Flowamasta's Grow No.3 indica clone-harvest grow Journal! 1 PLANT!!! 600wattHPS

Originally Posted by flowamasta

keep the questions comin man, no worries, i'm a proffessional bum, and a herb caregiver to myself

reason i use perlite is for fast growth, i get house inspections every three months , i dont want a 5 week flowering skunk nest going if i got a inspection round the bend.....soil generally takes alot longer to flower as roots starts to compact, they break down less and less creating clogging (bad for oxygen supply, and bad if you like to feed your plants high ppm in flowering as you get nute lock much easier, i mean yeah you can help it by adding perlite, and vermiculite, or whatever, but from what 'my master' hehe says perlite is clean, doesnt need to break down, can easily be flushed and is much more forgiving if you stupidly fuck up your nutes, just flush and go again, aslong as you havent left it too long...

as for lights, at the moment i'm just using HPS, in the above pic, it looks white, as i snapped a pic before the lamp warmed up, stupid camera has trouble focusing at that distance from lamp when it's hot. i may add some UVB lighting when flowering happens, but i would like to work out my heat issues first, damn it, I'm hoping there's not much summer left, its been a late summer with 40+ degree days

That is hot man, and my camera does the same thing to the HPS i believe is all camera and thats just what HPS does lol. Well very intresting that you use all perlite, sounds awesome and seems like a hydro set-up but more drain to waste.

I have been very happy with soil and love the smooth hits of it also. I try to keep all organic but recently am not due to one of my bottles in my nute line not being it anymore lol.
but im getting way better results for sure.

I wouldnt thing 5 meters should effect it to much but if there is a lot of bends it might for sure.

Shitty about the inspections bro, once every 3 months seems kinda brutal.

HP

hey flowie dont stress on the heat man, everyone on here seem to be from canada or alaska or some shit lol they all grow in the coldest climates and they all say that anything over 90f dont bother well fuck that man. us aussies rock 90f in the shade man. we are all in the same boat and to be honest it doesnt seem to matter. they say heat will give u loose airy buds? what do u reckon? your last grow didnt look to airy mate. just rock some silica which i dare say u do anyway being a cyco boy and watch the humidity so u dont get rot and the heat dont matter. that said ventilation is always good i run a 250mm in line fan and a 120mm inline fan ad a bunch of small pedestal fans and my temps usually stay pretty reasonable

Im here again matey

Originally Posted by HotPhyre

That is hot man, and my camera does the same thing to the HPS i believe is all camera and thats just what HPS does lol. Well very intresting that you use all perlite, sounds awesome and seems like a hydro set-up but more drain to waste.

I have been very happy with soil and love the smooth hits of it also. I try to keep all organic but recently am not due to one of my bottles in my nute line not being it anymore lol.
but im getting way better results for sure.

I wouldnt thing 5 meters should effect it to much but if there is a lot of bends it might for sure.

Shitty about the inspections bro, once every 3 months seems kinda brutal.

HP

thanx real good input man, think people may start to recognize 'flowamasta' you say it sounds like drain to waste, but she's recirculating, i have a return at the bottom of my hempy, and she's raised above the top level of nutrient reservoir (so she doesn't drown) some people think cause this is hydro, have the roots submerged, but with perlite, it acts as a soiless type medium, with a very high oxygen ratio, so regular feeding makes a good water/oxygen ratio, i say depending on how hot, and whether i'm flowering or not. if it's cooler in the tent, i water every 4hrs, if she's stinkin hot like , i will take 5 minutes to re-adjust timer to feed every 2-3 hrs, this doesn't seem to effect my humidity as, i was well aware of this, and if you take into account what i said before, the right feeding times, should give good water/oxygen ratio, and a similar humidity. my tent never seems to go over 60% humidity, even in flowering, this kind of weather, she's around 20-30 % humidity. as for smooth hits, it comes down to quality product, and good cure/dry, i notice it gets better with age, curing for longer, i had some buds in jars for over 3 months, and wow, when u crack the lid, it hits you in the face with a strong scent of heaven!, my smoke has always been thick, and smooth, and leaves a taste behind in your mouth for ages....yum

Originally Posted by forgetiwashere

hey flowie dont stress on the heat man, everyone on here seem to be from canada or alaska or some shit lol they all grow in the coldest climates and they all say that anything over 90f dont bother well fuck that man. us aussies rock 90f in the shade man. we are all in the same boat and to be honest it doesnt seem to matter. they say heat will give u loose airy buds? what do u reckon? your last grow didnt look to airy mate. just rock some silica which i dare say u do anyway being a cyco boy and watch the humidity so u dont get rot and the heat dont matter. that said ventilation is always good i run a 250mm in line fan and a 120mm inline fan ad a bunch of small pedestal fans and my temps usually stay pretty reasonable

yeah man, thanx good input also, i'm starting to think cannabis does adapt to certain environments, but i think i will still go atleast an evap cooler, even if i can get down 4-5 degrees! ohh and i believe silica is more fore strengthening branches, and enhancing cell structure, i up the levels of silica, along with swell during week 3-4-5, to increase ppm, not so much for strengthening and such, these buds get soo damn heavy, they snap all over the shot if i don't hang ALL the heads! and as for ventilation, i got the 6 inch 500cfm centrifugal extractor fan , blowing through carbon filter on outside of tent, 1 20cm fan directly cooling globe, and 2 fans circulating air around bottom of my tent, 1 30cm oscilating, and 1 cyclone high velocity fan pointing towards front of tent, forcing air upwards and through plant, i used to have a small 15cm fan feeding air through bottom of tent , but i found this to be useless.

Originally Posted by shrigpiece

Im here again matey

sweeeeeet thanx man

and all i won't let you guys down, i'm now growing with 2 grows experience, and am understanding more and more, this site is krankin! what better way to help people grow erb than this crazy ass site!!, man

you guys rock, maybe check out my outdoor plant, she;s krankin, buds in summer!! i forced flower for this time of year, check my 3rd signature link, thanx legends she wouldn't of ended up soo nice if it wasn't for this site!

she's startin to crank now! launch control is a go ahead, can't post pics tonight, as i have no plastic over windows....i don't want the whole world to see my sun!! (inspection in 2 days) so in 2 days, i'll give her a full flush, and start to feed near full strength nutrients

new growth is green green green, and no burn on new growth, getting nice and dark, thanx B1 boost! i can tell shes just eager for a hard feed so she can flourish, ohh!! i almost forgot to mention, i bought a 20litre evapourative cooler, and pointed her at the main inlet, and i rekon i got atleast 4-5 degrees cooler, and it was a hot day today, i can go in the room the tent is in and it actually feels more liveable, not soo hot and uuuuugh, and the cooler also de-ionisers (read my pic) she at a steady 32 degrees 90f, so i'm happy with that, and with the weather maybe cooling down in the next month, could be nice timing for flowering

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Man thats looks perfect, before the summer hits over here i need to buy one also. How much did it run? and does it raise ur RH at all?

Originally Posted by HotPhyre

Man thats looks perfect, before the summer hits over here i need to buy one also. How much did it run? and does it raise ur RH at all?

i'm running it just when lights on for now, and 1 hr before lights come on, i'll do it manually untill i can work out the timer function, i checked this morning and i got it down to 29 degrees with the light on, directing the outlet of the cooler towards a little opening i have at the bottom of the zipper section, and i don't mind atall freezing a big chunk of water in the freezer each day, it has a 20 litre (5.3 gallons) tank, and it ran all night and maybe used 3 litres max, barely anything!!, i'm actually really really surprised, i have read many threads on how effective people think these are and alot don't give them enough credit, or are not using them properly, i guarantee this is making atleast 5 degrees difference!!!! i'm running this on the outside of my tent, in the centre of the room.
as for humidity, it went from 20% to 45%, completely acceptable in my opinion! this unit cost $120 australian , oh and with the hepa filtration system it ha on the back, it breathes cleaner air, and will suck out most of my rooms dust, instead of my blow through carbon filter setup! just having to regulary clean the cooler filter in detergent (safe to do..i read ! )

oh pics........

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and if you like if you get some extra geeza time.... check my outdoory thread on signature link... thanx guys grow on and on.....and on!

Photo0980.jpg just got my new prokit today, all brand new! oooohhh yeah, i'm going to go even more careful this time round, and use around 3/4 strength and see how she copes, inspection in the morning, then flush, and start of week 2 veg begins. this is where she kicks in turbo mode usually, hold on for the ride!!!