Assassin's grow progress data here:

[AssassinDJ]

Finally decided to do something with my pics i had laying around from the past couple months.. As of now, my babies are 2 wks in flowering, but im going to post the log from the entire project.. :rastasmoke:

I built myself a 3' x 7' x 5' grow closet out of 3/4 plywood, and 2x4s, with a 4' vortex outtake fan, and passive intake. Took about a week to build, seal, paint, and install fans, vents, and one 1000w HPS.

I decided to use a bed for my grow, instead of pots, and i also attached steel casters to the bottom to make it mobile. Several 1/4 holes drilled in the bottom to allow drainage into a drip pan placed underneath.

For this project, i used CocoBlend soil, and im fertilizing with EarthJuice the whole way through, starting with Grow and MicroBlast, ending with Catalyst, Flower, and Meta-K..

Hope you guys enjoy, and feel free to criticize, ask Qs, ect..


Day One, got some random clones given to me, was told its "Purple Urkel" but i've always got my doubts with clones...


Few days in the dirt, looking a little yellow...


10 days in (as you can see) First signs of real growth, although they still look N deficient.




The Earth Juice Grow finally kicked in, lots of explosive growth at Day 12






Began doses of Neem Oil solution during the dark cycle, just to be sure theres no pests hiding from me..



Shot of the 'script for legal purposes :thumbsup:


This stage was several days after FIMing, and shows the multiple top shoots beginning.


The top right plant in this shot is the only one showing any purple traits so far. The fan leaf color is really cool, but the node structure is strange. The other plants look very different, but the nodes are stacking nicely.






My method of scrogging, using a common window screen. I left it resting over the top of the canopy during the 6hr dark cycle, and then about half of the light cycle. I found that it worked really well.



Heres a shot of the fans/light setup. I have added another oscillating 12' fan since this pic was taken.



This was taken right before cutting clones, so they look really tall.:stoned:

More pics coming soon!!

AssassinDJ Reviewed by AssassinDJ on 07-04-2009. Assassin's grow progress data here: Finally decided to do something with my pics i had laying around from the past couple months.. As of now, my babies are 2 wks in flowering, but im going to post the log from the entire project.. :rastasmoke: I built myself a 3' x 7' x 5' grow closet out of 3/4 plywood, and 2x4s, with a 4' vortex outtake fan, and passive intake. Took about a week to build, seal, paint, and install fans, vents, and one 1000w HPS. I decided to use a bed for my grow, instead of pots, and i also attached Rating: 5

[c0mrade]

Looking beautiful, although Im not a professional but as far as I know your not supposed to have plants in the same pot?

[Supportradicalhabits]

Looking beautiful, although Im not a professional but as far as I know your not supposed to have plants in the same pot?

I'm pretty sure that having plants in the same pot is not a negative. I personally have not had a soil based grow yet (just started some mothers in soil), most of what I've learned is hydro.

To sum it all up nice looking ladies bro, hope to see some awesome more pics soon :rasta:

[AssassinDJ]

Looking beautiful, although Im not a professional but as far as I know your not supposed to have plants in the same pot?

Yes, that would apply to pots, mostly because theres not enough room for the roots to thrive..

Here, I am growing in a bed, and i have my plants spaced well enough so thats not really a problem, although the entire bottom is nearly a solid mass of roots

Basically, i'm giving them the most root space possible in the confines of a closet operation.

[AssassinDJ]

As promised, heres more pics..:jointsmile:



Batch of clones i cut off these babies right before flowering time...

Used Grodan rockwool cubes, sterilized razor, K-L-N cloning solution, and then B1 solution for watering... I got clusters of white hairy roots everywhere at 14 days.. This is my tried-and-true method..


This is around 4 days into flowering, just starting to push hairs out..


Close shot...

[phatsesh101]

nice

ive been thinking of switching to beds from pots also

[AssassinDJ]

nice

ive been thinking of switching to beds from pots also

Yeah, its easier to water and control nutes for me.. plus no drips on the floor in between pots when you water.. Usually beds are not mobile enough. I've got my entire bed on casters tho, so i can wheel it out from under the light and work on my plants from any angle, sort of the best of both worlds..

Anyhow, heres pics during dark time..

this set of pics was taken around 15 days in flowering...




This one is the more indica dominant plant it seems... much stockier and "fatter" everwhere..









They are coming along beautifully, but i still need help identifying the strain(s) present here.. Obviously it appears im working with 5 sativa dominant, and one indica-leaning plant, but i'm mystefied by the strains here the more and more they develop..


The corner plant is my baby, the colors are just insane...

[greenatik]

wow this is amazing. nice fim'ing

the medium you are using is it just a blend of coco/soil? Can you explain how you use the nutes and do you water till runoff? ph?

looks great can't wait to see more buds :thumbsup:

[AssassinDJ]

wow this is amazing. nice fim'ing

the medium you are using is it just a blend of coco/soil? Can you explain how you use the nutes and do you water till runoff? ph?

looks great can't wait to see more buds :thumbsup:

The growing medium is Black Gold CocoBlend, its my first time using it, but i was told good things about it from reliable sources.. So far, i really like it. It is basically 60% coco coir and the rest black gold soil. It doesnt drain extremely fast, seems to sort of "sponge up" the water, and then once the roots have absorbed most of it, it dries out rather quickly. Only downside is that i have to really stay on top of my watering schedule... My only other comments on the CocoBlend is that it blows away rather easily when it dries out and your fans are going too strong..

As far as nutes, i began with just EarthJuice Grow, to boost the N, and then i began foliar feeding with EJ Microblast around 3 weeks in to keep micro nutes stable. Also dosed them with EJ Catalyst around that time. I used B1 start solution with chelated iron to fix my iron def. at 5 weeks, and keep the roots healthy. About a week before i changed my lights to 12/12, i began feeding in some EJ Bloom, more Catalyst, and just a little Grow. Now that i am in full flowering, im using mostly Bloom, some Catalyst, Meta-K to keep up the potassium, and i'm also adding Grow every 3rd watering.. I'm following the direction on the bottles, and using medium strength applications on all nutes.

My watering schedule is pretty steadily once every other day. I mix up 5 gallons of water about a day and a half ahead of time, and mix in the nutes, stir it up, and let it sit and stabilize. I've been flushing with plain water every time i add a new nute into the mix, and right after my heavy feedings, just because im paranoid about overdoing it.. :stoned: haha

With a 5 gallon typical watering, i normally have less than one cup of runoff from the drain holes on my bed, and i've got a very cheap PH meter, so i dont really trust it, although it tells my my soil/runoff is around 6.8?

They are around 20 days in flower right now, and looking good! I should have more pics up in a couple days, showing their current state. I do have one concern right now: mold.

I spotted some hairs on the buds that have a tiny brownish tinge on the ends. I will post pics later on, they are sleeping right now, but has anyone seen this before? some buds dont have it, but the ones that do, look as if they'd been singed with a flame.. I just put a digi temp/humidity readout in the closet, so im hoping maybe i just need to raise the light or something.

[phatsesh101]

so YOU mix the coco and soil together.? iv been thinking of runnin #4 peat in the bed and top it with ocean forst.


week 4 i usually start to see some tinge but when i harvested the other day a couple of nugs here and ther had some burn and were kinda crunchy

make sure its not a light leak or other stressor, cause hermies