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GroErr
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Thought the before/after pics were appropriate for this guy, wholly growth!
Cheers Evil I posted the before/after in case you were still thinking of flowering that massive male you have. That thing filled the 2x2 tent and had to super-crop the main a few days ago as it was hitting the lights
Evil-Mobo
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If I flowered my boy I'd have pollen in the entire house! LOL! No I will just keep him as a dad for as long as I can and take cuts from him. I do not want to lose this guy I think it was beginners luck but nothing I do not like about him. Excited to see what he does with the ladies I will have for him/his pollen. Sent you a PM going to get a lady of yours involved here too but debating..........Thought the before/after pics were appropriate for this guy, wholly growth!
Cheers Evil I posted the before/after in case you were still thinking of flowering that massive male you have. That thing filled the 2x2 tent and had to super-crop the main a few days ago as it was hitting the lights
GroErr
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Yeah good thinking, you'd need a 4x4x8' tent to flower him right now
Just clone him before he starts flowering on his own. He's in a good size pot so you can stretch him out a little longer. Males will tend to start flowering on their own if you have them constrained in smaller pots or vegging for too long, keep an eye on him.
GroErr
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Talking about males, harvested the Skunk #1 monster and got a good bag of pollen. Pulled out the better Skunk #1 female and did some painting last night Panama pollen for some Panama Pepe F1's, and Skunk #1 pollen for some backups to see if I can find a decent female later.
Cheers
Panama pollen for some Panama Pepe F1's, and Skunk #1 pollen for some backups to see if I can find a decent female later. Cheers
GroErr
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Will be busy up-potting this weekend, many are still in, down to 22 of 25 so far and have a couple marked as duds if they don't pick up in the next day or so as I'm up-potting the rest to 1gal. Will sex them in the 1gal's, looking for males in the Blue Ripper and either male or female potential breeders in the others. Looks like I'll have a few from each strain to choose from. Hoping almost any one of them on the left side are males, they're the Blue Ripper's and most are looking good structure and colour wise. Main differences between those is leaf structure, some are sativa leaning and some are more hybrid/indica leaning.
4-7 of each of the following from left to right, all regs:
Blue Ripper F2's
Afghan Kush landrace
Columbian Gold
Blue Ripper x Blue Dream BX
Cheers
4-7 of each of the following from left to right, all regs:
Blue Ripper F2's
Afghan Kush landrace
Columbian Gold
Blue Ripper x Blue Dream BX
Cheers
GroErr
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Nice, looks like my son's father in law pulled one of the killer phenos like my keeper from those same F1'sLooking good G! I expect to out the Blue Harley beans in dirt in the next day or so myself.
I just threw down 5x Blue Harley BX testers (made them last round) in another tent and they all popped their heads through yesterday
Underground Scientist
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What day? What's your light at this stage?Will be busy up-potting this weekend, many are still in, down to 22 of 25 so far and have a couple marked as duds if they don't pick up in the next day or so as I'm up-potting the rest to 1gal. Will sex them in the 1gal's, looking for males in the Blue Ripper and either male or female potential breeders in the others. Looks like I'll have a few from each strain to choose from. Hoping almost any one of them on the left side are males, they're the Blue Ripper's and most are looking good structure and colour wise. Main differences between those is leaf structure, some are sativa leaning and some are more hybrid/indica leaning.
4-7 of each of the following from left to right, all regs:
Blue Ripper F2's
Afghan Kush landrace
Columbian Gold
Blue Ripper x Blue Dream BX
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Cheers
ilovetoskiatalta
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@GroErr what lights do you use? I have a 2.5 x 2.5 x 5.5 tent with an 2' 8 bulb t5 and it runs hot. I have a 165 cfm attached to a phat 12" x 4" filter. my temps are at 80. I just like the temp at 77 degrees with RH at 50%Yeah definitely need a separate space for the males. I use a tiny 2x2x4' tent stuck under my stairs going into the basement. Fits nicely in there and use it to flower out males well away from my flower room. The odd time like a couple of runs back I'll do what you're thinking, put a clone of a male or if timing works the original male from seed into the tent, drop the female I want to seed and let them do their thing. One small clone in 1 or 2gal can produce hundreds of seeds and if you haven't "painted" specific branches on a plant this is the easiest way to guarantee pollination and grab a ton of seeds.
I like seeing what comes out of the endless combinations and trying to mix/find the traits I like best in the resulting offspring. Tons of fun
GroErr
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In that 2x2x4' tent I'm running 200w of 3070 COBs, never gets above 78-80, generally flowering males. In the 2x4x5' veg tent I run 270w of those blurple Mars type panels, it stays around 75-78 . Another 2.5 x 2.5 x 5 veg tent runs 180w of Mars LEDs. 'Main room runs all COBs, up to 700w if I need it, typically running 78-80 and 50-55% RH. The LEDs help with heat in smaller spaces. All my tents and rooms are in the basement which helps keep temps down, but RH is higher so have to manage RH vs. heat. A dehuey in the main room handles RH during lights out.
Underground Scientist
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What would you think about a 100w plug and play 6000-6500k COB, 120 degree lense, hammered reflector, in a 2'x2' space...but put 2 in a 2x4. Curious if I could come close to replacing the 400w MH?
Evil-Mobo
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Grab a couple of these and call it good..........
https://cobshop.net/shop?olsFocus=false&olsPage=products/autocob-6500k
Underground Scientist
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Here's a few pics of my small SkunkBerry chop:
Evil-Mobo
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Mine are completing about 24 hours right now in the paper towel/zip loc bag on top of the cable box I do this after they pop the shell in a cup of water. Hoping to be putting them down in dirt in the next day or so........Nice, looks like my son's father in law pulled one of the killer phenos like my keeper from those same F1's
I just threw down 5x Blue Harley BX testers (made them last round) in another tent and they all popped their heads through yesterday
GroErr
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I've run 100w in that 2x2x4' before and found it lacking, I'd go maybe 2 or 3 COBs at 150w and double that in the 2x4' to get some faster veg/growth. Assuming you're vegging replacing the MH.
GroErr
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Nice haul on that looks nice & frosty
Keep posting those peak flowers and I'll be tempted to run some of it
Underground Scientist
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I was thinking of running 200 watts in there, but even 300 would be saving me. I'll keep running the MH for now.
GroErr
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Can't recommend them, always take a chance when buying some of this low end Chinese stuff but I'll be trying some of these in my 2x4' veg tent just to see how they fare. Grabbed 2x 6000k and 1x 3000k 70w/ea to try, I'll use 2x 6000k on the outside with the 3000k in the centre. Worst case scenario I'll retrofit the fixture with real COBs and have some expensive fixtures. Hard to beat the price at $0.57/watt and 100lm/w.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Foxanon-Aluminum-Floodlight-LED-lamp-COB-Chip-30W-50W-70W-100W-Outdoor-Lighting-110-220V-IP66/32796837498.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.VLPRw2