First 400W Grow Journal + Pics

Are you down to just watering once a day with that? It fills/drains the tray and thats it?

I will begin my first medical grow in about 6 weeks.


TIA

Someguy15 said:

lol sounds complex, but really its a tray that fills with water once a day, then it drains back into a tank. pretty basic.

Kush, I plan to flush about 10 days, or as long as they last... probably 48 hours of darkness before I chop.


One of my bag seed plants was dying quickly. Lost almost all of the fan leaves and the trim leaves were starting to go. Decided to cut it, most of the trichs are cloudy, but it could have used another week or two, o-well. Not sure what killed it, but here's a couple pics.

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Yep, twice a day seemed unnecessary as the cubes were still damp 24 hours later. Pretty much watered 1x a day all through flower.

Great, thanks. that's a piece of info I've had a hard time finding out, but I guess it's unique to each persons garden.

Im 40 days out from being a resident of New Mexico and will begin my first grow shortly after. I'm allowed, 12 seedlings/4 mature and 6 ounces of finished product and I'm going to try using 2 ebb/flow trays and 2 lights.

Someguy15 said:

Yep, twice a day seemed unnecessary as the cubes were still damp 24 hours later. Pretty much watered 1x a day all through flower.

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Someguy15 said:

lol sounds complex, but really its a tray that fills with water once a day, then it drains back into a tank. pretty basic.

Kush, I plan to flush about 10 days, or as long as they last... probably 48 hours of darkness before I chop.


One of my bag seed plants was dying quickly. Lost almost all of the fan leaves and the trim leaves were starting to go. Decided to cut it, most of the trichs are cloudy, but it could have used another week or two, o-well. Not sure what killed it, but here's a couple pics.

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that looks super root bound dude.
you plant would have been fine if you use a MUCH bigger pot and a lot more soil.

those roots look disgusting and tangled up the ass

i'm using 6'' rockwool blocks only watering once a week did you ph. your blocks prior to planting??? i'm at day 6 blocks are still wet

Yes, they were soaked in europonic rockwool conditioner for 24 hours. I still had issues with the ph rising in between waterings though. Suck some samples out of the cubes and test them, you might see much different results than measuring the rez for instance.

mmm yeah, should flush them down a bit and show up pics of the harvest =]

those are under one 400w hps? is that all you used. subscribed i wanna see your final product
looks great+rep

Plants got first flush with clearex today. Planning to let them go 7-14 days depending on the trichs. Started flush at 7 weeks, 4 days.

Yep, only a single 400w in a closet with a $10 clip on fan for cooling

great bro. good luck on the flush!

Mean green has been hang drying in a box for about 4 days, they're crunchy on the outside. I'm not using a fan because I have relatively little plant matter and my humidity is about 30-35%. Now the buds are going into a brown paper bag for another 3-7 days. I'll open the bags once or twice a day for 30 minutes and when the buds seem to dry up a bit more I'll move them into the jars for final curing. Guessing there's a ounce here, about 32.5 grams right now and it's mostly dry. I did find a couple of seeds, but only saw like 5 in the whole thing. Hopefully there's very little in everything, damn hermies!

I made cannabutter with the leftover trim leaves and small buds. 2 sticks of butter and about 3/4 ounce of trimmings a batch. Made 2 batches. Plan on making cupcakes, brownies and cookies Rest of harvest to follow 7 - 14 days!



Don't remember where I got the recipe to be honest but I can tell you.

-Grind up trimmings (small buds, trim leaf, stems, but NO seeds)
-Bring a large pot of water to a slow boil
-Add two or four sticks of butter and let melt
-Add trimmings (I like about 1/2-3/4 ounce for two sticks)
-Simmer mixture at a low boil for 1 hour, stirring frequently
-Use cheesecloth (found at most grocery stores in baking area) inside a strainer to filter the mixture
-Make sure your catch bowl is metal or glass, this will be boiling hot when you pour it
-After you pour it through the strainer, press the leftover leaf mush with a spatula or flexible cake pan scraper
-Cool this in the fridge overnight
-Collect your butter with a spatula or fork, taking care to get only butter and not water
-Discard the nasty brown water

Enjoy

Someguy15 said:

I made cannabutter with the leftover trim leaves and small buds. 2 sticks of butter and about 3/4 ounce of trimmings a batch. Made 2 batches. Plan on making cupcakes, brownies and cookies Rest of harvest to follow 7 - 14 days!

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Wus up Guy, I see you gave er the ol chop down already! Lookz nice bro! I just switched my lady to 10/14 today. about 4 weeks in and hoping to finish out in another 4.

Where did you get the recipe for the cannabutter?

Nice grow!! +REP.... How many gallons does it take to flood your tray? Also, how often do you change out your reservoir?

Early I would let it go 14 days no problem. When switching to flower I went to every 7 days. They are consuming a lot at this point and go def. quickly. My tray floods with about 7-8 gallons I'd guess. This will depend on the flood height though, I may raise it with my new media next round.

KushLuvR said:

Wus up Guy, I see you gave er the ol chop down already! Lookz nice bro! I just switched my lady to 10/14 today. about 4 weeks in and hoping to finish out in another 4.

Where did you get the recipe for the cannabutter?

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Oh my my bad I didnt see that you already posted your recipe for the cannabutter. Belay my last!

damn bro! the one drying is the regs right, looking great! thanks for the drying/curing tips, i needed some tips on time frame of drying. 4-5days drying. 3 days of brown bag. then to curing, right! dude they look so dense in the bloom room, how many total plants were in the bloom room, including the regs, 4? did you tie them together with wire to prop them up? im just wondering what the white wire is for? looking great bro, keep it up!

treats are good, but you should invest in some bubblebags, just my oppinion

Wow...sweet

Drella said:

damn bro! the one drying is the regs right, looking great! thanks for the drying/curing tips, i needed some tips on time frame of drying. 4-5days drying. 3 days of brown bag. then to curing, right! dude they look so dense in the bloom room, how many total plants were in the bloom room, including the regs, 4? did you tie them together with wire to prop them up? im just wondering what the white wire is for? looking great bro, keep it up!

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Haha yeah, I had to tie pineapple expresses 6 colas together. The entire plant was falling 'open' from all the bud weight. Next time I'll have a screen for Scrog so it won't be a problem. I had 6 total, 2 bag seed, 3 chronic seed and Pineapple.

Yeah the one that died was just a random regs bag seed, so I'm not heart broken about it. The smoke is pretty good too, definitely way better than the shit bag I got it from.

That's about the right time frame, but remember it will depend on your humidity. Ideal is 40-50%, 65-75F. I'm at about 30%, 70F so my drying may have been a touch too fast. Just remember with drying, faster is not better. Chlorophyll is what you taste as bad, in order for this to leave you need moisture. When you quick dry you trap the chlorophyll. You want to dry as long as possible, without going overboard and inviting moldy conditions.

WhiteWiddow said:

treats are good, but you should invest in some bubblebags, just my oppinion

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Yeah, I will definitely do that for my next harvest, just short on funds right now. If I can find a Benjamin layin around I'll grab them for my main harvest in a week or so.


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