How tall do I grow these babies? 25 site aero

[edux10]

I just got this the other day. Paid 535 delivered so I am happy with the price. My clones are still rooting in an aero cloner. I was wondring if I should grow these as single cola plants or how big to keep em. I am growing the real OG Bubba Kush. I will be using a 600watt light and moving to a kilowatt last month of flower. I have heard that they should finish at about a 2 and a half feet, so I am going to flower at about 14 inches or 16. So Should I keep it as a single cola or a small bush? Thanks a lot. Help me, maybe I can shoot ya a nugget.

 

[edux10]

Anyone?!?! Please help!!

 

[Green Thumbs420]

those grow plots look awfully close together so you might want to SOG or ScROG them. good luck and your going to want to flower when they are like 10-12 inches tall. the point is to push them into flower before they grow branches, thus creating a fat cola that all the energy is being pushed into.

 

[ganjagoddess]

those grow plots look awfully close together so you might want to SOG or ScROG them. good luck and your going to want to flower when they are like 10-12 inches tall. the point is to push them into flower before they grow branches, thus creating a fat cola that all the energy is being pushed into.

Close but wrong!!!

A plant will double or triple in height from it vegitative height.

I would in that system Veg for 7-10 days max.

Or use every other hole and you might pull off letting them go 2 weeks veg.

But systems like that are producers, meaning work really well for single colas.

If the system were mine:
I would do no veg on it at all, so I could fit 6 harvest a year.

do I get the NUG?

 

[edux10]

Close but wrong!!!

A plant will double or triple in height from it vegitative height.

I would in that system Veg for 7-10 days max.

Or use every other hole and you might pull off letting them go 2 weeks veg.

But systems like that are producers, meaning work really well for single colas.

If the system were mine:
I would do no veg on it at all, so I could fit 6 harvest a year.

do I get the NUG?

Thanks a lot. This helps me. So I souldn't really have to cut off the brantches? Just flower them small? Of course I will hook you up. Hit me up..

 

[ganjagoddess]

Yeah just sog them with minimal pruning, ie. dead leaves the lowest most nodes that arent gonna grow anything worth while. Youll know what to pull when you see it, you'll be like that branch aint gonna do shit but steal energy from the others.

 

[Earl]

If you want to fill all of those sites in that system,
you will need the correct strain,
one that grows a single cola.

I am thinking about going to a Timewarp strain.

I have some HempStarxTimWarp,
and VictorVicious is growing some of them right now.
Here is his grow log.
VV's Hempwarp

If someone ever comes up
with a timewarp that grows buds like a cindy,
then that will be the big cola producer
for a system like you have.

I am going to space my tubes farther apart
and try to grow four, 1lb plants.

I love these Cindy budz.

They are fat, and heavy,
and the chocolate thai flavor
in some of them,
is really a sweet treat.

VV is supposed to save some pollen,
from his male hempwarp,
and I want to drop some
on a big stinky cindy girl.

 

[Earl]

Here is another shot of the HempStarxTimeWarp.

This one is growing
on another forum
by arcinNsparkin,
in a bubble bucket.

VV, and arcinNsparkin,
are growing from seeds
produced by the same mother plant.

Here is a link to arcin's grow
Unleash Da Green


.

 

[edux10]

Those are some dank looking nuggets.. I am growing bubba kush. This is probably not a good strain for this huh? All the pics I have seen of bubba kush they were really bushy. Can I just trim them to single colas? Should I just grow em bigger and skip holes? Should I scrap it and start another strain (this would suck and take forever). Thanks guys!!

 

[edux10]

hey earl how do you keep your resivor cool? I have a cloner an the water temp is like 88 F!!!!

 

[ganjagoddess]

Most any indica predominant strain can be forced to make a great one cola plant, I use Rocklock from DNA myself.

We fit 100 plants under a 1000watt Light. So I know High Density Sog quite well.

As for bubba kush I will look that strain up and give you my opinion in a minute.

Also for your resovoir you can get a water chiller, heres a pic and a link, but remeber to shop around. Or you can use plastic jugs of frozen water and throw them in the resovoir, but this is time consuming and rather impractical to be honest.

Try relocating your rez to either a cooler section of the room, or outside the grow room. 88 degree temps is really bad and can cause alot of problems.

Texas Hydroponics :: Environmental Control :: Reservoir & Aquarium Chillers :: Ice Probe Reservoir Chiller

 

[Earl]

I have a 1/4hp chiller.
.

 

[ganjagoddess]

I have a 1/4hp chiller.
.

How much did you pay for it, if you dont mind me asking?

 

[edux10]

Most any indica predominant strain can be forced to make a great one cola plant, I use Rocklock from DNA myself.

We fit 100 plants under a 1000watt Light. So I know High Density Sog quite well.

As for bubba kush I will look that strain up and give you my opinion in a minute.

Also for your resovoir you can get a water chiller, heres a pic and a link, but remeber to shop around. Or you can use plastic jugs of frozen water and throw them in the resovoir, but this is time consuming and rather impractical to be honest.

Try relocating your rez to either a cooler section of the room, or outside the grow room. 88 degree temps is really bad and can cause alot of problems.

Texas Hydroponics :: Environmental Control :: Reservoir & Aquarium Chillers :: Ice Probe Reservoir Chiller

sorry to interupt, but I am actually using a cloner right now and I have about 30 cuts in it. The resivor is right under it so there is not much space to put a chiller if you know what I mean (basic cloner setup). So I guess the question right now is 'what is the best way to keep a cloner cool' minding that that cloner res is way small (I use a gallon and a half to fill it)

 

[ganjagoddess]

If you click the link for the Ice probe and read it, you will see that only the white probe part sticks into the rez. If you have 1.25 inches of side wall space, then you have room for it.


But since you are using no nutrient solution and just PH'd water...

Make some PHed Water Ice cubes, and throw em in throughout the cloning days.



"With its threaded probe, nylon nut, and silicon washer, the IceProbe can be easily installed through a 1.25 inch hole into virtually any type of liquid reservoir.

Designed for small reservoirs or aquariums up to 20 gallons
For larger volumes you can use multiple Ice Probes fro the same reservoir."

 

[Earl]

Cooling your rez iis a problem most don't consider in advance
and then they end up with a hot rez, and root rot.

The cheapest method would be to buy a used window airconditoiner
and have it blow cold air into and over the rez cooling the solution.

Any temp below 68 and above 50 will be OK.

.

 

[edux10]

Thanks a lot people. You are a lot of help. And Fast!!!! Now I have some experimenting to do. My ac is on the other side of the room (by my flowering chamber) I got the temp town to about 84 so I still have some work to do. Have you heard of coils that can cool water? Are these cheap?

 

[edux10]

Hey GG: Do you know if that on that chiller you can set the temp or how does that work?

 

[ganjagoddess]

hey edux10,

This thread posted may be of some help:
https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/72438-hydroponic-chillers.html

heres what I could dig up for you.

If you do end up going for the ice probe get it from here its only $100.00!!!!
IPWC-50' Includes 50 watt thermoelectric water chiller...

heres the quoted caption regarding the chiller:

"In typical aquariums. one IceProbe can reduce the temperature of 10 gallons of water 6 to 8 F. 20 gallons of water 3 to 4 F. and 40 gallons of water 1 to 2 F. Multiple IceProbes are commonly used in aquariums over 20 gallons to achieve higher temperature differentials.

NOTE: This chiller does not include a controller. Usually if the chiller is cooling the water too much you can just set your heater up a little to compensate. They do offer an optional controller."

So 6 to 8 degress for 10 gallons, well since your only working with 1.5 gallons it may or may not be good for you, as I dont know if its capability under even lighter loads that 10 gallons can go cooler.

You could get 2 of them, seeing as they are only $100 a piece,

Doing a little research has told me that it is difficult to chill a resovoir that is only 1.5 gallons, as most flow 5 gallon per minute, this would mean needing to keep extra water in the system, to account for the water going in the resovoir and out of it into a standing unit chiller.

therefore the ICE PROBE is probally your best bet!.

I would get two of them and hopefully, PRAY TO GOD this gets you down to low 70 degress in there.

But remeber you are trying to cool a cloner, this is new, I have never seen anyone need to do so!!! Is there any way you can just relocate the cloning room to another area of the location?

Again here is the link for a $100 ICE probe (please ignore my previous post, and do not buy from texas hydro.

IPWC-50' Includes 50 watt thermoelectric water chiller...

I hope my post was helpful!!!

 

[marijuanajoe1982]

Those are some dank looking nuggets.. I am growing bubba kush. This is probably not a good strain for this huh? All the pics I have seen of bubba kush they were really bushy. Can I just trim them to single colas? Should I just grow em bigger and skip holes? Should I scrap it and start another strain (this would suck and take forever). Thanks guys!!

Nah dont scrap it! Do like GG said, you can prune all the bushiness, and if you start flowering early enough you won't need to worry about the branching. Once you have a cola in flower, it puts all it's energy towards that. any other branches, if it looks like they are taking energy from your colas, then prune them. If you find you can get a small amount of branching while still getting a good cola, then dont prune them all. As you are growing, the plants will tell you what they want/need. It's your job to provide that which they ask for, and to keep them in line, which will probably mean a very short Veg period. if you flower before the branches really start, they probably won't spring out in the middle of flowering. I think most any plant besides the leggiest Haze can be SOGed, and even that might be possible, anyone know where Fdd2Blk is? lol