[400 WATT!!] HSO ChemDawg + Dinafem Blue Widow + Delicious Seeds LA Diva Auto!

srh88

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3x3 400 tent starting.. kinda small but itll be nice coverage ;) .. how high you think my temps will be.. lumatek 400.. air cooled hooled
 

SteezyDee

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Mine maxes out about 82f the highest. I got an inline fan blowing air into my closet though and it stays very cooled.
 

UVRay

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excellent grow! Man I love the Chem Dawg, I've smoked some before and it's always been good. I've wanted to do a grow on some CD for a while now and I'm on my way as well. I've got a single ChemDawg Female I got from the SSC along with an assortment of others for testing.

Anyway, I've got a Chem Dawg and the AK Autos that sprouted on Halloween, so they're under two months. I'm also growing two AK-47 Autos in the same cooler. (I use marine 48-qt. coolers with RDWC).
The two little autos are looking great, buds are frosty and looks like about 3 more weeks for them to finish. They are both about 20" tall and nearly that wide with several side branches nearly as tall as the main branch. I should get a few ounces off each AK.

The Chem Dawg is just blowing my mind. I've grown a lot of different strains and have yet to find one as prolific as this little bitch!
The CD was two foot tall in less than 6 weeks. I started to flower her on the 10th of Dec. I let her veg for 40 days and 40 nights on purpose (Took some nice clones from her). Once she got the signal to flower she started stretching and man has she stretched....

From Dec 10. she's grown from 24" to 54" as of this morning, that's 30 vertical inches in 16 days. I haven't topped her on purpose, this is one of those unusual phenotypes that just bush out by themselves. I have 8-10 huge side branches that are just about as big as the main stalk. It's really weird, never had a plant grow like this on has. I know most people prefer to grow a bunch of smaller plants but I've wanted to see what kind of colas I can get with this thing growing like it is. It reminds me of those northern cali sativas grown in the sun. The branches are huge for an indoor grow. I've got a 400w HPS with glass, I had to lift it every other day it seemed, now I've removed the rachets because the plant is so tall now so I've got my HPS S hooked into the eye bolts in the top of my tent. I'm sure they will still grow some more height but I'm out of room so they are getting a trellis net over them probably tomorrow or the next day

I've got several decent 2700k cfls with reflectors aimed around the tent keeps the girls lit well on all sides. I'm hoping all those long branches will fill in with some decent colas as she getting down to business. She's only a few weeks into flowering and flowers are everywhere, all the branches have branches, one side branch has about 18 sub branches so there should be a great yield off her.

I can't wait to get some in jars, ought to be some sweet smoke. Keep us up to date on your grow, I'll be keeping an eye out on it anticipating.....
 

SteezyDee

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Wish you had a journal UVRay! I just flipped to flower yesterday and put in the HPS. Can't wait to see my LA Diva swell up over this next month along with the CD & BW.

You vegged a bit longer than I decided to, but hopefully I put some frost on as well.
 

Xrangex

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Thanks bro!! I actually just decided to flip em. Friday ill be doing the Rez change but as of tomorrow they will be going 12/12.

Hell yeah dude glad to hear it! So that small one with the preflowers hasnt even been switched to 12/12 yet? How old is it?
 

SteezyDee

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Hell yeah dude glad to hear it! So that small one with the preflowers hasnt even been switched to 12/12 yet? How old is it?
About a month old but it's an Automatic so it's already started budding. Autos do best on like a 20/4 or 18/6 light schedule I hear so surely switching it to 12/12 will decrease it's yield a bit, but oh well! It's time for the big girls to start budding. ;) Hopefully the LA Diva should be finished within a month's time as I hear it's a 60 - 70 day strain from seed and it has been at least 30 days.
 

Xrangex

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About a month old but it's an Automatic so it's already started budding. Autos do best on like a 20/4 or 18/6 light schedule I hear so surely switching it to 12/12 will decrease it's yield a bit, but oh well! It's time for the big girls to start budding. ;) Hopefully the LA Diva should be finished within a month's time as I hear it's a 60 - 70 day strain from seed and it has been at least 30 days.
Oh, that makes sense i should have just read the 1st post again haha, I had a few bubbleicious autos from nirvana but unfortuantly killed all of them before week 1
 

doubletake

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About a month old but it's an Automatic so it's already started budding. Autos do best on like a 20/4 or 18/6 light schedule I hear so surely switching it to 12/12 will decrease it's yield a bit, but oh well! It's time for the big girls to start budding. ;) Hopefully the LA Diva should be finished within a month's time as I hear it's a 60 - 70 day strain from seed and it has been at least 30 days.
With the autos it's usually good to let them go a extra month the seed componeys are always trying to make them seem really faster then they are I have a critical rapido out its 90th day will be jan 1st I'm define toy letting it go a extra week or two on top of that
 

Polixenes

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Nice grow SteezyDee. I'm looking forward to more pics of your LaDiva as I've got one at 43 days. And I'm in a similar situation in which I've got photos ready to be flipped to 12/12, but unlike you I'm hesitant to switch from 24/0 because I want to maximize my LaDiva. (Also, my Blue Cheese is a shorty so I'm not concerned about vegging her for a few more weeks) I know LaDiva has been a bit of a disappointment for you being the runt and all, but I've been amazed by her rapid growth. Thats partly my inexperience I'm sure. Keep up the fine work man.
 

SteezyDee

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With the autos it's usually good to let them go a extra month the seed componeys are always trying to make them seem really faster then they are I have a critical rapido out its 90th day will be jan 1st I'm define toy letting it go a extra week or two on top of that
I didn't see the flowering time on Attitude so I checked RIU for fellow growers who had made a journal of LA Diva and that's where I saw that on average people were harvesting after 60 days from seed. I, however, have the same mind state as you :eyesmoke: and though on average people seem to harvest their LA Diva around 50 - 60 days, I plan to leave mine 'til 80 - 90 days. I rather have more amber trichs anyways!

Nice grow SteezyDee. I'm looking forward to more pics of your LaDiva as I've got one at 43 days. And I'm in a similar situation in which I've got photos ready to be flipped to 12/12, but unlike you I'm hesitant to switch from 24/0 because I want to maximize my LaDiva. (Also, my Blue Cheese is a shorty so I'm not concerned about vegging her for a few more weeks) I know LaDiva has been a bit of a disappointment for you being the runt and all, but I've been amazed by her rapid growth. Thats partly my inexperience I'm sure. Keep up the fine work man.

I would love to keep the light on 18/6 as I've had it, but the insane growth of my Blue Widow and Chemdawg in my DWC buckets just won't allow it. If I leave them for longer I wont have enough space for them come flowering! So that's what ultimately forced my hand.. Don't get me wrong though, the LA Diva has begun flowering quickly and bud development is quick thus far, I'm just used to bigger plants which is why I was a bit disappointed..


Will update soon.
 

Blaze23

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Im interested in seeing how the Blue Widow comes out, how long til flowering? "I have a few freebies"
 

SteezyDee

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Im interested in seeing how the Blue Widow comes out, how long til flowering? "I have a few freebies"
They've been on 12/12 for around 2 days now! Expecting to see some serious growth in the next few weeks. Rez change tomorrow and I will begin bloom nutes.
 

Choreboy

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I've been away for a bit... Those girls are lookin sex-y!!! I popped a Pineapple Express and a Jack today for a 600w dual waterfarm scrog run.
 

SteezyDee

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Today marks day 4 of 12/12. HPS bulb now on and what not. Bloom nutes now in the rez. :twisted:

This is the Chemdawg. Looking beastly.
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Blue widow, also looking huge.
A couple clones I took on the base of the DWC bucket, they were meant for someone else I dont really have space for clones, but they never picked them up so I got them sitting in the closet as well.
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The main cola from the LA Diva. Hoping she swells up because this plant is tiny lol.
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The entire canopy in my closet. This is just two plants!
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The only problem I've encountered thus far is the humidity. This morning when I opened the closet it was around 70% but after a few minutes of having the door opened it dropped down to around 30%. Temperature stays at ~75 consistently.
 
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