Racerx's 8/22/06 Update

Everything is looking pretty good. The 5 soil ladies are developing nicely. They are 4 weeks into flowering. Starting to get a little bit frosty, but I hope they got a lot more. They wont produce a very large amount but honestly just fine with that because it wasnt my aim. I have never grown from seed before in a small closet setup like this and I abused them quite a bit in the beginning, experimenting and such. They are on a 1000ppm General Hydroponics Flora Nova Grow, filtered water at about 250, pH at about 6-6.2. Temps inside the room range from about 67 at night to around 85 in the day if it gets really bad.

Hydro: The 2 site DWC with the G13 and the Trainwreck is doing absolutely great. I am very pleased with the performance. I went away for 2 days recently and when I got back, the G13 had nearly doubled in size. They are 2 weeks into flowering. The G13 is just now beginning to show tiny buds. The TW on the other hand is busted out tons of buds everywhere. This plant seems to absolutely love LST. Its about a foot and a half long and wraps around the cooler and then up into the light as I would still like one big fat cola. This is quality not quantity, but I hope to pull off an ounce on each of these. I have started this week with the GH Flora Nova Bloom nutrients at about 1000ppm. I was thinking of putting it higher but they seem to love whats going on.

The 4 site DWC setup with the recoveries are doing...pretty good I guess? The root development is not nearly as fast as I expected, however they have stopped drooping so much and look healthier. I am concerned with going into flowering while they are so small and unsupported by roots, but I really have no choice. If I can get an ounce out of all 4 of these plants, Ill be fine with that. I will be revegging them afterwords to take clones since they arent really big enough for that now. They are still on GH Flora Nova Grow, next week will go to the flowering nutrients. I like to see small buds forming.

Finally, my Afghani Kush clone is just rocking!!! Its doubled in size, roots are looking for the most part great (little algae but otherwise white). Its being flowering now, so Im hoping it gets around 2 feet tall by the end. I will definitely have to take a clone soon or reveg afterwards. Wish I could have kept the plants seperate and had a veg room but not practical at the moment. Only a few weeks and I can.

Both DWCs are 18 gallon res, with 5.8 pH tap water. Water temp is kept below 72 F for the most part (can be difficult in the hot day when Im not home to ice them). The 2 site DWC is insulated so it keeps its tempature much better. I use a little bit of H2O2 in both to keep pathogens down.

Forgot the pictures!

And some more.

Afghani Kush clone, top view of G13, stem of G13 (its bigger then half an inch, largest leave is around 7"), the 2 site DWC, the 4 site DWC (recovering)

Awesome man......:stoned:

your chicks look nice. Hopefully mine look as good when i start flowering!!

good job and when your done send those clones over this way :)

looking nice!

Thanks guys. Everything has been going smashing! Im guess I am doing something right! So the 5 soil ladies are getting close to 5 weeks into flowering. To be honest, I see the least amount of difference between these every week. Although the buds are filling out, and finally crystals are breaking through, they have slowed down vertical growth (except for the one that was transplanted into a larger pot, its still growing like mad which makes me think it is either catching up...or the other pots are rootbound a little as well). I have experimented with sticking one of the soil ladies under the 400watt HPS along with the Hydro stuff. Its really really liking it and has the most crystals out of any of the plants...which is funny considering it was a transplant that was 1/10 the size of my other plants and weeks behind. Now it looks the most mature.

The Hydro though....wow. Wow. So I left for 2 days again and BOOM. Once again I come home and the G13 is PAST the light. I had it LST'ed somewhat under the 250 HPS and then the bottom part was getting some light from the 400. Well it broke the LST string and grew past the 250 HPS by about 6-7 inches. Yikes. So I re-oriented it to be under the 400 watt HPS cause now its big enough. Its about 2.5 feet tall. The fan leaves are as big as my hand. The water was quite warm when I got home so they were curling, but some ice overnight, water kept at about 66-67, and in the morning boom! Everything straight out and nice. Fantastic. The Trainwreck is looking amazing as well. Its only 3 weeks into flowering and it has more crystals then some of my unknown soil ladies 5 weeks into flowering. I dont think the buds will be very big, but I expect them to be very dense and there are just so many bud sites.

The 4 site DWC, is finally looking good. Not ok, but good. I came home to about 200% more roots then when I left, and all the plants have begun to bud. The larger MK Ultra grew 3" in 2 days. The Alaskan has about 6-7 big branch colas, but its looking a little bare since I had to cut off ALL of the large fan leaves (they died or were dying and the lack of roots could not support them). I am very excited about how much they have recovered, and once again I am EXTREMELY impressed with deep water culture's ability to bring a plant back from the brink of extinction, into a wonderful flourishing state.

Finally, the Afghani Kush clone also almost doubled in size ONCE again. The 1 gallon DWC bucket is now just about completely filled with roots. Ive been a little lazy on changing the water but it seems to be fine with it.

NOw for the pictures!!!

Ok, the soil ladies are the first 4. The afghani kush clone is the last one. More pics below.

Ok, these first 2 are the G13. Its doing the best out of all the plants. The growth is just phenominal. It is averaging more then 1.5" of vertical growth a day. Its large enough that Ive been able to LST some of the lower branches to sit under the 250watt HPS since the large fan leaves block so much light. The last 2 are the Trainwreck, the 3rd one is top view on part of the G13 and the TW. Super excited, it smells wonderful. I have a LOT of airflow through the closet so the smell isnt a big deal around me luckily, just when I get up close.

And finally, some of the 4 site DWC. The first 2 are Alaskan Thunderfuck, it was looking the worst, looking beautiful now. The middle is the 4 plants. The last 2 are MK Ultra and Cindy 99