Skywalker Kush by Reserva Privada

I was considering the rp gyo lemon walker & after seeing pics from an actuall grow I'm kinda kicking myself in the ass but I'm pretty confident somewhere in my beans I got a keeper but that lemon walker looks like a good choice went to the gh site & the 6 plant Eco grower catches my interest I did one of my early grows with a homemade bubbleponic setup which is very similar if I were to expand the 8 site water farm really stands out

horribleherk said:

I was considering the rp gyo lemon walker & after seeing pics from an actuall grow I'm kinda kicking myself in the ass but I'm pretty confident somewhere in my beans I got a keeper but that lemon walker looks like a good choice went to the gh site & the 6 plant Eco grower catches my interest I did one of my early grows with a homemade bubbleponic setup which is very similar if I were to expand the 8 site water farm really stands out

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A diy custem made waterfarm is cool too if youre a diy guy.
I built single unit ones back in the days to avoid leaking without a seperate res.
you could easily build a six site single unit too.

Does your s/w throw occasional 3 fingered leaves ??? That was a trait all phenols of mine displayed I had a pheno I called # 2 that refused to clone,was a runt as well as the hardest little buds I've ever seen the plant yielded next to nothing in spite of very high quality smoke

Ok UPDATE!

The last week has been pretty stressful!!! In fact I have lost track of days being so busy and under pressure at work - I had a huge Caterpillar infestation, I have never seen these critters indoors before and there was around 30 on the poor girl. They chewed her to bits and she looked like cheddar. Fortunately I spotted it before they worked there way up top too much. I spent 2 days hand picking them off with inspections 4 or 5 times a day constantly finding 2 or 3 - Literally over 1/3 of plant looking destroyed - I thought she might have been a goner. With careful inspections and getting some BT killer I have not seen any at all in 3 days now. I think a moth got in the tent and dropped eggs on the plant/in the water farm. Fucking brutal.



So now for the good news. She is a tough girl. She has pulled through and looking good again. I had to take off most of the underlay sooner than planned as it look like a tommy gun had been taken to it. Here is how she is looking now:



Well I spose chill out a little... For now, thank god its friday, time for a beer and spliff

horribleherk said:

Does your s/w throw occasional 3 fingered leaves ??? That was a trait all phenols of mine displayed I had a pheno I called # 2 that refused to clone,was a runt as well as the hardest little buds I've ever seen the plant yielded next to nothing in spite of very high quality smoke

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Nah mate no 3 fingered leaves on mine, not what I have seen anyway lol

Fresh it is Friday it's a good thing you got on top of things when you did your top canopy is developing right on schedule spider mites are my arch enemy my new location could very well host new threats I've only been retired since the end of June & remember quite well trying to work days& sometimes nights & staying on top of my grow it looks like you'll recover good

horribleherk said:

Fresh it is Friday it's a good thing you got on top of things when you did your top canopy is developing right on schedule spider mites are my arch enemy my new location could very well host new threats I've only been retired since the end of June & remember quite well trying to work days& sometimes nights & staying on top of my grow it looks like you'll recover good

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Yer spider mites are a bitch, can get them here but generally its ok. Like anywhere once you got em its hard to get rid. Yer she looks recovered I don´t think it will effect much at all due to being so quick to react - you said this would be a challenging strain, you wern´t joking! lol

Any way in terms of nutrients shes sat at 800PPM, 5.5PH - 22ml Bloom, 10ml micro, 2ml Grow & 4ml of liquid silicon. Everything all steady really and at least the mg or ca deffiency was solved as planned boosting the bloom - just yer shame about those caterpillars - un neccesary stress and damn rude of them quite frankly lol

horribleherk said:

I was considering the rp gyo lemon walker & after seeing pics from an actuall grow I'm kinda kicking myself in the ass but I'm pretty confident somewhere in my beans I got a keeper but that lemon walker looks like a good choice went to the gh site & the 6 plant Eco grower catches my interest I did one of my early grows with a homemade bubbleponic setup which is very similar if I were to expand the 8 site water farm really stands out

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Oh yer, less is more with these kind of systems in my experience. The best thing you can do is give them more space and use 2 waterfarms/buckets/bubblers. Iv heard of Apple and Banana trees growing comfortably in water farms.. Don´t bother with Aqua Farms either - the water farm out performs it in my experience. I don´t know why but I think its the amount of oxygenised air you can get in a res that size without air pressure to blow off with force. Also the top feed is important due to it being pretty much purely oxygenated on the surface layer.

Of course home made systems as GBuddy said, for example a Freedom bucket aka Krusty - will produce friggin monsters and far exceed a water farm given a lot of space and a LOT of light (including vertical bulbs) - Not the cheapest or easiest of setups which is why I keep it simples with the water farm. Anyway, less is more is my 5c.

I have no plans of exceeding 4 plants max I've seen how well your water farm is working so your 5 cents carries a lot of leverage right now I'm gonna wing it with my e&f but tbh I'm wanting to try something new

Good job bro.
caterpillars indoors a nightmare but you fought them. Great job!

About spider mites.... carpets and pets seem to be a problem. I dont want carpet near my grows.

The principles behind waterfarms are great. Apply those principles + an extra airpump or two like you did and a few more and bigger holes in the upper pot and things thrive. My diy had a waterpump (small one 3-5watts cost me 6€) to feed the dripring and helped me to drain without a hole in the bottem part of the res. Just pumped out the water from top and into a bucket. I was scared of leaks so I found the mentioned technique to have a waterfarm kind thingy without the possibility of water running out accidently. Lived in a appartment back then and neighbors wouldnt be amused at all when their living room would turn into a rainforest due to my leaking hydro setup above their heads lol.

horribleherk said:

I have no plans of exceeding 4 plants max I've seen how well your water farm is working so your 5 cents carries a lot of leverage right now I'm gonna wing it with my e&f but tbh I'm wanting to try something new

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Ha Cheers Dude. Well gotta share the trial and error and some knowledge passed on from people and even some old threads. Iv tried most systems and keep coming back to the waterfarm. They are just so simple and effective, which is sometimes the best way. You definitely know what your talking about so you will switch with ease.

Gbuddy said:

Good job bro.
caterpillars indoors a nightmare but you fought them. Great job!

About spider mites.... carpets and pets seem to be a problem. I dont want carpet near my grows.

The principles behind waterfarms are great. Apply those principles + an extra airpump or two like you did and a few more and bigger holes in the upper pot and things thrive. My diy had a waterpump (small one 3-5watts cost me 6€) to feed the dripring and helped me to drain without a hole in the bottem part of the res. Just pumped out the water from top and into a bucket. I was scared of leaks so I found the mentioned technique to have a waterfarm kind thingy without the possibility of water running out accidently. Lived in a appartment back then and neighbors wouldnt be amused at all when their living room would turn into a rainforest due to my leaking hydro setup above their heads lol.

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Word. I would love to try Krusty Buckets under a good few thousand watts to see what its capable of.. One day lol

I have no problem building things & the beauty is I have a shop with a concrete floor to work with that's not even connected to any other building after several e&f grows it's kinda turned into a security blanket & something I'm familiar with sometime soon I want to expand my horizons

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Word. I would love to try Krusty Buckets under a good few thousand watts to see what its capable of.. One day lol

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Krusty freedom buckets are some crazy stuff if you can run a bunch of 1000watters.

But mine was like a mix of waterfarm and krusty.

The main difference to waterfarm was using a waterpump to feed the dripring that caused a higher flowrate of nutesolution. A strong airpump oxigenated my nutesolution but were not hooked up to the dripsystem in any way.
my volume of both upper and lower container were slightly bigger than the waterfarm. And I had a assload of holes drilled into the upper container that holds the hydroton.Thats all. So very similar to original waterfarm just some minor pimping.

Peace

Gbuddy said:

Krusty freedom buckets are some crazy stuff if you can run a bunch of 1000watters.

But mine was like a mix of waterfarm and krusty.

The main difference to waterfarm was using a waterpump to feed the dripring that caused a higher flowrate of nutesolution. A strong airpump oxigenated my nutesolution but were not hooked up to the dripsystem in any way.
my volume of both upper and lower container were slightly bigger than the waterfarm. And I had a assload of holes drilled into the upper container that holds the hydroton.Thats all. So very similar to original waterfarm just some minor pimping.

Peace

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Yer mines modified.. Drilled the fuck out the top pot and it has the standard air pump and pro air pump with stone. Better off just getting a big air pump like 60-80 galleon and the air and waterflow will be unreal. These are excellent and on my to buy list because they are so quiet: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tetra-T282-APS100-Air-Pump/dp/B000S5JMVU/ref=sr_1_2?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1444508983&sr=1-2&keywords=tetratec

Minor Update just to follow up on the caterpillar recovery - Back in full swing now loads of growth. Week 2 of flower starts tomorrow and I feel I have contained the stretch pretty well. Il keep weaving for another couple of days till the screens full and let her go... ALso she is gulping nutrients I had a 250PPM drop and over half the res go

She is just getting started all the extra attention you've been paying is gonna reward you in kind when I shut down my babies were given to a friend who did a few grows of it in a 4x8 e&f his only complaint was the amount of work it took to manage the canopy right now he is back to superlemonhaze & cc- black water both of which work well for him& his style of growing

horribleherk said:

She is just getting started all the extra attention you've been paying is gonna reward you in kind when I shut down my babies were given to a friend who did a few grows of it in a 4x8 e&f his only complaint was the amount of work it took to manage the canopy right now he is back to superlemonhaze & cc- black water both of which work well for him& his style of growing

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Yer man hopefully, just gotta keep things steady noow. Poor girls been shaken up enough. Going to be delicate with her stripping below the canopy over the next 10 days as the flowers come up. Also taking off any tops what don´t make it to the net. Waste of energy on the plant. I still pull 7-12g of icolater this way so I don´t see the smoking benefit of leaving it on.

What your planning is best & a side benefit is with all the bottom stuff gone is the fact you can get good fresh air circulating on the bottom side of your canopy which I believe reduces the chances of mold, funguses & the like

horribleherk said:

What your planning is best & a side benefit is with all the bottom stuff gone is the fact you can get good fresh air circulating on the bottom side of your canopy which I believe reduces the chances of mold, funguses & the like

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Yer mate exactly. Lots of benefits to removing the crap below. I will start picking away at it over the next few days not to cause any more stress to her as opposed to a clean sweep as she had one with the caterpillars lol. Nutrients up to 850PPM. Nice white pistons.. Now the show starts