The Ultimate Growing Competition
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J.James
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I have the info backed up just in case and we will continue the comp here with or without an advertiser. The big change will be prizes are not allowed to be given out without an advertising license. So we would drop the prize pot to "Bragging Rights Only"
Big Perm
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I'll host it if it goes away. You guys want me to go ahead and start another one under me so that it doesn't go away?
J.James
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Sounds good to me boss
Opie1971
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Yeah, and it’s be great if there were prizes too.
Kushash
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#121 LOL!
Day 81 12/12.
Clone 10-1 is beginning to turn milky.
I can always see it with the naked eye. Looks silvery to me.
Should see more of the silvery look in about 4 days then it will be close to chop and it will be interesting to compare it to it's sister 10-3 that was chopped last week.
Lot of fox tailing, might have been less in a winter grow IDK. Foxtails might not be great for bag appeal but are great for rinsing, drying, making oils and smoking compared to a dense bud IMO. I like throwing a string of calyx's you can count in a bong and roasting it like a pig. I never burn it to the point of white ashes. Light it one or two times scaring the tissue black and pitching it for a fresh hit is my preference.
Took some pics of the clone today and some pics of my original seedlings I started in this comp.
Remember these seedlings? Some of them are very old seeds and I will hopefully keep them alive and flower them in the fall. Had a thrip issue and IDK maybe they are gone. I took them all in the garage about 6 weeks ago along with the CBD plants and dosed them all on both sides of the leaves with a one gallon pump sprayer with neem that made doing it a pleasure.
Happy Growing!
Old seeds I started in the comp that are still in the veg tent.
14 1 gallon pots with plants going back to the start of the comp.
Clone 10-1 today.
Day 81 12/12.
Clone 10-1 is beginning to turn milky.
I can always see it with the naked eye. Looks silvery to me.
Should see more of the silvery look in about 4 days then it will be close to chop and it will be interesting to compare it to it's sister 10-3 that was chopped last week.
Lot of fox tailing, might have been less in a winter grow IDK. Foxtails might not be great for bag appeal but are great for rinsing, drying, making oils and smoking compared to a dense bud IMO. I like throwing a string of calyx's you can count in a bong and roasting it like a pig. I never burn it to the point of white ashes. Light it one or two times scaring the tissue black and pitching it for a fresh hit is my preference.
Took some pics of the clone today and some pics of my original seedlings I started in this comp.
Remember these seedlings? Some of them are very old seeds and I will hopefully keep them alive and flower them in the fall. Had a thrip issue and IDK maybe they are gone. I took them all in the garage about 6 weeks ago along with the CBD plants and dosed them all on both sides of the leaves with a one gallon pump sprayer with neem that made doing it a pleasure.
Happy Growing!
Old seeds I started in the comp that are still in the veg tent.
14 1 gallon pots with plants going back to the start of the comp.
Clone 10-1 today.
H.A.F.
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Yup - when they get milky you can't see through them. When I am guestimating a % for ambers I use a loupe or a zoomed in pic. But % turning milky is best under the lights.
Sometimes a flash pic highlights the milky ones, like around the rims of those leaves.
Kushash
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I'll hopefully get pictures when the change is complete. It should show in the pics with the flash.
I should be able to get some micro shots of the crystal being milky also.
They don't amber much, maybe a few here and there like 1 or 2 % amber.
I ran the same strain 16 weeks and 2 days in a solo cup to see if they would amber and they did not change much from 12 weeks to 16 weeks.
H.A.F.
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The one above is Skywalker OG, and she just got chopped (pic is from last week
don't start bashing me LOL) but the Bruce Banner that was her sister during the grow is still foxtailing and putting out new pistils. Both planted 4/20 and the chop was at 58 days 12/12.
topshelf_sac
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Hello everyone! I have some pics posted on my instagram but im just getting started here. I am.using dynagro foliage pro, bloom, protekt and mag pro in tupur coco blend. I made my own COB LED lights and have bewn very happy with my results! I pretty much follow the chart to a T but go just a tad lower ppm due to my very hard tap water. The ph comes out perfect, no adjustment needed.
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Kushash
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Do you mix the tap with ro?
What ppm's is the tap?
topshelf_sac
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No, i use straight tap. I have an RO filter but my plants like the tap better. I am hitting about 220 to 250 ppm on .7 scale. I follow the chart exactly except i max out at 10 ml per gallon base (i mix foliage pro and bloom at beginning of 12/12 with 5 ml foliage pro and 5 ml bloom week 1 and 2.5 ml goliage pro and 7.5 ml bloom weeks 2,3 and 4 and just bloom after that) 5 ml Protekt and either 2.5 or 5 mag pro with an occasional 10 ml per gallon mag pro in week 5. I then back off pretty hard at week 6 or 7 with just 5 ml bloom and 2.5 mag pro and do water only for about 2 weeks at the end. The ph sets it self between 5.7 and 6.0 depnding on the strength of the solution.
homebrewer
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Those feeding levels are crazy high.
topshelf_sac
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I tried a lot of different things including using only foliage pro or grow at lower ppms. The feeding chart levels produce amazing flowers that have a lot of terps. My light from the LED is very intense as well.
I know that this is what works best for terpene production, thc and yield in my system. The chart that dynagro posted works very well. My plants did not like the lower ppm feedings compared to the chart.
J.James
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What medium are you using and what size pots?
Edit - I see you said "tupur coco blend" but what are the ratios?
Big Perm
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I can't wait for you to do a grow under LED. I'll be watching your grow like a hawk, lol. Really curious what you experience under them, if anything.
topshelf_sac
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I clone in rockwool. I soak the cubes in 2.5 ml per gallon protekt and 2.5 ml ph down to set ph about 5.8. I start veg on 1 gallon pots with half strength veg (2.5 protekt, 2.5 foliage pro and 2.5 ph down). I then feed the rest of the wsy with 5 ml protekt, 5 ml foliage pro and 2.5 ml Mag pro. I translpant into 5 gallon pots and veg for 4 weeks then move them to bloom room. I am just using tupur straight from the bag (it is coco, forest compost, perlite and basalt).
I then follow the feed chart except i cut back a little on base nutrients at 10 ml per gallon.
I know this gets the job done. Ive grown a lot of different ways both commercially and at home. The chart works very well for me! Ive been growing since 1996 and have tried a lot of different nutrients and mediums. This feed schedule works well in promix and peat as well.
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