GDSstonerboy/ProGroWannabe Dual Grow Thread.

[GDS StonerBoy]

Excellent looking plants GDS, that papaya looks so healthy!

You mentioned having slow growth w/ the soil c99 and papaya....

What size pots are they in? What kind of soil are you using?
4-5 inches in a month isn't right, you should have at least a foot, are your plants root bound?

Both pots are 6 inches deep and 8 inches wide. I almost certain its not root bound it doesnt matter im gonna transplant in a bigger pot tomorrow morning. It wont hurt to try it i guess, its not like its progressing at right now anyway. It has some growth at the nodes but thats the only new growth i have been seeing for like the past 2 weeks.

GDS StonerBoy Reviewed by GDS StonerBoy on 09-18-2007. GDSstonerboy/ProGroWannabe Dual Grow Thread. Alright everybody, here we go. GDSstonerboy, and myself are going to attempt a dual-grow log. Format may be a lil shaky, but we're gonna do our best to make this happen. The idea of the dual-grow format came from another thread where GDS and myself realized we were both starting grows with C99 and PPP. Through later communication, we both learned we are running the same nutes, and beginning perpetual gardens. So, it just seemed natural that we do this as a dual-grow. GDS and myself Rating: 5

[Kind]

Hmmmmm.....

What kind of soil do you use? I have a friend thats growing White Russian in Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil needless to say he planted his germed seeds right into that soil and the plants grew slow as yours are,so he transplanted into a soil w/ little to no nutrients and the plants perked up and started growing at a much faster pace. The conclusion we came to was that the FF soil is to strong for seedling to be placed directly into, now I use a rapid rooter or rockwool to start my seeds, once they establish a good root system I transplant into the FFOF soil.

[BigWeed]

Nice log Im in for the ride and some nice looking plants to and set ups.

[GDS StonerBoy]

Hmmmmm.....

What kind of soil do you use? I have a friend thats growing White Russian in Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil needless to say he planted his germed seeds right into that soil and the plants grew slow as yours are,so he transplanted into a soil w/ little to no nutrients and the plants perked up and started growing at a much faster pace. The conclusion we came to was that the FF soil is to strong for seedling to be placed directly into, now I use a rapid rooter or rockwool to start my seeds, once they establish a good root system I transplant into the FFOF soil.

Im just using a Peat moss and Perlite mix. I dont have many places near me that i can go to and get some good soil so i just made a mix myself. I did add a little blood meal to the soil when mixing but only a little. This could have had an effect on the plants growth then if you what your saying is correct. We'll see tomorrow though if i can find some good soil i'll make a transplant in the morning.

[GDS StonerBoy]

I decided to show a few pics of my DIY bubbler buckets. It just a simple setup that if i could make it any better i'm open to suggestions.

Basically though here's a simple setup that is less than 25 dollars to make and it works well. Last grow from bagseed i got 3 ounces from one plant and it was my first real hydro grow with only 6 cfls and Earth juice nutes. This time around i'm hoping to get more like 5-10 ounces dry per bucket! Here's some pics of the very simple setup for all newbs that want to give this a try.

[GDS StonerBoy]

Simply i bought a 5 gallon bucket, Flat black Spray paint, 8 inch flower pot, 8' air hose, 2 cheap airstone's and a 30 gal pump. Eventually though i'll be getting 10 inch air stones but i just bought these for the time being.

Simply drill several holes in the bottom of your Flower pot, 1 hole in the side of the bucket for your air hose and about a 7 inch hole in the lid of the bucket for the flower pot to set in. It's as simple as that and this same exact bubbler without the dripper ring got me 3 ounces using only cfls. This time around i'm using 5 buckets with a 1000 watt hps so im hoping for a way better yield!

[Kind]

Wow GDS! Those lil bubbler buckets can do some growin, ay?

3 oz's, was that from one plant on cfl's?!?

Your gonna have a nice big yield w/ 5 and a 1000 watter, no doubt. At least a 1/2 lb.

Oh, one more Q, is your c99 from joey weed seeds? I've been wanting to score em for so long, just never got around to it. Hopefully my next purchase will be some Herijuana or Oguana Kush, mmmmm. Heh im ramblin on here sorry i'm stoned. Peace.

[BigWeed]

Simply i bought a 5 gallon bucket, Flat black Spray paint, 8 inch flower pot, 8' air hose, 2 cheap airstone's and a 30 gal pump. Eventually though i'll be getting 10 inch air stones but i just bought these for the time being.

Simply drill several holes in the bottom of your Flower pot, 1 hole in the side of the bucket for your air hose and about a 7 inch hole in the lid of the bucket for the flower pot to set in. It's as simple as that and this same exact bubbler without the dripper ring got me 3 ounces using only cfls. This time around i'm using 5 buckets with a 1000 watt hps so im hoping for a way better yield!

:hippy:Yeah you should get some really good yeilds with that 1000 watter. I usally get around 5 to 6 ounce's per plant dry weight I use 2 400 watters in a 4x4 grow tent. I plan on getting 2 600 watters and start using co2 when I heal up some more. I use dwc buckets with GH nutes and Big bud.:rasta:imp:

[GDS StonerBoy]

:hippy:Yeah you should get some really good yeilds with that 1000 watter. I usally get around 5 to 6 ounce's per plant dry weight I use 2 400 watters in a 4x4 grow tent. I plan on getting 2 600 watters and start using co2 when I heal up some more. I use dwc buckets with GH nutes and Big bud.:rasta:imp:

Thats nice as hell bro! You should definitely do well with 2 600 watts! For the price you'll pay for the 600's you could get 2 1000's from htgsupply on ebay.com, for the same price. Check it out they have very good stuff, it isnt cheap crap, it works really well with really good prices. But that may be overkill though for a 4x4 grow tent though? So scratch what i said go with the 2 600's they will do a bang up job in that tent. How many plants do you usually grow at 1 time in that tent?

Im definitely thinking though if i get everything right i could get over 10 ounces dry off of each plant with that 1000 watter. Since i did so well with just cfls i figured i could do 10x better with 10x times the light, whaddya think? If my fricking C99's dont pull through, the very awesome PROGROWannabe is gonna hook me up with some of his grade A C99 F3's! And i'll go ahead and purchase the Joey Weeds Ak47, Ak99, or Apollo 11 but its totally undecided atm. So hey ProGro why dont you help me out and tell me which one should i got with bro?!

[ProGroWannabe]

LOL GDS, Well, I think the Ak would be what I'd do next. I thought you might go the AK route, so I looked at Hemp Depot's site last night and decided I'll be ordering Northern Lights and White Russian as soon as the big plants pictured above are done. Should be about another 5 weeks!