FlowaMasta'a NEW Jack H x Skunk - 1 Plant 600HPS + UVB Monster Scrog!!!

Bluntraumab said:

Hey flow, I've been all over your threads for the past few days trying to absorb as much knowledge as I can! I've been researching non-stop these past two weeks since I'm planning on starting my own setup really soon and out of all the hydro methods, I'm really loving hempy the most!! So simple and cheap Is there anyway you could tell me what water pump youre using for your res? Whats the GPH you'd recommend? Ill be using the same size res and grow pot as you are Id appreciate it very much and keep up the FANTASTIC work!!

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ahh good to hear man thanx for being here. My res is a 40 litre. My pump is a 1200 litre per hour pump. quite a fast flowing and can make a mess if not setup properly. I have my feed rings submerged under some perlite/hydroton so when they start up the squirters mist underneath not all over the floor of the tent or on precious buds!! If you have a leak. The res will run dry very quickly as this is a recirculating system, and must be 100% secure and sealed.

Maybe a 200 - 250 gallon per hour i'm thinking. You want the entire contents of the res to be washed through the whole medium each feeding. Any dry root zones are dead spots and future time bombs

I know u mentioned it somewhere but I'd rather ask you straight for the needed info You said you feed for 15min every 3hrs. Is that constant or do you change the flow when the light is off? I really enjoy your grow. So much so that I'm planning on doing a scrog shortly but with 4 plants so I don't need to wait so long for the veg time. Space is limited and don't have eno room to veg a plant while another is in bloom. Will let ya know when I get one started Peace!!

Shaggn said:

I know u mentioned it somewhere but I'd rather ask you straight for the needed info You said you feed for 15min every 3hrs. Is that constant or do you change the flow when the light is off? I really enjoy your grow. So much so that I'm planning on doing a scrog shortly but with 4 plants so I don't need to wait so long for the veg time. Space is limited and don't have eno room to veg a plant while another is in bloom. Will let ya know when I get one started Peace!!

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I used to change feed during lights off, but not now, same all the way through. I get better results and faster growth
I'm glad you enjoy my grow man, thats what its all about!
You can definitely cut your veg time down with more plants, every day helps with yield though a thing to always consider! so fill the gaps

Looks awesome mate. She sure does mature up quickly, which i just love.

Go West Coast

Would u mind if I posted a couple pix from one of my SoGs? Figure ask before posting in someones thread

Shaggn said:

Would u mind if I posted a couple pix from one of my SoGs? Figure ask before posting in someones thread

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most welcome to, thanx for asking.

Hey flo! shes looking brilliant as always your flushing already! jealous! Ive got about 2 weeks left I think.

Went out today and got a pro kit and 2 52L pots and perlite. The store owner said 'I dont think you will need this size, the roots wont make it to the bottom'. I felt like saying "WELL YOU DON'T KNOW FLO"

Not sure if ill run the 2 pots or not, I have a fear that if I run 1 and somehow stuff it up then its all over, but if I run 2 Ill have backup. Also I have 2 running now and one has way more frost/trichs than the other so I want to have a choice of which is better. If that makes sense

Seems I lost my best pix when my last comp died. Here is a few for your viewing pleasure!!



First pic is a 3 tier all in one lol. Top-bottom, Clones, Veg trays (10days), Moms. Trays are 50L tubs, custom drilled tons of holes for max air to the root zone.

Main strains were Barney Farms - LSD, Red Dragon, GHS - Church and a handful of others. Once I had it dialed in was avg 19-22oz per 600 every 4 weeks or so. They were fems and unfortantly started to herm on me, but I did use the same moms for almost a yr. Guess the stress might have gotten to them, not sure. Thanks for letting me post Flowa. Soon as I can get set-up I will start a thread. I've been doin some hempy research since I seen yours. I was just about to set-up for a ebb N flow, but I'm now gonna go with the hempy. Look forward to more of your delish pix. Btw what strain is that and where can I get it lol. Peace!!

Gorbzzz said:

Hey flo! shes looking brilliant as always your flushing already! jealous! Ive got about 2 weeks left I think.

Went out today and got a pro kit and 2 52L pots and perlite. The store owner said 'I dont think you will need this size, the roots wont make it to the bottom'. I felt like saying "WELL YOU DON'T KNOW FLO"

Not sure if ill run the 2 pots or not, I have a fear that if I run 1 and somehow stuff it up then its all over, but if I run 2 Ill have backup. Also I have 2 running now and one has way more frost/trichs than the other so I want to have a choice of which is better. If that makes sense

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Not full flushing!! just diluting. She has enough food.
Ditto on 2 weeks left roughly
You said you bought 2 x 52 litre pots... 1 for inner 1 for outer? or 2 setups? you got the extra i mean...? even if you are running 2 next to each other, you will fill them if your ratios are right It's funny what some people think isn't possible, here was me thinking it was normal.

Shaggn said:

Seems I lost my best pix when my last comp died. Here is a few for your viewing pleasure!!

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First pic is a 3 tier all in one lol. Top-bottom, Clones, Veg trays (10days), Moms. Trays are 50L tubs, custom drilled tons of holes for max air to the root zone.

Main strains were Barney Farms - LSD, Red Dragon, GHS - Church and a handful of others. Once I had it dialed in was avg 19-22oz per 600 every 4 weeks or so. They were fems and unfortantly started to herm on me, but I did use the same moms for almost a yr. Guess the stress might have gotten to them, not sure. Thanks for letting me post Flowa. Soon as I can get set-up I will start a thread. I've been doin some hempy research since I seen yours. I was just about to set-up for a ebb N flow, but I'm now gonna go with the hempy. Look forward to more of your delish pix. Btw what strain is that and where can I get it lol. Peace!!

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Everything looks great man That nug on he right super super deeeeelish
You got a nice setup for an interesting informative Journal mate! hit me with a link when you got one running

rep+

flowamasta said:

Not full flushing!! just diluting. She has enough food.
Ditto on 2 weeks left roughly
You said you bought 2 x 52 litre pots... 1 for inner 1 for outer? or 2 setups? you got the extra i mean...? even if you are running 2 next to each other, you will fill them if your ratios are right It's funny what some people think isn't possible, here was me thinking it was normal.

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Yeah 2 setups flo, I run with just the 1 pot per plant, no inner and outer. Just looking at all the cyco nutes and everything for the next grow makes me get all giggidy like Christmas haha

Gorbzzz said:

Yeah 2 setups flo, I run with just the 1 pot per plant, no inner and outer. Just looking at all the cyco nutes and everything for the next grow makes me get all giggidy like Christmas haha

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lol good to hear man, i sometimes think about changin nutes, i'd only goto flora-nova or dutch masters, advanced nutes.... something thats been around but still keeping stock control! so much shit out there, no wonder some people have so much trouble, its not always their fault when the nutes are to blame. I will notice a big difference after using fresh nutrients vs old, Vigor, smell and over-all appearance will all be obvious to my eyes.

flowamasta said:

lol good to hear man, i sometimes think about changin nutes, i'd only goto flora-nova or dutch masters, advanced nutes.... something thats been around but still keeping stock control! so much shit out there, no wonder some people have so much trouble, its not always their fault when the nutes are to blame. I will notice a big difference after using fresh nutrients vs old, Vigor, smell and over-all appearance will all be obvious to my eyes.

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Thats exactly right! look what happened to me with canna...I followed the nute schedule on the bottle and had major problems then checked their website and the chart was all different and I was under feeding by half!

I used FF then later DM Gold for the last few grows. My pet peeve is paying the shipping for nutes that are >90% water. I investigated DIY nutes, where I learned a hell of a lot, but I simply won't use the amount necessary to make it cost effective due to bulb sizes of each ingredient.

On another site I belong to I saw a thread titled something like KISS Nutes by Netprophet. He had started using Hydro-Research VEG+BLOOM, a one step formula. By the simple addition of more ppms/EC the NPK + micros increases to promote flowering.

I saw this first hand as I increased V+B ppms to soon. Within 7 days the plants began sexing. I immediately diluted from 500 to 400 and the sexing stopped.

My first grow with V+B was far better than either the full DM Gold line of FF

The V+B they are shipping now includes more Si + their own fulvic acid

Thx Flowa Here are a few bud porns for everyones pleasure, then will save new ones for my own thread lol



Btw, each of those trays had approx 40 of pic #3 Give or take depending on pheno. More indi less plants per tray.

flowamasta said:

hey man looking great to me. Looks like a funky strain you got growing! It looks like you maybe going a bit over-zealous in nutes perhaps? it almost looks like a re-vegging budding plant... what hours are you running with your auto? i hear to still use 12 hours for flowering autos just to insure flowering ripens and doesn't hold that 'dormant' look. Keep it up man maybe an over-all plant pic ??

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Yea i dropped it down to 500ppm now. I think i will take lights back to 12/12 cuz i have 3 bubblegumer i wana put into flower heres a couple pics.

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Thanx for your help flowa this is my practice plant but i still want decent smoke.
I havent smoked in over a year!!!! i cant wait to harvest my own dank! even if its only gona be a lil bit +rep i aspire to grow fucking monster plants like you do(bullshit wont let me rep you!!!)

Great! thank you so much for replying I really appreciate it Your green is looking dank as always keeps distracting me when I scroll through this thread If you dont mind I have a few more questions then Ill stop bugging ya! What kind of air pump do you recommend? Would a 10 gallon one suffice? Also, what is your water source? Do you filter it or is it tap/bottled water and how do you control your water temp? I've heard of a water chiller but they're pretty expensive and I'm hoping I can find a more efficient solution then using frozen bottled water. I was thinking about getting a aquarium cooling fan, but it'd be tough to use since the res has a lid

Gorbzzz said:

Thats exactly right! look what happened to me with canna...I followed the nute schedule on the bottle and had major problems then checked their website and the chart was all different and I was under feeding by half!

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This is a feed method i stick to

Not sure if you seen my mention about how i have eliminated nitrogen foods during flowering, and i have a strong custom feed schedule that i follow now. That is nothing close to cyco's which saves me huuugely in cost of nutrients. I'm just gonna say it. Zyme is crap in my system, as is uptake (too weak. All watered down.....fact.) I feed hard and strong during veg, close to full strength base (grow A+B) make sure she gets plenty of carbs! Too many and her leaves can droop, just right and it brings on vigor. I also use B1 boost at 1 ml, silica 1 ml, and a form of humic acid...( i go floralicious strong concentrated and its the good stuff )

Also another key in my method is my topping technique just before flowering, and JUST at the right time ( after topping the new growth splices up recovers ) so the energy goes straight to the heads. Starting Flowering with a heavy flush and a good hard dose of a sugar feed that maybe high in potassium but low in phosphorus (Potash), this delays the Swelling of Calyxs and helps more of them grow instead. While feeding the base/sugars and carbs instead of an immediate phosphorus regime you should theoretically get more bud nodes per flower.... (less stem + more bud) once i see the calyxs producing at a heavy rate i then determine when to introduce Swell. (phosphorus) BUT only after you have completely flushed the potassium. THE 2 DO NOT COMBINE AND CREATE ACIDIC SALTS (also hygroscopic). NEVER FEED POTASH AND SWELL TOGETHER.
Almost like clockwork after introducing swell the leaves turn almost black/green dark and the phosphorus goes to work straight away, there may be a day of a mild transition once again, as the delay catches up, the plant can continue producing resins and mass weight with all the extra flower sites and all that extra stored energy.


I feed Potash for the first 3 weeks roughly at just over 1 ml per litre. (60ml in 40 litre res)
I feed Swell until the last week of harvest. A good 3-5 days in my books of flushing after introducing swell.... atleast.


This is all my wording, also my own researching to come to this technique in addition to what i have been taught.

Sorry man that was copy and pasted, BUT from my own brain This all a strict follow through now for me. For me, my erb seems as good as i can grow it, if it were any better my mrs wouldn't smoke it lol It's the best i've had it years so i must be doing something right...?

PetFlora said:

I used FF then later DM Gold for the last few grows. My pet peeve is paying the shipping for nutes that are >90% water. I investigated DIY nutes, where I learned a hell of a lot, but I simply won't use the amount necessary to make it cost effective due to bulb sizes of each ingredient.

On another site I belong to I saw a thread titled something like KISS Nutes by Netprophet. He had started using Hydro-Research VEG+BLOOM, a one step formula. By the simple addition of more ppms/EC the NPK + micros increases to promote flowering.

I saw this first hand as I increased V+B ppms to soon. Within 7 days the plants began sexing. I immediately diluted from 500 to 400 and the sexing stopped.

My first grow with V+B was far better than either the full DM Gold line of FF

The V+B they are shipping now includes more Si + their own fulvic acid

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early sexing isn't always a bad thing, preflowers can just determine the plant is mature enough and has enough flowering hormones built up, Actual transition is another thing but keeping foods topped up and maxing out before flowering is the best thing you can do in my opinion, Once you change the light schedule the plants immediately know to release the flowering hormone which triggers the actual flowering at a molecular level. It really helps to have high potassium during the beginnings of flowering and low phosphorous. This makes the fast transition, and transfers nutrients to flowering tips. It is in a way force flowering but in no way a bad thing. Mixing phos and Potassium that's a bad thing.

bigvito said:

Yea i dropped it down to 500ppm now. I think i will take lights back to 12/12 cuz i have 3 bubblegumer i wana put into flower heres a couple pics.

http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj570/bigvito642/3406ff78.jpg[/(IMG]
[IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj570/bigvito642/88210ace.jpg
Thanx for your help flowa this is my practice plant but i still want decent smoke.
I havent smoked in over a year!!!! i cant wait to harvest my own dank! even if its only gona be a lil bit +rep i aspire to grow fucking monster plants like you do(bullshit wont let me rep you!!!)

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Have 2 bongs for me man what a legend , you are going to enjoy that more than most will be on this entire site

Shaggn said:

Thx Flowa Here are a few bud porns for everyones pleasure, then will save new ones for my own thread lol

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Btw, each of those trays had approx 40 of pic #3 Give or take depending on pheno. More indi less plants per tray.

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good man but that many plants!? crazy. I love my scroggin man, makes so much more sense to me you got yourself some sweet erb though, and thats the main thing! smoke on man thanx for the pics. Threadworthy

Bluntraumab said:

Great! thank you so much for replying I really appreciate it Your green is looking dank as always keeps distracting me when I scroll through this thread If you dont mind I have a few more questions then Ill stop bugging ya! What kind of air pump do you recommend? Would a 10 gallon one suffice? Also, what is your water source? Do you filter it or is it tap/bottled water and how do you control your water temp? I've heard of a water chiller but they're pretty expensive and I'm hoping I can find a more efficient solution then using frozen bottled water. I was thinking about getting a aquarium cooling fan, but it'd be tough to use since the res has a lid

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As long as she bubbles hard and keeps the entire res agitated and not stagnant. If that happens your food goes shit in a day. Your plants will also be deprived of Oxygen.
My water source is ok here ppm of only 120-170 and fairly low mag, zinc, cal so i rarely need high top ups with any mag/cal additives. I've flushed with tap water and had great results, but the first 3-4 days of flush i replace res with spring water from the supermarket. I swear it makes the room smell fresh and it seeps into the plant, gives it a boost Then tap water till chop

Res temp stays ambient temp. 21.5 degrees light on, 18 degrees light off. Res is on outside of tent

Flowa's Morning ritual

This morning i got up, some skunk was beckoning to be smoked..... As i peeled open a very carefully selected Primo UVB exposed bud the stench that came out of this golden egg when i cracked it was incredible. It hit me in the face like a wet dog at the beach. WOW this had become strangely putrid but still sickly sweet to the long slooooow smell i had for it while holding it just under my nose. I couldn't wait to carefully slice n dice this juicy tender selected nugget but i thought to myself, I'm a nice guy!

The least i can do is SHARE with you some pics of a delicately preserved primo UVB bud so enjoy, pics got nice and clear when i opened the window to a glorios sunny spring day getting ready to blazy my brain at 10am. What an awesome day. How could it get better? i get to see more Jack x Skunk growing later tonight in it's 6th week of ripening. That's how.
Have a buckety, have some hash, get as high as you can and enjoy my macro pics that this Samsung cam can pull off in sunshine.

Rep +! Why do all of the bloom nutes have P and K? I can't wait to try your method on my next grow. I keep adding info from your grows to my grow reference guide

You need to write a book!

Here are some tip shots from my garden:
























I also started my new outdoor thread!



Cheers,
Mo

Those pix should be blown up huge and hung in an art gallery. Gorgeous!!! Enjoy your brunch also thanks for the tease lol

Ya I know man, plant count was way outta control but I was supplying 11 peeps, myself included with meds. Long story short, I was stressing out way to much and couldn't do it anymore. Hence why i'm so interested in your set-up.

I believe in life the path is lead by karma, and you my friend give off good vibes!!! Karma plus++ Peace man, have a good day.