600W C99 Organic Scrog

Mechanical

Mechanical

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Thanks for watching guys:) I moved the lights down to about two inches above them cause they can handle it now. Im going to top them after their next nodes so probably at the end of this week. Should I do it before or after I water them? That watering will also be their first nute feeding.. Never topped before so I dont really know if that matters.. Im gone every 7 days for 7 days so I have to use soil. I tried Ebb n Flow but keeping up with the ph is too much work for my gf while I'm gone. I'll give hydro another shot when I find another job that allows me to be home everyday. Throw up a pic of yours if you want to compare.
P.S. My fan didnt crap out on me. It just got stuck so it was only hitting one plant and I couldnt see it through my Dropcam. All is well:)


DrQuin
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jack's soil grow

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if you are leaving the plants for 7 days, at a time, get some big pots 50 ltrs
and you can soak the soil, before you go and they should be fine for 7 days

some air cooled hoods would be a good ideal as well so the fan on high, leave hoods 18" above the plants and they should not grow more than 6"-8" (in the 3 week strech, should not burn at 12")
as with open hoods you will need to lift every 2-3 days and after a week, they will not look good ( need to be 16"- 18") all the time

or on your next grow, try a wimma system, only need to change the nutes once a week, but have never used one
 
stonedloner

stonedloner

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Mechanical said:
Thanks for watching guys:) I moved the lights down to about two inches above them cause they can handle it now. Im going to top them after their next nodes so probably at the end of this week. Should I do it before or after I water them? That watering will also be their first nute feeding.. Never topped before so I dont really know if that matters.. Im gone every 7 days for 7 days so I have to use soil. I tried Ebb n Flow but keeping up with the ph is too much work for my gf while I'm gone. I'll give hydro another shot when I find another job that allows me to be home everyday. Throw up a pic of yours if you want to compare.
P.S. My fan didnt crap out on me. It just got stuck so it was only hitting one plant and I couldnt see it through my Dropcam. All is well:)


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If you're wanting to do hydro instead of soil you can use hydroton, rockwool cubes, coco....and run a top feed drip system with a 5 gal bucket/res tank.
I ran mine for over a year that way, changing/topping up res tanks every 7-10 days. It was thee most efficient way to grow hydro for me with the cost of nutes and such. You can make small batches, I usually ran 3gal at a time. I even ended up mixing hydroton and rockwool cubes together 50/50 and re-used that mix for about 2yrs continuously.(rinsing well after each harvest of course) It was easy to maintain and adjust ph/ec levels this way as well .A simple fountain pump and drip manifold from a garden center along with a drain tray is all you need. I've grown both hydro and soil, would do either again, depending on how much time I thought I'd be able to dedicate to the garden. I do however prefer soil grown herb.
 
Mechanical

Mechanical

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jack's soil grow said:
if you are leaving the plants for 7 days, at a time, get some big pots 50 ltrs
and you can soak the soil, before you go and they should be fine for 7 days

some air cooled hoods would be a good ideal as well so the fan on high, leave hoods 18" above the plants and they should not grow more than 6"-8" (in the 3 week strech, should not burn at 12")
as with open hoods you will need to lift every 2-3 days and after a week, they will not look good ( need to be 16"- 18") all the time

or on your next grow, try a wimma system, only need to change the nutes once a week, but have never used one
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Ya I have an air cooled hood that should be able to be kept around 12'' and I can let it get as close to 8'' without any bleaching or at least thats what the guy at my hydro shop said. He uses the exact hood/wattage/ballast as me. My GF has no problem coming over twice a week and thats all that should be needed, water/light raising, wise will I'm gone for the 7 days. Never heard of a wimma system.. Ill have to google it..
 
Mechanical

Mechanical

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stonedloner said:
If you're wanting to do hydro instead of soil you can use hydroton, rockwool cubes, coco....and run a top feed drip system with a 5 gal bucket/res tank.
I ran mine for over a year that way, changing/topping up res tanks every 7-10 days. It was thee most efficient way to grow hydro for me with the cost of nutes and such. You can make small batches, I usually ran 3gal at a time. I even ended up mixing hydroton and rockwool cubes together 50/50 and re-used that mix for about 2yrs continuously.(rinsing well after each harvest of course) It was easy to maintain and adjust ph/ec levels this way as well .A simple fountain pump and drip manifold from a garden center along with a drain tray is all you need. I've grown both hydro and soil, would do either again, depending on how much time I thought I'd be able to dedicate to the garden. I do however prefer soil grown herb.
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Ya I might give hydro another shot at some point. Probably not until I can be home on a consistent basis though. Your system is drain to waste?
 
Adam & Cola

Adam & Cola

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Mechanical - 2x4 scrog. lol your right it will take 2yrs to fill up.. lol, j/k

my scrog is only going to be 2 x 2.5 ... i plan on moving in late April early May so I don't want to be stuck in the middle of flowering. yeah, May is a long time from now. i"m just thinking ahead.

I'll probably FIM mine after the 4th node to get it bushier too. I've never FIM'd but the technique looks promising for a scrog.
 
Mechanical

Mechanical

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Adam & Cola said:
Mechanical - 2x4 scrog. lol your right it will take 2yrs to fill up.. lol, j/k

my scrog is only going to be 2 x 2.5 ... i plan on moving in late April early May so I don't want to be stuck in the middle of flowering. yeah, May is a long time from now. i"m just thinking ahead.

I'll probably FIM mine after the 4th node to get it bushier too. I've never FIM'd but the technique looks promising for a scrog.
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It is going to take a while but I've read so much about plants(from seed) not reaching their full potential due to not vegging long enough that I'm OK with it. Hopefully letting them grow for a while is worth the reward. I have set a pretty high goal for myself. I'm shooting for a lb. I don't think that sounds too crazy for a 2x4 scrog with a 600w if everything goes right.
I'm still unsure about FIM'n. I know I will top at the end of this week and maybe one more time before they reach the screen.
I had to move a week after 12/12 on my last grow. Not my decision and I had no warning. It was stressful and sucked so by all means plan ahead.
Come on with a journal:)
 
Mechanical

Mechanical

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So all my pics other than my first page of attatchments got deleted.. The file is there put no picture and this journal and my first journal pictures dont show up other than the pictures on my first attatchment page. Anything i can do about this? Kind of the reason to do a journal lol.
 
Adam & Cola

Adam & Cola

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Come on with a journal
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I think i"m gona start a journal once I know the sex. I'd hate to get all involved and it turn out to be a male and disappoint people keeping an eye on the journal. Well if your right I should know the sex in a couple weeks. Let me know what day your able to tell yours is female.

Yeah I noticed last night that all the pictures were gone except for your initial page. Bummer

I think my slow growth is because of the rockwool cube constantly being wet. So I got it out of the 3 gal bucket to let it dry out. Hopefully the roots will go searching for some nutrients and the leaves will spring some wings like it had some Redbull. otherwise the growth is hardly noticeable from last night to tonight.
 
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