Slightly interesting grow log: Single Procyon 100 in hatch.. day 26 of flowering.

Hi guys. I want to give you a status report on a secret little projekt of mine... A closet grow with one Procyon 100. I am growing a single female plant. The strain I am not sure of, but it is regs.

Grow setup:
* 1 Procyon 100
* 11 gallons of solution using Lucas formula. GH nutes. I have not * added any other special nutrients.
* average outside temp is 78 degrees F.
* average reservoir temp varies between 65-73 degrees F.
* the reservoir is covered with white contact paper. the plastic is an opaque black color.
* Two 30 cfm fans, one intake, one exhaust
* two airstones connected to one rena air 200 air pump
* the growhatch is 2 ft x 3 ft x 5 ft.
* all walls are flat white.

I am on day 26 of flowering. The plant has grown to 23 inches in height. The hairs on the plant have been visible for 12 days. the plant continues to grow somewhat. it's pretty bushy and there are a lot of tops. no visible white crystals on the leaves though. is this normal? the hairs are growing everywhere. anyway, the plant has had a rough life. i have transplanted it three times. this is also my first grow. still, I don't think i've had a lot of issues. everything has gone pretty smoothly. check out the pics. is this little lady looking ok?

some more pictures for you all.

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Originally Posted by rightway2030

Hi guys. I want to give you a status report on a secret little projekt of mine... A closet grow with one Procyon 100. I am growing a single female plant. The strain I am not sure of, but it is regs.

Grow setup:
* 1 Procyon 100
* 11 gallons of solution using Lucas formula. GH nutes. I have not * added any other special nutrients.
* average outside temp is 78 degrees F.
* average reservoir temp varies between 65-73 degrees F.
* the reservoir is covered with white contact paper. the plastic is an opaque black color.
* Two 30 cfm fans, one intake, one exhaust
* two airstones connected to one rena air 200 air pump
* the growhatch is 2 ft x 3 ft x 5 ft.
* all walls are flat white.

I am on day 26 of flowering. The plant has grown to 23 inches in height. The hairs on the plant have been visible for 12 days. the plant continues to grow somewhat. it's pretty bushy and there are a lot of tops. no visible white crystals on the leaves though. is this normal? the hairs are growing everywhere. anyway, the plant has had a rough life. i have transplanted it three times. this is also my first grow. still, I don't think i've had a lot of issues. everything has gone pretty smoothly. check out the pics. is this little lady looking ok?

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Looking good. Maybe a little slow on showing buds. Usuall within you have small buds starting. But it varies depending on strain too. All you've got right now ids the fan leaves. They don't usually have much crystal. Transplatting usually helps more than hurt if you're careful.

She is looking very nice! A rounded bushy indica looking plant with some skinny sativa looking fan leaves... and that Procyon looks bright!
Definitely gotta keep updating us with your grow, some of us are jonesin' to see as many LED-only results as we can. Awesome first grow.

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Originally Posted by GreenDestiny

She is looking very nice! A rounded bushy indica looking plant with some skinny sativa looking fan leaves... and that Procyon looks bright!
Definitely gotta keep updating us with your grow, some of us are jonesin' to see as many LED-only results as we can. Awesome first grow.

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I hope it's some sort of hybrid. what's concerning me is that by now the plant should have stopped growing, I think. I want it to start spending all its energy on the buds, but that has not happened yet; the plant continues to grow.

I have not used any of the special Penetrator or Liquid Light nutrients people talk up on these boards. should I try that now, or is it too late? I just want to have a nice first grow. I mean I don't even know the dam strain lol.

they should stop growing any day now

grow is looking great, you are really lucky to have a procyon. does it put off any heat at all??

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Originally Posted by bombdiggity

they should stop growing any day now

grow is looking great, you are really lucky to have a procyon. does it put off any heat at all??

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There's a little heat.. bit it's pretty much negligible. When the light was set for 18/6, the temperature inside the hatch never rose to more than 82.. it's NEVER "hot." The Procyon, after running for hours, is just warm to the touch.

So far I have had zero temperature issues. One time I tried to place the light directly on top of the plant.. she began to droop, so I raised it back to 10 inches above the tops and the plant recovered shortly.

The light is pretty nice. I feel like I'm checking the plant's temperature and the reservior's ph/temperature way too often though.. Guess that's typical for a first-time grower. No?

I was pretty lucky to get the light. After seeing the early success SnS had, I decided to run my own little experiment.. and here we are today.

alright. I picked up a better thermometer. The room temp with the lights on is 78. Humidity is 55. The nighttime temp is 75 with a humidity of 58.. She has grown another inch since the 26th..

maybe she is a large portion sativa. The leaves look a tad long in the fingers. That would explain the continual upwards growth and possibly a slow start to the flowering. Looks healthy though. I use liquid light, and love it, but don't see how it would move that girl along any faster. She looks a lot better than my first time!:thumbsup:

Okay, so it's day 32 of flowering and she is 28.5 inches tall now. I think she wants to take over my house or something. Not sure why she's growing like crazy, but she's really hairy and she stinks.
There are hairs growing everywhere, even on the bottom branches.

Still, she has grown 5.5 inches in the last 7 days.. is this normal? I'm confused about her growing this much, but I guess sativas stretch and it has already been suggested here that she's probably more sativa than indica..

All the rest of her readings (outdoor temp, root zone temp, ph, humidity) look just fine. She just keeps getting huge.

I'm posting some pics of her now. Guys, please give me any suggestions or tell me how she's looking.

PS: forum admins, can we change the title of this post to "Grow Log: Procyon 100 w/DWC in hatch--day 32 of flowering"

It definitely looks like a sativa dominate strain so it may get pretty tall. You might have to lst to keep it low depending on your room.Looking good.

If it is a sativa (looks like it), vertical growth even in flower is not unusual, even that late.
But the possibility of a light leak, or that your timer may be set to less than 12 hours darkness accidentally, is there. So check on that, and if everyhting appears normal, it's probably just the genetics. the plant looks healthy.

I need to change my baby's nutes.. It seems like there's a general consensus on this board that LED lights do not need as many nutes to thrive.

What do you guys think my nute strength should be? I will post pics soon, but I'd appreciate any advice. SnS? I will be posting pics of her soon.

Very awesome!

I want a procyon I currently have a 600 watt hps but if I can get decent results with only 100 watts, I would be up for downgrading to LED if it saves me some electric money haha

keep up the good work!:jointsmile:

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Originally Posted by rightway2030

I need to change my baby's nutes.. It seems like there's a general consensus on this board that LED lights do not need as many nutes to thrive.

What do you guys think my nute strength should be? I will post pics soon, but I'd appreciate any advice. SnS? I will be posting pics of her soon.

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Could you get some pics under normal light?

rightway....good to see another procyon at work!!
your plant looks good...i would say its heavily sativa if not all sativa...especially since you said its regs....LONG flowering times with those mexi sativas...ask daiashi....
check for light leaks like stinky said...and i would keep the light 12-18 in...other than that...looks like you got everything under control...
thanks for puttin a link in my thread...Ill check in here daily:thumbsup:
whiskeytango


and definitely lilght on the nutes with LEDs...we found that out...lol

All right. So on day 39 she is 35 inches tall. She's got hairs all over her too. She's growing way too much. Should I like, LST her or something? I don't think it's a good idea to stress her like that this late into the flowering period, but maybe I'm wrong. she's just like, ridiculously huge now. hehe. this waiting period is killing me.

i don't see a light leak. I was worried about that, but she hasn't stopped flowering. in fact, the little buds are starting to become more compact now so I think she's flowering ok, I just want her to stop getting bigger :-/

All right. Day 44 of flowering.. I transplanted her and changed the reservoir using GH nutes at 3/4 strength, but she got beat up a little while I was doing that. She has recovered nicely since then though.

I am posting some color pics of this lady and some shots of her little buds. On the left is a bag of damp-rid I picked up to lower the humidity, which is usually around 55-59%. I really hope she's not still growing. how could I lst this plant now?

Comments are welcome!

that looks heavy on the sativa... what strain is it?

gradually bend the branches over a few inches a day...but if its bendy enough, which it looks like it is...definitely mexi-sativa IMO...it probably can bend alot the first day...just be careful...that strains also gonna flower a LONG time man...so dig your feet in...:thumbsup:
whiskeytango

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Originally Posted by NaughtyDreadz

that looks heavy on the sativa... what strain is it?

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i picked it up out of a bag of seeds, so i have no clue. everyone seems to think it's a sativa though.

How is she looking??

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Originally Posted by SnSstealth

gradually bend the branches over a few inches a day...but if its bendy enough, which it looks like it is...definitely mexi-sativa IMO...it probably can bend alot the first day...just be careful...that strains also gonna flower a LONG time man...so dig your feet in...:thumbsup:
whiskeytango

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Thanks for the tip.. maybe I will begin to try bending her if she keeps getting closer to the light. unfortunately IMO she has definitely taken over the entire grow environment--the walls are keeping her in there, but she wants to bust out. lol.

yeah sorry forgot to say... Looking good... have you grown before?? if so how do the procyons compare to a 400 MH?

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Originally Posted by NaughtyDreadz

yeah sorry forgot to say... Looking good... have you grown before?? if so how do the procyons compare to a 400 MH?

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Actually Ive never grow anything before. I'm a total newbie to all this; but I think a light like this one simplifies the process. I have no clue what an MH bulb is capable of.

lol, i was gonna tell ya it looked like a sativa but i see several people have already told you

and like Whiskey already said, if it is a sativa, it can flower for like 12 weeks!

anyway, i learned a little LST technique from jangel, what you do is hang weights on the branchs, like xmas tree ornaments, just be careful not to make them so heavy they break the branchs

what i did was take some small lead fishing weights and tie twisty tie's to them so i can just dangle them on any offending branch or fan leaf (you can use old nuts and bolts, lol, hell, you could use earrings)

anyway, awesome job for a first grow, i look forward to hearing about your yield and how it smoked

nice plant...good luck with the rest of flower!!!

All right. Posting up some more pics. She's looking ok I think and she's only grown one inch in the last seven days, so I think she's grown as much as she's going to grow.. she's pretty close to the procyon right now, but she hasn't reacted poorly at all to it so I haven't moved her.

Her buds are coming out a little more now. All of her hairs are still very very white. She smells too. I have to do something about the smell.

How long do you guys think this girl still has before I can harvest her? any estimates? I am thinking maybe another 30 days, but I'm not entirely sure.. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks for all the help guys.

SnS, did you say in your first LED grow that these girls don't smell as bad as they do under normal MH or HID lights? i think she totally reaks, but maybe it's because I've never smelled this type of plant before. I haven't finished building my bucket fan/charcoal invention for odor control yet and I'm starting to freak. lol.

couldve been the starin i was growing too...but smell was definitely less than HIDs....for sure....lookin good!!! lots of time to go...sorry man, at LEAST 5 weeks, IMHO
whiskeytango

i so love to s-s-sm-oooooooooooooke.

5 weeks at the least sounds about right. Homegrown lights has great products with even better service. I ordered the 14 watt kit to supplement my rubbermaid growbox an blinded myself for a minute turning it on for the first time.:cool:

a few more pics.. i decorated her with a few nutcracker christmas ornaments to LST her down a little bit.. thanks for the tip guys. lol. the nutcracker men seems to be working ok.

I see a very small amount of brownish hairs among the white ones. I guess she's slowly getting there.

any tips or comments would be appreciated.

wow. i really suck at taking pictures. I'll post some better ones as soon as I get a chance to take them! I was even sober when I posted them. dam i need to smoke.

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Originally Posted by cayugacanIBus

5 weeks at the least sounds about right. Homegrown lights has great products with even better service. I ordered the 14 watt kit to supplement my rubbermaid growbox an blinded myself for a minute turning it on for the first time.:cool:

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thanks for the tip. waiting is getting more and more difficult, but I must have discipline. hehehe. 5 weeks at least it is!

Heh man I learned from the little experiences I had so far, and listening to all the pro's here that chime in. Hahah I'm no where disciplined enough to try hydroponics I swear to god I'd somehow make the plants burst into flames by themselves. Technology hates me.

lookin good rightway...I think its just your strain...I had strain issues the first LED grow i did...and now i am growing heavy indicas and heavy sativas....and a few hybrids...so by the end of this one, Im pretty sure we will nail what strain the lights like....already seems more to the indica side....but Im gonna SCROG 2 SNLxNH (mostly sativas) to test that theory...
id say you definitely got about 5-7 weeks left too...patience my young padawan....let it go all the way, and you'll be happy...
whiskeytango

the plant looks very nice!! i hope she smokes nice dont forget to only use water for last two weeks in hydro for taste

:jointsmile::rasta::stoned::rastasmoke::pimp: :smokin:

OK guys--I took some more pictures. the plant was transplanted again and took a little beating, but i think she'll be ok.so now there's this crazy idea that's itching in the back of my mind, and I wanted some opinions from you all. here's the idea:There are quite a few little buds coming out on the bottom of the plant, where the light penetration is much thinner. I want to know if it would maybe increase the yield to trim some of the fan leaves that are decreasing the amount of light that reaches the bottom of the plant.I've uploaded the pictures and painted a circle over the leaves I would be chopping off. If this is a crazy, stupid idea, please let me know guys!!rightway

Say Bro What's Up????......Ya, They Are Looking OK, I Wouldn't Take Any Hardy Vegetive Leave's Off, Your Plant Will Be Set Back, To Give It Time To Recover. It Need's That Stored Up Energy From The Leaves, Later On In Budding When The Nitrigen Is Cut Back In Your Nut's!!!.........They Are Getting More Penetration Then You Think!!!......Well Good Luck, From The HATCH Man, Who Whip's The Shit Up Just As Fast As He Can!!!HEHEHEHE:pimp::pimp::pimp::pimp::pimp:

How Tall Is She Now? And Have You Ever Topped Her? My Plant Is Starting To Look A Lot Like Yours.

yes..... i did top her once in the vegetative stage. felt like i had to or else she would take over the entire environment too quickly.
i haven't gotten a good measurement of her lately. i'll get that and post it once I do!