12/12 From Seed Experiment - 21 Strains

Mohican said:

My LA Con got more cheesy smelling when it got cold outside.

The Hortilux Eye Blue is looking killer!

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It really is man. I know they are really expensive but if you don't mind the cost, give one a try sometime.

I did for a second Then I returned them and went the LED route:











Cheers,
Mo

eastwesthydro.com they have the cheapest Hortilux bulbs that I can find anywhere. Totally legit and can't beat the prices

Chapter 2 Update
Day 58
Flowering Day 15

Some pretty nice pistol development happening. Damned bulb did not come on again this morning so the HPS is back in (hence the poor pictures). I'm now convinced the ceramic mogul needs some inspection which I will do 1st thing tomorrow morning. If I'm right then I've got 3 functional MH bulbs...lol

Chronic Thunder canopy is about 26" and the Skunk #1 is about 24". Most of the remaining height should come in the form of main cola's. I'm expecting a 32" finishing height.

Look at them stretch!

Looking good bro. Those girls are stretching madly. Canopy is pretty even for most part. Love the way this going and can't wait to see finished results. Keep it up bro

The small fan that you can see in the 1st picture...I have 4 of them but only 2 are currently running. In the next few days I will be connecting all 4 and I will probably position them just above the tubs so the under growth is getting plenty of air flow. In addition, I will be increasing my tent exhaust to 100%. My exhaust is 450 CFM which is way overkill for a 4' x 4' tent. Providing I can keep humidity in check (which I'm pretty sure I can) I'm confident there won't be any risk of mold despite the extreme close proximity.

I went down and turned off the light. Removed the bulb and inspected the inside of the mogul. I don't know the terms for the components of a light socket but when you look inside you have the threaded part and then you have the solid piece at the very end in the middle. That solid piece is held in place by thin sheet metal and can easily be bent. I decided to bend it out a little bit just to see if the Blue MH would strike. It did not.

I then plugged in my backup ballast, an inexpensive iPower digital ballast, and it fired right up.
Here is the summary and if anyone could offer some theories as to what is going on I would sure appreciate it.

Apollo Ballast:
Eye Hortilux Blue - Worked for 100 days or so but not now
iPower HPS - Works
iPower MH - Works

SolisTek Ballast:
Eye Hortilux Blue - Worked for 57 days but no more
iPower HPS - Works
iPower MH - Works

iPower Ballast:
Eye Hortilux Blue - Works
iPower HPS - Works
iPower MH - Works

What in the world could be causing not one, but two ballasts to be incapable of firing this Hortilux Blue MH bulb after a period of time? Clearly the bulb is fine as the iPower ballast fires it fine.

burn position?!

glockdoc said:

burn position?!

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Wacha mean? As in the digital setting on the ballast? I always run the ballast at the normal intended wattage/strength.

akhiymjames said:

Looking good bro. Those girls are stretching madly. Canopy is pretty even for most part. Love the way this going and can't wait to see finished results. Keep it up bro

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Thanks man. Having so many plants, I have to say I am very pleased with the canopy evenness so far. It's very difficult to tell how many are beneath the canopy tho. Might not really know til the very end when we start counting cola's!

Some more pictures

#1 - Chronic Thunder close-up
#2 - Skunk #1 close-up

3, 4 and 5 are shots of underneath the canopy. Picture #4 turned out really cool...I hope you like this one

The undershot is so cool!!! Looks like your walking through a forest of Cannabis Trees. I'll walk through that forest any day Are you gonna do any defoil on them so air circulation is good. I know you got the four fans in there so hopefully you don't have to

akhiymjames said:

The undershot is so cool!!! Looks like your walking through a forest of Cannabis Trees. I'll walk through that forest any day Are you gonna do any defoil on them so air circulation is good. I know you got the four fans in there so hopefully you don't have to

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I'm hoping to not have to. I'm trying to avoid significant man-hours during this journey. I am doing minor daily defoliating on top but not too much.

Find the prettiest girls and grab clones from lowers!

Absolutely gorgeous man, such a pretty sight. Well done keeping them all pretty!

Hot Diggity Sog said:

The small fan that you can see in the 1st picture...I have 4 of them but only 2 are currently running. In the next few days I will be connecting all 4 and I will probably position them just above the tubs so the under growth is getting plenty of air flow. In addition, I will be increasing my tent exhaust to 100%. My exhaust is 450 CFM which is way overkill for a 4' x 4' tent. Providing I can keep humidity in check (which I'm pretty sure I can) I'm confident there won't be any risk of mold despite the extreme close proximity.

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Overkill I have a 4x4 tent as well and I have a 720 cfm exhaust fan....lol...sounds like a jet fan with a silencer on it....

Chapter 2 Update
Day 62
Flowering Day 19

Kind of a boring update. They probably need another 10 days before they start looking pretty. Watered with 14 gallons @45% strength right after these pictures. Also plucked probably 100 fan leaves. Chronic Thunder canopy height is 30" and Skunk #1 is 28".

Really nice job 'feeding' them so far. Looks like they're pretty much done stretching too.

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Reminds me of the House of the Flying Daggers.

Looking good. I'm on day 10-11 of my sog. I just started to see bud development on my girls. I started my ppm's around 750 ish. I'm going to somewhat copycat your grow in about 35 days.

Look at all of those flowers!