my place this weekend. I still like the odds – this one is a survivor