2x2x5 Grow Lab - Reserva Privada Headband ... [ 100w T5 veg / 250w HPS flower ]

Subbed. I just picked up a GL60 a few days ago. I look forward to seeing your progress. I plan on using my tent to flower my current Northern Lights grow. I have 6 plants that are 3 weeks into veg in a HydroFarm DWC set up.

Sr. Verde said:

The ladies are doing nicely.... They are vegging pretty hard (somewhat presumably, haven't looked at them in 2 days honestly, but bitches love that )...
Also...... DAMN temps have dropped recently, and rather drastically with the weather... I have no heater in the room with the tent, I kind of rely on the lights .... I hope my little ladies will take to the chills ok!

I feel like a heater will just laugh at my electricity bill, so I'll just keep it how it's going... HPS will warm the tent perfectly if these temps persist....
As it is now day 72F/night 58-62F... I hear cannabis enjoys like 8-12F temp changes, and starts to get different coloring with lower temps locking out phosphorous... Though i have never witnessed it grow like that myself.

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Temps below 60 seem a bit extreme. The lowest my room gets is about 61-2 and I STILL get reddish purple stems. A heater might not be a bad idea. If you're worried about heat bill, you could always look into different types of heaters than just electric. Some of them can actually be VERY cost effective, especially if you are only running them when your lights are off. One other note, if you do decide to get a heater, keep a close eye on your humidity level. Heaters tend to really dry out the air, so you might need to counter with a humidifier or something.

Weedo Bandito said:

Subbed. I just picked up a GL60 a few days ago. I look forward to seeing your progress. I plan on using my tent to flower my current Northern Lights grow. I have 6 plants that are 3 weeks into veg in a HydroFarm DWC set up.

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Awesome.. Just plan for the flower stretch and growth. I was pushing the gl60 capacity with 4 plants my last grow.

witelightnin said:

Temps below 60 seem a bit extreme. The lowest my room gets is about 61-2 and I STILL get reddish purple stems. A heater might not be a bad idea. If you're worried about heat bill, you could always look into different types of heaters than just electric. Some of them can actually be VERY cost effective, especially if you are only running them when your lights are off. One other note, if you do decide to get a heater, keep a close eye on your humidity level. Heaters tend to really dry out the air, so you might need to counter with a humidifier or something.

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Yeah I know I know lol..

It's because these damn floros are so cool... With the lights on the plants are sitting in like 68f.. I have the t5 nearly touching.

These temperatures are really strange for my area though. Kind of a fluke this week. In 5 days the weather comes up like 15F.

I have a heater, I was just hoping to not have to bust it out. Maybe though.


Grow update:

First day of feeding.. Im following a feeding schedule from fox farms and they're telling me to combine grow big and bloom.. Did about 1/3 strength with full strength cal mag.. Next feeding will be like 3/4 strength then full power I guess.

They did blow up too, though the one plant seems to be growing bigger and faster than the other. I hope the little girl can catch up to the bigger one. Pics later.

Sr. Verde said:

I give away more than I can keep track of.. What goes around comes around.. And I have too much for myself anyway..

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Isnt it awesome bro???



I feel like im on the same plane with you on this one, i give so much free shit out, in return it seems soooo much more ends up coming back around...





Btw Verde, glad to know your grow is going so well! I was going to suggest PHing the run off water cause ive had similar problem like that where PH coming out of the pot was way more acidic then when it was going in.. But it seems like transplanting to the O.F. got those babies up and going!


Btw, should be getting a new rig pretty soon! Hella stoked!

plant looks a little stunted for 22 days in the last pic, she should be at least 6 inches by now headband is a pretty vigorous strain in the veg state.

jaycuffee21 said:

plant looks a little stunted for 22 days in the last pic, she should be at least 6 inches by now headband is a pretty vigorous strain in the veg state.

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trust me, I know. They are super small for the amount of time they have been alive..

However, shes not stunted...at least not anymore. Just super duper slow growing.... Thanks to using Light Warrior for like the first 2.5 weeks... No nutrients, I should have mixed it 50% light warrior 50% ocean forest... If I did I guarentee they would be bigger.

Don't worry though, they are in nutrient rich soil, in their final pots... They are established and thriving now - no worries. Just gave them a light feeding today, they are like twice the size of the last pics.

Were not on a time limit.... So I took it sloooooowwww and lazy for the first few weeks (oops.)

.... wait for this update coming up

Michael Phelps said:

Isnt it awesome bro???



I feel like im on the same plane with you on this one, i give so much free shit out, in return it seems soooo much more ends up coming back around...





Btw Verde, glad to know your grow is going so well! I was going to suggest PHing the run off water cause ive had similar problem like that where PH coming out of the pot was way more acidic then when it was going in.. But it seems like transplanting to the O.F. got those babies up and going!


Btw, should be getting a new rig pretty soon! Hella stoked!

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Yeah like I said the problem was definitely me incorrectly using a medium. I should have been feeding, but didn't because I forgot I planted it in light warrior.

The ocean forest is good stuff - I don't have pH problems as long as I adjust my water before I water them.... The soil holds a stable pH..


Your getting a rig.... and I'm getting a rig nice.

What the fuck happened to the forum? I tried over like 3 hours last night to get on, and it kept loosing connection.... fuck man.. now it's all retarded

Day 27 (photos are from yesterday, today is day 28 )



Very pretty...

Not struggling, but not growing as big as the other one... Nodes are compact and smell is more sweet than the other plant

Nice green foliage now.... Starting to pack the leaves with N.

Area where we were seeing cal/mag deficiencies form... Interestingly enough, the copper spots have gone away from the mag deficiency.. Looking good in that respect, not very deficient in anything - we will push the nutes later on..

added 52w of CFL... brought the temp up to 70F in the tent.. Won't hurt, but keeps daytime temps proper. Night time temps are still worrysome but eh fuck it? Experiment time?

Plant level.. bending a few leaves to expose newly forming branches a bit better.. don't mind the sag.

Looks like a circus in there...



It's safe to say were back on track, where we should have been a week and a half ago .

What up Verde! You know I'm in for this one, had to find it the hard way!

I think you and I have similar t5s, how many bulbs is yours?

I think I have 4 bulbs.... each bulb 24w ?

Works out pretty well... But I'm going to try to veg them short and bushy so lets hope the floros do work...!

True, I have the six bulb, and love it for veg. I also have another four bulb that I've used for two years and it still does me well.

Happy growing!

upthearsenal said:

True, I have the six bulb, and love it for veg. I also have another four bulb that I've used for two years and it still does me well.

Happy growing!

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Four does seem a little small... I don't think the store I went to had any 6 bulbs though...

Yo I started up a T5 Club since it doesn't exist yet.
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-fluorescent-lighting/493026-club-t5.html

For sure, I wanted the 8 bulb but they didn't have it where I shop. I like the one I have though because unlike the older t5 I own, the 6 bulb has on/off switches for both 2 and 4 bulbs, which is nice if I don't want all six on.

I actually think a 4 bulb model goes perfect with a 250, considering the plant count you can keep under each. I guess that's why I had to move up to a 6 when I got a 400w hps, haha... either way, t5's are the shit, and I enjoy using 'em.

I'm rocking 2' 8 BULB T5 in my dr60 and it's actually creates mad heat issues, but other than that my bubba kush is so stout and bushy... seriously wasn't expecting it at all. Can't wait to see your ladies flourish.

titycaca said:

I'm rocking 2' 8 BULB T5 in my dr60 and it's actually creates mad heat issues, but other than that my bubba kush is so stout and bushy... seriously wasn't expecting it at all. Can't wait to see your ladies flourish.

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Been brainstorming in the back of my head for a while,
can you rotate the light like 10*-30*?

Start to finish...

Glad I could encourage your t5 purchase, even though I'm rockin' 8's and 12's.

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Hey Verde nice grow. Veggies are looking great. I have 2 diff phenos of the RP headband myself and both are pretty stretchy. I flowered at about 15" and ended up with plants about 42" lol just beware, a bit of sativa in her! Subscribed.

I have two seeds that just germinated,
50/50 chance of Trainwreck or Headband,
but whichever they are they're both the same.

I love my quantum bad boy 8 bulb 4 foot t5. It's a live saver. And bad as looking..

But Verde- u didn't join my club yet... What gives. It's been up for 42 hours!