GrowLab 80 - G13 Pineapple Express ... [200w T5 veg / 400w HPS flower]

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I've stepped it up since https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/485817-2x2x5-grow-lab-reserva-privada.html ... Got a "real" gasketed hood, 6 inch ducting.. 400w bulb and ballast... and a bigger inline fan! Happy camper over here... IF i can pull it off


The ventilation isn't hooked up, I need to get a 6 inch to 5 inch ducting adapter, to get a hose outside of the tent. The vent holes in the GL80 are 5 inches, and my ducting is 6 inches... First challenge! Woohoo!



The specs on the tent are:

GL 80 2'7x2'7x5'11

400w Hortilux Super HPS

Yield Master II supreme 6 inch reflector

330cfm Max Fan 6 Inches

Using Fox Farms Ocean Forest, with about 40% perlite... Then using Fox Farms Nutrients.. Grow Big, Big Bloom, & Tiger bloom... Supplementing with Bio-Weed (cold processed kelp), & Cal Mag


G13 labs Pineapple Express... Feminized genetics

Day 1 Veg....



I initially germinated two seeds... one cracked wide open with a nice taproot...So I planted it and dubbed it #1..

#1


the second seed I germinated along with #1 cracked, but no tap root emerged.. So after I planted #1, I germinated a 3rd seed, and planted it... It sprouted a tap root, and was planted... Thus, the resulting plant will be known as #2.

#2


So #2 has emerged, and shed it's shell.. A day behind #1... But they are both cute... and have great potental





+sub for the ride

I'll sub along. I got one of these beans at home and plan on starting it fairly soon. Looks like a nice clean setup. Happy Growing!

Hell yeah man, here for some PE. Love her so much myself. Always gotta have a little pines around lol

bostoner said:

I'll sub along. I got one of these beans at home and plan on starting it fairly soon. Looks like a nice clean setup. Happy Growing!

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Awesome! Yeah I have a few pineapple express freebies too... These beans came out of pineapple express seed packs though

I can't wait to get my setup up and running correctly

Someguy15 said:

Hell yeah man, here for some PE. Love her so much myself. Always gotta have a little pines around lol

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I had a pack of some pineapple express a few years back... From what I recall it was pretty much like Maui Wowie... What do you think about that?

Also what kind of stretch can I expect? I'd love some tips! Thanks

Sr. Verde said:

I had a pack of some pineapple express a few years back... From what I recall it was pretty much like Maui Wowie... What do you think about that?

Also what kind of stretch can I expect? I'd love some tips! Thanks

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Similar bud structure, but my maui is much more dense.

Tips are clean the bottoms a bit more aggressively then with kush strains, it can make airy buds down there. Make sure you have a good support structure, sometimes shes too heavy for her own branches. You can expect a medium stretch. Should be considerably less then the headband.

Subbed Can't wait to see what ridiculous yield you pull off a 400w.

Someguy15 said:

Similar bud structure, but my maui is much more dense.

Tips are clean the bottoms a bit more aggressively then with kush strains, it can make airy buds down there. Make sure you have a good support structure, sometimes shes too heavy for her own branches. You can expect a medium stretch. Should be considerably less then the headband.

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I think I had 2.5x-3x stretch with the headband... Are you saying to veg them bitches out to about a foot then?

Sr. Verde said:

I think I had 2.5x-3x stretch with the headband... Are you saying to veg them bitches out to about a foot then?

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Yessir. Veg atleast 3-6 more in then the headband.

I vegged my PE for 2 months. 3 and 5gal pots. The kief is remarkably potent. I'm still growing clones of it. 1000w HPS. With a six ft lightrail for bigger footprint.

Someguy15 said:

Yessir. Veg atleast 3-6 more in then the headband.

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Cool! Should be real interesting then ... Do you think 200w is enough for veg or should i add some more?

Day 2


#1


Saw #2 standing up with the seed still on... So I pulled the seed off and misted them with water...



Then I noticed this little film on the seedling.. So I tried to scrape it off, then I pinched and pulled off this clear shell and the cotyledon sprung out

Sr. Verde said:

Cool! Should be real interesting then ... Do you think 200w is enough for veg or should i add some more?

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Sounds like plenty to me, that's 50w/sq ft. I'm still curious to see you pull this 400 hps off in there lol. Smallest area I used a 400 was twice the size of the Gl60.

Someguy15 said:

Sounds like plenty to me, that's 50w/sq ft. I'm still curious to see you pull this 400 hps off in there lol. Smallest area I used a 400 was twice the size of the Gl60.

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pfft... Right!

At least some one is with me, I'm curious as to whether I can pull it off too... The headspace is already SOOO tight, even though its WAY bigger than the gl60.. (i'm using a gl80) the equipment takes up an impressive amount of room..

The ducting pushes out the sides a good amount, if I can give the hood good travel then we will be straight, just keep them short and stout...

What distance should I keep an air cooled 400w at? I kept my 250w at around 10 inches average and that was perfect.

Sr. Verde said:

pfft... Right!

At least some one is with me, I'm curious as to whether I can pull it off too... The headspace is already SOOO tight, even though its WAY bigger than the gl60.. (i'm using a gl80) the equipment takes up an impressive amount of room..

The ducting pushes out the sides a good amount, if I can give the hood good travel then we will be straight, just keep them short and stout...

What distance should I keep an air cooled 400w at? I kept my 250w at around 10 inches average and that was perfect.

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8-12. 12 being more ideal 8 being the min imo. I did have a PE bud mashed into the light (glass) under my 600w one round and it was fine lol Just a bit of burn and rot I cut it out rest of the nug was monster, like 30+g lol

Niceeee!


I'm pumped... Going to hit the hydro store for the 6"to5"... should I foil tape the ducting to the adapter, or clamp it with a ducting clamp? I'm thinking about fitting it in the sleeve

Sr. Verde said:

Cool! Should be real interesting then ... Do you think 200w is enough for veg or should i add some more?

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More than enough, I veg 3-7 plants in a small space with a 90w LED

Nice grow, checked out your others too, all pretty good!

PE is a great strain, so easy grows fast and fat nugs, I got a good yield (a touch over an oz) from a single, sick, bugged screwed over plant.

Day 8


So yeah... Been pretty much ignoring them!

Been watering with plain 7.8 filtered water (didn't ph correct, & know thats the ph)..

Either tomorrow or the next day I'll hit them with 6.6 ph water, with kelp, and small dose cal mag, and very very small dose grow big... I want to get these girls started early... Should blow their minds... Growing roots LOVE a nice kelp soak.. I've seen plants literally double over night... I well foliar feed later in veg , with the 200w floro I shouldn't have issues with burns.. I'm thinking kelp foliar spray

Did you know I love kelp? me & kelp are homies

Also, managed to get my wacky setup all hooked up.... The max fan is running on setting 1 of 3... and it's sucking in the walls pretty well... Flip that sucker to 3 and the walls flex in like 6 inches ... I think I will use setting 2 on hot days... Man I love 6 inch ducting, much better temps. Not to mention I think the new, nice hood makes a huge difference in air flow.

Looks pretty sweet to me!

Are you in soil? PH isn't too important anyway as the soil itself acts as a buffer so it doesn't mess the plants up, I've never PH'd for soil or passive hydro and still done good (imo)

Yep I'm in soil... But my plants won't survive on non Ph'd water..

If I kept up the 7.8 water my plants would start looking super deficient in about a month.. Nute lockout! Happened to my first grow that i didnt ph.. They LOVE phd water lol I can just tell they get extra perky .