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shots from today........I have so many shoots I think I'm gonna transplant very soon..don't wanna run into problems......I'll try to hit HD today and pick up a screen and 4 of those 68 watters:D........I'll hold the screen in place with zip ties.

still have to hit the walls with another coat of flat white........re LST'ing is going to be a pain in the ass.......I need some inspiration first:stoned:

this next bucket is 3 gal.....unsure yet if I should finish in my 5 gal....??

My goal is to pull 2oz from this plant.......big roots big buds:thumbsup:


peace:rastasmoke:

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Sorry could not find the other info from the 'Mag' but here is something that will help also. This is if you go the security light way tho. The 150 fixture from a garden shop is not as complicated as you just move the ballast and that to another case and extend the cord properly.. IF you are not familiar with electricity i do not recommend you to try it tho as sometimes a charge is stored in the unit.


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Great article Killer!.I'm thinking of trying a 70 watt HPS in this cab, we'll see how the temps do:cool:....I'll have to tinker a bit if I shoot for a 150watter..I think it's very similar in price for the 70 and 150 HPS.......I'll probably wind up building a cab.....I love the tents but they are a bit pricey..I'd rather put the money into a HID HPS:D


thanks again for the info....


Buffalo:rastasmoke:

I think that's ready for the screen, and flowering soon too :)

What size container is it in now?

8" pot........going to a 3 gallon..........should I go with the 5 gallon instead...........thanks for the input Finn:)

Damn, not really familiar with the 8", but unless you are flowering tomorrow, I'd probably go with the 3 gal. It'll last you a few weeks, then transplant into the 5 gal a week or two into flower. It'll help avoid the problem with leeching out buffers and ph drop mid to late flower. The buffers are good for maybe about 6-8 weeks.

I'd get that screen going soon. You'll notice that the sooner you can get the branches growing up into and then along the screen horizontally, the more growth shoots and bud sites you will have. I even tied a few branches so that their lower middle nodes were tied up against the screen, and the new shoots at all the nodes above it were on level with the screen and directly under the light.

I also tuck the fan leaves underneath the new shoots and out of the way every day to two.

It won't look very pretty at first, but in a couple months it'll be a sea of buds :rastasmoke:

thanks man.....I'll get on it ASAP......:thumbsup:

Transplanted to 3 gal and did a bit of LST....just trying to even out the canopy ....I also went to 15650 lumens by adding 3 5000k 27w cfls......much much brighter..I have to get another y connector for the fixture to add another bulb....My cord socket is a 300 watt max so i am safely under.....I try not to use more than 80% of the max and never 90%.

so I'll keep hitting the Lst while she recovers.........the plant wants to just burst with buds but I want to get it under the screen ASAP and transplant to the 5 gallon at some point after...can't wait to see what the extra light does for her, it's more of a complete spectrum.

still have to hit the walls with paint.

buffalo:stoned:

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Wow she's looking great! I've tried the 70w security light, remote ballast, and it's pretty darn hot even with the ballast outside of the box!

Hey, Your plant seems to becoming along fine.:hippy: Looks like it will be a great scrog going on here in a couple weeks.


As far as the light goes, I still have my 150w ballast still in the hood. It is in a 2X2X3 the temps with no actual fan sucking air out(breather hole in box also) is in between 76-82 F.. I have a fan in the cab blowing directly at the hood/bulb an its now cool to the touch. You can touch right under the hood where the ballast is and its maybe warm at most.:thumbsup: Before the fan it would burn at the touch tho. So I imagine how much more cooler it will be when I take the ballast out.:D


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Buffalo cool light fixture, now if you could only get some bulbs around the plant from the side, Would help with you yield. Well will check back in a couple day later man, Keep it green. :smokebong:

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1" chicken wire......remember I still have to transplant to the 5 gallon.

kinda pressed on as i push the tops off to the sides....I have a decent amount of room uner the canopy to maneuver the buds around

still runnin 18/6 under 17,400 lumens..

More lumen than a 150hps but about 1.5x's inefficient:(

Anyhow, I have to keep an eye on the watering situation....I poured 3 bottles of water in.....the soil was dry.....

we scroggin baby!


buffalo:thumbsup:

The screen is working great already:thumbsup:

I extended the screen on its' sides to cover the entire 2.25 sq ft. space......

I watered and will push everything under the screen again tonight.....I'll get my 5gal. ready to go for whenever...

contemplating as to when I should flip the lights again??


Buffalo.......I need glass jars!!

I'd say flip in maybe a week, or when 70% of the screen filled.

Are you going to setup the lights differently? If you want to fill in the whole space, I'd find a way to spread the lights out more. Otherwise the buds on the edges will just be sucking up energy from the plant while growing popcorn buds...

kinda lost as to what else i could do to improve the lighting with what i have..........

......i'll take more pics of course and maybe there will be a few suggestions:)

peace:stoned:

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Very well done. :)

thanks for the props shove:thumbsup:

watered yesterday....she's taking a full 2 liters now...

I'll transplant to the 5 gallon next weekend


still lookin for the screen to fill more before I flip the lights......I'm sure you guys will let me know when:stoned:


buffalo

Looks pretty ready for flowering to me. Gotta remember it'll have a good bit of stretch. I don't think you will have a problem filling that screen in.

As for the lighting, I think you'll be ok with what you have now. But, even better would be if you could get them spread out better, instead of just in the middle. Maybe a pair of tracks, with 4 sockets each, use 8 bulbs for each track (with Y splitters), so that's 16 lights total, or depending on how many bulbs and Y splitters you have you can use less bulbs. But if you can keep the temps in range, more light will make a big difference. Here's an example of the track I'm talking about: http://boards.cannabis.com/advanced-...ml#post1830094

...Lights get flipped tonight.......gotta push a bunch of shoots under the screen first....



Thanks for the heads up on the track Finn, I'll look into it....leanin towards a 150hps for the next grow.........still toying with ideas.....


peace...

@ one week into flower now, with noticeable stretching....I will post pics tonight...

also going to try and transplant into the 5 gallon tonight....this will be the last.

screen is filling in nice, trying to be careful when i pull the branches down.....

I may actually overrun the screen.....

temps holding at 74F

happy easter:)

at about 2 wks now......been stretchin for awhile..
they may have another week of stretching but that's about it...
the transplant slowed things down a bit, but I was running out of screen anyway..
did a bit of pruning and tying the screen to some branches at the center of the screen.works great Finn:thumbsup:
around 50 bud sites counted....I may get a 5 - 10 more but I think the screen is complete till the end of stretching...
also starting to be more gentle with the shoots when I move things around.....
..foliar feeding a bit , when the roots grab the new soil well I'll switch the spray bottle to my filtered H20
...I figure about 6-7 more weeks before harvest.I need something to magnify the triches.

ENJOY:stoned:

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already starting to see crystals.......this seed was from a kick ass bag..

...still need glass jars and 30x loop

enjoy:D

Looking good, I bet a 400 right over that would kick ass. I just cant let myself go with the idea of 1 plant at a time lol. Nice work tho bro, keep it up.


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Yea killer I hear ya about the 400........gotta build a new cab out of wood or buy a tent.....and of course come up with a decent vent / cooling system....in time my friend:thumbsup:

added a few more 42 watters on a separate cord...tryin to space things out a bit...it's not pretty, but i'm at 20,400 lumens now:)

currently at @ 3 weeks, i'll drop pics for ya tomorrow....

I may push everything under the screen again one more time, the stretching has definitely slowed sinificantly...I'll start the miracle grow bloom that I have in about another week.......she's really sucking up the water..2L and nothing drains out!!:wtf:

time for some 420........enjoy your night everyone........one day the weed will be frree again..:rastasmoke:


buffalo:smokin:

great information....

Pot potency | Cannabis Culture Magazine

These shots are from yesterday..I've since "cleaned things up".

gave a 1/4 strength feeding today......I'll keep an eye on it..

stretching is about over:D

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I'll take a bunch of shots tomorrow when mary is up:stoned:

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did some more pruning today.......I'll shoot more pics in the morning
.gotta learn how to do the close up shots:)

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Yea killer I hear ya about the 400........gotta build a new cab out of wood or buy a tent.....and of course come up with a decent vent / cooling system....in time my friend:thumbsup:

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Hey, cardboard is the shit! And your grow is looking fine as frog's hair.

Shov

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Looking good here :thumbsup: Can't wait to see this finish :jointsmile:

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had a bit more stretching earlier in week 4 but I haven't noticed much more vertical growth...

looked under the 30x microscope and already saw quite a bit of cloudiness setting in....

feeding with 1/2 strength bloom formula every other watering...

I hope to harvest some time in early June at the latest, then I have plans for a re-veg...:cool:

temps ran to 88 today.....left the cab open for awhile.......still misting with water and sometimes bloom formula.......to me, things look pretty good...
added a hygrometer....I run between 33 and 55........not bad!

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still working on close up shots.......i need more practice:(

got some more humid days around these parts on the way but then it's suppose to cool down a bit:)

If i can find some cardboard, I think I might sprout a few.I might just veg for a month & flip the lights........we'll see:D

buffalo

check out these brown spots........possibly root bound??.........maybe I should up the concentration of the bloom formula??

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i need opinions on what to do with the spots fellas.........

i gave her a gallon and a half of water..........it drains but it takes awhile...so it's kind of a mini flush..........

i thing she needs more food more often......

buffalo:(

ph/moisture meter is on the way........hopefully it's high, i have some dolomite left over from the lawn..:(

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check out these brown spots........possibly root bound??.........maybe I should up the concentration of the bloom formula??

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probably not root bound........I'm convinced it's locked out.......I may give it a touch of lime tonight.......