(Unknown) believed to be “Birthday Cake” grow diary (journal) week8 by Whitebelt

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@@@@Lucimago, thanks so much! Those strips are from SolStrip - they’re SolStix x3. They have 2700 kelvin and 5600kelvin Samsung diodes (3700k average) — they’re supposed to run at up to 72 watts each but I have numerous drivers they gave me and they won’t run higher than 30-50 watts for some reason(each) - the company/dude wasn’t easy to work with and I don’t recommend them. Although I wish I could get them to work better because they are quite cool in concept. I wish instead I just had more or bigger lights from horticulture lighting group. My RapidLED far red flower initiator supposedly arrived today so I’ll be adding that today too! I wish I had a par meter (too pricey) - maybe I’ll get a lumen meter at least and see if my idea that putting those strips on the sides of the quantum boards should even out the par levels out to the edges of the canopy Thanks again!

Lucimagocommentedweek 135 years ago

Hey man sorry to see you got hermies. Just 1 little piece of advice if I may, If you are going to cut off any hermied buds and let the plants go for a while, make sure to put a plastic bag over the problem buds so when you cut them you minimize the amount of pollen that inevitably will land on the other buds. Same thing when cutting down the plants, throw a plastic bag over them so the least amount of pollen ends up sticking to your walls, fans, etc

Whitebeltcommented5 years ago

@@Lucimago, thanks again!

Lucimagocommented5 years ago

@Whitebelt, I am not an expert but was recommended the plastic bag thing when I had a hermie plant a couple years ago. I don't think you're screwed for next grow as long as you are indeed thorough with the cleaning. Worst case scenario you may find a few seeds in your buds for the next grow, as you said bleach seems like the best option.

Whitebeltcommented5 years ago

@@@Lucimago, thanks for the tips. I think I’ve decided to just wait and chop it all in about a week. I’ll dry them in the same tent with the same filter and fans etc- and then I’ll do a thorough bleaching and cleaning before my next grow. Think I’m screwed for ages?? Pollen is probably everywhere.

Lucimagocommentedweek 145 years ago

"my neurosis about non existent bud rot" lol welcome to the club Question - what's the black thing hanging to the left of your pulse monitor? (In the video) I just got one as a gift, excited to try it out but I have to wait until mid August to start my next grow :)

Lucimagocommented5 years ago

@Whitebelt, ah a wire tie ok. From what I read they designed it so you can hang it from the usb cord. It is pretty sweet. I am already addicted to checking the VPD of every room in my house even though I have no plants haha

Whitebeltcommented5 years ago

@@Lucimago, it’s a wire tie. I’m currently just letting it hang from the power cord but I should really be hanging it from that wire tie. The pulse is pretty sweet I think - I need some sort of calibration kit tho - I’m not positive how accurate it is (I believe it is accurate)

DILLIGAFcommentedweek 125 years ago

Hi mate yes you have hermies See above answer to your grow question for more details

Whitebeltcommented5 years ago

@DILLIGAF, thanks for your help!

CRiSPrGrowcommentedweek 125 years ago

hey there hope i answered your question, anything else you need just let me know ! 👊

Whitebeltcommented5 years ago

@CRiSPrGrow, yes thank you very much- bad news but I did figure this might happen (the seeds came from a hermie was always my figuring)

Lucimagocommentedweek 95 years ago

Very good idea to mount the lights on a frame. I was going to suggest that.

Whitebeltcommented5 years ago

@@@Lucimago, thanks - yeah - I’ve never worked with angle aluminum. I’ve been looking for an excuse to get a miter saw and I just might! Otherwise I’ll just use my circular saw - either way stay posted hopefully it comes together ok... also I just ordered an HLG UVA kit to include in my frankenstein led “system”- wish me luck!

Cariboo_OGcommentedweek 85 years ago

Well done, this has been impressive thus far. I better stick around and see how they finish . great work !

Whitebeltcommented5 years ago

@Cariboo_OG, thanks - very much appreciated! I may add an air conditioner and build a frame for the LCDs today or this weekend - I’ll also try to post a time lapse of what’s happening with the scrog growth. My feeding schedule and durations are getting dialed in (I’ve been wasting a lot during testing) - things are coming along! Stay tuned and thanks again!

Lucimagocommentedweek 85 years ago

Hey man this looks pretty awesome for a first grow :D Congratulations! If you are still wondering about the 2 pictures where you ask if they are females, they definitely are, the white haris you see are the pistils from the female preflowers. I see that you have a couple of 135w quantum boards. Are the other lights also from HLG? (the strips) Will be following your grow. Good luck!!

Whitebeltcommented5 years ago

GreenHouseLabcommentedweek 85 years ago

Sick light setup. You'll get a great harvest from this grow!

Whitebeltcommented5 years ago

@GreenHouseLab, thanks for the kind words! I actually have two more of those solstix I think I’ll add this week - and I just ordered a far red flower initiator/Emerson light from rapidLED - I’d like to try a uva light too but hlg is out of stock - all of these new exotic led lights sound like promising fun new experiments

Kiewil1commentedweek 85 years ago

hey man your doing a good job, got a fair bit of lolly popping ahead of you lol. Nice to see that someone revised quite a bit before growing. It's paid off. If that plant is a male, even when you remove it I think you'll have a full canopy by the time the stretch has stopped. Good luck for the rest of the grow buddy il follow along 🙂

Whitebeltcommented5 years ago

@Kiewil1, thanks a lot! Yeah I totally agree I need to chop more off down low — first of all I’m a baby and always so irrationally scared to chop anything off my precious plants - but forget about that (I’ll just smoke a lot and get it done!!!) - with the new scrog (which I’m scared I installed weeks too late to be effective) I’m hopeful that some of those lower branches can have a nice spot to grow big — too crowded though I know - my thoughts are to wait a few days and see what happens with how it grows into the scrog before I decide which branches to chop off — but I’m all ears if you have any suggestions!! I’ll post some updated pictures of what the under-canopy looks like now - and thanks again!! **UPDATE - I did some more lollipopping and posted pics and a video - let me know what you think - thanks!!

First grow - Test run for next grow