Phat Jays 2nd Grow (CFL/Coco) w/pics

[rikb631]

redonkulous... shit looks tight jay!!! like the other guy i hope i have 1/2 the luck you do.

[PhatJay]

Thanks a lot Jay, appreciate you took the time to post it up for us. Also, 130g dry of 2 125w cfls ! That sure is something. My first grow i got around 8 grams per plant. Really goes to show what a good feeding schedule can do with cfls. I doubt you could achieve 130g easily with a 250 hps but with 250 cfl !!! madness. Well ye thanks for uploading it and will def give it a go next grow, one question though, which nutrients did you use out of the ones on the schedule ? Cheers

Hopefully you were looking at the schedules in my Coco album and not the soil one I posted up for GreenThumb. This is the schedule I follow when using Canna nutes in Coco...



Canna Hydro Feeding Schedule - This is the schedule I use to grow in Coco. I am using slightly smaller doses of nutrients than in this schedule. I use this schedule for timing rather than dosages. This is because the grow shop that produces these schedules, recommends using 75% dosage when using hydro nutes in Coco.

I also don't use all the products listed. Currently I do not use Rhizotonic, Trichoderma or Canna Flush. I also plan to ditch Cannaboost as it is very expensive. My grow log contains details of what nutes and dosages I use. I am only on my second grow and still experimenting, but I don't think you can go far wrong if you follow this schedule, it is a great base for experimentation.

If you are flowering for more than 9 weeks you add weeks between weeks 5 and 6. Not all these products are necessary to produce good results.

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This is the chart for using Canna Coco nutes in Coco, it varies slightly from the schedule I use.



If you are flowering for more than 9 weeks you add weeks between weeks 5 and 6. Not all these products are necessary to produce good results.

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And finally.... This is their Ultimate Coco Feeding Schedule, using what they consider to be the best nutes from different companies.



If you are flowering for more than 9 weeks you add weeks between weeks 5 and 6. Not all these products are necessay to produce good results.

[PhatJay]

thank u so much 4 takin the tym out 2 scan dat.

No problem, I posted my full reply in your thread.

redonkulous... shit looks tight jay!!! like the other guy i hope i have 1/2 the luck you do.

Thanks

[PhatJay]

I started watering with refridgerated water today, I will use this for the next 2 waterings and then switch the lights off for 3 days.

Both my plants are struggling to stand up, I spoke to the guy I got my cuttings from and he had the same problem, this strain stretches a bit and has weak stems. Over the last week I have had to tie up some of the secondary buds and 3 of the main colas to prevent them falling over. I have mainly been tying up the buds by the doors, most of the secondary buds are being propped up by the sides of my cabinet. I think I am going to have to cut them down inside the cabinet when I harvest. If I try to take them out, they are just going to collapse and I dont want carpet fluff all over my lovely buds.

I checked the trichomes tonight with a microscope and I have about 1% amber trichs, so it looks like I am going to get a soaring high again, instead of the couch lock I was aiming for. Probably for the best really, my last crop was a "get things done" creative type of high, if I had loads of couch lock weed I wouldn't do anything.

The camera battery gave out mid-way through taking pics so this is all I have for you....

(click for hi-res versions)

Top of main cola (Plant D)


Close up of one of the colas on Plant E

[G13budsmoker]

looks very good man... i hadnt heard of the water technique you used but i did a lil more search on it and i think i will be trying it. im curious to know what your dried harvest will be cause this will be my first batch with quality nutes and quality soil and no problems with heat, my previous batchs never harvested much wieght but had tons of thc content and is sativa as well.

[xxMrGreenThumbx]

mate ur plants r sexc.. Wtz the smell lyk? Good luk wif the harvest.. U nno wt u gna gro nxt? I nikd abit ov bud of me plant.. Tis a nyc smoke.. Da high wen u get up and do fings is gud .. U prefer it? Or the couchlok stoned? Hope ur kool mate x

[PhatJay]

Iz there any risk ov hermieing wif stress ripenin.?

Not as far as I am aware, lots and lots of people have tried SR, no one has anything bad to say about it.

mate ur plants r sexc.. Wtz the smell lyk? Good luk wif the harvest.. U nno wt u gna gro nxt? I nikd abit ov bud of me plant.. Tis a nyc smoke.. Da high wen u get up and do fings is gud .. U prefer it? Or the couchlok stoned? Hope ur kool mate x

They smell like gods vagina.

Not sure what I am going to grow next, but it will be a different strain with better genetics. Maybe Bubble Cheese or White Rhino, as I can get cuttings for both these strains.

I like both kinds of high, depends what situation I am in.

I seem to recall you saying that you are going on holiday tomorrow, hope you have a good one. :thumbsup:

looks very good man... i hadnt heard of the water technique you used but i did a lil more search on it and i think i will be trying it.

Cheers G13, I had a little look at your girls, very nice.:jointsmile: Just google Stress Ripening if you want to know more about the technique or feel free to ask and I will tell you what little I know. I altered the technique slightly to incorporate a dry period.

[Charbud]

Phatjay, need little bit of your great knowledge (again) !

Ok, plan is to have a veg cabinet and flower cabinet. In the veg cabinet, a 300w blue spec cfl, in the flower room i was going to have 6 42w cfls but i dont know how to wire them so what do you think to either 2 X125w or 3X125w ? I plan on running say six small plants every two weeks to get a constant harvest. These plants wouldnt be big, only vegged to 2-3 inches in small pots (going on the Dr.Bud principles). I know you have experience with the 125s so do you think they would be up to the job to do 6-12 x 2-3 inchers or possibly more ? The reason i was going to have 6X42w was to spread the light out equally but if 2 x 125ws will do the deal i will change my mind ! Bit of topic but you are in the uk, one of ur pics was with baked beans i think ? Lookin forward to the join harvest day haha

[PhatJay]

Phatjay, need little bit of your great knowledge (again) !

Ok, plan is to have a veg cabinet and flower cabinet. In the veg cabinet, a 300w blue spec cfl, in the flower room i was going to have 6 42w cfls but i dont know how to wire them so what do you think to either 2 X125w or 3X125w ? I plan on running say six small plants every two weeks to get a constant harvest. These plants wouldnt be big, only vegged to 2-3 inches in small pots (going on the Dr.Bud principles). I know you have experience with the 125s so do you think they would be up to the job to do 6-12 x 2-3 inchers or possibly more ? The reason i was going to have 6X42w was to spread the light out equally but if 2 x 125ws will do the deal i will change my mind ! Bit of topic but you are in the uk, one of ur pics was with baked beans i think ? Lookin forward to the join harvest day haha

It's funny you mention this, because after seeing that SOG continuous harvest grow I was thinking of doing pretty much the same! Except I was planning on having a mother plant to make my own cuttings/clones. As you probably already know, the smaller bulbs are more efficient and cheaper, so I was going to look into using household bulbs as well. I have already bought the fittings for the larger screw in bulbs we use and they are easier to wire up than a plug. I need to look into the prices for the fittings and/or splitters for household bulbs myself. I am moving home very soon, which has put my plans on hold, if I wasn't moving I would already have my next plants vegged and ready to go into flower.

As far as whether or not 125w will be enough for 6 small (well tiny really) plants, I will have more of an idea after I harvest and weigh "Four Tops" colas. Doing a SOG like Dr.Bud is effectively just growing main colas. I also need to read DrBuds thread in more detail, I just skimmed it the first time I read it.

If the cost of fittings and household bulbs is more than the 125w lights, I was thinking of having 1x125w 2700k for every 6 plants (I don't think a 125w would be enough for 12) in my flower room (18 plants in total, seperated by 3 or 4 weeks) and just 1x125w 6500k for the veg room. A friend of mine keeps a mother plant, so I was going to speak with him about what I need for that side of things. All this might change when I do a bit more research though, moving home is chewing up a lot of my time at the moment (so many things to organise!) and I can't really dedicate too much of my time to growing.

I will update you as soon as I have done a little more research and I will smoke a phat jay of my trimmings in your honour on harvest day. :rastasmoke:

[Charbud]

It's funny you mention this, because after seeing that SOG continuous harvest grow I was thinking of doing pretty much the same! Except I was planning on having a mother plant to make my own cuttings/clones. As you probably already know, the smaller bulbs are more efficient and cheaper, so I was going to look into using household bulbs as well. I have already bought the fittings for the larger screw in bulbs we use and they are easier to wire up than a plug. I need to look into the prices for the fittings and/or splitters for household bulbs myself. I am moving home very soon, which has put my plans on hold, if I wasn't moving I would already have my next plants vegged and ready to go into flower.

Ye, i wanted to have a mother as well but wanted to give it a rial run before i started making clones which i have never done before. The biggest wattage on a cfl in the uk is around 25w(household spiral bulb). From my research i cant find any y splitters from the uk only from hong kong ! I have also seen these 3 bulb vanity lights which are pretty much a board with 3 bulb sockets and a plug but only from the states..it so frustrating finding stuff from the uk !

As far as whether or not 125w will be enough for 6 small (well tiny really) plants, I will have more of an idea after I harvest and weigh "Four Tops" colas. Doing a SOG like Dr.Bud is effectively just growing main colas. I also need to read DrBuds thread in more detail, I just skimmed it the first time I read it.

I only got about half way through it making notes, its a good 50 pages long !
I'd suggest his first grow as its less bulbs and less plants, his larger one is around 20 cfls or something.

If the cost of fittings and household bulbs is more than the 125w lights, I was thinking of having 1x125w 2700k for every 6 plants (I don't think a 125w would be enough for 12) in my flower room (18 plants in total, seperated by 3 or 4 weeks) and just 1x125w 6500k for the veg room. A friend of mine keeps a mother plant, so I was going to speak with him about what I need for that side of things. All this might change when I do a bit more research though, moving home is chewing up a lot of my time at the moment (so many things to organise!) and I can't really dedicate too much of my time to growing.

Ye the reason i thought of the 125w lights were they are pretty safe and don't rely on my wiring, im very wary of causing eletrical fires and my inexperience in electrics doesn't help my cause !

I will update you as soon as I have done a little more research and I will smoke a phat jay of my trimmings in your honour on harvest day. :rastasmoke:

I will do also, very much lookin forward to it