Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

Imaulle said:

how can you do 1500 ppm? isn't that... really fucking high?

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That's very high for my crops too, I am mostly in the 600 to 800 range, anything more and I see signs of burn, all depends on the strains your growing though, some love high numbers.

Same numbers here, altho I did feed NLs at about 1000 ppm for a few weeks and they tolerated it well. I think you can push them harder with lots of light and added CO2, there needs to be a balance in the plants and if any single part of the feed/light/water/air mix is too high the plant will suffer. Finding those limits is fun. Heat is a killer for these hydro systems, keeping the water temp down is really a challenge, I added thermal foil wrap to the tops of everything, set the totes directly on cool concrete floor and change the nutes more frequently.

420circuit said:

Heat is a killer for these hydro systems, keeping the water temp down is really a challenge, I added thermal foil wrap to the tops of everything, set the totes directly on cool concrete floor and change the nutes more frequently.

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I had this issue but solved it not by cooling the reservoir but instead by using a sterile system with PoolShock. It has saved me a ton of grief and its easy to make and incredibly cheap. Just make a new batch every 6 days to keep it fresh. I also change out the reservoir every 10-14 days depending on how lazy I feel https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=219683 My reservoir stays at about 70F and all has been well using this technique for over a year now in cloner, veg and flower units.

Interesting. I've heard before that chlorine promotes root growth.

Has anyone gone the other way with it, using beneficial tea with organics?

Teas, and beneficials in this kind of system would likely clog the sprayers and stuff up I would think?

Thundercat said:

Teas, and beneficials in this kind of system would likely clog the sprayers and stuff up I would think?

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Not at all. All i use is bennies and never even worried about clogging sprayers and i dont have a filter on the pump.

very interesting, and mildly surprising

Good to know. I saw a link on spinners with a bigger orifice that I'd plan on using to help combat the possibility of clogging. Winter growing should be fine. Probably have to skip warmer months as I won't run an air conditioner out there.

Aquashield looks like tinted water, can't clog a sprayer, and the Pondzyme hasn't cause any probs, so no concern for them. There's a song about this. "Bennies. Bennies and the Jets."

Voidling said:

Good to know. I saw a link on spinners with a bigger orifice that I'd plan on using to help combat the possibility of clogging. Winter growing should be fine. Probably have to skip warmer months as I won't run an air conditioner out there.

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Really not needed. I have tried 7 different sprayers in my systems and always go back to the standard red ones. I have seen so many posts over the years where people have fretted on and on about clogging sprayers, and the most worried were ones that hadnt even built the system yet. I have harvested over a thousand plants in this system and never have i had a clogged sprayer that i noticed or caused an issue.

Great to know SS

Yeah I have some aquashield on hand

What up buddies!! Phase one of harvest has started. I harvested half the plants last night and hung them up to dry. I'm letting the other half of the plant go another week or two.

I flushed the plants a couple of weeks ago so they are really starting to turn colors. The LA Confidential turned purple, the Tahoe OG turned red!

How did I flush my soil plants? I ran the plants under the faucet for around 20 minutes until all the nutes flushed out. Then I stopped feeding them, just water.

Check out the Tahoe OG photos. The plant developed triple buds!!! Each node had three opposing nugs. It's hard to tell the size in the photos but the calyxes are the size of your little finger and the buds are the size of your fist, NO SHIT! If you're not growing Budda Tahoe OG then go buy some seeds right now. Trust me on this.

Another surprising strain was the Silver LA. I don't know how to describe the smell but for some reason it reminds me of when I used to build and fly model airplanes. I think it's either the fuel or the glue but I can't make up my mind.

This next batch is going to be even better. I didn't have enough money to do the mix right last time and I could only afford to fill the 5gal bags. This batch I'm using 10gal. pots. I mixed up my soil using Subcool's Super Soil recipe but added Kelp and Perlite to the mix.

Stay tuned for harvest stage 2. It should be in a couple of weeks max. I'll let you know the final weight when it's done.

Enjoy the photos!

Beautiful Stink, so frosty, and the colors are amazing! That Bubba Tahoe is on my list for sure, I got some "tahoe og" a few months ago and it was killer if thats what it really was(I never trust what people say it is unless I know they grew it).

Are u allowed to post and try and trade equipment and stuff?

Stink bud or ss1, I have a LA woman that was 9 weeks on Friday, the 17th, I chkd trichs and they are mostly cloudy, with very little amber. Should I go another week or take down now? Also I have Barney's farm LSD, which is humongous but I can't reach the back of the tent to chk trichs. All the plants in this rail are in the 9th week. Besides those 2, also have in the same rails a silver LA, stacked kush, sour kush, LA confidential . I'm flushing with plain water and I started the flush Wednesday the 15th. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Personally, i would leave it another 6-10 days.

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Stink bud or ss1, I have a LA woman that was 9 weeks on Friday, the 17th, I chkd trichs and they are mostly cloudy, with very little amber. Should I go another week or take down now? Also I have Barney's farm LSD, which is humongous but I can't reach the back of the tent to chk trichs. All the plants in this rail are in the 9th week. Besides those 2, also have in the same rails a silver LA, stacked kush, sour kush, LA confidential . I'm flushing with plain water and I started the flush Wednesday the 15th. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Wait until the trichs are mostly amber. You might be ok of you started your flush right now. Be sure and wait for the plants to turn colors. You want most if not all of the green color gone from the plants when you harvest.
Good luck bro!

Stink I am using a similar set up and was wondering if the trimmings have to be hanging in air or if I can put them in rock wool and mist 1 minute on 5 off?

dawgfather said:

Stink I am using a similar set up and was wondering if the trimmings have to be hanging in air or if I can put them in rock wool and mist 1 minute on 5 off?

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You don't need rockwool with my cloner. Just leave the cuttings hanging in air. I cut the net portion of the net pot off and just leave the couple of inches. That way I can just pull the clones right out of the netpot without damaging the roots. (I grow soil)

What up buddies! Still harvesting plants left and right. All my Stinky Pinky strains are finished, dried and trimmed. I pulled a couple of pounds from the first half of the plants. The second half of this harvest should be a lot more as all my good strains are still baking in the oven.

I pulled five more plants yesterday. They should be ready to trim in about a week or so. It's looking like it will take 10-14 days for a good dry. I can start trimming in a week but I have to leave the buds out a little longer if I do.

Notes:

• The L.A. Confidential seed was crap. Nothing but leafy shitty buds. I'm not sure what happened but I went ahead and ditched the clones.
• The Silver L.A. was a surprise! Super frosty and tasty. Smells like Castor oil or glue or something funky like that. I love it!
• The Purple Wreck is currently tied for 1st place with the Tahoe OG. How good are these strains? I took one cutting from all my other plants but I took 5 Purple Wreck and Tahoe OG cuttings. I also took a few more Silver LA's.
• Speaking of the Purple Wreck... it tastes just like grape Sweat Tarts, no shit!
• The Holy Grail Kush tasted exactly like the OG Kush SFV cutting. That same wonderful fuel taste that lingers on your tongue long after you exhale. Problem is it was the only plant that I couldn't get a clone going. It just sat there in the cloner and didn't do a fucking thing! I have so many other good strains that I'm really not bummed. In fact one of the traits I'm looking for in a strain is how easy it is to clone. If it's a hassle, it's gone.
• The Sour Diesel is looking good but I think it's going to take 12 weeks to finish! It's still going strong with solid white hairs everywhere. Plenty of new growth filling in. I imagine it's because the seed that I bought has a lot of Sativa in it. It smells just like old school skunk. It's some of the stinkiest bud I've ever smelled. I don't think I'm going to keep it going though. I like the early finishing strains best. If it's not done in 9 weeks it's gone.
• The L.A. Women is also looking like it needs more time. It's kind of leafy too. I think I'm going to ditch it.
• The OG Kush, OG #18, Stacked Kush, Candy Kush all look really good!

Stay tuned for more updates. This next batch is going to be great! I'm using twice as much soil (10gal) with my modified Sub-Cool soil recipe. It was a lot of hard work but I know it will pay off in the long run.

The buds I already harvested taste amazing! Super clean with no snap, crackle or pops! The ash is pure white. I love the taste of old school organically grown bud.