Pretty much an automated system at this point. Summer temps are climbing a bit. Humidity is staying high in the tent finally. Critical Jack doesn’t look like she will yield much which is ashame because she’s produced the most beautiful buds I’ve ever seen and I want more of them! Blue Dreamatic just keeps getting denser and denser with no sign of it being close to done yet. Very anxious to see what it produces. Both the “auto diesels” kicked into flowering finally. Front row diesel is stretchy with the narrowest sativa style leaves I’ve ever seen. Lots of bud sites so she should produce plenty. Back row diesel looks like an entirely different plant, was the last to flower, and is probably the one plant at the moment I’m most eager to watch mature.
Man the stalks on the girls! You could use them as a club.
You would think that your girls wouldn't be producing as much leafy matter at this stage of flowering.
Now that you are half way through your grow, how are you liking your new growing set-up?
@LazLow, Good luck. They should be okay. It's too bad you couldn't just leave them, but you would have a real mess on your hand if you waited too long.
@Quexos, I just pruned one girls roots back significantly this morning, never attempted that before so I’ll see how she’s doing the next few days and if she stays healthy I’ll prune them all back
Man you have put together an incredible growing system! I am more envious than you can imagine!!! You even have LEC lights!!!😃
Everyone looks really healthy. I guess 3rd times the charm?😁😁 Good luck. I'll keep checking back in to see how this system works out!
Do all hydroponic grows require that many additives?
@LazLow, Wow, so its also more efficient in terms of nutrition. You might want to keep the cal-mag in the mix. Cal-Mag will help plant structure, and help it to absorb nutrients. When I switched to AN this last grow, I noticed that my plants were in constant need of Cal-Mag. I guess it depends on the nutrient line you are using.
@Quexos, I don’t believe so. The hydroguard and flying skull are purely in there to prevent root rot. The silica blast is in there for elasticity when LST starts. Probably don’t even need the cal/mag and will take it out. Past that you just have a general part A part B veg/bloom blend. I do know however that you can cut recommended doses in half in a lot of hydro set ups and as much as a quarter what’s recommended with aero.
Everything looks so clean and sterile! All the girls look great! I can see how you can separate the reservoirs when the plants start to crowd each other. You'll just need a bigger tray underneath.
Hey there!
Wow, what a set up you got going there!
We will be following along to see how your Blue Dream'Matic progresses=)
Let us know if you need anything 💚
Now that some crazy root growth at this early stage 👌
Nice to see our Autoflowering Critical Jack in your selection 👍
Thank you for growing our genetics out and good luck with this grow 👊
We will be along for the ride and watching with interest mate ✌️
Until next time 👍
All the best
Mark..
@Quexos, the system isn’t meant to reconfigure that way but with flex tubing and ingenuity anything is possible lol hope it doesn’t come to that after the work I put towards learning it I was hoping I could just sip my coffee and nod approvingly at it from here on out 😂
@LazLow, Yeah , you are kinda set in stone because of your system configuration. Are you able to re-configure in the future and have 3 separate reservoirs?
You never know about these strains. Ones that you would expect to get large, stay short. I think that is especially with autos. I've seen a few strains that I would expect to get around 4ft., end up half that size.
@Budofpray, yep, golden tree is a sulfate so you’re going to get that lovely sulfur smell. If you’re running it hydroponically it’s going to stain your roots as well so stay vigilant on detecting root rot symptoms because it’s going to be hard to notice from just looking at the roots cause they’re gonna be brown healthy or not
@LazLow,ok dude : i understand better 💪💪
i have another question ! a friend gave me a litle bottle of golden tree….wich was new and scelled but at the opening the smell was close to rotten eggs...is it the same for you ??
thx for your answer ! i wish you the best for your grow 👌
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@Budofpray, the LED only runs during defoliation or other maintenance chores if I get to the tent during it’s night cycle. It’s not attached to a timer anymore, it ran when they were young and could spread across the canopy. Now it’s just a glorified flash light
Interesting; good to see another aeroponic grower!
Just converted over to HPA for my last grow; started with LPA.
What did you end up for spray cycle? Currently using 10 seconds on/5mins off on my rig; 3x 50 micron nozzles per plant.