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love_2_growcommentedweek 03 years ago
DWC is fascinating. One day I will have to try it myself. Happy Growing, Buddy! π±π±π±
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1Β° DWC Hulkberry Auto
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weeks 4
ScrOG
weeks 5-6
Defoliation
weeks 3-6, 8-12
LST
weeks 9
20%
Mineral Wool
Grow medium
80%
Expanded Clay
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10 L
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Rockwool Cube
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First of all: ANY comments and criticisms are welcome. We have never grown and we just have to learn.
Setup: Grow box: 2x2x6 / Vents TT100 with carbon filter / Mars Hydro TS1000 / 10 liter Dwc bucket (so small) / Hailea 9610 air pump (so big) / Atami and GHE nutrients.
First time my girlfriend and I try to cultivate and decided to do it in DWC. The starting conditions are not optimal, we do not use osmotic water and the temperatures are already high and will continue to rise in the next two months. We wanted to wait until September to start, but I was too eager to experiment and I started earlier.
Further unenviable conditions are the high humidity (over 80%) of the small lung room and some electrical problems, that's why we will hardly keep the TS1000 at 100%, but I think it will max 75% for 20 hour cycles to reach optimal / decent DLI anyway (around 30-40 DLI should be enough).
Probably from the next crop, the grow box will move to another house and have fewer problems with humidity and electricity.
Special thanks to a user of this community, SwissKush, who helped me with so many tips.
[Day 1] - 1/6/22
- TEMP: 23Β° C; RH: 75%-85% / Tap water EC 0.3 / Glass of water with 0.5 ml of H2O2, EC 0.3, inserted seed / Rockwool bathed with 0.1 ml of rootbastic, EC 0.35, corrected PH at 5.9;
- After 20 hours I inserted the seed in rock wool with a little water on the bottom; closed in a food bag (to retain moisture).
[Day 2] - 2/6/22
- To be safe, decided to germinate another Hulkberry Auto seed. If both suits succeed, I'll have to make an important decision:
A) keep the plant that seems in better shape and throw the other one; B) try to grow both seedlings in the same DWC; C) add a second 10lt DWC bucket.
I will most likely choose the first option so I keep things simple but decide when the time comes.
- Put the container with the cubes in the Grow Box and for the moment the light is off. TEMP: 24Β° C; RH: 90%
- From tomorrow I was thinking of turning on the lamp at 60cm and dimming to the minimum to direct the plants and not make them lack light when they pop out.
[Day 3] - 3/6/22
- Turned on the TS1000, dimmer 10%, distance 75 cm. TEMP: 26Β°/27Β° - RH: 90/95%. Removed the lamp driver due to the heat, really high when the lamp is on
[Day 4] - 4/6/22
- In the morning the first seed has germinated, with some difficulty because it's blocked by the rock wool. I will use root riot next time. Moistened with a solution of tap water, 0.1 ml/L rootbastic, 1 ml/L H202, EC 0.36, PH 5.5.
- 28/29 Β° C, 70/80% RH. Light till tomorrow at 5 pm and then 18/6 cycle. - TS1000 - 25%/75cm.
[Day 5] - 5/6/22
- 29Β° C, 50% - TS1000 - 50%/75cm
- The heat generated by the lamp causes the humidity to collapse and increases temperatures so much. The situation is not that great, tomorrow I will hire a mist maker to try to improve the environmental conditions.
[Day 6] - 6/6/22
- 27Β° C, 50/60%
- To try to give a cooler and more humid environment I decided to move the seedling already in the DWC (with solution 0.6) and I added a small dome to try to retain the humidity.
- Today I buy a mist maker and let's see how it goes
[Day 7] - 7/6/22
- Added 3ml of H2o2 due to the high temperatures. Prevention is better than cure.
- In the next few days I will try to keep the temperature of the solution lower, which at the moment is around 27 Β°, but I still need a couple of things to buy.
- As for humidity and temperature, I am getting decent results by adding a mist maker to a basin full of water (next I will also decant the water).
- At the moment the situation is 28 Β° C, 66% (not quite perfect, but better than before).
- The seedling seems to grow, maybe it is stretching too much?
- I just moved the lamp to 65cm, 50% dimmer.
- The prohibitive temperatures do not allow me to further increase the power of the lamp.
- I also note that the PH tends to rise and needs to be corrected twice a day. Perhaps this too because of the temperature. It will be a real challenge to keep these problems at bay for my first crop.
No one to blame but oneself, He who makes his bed must lie in it. (thanks wordreference.com)
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DeepWaterGrowerstarted grow question 3 years ago
DWC - white stuff under the pot. What's this?
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Roots. Other
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SwissKushanswered grow question 3 years ago
It could be 2 reasons:
1. chelated minerals, sometimes minerals dont mix well together and cause this to gel substance to happen, you will need to make sure there are no foul smells. I would change the DWC nutrients with less minerals maybe .25 ml/L.
2. rockwool rot, "Rotwool" from overwatering the rockwool, you will smell a noticeable foul smell. If you DO smell a stinky or rotten smell, its time to start over with new seed.
Most likely chelated, or gelled minerals if there is no stink smell.
DeepWaterGrowerstarted grow question 3 years ago
Do I need Cal-Mag or what? Brown stains on the leaves.
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Leaves. Color - Dark-brown
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SwissKushanswered grow question 3 years ago
Could be a few things:
a. dried water droplets from humidity too high or making the mistake of spraying plants this young
b. PH problems with the Rockwool cube. Typically rockwool cubes are PH 9 or 10 and it takes a soaking them in PH 5.5 water for at least 3 days to bring it down within a range that your plants can uptake minerals with. It has taken me 6 days before to achieve this. If your PH of the cube is too high, your plant will struggle with its uptake of nitrogen and other core growing minerals... just because your DWC water tells you the PH is within range, it doesn't mean the PH around the new stem is fine...If you soaked your Rockwool cubes for 3+ days you should be fine, but if not you will have a bad growing experience without any yield.
c. overwatering, top watering 1L at a time, and improperly spraying is very excessive, and will cause your water levels to creep up within the basket causing rot and other unpleasantries.
d. improperly using Mineral Magic with young plants will burn them causing brown spots... mineral magic should be used with the 3rd node of leaves is present.
I am sure the issues here are a combination of the scenarios above. Roots should be in the pool day ~6 - 10.
DeepWaterGrowerstarted grow question 3 years ago
Do I have too much bubble in DWC bucket?
It's 10 liter jar but it was filled with only 6 liters to stay away at least 1 cm from the pot with clay.
I just uploaded a video.
Thank you for your help!
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Setup. Substrates
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gottagrowsometimeanswered grow question 3 years ago
Nope. You can never have enough of O2 in your water. It'll give your growth that extra lil kick.
Good luck bro.
DeepWaterGrowerstarted grow question 3 years ago
Hi guys, some rookie questions for you.
1) Air in the grow box;
2) Wind in the grow box.
More details in the comments section
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Setup. Ventilation
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gottagrowsometimeanswered grow question 3 years ago
You won't need to close it. If the smell were to come out of the gap it would come through the rest.
The whole point of doing what you are doing, is you want a negative pressure seal.
With that vent open. Air comes into it. (Can't come out of it, smell travels with air flow) just think about it for a sec.
I use a sealed tent with no vents open and just leave the hole at bottom where you put the plug wire through keep that say on the bottom left, and extraction on top right will make for decent air flow. But you want that neg pressure seal. Look it up. There's a big difference in my bud already. And as for RH/TEMP whatever you keep your grow room at your tent will only be a few % difference in your grow room compared to your tent. Trust me a neg pressure seal you want. I won't go into it. There's just too much. Read up about it. As for what you are doing now you can seal up your tent or leave the vent half open no smell will move unless air is blowing out the seems and with a neg pressure it goes through the exhaust.
You'll learn about co2 and the importance of bringing in O2 that will draw in co2. Having that vent sealed will drop your co2, unless you add extra co2
Good luck.
DeepWaterGrowerstarted grow question 2 years ago
Day 24 from sowing. Hulkberry Auto by RQS.
From today the tip of one of the old leaves has turned yellow. What is it due to?
More information in comments and in diary.
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Feeding. Deficiences
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SwissKushanswered grow question 2 years ago
A.Likely this is the PH adjustments that had to be made. This only takes a few hours to show up. It could be the beginning of nutrient burn.. 1.5ml/L is very strong for Mineral Magic... typically we use 0.2g/L or 0.4g/L. The measurement on the jar of Mineral Magic instructions says 4g for every 10 liters.. 1.5g/L would be close to 15g for every 10 liters.. 3x too hot for the setup if the numbers are all listed correct.
B. if you are using EC 0 water, you will need cal-mag, literally right now. The water I use for my DWC is 200ppm from the stream with high levels of all naturally occurring minerals like Iron, Calcium, Manganese, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Silicate. I still use Cal-Mag sometimes depending on the breeder. FastBuds seems to be cal mag thirsty.
I run all of my DWC grows 28-30 degrees during the day, 20 degrees at night. The temperature split of 8-10 degrees makes them grow very fast from what I have experienced. I am a strong believer in the 10 degree difference in night versus day temperatures like in nature.
For mars hydro I use 2x TS1000s, intensity 100% about 100-110cm away (permanently mounted in top of mars hydro tent) it allows for the temperature at the plant to be around 28 all the time. I never touch the light's intensity knob until the last few weeks of growth to simulate the summer to autumn season which works very well!
Plant is looking good, we have all had this happen, no worries! She will be strong! She has good master growing her!
DeepWaterGrowerstarted grow question 2 years ago
Hi guys,
in less than 15 days the plant should start flowering and I was taking a look at the ATAMI BCUZZ HYDRO table that I have been following from the beginning...
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Feeding. Schedule
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Robertsanswered grow question 2 years ago
The plants in charts are not for cannabis. Your vegging npk ratio is 3-1-2. Flowering npk ratio is 3-1-2. As you shift stages you are going from one ratio to another. So you are about to be where she can benefit from all 3 then the shift will happen more as Flowering sets in more. I like to introduce bloom nutes about a week before them build on it. Good luck happy growingπ±
DeepWaterGrowerstarted grow question 2 years ago
Hi guys, from today some of new leaves are growing like this. Is everything regular or is it a sign of something wrong? Given my inexperience I don't understand the symptoms from the leaves.
Info: DWC - 42 days from germination - PH 6.0-6.4 - EC 1.5 - Temp: 29 - RH 60%
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Leaves. Color - Yellow
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Chow_13answered grow question 2 years ago
I would say she is hungry or your NPK ratio is incorrect.
Test your EC after she has drank some of your bucket.
If the EC is lower then increase the feed, If it is the same then your NPK ratio is incorrect. I don't think its calcium as your adding a lot to your feed. I would say more P or K .
If it is higher then your in lockout and need to reduce your feed.
Also note your humidity is fairly high. You want to reduce it during flower to avoid bud rot. Shoot for around 40-50.
DeepWaterGrowerstarted grow question 2 years ago
Hi guys, today I found these spots on some leaves, few actually. I think it is an excess, in fact the EC in my DWC has been rising for a few days. Could you tell me more please? π
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Leaves. Color - Dark-brown
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SwissKushanswered grow question 2 years ago
The brown rust spots beginning are pretty common. It is the very early start of a nutrient lockout phase. The EC rose because your plant is drinking more water than it is eating the nutrients. Luckily you will be able to remedy this very fast with DWC. I would replace the entire nutrient pool and replace with fresh 5.8-6.0 water with half the nutrients that you are using. After a few days you can gradually increase the nutrient blend.
The buds look awesome! Good luck! π
DeepWaterGrowerstarted grow question 2 years ago
Should I worry? The bud closest to the lamp shows signs of foxtail.
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Buds. Other
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SwissKushanswered grow question 2 years ago
She is Ripening so well man, congrats!! With Autos in a sterile DWC is always 15/16 weeks due to the lack of stress and extra oxygen molecule she gets from the H202. Great Ripening blend, she has consistently loved the 1.7 EC in the sterile DWC pool throughout flowering!! The consistency that you have kept monitor over the EC and PH is impressive, be so proud! π
(replaced my previous comment due to the numerous trolls that are cropping up, lol, on here)
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SwissKushcommented2 years ago
@DeepWaterGrower, the progression in DWC you have made is great, week 4 wow!! keeping that PH stabilized is key, 6.0/yellow and you're always good at this stage! π
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love_2_growcommented3 years ago
@SwissKush, I'm waiting until we're legal here and I'll have more space. But one day, I'll pay homage to the Hydro gods :D
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SwissKushcommented3 years ago
@love_2_grow, hurry up and start bud!!! I know you will grow another champion!
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SwissKushcommentedweek 122 years ago
She is Ripening so well man, congrats!! With Autos in a sterile DWC is always 15/16 weeks due to the lack of stress and extra oxygen molecule she gets from the H202. Great Ripening blend, she has consistently loved the 1.7 EC in the sterile DWC pool throughout flowering!! The consistency that you have kept monitor over the EC and PH is impressive, be so proud! π
Those colas are looking very nice! It is the time to take the TS1000 dimmer to 75% for the first 5 days of Ripening blend, and to 50% the last 5 days! During the last 5 days of the GHE Ripen blend, take the lights to 12/12 schedule, during the night cycle the Phosphorus and Potassium will really uptake nicely causing the resin glands to engorge themselves with more sugars, terpenes and psychoactive compounds. All of the pistils will all become brown in the last 5 days. You will notice an excessive amount of frosting happening to every bud on the plant. We are simulating the entrance of the Autumn season, allowing the DWC plant to naturally close its last chapter. Since you have EC 0 water to flush and amazing air pumps in your 10L res, we only need to run that EC 0 flush for 24 hours, with lights at 12/12, and them remove the flush water, this preserves all flavor. For 2 more days she will grow in the complete darkness and then you will harvest. Pistil color tells you the maturity of the plant, looking at surface trichomes do not tell you what all of the inside intra plant trichomes look like. If the pistils aren't all brown the inside trichomes are all clear in the inside of the plant and are not ready. This is how commercial growers of 25+ years do it
Forecast for properly Ripening the Hydroponic Hulk:
Day 85-90 - Ripen blend + H202 = EC 1.7, PH 6, with TS1000 Dimmer 75% and lights 18/6 (the white pistils will all turn pink, orange and brown)
Day 90-95 - Ripen blend + H202 = EC 1.7, PH 6, with TS1000 Dimmer 50% and lights 12/12 (there should be no white pistils on day 10 of Ripen blend)
Day 96 - Remove the all the red Ripening water from the DWC tank and Install EC 0 flush water only, with TS1000 Dimmer 50% and lights 12/12
Day 97 - Remove flush water, lights OFF, total darkness
Day 98 - no water in tank, lights off, total darkness
Day 99 - Harvest your monster Hulkberry Bruce Banner plant in the morning, and remove only the large fan leaves, hang the whole plant upside down, with the scrog net in place for spacing.. then start the drying process. π Check my Gelato Auto by Fastbuds diary to see how to hang dry upside down with Scrog net still in place, works very well! 6-7 days of 50RH in the dark, and they will be ready to cure. π
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@SwissKush, thanks Swiss. I'll follow these indications and I hope many people can read this precious info
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homerjgangiacommentedweek 03 years ago
Good luck with your grow mate!πͺπͺ
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DeepWaterGrowercommented3 years ago
@homerjgangia, thanks π
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SwissKushcommentedweek 122 years ago
the buds look just like the RQS Hulkberry photos:
https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/417-3228-thickbox/hulkberry.jpg πͺ
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@SwissKush, ahah they can take one of mine! π I allow you guys @james
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SwissKushcommented2 years ago
@DeepWaterGrower, Growdiaries should update the photo: growdiaries.com/static/seed_item_photos/7674/8988-2452-hulkberry-automatic.jpg
ππ
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@SwissKush, happy to see Hulkberry is a stable genetic!
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Qutrocommentedweek 142 years ago
Congrats for the harvest and the first place on the contest!ππ
Hulkberry is a lovely strain, enjoy it all buddy.
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@Qutro, thank you so much, it was a nice journey
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gottagrowsometimecommentedweek 142 years ago
Very nice pal. Good enjoy your harvest.
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@gottagrowsometime, thanks man!
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NamasteDavecommentedweek 102 years ago
Congrats, they look amazing! Great job.
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@NamasteDave, Hey man, thanks π it was a long journey, almost finished
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NamasteDavecommented2 years ago
@DeepWaterGrower,
Congrats on an amazing grow with DWC! The photos look π.
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NamasteDavecommented2 years ago
@DeepWaterGrower,
Getting close and they look, oh so good! Great job.
This strain is my next attempt.
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Birgitlacommentedweek 132 years ago
schΓΆn, genieΓe die ernte kamerad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ππππ
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SwissKushcommented2 years ago
@DeepWaterGrower, +1 neidisch auf diese lampe
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@Birgitla, I am jealous of your lampπ
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Birgitlacommented2 years ago
@DeepWaterGrower, ich bin eifersΓΌchtig.... ich habe viele wochen..πΉ
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Qutrocommentedweek 52 years ago
Looking healthy mate. Fingers crossed for your DWC run. Wish you a best of luck and donβt forget to enjoy the progress.π±π
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Qutrocommented2 years ago
@SwissKush, wow, looks amazing. @DeepWaterGrower congrats buddy, you are really rockinβ that DWC.π
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SwissKushcommented2 years ago
@Qutro, have a look at his progress now! π
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Qutrocommented2 years ago
@DeepWaterGrower, thank you sir. π
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Gruenerfinger85commentedweek 142 years ago
Sieht sehr gut aus.
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@Gruenerfinger85, vielen Dank mein Freund
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DreamITcommentedweek 33 years ago
Enjoy growth mate π€π¦
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@DreamIT, thanks man
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RastaMousecommentedweek 13 years ago
Happy growing bro π
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DeepWaterGrowercommented3 years ago
@RastaMouse, thanks mate!
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GoldenWeedGrowercommentedweek 142 years ago
good job
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SwissKushcommentedweek 52 years ago
Looking great! She is ready for that Scrog net!! π the 9 finger leaves are impressive for this young! Healthy plant she is!
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@SwissKush, great!
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SwissKushcommented2 years ago
@DeepWaterGrower, yes I did notice that, Ive had it happen on a few plants in the past, typically if a gnat as eaten the very early growth of the leafs and moved onward, the leaves will come out like that, and they are still healthy. Nothing to worry about as it is only that location I see! Looking good!
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@SwissKush, I'm so happy π much of the credit is yours for helping me with any doubts.
Did you notice the leaves on the left? That pair of leaves is growing weird but otherwise everything is great
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SwissKushcommentedweek 03 years ago
Excited for this evolution, Hulkberry will be a face melter! π
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DeepWaterGrowercommented3 years ago
@SwissKush, there is a long way to go, but this is a good startπͺ
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SwissKushcommented3 years ago
@DeepWaterGrower, Your environment looks great! sprout on day 3 , really good! π
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DeepWaterGrowercommented3 years ago
@SwissKush, Let's hope Hulk grows big and angry πͺ
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SwissKushcommentedweek 62 years ago
She is becoming super hungry for potassium and phosphorus! π Great Job!
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SwissKushcommented2 years ago
@DeepWaterGrower, she is a monster! Im sure she will enjoy the boost. These autos become so hungry at this stage when you have trained them as aggressively as we do. Feed the beast!!! She is looking so much like Bruce banner it is shocking. You will be rewarded with a hulk smash right in the brain with this!
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@SwissKush, I'm making a good recipt for her right now. I hope she'll eat everything
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Maryjane23commentedweek 142 years ago
Ottimo raccolto!!! ππ
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2 years ago
@Maryjane23, thanks a lot! It was my first crop ever and was an amazing journey!!!
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420DeepGrowcommentedweek 142 years ago
Enhorabuena por tu primer puesto π
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SwissKushcommentedweek 122 years ago
Awesome decision on taking the light hours to 16/8 to ease the transition into 12/12. She is ripening up very nicely! Only a very short time left my friend!! ππ
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SwissKushcommentedweek 82 years ago
Mars Hydro TS1000 lights even though they say 150watts of power I consistently see 142 watts and 147 watts from each of mine. I think they should make it say ~150w of power. Nothing to worry about. Your light is fine!!! π
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