DWC or Hydroton, exhaust and lights

Caligurl,

Are you in SoCal? Is that you in the picture? Do you smell good? Sorry, I is unda, da influence and happy that someone replied to my thread. Yippee!!!

I just got home from another long day of werkin. My back hurts, my feet are on strike, and my brain was saying something earlier so I turned it off. Check this, I take the train from LA to Anaheim Convention Center but get off at the wrong stop (don't ride frequently), and end up spending $50.00 (charged to me plastic card cause my piggy is bare) on a cab ride to be at my job on time(8:00AM). So I arrive in plenty of time to be finished with all tasks by 8:45 which needed to be complete by 11:30.

Got that out. I had to tell somebody, thanks for reading.


I didn't cut the clones yet but want to. What is the failsafe way to keep em alive? I keep killing my clones after a week or so?

nice setup and plants! what type of DWC are u using. can you explain it to me? i1m planing on a small GBox and yours looks just perfect. !

Omar, I got stuff to do man, I cannot take on a pupil at this stage. But I have tried to give decent descriptions throughout my thread so that anyone reading can grasp what I've done. If you have specific questions, ask away and I will do my best to answer you. If I don't , someone here will.

In the meantime, read, read, read...

All of the answers you need can be found (with photos) in this and other similar sites. Compare what EVERYONE says with what everyone else says. I got this buddy that believes everything anyone tells him about growing, don't be him. Investigate and compare!

66 days into grow/germination and I am trying to think of the best schedule for flowering. I'm thinking lights off at 9AM and Lights on at 9PM. That should give me time in the morning to see my girls, and then again at night.

I'm running the HPS and the MH. I hope I didn't wait too long to induce fruiting, the screen is 3/4 full of green. I know these hot mommas should have a moderate growth spurt when switched.

I also bought some dry ice and set in in front of the intake fan so the air is blowing directly on the green. That would be expensive to do daily, so until I get CO2 setup I may do that 2 days a week.

In the photos you can see that I have tucked the vegging back under the screen, being careful not to break my girls. Thus, exposing the bud sites across/down the entire length of the stalks to get light.

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I tied them to the screen to keep the stalk as close to the light/screen as possible. Without the ties, which I normally remove after a few days, the branches would've been sagging below the screen a bit. Also, the ties direct exactly where I want the stalks to grow.

I didn't do the best job planning the routes of the branches, but now that I have seen what these sexy gurls do, I will do much better on my second grow.

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Okay, I just topped of res with water and added some nutes and added DIAMOND NECTAR from GH.

Is that good to use with COOL BLOOM and the GH 3 part?

makes cents, I like the way it going so far..........................

C'mon Mystery, quit it with the mysteries, this aint "The Pickup Artist"... lol

I don't know if I understand what you mean? What gaps?

Do you mean that the branches are too close together at the screen?

What would you suggest?

Thanks for he pointer, I just don't get what you mean. I did widen the space between branches, but is that not enough?

I'm a noob, please explain.

I think I do understand now that I have viewed some swelling buds on other threads. I can foresee that I may have to tie down or manipulate the buds as they grow because of space between them. It took me a while, but I think I truly understand now.

How would I get more space besides cutting off branches and shoots? I imagine that is a "give and take" but I could be wrong being so new. I mean, more space would mean bigger/fatter buds, but more bud sites means higher quantity of buds, right?

Trust me, I'm keeping notes on this grow so my next will be superb. Actually, I am WAY more satisfied with my setup thus far and can see so many improvements to include on my next design.

I will be building a fully self contained, mobile box next. It will be framed in light steel and made for convenience and ease of maintenance.

dude love the shots of the screen, exactly what i needed to see for my future scrog grow! Subscribed!!!

Cool, glad they help. Don't quote any of my methods, I'm learning just like you... lol. Thus far I am happy with the process.

I have heard that I do not have enought void space. Either that means that I have too many branches close together, or I need to decrease the amount of light on my next grow so that the branches stretch a bit more between bud sites. I vegged these gurls under 500Watts (250MH+250HPS) some of the time and it seemed evident that when the HPS was along on with the MH, they got bushy and sprouted new nodes closere together. Next grow will be using just MH for veg, or both adn keep lights further away. I'll let ya'll know how it goes on my next one.

If I can adjust the amount of bud sites by varying the amount and type of light, I will be stoked because I am Mother Nature in this box and I can control the entire environment. Next I'm going to get an ant farm to rule over... lol

I still cannot seem to keep my clones alive, so i made a cloner to test the DWC method. I am only \using a coffee can as the prototype, but so far so good.

It's now getting funner because I am feeling confident that I will be harvesting some wicked nugs. I think I'm seeing some pistles/female hairs on all 3 of my gurls (I hope), but it's only 3 days into flowering. Wishful thinking maybe???

Check this, I made that little cloner I told ya about and I see roots in 5 days. I was not expecting that.

Did you make a DIY? Cuz that's sweet! Show me how?

I'll show ya mine. lol

thats a 1 gal bucket painted black with 6 holes for clones it has 25" air stones and a small heater. glued 3/4 pvc to the lid to hold the clones and use air filter material to hold them in place. just started using it but it also had roots in about 5 days. next will try clones from mom.

stumps said:

I'll show ya mine. lol

thats a 1 gal bucket painted black with 6 holes for clones it has 25" air stones and a small heater. glued 3/4 pvc to the lid to hold the clones and use air filter material to hold them in place. just started using it but it also had roots in about 5 days. next will try clones from mom.

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Thanks man!!!!

I edited that and it still came out like crap let me know if you want better details. that was 2-5" bubble stones

1 out of 3 looks to be male. Damn!!!

no stress though, I got 2 healthy females and I've already gotte clones rooting for my next batch...

Just to be safe, are these photos of a male plant?

Can I make hash with him? is it worth it?

I just want to be sure before I end him/it.

yes its a male. good luck with the two healthy females. looking good.

I thought I told you to stay away from my gilrs....!!!!!!!

The flags are at half mast, but I waned all three of them before I switched the timer.

Is there some root totting deep inside the bundle?

So, I did another nute change with bloom ratios, added the Liquid Kool Bloom ( No Diamond Nectar) and some Superthrive.

I am a bit glad that I had a bot in there, other wise I think I would've been crowded. I have been rearranging branche and trying to be gentle, with much success. It looks as if I should have left my girls more void space because the sites will be competing. It was such a Mystery, and I wish somebody would have warned me...

Anyhow, thry are starting to produce. I can see that the Purple Kush will have many many bud sites, while it appear the Jah will have larger nuggs (I hope).

every thing looks good bud,