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

Day 44 from seed

Putting the screen up today, and training all the branches down... They really got big recently, hoping they will be even bigger by day 55... will flower 55-60 days in, going to veg as much as I possibly can.


edit: finally got pictures up

chillin, had no love for a while


pulling #1's branches down for the first time (got really lazy)


screened up


grow mode




full tent... notice the 400w sitting ominously above, ready to go

Day 47.

Just made some tie downs tighter, clipped and fed them..

/gal

20mL Grow Big
25mL Big Bloom
7mL Bio Weed
10mL Cal Mag

First full feeding in their big pots, didn't want to overdo before it because I know the FFOF already had some nutes in there. Should be happy now .


They definitely could use some more light at this point, but they will have to deal with the 200w they have for now. Next run I'll have a 400w MH to use for the last 2 weeks of veg.

I plan to veg for 1 more week then hit them with the 400w HPS. Going from 16,000 lumens (200w floro) to 55,000 lumens (HPS)

Amazing. +rep and ill be here to watch your girls until the end

Thanks man! I've felt sort of alone in this journal so far good to know someone will be enjoying it too!

I still keep the journal so I can see what day I did what on , and figure maybe someone will stumble upon it and learn something new!





On another note..

I'm SO excited to fill this tent out, I think it will get pretty crazy, I have at least 25 tops growing on each plant right now, and thats what I finished with on my last grow 70 days into flower. This 400w HPS is going to do so much work!


Also, I'm really happy I found an oscillating fan that fits in my tent, I'm growing the plants around it, and have this thing circulating fresh air underneath the canopy. Really makes a difference for the temperatures. Also the plants are really liking the moving air all over them, they seem a lot happier and seem like they are transpiring a little more readily and consistently.. I'm certainly a happy verde with my oscillating fan!

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I also use a 400w, this baby can pump out some serious colas, i was thinking about upgrading to a 600 though soon. Not too sure how people can achieve 1gpw with a 400, whats your average ?

I pulled 230g on a 250w HPS for flower, and 100w floro for veg --- with the same technique/feed schedule, and 2 gallon pots... For this run I'm in 5 gallon pots with a 400w

This is from day 70 on my last run... Reserva privada headband.. 70 day flower, under 250w hps after 100w floro veg. 2 plants in 2 gal pots SCROG . Also in gl60, 2x2x5.3

Sr. Verde said:

Day 47.

Just made some tie downs tighter, clipped and fed them..

/gal

20mL Grow Big
25mL Big Bloom
7mL Bio Weed
10mL Cal Mag

First full feeding in their big pots, didn't want to overdo before it because I know the FFOF already had some nutes in there. Should be happy now .


They definitely could use some more light at this point, but they will have to deal with the 200w they have for now. Next run I'll have a 400w MH to use for the last 2 weeks of veg.

I plan to veg for 1 more week then hit them with the 400w HPS. Going from 16,000 lumens (200w floro) to 55,000 lumens (HPS)

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Where do you get the netting for that scrog

I picked it up at my local hydro store... It's called "Hortitrellis" it was like $10 for 5x more than I needed .. I really should make my own net with PVC and twine but I'm too lazy and the Hortitrellis is fast/easy to set up .

Day 50.. The screen is starting to fill up with foliage, which is good as I have been doing some heavy pruning to get ready for 12/12. Some of the stragglers are coming up the middle very healthy.. Glad to be squeezing some lower branches up to the top before 12/12.. This should be fun, I hear these stretch 2x... So we will see, should be quite jungley in there I hope! They seem to be pretty healthy with the 200w despite slowed growth. The new nodes are pretty compact, just slow to grow.

Real nice job man

I really wanna do a ScroG outside but not sure if it will make a huge difference?

Defuzed said:

I really wanna do a ScroG outside but not sure if it will make a huge difference?

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You could definitely put a little screen to start your plants off, to distribute the growth more evenly so you can get more even branching and growth. But I don't think it's as important to keep your screen super even, especially towards the end of flower, because light intensity and distance is not a problem with outdoor. The idea of SCROG for indoors is to maximize your light by keeping the distance (and therefore light intensity) of the tops of branches even, which also keeps the growth even and uniform once your screen is set up with a blanket of foliage .

bombasticson said:

Real nice job man

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Thanks!






& grow note: dropped the lights from 20/4 to 18/6.. Tomorrow will go to 15/9.. See how they are doing, then next day reduce to 12/12.. I will keep the floro on for the first 2 days of 12/12 in an effort to minimize stretch with light changes.

Day 54 from sprout.. Lights running 15/9 tonight, then first day of 12/12 tomorrow.

Did a lot of trimming, mainly of fan leaves that were going to be in the shade in 2 weeks anyway.. I wanted to get this aggressive trim in before I go 12/12, the foliage should grow back in very fast to fill in the screen.

Anyway.. This tent should be really nice in about 3 weeks, and even better in 7 . I've got a lot of overhead which is very nice too, so we can just let them go .

"Looks nice, but could be better."


"There we go."

vedy niiiiice vedy niiiice. =) ive got a couple Purple Pineapples goin. (BlackWater x Pineapple Express) compliments of someguy... lol. <----- sounds funny sayin "some guy" but yeaaa theyre lookin great so far. hopin for a PE dom. pheno.

love the look of this grow. im subbed for sure!

Thanks for the +sub! I'm pumped to drop this 400w HPS in on Sunday! They are going to explodeeeeee!

are these the only plants you got goin on right now?? if so. you should keep ur current light goin along with the 400 Watt HPS.. add sum extra lumens.. i love running mixed spectrums.. and its good to run 5500K - 6500K bulbs the last 1-2 weeks of flowering. it really increases the resin production. =) cant wait to see this grow in about 4 weeks... with all the nice tops.. =)

Thats a clone right?

chb444220 said:

are these the only plants you got goin on right now?? if so. you should keep ur current light goin along with the 400 Watt HPS.. add sum extra lumens.. i love running mixed spectrums.. and its good to run 5500K - 6500K bulbs the last 1-2 weeks of flowering. it really increases the resin production. =) cant wait to see this grow in about 4 weeks... with all the nice tops.. =)

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Yeah they are, just running my personal crop for my own medication.. I'm already running out of sour kush!

And I would keep the two t5's in there if I had the space, but I don't. Once these things blow up the only room will be overhead, and the 6 inch hood with the HPS takes up 90% of the overhead, only letting me dangle stuff underneath, which in turn blocks the HPS light from getting to the canopy..

It was pretty tough rigging the 4 ropes for the floros in there with the 6 inch hood + 6in ducting + 6 inline fan + carbon filter as it was..



My only option would be to mount single bulbs on the poles for the tent, which I've seen people do - but I have no interest in making things more hot or complicated this run . It's summer and the temp outside is crazy!

bombasticson said:

Thats a clone right?

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Nope, from seed..

(from day 8 )

Grow verde grow!