Bonsai Dwc- 1st dwc/2nd Grow

TheGreenThumber

Active Member
Going to keep up with a grow journal this time around.

First time growing dwc, using a cooler single res for 2x nirvana northern lights seeds.

Growing with around 275 actual watts of cfls, with a couple fluoros down the side for extra lighting. Heavy LST/Defoliation for maximum budsites, hence the bonsai title. Grow space with the cooler in there is about 20"d/30"w/45"t.

Using DM Zone, firefox trio in my nutrient solution. I dont use R/O water and my tap is around 400 ppm out of the facet. The plants havnt seemed to mind, and I have no trouble keeping res temps in check with 1x frozen water bottle a day.

Anything else you think of that I havnt answered ask away!

And heres the good stuff, pics.

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Pic of my cab so you can see what I'm workin with.
DIY =P

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Only took a few pics the first day I tied the ladies down. I wanna say they are just shy of 2 weeks at the time.

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A week or so later after they had been topped and I started defoliating.

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Todays pics after some more defoliation. I cut leaves every 3-4 days. Everything you see in the pic is budsite. In another month and a half or so I plan to have a screen filled with a canopy of young buds =D.


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Pic of a nirvana ak4-8 mother im growin for shits n gigs. Defoliated all her big leaves, all of the bottom greenery is potential clones for the outdo.


Thanks for stopping by and checking out my grow.
 

Mineralz

Well-Known Member
LST from the start..nice:D I'll be watchin this one so I can see how they respond. Good luck and happy growing! Look good
 

TheGreenThumber

Active Member
Thanks for the kind words fellas.

Took a hike out to one of my outdoor plots today.

2 of the 3 there are looking real nice. Ones got some leave damage not sure if its from bugs or the heat in the 90s we had yesterday.

Took a couple pics thought I might as well throw them in this thread.

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Top left plant is nothern lights, the other two are ak-48. The big two weren't wilted at all they must have loved the heat :blsmoke:
 

TheGreenThumber

Active Member
So its been 5 days and I took some pics so you all can see how quickly they bounce back from the defoliation.


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Either tonight or tomorrow morning I will take some time and trim them up so you can see before and after.

Peace :leaf:
 

Neumann

Active Member
Nice. I bonsai my mom's all the time and I'm trying a bonsai-ish grow myself right now. I'm doing cloned White Russian, topped to four branches and defoliated to multi-topped heads.
 

TheGreenThumber

Active Member
Nicely done sir. Everything is looking really good. I would change that center CFL structure you have to a 400W HPS it will greatly increase your yield. Keep the side lighting though that is a great idea and you are getting a lot of reflection too. Looking good +rep
I have been thinking about buying some kind of HID and ballast when I get ready to start flowering. I am not sure if I would be able to handle the heat of a 400w in my cab. And from what I have read 150w hps arent too efficient.

I stopped by your grow your buds are coming along nice. Cant wait til I get to open my cab and smell that sweet aroma. ;-)


Trimmed them both up tonight but my old lady has the camera so no pics until tomorrow.
 
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