Check out my female

Frito Bandito420

Active Member
Hello RIU

Well just spread her out to get some more sun light. hoping for a monster as this has been not so good of luck with me. Started with 3 plants. had problems with 2. so i was down to one plant. under 400watts of hps. Heres a little about my setup.

DWC. 2 5gallon coolers.
400 watt hps air cooled. 6" fan.
almost 4x4x8ft closet.
dutch master one flower

what do you think of my lil lady? anything to try to make this bloom like a beast?





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cacamal

Well-Known Member
she looks good a little nutrient lock out in one of pics but im sure shell give you some goo weight. keep us posted on your outcome
 

Frito Bandito420

Active Member
ph was way high. got it corrected the best I could without a digi. just test tube and color chart is what I'm using right now.
 

Frito Bandito420

Active Member
4 weeks into the 12/12 cycle. Roughly 10 days or so of actual formation of the buds/hair. idk really first real real grow lol.. but here are a few pics of my lil precious lady. going to do a res change today. Do you think I should drop the ppms any? the meter reads 1500 last time I changed my res. my tap water has a ppm of 162.
Heres a few pics. A couple are from last night before she went to sleep. and some are from this morning when she woke up. they got mixed up when i uploaded them. but you get the idea. What do yall think?

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How close is your light? I can't tell. @400w PLUS fan, you should bring it down 4-8 inches to minimize streching, increase lumens and light intensity, and get bad bad bud growth that engulfs the stem. General rule of thumb is if it's too hot for your hand, your plants like it either. Unfotunately, it's too late to lst, but that would be good for your next grow so the bottom branches get the same light as the top then they won't stretch either, appearing as several main bud sites.

I'm unsure how true this is (secondhand info), but NFT friend uses LST and when secondary branches are tall enough he uses strips of plywood w/ half circles cut along the edges. Planks are pressed togeter so 2nd branches are exposed and fan leaves get zero light (foil may be used to to surround branches and cover holes). Pro, he claims each branch turns into a new "tree" (Further LSTing optional); con he keeps them in vegitative state for 4-8 weeks. Another pro, great way to legally stay within your limit as a patient.

Otherwise, looks like some good potential for a sizable harvest. Dank and sticky isn't even gonna be a question :blsmoke:
 

Frito Bandito420

Active Member
also the light is about 10 inches from the top. had it closer but leaf curl was happening to the top leafs so i moved the light up some. but today is supposed to be the last warm day we have this year. so the light will come down more after this grow.
 
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