Procyon 100/CFL Grow: Blue City Diesel

[Joefarmer]

Back on the scene with my second indoor grow! This time its Blue City Diesel (BCD). It's Blueberry x NYC Diesel. Original seeds were obtained from Jordan of the Islands. I grew them outdoors this past summer and bred some seeds as well.

The setup:
3x3x7 closet
Procyon 100
4 26w CFLs (5500k for veg 2700k for flower)
Aerospring Garden (kind of an Aero/DWC combo)
50lb CO2 tank to be implemented at the onset of flower
4'' PC fan in ceiling for exhaust into the attic
8'' floor fan for circulation
Liquid Earth nutes: Grow, Bloom, Vigor and Super Thrive (drop a gal)
3" net cups
Hydroton
Cocoplugs (don't quote me on the name)

They're already on day 21 of veg so I'll backtrack a bit and give a brief history:
Lights are 13" from the canopy and are on 18/6 for veg. Pump timer is on 15min/15min during dark periods and full time during the "day". Had some pump,fan and res. issues...fixed em'. Nothing major. Also having humidity problems, can't get it above 30% (dry Winter air). Going to get a humidifier. A few fan leaves are showing signs of stress because of this (droopy). Now I have a bowl of water and a wet rag in the closet. That's all I can do for now. Added nutes on day 10 at about 25% strength. 1st res change on day 15, upped nutes to about 40% plus a drop a gal. of Super Thrive. Topped 5 of the 8 plants on day 21. They all had about 5 nodes. I will ScroG these babies once they're sexed and reach the screen. They're just starting to put off their scent, got a whiff today. Not bad. Pics are at about wk 2. More pics soon to come! Thanks for stopping by, this is gonna be fun! The BCD is a great smoke. Seemingly sativa dominant, it gives an uppety high that'll get you outside for sure. Great for yardwork! Has kind of a fruity/dieselly smell.

Joefarmer Reviewed by Joefarmer on 12-14-2009. Procyon 100/CFL Grow: Blue City Diesel Back on the scene with my second indoor grow! This time its Blue City Diesel (BCD). It's Blueberry x NYC Diesel. Original seeds were obtained from Jordan of the Islands. I grew them outdoors this past summer and bred some seeds as well. The setup: 3x3x7 closet Procyon 100 4 26w CFLs (5500k for veg 2700k for flower) Aerospring Garden (kind of an Aero/DWC combo) 50lb CO2 tank to be implemented at the onset of flower 4'' PC fan in ceiling for exhaust into the attic 8'' floor fan for Rating: 5

[hachiman6677]

Hope they turn out dank as hell for ya!:thumbsup:

[mainegrown]

looks like a nice set up you got going there JF.. do the leaves really curl because of lack of humidity?? i am having that problem too and cant find the reason why..
-J"Relaxed

[headshake]

i'm in! can't wait to see how the pyrocon treats ya!

-shake

[Joefarmer]

looks like a nice set up you got going there JF.. do the leaves really curl because of lack of humidity?? i am having that problem too and cant find the reason why..
-J"Relaxed

I think that's why. I got mine up about 10% and they're so much happier. Still need to get it higher though. Humidity, that is.

[ForgetClassC]

I'm looking forward to what these procyon 100's can do. Still alot of money (site says like $600 right?) but looks very legit. Hope this works out well, I'ma be watchin.

-C

[EvilCartman]

Back on the scene with my second indoor grow! This time its Blue City Diesel (BCD). It's Blueberry x NYC Diesel.

This sounds *real* interestin'. Looking forward to the updates! :thumbsup:

[Joefarmer]

Added a humidifier, seems to be doing the trick but apparently it needs a few days to be broken-in. They're starting to smell a bit now. Pungent. One of them(back row 2nd from left) was bent somehow, but healed itself so now its growing LST all by itself. With the exception of the two runts I topped them all and they've responded well by immediately shooting two new shoots.
Enjoy the pics!

[Joefarmer]

OK I"m back. Holidays, etc. They are almost ready for 12/12. They're touching the screen now and when I bend a few branches back thru the screen I'll flip to bloom. This will also coincide with the next res change in a couple days... The pics are a couple weeks old. More to come soon.

Added some CalMag last week. Only one plant seems to need it though. I guess it's a heavy feeder, maybe more on the Diesel side of things. Don't want to up the nutes too much though and hurt the others, so I'm keeping the nutes at about 50% strength for now. See yall soon!

ps I removed the "runt" and sacrificed it to the snow Gods. Down to 6 now.

[Joefarmer]

Looking good! Removed a few dying lower leaves today. pH is dropping like crazy. Gonna change the res. tomorrow. and put em' on 12/12. They're all just starting to poke through the screen.
There seems to be an ongoing debate on when to flower plants in ScroG. Most seem to start it after bending a few branches back through the screen. Some do it when 30% of the screen has been filled. So I'm doing it a little on the early side it seems. But with the LED's lack of penetration, this is best and will hopefully keep the canopy relatively even.
Outdoors this year the BCD blasted off at the onset of flowering and more than doubled in size. Can't wait for it to happen in my closet! PEace