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Mars Hydro SP 6500 First Run

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4 years ago
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Tropicana Cookies
Ice Cream Cake
Indoor
Room Type
Topping
weeks 1, 10
LST
weeks 1-2, 10
ScrOG
weeks 1-9
Defoliation
weeks 1-8, 10
Coco Coir
Grow medium
57 L
Pot Size
1
Week 1. Flowering
4 years ago
24 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
No Smell
1000 PPM
60 %
13 °C
16 °C
10 °C
57 L
4 L
24 cm
Nutrients 2
Core - Athena
Core 0.781 mll
Bloom - Athena
Bloom 1.302 mll
Plants were very overgrown, vegged out by somebody else and gifted for the first test on the new space. These were defoliated heavily and transplanted to the flower room under the Mars Hydro SP-6500 at 80% light.
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LST
Technique
ScrOG
Technique
Topping
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
2
Week 2. Flowering
4 years ago
24 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
No Smell
1000 PPM
60 %
13 °C
16 °C
10 °C
57 L
5 L
24 cm
Nutrients 2
Core - Athena
Core 0.781 mll
Bloom - Athena
Bloom 1.302 mll
Leaves are filling out more after the defoliation. Some plants are showing difficulties from the cold root zones. No nug growth shown yet.
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LST
Technique
ScrOG
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
3
Week 3. Flowering
4 years ago
24 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Weak
1350 PPM
65 %
13 °C
16 °C
8 °C
57 L
5 L
24 cm
Nutrients 2
Core - Athena
Core 1.172 mll
Bloom - Athena
Bloom 1.953 mll
Still not much nug growth. Waiting on heat mat order to arrive. New diaphragm pump working a lot better on the Netafim emitters.
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Week 4. Flowering
4 years ago
24 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Weak
1350 PPM
65 %
13 °C
16 °C
8 °C
57 L
5 L
24 cm
Nutrients 2
Core - Athena
Core 1.302 mll
Bloom - Athena
Bloom 2.083 mll
Leaves filling out, bud sites forming. In need of another trim to clean up the canopy.
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Defoliation
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Week 5. Flowering
4 years ago
24 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Normal
1350 PPM
65 %
13 °C
16 °C
8 °C
57 L
5 L
24 cm
Nutrients 2
Core - Athena
Core 1.302 mll
Bloom - Athena
Bloom 2.083 mll
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ScrOG
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Defoliation
Technique
6
Week 6. Flowering
4 years ago
24 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Normal
1350 PPM
65 %
13 °C
16 °C
8 °C
57 L
5 L
24 cm
Nutrients 2
Core - Athena
Core 1.302 mll
Bloom - Athena
Bloom 2.083 mll
4x 48" heat mats showed up to line the floor of the flower room. Root zones will finally be able to start warming properly!
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Defoliation
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Week 7. Flowering
4 years ago
24 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Normal
1350 PPM
65 %
13 °C
16 °C
8 °C
57 L
5 L
24 cm
Nutrients 3
enzymes Komplete 0.264 mll
Core - Athena
Core 1.302 mll
Bloom - Athena
Bloom 2.083 mll
The heat mats did the trick. The flowers finally started to grow at the rate the lights would allow. This is where the Mars Hydro SP-6500 finally start coming into their element and the plants start blowing up!
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Week 8. Flowering
4 years ago
24 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Normal
150 PPM
65 %
13 °C
16 °C
8 °C
57 L
5 L
24 cm
Nutrients 2
Enzymes Komplete 0.396 mll
Finish - Heavy 16
Finish 2.642 mll
Flush has begun, nugs are booming. the Tropicana Cookies are growing substantially but has no sign of discoloration or matured pistils. The Ice Cream Cake is getting increasingly dense, also showing no signs of matured pistils. Looks like more flower time than expected.
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Defoliation
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Week 9. Flowering
4 years ago
24 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Normal
100 PPM
65 %
13 °C
16 °C
12 °C
57 L
5 L
24 cm
Nutrients 2
Enzymes Komplete 0.528 mll
Finish - Heavy 16
Finish 2.642 mll
Week 2 of flushing, still not much sign of colors changing. Pistils are still fresh on most plants. Tropicana is still growing. Ice Cream Cake looks like it's almost ready for the chop.
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Week 10. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Ice Cream Cake - Custom Breeder & Strain
Spent 65 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
8/10
Rated
1757.67 g
Bud wet weight per plant
396.89 g
Bud dry weight per plant
5
Plants
5.85
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
This run went a lot better than expected. There were lots of problems while in a rush to get the new grow going. But once everything was dialed in, everything started booming! The next run should even put this one to shame with the much healthier plants in the veg room.
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Week 10. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Tropicana Cookies - Custom Breeder & Strain
Spent 65 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
9/10
Rated
1757.67 g
Bud wet weight per plant
425.24 g
Bud dry weight per plant
2
Plants
19.2
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
I would love to fill the room with more of these clones. Next time, I'll harvest to dry and smoke the flower! Even the larf was dense little popcorn nugs, still something I'd be happy to pick up off the street!
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