800W 4x4 tent Organic Coir grow

Mainlinekush

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Strains:
American kush, Critical Sensi Star, Sweet Black Angel, Mello yello, OG kush

Hello everyone this is the recap of my mainlining success with a controlled organic 4x4 tent grow. July 8th I germinated 9 seeds from a friends garden in New Mexico. They were started in humidity dome then transplanted July 15th into 6x6 3/4 gallon square pots.

I'm using a 4x4 tent in my garage.
Intake 6 inch /Exhaust 6 inch
2-400 CFM 6inch Fans
12,000BTU Portable AC
2-6 in Vented 17x24 hoods
2 400 watt MH BULBS DIGITAL IPOWER BALAST

My medium is HSU rice hull organic soil mixed 50% with Organic Genetics
Premium coco coir potting soil. I mix 3 pounds of worm castings per 50 quarts. This Soil mix is OMRI Certified.
 

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Nutrients I'm using Age Old Organics Granular formula mixed with a little less than 4 cubic feet fresh soil. I save about a quart per plant for top soil.
100 quarts coir soil
6 pounds worm castings
1 cup Grow
1 cup In full bloom
1 cup Root rally
1/2 cup Epsom Salt

18/6 light schedule 400watts MH

July 17th New beans arrive 4 American Kush, 1fem Sensi Star,
1fem Sweet Black. Germinated then potted in 6x6 3/4gallon on July 23th.

Distilled water first few weeks then I started 8 gallon batches of ph 6 tap watter for rest of grow.

Every weekend foliage spray of 3 ml Thrive Alive water mix in the dark.
 

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AMERICAN KUSH ABOVE
Now both 400watt bulbs are running above 15 plants from seed watering every 3 to 4 days. Tent temps 75 day light 69 night dark.

Just letting them grow water and light.

DAY 31/23
9 plants have 6-7 nodes and roots have filled the pots time to top and transplant.

I'm using 9x9 11L square pots and some 2 gallon white buckets for the 5 young plants.

The tops are soaked in Thrive Alive then dipped in honey before I put them in 2x2 rockwool cubes.

They go under CFL and Aquarium leds in humidity cloner for next 2 weeks they are givin 18/6 light schedule and sprayed daily with thrive alive.
 

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MELLO YELLO ABOVE
DAY 36/28
The 2nd batch of seedlings from seed bank are ready to be topped. I cloned 5 of them leaving the Sensi Star alone, she was a runt.
Now I'm going to start mainlining the 9 plants from New Mexico.

Using thin gardening wire I bend down the new mains to about 90 degrees some of them are stronger than others.
I like to make hooks and post them in soil when it's dry enough to hold plants down then I water them same day.

DAY 42/34
Topping last American kush for 4 mains, these plants all looking good so far. 13 plants are mainlined.
8 clones moved to tent in 1 gallon pots only 1 didn't root.
 

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CRITICAL SENSI STAR ABOVE
DAY 50/42
The last 4 clones from American Kush and Sweet Black moved to tent.1 never rooted. Plants are topped for 8 mains and ready to start stretching. They need to grow to 18 inches above soil before I flip them into flower.

DAY 56/48
The plants are starting to show sex I have identified 5 females out of 15.

DAY 62/54
I transplanted 5 girls into 5 gallon 12x12 square pots. Waiting for 4 plants to drop balls. Soon I will attach canopy rings for the mainlined plants.
I have been topping Sensi Star for weeks now she has grown to over a foot.
 

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SWEET BLACK ANGEL CLONE
DAY 65/57
Trimming some fan leaves from the mainlined plants. American kush was finally topped for 8 mains. I added a bamboo stake to support the tallest Mello yello.

DAY 70/62
Tonight I mixed up 2 cubic feet of soil and transplanted 3 female clones into 5 gallon Aurora fabric pots. The roots are looking fantastic at this point. The two tallest plants are showing some nute burn but should recover. I gave them all a thorough watering.
 

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DAY 72/64
Damn gnats I have a bit of everything to battle these bastards they love my soil as much as the plants do. I have yellow cards, neem oil spray, hydrogen peroxide watering, mosquito dunks.
Still I add alot of new soil to my tent which keeps them around.
These plants have been soaking up light keeping them just a foot or so away. They have grown short and thick like a fun sized woman.:hump:

Soon I will flip the lights I'm going to have mabey 2 more females going to bigger pots. Plants #6,7,8,9 have bunch of swelling but no nuts so I'm waiting to kill off everything left just in case I messed up my labels on the clones.

The canopy rings are up I made them from bonsai wire 3mm metallic allumim. I set them 14 inches above the soil. The Rings diameter is 9 inches.

I plan on switching to 15/9 on Friday then 24 hrs dark Monday.

Tuesday will be first day of 12/12.

Any comments at this point are welcome!!!

This is going to be my largest 4x4 tent grow. This canopy is going to be packed with about 80-100 colas. The shorter clones are for making some seeds I'm not to worried about the yield on them. I collected pollen the other day from a Mello yello that I have kept in basement on 12/12. Waiting for American kush pollen to pop as well.
 

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DAY 72/64
Damn gnats I have a bit of everything to battle these bastards they love my soil as much as the plants do. I have yellow cards, neem oil spray, hydrogen peroxide watering, mosquito dunks.
Still I add alot of new soil to my tent which keeps them around.
These plants have been soaking up light keeping them just a foot or so away. They have grown short and thick like a fun sized woman.:hump:

Soon I will flip the lights I'm going to have mabey 2 more females going to bigger pots. Plants #6,7,8,9 have bunch of swelling but no nuts so I'm waiting to kill off everything left just in case I messed up my labels on the clones.

The canopy rings are up I made them from bonsai wire 3mm metallic allumim. I set them 14 inches above the soil. The Rings diameter is 9 inches.

I plan on switching to 15/9 on Friday then 24 hrs dark Monday.

Tuesday will be first day of 12/12.

Any comments at this point are welcome!!!

This is going to be my largest 4x4 tent grow. This canopy is going to be packed with about 80-100 colas. The shorter clones are for making some seeds I'm not to worried about the yield on them. I collected pollen the other day from a Mello yello that I have kept in basement on 12/12. Waiting for American kush pollen to pop as well.
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Awesome grow man I'm gonna follow props!!:clap:
 
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HAPPY HUMP DAY PEOPLE
DAY 1 12/12
It's been 11 weeks of veg all the clones veged for about 5 weeks. Since Friday I ran 15/9 MH for 3 days then 18/6 HPS followed by 29hrs dark. Today I started 12/12 800w HPS schedule. I have to pull last male plants asap.
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I'm using Digilux 57,000 lumen bulbs. The last week of veg I trained the tallest plants mains by hanging 12mm nuts with wire to manage their height. I haven't done any topping this final week.

Time to let them rock....sorry for the large file size from last post I fixed the picture settings.
 

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DSC01764.JPG DAY 5 12/12
Today I transplanted plant number 9 into 5 gallon square pot and it's clone is now in 5 gallon fabric pot. Number 6 and 8 were male and one mainlined plant number 7 I'm going to give a Lil more time. I gave them all a thorough watering. I can see roots at the bottom of the 12x12 pots should be ready to do some serious body building over next weeks.

DAY 8 12/12
Everything has really turned out great this week. All the square pots are mothers from seed and I have 4 clones in fabric pots it's a all girls club now. The smaller plants have buckets lifting them to canopy level. I started pulling fan leafs and trimming under growth. Just letting them rock managing the growth with pipe cleaners for now.DSC01762.JPG DSC01763.JPG DSC01761.JPG DSC01765.JPG DSC01766.JPG DSC01767.JPG DSC01768.JPG DSC01769.JPG DSC01770.JPG
 
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DAY 11 ABOVE
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DAY 13 12/12

Last night I watered all the plants. I'm using 2 liter bottles with a slotted cap allowing me to empty water evenly until I have good run off in the catch tray. I'm using some New oil pan trays, you get with oil change value kits. They work great for under plants outside of they tent.
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I started new foilage spray for 2nd week of 12/12. 1.5ml age old liquid grow and 1.5ml age old bloom for a light 1 gallon mix.


I made some more canopy rings to help with longer branching. I plan on moving plants around every 4 days to help even out the lighting.


Every week some trimming is done to under canopy and fan leafs are tucked or removed. The flowers have all started to form the Sensi Star has the most bud growth so far and it's leafs are really happy.


Smell is picking up now all sorts of strains they all smell fantastic.

I definitely want a nice camera after this is all done need photos like @MuckyDucky
 
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For me the pictures are part of the fun.... now I understand why the term 'bud porn' was coined. :clap:

It's not just the camera tho... you have to learn how to get the most out of what you have.

Great setup by the way!!!
 
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MuckyDucky said:
For me the pictures are part of the fun.... now I understand why the term 'bud porn' was coined.


It's not just the camera tho... you have to learn how to get the most out of what you have.


Great setup by the way!!!
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Thanks man this is a packed house no complaints though all this hard work just to take care of all them is going to pay off. Im working on a LED build and a tent upgrade soon.

I know if I had a better zoom and a steady hand I could get some close ups. Your buds photos are primo:leaf:
I'll be watching and working on my photography.
 
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That's a great little camera to carry in your pocket. I used one similar one before and picked up a Tripod from Wallyworld for a few dollars and it helped a lot with my shake.... it wasn't good for the closeup macro shots tho....
 
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DAY 18 12/12
Things are running smooth just maintaining temp and scheduled waterings. This week I foilaged with kelp followed up by a blackstrap molasses watering trying to get the most out of the soil at this point. Humidity has been 35% and all the plants are super healthy and strong (:DSC01847.JPG DSC01849.JPG DSC01853.JPG DSC01855.JPG DSC01858.JPG DSC01864.JPG DSC01862.JPG DSC01863.JPG View attachment 3276328 DSC01845.JPG
 
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