White Widow Waterfarm. 1st Journal on the forums.

jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

Well-Known Member
T.M.B said:
Looks good Jim i am learning from your journal and i see i dont want to get greedy thinking i need to fill every hole almost seems to thick for the light to get everything like they need. It looks like some of the nodes are so far apart they will never fill in.Otherwise fucking awesome grow for the first outing with the waterfarm I am really enjoying mine so glad i read scottys journal before i started nice job giving you rep my man.
Click to expand...
I dont think I have a problem with light penetrating through, I was looking at pictures of other people that have grown this strain I think it just has larger gaps and grows monster buds.

I had the light about 8in from the plants I have it completely reflective in their, sometimes the node spacing is in the genetics and not so much the amount of light penetrating. There is nothing else I could have done to make the node spacing tighter it was out of my hands I did my part.

Anyways I wouldn't suggest leaving gaps I think my screen filled in pretty damn well. The key is to not let any light go past the screen you want every part of the screen filled. In the end I anticipate I will have some pretty large nugs and alot of them, there are about 32 large colas, and 50 smaller ones give or take a few should end up well.
 
T.M.B

T.M.B

Member
please dont take me wrong Jim not knocking your grow or calling you greedy. I was just thinking of my own grow and i have a 4ft. by 6ft. screen and i dont think i want to try and fill every spot. Even though ceiling height should not be an issue cause i have around 5ft. above my screen to work with,I am useing the 2 400w cmhs on light hangers i also made mylar panels hanging on chains that are very easy to adjust. I am so glad i read scottys journal before i built my rooms i love these waterfarms and the 1 nute method my plants are as healthy as can be, it is hard to believe they are only 29 days old today from a 1/4 inch root they hit the top of my screen today which is 13.5 inches above the farms. To think i was almost gonna play in dirt like years ago,again your grow looks great.
 
legallyflying

legallyflying

Well-Known Member
Looking good my man. One of the biggest factors for big node spacing is temperature difference between lights in and lights off. The smaller the diff, the tighter the nodes. Co2 helps as well.

I need to post some pics as well but I have been busting hump building a bucket system.. Not waterfarm though, going to be ebb and flow.
 
jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

Well-Known Member
legallyflying said:
Looking good my man. One of the biggest factors for big node spacing is temperature difference between lights in and lights off. The smaller the diff, the tighter the nodes. Co2 helps as well.

I need to post some pics as well but I have been busting hump building a bucket system.. Not waterfarm though, going to be ebb and flow.
Click to expand...
I'll post some close ups, the nodes are pretty tight, my temp diff is like 8degres its around 77-79 degrees with the light on, and around 70 with it off. I might get a excel co2 bag for my next grow.

I just ordered some botanicare sweet so I can get this girl nice and plump.
 
Serapis

Serapis

Well-Known Member
Lot's of good discussions going on here... I LOVE it!.. I'm really pleased with my Waterfarms. I just added nutes to my second farm for the first time and the plant changed appearances overnight. It went lush green and grew about 1" overnight. Both waterfarms are looking sexah now. My soil grows have 3 more weeks to go before I can move the waterfarms under the 600 watter. I have two farms, so I'm thinking of 4'x4' of screen. I'm sure 2' x 4' would easily be filled by one water farm. Hell, looking at Scotty's and Jim's grows, 2 waterfarms is gonna be one too many.

Keep it up Jim!! Watch those PPM's, the plant should be begging for food now. I'm guessing 1500-1800 ppm?
 
jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

Well-Known Member
Update: Day 27 of flower.
pH 5.7 PPM 1500

She is in full flower and really shooting out pistils non stop. I am using Earth Juice catalyst now so hopefully that helps out in the weight department. I am going to just call this a tree from now on, the size and feel of the stalk is amazingly like a tree and not like any marijuana I ever grew in soil.

View attachment 1327901View attachment 1327902View attachment 1327903View attachment 1327904View attachment 1327905View attachment 1327906View attachment 1327908View attachment 1327909
 
Serapis

Serapis

Well-Known Member
I see your colas have gotten another stretch. Time for the flowers to kick it in.

My Waterfarm baby is exactly 1 month old today from seed. She stands only 7" tall, (flouros) but the stems and stalks are unbelieveable!! My first time growing hydro. The main stem is about 5/8" in diameter. The stems of the fan leaves are about 3-4 times thicker than my soil grows. For a plant this young and under 6500k t-8's, I'm VERY impressed....

Considering the cheap investment cost of a hydrofarm and the easy to follow feed rules, it should be against the law to NOT grow in one of them. ;)

I think if pushed, a single plant in a farm can produce about 22-24 dried ounces, under the right conditions.

Jim, is your 1500 ppm self sustaining or are you having to add more water than nutes? I'm just curious if the plant wants to cross the 1500 ppm threshold? I'm thinking anything over 1500 ppm isn't used anyways.
 
jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

Well-Known Member
Honestly I when I am still a little bit confused on figuring out when she wants more. If the PPM's dramatically decrees I imagine she is hungry, my problem is she is drinking a gallon a day so the Nutrients are constantly being concentrated so it is hard for me to gauge if she needs more. The very very tips on about 15% of the leaves is a little burnt so since then I have been taking it easy on the nutes I dont want to over fert at all. If I see any visual signs she is more hungry I will throw her a little more but for now I think 1500 ppm is working out great.

But like I said I dont have a vast understanding on everything about PPM and Marijuana. Im a dirt boy that just jumped into the deep end of the pool not knowing how to swim, but Im fuckin swimming.
 
jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

Well-Known Member
No one comes by anymore but you serapis. Ohh well maybe once there is some mature bud porn this thread will be hot again. I will post some new pics later today she is looking good.
 
Serapis

Serapis

Well-Known Member
It is just the time of year is all Jim... Xmas is right around corner.... I'll be here though cause I got nothing or anybody to go see or do....
 
Serapis

Serapis

Well-Known Member
Bored, just ordered some Tangerine Dream, Barney's Farm from Attitude seeds for my next years grow. Should be interesting. Picture ripping into a fresh tangerine by hand and smelling the sweet citrus oils from the bitter skin spray the air as you pull apart the fruit..... The aroma is clean, vibrant, refreshing citrus that will make your mouth water.

I look forward to growing this. My bubblegums need to hurry up. :)
 
jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

Well-Known Member
Update: Day 30 flower

Everything looks great, you really have to monitor the buckets PPM she is drinking so much water the nutrients just go so high, I think I am just going to keep the PPM around 1400-1500 for now.





 
SmokeyDaBear84

SmokeyDaBear84

Member
jimbizzzale67123 said:
Update: Day 30 flower

Everything looks great, you really have to monitor the buckets PPM she is drinking so much water the nutrients just go so high, I think I am just going to keep the PPM around 1400-1500 for now.





Click to expand...
Wow! Your grow is Great. Thats my next design. I have a 2 x 3 tent with a 400hps cooltube. One plant is all you need. right on!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top