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Abucks

Abucks

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End of day 48 flower. Starting to see a random few brown hairs. They are continuing to swell up and fill in nicely. Cut the lights to 11 on 13 off. Going to drop an hour off light cycle every few days until I get to 8/16. Then lights off for the last couple days of grow. Also wondering what people's thoughts are on increasing/decreasing light intensity for the final couple weeks. I'm running them at 1000 right now, wondering if I should turn them up to 1100 or down to 825 for the last week. Any thoughts on this subject?IMG_20160419_060855920.jpg
 
GreenThumbsMcgee

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Abucks said:
End of day 48 flower. Starting to see a random few brown hairs. They are continuing to swell up and fill in nicely. Cut the lights to 11 on 13 off. Going to drop an hour off light cycle every few days until I get to 8/16. Then lights off for the last couple days of grow. Also wondering what people's thoughts are on increasing/decreasing light intensity for the final couple weeks. I'm running them at 1000 right now, wondering if I should turn them up to 1100 or down to 825 for the last week. Any thoughts on this subject?View attachment 3660665
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yo Abucks. How goes it man. I have tried the light increase/decrease on one of my previous grows, and It did make a difference, but i think the fact that my grow lights quality was improving as well as light decreasing played a part. I vegged it under a full spec 300watt led (Piece of junk) and then i purchased an Optic 120 cob led, and added that when I flipped it to flower. I let it flower up until aprx week 9 and then i turned off the 300Watt led, and let the cob take it from there. Decreased the lights for the final 2 weeks or so, up too the 48 hour darkness period i like to let happen.
like i said, this was when i was still dialing in my grow tent, and my lights were improving so i think that probably had an effect on the results. I would definitely like to hear what results you get if you try it~
 
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GreenThumbsMcgee

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420producer said:
nice
.is that main lined.?
how many kolas?
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hi 4/20producer,
happy belated holidays first and foremost :bigjoint:

So my technique I used in this grow was similar to mainlining, but I would say it was closer to "manifolding," because Nugbuckets technique of mainlining suggests to remove all bud sites except about 4 on each branch, making aprx 8 large colas. Manifolding, as I have come to understand it uses the same training technique early on. Topping early and breaking up the plants apical dominance, but instead of reducing the # of sites down to 8, the grower lets EVERY cola that reaches the top (or close) have a chance to show what it can do! I really didnt start off intending to use either of these techniques to be honest. I was just very used to topping early and tying down the branches. That was before I started using the scrog method. So when i introduced a screen, it limited the vertical height amount it could grow, so it forced the plant too search out new spots for branching, and that resulted in a mainling/manifoling type effect. If i was to be doing it true to the technique, i would had topped it even earlier then i did. I topped it at the 4th node, so i got double the amount of mainlines, if you will. It created an "X" pattern instead of a slash........if that makes sense!
Oh, and how many colas? um...1,2,3,4,5,6......fuck that, you wanna count them? haha!
 
420producer

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ok, that does . .i modified that technique as well not taking it down to the 4 site. it is a stash . but monster-cropped. so imma let it grow out in veg while the space is being used.and when this rip is done .in aprox 6 weeks i will throw it under the 1000 watt all by itself. . hopefully i can get it to look like yours. and my guess is about 35 to 40, thanks for the reply
 

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image.jpeg image.jpeg image.jpeg Hey guys looking to get some input

My lady is 6 weeks old. I've topped and LST... I was just letting her grow not really using the screen yet.

As you can see i don't have much vertical height left... I can lower the screen. Lights are maxed out.Should I flip to 12/12?
 
Abucks

Abucks

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IMG_20160425_061418617.jpg IMG_20160425_061407313.jpg Day 55 flower. Turned the lights down to 10/14, seems they are starting to turn nicely. About 40% brown hairs, and 50% cloudy trichs. Most of the foxtailing has filled in. Cut my nutes to 50%, and cut watering back to every other day. Decided I'm going to do the 10/14 lighting until harvest. Seems to have amped the trich formation up, and things are looking far whiter then previous crops.
 
Optic1

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View attachment 3665440 View attachment 3665441 Day 55 flower. Turned the lights down to 10/14, seems they are starting to turn nicely. About 40% brown hairs, and 50% cloudy trichs. Most of the foxtailing has filled in. Cut my nutes to 50%, and cut watering back to every other day. Decided I'm going to do the 10/14 lighting until harvest. Seems to have amped the trich formation up, and things are looking far whiter then previous crops.
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Nice keep us up to date. Im checking mine daily to see a few more ambers and im gonna wack-em-all
 
GreenThumbsMcgee

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UPDATE: wk 5
Really starting to nug up on that screen! I am really loving the scrog technique, and can't believe i waited so long to get started!
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Grape God, shes got aprx 4 weeks to go!
I made a couple changes too BTW. First, I sold that Rocket plasma light I had above it, it just put out too much heat, and they claim they put out "little to no heat," according to the website. They would be good for vegging, but didn't like the results i was getting for flower at all. So, I sold that bitch, and bought a GoGreen 200 watt cob to add to my existing optic 120. I did that change aprx a week ago, and I am seeing clearly my plant is loving it. it has more red/yellow in it than the 3500K optic. I also added a couple of co2 bags.
Since i have been dealing with springtails and i hate them, I got some KnatNix, and put about 2 inches on the top layer, and i haven't seen one on the top since. I have seen them wash out with runoff but what are ya gonna do. I am pretty sure they got in my coco from in the trunk of my car. Only thing i can think...
 
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GreenThumbsMcgee

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Quick question for you guys.... Do you have a fan under you screen when your screen starts to fill up? Mine has really blotted out any light from reaching the undercarriage and so that tells me that if light cant get thru, air will have a tough time as well. So i was just curious if you guys had fans below or not...at the time, i do not.
 
Worcester

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GreenThumbsMcgee said:
Quick question for you guys.... Do you have a fan under you screen when your screen starts to fill up? Mine has really blotted out any light from reaching the undercarriage and so that tells me that if light cant get thru, air will have a tough time as well. So i was just curious if you guys had fans below or not...at the time, i do not.
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Yes,I did.It helped with ventilation bottom and top.:blsmoke:
 
Abucks

Abucks

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GreenThumbsMcgee said:
Quick question for you guys.... Do you have a fan under you screen when your screen starts to fill up? Mine has really blotted out any light from reaching the undercarriage and so that tells me that if light cant get thru, air will have a tough time as well. So i was just curious if you guys had fans below or not...at the time, i do not.
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Your grow is looking good! I use multiple fans under my canopy. One thing I learned about scrog this round is lollipopping, and fans under the canopy are a must. Without them it was getting to be jungle like conditions under my canopy, hot humid and stagnant. Also got a bad case of gnats because things never dried out. Little bit of cleanup, and fans at each corner blowing around and over the smart pots took care of it, and the plants loved it as well.
 
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