bubba kush & critical + SCROG closet grow

MJD

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Hey all!
Finally back on rollitup with another grow on my hands, finally have the space and privacy to do my most legitimate grow so far. The space I have is approx 3.5'x4'x7' and I will be doing a SCROG in this space with a 400w lumatek HPS /w several 42W phillips 6500k cfl bulbs for supplementary lighting for veg!
Will upload pics and details soon, looking forward to sharing a lil growing love on here with yall...

Cheers!
MJD
 

MJD

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Sorry I have not added anything really, been super busy...ALTHOUGH I AM NOW TRYING TO KEEP A UPDATED JOURNAL FROM THIS WEEK FORWARD.
Finally got some time to do some changes will you will see in the next little while, here is a teaser pick of the girls so far!

Cheers

cant get it flipped back for some reason -_-
Flip ur computers upside down lol
 

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MJD

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Finally got the ROOM all finished, this scrog is going to be beautiful. the MH is 600w and the HPS is 400w with 2 42w 6500k CFL bulbs for supplemental lighting on the hps side.
Prob going to switch to flower within the week, dont want to over-fill the screen...what do you guys think?

Cheers,
MJD
 

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MJD

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Hello ALL,
Having a dilemma with my setup :/
I've determined that with my current growth and the fact that i havnt started flowering that the
growth in my screen is too much to maintain.
It doesn't look too full from the pictures but there are tons of bud sites undernearth that will overwhelm the screen when flowering occurs,
these plants are the critical + by dinafem so im told they increase by about a half when flowered.
MY DILEMMA TODAY IS DO I CUT THE TOPS OF THE NODES ALLOWING THE SMALLER BUDSITES TO DEVELOP
or TRIM SMALL BUD SITES SO THEIR ARE LESS.

Feel free to post in this anytime about ANYTHING btw

Cheers,

MJD

BTW I dont know why they are showing up side ways :S
 

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MJD

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Hey all,
Once again feel free to post!
Entered flower on monday, havnt seen any big difference in flower pistils yet, my time is off by twelve hours because i set the wrong times -_-...supposed to run at night but running during the day, so tonight im going to run 24hr darkness to a) get the right light cycle b) kickstart the hormone production for flowering to get err going...I've modded my setup quite a bit, installed some new stuff.

currently only 1 600w MH in the room but as soon as im at approx 1.5 weeks im going to put the 400w HPS in and switch the bulb on the MH to HPS so I will have 1000w HPS power between 1 600w and 1 400w

the room is only 3.5x4.5 feet big so my 15.75 ft area has pretty high watts per foot, approx. 63.5 so not ridiculous but pretty solid

using 20ml Rhizotonic & 25ml cannenzyme
STILL using veg nuts for first ~2 weeks as ive been told and seen through research, then switching over to my BIO flora nutrients I have....
I also use LIQUID LIGHT and SATURATOR as a foliar spray, any opinions on this? I think it helps a bit ^_^

also had to put a heater in there b/c up hurr it gets pretty damn cold and cant have my grow room variating from ~30 to 28C --> like 10C

BTW THESE GIRLS ARE THE CRITICAL + the bubba are still vegging

ALSO I CANT FIGURE OUT WHY MY PICTURES ARE SIDEWAYS GAAAAAAH!!!!!
 

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stickybuds*

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Sorry I have not added anything really, been super busy...ALTHOUGH I AM NOW TRYING TO KEEP A UPDATED JOURNAL FROM THIS WEEK FORWARD.
Finally got some time to do some changes will you will see in the next little while, here is a teaser pick of the girls so far!


cant get it flipped back for some reason -_-
Flip ur computers upside down lol
plants look good MJD
use paint and flip the picture next time
 

MJD

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Thanks, tried that before but didnt work for some reason, here is a proper photo so u don't have to look at it sideways haha...

screen is almost full, figure with critical + growing about 1/3rd during flower it will fill out in the next 1-2 weeks
 

MJD

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lights just turned on and noticed my first issue, a few nodes are droooping like they have been severly underwater but i watered them 1.5 days ago, only in the one section. Thought it could possibly be a phosphorous deficiency? Im not sure I have a hard time determining. I am still using 100% veg nuts and I started flowering on monday. ALSO the sprout that is drooping is connected to the branch with the drooping leaves (all really on one branch)

CHECK THAT I JUST FOUND THE SAME THING ON MY OTHER PLANT, so common cause between plants...ANY IDEAS TEAM?? (last image is other plant)

Help would be extremely appreciated, first plant problem so far :/

Cheers,
MJD
 

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MJD

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So I am now 9 days into flowering, what do you guys think of the development? seems a little slow to me :/ only noticing slightly more pistils than normal. ALSO my TD-150S silent series by s&p came today...wired it all up with an old extension cord and installed the flange on my CAN 33 filter, ill upload more pics once I have them hanging and goin full tilt...

HERES SOME PICS TO KEEP THOSE PALLETS WET :P

MJD
 

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Dirf

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So I am now 9 days into flowering, what do you guys think of the development? seems a little slow to me :/

MJD
Its fine. The first 7 days is pretty much transition phase. You will see noticeable groupings of hairs (buds) forming by week two. Looking great man!
 

MJD

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So installed the new ventilation system TD-150 SILENT SERIES...lemme tell you, this thing is friggen silent haha....ran into a few problems:
1) my wood enclosure is 3 inches too far out so I have to do some bracing and cutting to fit the TWO lights in instead of just the one 600W HPS.
2) temperatures are dropping as low as 10* C in the room at night... real cold up here :/ bought a heater to raise them up to like 75* and I am going to build a heating/cooling sensor...
(will be a page on that soon as I get the parts in)

Have some new clones up (in attached pic) and have just today taken another ~20 cuttings in rockwool.

I am using rhizotonic & cannenzym with BIO FLORA nutrients, have not really been using my liquid light foliar spray with saturator by dutch master
ANY THOUGHTS ON THE INCREASE OF USING FOLIAR NUTRIENTS???

Also I have been standing in my room approx 3x a day breathing for approx 7 minutes while hitting a bowl or two ;)
with my calculations on a breathe being 45,000 ppm of co2 release per breath (values from the internet) and with my lung capacity it takes me about 6 minutes to reach 1500ppm in my room...
I add the extra minute for the air I loose when I exit the room. THOUGHTS ON MY MADNESSSS??? :P :twisted:

Going well so far, I estimate that if I get the 1000W setup all done by saturday, approx 3 weeks into 9 week flower, I can yield around 1 pound from this system

area is 3.5ft by 4.5 if you were wondering, with pretty much corner to corner coverage

CHEERS!!!
and happy st. pattys weekend to all the irish out there ;)
 

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MJD

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Hey all, so a few updates, now at week FIVE, (i will upload pics shortly)...ive noticed under my 600w which is only about 6-8 inches from my plants has some leaves underneath it that are getting bleached by too much light :/ (will upload pics in the morning) but yeah I think im going to have to purchase a 400w bulb instead of the 600 i have in there as the combined wattage of 400 + 600 in a 3.5x4.5 room seems to be a little much for the girls....dialed my ballast down on the 600w to 400w but i know its not good for the bulb as it messes with the spectrum nnnn such....BIG UPDATE WITH PICS SOON GUYS :D
 

MJD

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so I tried uploading a whole bunch of photos and doing an update but everytime I try to upload with the new format I get an error everytime :/
ANYWAYS, basically my leaves are starting to yellow (week 9 is april 28th so im concerned) and I figure it might be because I am not feeding them enough nutrients? they are in a soil-less medium and I am feeding approx at 1500 ppm nutrients in their water but I was thinking of boosting it because I believe this yellowing is due to a lack of nutrients in the soil, causing the plant to pull nutrients from the leaves? what yall think?
 

MJD

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So my room is 3.5 ft x 4.5 ft by 7 feet tall, I have a 400w and a 600w in there...now that is not the winter months the temperatures are increasing close to 30*C in the grow room and the plants are exhibiting heat stress, is a 600w hps enough for that space (they have 2 weeks to go) or should i turn down the 600w to the dimmable 400w setting for a TOTAL of 800 watts
 

doubletake

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I would drop down to just the 600 I'm having the same issue running a 1000 watt light in a 3x5 tent wish I got the fucking dimmable ballast hahah

But yeah drop to 600 the heat should lay off

or you could just get another little fan in there or opening another vent cause the 400 extra watts will def help with density and final weight in the end.
 

MJD

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so at 8.3 weeks now! 5 days to go till harvest, here's some pics of the ladies ;) some started to get so heavy they fell over so had to reinforce with some twine haha....also started my aerocloner (stinkbud style) and will link to its assembly and future posts! P.S. some of the crop photos are blurry but the NUG ones are REALLY close and personal!...yield thoughts? its a 3.5x4.5 room with a 600w and a 400w HPS

Cheers,
MJD
 

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MJD

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So tomorrow is supposed to be the big day! week #9 of my girls cycle, in the pics you will see they are not quite ready! one more so than the other! took some trich pics as well
 

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