Update coming at "daybreak" in a few hours. It's bud city over here.
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Update coming at "daybreak" in a few hours. It's bud city over here.
Listen to Latewood! He threw 3 cent in tha Wishing Well.
Ga Grown!
so here's where it's at.
about day 35 from clone. about day 25 of 12/12.
The Blueberries are no less than 4 times as tall as the A-10s. It was the worst possible pairing of genetics under the same light, but the A-10s [I]are[I] developing some nice nugs, so we'll see.
The last pic is from a month ago.
oops, not that last pic. this one:
..just for comparison purposes.
so a crappy thing happened two days ago: there was a power outtage in the middle of the night and the light cycle got thrown off by about 8 hours. Lights used to go on at 10pm, now they go on at 2 pm. It was good before, because the heat from the light would warm up the room during the nightime, and it wouldnt get too cold during lights off because it was during the actual daytime. Now it's 'lights off' at 2am, the temp in the room drops down to 60, and during 'lights on' in the daytime temps go as high as 95. I used to have a tem range of 68-80, now I have 60-95. There is a slight leaf curl on a few leaves because of this. It's not widespread though.
I need advice on whether or not I should shock the plants with higher temps or shock the plants by changing the light cycle again. In case you missed it in my rambling sentences above, this happened two days ago. Anybody have an opinion on this?
BUD LUV
yeah...
Hey man whats up!
how do you vent that massive amount of heat out of the cabinet? You are using a 1000w hps right?
Thanks and Happy Growing :S5:
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Originally Posted by mafia819
mind over matter. I don't vent.
mmkay lol... :cool: plz explain how you manage to keep your cabinet cool when lights are on.
Thanks!
one of the sides is partially open and there are lots of fart fans in the room. The window is partially open but lightproof.
aye gotcha!
Thanks man!
Keep up the good growth :S5:
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Originally Posted by mafia819
Thanks for stopping by!
as the bb continues to grow and grow and grow, i have to tie down branches and stalks. Some of the tops of the plant are getting a little burnt from touching the sides of the hood, but there's not much I can do. The BB doesn't produce big colas, so at least only a few nugs are getting burned. Of course the closer the nugs are to the light's sweet spot, the icier they are. The A-10s are way too far from the light, but again, there's not much I can do about it.
more pics never hurt nobody...
That last one is taken by putting the camera under the light and shooting the plants that are leaning against the hood. Too hot in there, but not much I can do right now. I can pull them tops away with strings attached to the box, but it chokes out other plants more.
The fourth pic is of a top that I pulled horizontally right under the light. The blueberries naturally have a bunch of tops on each plant. That's easily my biggest bud in there.
more pics...
I wasn't planning on having the blueberry grow a foot per week for the first 5 weeks. :upsidedow
close ups:
sexy?
Hey BudLuv
I'd say it's better to shock the plants with light cycle.... extend the DARK cycle, not the daytime. It will be less of a shock.
Temps will play havoc with your eventual yield.
You said on the other thread you've got a problem... I see heat burn from the light hotspots on a few leaves. And the telltale curl/canoeing of heat stress.Another reason to control your temps. Other than that, what should I be looking at?
Thanks stinky.
Yeah, in the "plant problems" forum I was referring to the whole light cylce/heat dilemma. I tried to link it directly to the post in the log where I brought it up, hope it worked.
So lights are on now (they actually turn on about 1pm), so I should let them turn off after 12 hours and then not have them turn on till 9pm tomorrow? 20 hour dark period is my best option?
I think there may have been 2 power outtages actually. So this would be the third time change in the last 4 days. I just want to clarify everything before I go and do it... thanx.
.....on a side note... WOW the buds are so much noticably fatter than they were last night. I upped the nutes last night and they really responded.
hey dude just passing by and my memory reminded me something i should tell ya if you haven't heard about it yet.. there's a product out there its called SUPERBUD it's expensive but it stops vertical growth and growth at each internode in the flowering stage.. this is how the pros acheive to have only one fat colas per plant like in a dream SOG and thus saving alot of space and putting more plants to acheive such huge yields..
BTW Good grow so far!
l8r :cool:
i think if you manage to do that your going to extend flowering period somehow and those buds will seem to take forever to finish.. From what i heard your probably gonna loose some precious and critical days of flowering thus lowering the yield... to be very sure of it i'd ask GK(GardenKnowm) if i were you. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stinkyattic
l8r :cool:
i'm sure ms. stinky knows what she's talking about, but all advice and comments are welcome.
hey bud ,
i agree w/ stinky too man . lil xtra darks prob. better than extended periods of light . plnts -r- crazy light sensitive .
if u catch this n r still on jump in chat .
holler later
crispi
I would guess by a few hours... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mafia819
Better to extend it than to lose your crop to heat stress. That's a surefire way to get both herms and small crap buds.
i am currently in the extended dark period.
no hermies, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
yeah I didn't understand the "extending flowering time" argument, :hippy:
That's a sure thing! Can't argue on that ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by stinkyattic
l8r :cool:
sure thing is you are probably gonna longer the flowering process by several days depending how long your dark period is ;)
l8r man :cool:
I love the setup man!The plants are lookin great to!but , you gotta LST those things though man, they're not gonna stop growing vertically, I just bent my kc36 45 degrees from being vertical, on the 21st day of flower. When you tie ,be sure it is atleast 6 hours after the lights have been on and atleast 12 hours after they've been watered. Good luck man , keep us posted !
yeah they are all "kind of" LST'd right now, it makes a bowl-shaped canopy. I may have to try to get them down more, but the stalks aren't very pliable at this point. This BB strain is high maintenance but it's definitely high grade n it does grow fast, looks to be a much better yielder than the A-10 which is also lower grade.
So heat problems and power outtages (irregular photoperiods) have caused stress around here, and I've got some shitty looking buds to show you. I think it's mostly due to heat stress, as when I got the dehumidifier a week ago it literally raise the temp in there by about 10 degrees. I thought the temp change was from the lights being on the day (power outtage), but I changed that and it's still hot as hell in there. The buds like this are all only at the tops of the plants, which is a big indicator that heat is the culprit.
I really really really really hope these things aren't turning hermie. BB is a tall bitch and she's causing me drama.
Please, I'd like to hear your suggestions on this. I'm getting an A/C soon, but raising the light anymore is next to impossible and I tried to do some LST'ing, but I ended up breaking some stalks. Ouch. Tilting is not an option because they're stuck in cocomat. :( I guess a cooltube/inline fan is in order but i'm stretched pretty thin financially at the moment. I was really hoping I could get one grow out before I upgraded to a cooltube. I don't have the glass shield in the hood right now, btw.
these weren't quite ready, but what the hell...
peace,
budluv
hey friends.
Everything was harvested almost 2 wks ago. It worked out ok considering my temps were as high as 95 degrees in the last couple weeks. an A/C unit is next on the to-do list. Oh, and the A-10 was a complete disaster - a week strain that only grew about a foot high and was low potency.
Final Specs:
1000w
1 week veg, 9 weeks flower - total 10 wks
10 BB plants - 14.5 ounces of high grade
10 A-10 plants - 14 grams (not a misprint) of low grade poop weed:( :( :( :(
Thanks to everyone that helped me out along the way - I'll be smoking one for all of you. :jointsmile:
Peace,
Budluv
Bud Luv whats up dude. When I satrted looking at this thread and saw an air coolable hood with a 1000 watt bulb in it I thought wonder how temps are. Well obviously temps were an issue especially when the BB went nuts in there. Have you thought insted of an AC, even though with summer rapidly approaching is probably your bes bet, just getting a 6 in can fan, or vortex to cool that light with. I'm only using a 400 in a closet and the 150 cfm fan cools it pretty good. Also have carbon filter and 100 cfm fan that extracts stinky/hot air from top of room. Just curious thats all.
hey Mulletman.
I have an A/C to put in there and I'm looking for a used vortex right now.