Quote Originally Posted by Charbud
Dont know how you do it with only cfls ! maybe i just suck at growing !! those colas are looking piff of the piff !!!!
I don't have any special skills, I think it is the coco, plants love it.


Quote Originally Posted by moody420
Hey PhatJay.....your babies are looking real good! :thumbsup: What does the chilled water for 3 days do? I've never heard of that technique....you do that for 3 days and then lights off for 3 days?

How you liking the coco? This is my first time working with it. I've had to be very careful with the watering.

Anyways....awesome job! Those are beautiful buds! :jointsmile:
Glad you like my ladies, I checked out your grow, I wish I had your lights!

The chilled water for 3 days is part of Stress Ripening, it is a technique that was featured in High Times a few months ago. What they did was turn off the lights for 3 days and fed with water chilled in the fridge. The idea is that the plants think the end of the world is coming, they "panic" and go into overdrive. They say it improves taste, aroma, weight and strength. I can't say anything about weight, but it definitely improved aroma, taste and strength (I took a bud just before stress ripening my last grow, the difference was notable).

I modified the technique slightly because in JC's Ultimate grow dvd, he recommended 3 days without water before harvesting, to speed up drying. So I did the cold water leading up to the dark period and then no water during the dark period. I don't know if my way of doing it is better or worse than the High Times way, but it worked. It is worth a google, lots of people have tried it and the general concensus seems to be that it works.

I really like Coco, although I have never grown in anything else. Growing friends of mine recommended it to me, it seems so much easier than soil. I am surprised that you say you had to be careful with overwatering though, one of the benefits of coco is that it is hard to overwater, it maintains 23% air even when wet. You have to be careful at the start (I think it is to stop overfeeding rather than overwatering), but once my girls were 2 weeks old I was watering till runoff.


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Your answer is coming in a bit mate, I am going to scan a feed schedule for you and my girls wanted a drink 15 minutes ago.