Shweedies in a soil bed

I'm two weeks into flower with a Sour Jack grow. There is a single plant in a soil bed 2.5ftx2.5ft. It is all recycled organic living soil in its 3rd round of no till. I don't have a great schedule with my plants instead I just try to do what I can when I can. My specialty treatments are as follows: neem/aloe/potassium silicate foliars, compost teas, SST, Homegrown worm castings and compost. I hope you like it

I like it a lot, what light you under?

DonBrennon said:

I like it a lot, what light you under?

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Hahaha.......ooooppps..........just read the thread tags..........Mars Hydro LED

DonBrennon said:

Hahaha.......ooooppps..........just read the thread tags..........Mars Hydro LED

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Yeah it is a Mars Hydro 700. I think I might throw in 200w of COB LED when I finish with another panel. After this grow finishes I will be converting the Mars Hydro fixture over to COB.

weariedjuggler said:

Yeah it is a Mars Hydro 700. I think I might throw in 200w of COB LED when I finish with another panel. After this grow finishes I will be converting the Mars Hydro fixture over to COB.

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Cool man, here's my 1st attempt at a DIY COB fitting, I'm on the 1st flower run with it, pulls around 430W in total

DonBrennon said:

Cool man, here's my 1st attempt at a DIY COB fitting, I'm on the 1st flower run with it, pulls around 430W in total
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Wow man that light looks freakin professional! my first attempts look like this:

i haven't measured exactly what the panel is drawing but it is close to 200w. The chips are cxb3070's 3000k.

weariedjuggler said:

Wow man that light looks freakin professional! my first attempts look like this:
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i haven't measured exactly what the panel is drawing but it is close to 200w. The chips are cxb3070's 3000k.

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Yours actually looks more technical than mine, mine just rely's on big ass heat sinks. Mines also a bit bulky and difficult to move about safely, I think I'll be going more modular like yours in the future, although still using the big heatsinks passively

DonBrennon said:

Yours actually looks more technical than mine, mine just rely's on big ass heat sinks. Mines also a bit bulky and difficult to move about safely, I think I'll be going more modular like yours in the future, although still using the big heatsinks passively

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well whatever the skill level that panel you showed me is really well executed. I've got to figure out a better system for wire management. right now the wires are just suspended between the 4 modules. But I have made a second panel just like it so now I have 2 x 200w COB led panels. Whats more I have enough equipment purchased to put together 3 more of these 200w panels all modular. So I'll get a lot of practice

Some pictures of her undercarriage through the process. The live mulch thing is freakin lovely. I started using nettle in my worm castings and compost. Now I get it in all my soil It is fun just mowing it down when it gets too big. The worms seem to love it because every time i move aside the mulch I see baby worms wriggling around.

So the last picture I posted of the Sour Jack girl was day 15 of 12/12. This is the same picture at day 15 followed by a similar view at day 22. I'm planning on going to about 70 days.

Just some close up shots of whats happenin in the canopy.

Day 30 12/12

Day 36 12/12

day 43 of 12/12

Day 50 of 12/12 and we already have considerable amount of amber trichomes... I don't really want to harvest early because I think she can still put on some weight...but the top of the canopy is ready... do I wait an extra week to let the areas past the canopy fill in a little more?

I forgot to say yesterday that I normally take this girl to 65 or 70 days and that is why it's so strange to me to be getting amber trichomes at 50

Alright boyos tomorrow is the chop day. I've left her in all darkness for the next 24 hours and then it's hanging time

Well the pots already gone! I have too many friends and family members... unfortunately this round gave a shit ton of larf but fortunately I prefer b buds for my own joints. I got about four ouncea of bag worthy flowers and then another couple ounces of larf

Hey boyos we got another one going. 8 sunset sherbert clones in a soil bed. They are currently under a mars ii 700 in veg mode. I flipped them to 12/12 5 days ago and i will be changing the light to a 200w diy cob rig. Here are a few pictures over the last couple weeks...

More pictures of the sunset sherberts at day 11 of 12/12

The sunset sherbert are killing it