BCNL Producer Grow #2

NoDrama · Aug 19, 2008

ok so i will start a journal of this next grow. gonna try a few different things this time around. Less nutes for one, and the shorter pheno of my BB/NL cross.

So I will start with the clones. Pic is clones in the aerocloner, and the mothership used to grow moms and make clones. 400W MH.

Note: No nutes, plain PH 6 water with some hydroguard and a few drops of superthrive.

NoDrama · Aug 19, 2008

Ok so 12 days after putting in the cuttings we have clones.
These get put in 3" rockwool cubes and placed into the producer to begin Veg. The 3 inch cubes are placed in 3 inch net pots and the veg light(18/6) and flower lights (12/12) are both turned on. Watered 2 times/day for 5 mins a pop.

PPM at this stage is 200. SensiGrow a&B, superthrive and a little voodoo juice.

2008 · Aug 19, 2008

wow, nice. Hey i've been trying to get an answer for this, how much can u notice after using the bcnl on your electric bill. is it energy effecient? 1-10 10 being great what wuuld you rate the bcnl? thanks

NoDrama · Aug 19, 2008

We have cheap power where I live .06/KWH. so running a producer 12/12 and a mothership 18/6 gets me about $40 extra on the bill.
I rate the producer a solid 8, a few improvements could be made and have, considering mine is last years model.

grandpabear3 · Aug 22, 2008

just curious...on your cloner do you run the pump/misters 24/7 or on a timer???

NoDrama · Aug 22, 2008

On the cloner its a manual operation, i found that using rockwool you really only need to water 1xday, so I just blip the switch when i get home and leave it on for a couple minutes. I don't use the neoprene inserts, just 1" RW cubes.

NoDrama · Aug 23, 2008

Quick update, just some of the clones here, not a lot of growth up top, but they are putting some good roots down. Next weeks pics should have much better growth showing.

wozb529 · Aug 23, 2008

lokking like it's gonna be a good one. i shall keep my eye on this man. good luck

NoDrama · Sep 1, 2008

Week 3, got some good root growth so we should start seeing fast vegging. Running 600 PPM here. Superthrive, sensizyme, sensigrow a&b.

normlpothead · Sep 2, 2008

Ahhh, you've been busy.

NoDrama · Sep 6, 2008

End of week 3 UPDATE!! Beginning of week 4, one to 2 more weeks of vegging to go. they have doubled in size in 1 week here. 1 plant isn't growing as fast as I would like, I may move it to a middle location. Running 700PPM here. Sensigrow A&B, Superthrive.

-=4:20=-Guy · Sep 6, 2008

NoDrama said:
On the cloner its a manual operation, i found that using rockwool you really only need to water 1xday, so I just blip the switch when i get home and leave it on for a couple minutes. I don't use the neoprene inserts, just 1" RW cubes.

Hmm no neoprene.

Why have I not thought of this!!!

I have an EZ-clone but they go into Rockwool right after so they are only in for about 4-5 days, since they have to be moved when swelling starts, before the roots actually pop out.

normlpothead · Sep 7, 2008

- thought the same thing... It's a fucking great idea!

I also have 6 EZ Clone machines, I stopped using them because the neoprenes were a pain in the ass... (Sterilizing them, buying new ones when they wore out) I switched to Rapid Root plugs... And clone domes...

Damn, wish I would've thought of that, you'd only need to blip it to wet the rockwool... But, it is taking away the aeroponics for rooting, might be better?

NoDrama · Sep 7, 2008

Yeah you just get the RW wet each day, once you got roots blowin out the bottom thats when I let her go aeroponic. Flip the switch on and in 2 days roots will be 8 inches long, that gets coiled up into the 3" cubes and off into veg we go. This method lets me go from cutting to flowering 1 week earlier than normal due to cutting out some of the veg/clone time. Makes it easier too as you dont have to go dicking around with the neoprene inserts which I found will let mold grow on them when a stem is inserted. Granted the RW cubes can get some algae growth, but something to block the light will cure that.

NoDrama · Sep 10, 2008

Well I found out why the very front right most plant hasn't been growing as expected, i took a look at the roots and found that half of them had dried out. lo and behold when I did a water pump test the drip fitting had gotten clogged, cleaned it out and found a small piece of rockwool wadded up in there, now thats fixed lets see if it gets on track.

NoDrama · Sep 14, 2008

End of week 4, end of veg. plants are doubling in size every week with 750PPM. Starting flower at 200PPM for a kind of flush and will pump that up each week with res change. Also starting CO2 injection at 1500 PPM. I took Veg bulb out so It can't accidentally be turned on. Will use AN SensiBloom A&B, AN Big Bud, AN Vitaboost Pro, AN Carboload, AN VooDoo juice.

In 2 weeks I will be doing some pruning, plants will lose a bunch of foliage then also. More weekly updates to come!!!

GlassFreak · Sep 16, 2008

hey man, yea thanks alot. nobody ever sayd highlander! thats wut i always think of when i say that, although zepplin is fucking amazing highlander is just wut sticks out, for me at least. but hey u seem like u know wut ur doin, ill stay in contact

NoDrama · Sep 20, 2008

Update end of week 5, 1 week of flowering done. Using 350 PPM here, plants again have nearly doubled in size. Tomorrow I will be pruning off about the lower half of the plants stems. If they don't stop growing so fast I may have to resort to a screen to keep them from touching the hot part of the glass, we shall see.

NoDrama · Sep 20, 2008

Got antsy and decided to trim those plants out, huge difference! Lets see how long it takes to grow those top colas now.

NewGrowth · Sep 20, 2008

How much did you pay for the producer?

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