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Week 8 of flower is in the books and this show is quickly coming to an end. I said last week we had about 7-10 days and I was spot on at the 10 day mark. I was only wrong about the order. The cheese is ready to chop before the rest and the gorilla cookies, cherry Bomb and lemon haze will follow in due course. The cheese is a beast and it’ll take a little time to get it all run through the bowl trimmer. At least the big one goes first. Her tallest colas have foxtailed like mar, despite the late supercrop. You can tell where the sweet spot for the light is at about 10” distance from the canopy. Any closer than that and the tails begin to show prominently. It’s a good example of just how close you can get to these fixtures with a little bit of prior experience. It’s been noted for the next run😎👍😎. The res. is on an h2o2 only flush for the remainder until the rest are ready to come down. Not a moment too soon either - the pollen chucking project has stalled out waiting for these girls to finish and now that we’ll have a little extra room, we can start running our cuts in the aerocloner🤟. Not long at all now folks. Thanks for tagging along through all this. Learned a bunch about this system and we’re back to hardware mode to make some serious improvements for the next run🤙😎. I love hardware mode😉.
Background/Repetitive Nonsense
The strain line up on this grow is look’n quite saucy 😈. We’ve got 2 FB strains this time around - Gorilla Cookies (seems we always have some GSC cross in the works). Mainly because the colours look stellar and remind me of a sugar breathe we did last year that was 🔥. The other FB is their original Cheese strain... because we already smoked all our cheese... and we really like our cheese...😉. Emerald triangle was kind enough to include a freebie of Lemon Haze. Wasn’t really big on the list but we haven’t done a haze strain to write home about yet so worth a go👍. The last is a Cherry auto from Bomb seeds that we’ve been trying to get to for months. Let’s just hope that she’s not a dud like the last bean.
The new digs for this run are courtesy MarsHydro👊. Their 2x4 single grow tent, paired with a shiny new 240w QB courtesy ViparSpectra.
These folks were kind enough to discuss a collaboration and as a result, here we are to test out the gear with an inaugural run of autos. Each week, we’ll try to expand on some of the benefits of each, as well as any limiting factors or considerations that need attention when pondering purchase.
Already I can say that both are high quality products in terms of overall craftsmanship.
MarsHydro 2x4 Grow Tent:
Excellent construction in terms of durability. Reinforced stitching on the zippers and corners ensures zero tearing. Conveniently placed screen vents and intake/exhaust ports. The ceiling exhaust port only exists on the right side. Perfect for me but not great if you’re running exhaust from the top on the left side (left side wall port makes up for this however). The aluminum frame is rigid enough to support the weight of the lights and accessories. Once you have some weight in the tent, she’s go’n nowhere and you can assemble and break it down in record time if moving or stashing the grow op.
Only limiting factors I’ve noticed is that temp. Control will be an issue for a tent. It just doesn’t have the same insulating ability as a wood cabinet or other permanent enclosed space. No worries, this is offset by a small desktop heater and keeps the environment exactly where desired. The other issue was a production problem - the ceiling vent was accidentally stitched into the corner seams on the assembly line. Again, no real issue - just pulled it out with no damage or fraying to the tent or port👍.
Website link here:
https://www.mars-hydro.com/grow-tent/buy-mars-hydro-grow-tent-24x48x70-2-x-4-cabinet-closet-grow-box-upgraded-diamond-1680d-mylar-for-sale
ViparSpectra 240w Quantum Board:
This thing is sleek and slick in terms of design. Closest comparable to it that I’ve seen would be spiderfarmers line of qbs. They feature the same top-o-the-line components and roughly similar spectrums. Where VS takes the advantage is in the convenience of the dimmer nob which is easily accessible and works great at 50% with no strobing👍. The heat sink is also larger which contributes to lower temps. That’s not a good thing in my case but beneficial for most folks.
I can already say that this will be a great fixture through all stages of growth. Where I know this light will excel will be in the veg. Stage for sure. Dimming function gives seedlings a much better chance of success with the ability to use lower lighting levels early on and the coverage area on a 240w is great. The average grower will find this panel suitable and fitting to their needs in a 2x4 grow space although I’d suggest 2 units if going any larger than that. The total output in this space equates to about 30w/sq.ft. Which is a decent amount of coverage based on power vs. Growprint. Ideal for veg. Certainly but, in flower - I tend to run closer to 50-60w/sq.ft to achieve higher yields. Again, similar fixtures have performed admirably in the past and while this wouldn’t be considered an “entry-level” fixture, I’d recommend that any grower new to the game not skimp on lighting and start with one of these. The price points are a great value for quality LED tech. These days, so there’s little reason to even consider a lesser fixture👍.
I have no detail on limiting factors for this light as yet but have heard that stock branded fixtures don’t necessarily incorporate enough red diodes. I’ve seen no issue myself but confess - I’m no lighting guru.
Website link:
https://www.viparspectra.com/collections/xs-series/products/xs-series-xs2000
***8% discount when using code: “ItBudWhisper”***
Happy to have you along for the ride if you made it this far through my opening rant!!😎🤟😎🤟😎
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Overall a good time spent... Loved sitting and paying weekly attention to the environment its quite therapeutic.. Even if its a case of sitting and staring for 20 minutes... (effects and taste will be updated once completed drying)
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@TenerifeCultiva
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Peleando un poco con la temperatura y humedad pero de resto perfecto, hemos hecho una defoliacion bastante sutil.
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@hooolian
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24/02: Colas again have become real heavy in places and have had to strap them together to prevent the stalks from falling and snapping. Over all blooming well have been on maximum dose of nutrients now for a few weeks. lots of orange hairs. water now for a week and then to harvest. the topping in this grow really paid off.
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Super Skunk !!
Après 10 jours de flush jai décidé de couper cause déménagements.. Pas prêt a 100% mais super bon goût juste un peu fruité et très skunky !
Buzz très bien et assez longtemp:)!!
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2/10:
I watered today with about 3/4 gallon each, plus cal-mag, signal, bembe, armor si, a little open sesame, and their final dose of endoboost.
The shorter one is budding up quickly now.
2/11:
Wife home sick today....postponing construction project to raise the lights.
2/12:
Today, I tackled the project to raise my ceiling another foot. In addition to that project, I installed and hooked up my new AC Infinity 6" intake fan. It's pulling in fresh air from the soffit vent on the eave of the attic, and currently feeding the garden with 46f fresh air. I'm able to easily maintain daytime temps in the lower 70f's now. I am able to drive the nighttime temps as low as I want. The only issue is that the outdoor RH varies quite a bit, so I ordered a 30-pint dehumidifier to put in the top of the closet.
I sprayed everybody with boomboom spray to try and mitigate the light burn damage that is likely to ensue.
2/13:
The taller one is still stretching a little bit, but the 2-footer is just budding up.
2/14:
I fed them today with about 3/4 gallon each including grow big, big bloom, tiger bloom, cal-mag, signal, bembe, humic acid, and I switched over from Open Sesame to Beastie Bloomz. Raised the lights another couple of inches. I did some training on them and defo'd a little bit.
2/15:
Installed the new dehumidifier and rigged the continuous drain on it...works great.
2/16:
I rotated the edge plants and removed some old leaves. I added another 22w 3000k 4' bar light under the canopy.
2/17:
I rearranged the garden and defoliated a little bit. That's it for week 8-
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Die Woche war solala, man sieht ja die überdungungs Erscheinungen und ich habe eine Woche ausgelassen bzw es nicht geschafft es hier zu aktualisieren, aber gut aus dem Fehler lernt man halt 😅😁
Sie sind auch so gut wie reif, heute noch einmal ohne Dünger oder booster gegossen und ich denke in 3 - 4 Tagen, wird das Licht ausgemacht für 24h und dann geht's ans ernten,trotz überdungung riechen sie wirklich gut und sind sehr fest und frosty 😁😏
Also mal sehen was bei raus kommt ich bin gespannt🤔😁 ansonsten wünsch ich eine angenehme woche!
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The week was so-so, you can see the symptoms of overdunging and I missed a week or didn't manage to update it here, but you learn well from the mistake 😅😁
They are also almost ripe, watered again today without fertilizer or booster and I think in 3 - 4 days, the light will be turned off for 24 hours and then it's time to harvest, despite overfeeding they smell really good and are very firm and frosty 😁 😏
So let's see what comes out, I'm curious🤔😁 otherwise I wish you a pleasant week!
🤜🤛..
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Hi everyone 🤗
Today I cleaned the entire system thoroughly and rebuilt it :-).
8 cuttings were cut by the Gelato mother.
I do not yet know how many I am going to do this time, the last time I went with the Blue Gelato 41 I had topped 4 cuttings at the end :-)
I will decide spontaneously as soon as the time comes 👍.
Why the gelato?
because it had an incredible taste the last 2 times on soil and I want to know how it tastes on aero 😍.
As always, a new update will follow every week 👍.
I wish you all a nice week, stay healthy 🙏🏻 and let it grow 🌱
You can buy this Strain at :
www.Zamnesia.com
Strain
Gelato clone from mother (Zamnesia )
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Genetics: Wedding Cake x Gelato x Gelato 33
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Vega lamp: 2 x Todogrow LED CXB3590 COB 55 W
1 x Sanlight S2W 62 W
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Flower lamp : 2 x Todogrow LED CXB3590 COB 55 W
1 x Sanlight S2W 62 W
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Grow Aero System : Growtool 0.8
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Fertilizer:
Canna Aqua Vega A + B , Canna Aqua Flores A + B , Rizotonic, Cannazym, CANNA Boost, Pk 13/14, Canna Cal / Mag, Canna Ph - Grow, Canna Ph-Bloom
☝️🌱
Water:
Osmosis water mixed with normal water (24 hours stale that the chlorine evaporates) to 0.2 EG. Add Cal / Mag to 0.4 Ec Ph with ph- to 5.5 - 5.8
💦 💧
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@Kardo
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Sie wird ganz schön buschig hat Sehr viele Triebe und Wächst sehr gut die hat auch schon einen schönen Geruch
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Día 43 (02/12) CBD Auto 20:1 #1 no para con el stretch! 🚀😍 Le elimino algunas hojas de abanico que tapan la luz a los cogollos inferiores
Está empezando a pedir más agua cada día, pero no me extraña con lo grande que es!
CBD Auto 20:1 #2 está empezando a engordar y engordar los cogollos 💥😁
OG Kush Auto tiene unos erizos preciosos!
Día 44 (03/12) CBD Auto 20:1 #1 sigue imparable. Elimino algunas hojas de abanico
OG Kush Auto se empieza a mostrar más sedienta en la formación de cogollos!
Día 45 (04/12) CBD Auto 20:1 #1 sigue imparable. Elimino algunas hojas de abanico más!
OG Kush Auto también le elimino algunas hojas de abanico
Día 46 (05/12) CBD Auto 20:1 #1 Schwazzing / defoliación intensiva
OG Kush Auto Defoliación!
Día 47 (06/12) CBD Auto 20:1 #1 repetimos Schwazzing / defoliación intensiva debido a que la planta no para!
Es increíble lo que crece esta planta!
Día 48 (07/12) OG Kush Auto ha empezado a aumentar el consumo de H2O, y se muestra sedienta en esta fase. Mañana aumentaré el volumen de riego de 750 ml a 1.000 ml
Debido a que se acerca una ola de frio, hago una mejora sustancial en la tienda
Coloco un radiador de aceite + un termostato digital Wifi (controlador de temperatura) para poder controlar el radiador
Me encanta porque desde la App puedo programar eventos en función de cualquier parámetro, de modo que puedo controlar la histéresis del radiador 😁
Tras un par de días de pruebas, consigo una temperatura estable de 22 - 24 ºC con luces ON! 😁
Día 49 (08/12) CBD Auto 20:1 #1 ha crecido increíblemente esta semana comparándola con la semana anterior! Un monster pheno!
CBD Auto 20:1 #2 hago riego con 750 ml H2O RO + BIO PK 5-8 10 ml/l. ¡Un empujón para la recta final de floración!
Tiene unos colores preciosos en los cogollos! Con tonos rosas y morados en los ápices! 😍
LSD-25 Auto hago riego con 750 ml H2O RO + BIO PK 5-8 10 ml/l. ¡Un empujón para la recta final de floración!
Está preciosa con ese morado casi negro que presenta en cogollos y hojas, unido a los pistilos de color naranja fuego conforme van madurando
OG Kush Auto tiene una formación de cogollos impresionante, y ha empezado a cubrir de tricomas todas las hojas que salen de los cogollos 😍
Lo único preocupante es que ha empezado a mostrar algunas manchas marrones en las hojas de los cogollos...
Riego con 1 litro de H2O RO + 1 g/L de BACTREX para ver si le ayuda con la gestión de este exceso / deficiencia
💦Nutrients by Bio Tabs - www.biotabs.nl/en/
🌱Substrate PRO-MIX HP BACILLUS + MYCORRHIZAE - www.pthorticulture.com/en-us/products/pro-mix-hp-biofungicide-plus-mycorrhizae
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The roots colonizing all the pot😘
I'm so Happy foto It and for the grow of the plant, flowering Is coming?!
Tonigth my friend from Liverpool traslato in english from italian the realy update 😅 Sorry for my horrible english
PS i'm so busy i risk for thiss contest 10 years of jail because i'm in Italy , good food good monumenti but the people are stupid and i see people partecipate at thiss contest grow indoor, i think this Is dishonest and thiss Is my crusader
Finally italians do it Better Whit the sun,the good water and the south italians "cazzimma"
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Vamooos familia, y es que nuestras gorillas girl de sweet seeds son increíbles, tienen un grosor de 7mm en el tallo a mitades, brutal, y eso que las tenemos en 5,5litros.
Ph controlado en 6,5 tenemos humedad y temperatura dentro de los parámetros, pronto empezaremos aportar overdrive ya que es una cepa la cual sacaremos el máximo partido a las flores.
Me a flipado mucho el crecimiento en si de esta sativa, tienen pocas hojas y son bastante grandes en comparación al resto.
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Beginning of week...
She is doing her thing.. Slowly but surely lol.. Healthy as far as I can tell.. Maybe the reused coco is too reused? Idk. There is a bit of coco/perlite from my first grow in there lol.. Some others too.. But she is still truckin along.. Went up on the Armor Si (Silica) and a little on the FloraGro.. She does look like she is gonna beginning flowering very soon tho.. Pistils are forming slowly.. Much like the rest of this grow.. But she is starting.. I'm not going to start counting flower till I actually see that she is flowering.. Stretching and all.. That's how I like to count flower.. Always seems to line up perfectly when you count flower that way.. Even with photoperiods.. Not from the 12/12 flip because there is still 2 weeks of transition. Anyways.. Another week in the making...
Next day...
So my Mars Hydro is crapping out. I have to drop it down to 20 inches from the canopy and run it at 75%.. So pissed.. It glows when it is powered off and still plugged in.. And if I turn it on while the power is set to 100%.. It just blinks until I turn it down to 75%.. I can have it set to 75% and it will turn on like normal.. But I need to use 100% power.. And Mars Hydro sucks with responding to emails apparently.. I'm gonna have to buy a new one and return this POS.. Then hopefully buy a new stronger light for my 2x2.. I am so pissed.. Mars Hydro sucks.. The build is amazing.. The components are awesome when they are not flawed.. But damn this is the 3rd light to crap out on me in 2 years.. I do nothing but run them 18/6 or 12/12.. Run 1 fan on top at the driver and heatsink and 1 under toward the diodes.. Nothing different.. I think I'm gonna buy the Wakyme J-2000.. It comes with 2 fans blowing on the heatsink.. Honestly, noise is not an issue to me.. Heat is.. I sleep with all my fans running already lol.. Its actually hard to sleep without them now hahah.. But yeah. It has a Meanwell driver.. Samsung diodes.. Dimmer.. And the fans.. I think it's my best bet at this point.. Fuck Mars Hydro.. They had 3 chances with me.. My Sunraise 1000 (blurple) is like 4 years old and still running strong.. Smh.. Mars Hydro is crap. How did they even get so popular??? I'm sure more people will realize how crappy they really are.. No name brand everything.. Runs hot as ass.. Craps out after 3 - 4 months.. So so pissed...
Almost mid week..
I went ahead and pulled a couple branches down a bit.. The canopy is perfectly even.. It looks AwEsOmE! Lol
Mid week..
Well, she seems to be doing a bit better than before, I'd say. Normally, my previous autos would be flowering and probably almost finished stretching by now.. Live and learn.. I hope all the Zkittlez Autoflower seeds aren't like this.. And hopefully this strain turns out pretty dank to be wasting a few extra weeks on growth but not getting much growth at the same time.. And I hope harvest doesn't come quicker than the swelling of the calyxes.. But shit happens.. I have Mars Hydro sending me a new driver/dimmer. I sure hope it's just "plug-in" because if I'm going to take this light apart, I'm just going to go with the Meanwell HLG-240H-54B.. From what I was told from LEDSupplier dot com.. The 240W would be better due to the different current. We are still trying to figure out if the dimmer is 0-10V to see if I can just keep using the Mars Hydro dimmer along with the MeanWell HLG-240H-54B.. That would be cool.. Sorry but Mars Hydro sucks.. I bet running a different driver would help alot of issues.. Maybe even run cooler. Anyways.. About the plant lol.. She is doing great.. The stiples are still showing some weird colors on the tips.. Doesn't seem like an issue.. Some plants have the stems change colors.. Some have pistils change colors.. Some have leaves change colors.. Maybe that is just in her genetics.. The pics that ILGM shows, it should be a pretty colorful strain.. Guess we shall see! But she is happy and healthy.. I think I'm going to stop using Hydroguard next week.. Just doesn't seem like it's doing much of anything.. I really only bought it to fight root rot when I attempt DWC which I am going to attempt again very soon.. Maybe after this grow... We shall see...
Almost end of week..
Went ahead and defoliated/lollipopped a bit. She was getting too bunched together.. She is nice and opened up now.. 2 side branches stayed pretty short.. Not sure what that is all about.. Flowers are slowly forming at this point. Next week will be week 1 of flower and stretching should begin! She is still getting good light even with the power only being at 75%.. Just have it down lower.. Which I could get away with till harvest.. But fuck that. I ordered a new Mars Hydro TS 1000.. And Mars Hydro is also sending me a new driver/dimmer box to replace the old one.. Going to return the light and I still want to replace the stock driver with the MeanWell.. Trying to get more professional opinions before I attempt that tho.. So far, I am hearing to get the HLG-240H-54B.. The 150H (150W) doesnt have the correct current so I'd have to go with the 240H (240W) due to the output current and voltage to match correctly. Can't wait to try it out!
End of week..
So I got a new Mars Hydro TS 1000 in.. It comes with a Moso driver instead of the old Juson driver.. Hmm.. Ok.. Seems to not heat up as much.. The diodes still get hot, but the lack of the driver heat should help keep things cool.. Nice... I am able to raise the light back up and run her at 100% power.. I went ahead and tied the branches down a little more.. There are 2 that are still staying a little short.. But I think it's the way I started the whole LST process.. I should have tied down a different 90° angle instead of the angle I used.. But live and learn.. Wont use that way again lol.. Other than that, the flowers are forming nicely.. Happy happy happy.. Next week will begin flower! Niceeee.. On to the next!!!...
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Girlies just doin fine!
Sweet skunk has some damage on the leaves (small holes)
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*Week 6 of flowering 10/01*
Critical +2.0 - Apple Fritter
Both plants are nearing harvest and have maxed out at a height of 48 inches.
Buds have developed heavy trichomes and are giving off a bright and vibrant smell.
85% of both plants have grown in their orange hairs and have a bright green and orange tint,
Today will be the last nutrient feed, I will be using the "Lotus Carboflush" starting tomorrow (10/02) to remove the salt build up until harvest which will be next week (10/09)
* 10/8 - Cut down*
Both are heavy on top - Covered in trichomes - smells deep (Citrus)
Dry trimming in two weeks - aiming for 14 day cure.
*Day 2 Dry Hang Video uploaded 10/09*
*10/15 - Harvest should be completed by the end of this week - 10/20*
