McToker Grows Again ~ CFL/HPS Hempy Bucket ~ Bag Seed

[McToker]

For all the photo junkies, like me.

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they are loving that new light aren't they?!

the new setup sound nice! i might go a bit smaller on the veg area and give yourself a little bit more space for flower. remember the "stretch"? and this should benefit if you want to go with a perpetual harvest. or leave the veg, and take a little from the utility closet/clone room, or better yet a tad bit off of each.

then get a 600W digital setup (~$200) for flower, move the 250W to the veg room and run the MH, you can either use frankenlight for clones (a wee bit overkill!) or dismantle and use some for the clones and then some for supplemental lighting. just a thought that wouldn't stop!

can't wait to see the madness unfold!


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[McToker]

Title above the pics (above) should have read, "Day 21".

Yup, they like the HPS.:thumbsup:

Even though heat will be easier to control in the proposed new room, we still want to avoid bigger, and hotter, lights. We would also like to keep electricity usage down. We figure that with a continuous grow going, we can easily get by with the 250 watt lamp and a small space.

I think we'll leave Frankenlight intact but just not use as many bulbs. The shape/layout can cover a smaller area or a 3x3 area well.

[McToker]

This was the first time for the ladies to wait 3 days for water and nutes. They seem to like it just fine. We trimmed away some of the lower anemic, shriviling and non-productive branches.

The jury is still out on whether or not we will supercrop any of them. But, the wobble-meter is leaning towards DO IT. We will decide by the next watering on day 25.

I've been giving more thought to the plans for the new room. I'm thinking I will make the room a bit larger so that I'll have the option to vary the veg and flower area sizes. Only the outer walls will be permenant. Interior divisions will be done with panda and stick-on zippers.

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good call on the future projoect mc!

super crop say, one of each or something like that. and leave a control. that way you can figure out what you prefer.

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[McToker]

super crop say, one of each or something like that. and leave a control. that way you can figure out what you prefer.

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My main reason for wanting to try this was to put the whole crop in sloooow motion so that the Mrs. wouldn't have to deal with keeping the ladies tied down. Alas, that is not going to be a problem. I won't be having the surgery for at least 3 more months if not an indefinite wait. And, NO, I didn't ask him to postpone it until after the harvest. Two months would have been enough. It seems there are other complications and he is giving, not only me more time to heal up, but time for both of us to weigh the risks of going through with the surgery.

So............. bring on those buds!!!!!!!!!!:jointsmile::stoned::jointsmile:

[killa12345]

everything looks great mctoker.....i hope all goes well with the surgury....sh*t and i thought i had it bad.....i wish you all the luck!

Keep it up bro....if you ever need any seeds feel free to get at me!

[McToker]

Thanks killa and I will definitely keep the seeds in mind.

[McToker]

Yesterday was the second time for watering every 3 days. Both times the ladies have taken on 2 gallons.

It's looking like bud city in the tent. There are healthy buds from the canopy down to about 2 feet below the canopy.

Trichs are starting to show up on the bud leaves or, as the Mrs. puts it, "They are starting to get some sugar." She says this part of the grow looks like someone sneaks in during the night and sprinkles sugar on the buds.

We opted not to do any supercropping, yet, anyway. While the older ladies look like they are mature enough for it, the younger ones don't. Most of the ladies are tied down, some quite a bit. Two of them are bent into a "?" shape. With carefull arranging after watering, we seem to be getting good light penetration through the canopy. We have to pull 1/2 the plants out to get the watering done. When putting them back, we try to arrange each one so that the maximum number of bud sites get good light. Seems to be working so far (knock wood).

We had considered adding a few CFL's to the mix but, we really can't see that they are needed nor do we really have the room in there for them.

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each plant takes two gallons of water every three days?

everything sounds good though toker?

i'm not glad you get to postpone surgery, but i'm glad you get to take care of your ladies and get everything in order. does that make sense?

keep up the good work my friend. and get some of those beans from killa!


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