Ready For The Boom:)

Underground Scientist said:

And...in Flower, it seems like every Saturday the HPS fails to fire. Last time I turned off, waited, turned back on...nothing. Turned off, unscrewed bulb and screwed back in...Turned on and it worked. This time...no go. So I hooked up the 1000w HPS and dimmed to 750...

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Damn man. Wonder what the issue could be?

Rolla J said:

Damn man. Wonder what the issue could be?

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I have no idea, and it's probably a coincidence, but it's happened on 3 Saturdays. Timer checks out, ballast fan is always on. Maybe an issue with the bulb...it's not exactly a Hortilux

Here's my female Skunk Berry. She's getting LST'd. I'm about ready to snip a few clones and transplant to go in the flower box. I'm gonna start a batch of tea for use during the transplant.

Here's the Skunk Berry's sister, the Northern Skunk. She had an early topping issue, so she's a bit of a tripod. She's branching up nice though.

Here's Day 15 of 4 Northern Skunk.

Cloning Buckets Prepped:

Tea is Prepped:

1 Cup General Organics Ancient Forest
1 Tbsp Extreme Gardening Mykos
1 Tbsp Extreme Gardening Azos
1 Tbsp Root Naturally Azomite Rock Dust
1 Gallon RO Water
4 ml Advanced Nutrients B-52
4 ml General Hydroponics Floraliscious Plus
4 ml Golden Barrel Unsulphured Blackstrap Molasses

Got 4 clones done:

You got this down to the science! Looks really great!

Rolla J said:

You got this down to the science! Looks really great!

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Thanks...I'm learning more all the time. I'm working my way up to what I want to accomplish. I want to do a little breeding experiment and make a batch of seeds. I've got some KushBerry and Sweet Skunk I'd like to cross.

I have a tiny amount of Northern Skunk pollen. It's super sketchy producing pollen unless you have a real segregated place for it. Don't want to contaminate the big girl. I've got a male Skunk Berry clone I want some pollen from. I'm going to grow little clones of females, flip em early and pollinate with qtips dipped in film canisters of pollen.

The tea is a separate deal by the way. I mix it using it as 25% of my base water when watering. My clone water is just RO, 4 ml/gal of Cal-Mag and B-52 each. Some say you don't need anything but pure water. I just figure it will give a little something that's mild for them as the roots begin to form and ease the stress. I'm shooting for 7-10 days until there are enough roots to transplant. I do dip generously in clonex before I put it in the perlite.

Sounds like a plan. That should be a good cross for sure

Still seriously debating if I should pull the 400w MH out and put in two Mars Hydro Reflector 48's

Underground Scientist said:

Still seriously debating if I should pull the 400w MH out and put in two Mars Hydro Reflector 48's

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What all do you have under the 400? The 2 mars would be great for flower also.

It's a 2x2 space. I've been able to have a dozen plants in 1 Gallon pots in there. I would think the Mars would be plenty of light and I could cut electricity in half.

And yeah, I've thought about supplementing my hps with the led. I have 3 of the Mars on my shelf.

Would be plenty of light for sure. The leds would be more efficient. I ran 268watts of cfl in veg and now im running 360watts of led in flower in a 2x2. Definitely plenty of light

Day 1 Flower of SkunkBerry - and Transplant from 1 gal to 7 gal. Sunshine Advanced #4, handful of Ancient Forest, EG Mykos, 3-4 Tbsp Azomite, 5ml each Bot. Calmag Plus, GH Micro, GH Grow, GH Bloom:

I wanted to Transplant the NorthernSkunk, but I need to grab another bale of Sunshine Advanced #4.

Here goes...Changing out 400w MH for a 102 True Watt Reflectorized Mars Hydro. I want two in there, but I have to mess with the suspension system, and my day tomorrow is crazy. Maybe add the other light, Transplant the NorthernSkunk into Bloom, Start 2 KushBerry seeds, and take 2 more SB1 clones by Sunday.

400w MH:


Mars Hydro Reflector LED: