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6 years ago
Commencing Week 10 - 2nd week of flowering - Day 64 from germination - Day 14 of 12/12 on December 26th All is awesome! 😁 Although all plants have hairs right now, 818#1&2, BH2, & GZ2 (especially 818s) seem to start throwing hairs just a few days before the rest. RD is stretching out rather nicely and is working in sync to make a nice level and full canopy. Have noticed the pH of the nutrient solution now swings very low with every plant, especially the bigger ones, within 24 hrs going from 5.8 down to 3.8-4.3. I pH back up accordingly every day. Lastly I decided to go with "bonsai" training instead of topping. (This is in order to keep plants growing at a steady pace - non-stunting - while taking away the apical shape that is natural for some strains.). I "bonsai'd" The following: GZ1&2&3, AND 818#1. Simply put I coiled bonsai wire around the main cola and bent below the next lowest node /tier (see photos) The other s: RD, BH 1&2, and 818#2 have a natural level/close to level shape. D.65/15 Started tucking leaves and light stress training. So far I have taken only 3-4 leaves off per plant. And other than coiled the Apex cola they are been untouched. Also to balance out the pH drop, I have been pHing to the 6.0-6.2 range. Seems to steady the solution better so I will continue. Lastly I have put both the fans and the oxygen pumps on a 15m on 15 m off interval throughout the 24 hr day. I thought it might be risky however the plants seem not to mind, rather maybe even like this better. D.69/19 Yesterday I added a tiny bit of bloom food high in phosphate to help with the flowering since it's picking up now, as well as some extra Cal Mag and the plants seem happier because of it. And I have still been putting the pH a little higher, in the 6.1 range, rather than a 5.8 since it seems to be dipping low every time I check rather than going up. Also I put these pumps back on 24 hrs per day because after two days of being on for 12 hours her day they seemed not as happy as they were prior. Lesson learned with that one no harm done so that's a good thing. The raspberry diesel is really taking up the space wonderfully in between the four plants in the corners and is becoming almost + shaped really filling in the canopy just like the description online says don't vegfor long because the flower phase stretch is something to behold. 818 headband number one has a really beautiful medium sized stature not too short but not tall and lanky either and tons of Bud sites and is looking the most bud-filled already whether that means it will have the most yield or be done the fastest, or both we'll have to wait and see., All three of the Gorilla Zkittles seem to have slightly different phenotype variation one a little bit more sativa than the other two that are more hybrid looking. All 3 have very different root masses compared to the rest of the plants and are pretty big but one in particular is absolutely huge. (Comparisons will be posted in next week's update.) the Boss hogs also seem to have very different phenotype expressions as of now one is staying much more short and having a very level canopy naturally and no hairs, while the other is close to a level canopy but still has a little bit of that main cola dominant feature as well as a lot more hairs. Thank you watching hope your enjoying, the best is yet to come !!😁😁
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Grow Questions
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Incstarted grow question 6 years ago
Has anyone any relevant and useful knowledge in light schedule (ie. 12/12 or 6 on 6 off) manipulation, even if experimental data or personal experience?
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Athos
Athosanswered grow question 6 years ago
The plants need 12 hours of UNINTERRUPTED darkness to flower, which means that something like 6/6 will not trigger flowering. What I've read about is something called extended light schedule: With a digital timer, you set lights for periods of 21:36 hours (21 hrs 36 mins) and lights off periods of 12 hours), this will give you an exact week that has 5 extended days (for a total of 33 hours 36 mins per "day"). The data I read states that the aditional light hours increases yield. Also important, going over 21 or 22 hours of light does nothing since there's a point where the added light reaches a saturation point and the plant can't use it. I havent tested it though
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Incstarted grow question 6 years ago
Don't plan on topping. Someone want to talk me into it? Just weigh out some pros and cons; and I'll pick the most informative and relevant answer, and maybe even change my mind. πŸ˜„πŸ‘
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HighTV
HighTVanswered grow question 6 years ago
Hi there @Green_Friends_Inc! The apical meristem (top bud site) uses Auxin to restrict secondary buds sites from developing in a process called Apical dominance. This allows for higher amounts of hormones to be delivered to the leading bud sites compared to the side-shoots. This is why we Top our plants!! By removing/topping the apical budsite you are turning the the next two stems into apically dominant sites leading to a more even distribution in Bud growth a wider plants. Topping is all about distributing the hormones equally to more branches as apposed to the single Apical bud site! Its a very good technique to use when trying to maintain a shorter bulkier plant. I know you aren't topping this cycle, but perhaps I convinced you for the next one haha best of luck friend! 😎
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Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Incweek 8
Thanks bud 😁 I am excited to see what it will do in flower πŸ‘
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Incweek 13
To everyone that answered my question in regards to topping all were on point answers with great rational and perspective. I appreciate the time and effort to help so much ! In the end I chose to leave the plants in as much as their natural shape/structure that my grow allowed. This was done in order to: not slow down the plant whatsoever, and to learn what natural shape each plant would ultimately show. This is done because I often use this information for my personal breeding purposes. However, this does not mean I did nothing. All plants had roughly 25% of fan leaves removed. The main grow area plants (GZ1,2,3+818#1+RD) all were "Bent-Topped"* right before starting 12/12. And once every two weeks since I have done some VERY LST to spread of the budsites towards the lighting to allow for better penetration. "Bent-Topped"* = By this I mean I bent (without snapping*) the main apex stem 2 nodes down and held in place usuing bonsai wire. This, as @hightv stated, distributed plant horomones more evenly throughout the entire plant; and in doing so also helped level out my canopy; lastly but most importantly I was able to better manage and control the stretch that was about to take place! All with out the stunting effect that completely topping a plant can sometimes have πŸ‘πŸ˜πŸ‘
TheBudWhisperer
TheBudWhisperer
@Green_Friends_Inc, I agree wholeheartedly with the approach. HST probably best way to go late veg. If ur avoiding recovery time. I woulda considered topping much earlier in the grow anyway (but I don’t have the kinda space you do so it’s all relativeπŸ˜‰).
TheBudWhisperer
TheBudWhispererweek 13
Lookn very nice bud!πŸ‘ got a close eye on that 818 stillπŸ˜‰.
TheBudWhisperer
TheBudWhisperer
@Green_Friends_Inc, cool dude - I’ll be watchn 😎
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@TheBudWhisperer, Excellent ty! The 818#2 has surprised me quite a bit. Both are AWESOME and fun-to-grow strains. More information and details will be shared soon!πŸ˜πŸ‘
Experimentgreen
Experimentgreenweek 12
Buds are looking great this week. Seem pretty big for only the 4th week of flower. Bummer with the ph/ppm meter, sometimes i think they just build those things to break. I hope the mega crop turns out good. ✌️
Experimentgreen
Experimentgreen
@Green_Friends_Inc, lol thats hilarious! I had some microbes this summer that smelled like some animals fecal matter too...what animal...god only knows.
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@Experimentgreen, Tyvm! Hopefully they keep this growth rate up, DWC has shown me quicker harvests. And the mega crop was recommended by another user on growdiaries. Stuff looks like a protein shake and smells like 🐦 poop lol. Only time will tell now so we'll just have to wait and see either way πŸ˜„ Funny story about the pH meter. When the new one didn't arrive this morning I decided to try and fix the old one. All I did was take aluminum foil and wrap it around the metal connectors for the pH socket and then wrapped each the pH, PPM, and temperature wires in alot of black electric tape and Bam!! Working. Even better than before I think.... Which leads me to believe that all along for the past few weeks I have been pHing my plants slightly off of what I thought I was... Then this afternoon my new meter arrives and.... not only does it not come calibrated, but it came with a socket that looks like it plugs into a wall in China or Europe somewhere definitely not American plug... πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ At least I have one working (correctly I hope) for now and it seems to be working enough because when I used it today the plants looked a little bit greener afterwards. in the next few days I'm going to have to check and compare against a friends meter or something to see if mine still calibrated correctly. πŸ‘
Bigface
Bigfaceweek 18
Hash tips? Now there's a new one for me πŸ€”?! #baffledagain πŸ˜‚
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@Bigface, lol ya Went over this before just a few posts up I believe I'll just copy and paste what I wrote prior 😁 "2 I believe you are correct sir, forgive my laziness giving the impression of misinformation. I did however describe the photo as " hash tip/light bleach" in at least of the weeks updates feel free to find and like please πŸ˜„!" - me
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarweek 15
I wish i coud sit in front of your Growspace and take some sniffs of those wonderful smells
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@Mrs_Larimar, Sometimes I zone out doing just that πŸ™ƒ
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarweek 14
very wonderful Private Jungle
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@Mrs_Larimar, I can't agree more. It's been a while so I am glad to be growing healthy medicine. It's wonderfully pungent now tooπŸ‘ƒπŸ˜πŸ˜ Wish I share the smell 😏 Maybe, in the future though who knows!😎
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarweek 13
Frosty AF . Wonderful. And its just the Beginning----- enjoy your Sunday
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@Mrs_Larimar, tytyvm πŸ’š
Deepgrow
Deepgrowweek 1
Bro, how do you use the clonex? She look very nice. Congra
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@Deepgrow, Tyvm! I actually use Clonex throughout the entire grow - from seedling up to last few weeks of bloom - very sparingly, like 1/4 recommended dose if that. Reason being a long while back when I first was learning DWC I was cash strapped and had nothing else to use... so I used all I had at the time which was only some Clonex (liquid not gel). I was incredibly surprised when the plants grew so quickly and healthy. Since then it's been part of my regiment πŸ˜πŸ‘ Ps I also use (in like 1/10 recommended dose) Clonex in Veg phase as foliar feed.
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowweek 12
Nice progress and great pics ! Why change a winning combination though ?
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@CRiSPrGrow, tyvm!! "Change comes without progress, but progress does not come without change" Hoping to make the *winning combination* even betterπŸ€” Won't know until I at least try and if it doesn't work.....it's a lesson learned and I will go right back to what does !πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ˜πŸ˜
SeedLover
SeedLoverweek 12
Man!!! That rootball is Massive! Your plants are in very good health, nice job!
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@@SeedLover, Heh ty my friend! I put that in there for you. GZ 2 & 3 are like that. GZ1 looks much different above the bucket and inside πŸ€” also 818#1 is catching up with the massive GZ rootballs. Big roots=big yields usually 🀞
TheWhiteRabbit
TheWhiteRabbitweek 11
sorry man I mistook you for another person..πŸ˜… nice grow by the wayπŸ‘
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@TheWhiteRabbit, How do you know I am not that person??πŸ˜‹ Lol, All good man ty! βœŒοΈπŸ˜„πŸ‘
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarweek 8
Wow , nice Setup
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@Mrs_Larimar, thank you I put hours in yesterday installing and dialing everything in preparation for flowering!πŸ‘πŸ˜πŸ‘ Borrowed some lighting from a friend. Found the three COBs in black panel on Amazon for 17 usd a piece. They pull 50 watts I measured but we're advertised to pull a lot more. I'm happy with them though and look forward to seeing what they can do. Either way I like the way CFL/FL & LED grows taste idk if it's weird or just me or what lol
MyCloset
MyClosetweek 1
Goodluck bro, i follow along
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@MyCloset, I follow back :)
SeedLover
SeedLoverweek 17
Very nice ! πŸ’ͺ
TheBudWhisperer
TheBudWhispererweek 11
Dude! The set is nice and ur lookn at some serious weight real soon. Got some 707 on the grow sched. In short order and really interested in watching the 818 go off. Love my diesel. Good luck with er - I’m along for the ride for sure. Beauties, all of emπŸ‘
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Incweek 11
Tyvm! @thebudwhisperer, I also love my diesels and diesel crosses 😁
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Incweek 3
Looking into that now, thanks for the heads up!
LockDownGrow
LockDownGrowweek 15
Isn't what you have called hash tips actually bleaching from the lights ? I have read that when the tips are bleached like that it's not a good thing and can cause rot in the cure jars too , I would say it my be a safer bet too cure the bleached tips in jars on there own
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@LockDownGrow, Often, and I've given in a few times the hash tip was bigger πŸ˜…
LockDownGrow
LockDownGrow
@Green_Friends_Inc, wow , Never tempted too smoke it ?
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@LockDownGrow, Posted!
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Bigface
Bigfaceweek 13
Hi there, 3.2e.c? Are we sure about this? In Deep Water Culture....? I'm also in DWC Barney gorilla zkittlez, week 2 flower and I'm currently on 1.1 e.c, the leaves are a deep green any more and I'd risk the tips burning... Never in 8 years have I ever used higher than 1.8 e.c for any strain in DWC,coco or soil. I am truly baffled πŸ€” Kind regards Bigface
Green_Friends_Inc
Green_Friends_Inc
@Bigface, πŸ‘
Bigface
Bigface
@Green_Friends_Inc, it's not so much I need feedback on my personal e.c levels as I'm sure I'm on the mark, they are rather large, considering only 6week from seed vegetative stage.... more for your keen eye and experience in spotting that keeper fire πŸ”₯ phenotype... p.s Im using advanced nutrients ph perfect for this run
Bigface
Bigface
@Green_Friends_Inc, Hey mate, thankyou for the reply....I shall post you some pics of my girls tomorrow. 4x gorilla zkittlez, they are week 2 flower so maybe you could spot the πŸ”₯ phenotype from my pics and il do some late cloning as I've been lazy and yet to 🍭 them! Failing that il make sure to monster crop the fire pheno either way πŸ˜πŸ‘ŠπŸΌ
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