Mineralz' 400w Grow Cranny

loyaltytoafault

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Looks fantastic bro. Hydro has always interested me. Soil for now though. I have a similar cab as you...homemade, but same dimensions and lights! Going into flower this week! Nice work on the lst, looks cleaner than my job :)!! Happy growing sir. Sub'd +rep
 

loyaltytoafault

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Nice.. thanks for the tip.RE: HPS vs MH. I asked the same question to the rep at my local hydro store. He told me the complete opposite that MH runs hotter than HPS. Not sure which is true now :Dk
I found my temps to be higher with my mh vs. Hps. That's just me though
 

Mineralz

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Looks fantastic bro. Hydro has always interested me. Soil for now though. I have a similar cab as you...homemade, but same dimensions and lights! Going into flower this week! Nice work on the lst, looks cleaner than my job :)!! Happy growing sir. Sub'd +rep
Thanx for swingin by Loyalty ;) Yea the LST and the training takes some practice. I think the hardest part is figuring out when to remove certain growth for the greater good. I'm gettin better at it every round and I learn to <3 it that much more. I got the temp thing in check as well finally so should be a good run :D I'll be checkin out ur grow! Happy growing mane
 

Mineralz

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So I just wanted to share what strain I chose for next round :D The wife and I decided to go with Purple Wreck....should be sick! Urkle x Train Wreck cross and also got some Cheese and another strain for free. I also ordered two 14" Hurricane glass shades for when I redo the tent....AGAIN :/ Hopefully this'll be the last time lulz. So yea, I can put my new Veg box to good use in the near future and the timing should work out okay me thinx. Hope all is well with everyone and happy growing!
 

Mineralz

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Where did you order from?
I ordered this batch of beans from Attitude. Neva done business with em before, but I hear they're decent. We REALLY wanted some purp to throw in the mix and this is what we went with ;) Reserva Privada is the breeder
 

Mineralz

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So for some reason I'm thinking the timing of my last post was off or stuff. The whole pc crash really has me screwed on timing or w/e, but these were taken a few mins ago and from the looks of it she's stretching nicely and tbh the screen is fuller than I'd thought it would be :D I dont remember her being that big the first time I grew her, but then again she was nerfed with 3 other plants as well. Pistil-production went WAY up in the past couple days, but I'm still seeing good stretch in her. The new bucket seems to be working pretty nicely. I haven't had to PH her out that much so thats a plus for surez. I check on her every day, but I only adjust her water every other day and she seems to enjoy it that way. I took a few more fan leaves off her lower canopy that were showing a slight PH deficiency and were starving for light. Umm...what else....oh yea! I made sure to keep track of my mains lulz. Last round with the 4 plants under 1 screen I played hell making sure main limbs were screen-height and I even missed a few :/ With DK this round I have excellent light penetration and her stretch really is pretty to watch. Even the smallest of branches become super-thick within days. I'm doing my training an little more lenient as well. Basically I'm controlling her overall LIMB, but not her bud sights. With the tent not being so crowded this is easily achieved so I can make sure each one has access to as much light as possible. With just this one plant I need to be sure she can be all that she can be....lulz. I'm hoping she'll thank me and get me some decent 6-10" colas, but hey...ya never know I guess. Characteristics of her are very different compared to the 1st time so it's like learning all over again.....stoked. I do however remember her VERY white and fuzzy flowering spots. The Bubblicious is similar in style until the end so I'm thinking it's more of an Indica pheno? Idk, but the WW cut I have is way fluffier and lighter buds compared to the BL and this DK if I remember right. Hope all is well with everyone..if I missed nything just holla

INFO
PH--> 6.4 (DROPPED TO 5.7)
PPMZ--> 900 SHOT OF NUTEZ
WATER TEMP--> 67F
AIR TEMP--> 75F
RH-->24%
 

Mineralz

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  • So I fired up the new Veg box tonight...complete with 5 Nirvana Bubblicious clones from the last couple rounds. All have roots and I'm lookin forward to watchin em perk up. I only NEED 1 of em, but I have plans for the other 4
    I threw in a quick pic of the DK as well. Her nodes are goin apeshit on me with the pistils, but she's still got some stretch in her. I find myself moving/removing a couple leaves here and there especially towards the middle of the screen. Everything's looking all nice and formal-like atm and she seems to be LOVING the training. There's so much new growth every 24 hours I kinda have to double-check myself to make sure I'm seeing right lulz. It's like "Oh no I have a nitrogen deficiency!" and then "Wait a minute....that whole damn section of limb is new!" lmao We got some uber-cold weather today and temps in the tent were a steady 72F
    The plus part is that it doesnt get too cold when lights off either so she should be well off with the low RH and cooler air temps. Her smell is increasing in intensity and I anticipate some showing of frosting soon. Couldn't tell for sure, but new growth does have a glimmer to it o_O


 

Mineralz

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Fucking sick bro. You have so many budsites going there!
Why thank you sir! :D I do what I can lulz. I only topped her once....no fim or anything else just 1 topping at the 4th node or so. She was already lollipopped when I got her from a clone so that took care of A LOT of trimming for me. She stands 8-9" tall and then goes completely horizontal. Should be a SICK chop day pic
 

ottawaliquid

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Looking good man the screen is filling in nicely.

What size of bulb you got there (the MH) looks huge!

or is it a gigantic CFL?
 

Mineralz

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Looking good man the screen is filling in nicely.

What size of bulb you got there (the MH) looks huge!

or is it a gigantic CFL?
The bulbs in the Veg box are 42w CFLz. The box only measures like 2'wide x 2.5' deep x 2.5' tall so those should be plenty. If not I have another stash of extras I could add if I wanted to. To tell the truth I was considering throwing in some CFLz for extra lighting in the tent especially with the lower air temps...hmm...*note to self*
 

ottawaliquid

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ahh.. I guess it looked bigger because of the perspective from the box. yes I would imagine that's ample light for the veggies.

Like to see if/how you add your CFLs around your HID
 

Mineralz

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ahh.. I guess it looked bigger because of the perspective from the box. yes I would imagine that's ample light for the veggies.

Like to see if/how you add your CFLs around your HID
Word. I was actually just thinkin about doing that lulz. I was looking through my stash and found 16 13watters and I have 2 more 42watters in the boxes too. I only have one splitter, but I could snag another easily. I'll prolly just hang them from the lamp cords like up and over my upper support beam and just tape em to the bar or something. They're pretty light so it wouldnt take much. I'll post some pics when I get em done ;)
 

ottawaliquid

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I've got a million splitters man. I think about 5. I'll email you one :bigjoint: I should consider doing something similar. Wouldn't be a huge area that it would illuminate however you could hang it on something somewhat adjustable to rise with the top of your canopy

my only concern would the be the heat from the 42 watters. do they get somewhat hot?
 

Mineralz

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I've got a million splitters man. I think about 5. I'll email you one :bigjoint: I should consider doing something similar. Wouldn't be a huge area that it would illuminate however you could hang it on something somewhat adjustable to rise with the top of your canopy

my only concern would the be the heat from the 42 watters. do they get somewhat hot?
The 42watters in my Veg box run about 78F, which is okay with me cuz clones dig the warmer temps and higher RH. I'm not trying to veg my clones to be HUGE or anything of the sort because that would totally ruin the vscrog. I have to train them as they grow so I'm just basically fluffing them out while keeping them small for the transition. I only have the 1 BL clone in there now, but I'm taking a couple DK clones off my biggun today I think. She has some really nice lower limbs on her that I've been saving for just an occasion ;) I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get a small tote (shoebox shaped) and made another container for the box as well. The one I'm using now is one my friend had that he said and I quote "I can't get shit to start in it" so I tried it out and worked fine lulz. But straight up it's not what I want at all, but I'll rock it til the wheels fall off I suppose ha. The air temps in the tent have been a SOLID 73F so I'm thinking extra lighting should do nicely. I plan on postin pics 2morrow so with any luck they'll be up. Thanks for the postin mane!
 
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