White Widow X Bigbud

hippies_child

hippies_child

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Maat Aatack said:
Well now ur gettin technical on me :-) I think how you grow and train your plants is highly Dependent on your growing environment, but I am pretty sure to maximize yield in an indoor environment some training is necessary. And this strain seems to take the stress in stride.:leaf:
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We'll I I am constantly pulling the sun leaves under the new growth to give it the extra light. 2 days ago I dropped a 300w mini sun dual spec cfl under the canopy again for the extra light, is this good practice? Should I also do this during flowering?
 
Pauly420

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hippies_child said:
Looking good mate what light u under?
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Rocking a 400HPS/MH. She got a little ph/nute burn because of ignorance on my part. But we live and we learn right? Hopefully I will still get a heafty yeild from her and will be able to upgrade to a 6 or 1000 by the end of the summer! How are yours lookin hippies?
 
Pauly420

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hippies_child said:
We'll I I am constantly pulling the sun leaves under the new growth to give it the extra light. 2 days ago I dropped a 300w mini sun dual spec cfl under the canopy again for the extra light, is this good practice? Should I also do this during flowering?
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Personally I would keep your 300w addition for when you start flowering, that way your plants get a little extra kick in the ass and isnt already used to the extra wattage. Also when you flip i would give your plants 24-36 hour dark period then turn your lights on. My BBxww started popping right after that long dark period.
 
hippies_child

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Pauly420 said:
Rocking a 400HPS/MH. She got a little ph/nute burn because of ignorance on my part. But we live and we learn right? Hopefully I will still get a heafty yeild from her and will be able to upgrade to a 6 or 1000 by the end of the summer! How are yours lookin hippies?
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Mine seem to be loving the conditions, with the addition of the cfl.
It will be the last feed in veg tomorrow, until I start adding boost and bloom.
My mk is Now at 12" finally, but it is much busier than the wwxbb.
The wwxbb are nearly 15" Now and the branches are starting to shoot out and turn towards the light.
A's soon as I get the chance il post a few pics
 
Maat Aatack

Maat Aatack

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hippies_child said:
We'll I I am constantly pulling the sun leaves under the new growth to give it the extra light. 2 days ago I dropped a 300w mini sun dual spec cfl under the canopy again for the extra light, is this good practice? Should I also do this during flowering?
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:peace:As far as moving leave so others can receive light, I don't think it's necessary. A leaf that is absorbing light is doing it for the plants in-general use. It's not like any particular leaf functions specifically for any particular plant part. What you are looking for is a footprint full of leaf surface area. As far as adding more light: more is for the most part better especially during flowering and that's not a bad idea to drop a cfl under the canopy though I've always tried to provide light from points outside of the canopy (overhead, sides). Having light inside the plant so-to-speak may cause it's phototropic response to contort the plant into unnatural shapes. Cosmetically maybe it's meh, but in theory it sounds like a good idea.:peace:
 
Maat Aatack

Maat Aatack

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Pauly420 said:
Rocking a 400HPS/MH. She got a little ph/nute burn because of ignorance on my part. But we live and we learn right? Hopefully I will still get a heafty yeild from her and will be able to upgrade to a 6 or 1000 by the end of the summer! How are yours lookin hippies?
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Indeed we do live and learn... I started noticing a little lockout myself.... Been going hard on the nutes and the pH just slowly crept down below 6. Watered with straight well water (pH 7.5) and got some good runoff to leech those salts out. Things look plump and happy today :-):weed: talked to a buddy and he does one water for every 2 feedings , so I'm gonna do that as well as buy a TDS meter so I can see exactly what's going on.
 
Pauly420

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Fuck that! No offense, I don't think my plants will handle one water two feedings. I tried that to start but thats when i started having PH and nute burn issues. I go feed, water, water, feed. That way your plant has time to take up the nutes given to it, as well as time to balance out a little more. Especially if you are using hot nutes like OS, BB (not so hot but still strong soluble) or Cha Ching as i am.
 
Maat Aatack

Maat Aatack

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Pauly420 said:
Fuck that! No offense, I don't think my plants will handle one water two feedings. I tried that to start but thats when i started having PH and nute burn issues. I go feed, water, water, feed. That way your plant has time to take up the nutes given to it, as well as time to balance out a little more. Especially if you are using hot nutes like OS, BB (not so hot but still strong soluble) or Cha Ching as i am.
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Lol well, I agree that I'm pushing them pretty hard, but with only a month left and only having rinsed once I think things are moving along just fine.
 

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Pauly420

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hippies_child said:
Done my research on DWC I can see why you thought that.
The reason for the table is because I have a "drain away system" so that the roots don't sit in old water and also so that I can catch and test run-off ph.
I am a carpenter/joiner by trade so I thought I'd put my knowledge to some use.;-)
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That's awesome, a lot more efficient than moving to the bath tub for watering time! But otherwise clean setup, good lookin ladies!
 
hippies_child

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Pauly420 said:
That's awesome, a lot more efficient than moving to the bath tub for watering time! But otherwise clean setup, good lookin ladies!
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I'm actually in about 12 litres of coco/perlite 70/30
And I'm using bio bizz organic nutrients kit. Feeding each plant 2 litres, every 3-4 days. Lately iv been having little run-off so I think il increase that slightly when I put them to flower. Been fluctuating ph levels back and forth between 5.7 - 6.7, this seems to have been beneficial.
 
Maat Aatack

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I'm finding planning for and testing runoff is so key. Just anothe piece of information, but important in showing what's going on inside the pot ... No pun intended :-)
 
hippies_child

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Had a nice surprise last night my timer had gone, AGAIN. That's three in 8 weeks!!
Got a nice shiny New one but this time I'm setting it 12/12;-)
Bloom and boost at the ready.

I had a quick measure earlier:
Wwxbb #1 16.5"
Wwxbb#2 17"
Mk ultra 14.5"

So looking good to go. Looks like my dual spec cfl has improved growth dramatically over the past few days. Fingers crossed that the next 8 weeks go as smoothly as the last 8. Wish me luck. HC ;-)
 
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