600w DWC Medical Grow- First Timer

defcomexperiment

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I am anti H2O2.....It has no way to target the bad from the good fungi and bacteria...Took it off my nute shelf after my DWC jalapenos died from it.
well it worked, ph didnt drop, and plants are recovering... still dont like it...

anyways, here is some pics of the bud i had to pull cause the stem had snapped... high quality ones can be seen via the link, make sure you click the picture and make it fullsize...

http://defcom.picturepush.com/album/120266/p-Picture-Box.html

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defcomexperiment

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gave the chop to some small sections that were just kinda laying on the screen figured id get some nice daytime smoke from it... probably will end up with an oz from what i cut today, its trimmed and hanging in the closet...
 

defcomexperiment

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figured i would give a pic update of my veg area, which i am proud to say is eradicated of spider mites. i also could not find a single living spider mite in the past two spot inspections in the flower room. not even in the furthest back corner where i was especially concerned, as i could never quite reach back there until i dumped my res and rotated my tent out of the corner the other day. either way, today i will be starting the plants out on tap water for their flush and will be chopping down this weekend, probably starting saturday with the pk x tw as that has matured to about 25-30% amber trichs. also, amber trichs have begun showing up on the tw yesterday...

i will take some pictures tomorrow of the flower tent, right now i have too much homework...

as a side note i am quite pleased with how the veg plants are looking right now, im currently slowly growing the two in soil not sure whats gonna happen with those two, but keepin em around i think in case after the next cycle i have to mother the pk x tw...

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defcomexperiment

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harvested the tw today, as it turns out there are a few seeds floating around. not many but something caused my plant to hermie with no visible signs of bananas or nutsacks... the pk x tw has started to show purple on the calyx's, not much on the leaves at all though... both are real strong smoke, heres the pics of what i pulled off the tw plant:

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dunno how it hermied, its a slight disappointment but they were under stress at various times. they also did get like 17 hours of light or something around a month ago because my girl messed up the timer, doh... well ive got pk x tw on deck to see what it can really do, and im also going to go pick up some clones, and get some more lamps shortly...
 

LD25Delta9

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Thanks for the advice in my thread. Sub'd. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next round of ladies look like when they aren't over stressed from mites. From some of your early cutting pics, it looks like they could have been a little more dense if the mites weren't present. Was your leaf curl in the early stage from over fert? Your numbers all looked good but you might try upping the humidity to, 40-45%. Much beyond that and you'll have mold problems in such small rooms. The reason I say that is that your leaves looked a little waxy, almost dry...and I noticed you said they were drinking up water like mad, too. A real small humidifier on a timer might be a good solution. Just my $0.02. Looks like some good smoke anyways, Kudos!
 

defcomexperiment

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yea the humidifier is something to consider although the dryness and yellowing of the leaves had to do with deficiency/ph issue my girlfriend didnt fix for a couple days while i was gone. previously my humidity was up to 40-45% all through the grow up until a week ago. the TW is some real dank shit as long as its not some of the buds towards the bottom... the pk x tw is rock hard and the bud structure is very kush like, just very dense solid mass... either way, the stresses the plants went through wont be happening anymore, because i quit my job to be a caregiver full time. also, i believe the spider mites are finally under control, i havent seen a mite for a couple weeks in my veg closet, and havent seen any moving while trimming...
 

LD25Delta9

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Good shit man. My last garden had a problem with Thrips. They start in the soil then migrate to the leaves and feed off of the chlorophyll. It looks like burning but there's no actual physical damage to the leaves. But we all know what chlorophyll is used for...... Let's just say they can DECIMATE a crop.
 

defcomexperiment

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haha, all done trimming... pk x tw was burning my damn nose its smells so strong... my tw mother is getting pitched, pk x tw is gonna be in next couple cycles...
 

defcomexperiment

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just ordered a second 600w digital w/aircooled hood for next cycle, throwing my vegging plants in there as soon as it gets here... gonna run 2x600w in the 4x4 tent XD

im so fucking excited... lol...
 

ENDLSCYCLE

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Hell yeah man....Two 600's....Awesome!!!!!! I had heat problems(80* is high for my liking) with just the one...although it is a 1000watter dimmed to 600....I've always wondered if a true 600 runs cooler than a 1000w bulb dimmed down??...good luck man...I'm rootin' for ya to pull it off!!!....Where in the house is it???Basement???What's the ambient temp outside the tent???
 

defcomexperiment

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Hell yeah man....Two 600's....Awesome!!!!!! I had heat problems(80* is high for my liking) with just the one...although it is a 1000watter dimmed to 600....I've always wondered if a true 600 runs cooler than a 1000w bulb dimmed down??...good luck man...I'm rootin' for ya to pull it off!!!....Where in the house is it???Basement???What's the ambient temp outside the tent???
its in a spare bedroom that has an AC unit built into the wall, so the ambient temp outside the tent can be what i need it to be, and also i have winter coming so i can really just crack the window open in that room and make it as cool as i need it to be... with my single 600w setup the tent would stay a bit warm until i found out that i really needed a fan controller to turn down how fast my 6" vortex was cycling the air. now i run it at like 20% and the temps went down like 5-7F... worse comes to worse i will spend more money on environmental controls, or some co2. i know this setup will not work for me in the summer unless i add an AC unit, next summer i wont even care though ;-)

as for right now ive been busy as shit harvest is done, i pulled off 13oz of dry, with a couple oz's of popcorn and a good amount of sugar leaves for medibles... overall i was slightly disappointed in the yield, i had really expected to get more out of it. my bud is manicured very very well, so i probably lost a little bit of weight with little bits of leaves that people would typically leave on. however, overall i blame the lesser yield on times when i had been out of town and my girl let high ph's go for a day or two, and the stress from the spider mites... the purple kush x tw turned out the best as far as bag appeal/medical use, so im running nothing but that this next time. it yielded a lot less than the TW, but im chalking that up to individual stress on the plant, and possibly because it had to reveg, so we will see what it will do with a shit ton of FIM'ing, 2x600w, and undivided attention by me... i will try to get some finished picks of the buds sometime tonite or tomorrow, ive been busy as shit making changed in the room the tent is to get ready for either a 4x8 tent or another 4x4... im pretty sure the mites have fucked off and died now, but im steam cleaning the carpet, fogging, and bleached my tent surfaces... right now i anticipate having my veg plants in there by the weekend.

i have also decided to pitch the idea of using styrofoam board as a res lid, and am busting out the cooler lid, and cutting some holes in it tomorrow... i am also putting a permanent water pump in there with a hose stubbed up to the top of the reservoir for easy pumping into and out of the reservoir for adjustments and res changes and making some other slight changes... anyways, back to work, take it easy...
 

defcomexperiment

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just got update on tracking, light will be here tomorrow...

got so much homework to do, probably still wont have the tent ready to go until friday, thats cool though...
 

deprave

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yea this is the best season for indoor growing here, in the winter you can let your room get around freezing at night to kill bugs. :)

Interested to see tha new setup
 

defcomexperiment

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yea this is the best season for indoor growing here, in the winter you can let your room get around freezing at night to kill bugs. :)

Interested to see tha new setup
oh you will see it soon, light arrived today, i just picked up some uninsulated duct cause i got sick of dealing with the bulky insulation around my ducting...
 

deprave

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also kush yields typically lower than other hybrids so ya know...example: when I did 2 ounces a plant setup I would get 1.5 a plant when I ran a kush..its still worth it indoors imho because it takes up a lot less space
 

defcomexperiment

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also kush yields typically lower than other hybrids so ya know...example: when I did 2 ounces a plant setup I would get 1.5 a plant when I ran a kush..its still worth it indoors imho because it takes up a lot less space
im only growing two of these plants under the two lights, but im gonna veg em to tree status...
 

defcomexperiment

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i really shoulda did a TW only grow, that would have yielded bonker amounts, but i wanna see what this pk can do by itself with proper care...
 

ENDLSCYCLE

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Awesome pull....13+ozs off three plants is pretty fkn good bro...Especially with the little bumps along the way...I just got 13+ off 4 plants in soil and was very very pleased.....plenty of meds for me and the lady....Hope the room construction goes well....I was wondering with the legal status and all, why are you in a tent...or better yet two tents in the future???Just curious...Peace!!!
 
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