Barney's Farm - Tangerine Dream - Waterfarm!

sooo many tops, even canopy, really good job dayz!

Dayzt this is looking so epic! That is a lovely scrog job plant looks so happy and so many nodes man, you are going to get a BEAST of a plant out of that!

Thanks everyone for your great comments and encouragement!! This grow is right at that awesome point in flowering when everything just explodes through 2+ weeks of big growth. It seems like this girl has stretched out over each edge of my screen over-night! I'd added a tsp of micro to my nute mix last week to address a few tiny rust spots on a few leaves - I wonder if that helped it a bit going into this growth spurt.... I changed out the rez again this evening - she's drinking close to 1 gal/day now, so I'm glad we just got an RO system installed this past weekend!

pH: 5.5
ppm: ~1350-1400

Here's a pic update - I've had to back up more and more from the tent to get the wide-view...lol. Enjoy!















Notes:

- added about 3/4 of a tsp of Bud-Blaster to my nute solution this evening after the rez change-out. I purchased it awhile back and never really tried it out, so we'll see if it helps with the tops starting to mature-off and prepare to get hairy... the stuff is supposed to assist with pre-flowering-to-ripening - we'll see.
- the screen is actually staying down nicely so far, even though my lazy ass still hasn't tied it down..lol... It's looking like the weight of the wooden edges is helping hold it down alot better than I thought it would...I'm keeping a close eye on it though.
- I can already tell it will be challenging to keep the outermost buds sites even with the ones closer to the center of the screen - obviously there's more resistance for the ones on the outside as they 'reach' out to grow up from their own square in the screen's edge.
- I've lost count of the number of tops... more and more seem to be reaching the top from underneath, so I'm still waiting to be able to really find out which ones will be the dominant ones... it's looking like there will be at least 40 good tops on this girl though.

Nice grow!!!

Looking awesome, Dayzt! Can't wait to try a SCOTTY grow myself. Otter's was a total show, too. I have about 1-2 months left on my current grow, but I'm already excited to get going on this next grow. I swear that I change my mind on the strain I'd like to rock at least once a day.

Quick question. What kind of air-pump are you using? Do you like it? Is it very loud? Thanks in advance.

kriznarf said:

Looking awesome, Dayzt! Can't wait to try a SCOTTY grow myself. Otter's was a total show, too. I have about 1-2 months left on my current grow, but I'm already excited to get going on this next grow. I swear that I change my mind on the strain I'd like to rock at least once a day.

Quick question. What kind of air-pump are you using? Do you like it? Is it very loud? Thanks in advance.

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Thanks kriz! The pump I'm using is a 'Penn Plax Air Pod 30'. Here's a link to what it looks like: http://www.petsandponds.com/en/aquarium-supplies/c5943/p17162588.html

I've got no complaints so far with the pump - it's fairly quiet and I haven't lost any air-pressure or anything. The last pump I used lost pressure within the first few months...

Here we are at day 14 of flower. She's still going through the stretching phase and I was seeing approx 1-2 inches of growth per day but it appears to be starting to slow down a bit as more and more hairs are appearing. This girl is truly a monster - I've never seen this much green on a single plant in my tent! I've got lots of trimming left to do underneath and will need to thin out some fan leaves as well to get some more air-flow going from top to bottom. Enjoy the pics!!

Big mama!!!!!!!!!!! Subscribed i read the whole tread and you are doing a beautiful job.
Can't imagine all the work you have to do to change the rez..... But well paid beautiful keep on

budhuger said:

Big mama!!!!!!!!!!! Subscribed i read the whole tread and you are doing a beautiful job.
Can't imagine all the work you have to do to change the rez..... But well paid beautiful keep on

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Thanks man - changing the rez on the waterfarm isn't as big a deal as it looks. The 'level-tube' on the side allows you to drain the whole thing into a lower-sized conatiner and I can even tilt it a bit to get pretty much all of the water out each time. I use a large-sized low-profile zip-lock container to pour-back the replacement liquid, straight in the top of the waterfarm through the hydroton - works great. I've got just enough room to maneuver down there so it only takes about 15 min to do the rez change.

You should get over a pound with no problem. More pictures?

Continues to look great, Dayzt. Perhaps you said so in the thread a while back, so I apologize if it's already been addressed, but did you ever switch up to the 600w, or is this still the 400w?

looks lovely...

budhuger said:

You should get over a pound with no problem. More pictures?

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Wow, somehow I can't see it yielding even near 16 oz... but here's to hopin!

kriznarf said:

Continues to look great, Dayzt. Perhaps you said so in the thread a while back, so I apologize if it's already been addressed, but did you ever switch up to the 600w, or is this still the 400w?

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This is still the 400w HPS conversion bulb in my CMH lamp. I thought about switching to the 600 but decided to just stick with this light through to finish. I wanted to do the whole grow in the small tent so with the temps I've been getting with the 400, I don't know if the 600 would be controllable with all the extra heat. The 600w is a cooltube though, so it may be still possible to keep the temps low enough by venting the tube properly...

nickman said:

looks lovely...

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Thanks man - welcome!

Dayzt said:

This is still the 400w HPS conversion bulb in my CMH lamp. I thought about switching to the 600 but decided to just stick with this light through to finish. I wanted to do the whole grow in the small tent so with the temps I've been getting with the 400, I don't know if the 600 would be controllable with all the extra heat. The 600w is a cooltube though, so it may be still possible to keep the temps low enough by venting the tube properly...

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CMH lamp or MH lamp? I was under the impression that CMH was just bulb tech. Could be totally wrong here. I'm pretty green when it comes to this sort of thing.

kriznarf said:

CMH lamp or MH lamp? I was under the impression that CMH was just bulb tech. Could be totally wrong here. I'm pretty green when it comes to this sort of thing.

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Yeah I'm not totally sure on that terminology - I thought the 'ceramic' was referring to the type of socket. It has one of those old box-style metal ballasts.

Ha, I see the confusion. Yeah, most reflectors have ceramic sockets, but a Ceramic Metal Halide bulb is a certain type of bulb specifically. They run on HPS magnetic ballasts only. I'm guessing you have a MH magnetic ballast, otherwise why use an HPS conversion bulb?

kriznarf said:

Ha, I see the confusion. Yeah, most reflectors have ceramic sockets, but a Ceramic Metal Halide bulb is a certain type of bulb specifically. They run on HPS magnetic ballasts only. I'm guessing you have a MH magnetic ballast, otherwise why use an HPS conversion bulb?

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You got it - exactly right! I got that conversion bulb in order to switch my light to HPS during flowering and use the same ballast/socket setup. I've been only using my 400w light for veg up until this grow though, and moving the plants under the 600w lights in the big tent. But with just the one plant this time, I wanted to practice scrogging in this new smaller tent and the 600 is a bit too hot for that small tent.

I think this light is doing pretty well though considering it's only 400w - the small space allows for better use of the light with the reflective walls in the tent.

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You got it - exactly right! I got that conversion bulb in order to switch my light to HPS during flowering and use the same ballast/socket setup. I've been only using my 400w light for veg up until this grow though, and moving the plants under the 600w lights in the big tent. But with just the one plant this time, I wanted to practice scrogging in this new smaller tent and the 600 is a bit too hot for that small tent.

I think this light is doing pretty well though considering it's only 400w - the small space allows for better use of the light with the reflective walls in the tent.

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Pretty well? I'd say you're crushing it! I don't know if you'll pull a full pound like that other guy was saying, but I would be surprised if you pull less than 12 ounces of ridiculous trees.

I took some pics this evening but decided to wait until the weekend to post detailed pics - for tonight, here's a small (but monstrous) taste... =)