Day 37 - Everything looks good.... they are drinking so much.... i built a bit more stable light setup, and i'll need to buy afew more plugs and stuff, to fill it out ...... i organised all the 2700k globes, ready to swap in..... still waiting on the exhaust fan, so i'll keep em in "grow" mode another week or 2 .... i'm vaping a leaf or 2, and drinking "green tea hot chocolates" .... it is so delicious in hot chocolate .... my health has picked up since starting the vape/drinks... the 21 thc/19 cbd is supa healthy ...
Day 38 - Getting them ready for Flower, noticed they are lacking in nutrients, so i started em on the heavier dutch master gold flower nutrients.
Day 40 - Added some pics. (they look droopy because they in night mode, just turned on lights for pic) - Started them on 12/12 flower, still working on getting all the lights, gear, and globes, for the right spectrum and amount of light.... atm got - 7x 2700k (click) , 2x 6400k (osram), + 60w light panel .... i'll go get some more gear today and hope to expand it to 10x 2700k , 2x 6400k ...... I put the exhaust filter fan on seperate power, so it doesn't go on/off with the timer, but stays on all the time.... it totally fixed up any odour problems, haha ....... Added some different pics for my light spectrum ... etc.....
the outside winter temp is now at 40-60oF (5-15oC) so with the 12/12h, the temp inside the tent is dropping to 60-80oF (18-22oC), abit low, but flowering is supposed to be in winter, so idk, see how it goes.....
I'm new to growing, so idk how this will work out....... just working it as i go.... i noticed afew spots on a leaf, so i upped the neuts abit more, they are still drinking like fish, huge amounts....
Day 40 late - new vids - Got the extra gear and installed it all... redesigned the initial setup, refined it with proper measurements, had to get my steel rule out, lol.......
got the 12 leds in and running, 10x 2700k clicks, and 2x 6400k osrams, with the panel..... it's lookin beautiful and got the exhaust on 24 hrs now, all working perfect with 12/12 timer.... they are forming a few spots on leaves, so hammering the nute water into them now... they are drinkin 1-2 litre of nute water a day each.... (nute water = Dutch mater gold one grow/flower, 800-1000 ppm 6 PH)
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Some details about lights.... i did some maths on it, and included some handy pics..... because i'm using cheap leds, i'm keeping the distance at 25cm, they are leds so they won't burn, and it massively increases the lumens/lux/Par, and with my home built light setup, the leds are spread out enough to keep it lower.... worked out good..... something of note is that all the led globes are built/made in china... however different marketing/selling companies from around the world... and the german osrams are 1w leds ... by far the most superior, but anyone can design and send the requirements to china to build em, haha) it's not a contest, we all work together.... haha.... the person with the best led light globes gets my business, because i want the best for my babies.... :)
(let me explain- 1w led vs 0.5 w led, the watt of the led projects the light, lumens, LX/PAR etc much further the higher the watt of the led....my 600w panel has 0.5w leds, the philips has 0.75, the osrams have 1w leds..... )
each globe
philips (dutch)- 10.5w
internal - 14 leds 0.75w
1055 lumens
each globe
osram (german)- 10.5w
internal - 10 leds 1w
1080 lumens
each globe
click (cheap)- 9w
internal - 16 leds 0.56w
800 lumens
light panel - 70w - 600w
30 red - 8 red
12 blue - 8 white 7500k
1 ir - 1 uv
= 20x blue 6400k - 38x red 2700k
internal - 60 double leds - 120x0.5w
6000 lm
They are looking good. Not sure if you are misting the plants with your lights on but the water droplets can magnify the light and burn your girls. Best of luck with the rest of your grow
@Wicked_Stix,
yep, i'm letting them dry out for a day, and then just bottom feed em until they stop sucking up the water, then let em go for a day or 2... they seem to be loving it... i find it easier than top watering, i over water when top watering... and it seems easier to not over water via the bottom..... idk, i'm new to it all... and learning as we go... thx for reply... ๐
@Max1973, I wish I could give you some info on bottom feeding but I don't have any experience with it. I don't grow in soil much. I do know that plants in soil need to have a wet/dry cycle to get enough oxygen. I would definitely keep an eye out for overwatering if you water from the bottom
@Wicked_Stix,
i stopped misting altogether, i started it with abit of the dutch gold, to try to recover the one with spots.... any way i was wondering if i could ask your opinion about feeding via the saucer at the bottom ?
let me explain.... the dutch gold i am using sort of indicates it's for a reserve water type grow..... so i am just feeding my babies from the saucer at the bottom... i fill the saucer and if the plants suck it all up, then i fill it again, about every 12 hrs..... idk, it seems to be working perfectly... just feed em thru the bottom saucer, and if they want to drink they do - they are suckin up some serious neut water atm... idk, they seem to be lovin it.....
@Max1973, Sounds like we both got the same pheno then! I checked out the grow you mentioned, which also looked super dank but that guy described the flavor a something a bit different, so maybe I'll get that one this time. Either way, if I can pull it off, I'm going to breed Kush n Cookies with GG #4 and see where things for from there.
I don't know if I can convince you, but there are a couple test kits out there for CBD and as I understand the potency varies through flower (degrades past 60 days in favor of CBN I think) but I would be really curious if it hits the ~15%+ the breeders claim. I'm definitely going to test mine this coming cycle.
@Max1973, For a first grow, it's nothing short of impressive. I wasn't aware this strain could purp, maybe that guy got a different pheno, but it sure looks dank as hell!
Hey @Max1973, your plants look great!
No worries about the slower growth, thatโs normal around the 4th or 5th flowering week as from now on the plants should only focus their energy to the flowering as such and not that much to the growth.
Looking at your progress so far, Iโm sure youโll get plentiful harvest ๐
Good luck! ๐
Awesome! Looking at the trichomes they are mostly clear and cloudy so I would say 2 weeks to go, or at least 1 if you are in a rush ๐
Great job and looking forward to hear about how you like the smoke ๐
@Butrus,
yep, um, i pulled em, harvested, i'll post final harvest post sunday.... the pics were of a bud that was from the bottom, when i was first playing around with usb microscope... the top looked different, was cloudy, amber, rdy..... and drying, they look awesome.... ๐๐
@Wicked_Stix,
coool, thx, i did some major defoliation this morning, uploading new pics and vids, day 47....... something interesting about this grow is, the led's, fans etc. all power usage is below 200W, it's about the same as having 3x old 60w light globes in your house turned on for 12 hrs a day........
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@Max1973, I think they are further along than your average soil grow. You are ahead of the game. And you are doing right by pulling leaves off. It will increase your yield keeping all those little tops in the light
Hey brother, just checking ur grow ๐ it's cool! What's up with the 2 in 1 pot? U weeding out the weaklings? Cust curious. I'm giving u a follow to find out tho
@Elysian_gardens710,
cool.... i don't think it was lock out... i didn't give them any nuets, and pretty sure it was deficiencies, so i started nutrients.... if it gets worse, i'll flush her ....... if your interested, i posted some funny video's on my new week, just now... shows them in sunlight ... good for a laugh .... thx for the reply :)
@Max1973, ๐ I've done the same thing bro. I have one in a water pitcher right now because I ran out if pots. Ha! All of your plants look great bud! Your deficiency is probably a lock out. Check the water run off next feed make sure the ph is very close to the same going in as going out. Also make sure the ppm(if ur checking that) is similar as well or at least not really high(1000+)
@Elysian_gardens710, i started with 8, i didn't expect so many to make it out of seed, had to put 2 in one pot, to fit em all in the tent....topped / practicing on the smallest one, end up with 2 good ones.... ๐