5*White Widow feminized. Coco.

[Puffzter]

Woha, as I said I trimmed off some damaged leaves around a few colas and buds earlier.
They were quite sticky so I put them on a plate and dried them on slow in the microwave for 15 minutes.

These leaves packed quite a punch hihi. Better than most shit you find on the streets for sure. Didn't try a lot but got a niiice buzz from just a few tokes.

Puffzter

[daihashi]

Very nice!!!

I'm so glad there is another active coco grower here for me to look at their logs. Those plants are looking very nice despite the problems you had.

Surprisingly my plants that suffered a week of hell are also bouncing back very quickly. It's only been 1 day and 3-4 of them are starting to look healthy again, the rest are lagging but I bet will catch up soon.

Coco is an amazing medium, it's got the instataneous benefits of hydro with some of the benefits of soil (such as slight buffering and keeping the roots warm... etc etc.)

I don't think I'll ever be going back to soil again... and I'm not sure I'll even bother moving onto hydro. I've been so impressed with this medium.

I'll be watching this thread like a hawk now that I have power restored.

[Weezard]

And about coco you should definitelly try it out. Growth is just insane and it is very easy to manage imo. And you are in perfect control of the feeding with instant reaction time of the medium if you just read up on the basics of it.

Puffzter

Puffzter, I am impressed!
You made me go out and buy some coco.

Used to use Supersoil in California. Got reasonable results.
Found out that it's a bad idea in the tropics.
Every bag comes with millions of Fungus Gnats. No extra charge.

So, messed around with Rockwool and Hydrotron for 1 grow.
Better, still not great. The Hydrotron gave me PH problems.

Built a few aeroponics units out of plastic waste baskets.
Water pump in the bottom and an airstone to keep the water sweet.
Worked a treat! Did keep the roots a little too wet though.

Got some WW in DWC right now.

I like simple, and easy.
'cause I'm a bit simple and a lot lazy.
So the latest experiment is elegant and cheap.
A 6 gallon, (about 26 L.) bucket, a 6" Netpot and some cotton string.
I loop the string through the bottom of the netpot so it hangs down about 20cm. and wicks the water up to the pot.
Strings do not even have to reach the surface 'cause the bubbling splashes them.
The pot is filled with Rockwool cubes. I put 2 large airstones in the bucket and feed them from an aquarium air pump (about $8. USD). I get the buckets free.
So each unit costs about $12.
No timer, no water pump, no ebb, no flow, no leaks, just grow.
The results, even using a 42W LED array as the only light, so far, (19 days veg) are superb!
Thanks to your efforts, I'm building 4 more DWC units with coco in the netpots.
Your work is very much appreciated.
Mahalo nui loa for sharing.
Absolutely beautiful grow!:greenthumb::greenthumb:

Beeg Aloha from da Beeg Guy's Land.
Wee Zard

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Looking very nice Puffzter,

They are getting pretty massive already. I know they are W/W but remind me of the THCB I grew. The colas in that grow looked almost exactly like that. I am not saying they are not WW but just interesting:thumbsup:

As you are aware my babies are at the same length into the flower cycle but my buds are not that big. I am a soil grower but I think I went wrong by leaving them in the 2 gallon pots to long. Lesson Learned

Also great work on your log:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: finding the limits of each plant for future reference is a great idea and will pay off big-time in the future.

JG

[Puffzter]

Hey guys and thanks for checking in.

Daihashi:
I certainly share that sentiment. I can not understand what would be the reason to use soil indors. There are just no benefits imo. Only thing would be you cant write ecological in your thread all the time hehe. More dirty, heavier, less aerating, slower reaction, inevitably slower groth rates and you cant keep the plants "eating" at a constant rate. You flood and keep them in a wet mess for some days, then perfect a couple of days and then too dry for a few days and then start over again. That's just how you have to do it in soil. It's not bad or anything but surelly not as good. And coco cost nothing. However you do need to water MUCH more frequently and without an automated system you are bound to your plants and ofc you need to handle nutes a bit more.

Weezard:
Nice to hear man. I'll stand behind coco any day of the week as an insanelly good medium to grow in.
I was during the month I studied Mj growing around the clock more and more convinced about it and after seeing just how violently roots grow throught this medium I am really sure this is it for pot growers. I was on a scandinavian forum before and there coco growing spread very fast through the members after a few growers had written logs about it's benefits as well and now a huge portion of the growers are using it.
I am going aeroponics next grow to try out a nice system but that has nothing to do with me not liking what I see in my bloom chambre. More about me being curious.

Jerry, my man:
I don't remember exactly how long you were in 2 gallon pots off the bat but everything over 6-8 weeks since sprouting/rooting and you risk running into problems with 2 gallons of soil slowed down growth might start even a bit earlier.
I just have to say , this post being a love declaration to coco and all, that I am growing in 1.8 gallon pots, hihi.


I do check you guys logs all the time and by that I really mean all the time. I have stolen a lot of tips and techniques from people here when it is possible to use for me and I have used a lot of the information I see as reference which has been insanelly valuable.
My biggest reason for spending so much time on can.com is the insanelly friendly athmosphere here. There is alot of knowledge on all cannabis cultivation forums around the world but nowhere I found myself as at home as here.

<3

Puffzter

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Yeah I left them in 2 gallon pots up until 3 weeks ago I was freaking out about space because I ended up with way to many females, but the extra plants will make up for the smaller yield per plant I fully expect to get around the same yield as last grow so I am happy.

They are starting to swell now and looking realy frosty:thumbsup: Now the only problem is I can't take pics because it is such a jungle in there. HEHEHE.

Ill keep checking in.

JG

[joedirte]

puff, your plants are sweelling up NICE! are you still using those tiny pots/ not transplanted?!?! i might try some coco now...

weezzrd, i would look at what killa's doing with hempy buckets. im thinking of putting these two grows together for a simple and vigorous hydro setup.

[Puffzter]

I am still in the 1.8 gallon pots I originally planted the seeds in hehe. Never transplanted these babies a single time.
They are now 77 days old, 45 in 12/12. You don't go rootbound in coco very easy, it is possible but you can use less than half size the pots that you can with soil.
However.
You need to water a lot. I never go more than 18 hours and normally 12-14h. So, if you wanna use coco and still want to be able to leave your plants for more than a day now and then you need some sort of feeding system.

Puffzter

[Puffzter]

Bit of an accident today.
I had to tie up some colas before the plants tip over from the weight but I accidently broke of two branches from plant 4 with some nice buds on them.

They are hung to dry now and the supersticky trim is drying as well.
Will give me some nice smoke for sure but still...



Puffzter

[Shovelhandle]

Especially late in flowering, branches bust andstuff. Nice pic though.