First 400W Grow Journal + Pics

[WhiteWiddow]

Yeah, I will definitely do that for my next harvest, just short on funds right now. If I can find a Benjamin layin around I'll grab them for my main harvest in a week or so.


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i would save for the 5 gal bags, i got the one gal 8 bag kit and its a real small type of system to work wit

 

[Someguy15]

Cool, thanks for the tips.

Looks like chop will be either the 1st or 2nd of Feb. Will report back then.

Edit: LA Woman (new mother) just poped out pistils, yay!

 

[Someguy15]

Sooo, my mothers aren't going to be ready for my next round Instead I'm germing 2 Fem PE seeds, 4 Reg Kermit, and 2 from a friend he calls it the fruit. After I harvest the other girls this will all be moved into the 400w room, along with the mothers. I'm hoping they'll grow faster under the MH. When bloom times comes, I'll select 2-3 mothers and move them out. All clones after this though!

Shots at end of light (1 week flushing). Darkness until Feb 1 and then chop I'll post up some pics of the individual plants and track each plants weight.

 

[cappeeler09]

buds r sick m8 how many plants do u have under the 400
wot food do u use

 

[Someguy15]

Thanks, I'm happy for my first attempt at hydro, well growing anything for that matter. I had 12 when I started and they were smaller. Males were removed and I had 6. I'd say from now on if I'm going to have 6+ flowering, I have to flower earlier, like everything at 6". I'm going more Screen of green next round to get a more even canopy. I'm using Ionic nutes, pretty happy with the results now that I've learned my system. I'll be using MotherPlant for my mothers, suppose to help with taking clones.

 

[Someguy15]

Decided to harvest these three girls tonight to break up my work. Took about 3.5 hours to do all three. I'll do Pineapple and the bag seed tomorrow. Choose these 3 because they all have the same genetics.


Early Girl was not topped and has a huge cola the size of a gatorade bottle.


Dub Shrub received pretty good light, was topped and had 6 main colas.


Bushy Kushy naturally topped itself and branched like crazy. 4 main colas, heavily shaded by pineapple.


Top row early girl
middle dub
bottom bushy

 

[Drella]

looks great bro! im so happy for you. going sog next round huh? youll do great. im sure you got some sticky scissors to scrap, ill let you enjoy!

 

[Someguy15]

Wow, harvesting pineapple amazed me. She would hardly stand up under her own weight, easily 2 oz's from this girl. Covered in trichs, touching a bud felt like sap.

I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.


Claudette


Pineapple Express deliciousness!

 

[SL2]

NICE Budz there SG15...

 

[Someguy15]

NICE Budz there SG15...

Thanks! I'll update again in a week or so when everything has dried out. I kept it all separate so I can calculate each plants yield.

Since this grow is coming to a end, I have started a new thread.
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/298214-second-400w-mh-hps-journal.html

 

[Drella]

great bro, just great. that nug must feel very rewarding, you deserve it. roots for dayz!

 

[Someguy15]

Pineapple Smoke Report: So it's not 100% dried and cured, but dry enough to enjoy a toke Very smooth flavor, definitely packs a punch. Looks awesome under the MH, I'll get a shot of the cola when it dries out. Definitely a uplifting energetic high which I like. A big enough hit will make your heart race, but smooth tokin seems to just be really relaxing. 100% happy with these genetics, definitely did better than anything else in my environment growth/yield/trich/bud to leave/everything wise.

 

[Drella]

great bro, just great, i cant wait to smoke my own! im jealous!

 

[Someguy15]

Bushy Kushy + Early Girl + Dub Shrub = 65.9 grams right now. So I'm gonna say there was about 2.5 oz cuz I smoked a lot I'm not too disappointed in that because 2/3 didn't get great light.

Totals are in!
2.3 Oz of unknown chronic (3 plants)
2.5 Oz Pineapple Express (1 plant)
2.2 Oz of bag seed mids (2 plants)

7 Oz (196g) total with 400w = .49grams/watt. Not bad for my first grow
I'll keep pineapple for meds, rest is going to other patients for cheap. Glad to have this opportunity thanks to all the people who pushed for michigan medical.

 

[Someguy15]

i would save for the 5 gal bags, i got the one gal 8 bag kit and its a real small type of system to work wit

Thanks for that tip, I would have missed that and been disappointed, I'd rep you again if I could. Went with a different brand but made sure to get the 5 gal set.

Sprung bags just arrived today! (similar to bubble bags but less of a rip off) I got the sprung bag 5 gal set, which is 5 bags (220,160,110,73,25) and a pressing screen for a total of 80 bux shipped. Stitching and material all appears to be high quality. Now I just have to run out to the store and buy a 5 gal bucket and a bag of ice...if I could just set this pineapple express down

 

[Someguy15]

Hash made & buds jarred. Now it's time for the cure. mmmmm


1)Pineapple
2)Pineapple closeup
3)chronic
4)all jarred up
5)hash bag dryin
6)3 grades (left best, right lowest) of hash 1.7g total

That's about it for this one, join me at https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/298214-second-400w-mh-hps-journal.html for another round. Thanks for following.

 

[SL2]

That PE looks nice SG15...may have to give that a try...good job...

 

[DubsFan]

Looks great. Nice grow.

Regarding your watering schedule. With Rockwool/hydro you want to water as much as they can handle. That's kind of the whole idea around hydro. Even though it doesn't need to be watered, you gain extra growth and yield by watering 3 or 4 times a day for 10-15min per. Yes you can get away with watering less, but your yields and veg growth will increase with a standard hydro watering schedule.

I know it sounds odd, it did to me too when I switched from soil to hydro.

Water as much as you can without hurting the plant. RW breathes well. During my veg period of 18/6 lighting, I was was watering 6x a day.

 

[YaK]

Looks great. Nice grow.

Regarding your watering schedule. With Rockwool/hydro you want to water as much as they can handle. That's kind of the whole idea around hydro. Even though it doesn't need to be watered, you gain extra growth and yield by watering 3 or 4 times a day for 10-15min per. Yes you can get away with watering less, but your yields and veg growth will increase with a standard hydro watering schedule.

I know it sounds odd, it did to me too when I switched from soil to hydro.

Water as much as you can without hurting the plant. RW breathes well. During my veg period of 18/6 lighting, I was was watering 6x a day.

be careful. you CAN overwater in hydro.

nothing wrong with finding the threshold, BUT you are doing a very good job so far. "if it ain't broke" ..........

 

[DubsFan]

be careful. you CAN overwater in hydro.

nothing wrong with finding the threshold, BUT you are doing a very good job so far. "if it ain't broke" ..........

My current grow cannot handle the 15min every 3hour watering schedule that most recommend. I removed one watering in my 12 hour cycle. Yes you can clearly over water with hydro.