botanicare turbogarden ebb & flo

I figured it would be a bit cramped in there. maybe you could do a sea of green 12/12 from clones or with like 1 week veg?

Originally Posted by pmpknhd79

well. i am into week 4-5 of flower in my grow although this post will include all older pics and my most recent pictures will come on the next post. in the pics on this post i am still trying to get my scrog to grow correctly but i later decided to just concentrate on my older 2 plants while beginning 3 clones from a hash plant haze. in other words growing more plants isn't better. after my harvest i will have 3 topped plants with a trellis netting to utilize the screen of green technique.

ok. i am making a few updates.

today i bought some perlite, coco-coir brick, and granite chunks from lows to make my own readyGro mix. i think it turned out right on.. no need to pay for shipping on these items!! lol. also i got my botanicare cns17 bloom ferts in and have applied at a rate of 20ml/gal. that gives me an ec just at 2.5. i have maintained water changes at a week-week and a half schedule. i am using tap water that i allow the chlorine to evaporate from and keep at a constant ph of 5.8-6.

since there are only 2 growing plants i will top off a few times before i prepare to ripe, flush, and harvest. i had a hash plant haze plant under a floro vegging and took off three clones. 2 survived and rooted, i potted them in my mix. i expect one to turn out healthy so i also popped one Nirvana AK-48 and one Nirv Bubblelicious. after harvesting my current production plants i will have 3 topped plants i can support with a trellis net and get great results. when taxes come i want to get a co2 injection system and nute suppliments/enhancers. any suggestions what to get? other necessary items i dont have? i'll lay of the speech. check out some pics.

i dont know if i had mentioned that i used botanicare's organic grow formula in a low dilution to use as foliar spray. but i have used it throughout the grow and if the water gets low, i pour the mix right in my res. the concentrations of fertilizers are very low. i just want to mention i turn my plants on a regular basis although they prefer to grow a certain way and seem to grow more to one side. i am excited to harvest and start a new grow. i like my results but will get a much better result with co2 inj and a lower canopy. super-crop?

as you can tell there is slight light burn to some fan leaves but the buds look very nice and i am still going to flower for another month at least... now for some bad news... i did a little pre-harvest test to satisfy and cut 2 mid nodes from one of my plants.. this has slowed growth. but the buds will fatten 15-20% from now. so i am not going to harvest until the calender says. they look very good. very resinous. i love how the trichs stand up. any suggestions on how to keep my canopy shorter for the next time around? i plan to top 3 plants after they have grown past the 5th or 6th node. keep them equally separated and have a trellis for LST and support... temp, humidity, co2.. any of these affect node length? and which are ideal? i am looking for specifics.

Originally Posted by pmpknhd79

...my question....

example: on my pack of seeds it gives me an 8 week flowering time.

when does that 8 weeks begin...

especially for a 12/12 from seed grow.

we all know thats plant veg for a few weeks then show pre-flowers then begin packing on pistils.

do i begin the 8 weeks when i see pre-flowers or when clumps of pistils form about a week later

count your 8 weeks from the day you look at at them and say: DAAANG THEY"RE FLOWERING NOW!!!!!

Before that, what you see are pre flowers...

But in any case you should wait for maturity...

You wouldn't pick a green banana cause the oackage said 90 days would you? nah.. you would wait for it to ripen... nice an sweet...

Well.. it's much the same with cannabis... and when it's done.. it's very obvious to the naked eye...

Here is a thread that might help shed some light on the subject...

But the idea is to IGNORE flowering TIME and pick them when they are DONE...

Zeus's Take on Harvesting

as the title suggests..

damn not bad for a 5-6 inch pot.

thanks tohkin. i know its only my 1st grow that im actually commited to but im very proud. dont get me wrong, i was commited to the others but they were more like trials to get a technique. i don't know if you can see in the previous set of pictures i had to purchase some dowell rods to tie the cola up. it was starting to sag. anyone wanna take a shot at guessing yield? in an earlier post i asked about flowering time. i started flowering when i said.... damn. lol