yea i do 18/6 on mine and they seem to love it
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yea i do 18/6 on mine and they seem to love it
i love ur sig btw it's great lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by Opie Yutts
I noticed that there is no room between the leaves of the plant and the hydroton. They can't be getting much airflow on the bottom. Aside from the clones that I plan on taking in the next couple hours, can I trim some of the extra bottom stuff off? Small leaves or bottom branching?
yes sum do i've seen on here where they trim half way up i left all mine on i cut very lil and all the bottom branches caught up with the top and became almost as big as the main top but u have to remember i fimmed mine and thats what happens if ur not gonna fimm or top in anyway i would atleast cut the stuff thats touching the hydroton as those leafs will dies from nute burn if u leave them
So I trimmed a little on one plant, a little more on another, stripped the bottom 3 or 4 inches on another, and left the biggest alone. I really don't want to fuck with the cloning thing right now so I'm just going to be patient and get some quality genetics for my next grow. (got my eye on super silver haze and carmelicious)
Meanwhile, day 5 of flowering and nothing but good news. All 5 of the plants I started out with look like they're female. I'm pretty sure about 4 and I'll know about the other one tomorrow or the next day. Do the male's show up later than the females or can I be pretty sure once I get pistils?
Assuming I get 5 females, how can I maximize my yeild? I only have about 32 vertical inches to work with. Grow space is 2x4, 2 of the walls are pretty close and mylar lined, the other 2 are about 12" away and also mylar lined. The light is a 400w hps. If they double or triple in size, they're are going to be real tight, they're tight already... I just want to do this right you know?
i took a couple clones today. A couple thick ones, a few smaller ones. This is my 1st time with all this so I just followed a cloning thread, tried some other stuff I had read about, and did what I thought made sense. Cuttings from bottom of plants, into water, soaked the rapid rooter plugs in ph'd water with a few drops of root 66. 3-5 inches long, cut off the bottom leaves, cut bottom at 45 degree angle with a razor blade, dipped in roottech, 3/4" into the plug. under the dome, 2-23w cfl's. Couple drops of root66 and thrive alive B1green in the water.
How often should I water/spray/both?
Once they're rooted, can I put them right into 12/12 or should I leave them under the cfl for a week or two?
u can go 12/12 after a good set of roots but u know the long u let them grow and the bigger they get the more they will produce i have proof heres a pic of mine.enjoy other than that it sounds like u have the cloning down thats looks good to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by TMusic
ps this one is ice
sorry pics are so big just got a new hd cam and im trying to get it to work i had to crop that 1 down i have to add 1 at a time as there so big and u can see it better like it is with out clicking on it
ps thats one of my biggest tops on this one
here
The two biggest ones with the thickest stems are getting droopy and falling over. How much water do they need?
that will happen just treat them like lil seedlings and they should be fine
your plants look great btw.
pretty good i think for going from not knowing anything about plants to what they are now it's my first but i'll only get better from here.it took me 2 weeks to get the basics down then i went from there i started out with veggies first to see how everything works and once they were big enough to move outside then i started the real stuff lol but this first grow has taught me alot and i took it slow to i tried not to over do anything any updated pics of urs??
yeah, I'm out the door for work but I'll get some when I get home. They're looking great!
TMusic:
How often should I water/spray/both?
You don't want the RR sitting in water. They should be somewhere between moist and wet. When you put water in the tray, try to make the amount just right so that the RR soak up the maximum they can hold, but no more. Keep the dome on at all times, except a couple times a day take it off and blow some lung air into the plants and dome. That's usually all I have to do as far as moisture. If you see them wilting you can give them a couple spritzes of water, or use some anti-wilt, though I've never needed it. After they get 2 or 3" of roots, start hardening. Crack the dome with a pencil or something and see if they can take it. Keep increasing the open space under the dome until they can handle it with the dome completley off. Watch for signs of mold or rot, especially where yellow or brown leaves touch the plastic. If any, pick it off and use a little less water. Also spray with an antifungal. No nutes except a small amount of B1 to promote root growth.
Once they're rooted, can I put them right into 12/12 or should I leave them under the cfl for a week or two?
You can flower immeadiatly and many people do. Depends on your space and your needs. I like to let mine veg about 2 months, then flower. The longer you veg, the more weed. Remember plants will increase in size by 2 or 3 times once flowering is induced, so plan accordingly. If you decide to veg awhile, consider throwing a couple more lights on them. More light = more growth = more weed.
Oh, sometimes instead of hardening in the cloner, I'll put the plants in my medium and cover each one with a baggie, and start hardening from there. (A little more dangerous.)
Here are a few pics. Flowering day 6.
The help I get here is incredible, thank you all and please keep it coming!
nice pics did u top them or fim them? i see alot of growth, there growing quite nice
no i never topped of fim'ed them. I'll try that with a couple of the clones once they're ready. I guess I have to wait until the current grow is done until I can flower the clones so I have what, 7 weeks to veg, train, top, fim or anything else i want to try.
Can I veg the best couple clones out and use them as mothers or would that be better from seed?
no u can make mothers out of clones i have 2 that are from clone now but u kindda want to pick the best out of the bunch and make that a mother so say u have 10 plants and u see 2 or 3 are looking bigger better than the rest u would flower the rest and keep the best out of them.
I know how much you guys hate the questions concerning potential yeild, but I only want to ask one, I promise... just be easy...
The way I'm growing, can I expect at least 1 dry oz from a plant?
I feel so ridiculous, I'm sorry, and REALLY curious... Thanks in advance...
i would say atleast 3 per plant as my smallest one will be about 4 to 6 oz per and with the growth ur showing i would say more than a oz i pulled 1 of my lowest branches 5 days ago and dry it came to 9g and the plant still has about 2 weeks to go i just wanted to see what it was like lol
but you FIM'ed right?
i fimmed 2 out of my six and those 2 are triple the size of the rest but my biggest top u saw in the pics i did'nt fim and that 1 alone looks to yeild around 4 atleast and it's just the 1 top and bud going all the way down the stalk i do have 1 thats the smallest "not fimmed" and it looks to be about 2 to 3 oz worth dry but i also let them get about 3 1/2 ft b4 i went 12/12 but with all the growth u have i know it will be more than 1oz per closer to 2 or 3 im guessing depends on how everything goes if it stays going like it is yea i think more than 1
Are there any other nutes I can get to help me along, I'm on day 10 of flowering and 1 is getting hairy, the other four are showing little signs, a few hairs here and there, but NO BALLS yet. Are there any nute additives that will help?
considering the insane bushiness of the "mango kush" - that's what the shady guy said it was- I'm going to try a scrog with the 3 clones that I got from her sexy ass...
What are a few other really good hydroponic growing mediums? I want to try something different. I've also decided that I hate small pots and need to use bigger ones.
i use 5inch grow pots i made my own system i took 33gal rubbermaid cut 8 holes in each top to fit the 5inch nets in then i got sum 1/2 pvc and 4 elbows to fit inside the33gal res like a square then got some misters that sprayed at a 180% or 360 and drilled 4 on each side and 3 on each end oh yea 1 of the elbow i got had a threaded hole in the bottom i used that to hook my pump up to. i also have 2 air hogs or 1 duel hog per res i also left 1 of the front 5inch nets with just hydroton nothing else so i can drop a pump in to the res to change out nutes i drilled a hole in the wall to the out side as it's not in my home and hooked up a line to hook up my pump to so i can pump out my old nutes to the outside instead of having to fill 5 gal buckets i can either pump it to a res outside or into the ground i did my set up that way to get the best of both worlds aero/dwc and so if 1 goes out i have the other.
and i think rocwool is a 50/50 shot as it's alot harder to maintain but thats just me on that 1 sum people use coco but i just go with what i think is the easiest to work with i like my set up with the room i have now if i get a bigger place i'll for sure be looking at the aero 60 or build 1 of my own based off that as will be less to grow in a way and as u can get about an oz per plant and quicker tooi started my grow june 10th and im not even done yet but i did let them veg over 2 months but by doning that im gonna yeild a hell of alot more so im glad i did in a way
is it ok to transplant to a bigger pot in the middle of flowering? the biggest one was overflowing again and I really didnt want to cut the pot into pieces. I got some 6 inch round pots transplanted them all. The biggest one was so full of roots that NONE of the hydroton came out. it looked like solid roots.
the guy at the hydro store said this would be ok, was he right or did i fuck up by doing this at the stage that I'm at?
ur fine as long as u did'nt break of any roots, and even if u broke off alil it would maybe stunt the growth for a couple days to a week i don't see any harm i just went with the 5inch just to make sure. the 3 inch pots they use in the areo pipe systems but they flower as soon as roots pretty much start showing so there no where as big as we would be growing there main thing is just growing enough to get an oz per plant
i broke a couple, on one or two of the plants. and I mean a couple, 2 or 3 at the most.
Here is a pic of the roots of the biggest plant.
http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/27942DSC00730.JPG
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nice root system u have there yea u should be just fine but im wondering how u have urs set up ur on a drip like a nft?? mine are hanging down in the res u don't have a res do u? or urs is on a flood and drain table type thing?either way those r gonna be nice i'd advise u to rig up some side lighting as i did to mine and the inner lower flowers thickend up nicely u can make them with the 150w cfls or smalleror if u have a hydro shop close u can buy these lights called sunblaze strips 2ft or 4ft size as anything will help get light under all that growth believe me it helps and u want the most yeild u can get
Here are a couple pics of the setup
The side lighting is something I had considered but never got around to getting them. During Veg I had 2 CFL's in there, once I thought about putting them in there, they seemed to love it, but I took them out when I started 12/12.
I have some doubts now about the sex of these plants and its driving me crazy. There is no doubt a couple pistils on this plant but, is this a male? These two things are only on one side of the stem and these are the only two on the plant. These pics are of the same plant.
I never saw any balls
ok, about the setup, I was getting there, sorry...
So I've read before that a top feed is alot like an NFT, but, lack of experience keeps me from REALLY knowing how to compare the two. Here are a couple pics of my system. There is a 20 gal reservoir, with a small (160gph) recirculating water pump, under the table, which is a flood and drain table, you're right. A 400gph water pump gets the water to 1 main line, then to each plant and drip ring. The drained water goes back into the rez.
it looks like little clusters of leavesQuote:
Originally Posted by TMusic
here are the picsQuote:
Originally Posted by TMusic
thats not the the sex parts urs are not showing yet
Ok, I figured 16 days into 12/12 and I would know by now. These purple kush plants are taking forever to start flowering