Nirvana AK-48 600 Watt Ebb & Flow

wonderblunder said:

so you have 2 power bills? that would be good..... I dont think I can swing my whole grow room on. I have 15 amp breakers, and I have fille up the 2 upstairs (except for laundry room). Hoping to have enough juice from the laundry room to swing (2) 400ws.. any ideas?

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No i have one bill, but the meter that determines how much energy is consumed by my house, can be turned on and off with the switch i have. So for 2 weeks out of the month my meter is off, not recording a single watt used. You can put a 20 amp in there, there should be some open spots. You can prob put your room on a 20AMP if you dont have 2K's

ReAVeR said:

No i have one bill, but the meter that determines how much energy is consumed by my house, can be turned on and off with the switch i have. So for 2 weeks out of the month my meter is off, not recording a single watt used. You can put a 20 amp in there, there should be some open spots. You can prob put your room on a 20AMP if you dont have 2K's

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I'm no electrician (obviously), and if you're cool with it, then cool, but I do believe stealing from the power company is tied with telling every person you know for the reason(s) most people get caught.

Very, very, very bad idea.

Bob Smith said:

I'm no electrician (obviously), and if you're cool with it, then cool, but I do believe stealing from the power company is tied with telling every person you know for the reason(s) most people get caught.

Very, very, very bad idea.

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I agree. If not tied with telling everyone, it's a close second. Electricity is cheap. Don't give them any other reasons to check your house. On the other hand, it's your grow, do what you feel comfortable with.

I will continue to pay my electricity..... Just gonna add 400ws, at my next house I think I will do the neccesary modifications to run way more lights. I should just slow my roll... kick back and smoke one...........

I checked my tent at 2100 last night to be sure my timer was working properly, and found a dark tent. I put my 8 bulb T-5 light over the plants while I took the HPS light apart. Turns out the new bulb I purchased had gone bad after the FIRST light cycle. Pulled out the old bulb and replaced it with the back up, and was under full HPS light by 2130.

Res check this morning showed 1300 ppm / 2.6 eC at 6.1pH. As the res looked low, I added two gallons of tap and 20 ml pH down for a 1200 ppm; 5.9 pH mix. The plants are drinking about 1 gallon of water a day, and I think I forgot to top off yesterday.

I didn't get a chance to take pictures with lights on, so all I have is a sneak shot showing the tops of the plants:



Checked the clones this morning, and the temp in the greenhouse was 90F! I had opened the vents in the top of the cover, but the lights were so close I don't think it let any of the heat out. Moved the lights up 2" and left the vents partially opened. Air temp is now a constant 82F. I think the clones yellowed a bit, but I don't think I killed them..

Damn I think you have some sort of spidy-sense for your weed man lol.

still looking good bro keep it up!!!

Hey Dude, if one of these Girlies goes Male b sure 2 hit me up, id Love some Pollen off a Good Inidica

..Looking Damn Sexy Though!!

XxNinjaxX said:

Hey Dude, if one of these Girlies goes Male b sure 2 hit me up, id Love some Pollen off a Good Inidica

..Looking Damn Sexy Though!!

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Don't jinx me! I've never had a male or hermie with any of my Nirvana feminized seeds. We'll know soon enough....

Those are filling out........ looking kick ass......

Abnjm said:

Don't jinx me! I've never had a male or hermie with any of my Nirvana feminized seeds. We'll know soon enough....

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neither have I... really tells you something about the bank

ReAVeR said:

neither have I... really tells you something about the bank

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Wish I would've seen this a couple of days ago when I was going to order fem'd beans from Nirvana, but was then told that hermies were a real threat - needless to say, have reg seeds on the way - AK48, Ice, and Master Kush.

Ice is good......

wonderblunder said:

Ice is good......

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Nirvana Ice is next on my growing journey. I've read good stuff about it. After that, if I get this cloning thing down, I'm going to try Serious Seeds AK-47 or Sensi's Jack Herrer. RezDoz at Reservoir looks like he grows some mean seeds. He's always out of stock though.....

Res has stabilzed at 1200ppm / 2.4 eC; 5.9pH. Res temp is 67F. Air temps are 75F lights on, and 67F lights out. I think I over LST'd, as I'm having a problem getting the main stem to catch up to the lower growth. I've tied back surrounding growth to expose the main stems to light. Plants are 14" tall, so they have grown 5" over the past four days.

Top View:


Side View showing lots of branching:


I made the mistake of adding 1/2 ml Floraliscious+ to my misting bottle for the clones, and I burnt them a little bit. I'm back to pure water with SuperThrive. Greenhouse temps are sticking around 82F.

Clones showing a little yellowing at the tips and edges due to my feeding.

looking sweet, those clones look real good too. Def should make it. hope to see roots in a few days.

wonderblunder said:

looking sweet, those clones look real good too. Def should make it. hope to see roots in a few days.

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Thanks man. It is my first try at cloning. I think I over reacted to the yellowing leaves. I referred to "Gardening Indoors with Hydroponics" by George Van Patten, and it says that yellowing edges is a sign that roots are forming. I hope he's right.... I noticed a little white powdery substance at the base of one of the clones, so I mixed up some SM-90 in the foliar spray and gave the whole box a good spray.

Lights are coming on in a few minutes, and I post updated pictures.

I used spray every day sometimes even twice a day, a heating pad underneath is ideal, I use a pad from a back injury deal, A few bucks at walgreens. I have heard that foliar spray increases foliage growth more than root growth, but I think the foliage spray keeps them looking healthy.........while rooting...... my preference tos spray everyday

wow your plants look good . the last time i cloned i used peat cubes and 1 out of 6 rooted hope you have better luck than i did. on an unrelated subject what type of tent are you using and what are the demensions. thanx

wonderblunder said:

I used spray every day sometimes even twice a day, a heating pad underneath is ideal, I use a pad from a back injury deal, A few bucks at walgreens. I have heard that foliar spray increases foliage growth more than root growth, but I think the foliage spray keeps them looking healthy.........while rooting...... my preference tos spray everyday

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I'm with you. I have been airing the greenhouse out and foliar spraying twice a day. In addition, I give the peat plugs a light spray on the outside to keep them moist. The clones are still yellowing at the tips, but they appear to still be alive.



I may have to try another round of clones within the next week. Better safe than sorry.....