Cookies - Spilt Paint DWC/RDWC

I skipped a week but Im guessing these plants are 3ish weeks from popping. Call it the second week of veg because they had a bit of filling out to do whilst they dealt with being WAY TOO LONG, during this time a few of the plants succumbed to the stress leaving me with 2 "Spilt Paint" seedlings and 3 "Gary Poppins" that will be the plants I take all the way thru. Sucks I lost almost half of them but it was my fault and the ones that are remaining are STOUT and growing VERY well. I am super pleased with how well they are doing honestly. Moving forward this diary will show the Cookies - Spilt paint progress exclusively and I will have a separate diary with a similar beginning for the Exotic Genetix - Gary Poppins plants, each with their data and photos. I did it this way only because they were started at the same time and are in the same systems. So I removed the top rock wool cube that was cut in half and zip tied together for support. Because I got my Current Culture UC SOLO 6 site system in the mail, and the plant sites come with collars so I transplanted them about a week and a half ago, they were still quite young but I carefully placed them on the platform in the CC net pots (5.5") and used the foam collar to support the tops of the seedlings with 1/4 strength solution just under the platform, roots grew into water within a day or two and now all plants have a nice and healthy looking root ball taking form. They are all PEARLY white, but I didn't rinse the Geolite well enough because sediment from it has accumulated both on the floor of the system along the edges and where the initial waterline was. Because for some time the sediment was floating on the surface before settling to the bottom, the roots got some of the brownish-red sediment stuck in them, I have examined it thoroughly and it is NOT root rot. The roots have grown past the brownish section and are the whitest I have ever seen. Soon I will be transplanting 4 of these to my RDWC tent for the end of Veg and full Flower and when that time comes I will dunk the roots into UC Roots and remove any sediment lodged inside. Gonna first let the root system become more robust since it isn't doing any visible damage. All plants look super healthy and grow like CRAZY. Also topped all 5 plants a couple of days ago.

We are chugging right along. Using. Very weak led for veg (150w) on six plants so not explosive growth it could be but as soon as my flower tent is open the four best are going in there where there’s a total of 470 watts r spec and a full 4 bucket RDWC with a chiller and a lot better setup than just this six site tub. It’s perfect for vegging but the other spot is much more developed and controlled. Thinking these will need to veg at least two more weeks to fill the scrog how I want In the end. Last grow I flipped after two weeks and the net isn’t nearly as full and even as it should or could be. I think I over defoliated and flipped too fast. So I’m not doing any kind of training yet. But haven’t needed to as these plants are extremely uniform. Have topped/fimmed twice. The only thing I have any issue with is sediment in the rootball from the geolite. Never using this shit again. Although having read about bio buckets. It specifically mentions that the porousness of lava rocks. Which is basically what geolite is helps store bennies. Which I am using because I have no chiller on this setup and got root rot almost immediately last time I grew in this environment

Still moving along nicely. Started giving a foliar spray a few times weekly made with -Canna Boost -Advanced nutrients revive -Canna rhizotonic -powersi Nothing noteworthy but added a c02bag

Last update from the CcH2O UC COMM 35 Gallon - 6 siter. I now have a nice even canopy about 21 inches high. Massive root balls which makes me nervous because I didn’t maintain separation of the root zones sooooo I’m gonna do the best I can and try not to kill these very nice bushes I spent 4-5 weeks vegging. Each plant has been topped 3 times for a total of 8 mains. And super cropped as needed to keep the canopy uniform. I got a new light and have moved the 150w Viparspectra LED to the wall of my flowering tent and these are using the new one in veg since its 2 inches too big for my flower tent and i am vegging in my closet. The light is a NextLED Mega - 650w LED, started on 50% and moved to 75% recently with no issues. I am moving 4/6 plants in this setup to my DIY RDWC system. 2 of which are the “Spilt Paint” strain this diary focuses on. Other two are “Gary Poppins” by Exotic Genetix. I have a 4 bucket system of 5 gallon buckets connected to an outside res that’s 27 gallons. The sites have both recirculating on via a waterfall to each site from the res and 1000gPH pump. And a return line thru 300 gPh pump and inline filter and back to the res. There is also a chiller and small pump in the res keeping the system nice a cool. Something I didn’t have with the current setup. That’s why I ran bennies. But honestly, regardless. I think that the benefits outweigh the sterile route regardless. Basically I’m moving them to a system with substantially better equipment. Like a blue lab guardian so my parameters will always be dialed in how I want. There’s an exhale bag for c02 hanging. Exhaust fan that runs for 5 mins every 25 mins to move the air around without wasting the precious c02. An air conditioner when needed (probably won’t use til flower). Small booster intake at the bottom duct and 2- 100w leds one on either side of a HLG 300 RSpec and a 150w viparspectra on the wall for side lighting. Two trellises will be added when I move them. One 2ft above the base and the other 3 feet above. I will veg probably one more week after they start growing with the vigor I have become accustomed to in RDWC and it should fill the canopy out enough to flip and finish the rest of the way and the tent is gonna be completely packed down.

Moved the plants to their final home in my 4 site RDWC system. This system has much more advanced equipment and the plants perked up before the end of the first day in their new system. Even after I had to detangle the roots to get them out of their last site. I have started the lighting at about 50% of the max and plan to bring it up slowly. I also added 10 gallons (about 35% of the total system volume including the res) of of bloom nutrient solution to some of what they were already drinking in veg to ease them into it. I am officially flipping them three days after transplant but we will call this flowering week one.

These things are growing out of control! They’re getting so close to the lights it’s insane. I’ve had to drop the lower slightly to prevent burning. These things are just so robust. They are extremely stable genetics and can handle most anything I’ve thrown at it intentionally or not. They just have a really remarkable vigor. Easily they’re nearly double the size since I started flowing exactly 14 days ago. I see calyx’s but no noticeable flowers (or balls) thus far. Should be any day now they finish the stretch and start to pack on the bulk. Some EC issues but nothing really too crazy or anything. They’re drinking a lot. Easily a gallon per day each. Really I’ve had no problems. Highly recommend growing these if you can

These plants stretched ALOT its not even funny. I have had to super crop them and tied them down to keep them from burning. But we are doing good. Ran out of CCh20 base nutes. so switched to House and Garden Aqua Flakes A+B as a base and added top shooter for this week only. Had some EC/PH/WATER LEVEL issues but i think i solved them. These plants are just so thirsty its not even funny

Super heavy yielder, nice dense, dripping and exotic looking nugz. Definitely recommend if you need to pull as much uhq dank with restrictions on plants or space. Grows very tall for an indica dominant hybrid, almost hit the light after stretch. Ultimately very hq stable genetics