Closet Doms in Water.... An Ad Hoc Log of Black Dominas in DWC Hydro

[MVP]

Well, I finally did it. My first attempt at a grow log. Now please be patient and don't expect daily pictures or updates - although I'll try to give them - as I am in the process of getting a new job and that is gonna disrupt some things during this log.

My goal is to post updates at least 3x weekly or more often as life allows. Some background: I grew a couple of Black Dominas (indica strain) in August thru October, but encountered problems with excessive heat (100 F unexpectedly during a late summer warm spell) and then had my biggest cola come crashing down and took out a couple of nice branches. Lesson learned: tie up all colas ahead of time or SCROG them.

So here is where I'm starting this log. I have 2 beautiful girls that I grew from clones (cuts taken 9/28) and they stand about 18 in tall right now, and they have been topped/FIM'ed twice. They are just finishing veg (18/6) in a Hydrohut Mini as I wait for my last crop to finish.

Here are some pics below. Pay no mind to the yellowing leaves on the right side of the pics... that is a Super Skunk mother that is being leached with water for a future project.

Another update in a while when I get back from Home Depot. Gotta grab some DIY supplies as I am figuring to install screening soon and want all the materials on hand when I prepare to move them to the flower closet.

MVP :jointsmile:

MVP Reviewed by MVP on 12-11-2007. Closet Doms in Water.... An Ad Hoc Log of Black Dominas in DWC Hydro Well, I finally did it. My first attempt at a grow log. Now please be patient and don't expect daily pictures or updates - although I'll try to give them - as I am in the process of getting a new job and that is gonna disrupt some things during this log. My goal is to post updates at least 3x weekly or more often as life allows. Some background: I grew a couple of Black Dominas (indica strain) in August thru October, but encountered problems with excessive heat (100 F unexpectedly during a Rating: 5

[Rock.Steady]

MVP
dam impressive dude, dam impressive, really nice!:thumbsup:

[MVP]

Today they woke up from their day and a half nap to a turning point in their lives. It's kinda like the first day of school, except its the first day of FLOWER! So keeping with the school theme, here is their report card:

BD1 5.8 PH, 998 PPM
BD2 5.8 PH, 1162 PPM
(both are almost exactly the same as 2 days ago)

So I had to commemorate the first day of Flower with a couple of photos. Lots of shoots, very thick in many cases, and plenty of tucking done already. I am gonna tuck for another week, or maybe just let them stretch to the upper screen. Not quite sure at the moment. First 2 pics of the canopy under HPS. Third pic of the fan I moved below to add air movement to them. Cramped space above not allowing good air circ until I move the hood up in a few weeks.

Lower leaves are getting a bit brittle and slightly deficient :wtf: but all top growth is lush and green. Looks like slight CA and/or K def below. Flushed and changed nutes on 12/31 and look good on top since then.

And so as to not leave anybody out, the last 2 pics are of their sisters - MK clones - I cut to show Weedhound a bit about how I do cloning. They have been flowering 13 days now. Link in sig too...

Enjoy the pics and check back again soon.

[MVP]

I'm actually kinda excited about running the MK clones at the same time as the Dominas. Dominas were stout, bushy and almost 2 ft tall when I threw them under a screen. Kushes (if thats a word, well now it is...) were 8 in tall and just establishing good roots.

Big difference so far has been the training and tucking is SOOOOO much easier with the MKs as their trunks and shoots are much more pliable. The MKs also have been had slightly more regualr attention paid to them (weekly res change) than the Dominas. BDs had a stretch of 10-11 days without res change and I think they went slightly deficient for a short period of time.

Either way I am liking the SCROG type thing so far, it is easy to train using LST when all I really have to do is poke them down under the screen and reposition them every couple of days.

[Weedhound]

It will be interesting to see how similar (or NOT similar) these will be down the road.

[Weedhound]

So do you think he scrogging has slowed down your flowering period at all?

[MVP]

What made you decide that in the first place....to stop doing it as you said?

My gut feeling was that after approx 3 weeks they would be ready to flower on their own. The MK clones that I am flowering are about 2 weeks ahead of the Dominas and I noticed that their vertical growth slowed at the 2-3 week mark. I used that as a barometer for the Dominas.

What I will be doing is letting the colas grow and fatten up, and selectively tucking or removing fan leaves when they are shading bud sites. Up until this point I was tucking the entire canopy 2-3x per week. Now I will just tuck or remove the most problematic fan leaves - dealing with them on a case by case basis rather than the whole canopy on a scheduled basis...

[MVP]

Last night was Day 20 of 12/12, and I did a lot of tucking fan leaves and repositioning of bud sites to get them as much direct light as possible. Over the last 2 days they drank down a couple of gallons of water, causing the PPM to rise about 100 points. I topped off the nutes with RO water and a light nute solution of Bloom, CalMag, and EJ MicroBlast to bring PPM to approx 1200 and PH to 6.1.

Here are a couple of before and after shots to check out:

BEFORE
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AFTER
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I also arrived at the conclusion that it was about time to cut back on tucking and repositioning fan leaves and bud sites, I dropped a quick message to a friend that is more experienced, and he confirmed my gut feel on this decision. Hell, I've never SCROGGED before so if anyone else has different opinions I would like to hear them.

At any rate, here is the best pic I could get late last night showing how the buds are starting to develop. Color is a little off since I had to have the CFL's on to get the closeup. They are greener but that damn upper screen makes it hard to get any kind of picture...

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[Weedhound]

What made you decide that in the first place....to stop doing it as you said?

[JackHerer]

Looking forward to seeing those Domina's tied down & budding in that room of yours MVP. Nice work:thumbsup: