12/12 From Seed Experiment - 21 Strains

Looking great brother thing Round 4 is kicking some ass looks like everything is going to plan the girls look super healthy keep up the great work i am only a week off looking forward to trying some new smoke

Did you grow the garlic lemon OG... ? from HSO it is smelling awesome stunk the room out with garlic felt like a wog but now its really taken over the lemon smell i don't like touching my girls but i just get stop smelling it keep up the great work brother i am moving in a month in to the woods so going to get some outdoor girls going

1 week....is that until chop or until drying is done and you can try it? I did not do the Garlic lemon OG...sounds amazing though. I'll poke in today and see what you've got going on

Congrats on the move...I also live in the woods and love it!

Hi HDS

Amazing again ! and beautiful too

Hot Diggity Sog said:

1 week....is that until chop or until drying is done and you can try it? I did not do the Garlic lemon OG...sounds amazing though. I'll poke in today and see what you've got going on

Congrats on the move...I also live in the woods and love it!

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i have never done a OG before she is my first of many love her packing on some super hard colas next time ill train her a little better stretch was around 130% from flip she was main lined so she is doing well but mixed in with 2 others so i think main line is better if you can space them out a little more and maybe use a more powerful light as they 600 is doing okay but i think they would be huge under a 1000W yeah my partner is a farm girl so we will be growing a lot of our own food and getting some cows and good stuff like that try live as much off the grid as we can

Chapter 4 Update - Part #1
Day 94
Flowering ~ Day 50

Things are going great. I've tapered off the strength of the feed a little bit as we head into the home stretch. Over the last 2 weeks I was feeding pretty aggressively and got up as high as 680 PPM's and I started to see signs of burn so I backed it down to around 650. Over the last 5 days I've been reducing and am now sitting at 560 PPM.

I'm expecting to start the harvest in 5 or 6 more days.

Pictures will be spread across two posts.

Chapter 4 Update - Part #2
Day 94
Flowering ~ Day 50

...Pictures Continued

Pat yourself on the back and say "self, well done".

I can only imagine how good it smells in there.

Is your ppm meter .7 conversion?

I don't envy you getting those roots out of those holes.

Again, nice job.

A~~~

Alaric said:

Pat yourself on the back and say "self, well done".

I can only imagine how good it smells in there.

Is your ppm meter .7 conversion?

I don't envy you getting those roots out of those holes.

Again, nice job.

A~~~

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Yes, it's a .7 conversion. The smell has always been strong for my 4 grows but this one is especially stanky. I thought my large carbon filter was starting to fail but as it turned out it was just me stinking. I can go into the room for as little as 1 minute and without touching anything come out of the room and I will stink for at least an hour. Not terrible or anything but enough that it's on me and noticeable.

I'll be sure to tell you how the root removal goes and hopefully get some pictures. Not sure how I'm going to do it yet

Careful -----I once had a chic at a convenience store say "you smell yummy" and just grinned. Wasn't cologne either.

Can you take the ends off your tubes?

A~~~

Alaric said:

Careful -----I once had a chic at a convenience store say "you smell yummy" and just grinned. Wasn't cologne either.

Can you take the ends off your tubes?

A~~~

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No...the ends won't come off.


Where the clear 2 inch tubing connects to the fixture...that comes off. So I won't be able to get my hands inside the tubes but at least I can easily isolate each row.
I'l let you know how it goes.

If you let the roots dry a bit (don't water the last day helps speed that up) they come out a lot easier. Most of the weight is water, dried it's very light. I used to pull out the roots of one tube through a single plant site with little effort. Did have to literally chop out a plant once, bottom of the stem inside the tube didn't fit through the hole anymore but I vegged way too long that run so was more user error than a system flaw.

Some of the buds look like they can use more than 5-6 days and still got some swelling up to do. Since you grow from seed it may be wise to harvest in at least two stages. Anyway, congrats on great run, it's been a pleasure following this run again.

Oh and please let me know whether your roots smell like licorice or carrots/roots/veggies.

Sativied said:

If you let the roots dry a bit (don't water the last day helps speed that up) they come out a lot easier. Most of the weight is water, dried it's very light. I used to pull out the roots of one tube through a single plant site with little effort. Did have to literally chop out a plant once, bottom of the stem inside the tube didn't fit through the hole anymore but I vegged way too long that run so was more user error than a system flaw.

Some of the buds look like they can use more than 5-6 days and still got some swelling up to do. Since you grow from seed it may be wise to harvest in at least two stages. Anyway, congrats on great run, it's been a pleasure following this run again.

Oh and please let me know whether your roots smell like licorice or carrots/roots/veggies.

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Ok...will do!

And you're right, there are several plants that look like they will need much more time to finish. I'm not really in a rush this time as I don't have seedlings waiting to go in. It's going to be sticky Christmas this year

Hot Diggity Sog said:

So I won't be able to get my hands inside the tubes but at least I can easily isolate each row.
I'l let you know how it goes.

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I'm pretty sure you know my solution to that problem.

If you're planning to continue running that configuration----one possible way to access the tube ends (get your hand / arm in) replace your end caps that (I assume) are glued on with rubber end caps that's pretty easy to remove.

I agree with S----thanks for letting us ride along.

A~~~

Alaric said:

I'm pretty sure you know my solution to that problem.

If you're planning to continue running that configuration----one possible way to access the tube ends (get your hand / arm in) replace your end caps that (I assume) are glued on with rubber end caps that's pretty easy to remove.

I agree with S----thanks for letting us ride along.

A~~~

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I need to find end caps like the ones you use. After running this configuration, I really like the 2 inch 45 degree elbows...if I could incorporate those with the rubber end caps that would be ideal!

Overall I am pretty happy with this configuration but I will be taking it apart after this run. I've been building my own LED's so what I'm thinking about doing is still using PVC tubes but lay them out in a more traditional fashion with overhead lighting. Still thinking about it...not exactly sure what I'm going to do yet.

End caps----Check this place out AquaticEcoSystems lots of great toys and a very nice free catalog with lots of tech talk about pumps and such. looks like a 6" cap cost 15.45 ea.

http://pentairaes.com/quick-caps.html

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Chapter 4 Update - Part #1
Day 98
Flowering ~ Day 54

Looking great still! This is proving to be an exercise in extreme patience for me. I want to start chopping them! I took one branch this morning and did a thorough inspection and nope...not done yet. So far I've only had to tie up 3 branches. It has become nearly impossible to go into the octagon though...just no room left to move around.

Chapter 4 Update - Part #2
Day 98
Flowering ~ Day 54

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Chapter 4 Update - Part #1
Day 100
Flowering ~ Day 56

Fresh reservoir change today. Increased the nutes just a tad. Running @600PPM and 5.8 PH on the dot. Since Sunday, I've taken a few branches here and there...not many.
I'm going day to day now inspecting plants and looking for ones to take. I don't expect I'll take anything for another 3 days or so and some of them still need quite a bit of time.

Chapter 4 Update - Part #2
Day 100
Flowering ~ Day 56

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Such a great Journal.