smartsoverambition
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mos def tuned in
My first grow! Updated daily. 400 watt Ebb and Flow - White Berry
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mared juwan
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Doog, this is really shaping up into a kickass grow. The time spent growing mothers for clones instead of going straight to flower is going to pay off big.
Kellie420, how goes it? The new skin for this forum has a glitch. The rep icon doesn't show up. You have to go to your user cp options and change the skin. It seems every skin except this default new one has the rep system working. There's a couple threads about this problem. Seems the new skin messed up the time stamps too.
Kellie420, how goes it? The new skin for this forum has a glitch. The rep icon doesn't show up. You have to go to your user cp options and change the skin. It seems every skin except this default new one has the rep system working. There's a couple threads about this problem. Seems the new skin messed up the time stamps too.
trapper
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hey man get rid of that tent i have the same one by the looks of it,i got to page 22 and all i noticed were the common signs of off gassing by the tent,maybe you changed it but i had no time to finish reading,you will find that if you still have the tent it gets worse over time,looked like mag def and iron,but it was allways the tent if it has a paper in the box made in china take it back.good luck man.
Ready2Inhale
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great grow...went thru from start to present & am impressed...scribed
doogleef
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Thanks Kellie... It's been a lot of work to this point but I am on the downhill side of the setup stages so it's all good from here.
Thanks for the interest, smarts. It's just about flower time.
Yep yep, MJ. By my count I have less than 60 days to independence from street prices.
Hi trapper. I considered that by my tent is not sealed so any gases that are given off would have to be in VERY high numbers to cause a problem. I researched the offgassing issue and it seemed much more of an issue when using sealed unit with AC and CO2. At any rate I corrected the problem with appropriate nutrition.
Thanks for looking out though, I appreciate it
Thanks for reading, R2I. It's been a long odd road to this point
Good things to come....
trapper
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the first 3 months i never had major problems but all my seeds looked like nute problems but i never gave them nutes,then in the 4th month the plants got worse and worse,by the 5th month i could put clones in and they were dead in a week,also the first batch i flowered i got a 3rd of what i got the prevous years with out the tent,but i will say some strains were tougher then some but i too had 2 sides of the tent open i had the 6foot by 6 foot and i still had off gassing,and yours looks to be the exact same,also mine was not as bad when temps were around 70-75 after that it was lights out for them the heat quickly added to release of gas,but like i said my first batch in the tent wasnt to bad but still a 3rd of harvest after that everything was dieing and quick,all i can think of was after i washed the tent after the first one whatever they used to prevent it was gone,i figured they put some shit on to give it a chance or go passed warranty i dont know but all the ones made in china are made at one plant and the ones witth white plastic are ALL KILLERS>
doogleef
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Made a couple of adjustments ... I had one side of my tub elevated a little to help draining, well this (obviuosly) gave me an uneven water line and I had a couple on the high side droop from lack of water. I watered them from the top and they came back and the table is flat again. Hopefully there is enough medium in the bottom of the table to keep the standing water soaked up. We will see. I can dial back the watering frequency (currently every 3 hours during 18 hour light cycle). Dropped the light to 14-16". Switching to 12/12 tomorrow.
Pics later .....
Pics later .....
Ready2Inhale
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has to feel good switching to 12/12...how long did you veg your white berry mothers when you started taking clones? my white berry is about 4-5" & has been vegging for 30 days from popping soil...i dont know when she will be ready to flower...should i give her another 2 weeks or what?
doogleef
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Hell yea, I'm so happy to finally be here.
I waited until they were showing preflowers. 4-5 weeks is normally when they begin to appear. Once your seedlings have a few nodes of growth I would remove 1 fan leaf from each node in a staircase pattern to promote shoots of new growth. As I learned the hard way you must have at least 2 nodes on any growth you want to clone. Good luck!
I waited until they were showing preflowers. 4-5 weeks is normally when they begin to appear. Once your seedlings have a few nodes of growth I would remove 1 fan leaf from each node in a staircase pattern to promote shoots of new growth. As I learned the hard way you must have at least 2 nodes on any growth you want to clone. Good luck!
Ready2Inhale
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please explain the staircase scheme...
Saint DRo587
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doog!! mad props so far on your first grow, i cant wait to see some buds now.
doogleef
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Sure ... Your plants grow up adding on 1 set of fan leaves per node for the first few weeks. You can remove 1 leaf from each node alternating sides as you go up. For example you would remove the bottom left leaf, then on the next node up you take the one on the right, and continue to the top. This will force side branching.
Of course, so will topping them, or several other methods of pruning. If you are going to flower right away then I would FIM them and wait about a week for the new tops to form.
What lights are you using for Veg? Showing any preflowers yet?
Next time I start from seed for a clone mother I will just top them after about the 4-5 node and let the tops come up from there. My moms have 8" of new growth on 3 or 4 top shoots each in the last 2 weeks after I topped them taking my clones.
Hey up2. Good to see you. Thanks for stopping in.
Me 2. lol.
soon .... Hi Saint Dro. Thanks for the kind words. Friend request accepted. Cheers!
Uploading pics for update now ...
doogleef
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Day 1 Flower 
Light - 10" from tops
Flower nuts - 1025ppm - 5.8PH
Moms got PH'd water
Everyone looks happy in the tray today. Made a couple more minor adjustments as I had a couple of clones that got a little dry so I lowered them in their respective pots and gave them a little top feed. I also discovered that the 7 min cycle I was using was not quite filling the table to the overflow so I bumped it up to 10 min.
My moms are a but stressed from the move to Fluros but the new growth they are putting on is very lush green compared to the older stuff. The daylight spectrum makes a difference. Thinner stems and greener growth so far. I have enough shoots on my mother plants to fill 2 trays of clones. lol. I will do some cutting soon.
PICS!
Flower table
Moms from above
Side shot
Light - 10" from tops
Flower nuts - 1025ppm - 5.8PH
Moms got PH'd water
Everyone looks happy in the tray today. Made a couple more minor adjustments as I had a couple of clones that got a little dry so I lowered them in their respective pots and gave them a little top feed. I also discovered that the 7 min cycle I was using was not quite filling the table to the overflow so I bumped it up to 10 min.
My moms are a but stressed from the move to Fluros but the new growth they are putting on is very lush green compared to the older stuff. The daylight spectrum makes a difference. Thinner stems and greener growth so far. I have enough shoots on my mother plants to fill 2 trays of clones. lol. I will do some cutting soon.
PICS!
Flower table
Moms from above
Side shot