I figured that posting in this topic forum makes more sense then updating my old thread in the hydro forum. so here we go.

using a custom drip irrigation setup. mix of things from homedepot/walmart, online drip store and a local hydro shop. its based on the hydro setup in the greenman video. i have 2 plants in the 4th week of veg. i'm using six 4 foot fluorescents for veg. i have a seperate closet for flowering. light provided by a 600 watt hps thats air cooled. i haven't had any problems with the drippers so i'm going to use the same setup in both closets. in 2 weeks i'm going to pull 4 clones from each plant. then 2 weeks later i'll flower 1 clone from each plant and sex them. i'm pretty sure both plants are different strains. the one has huge fan leafs and is thin and tall, the other is shorter and its leaves are much thicker. i put a cd in the last photo for scale.

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week 5:
another huge growth spurt. the larger of the two plants is over 12 inches. the other is around 8 inches. i'm so amazed at the growth rate hydro provides. i may be able to clone the larger one within a week.

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week 7

some new pics. i took clones (first pic) from each plant and not a single one rooted. i'm using dip n grow liquid rooting concentrate. i'm not sure if they failed because i didn't dilute the concentrate enough with water? is anyone else using the same rooting compound? i'd like to cut new clones very soon. any suggestions appriciated

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week 10

i'm on the 3rd set of clones. a power outage killed the last batch and so far only the clones from one of the mothers are surviving. they were cut a weekago. i'm done with dipngrow. what are some other brands to try? i think once the clones show roots from the cubes i'm going to flower the 2 mothers. since the clones died i still don't know the sex of either plant. time and money and nothing to show. when they start showing i'll know what to do next. keep one or two of the clones and grow them into mothers or start from scratch
i began to LST the strongest to grow out the sides and get multiple tops.

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well to update, not that anyone actually reads this anyways..
none of the clones survived so i put both mothers in the bloom room. after 10 days or so they finally showed their sex. one male and one female. i'm just about to start the 3rd week of flowering. my original plan was for 4-6 plants for the SOG method. i'm not to sure if that will work since this one plant has filled almost the entire area. 5 more weeks.. woohoo

i started some new plants and got a different rooting hormone. alot of people swear by rootech. we'll see how it goes

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a week has passed since my last update. alot of new bud sites have popped up. i had to move the lighting mount up higher today. if i hadn't moved it there is no way it would have made it to 8 weeks.. lots of room now. nutes have been adjusted for flowering too. little over a month till she's done

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APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE !
CONGRATULATIONS !
Well, I am very fasinated and impressed with your custom-made system! Very impressive !
I am going to ask a dumb ass question, I am curious as to where are the roots going? Are the grow cups sitting on hydroton rocks or in water or what? How are you oxygenating the roots? Are there airstones tHAt I don't see?
No matter what anyone says, pics tellt he tale, you got the buds, bro, and
that is all that matters !
How about explaining the system to us,
Peace,

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thanks.. first reply award goes to you. there isn't a smiley awad icon tho.. haha.
basically is the same set up as my veg room. water res, water pump, air pump, drip manifold with 2gph drippers and a 600w hps.i'm using GH nutrients also. this plant was a mother plant, hense the reason its in a planter and not just a 6x6 rockwool cube. i had terrible luck getting clones to root without dying in a week. so i started new plants from seeds and put the moms in the flowering room. the one was a male but thank god one was a female. the tub is full of hydroton because i was going to grow SOG like in the greenman video. i use drip irrigation instead of eb n flo for flowering because i had extra parts from the veg room, but with no clones i flowered the moms. with about 5 weeks to go it should finish out around 4 ft tall.. haha

more pics.. also got a good start on the next crop

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What strain is it?