Enjoying my first Hydro grow ...

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Originally Posted by MVP

A little divine intervention for NorCal Daddy's Girl? Can't wait to hear the smoke report...

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I can give a smoke report now, I've grown her before :D ... she is roughly a 50/50 hybrid, but her effects are much more sativa-leaning ... harvested with about 10% amber trichs or less, results in a non-paranoia high buzz, very visual and psychedelic ... impossible to be depressed with her, she is a real 'grinner' :D ... no drowsiness or lethargy :thumbsup: ... she gives me no munchies, at all, but a couple friends did get ravenous ... I get body 'rushes' from her, very stimulating stuff ... outstanding for sex, no kidding, very sensual, tactile ... :jointsmile:

:D
My hydro DGs are still happily chugging along and the hairs are starting to go brown, so I'm expecting a harvest within 3 weeks or less. The smell is still quite sweet, and even in the hot spot under the light they aren't showing any undue stress.
Can't WAIT to try her in dirt! I keep taking cuttings, only to cave to the begging of friends who have smelled her in flower... lol.

You still better have some trichomed roots for me. I wanna make some spaghetti with them!!

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Originally Posted by Balkey

You still better have some trichomed roots for me. I wanna make some spaghetti with them!!

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I was thinking of firing up the old John Deere, and plowing them under for next season :D ... but , I'll 'snip' a couple bushels of roots for ya :chainsaw:

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Originally Posted by the image reaper

I was thinking of firing up the old John Deere, and plowing them under for next season :D ... but , I'll 'snip' a couple bushels of roots for ya :chainsaw:

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MMMM, thank you Image, I sure would like those!!!! You must have someone or something watching over you to catch the power outage/harvest time break there. Glad it all worked out, well, semi-well. Maybe some harvested pics?????? I drool over those too, just as I do your umm sexy roots :stoned::stoned:

new pic, day 55 ... :weedpoke:

Lookin good:thumbsup:...How much longer do you think?

Thanks,
Treetops

wish I knew for sure ... in soil, she finishes in 50 days ... this plant was grown in hydro for first time, plus 'too cold' temps, slowing her maturity ... I'm guessing a week, or more, as still no amber trichs ... I gave her another shot of bloom nutes yesterday, as she is still piling on the frosting, so will have to re-flush, too ... :D ... anxious to finish her, as then I start on a new cabinet, etc ... harvest pics will probably be my last posts here ... :smokin:

Last posts here on the forums on in this topic? Please don't go oh wise one!!!

Well I feel extremely fortunate to have been able to keep my pictures during the critical updates and maintenance. Sorry you went to all that trouble then lost yours.

losing the pics not a real pleasant surprise ... :( ... well, I guess I should look at the positive side of it ... they only destroyed possible 'evidence', so I have no complaint there ... I just stopped by 'on the way out', anyway ... WILL THE LAST PERSON TO LEAVE CANNABIS.COM, PLEASE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS ?? ... :S2:

lol im right b hind ya mate.

I Love you Image, and Opie and smakenss and umm all of your.

On the flip side.

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losing the pics not a real pleasant surprise ... :( ... well, I guess I should look at the positive side of it ... they only destroyed possible 'evidence', so I have no complaint there ... I just stopped by 'on the way out', anyway ... WILL THE LAST PERSON TO LEAVE CANNABIS.COM, PLEASE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS ?? ... :S2:

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Sorry to see you go, after all this time...There are not many growers here with your knowledge and experience and you will be surely missed!

Good luck and its been great learning from you all these many months..

Peace,
Treetops

harvested my first hydro-plant today :thumbsup: ... as expected, some major differences, soil vs hydroponic ... Positives: improved growth and better yield :thumbsup: ... Negatives: time-consuming daily 'chores', her pleasant 'citrus-floral' aroma is more of a 'sour cough-syrup' smell now :wtf:, and I had humidity problems for entire trailer :( ... she also took 2 additional weeks to finish, 64 days instead of the usual 50 ... (but that may also be because of low (50-60) grow-room temps this time around, I won't lay all the blame on the hydro) ... regardless, my next grow will also be hydro ... I am now adding a 3rd solution reservoir, (recirculating), to minimize maintenance, and hopefully allow me to leave home for 2-3 days at a time ... photos are of the single plant's yield, trimmed, manicured, but not dried ... molasses made an obvious difference, the buds are HEAVY, gooey, and DENSE ... luckily for me, she also must be very resistant to mold, as my humidity was 95% with lights OFF, and still 60% with lights ON, door open :wtf: ... it's no secret, my plants and I survive on 'Luck' :D ... thanks again to Xcrispi, StinkyAttic, Treetops, Weedhound, and local friends for the help, I'd have been lost without ya :thumbsup: ... further proof that 'newbie' growers can have excellent results, if they just READ the Forum posts, and disseminate the growing knowledge already here ... I strongly recommend going back thru all the old pages of Cultivation info, as most questions have already been answered, repeatedly ... good luck, and goodbye, folks :jointsmile:

Hey IR nice harvest. Congratulations. So, did you say if you will be hanging out on another forum? Please check your rep.

Would you care to calculate what percentage higher yield you got using hydro?
Would you care to calculate how many extra hours it took you to use hydro?

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Originally Posted by Opie Yutts

Would you care to calculate what percentage higher yield you got using hydro?
Would you care to calculate how many extra hours it took you to use hydro?

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Opie, so sorry I left you and some other folks without special THANKS !! ... just like the Academy Awards, the thank-you's just go on and on :D ... btw, I love that bubble-cloner design you turned me onto :thumbsup: ... gosh, yield would have to be double, anyway, would be even more than that, if I had the room ... I'm confident a 'full-size' plant could easily be grown indoors with sufficient space, in hydro ... I let her go too large in veg-stage, and then fought to hold her down, the entire grow ... next time, I predict my 'vegging' period will be 4 weeks or less, instead of my usual '8-weeks vegging' in soil ... and, I suspect the extra 2 weeks flowering may be due to the unusually cool temps ... one interesting note, she still had NO yellowing bottom leaves, even by harvest time ... my best guess, is that the hydro didn't hinder nutrient uptake like the final days of soil grows ... ???, just a guess ... time-wise, hydro only adds 10 minutes a day to my usual growing efforts, EXCEPT, I have to be here for it ... soil lets me go camping, etc for 3-4 days at a time ... hopefully, the addition of 3-4 more gallons of reservoir capacity, plus the existing 4 gallons, will allow me to go play in the woods with Bigfoot this Spring (hey, she gets lonely, too ;)) ... :jointsmile:

Nice harvest...Looks great Reaper for your first hydro run...Congrats!!

Peace,
Treetops :thumbsup:

Congrats on making it thru your 1st hydro! Room temps (IMHO) had a great deal to do with it. Also an inexpensive res. heater (Wally World, less than 10 bucks) will help a lot too if the res goes below 65 F makes a huge difference. I hope you still hang here, if not let me know where you end up.... Again, CONGRATS!!!!

MVP :jointsmile: