Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

[StinkBud]

As mentioned by others, the search function in this forum is not user friendly. As such, let's talk doors.

Using CO2 you have to have an airtight room. I know were not talking space shuttle doors here, but how do you mane a door air tight. Does it have to have only weather stripping with double rubber thingies on the bottom? Or do I have to some how need to put ruber sealing materials to literally hermetically seal this door???

TIA

You don't need to worry about weather stripping your door. I even left a gap under my door to allow air in when the exhaust fan is running.

I may loose a small amount of CO2 but not enough to worry about.

The biggest improvement I found when using CO2 is adding a controller. That way your not pumping CO2 into the room when you don't need it.

I went through a tank a week with just timers. With a controller I only use 1 tank every 2 weeks.

A CO2 controller also keeps your flower room at the perfect PPM. Without a controller you are pretty much just guessing.

 

[StinkBud]

SB,are you harvesting this weekend? You said you had a bigger than usual harvest.

Let's see the pics!

I harvested yesterday! They are hanging up drying now. The Blueberry plants are the largest I've ever harvested with my system.

The tallest plant ended up 4 1/2 ft. high!

Every since I've had my veg plants under 24hrs light my harvest has grown.

 

[add1ct1on]

I hate to say this because of love Sativas so much but they just don't work well indoors no matter what you do.

I've tried everything to keep them under control and they just grow too big anyway.

Remember my Skunk plant that had been flowering for 3 months? Guess what? It's still flowering. It's actually showing some new growth. WTF! It looks like I will harvest it at about 4 months of flowering.

On the other side of the scale I have a NYC Diesel plant that is finishing up nicely and ready to harvest. The only problem is it's one full batch back! I haven't even started the flush yet!

If I ran nothing but Diesel I could harvest every two weeks because it finishes so fast. It's a weird plant...takes almost as long to clone as it does to flower

So I recommend finding a mix. Something with a Sativa buzz and an Indica growth rate. Something like my Purple Silver is what you want.

It has the high of a nice Silver Haze. It's a huge producer with rock hard nugs. It smells and tastes just like Welches Grape Juice.

The strains are out there bro, you just have to find them.

haha thanks man, most of my [FONT=&quot]quiver is in the right flowering time, I was looking at NYC Diesel, and Sour Diesel though. You say nycd is working out for you? Have you ever tried some sour d? Thanks![/FONT]

 

[markj]

StinkBud, I gotta tell you...
I've only grown in soil, and my current grow is in soil too. But, I've been following this thread and now my mind can't stop thinking bout hydro/aero-ponics. You and this whole thread inspired me, and now I'm sure that this is the way to go.
The only problem I'm facing is that I'm growing in a closet which is relatively small. But i'm not giving up, and I'm troubling my mind to find a way for my next grow to be without soil.
I'll probably need you guys to help me a bit when I'll be designing my next grow.

Thank you all...

 

[StinkBud]

I have the Hanna "Checker", paid ~$30 for it. I like it but I thought I'd calibrate it and found that it wouldn't go down to 4.01 . I've got to go order a new probe today. The instructions say to put a few drops of 7.01 solution in the cap before you put it away.

I was at a Hydro shop and the guy showed me the one he uses, He keeps his in a cup of water, but he had one of the fancy Hanna remote probe ones. I don't have $200 to spring for the cool ones.

I rinse my meters in a jar of water with a teaspoon of bleach. I don't shake the meter off, I just put the cap back on right away.

The caps are sealed so the moisture has no way to evaporate.

Usually your tap water is above 6.5 PH. That means you only have to add PH down to bring it to 5.8. As long as you don't get crazy with the PH down any meter will work.

Now lets say you do get a flashing meter that says your PH is lower than the meter can handle. Then you either fucked up and added too much PH down or something is wrong with your water begin with. Those problems need to be fixed first. An RO machine will fix the water but only you can fix a heavy hand.

 

[StinkBud]

StinkBud, I gotta tell you...
I've only grown in soil, and my current grow is in soil too. But, I've been following this thread and now my mind can't stop thinking bout hydro/aero-ponics. You and this whole thread inspired me, and now I'm sure that this is the way to go.
The only problem I'm facing is that I'm growing in a closet which is relatively small. But i'm not giving up, and I'm troubling my mind to find a way for my next grow to be without soil.
I'll probably need you guys to help me a bit when I'll be designing my next grow.

Thank you all...

Well stay tuned because soon I will launch StinkBud Jr. and baby Stinkbud.

My 6-hole StinkBud Jr. system has already produced two beautiful batches and the plans have been started for Baby Stinkbud.

I'm currently finishing up my video to be released soon. You guys are going to love it.

 

[Jack Sprat]

Please don't spam this thread with unwanted sales promotions. Thank you.

Stink, I wasn't promoting the products, was just passing the info. I think your system is much better and more complete, and CHEAPER!

So are you harvesting this week> More bud porn please

 

[sparat1k]

Every since I've had my veg plants under 24hrs light my harvest has grown.

That's interesting because I've read that other people couldn't tell a difference between 18hrs or 24hrs. Glad it works for you, I'll have to try it out.

Experimentation for the win!

 

[markj]

Well stay tuned because soon I will launch StinkBud Jr. and baby Stinkbud.

My 6-hole StinkBud Jr. system has already produced two beautiful batches and the plans have been started for Baby Stinkbud.

I'm currently finishing up my video to be released soon. You guys are going to love it.

Definitely!!
I think I do remember StinkBud Jr., it was the one with three plants on each row, wasn't it? I've got to back through the the thread and look for its dimensions. And can't wait to see how Baby Stinkbud looks like...

I'm sure the video will be great!!!

I'll try to take some pics later today or tomorrow of my grow space so you can see what I'm dealing with, and also understand the dilemmas that i'm facing.

cheers...

 

[markj]

That's interesting because I've read that other people couldn't tell a difference between 18hrs or 24hrs. Glad it works for you, I'll have to try it out.

Experimentation for the win!

I've been growing only in soil, and I've tried both 24/0 and 18/6 during vegging. I believe that my plants like it better when it's 18/6. I still use 24/0 on my clones though.

 

[Senator]

If I ran nothing but Diesel I could harvest every two weeks because it finishes so fast. It's a weird plant...takes almost as long to clone as it does to flower

Hey Stink!

Is that the NYC Diesel or another flavor? What would you say your total grow time is on the strain and how long do you leave them in the cloner and veg units?

Also, is this the one you say is almost "too strong"?

 

[tomdon]

Your container need to be light tight. If you see anything green growing that means light is getting though and causing algae to grow.

Quickest fix is to use a black contractors bag to line the res and block out light.

You also need a black or dark blue top. The gray ones let in light.

Drain, clean and refill with water up to the bottom of the sprayer pipes.

Watch your room temps. If your room/water gets to hot you could end up with funk growing in your res.
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Thanks for writing back, I will give that a try and keep you posted. One more question so you do recommend the clonex solution at all in the res? and if so what should the ppm end result be? Thanks stink I'll be posting pics soon!

 

[whysohigh]

this is my first pic post so if i did this right this is the strain ive been talking about called wappa, 4 weeks into flowering and taking 5200ppms of nutes and no burn yet.(yes both of my ppm meters work and are calibrated) never had a grow like this until i found this site.

 

[StinkBud]

That's interesting because I've read that other people couldn't tell a difference between 18hrs or 24hrs. Glad it works for you, I'll have to try it out.

Experimentation for the win!

It's not that they get bigger under 24/0 vs. 18/6. What happens is it takes longer for the plants to start flowering.

For example, at 18/6 I would see buds forming in 7-10 days. Now it's more like 12-15 days to see the same size buds.

So the plants are actually vegging under the 2-1000W HPS with CO2 for an extra 5 days before they start to flower.

Of course this also means that the plants take longer to finish. Staying with fairly fast strains has kept me within my harvest window. I've pretty much ditched my Sativa strains and I'm running mostly Indica/Sativa mixes now.

I've also had very good luck running 450ml of Clearex for a week straight. I'll make my final analysis with the crop I just harvested

So, why does this happen? I'll try to keep it simple...

Marijuana is referred to as a Short-Day plant.

The plants are constantly releasing a hormone that causes flowering. Light keeps the hormone from building up within the plant though.

The more light, the less hormone. Once the light falls to under 12 hours the plant's hormone level starts to build up. At some point it will reach a level that signals the plant to start flowering.

So when the plant is getting 24 hours of light it takes a little longer for the hormone level to get to the switching point (if that makes sense).

 

[dagobaker]

so if i veg at 24 hours i can expect it to take about a week longer
with that being said can i expect it to stretch a little longer (my main strain only stretches 50 to 60%..so if i start at 2 feet it ends up 3 feet or a little more)
next question is would u say that ur plants stretch more since u started using co2>?
i wondering if ill get more stretch (i want more) once i get my co2 system

 

[dagobaker]

stink.......
will u give us an updated harvest weight?
u said the plants are bigger and im wondering if ull have to change the name to 20 oz every 3 weeks lol

 

[StinkBud]

Hey Stink!

Is that the NYC Diesel or another flavor? What would you say your total grow time is on the strain and how long do you leave them in the cloner and veg units?

Also, is this the one you say is almost "too strong"?

Right now it takes about 4 weeks for the plants to pop roots. So most of them stay in the cloner for two rounds (6 weeks).

Once they pop roots they act just like any other strain. It grows fairly fast in veg once it gets to a decent size. But they are very slow starting.

I had two small NYCD plants that are staying in the veg unit another round because they never took off.

So 6 weeks in the cloner and 6 weeks in the veg unit.

NYC Diesel finishes in about 7 weeks. It's by far the fastest strain I've ever grown.

It looks to be almost a pure Indica. The high feels like truck ran you over. Full on couch lock!

 

[cream8]

ive learned so much about aero from this thread i look forward to going aero in the future. thanks and i love your avatar pic. where did you come up with that?

 

[FredSavage]

so i setup my cloner early in the week... the water PH was over 7.0 so i used ph down. now @ 5.8 , but the leaves on the plants are turnin yellow... so i checked the ppms today.. they at almost 1000 ppm... hmm?? only ting ive added to this water was ph down, and the 150ml of clonex.. is this water no good and should i get bottled water, or am i just being impatient and the plants are just adjusting to their new home? stink or any stinkbuddies, your help is appreciated.. peace

 

[sparat1k]

SB, thanks for all great info on veging time and such. I've read that some memebers have remarked that some strains actually grow during darkness/take root better with darkness,2-6 hrs. Can you weigh in on this? I'd like to have an experiment were I could take different light periods, 18hr,20hr,22hr,24hr of veg and weigh the the same clones, plus mark how many days before budsites apeared. I think that would be interesting.