AK-48 and Jack the Ripper 400W ScrOG

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Originally Posted by DjSkizzle

nice pictures! just wanted to show you my jack the ripper at 8weeks veg!

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Very nice pictures DJ. At first I wasn't too excited about the freebies that came with my auto's but then I started researching and JTR looks like a great strain. In fact I was so excited about those I completely dropped my auto's and decided I wanted to keep a clone around of Jack all the time. Hopefully one of my two will be females, but only time will tell :p.

It looks like you're going to have a lot of fun off of that yield skizzle. Keep up the good work, and if you have any advice let's hear it!

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Originally Posted by nicksevenfold

Very nice pictures DJ. At first I wasn't too excited about the freebies that came with my auto's but then I started researching and JTR looks like a great strain. In fact I was so excited about those I completely dropped my auto's and decided I wanted to keep a clone around of Jack all the time. Hopefully one of my two will be females, but only time will tell :p.

It looks like you're going to have a lot of fun off of that yield skizzle. Keep up the good work, and if you have any advice let's hear it!

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haha wow! i got these 2 jack the ripper clones from a dispensary, i recently just took a cutting from each one to clone them so hopefully i'll have some JTR for years to come aswell!
They've been under 160W of floresent lights for 8weeks veg.. the only reason i let them veg for so long is because I was in the process of getting a 400W HPS system, just purchased yesterday actually.. so as soon as I get my clones rooted I'm going to put them in flowering.. hopefully like you said they will have a nice size yield!
This is my first time using a hydro setup I used the 6inch rockwoll cubes up until they needed more room, so I purchashed a rockwoll mat and just put them in that! so far they have been wonderful!
as far as nutes I've been using Fox Farms: Hydro GROW BIG and will probably follow up using Fox Farms: Hydro Big Bloom

so as far as advice i'm just trying to give you some kind of idea as to maybe what size your looking forward to!

Back with more pics guys. My ak's are looking a little yellow. I'm thinking that may be from choking back on the nutes? Also, my JR's didn't even finish their cotelydon lol but oh well I think they should be just fine. I'm seeing a little stunted growth, but if you guys have any advice I'd gladly take it. I'm going to dump the res tomorrow probably and start them all on a very weak nute solution (probably half of the Lucas solution.) Let me know what you think!

Also, my water pump's tubing feels like it has a coat of slime on it. It's almost soapy, like basic. Could this be due to light getting in my reservoir? I just flushed and refilled today. Hopefully that will do a little something about it.

Added a light nute solution on the 18th, then added a little to it yesterday. Also trimmed away the yellow on the lower sets of the leaves, and they are all looking great today. Root mass is incredible. Thinking of supercropping to see if it works. Anyway, I'll probably update with pictures, and after that if there is no feedback I'll probably close this as nobody seems that interested in my ScrOG :stoned:.

Hope everyone is growing well :thumbsup:

Are you using clear hoses or Black ones for the pumps? Clear hoses make water get in there and it does a coat of algae on them. I try and keep my water temps a lil down in my bucket as well as keep the ph adjusted as best as possible so I don't have to swap out the RES as often. I'm only running one DWC right now but plan to get a recirculating setup going soon. Love the set up man can't wait to see the end results.:thumbsup:

I'm using clear hoses. Is it something to be concerned about?

Yea I can't wait to see how it turns out. I've been stealthing out my ops for the past few days, and I think it's hidden pretty well now. My temp is rising because of me closing it in a little tighter, but I don't think it's any hotter than 80 degrees now. Ph has been staying at 6.5 since last time I checked it, but since I changed out res yesterday I'll check it out today. All new growth is strong and green, none of that yellow shit that came after prolonging the nutes. So far I have seen no nute burn, so I'm guessing my measurements went ok. Going to top off the res, as it's about a gallon or two short.

whats up??

You can get black hose cheap at petco. The clear acts almost like a fiber optic cable... bringing in the light to your res. That slime on it is probably from the light.

PH 6.5 is a bit high for hydro. Its perfect for soil. Try aiming for 5.8...

All that yellowing was definitely from lack of nutes. My hydro girls always want nutes much younger than soil because the lack of nutes in plain water compared to dirt. I will use 1/4 str nute solution when they are small and watch how they react.

Theres also no need to cut off those yellow leaves. They are yellow because the plant is using up all the energy stored in them. When you cut them off its basically a waste. When the plant is done with them it will fall off.

Well I hope I could help!
Good luck with the grow!

OK just read some more...

ak48 is automatic and JTR is not.

In my oppinion it wasnt a good idea to put them both in the same tub. Automatics grow best under 20/4 light schedule from seed to finish. The JTR will veg just fine under the 20/4 BUT it will be stuck in there after the autos finish. The roots will all be tangled up so the only way is to cut the autos at the base of the stem. That is going to leave the rotting roots of the autos inside the res with the JTR. That will probably cause major problems down the road... probably right when the JTR starts looking yummy in flower.

Plus you will be needing to give the autos flowering nutes... the JTR will still be in veg getting massive doses of flowering nutes...

If the roots arent tangled completely yet I would think about seperating them into two seperate res'.

Oh ya one more thing... I wouldnt try supercropping or any method of training/topping the autos. It will cause them to get stressed for awhile and stop growing. Autos time are basically set so if you slow their growth they will still start budding at 3-4 weeks but be much smaller than they could be.

Just my .02 cents... Hope it all works out for you!

remember to pass it this way my friend! :stoned:

I don't believe the AK-48 is auto, just the La Diva, which I have not planted yet.