600w Closet DINAFEM POWER KUSH

[jondamon]

Hi there everyone

Thanks for stopping in on this new thread that i am writing. I have been asked by a few people now to create a new thread on my latest grow showing what i am doing.

Here are some of the specifics.

Lighting
600w Sunmaster Dual Spectrum lamp
600w Lumatek Digital Dimmable ballast with Super Lumens switch
Sun Systems BlockBuster 6" Aircooled reflector
6" Insulated ducting
RVK150L1 660m3h/400CFM fan for lighting system
SMS Single Fan speed controller

Extraction and scrubbing
Prima Klima 350m3h Carbon Filter
RVK125A1 280m3h
5" Aluminium Ducting

Growing System
WILMA 4
11L pots
Blue Flood Stakes
1x1 Rockwool cubes
3x3 Rockwool cubes
Hydroton Clay pebbles

Nutrients and additives
Canna Aqua Vega 2part
Canna Aqua Flores 2part
CannaZym
Canna Rhizotonic
Canna Boost
Canna PK1314
Canna Aktrivator
Mycorrhizae Fungi
Growth Technology Liquid Silicon
Growth Technology Clonex
Growth Technology pH+/-
Superthrive
GHE Ripen

Pest control and protection
Neem Repel
Pest Off
Conserver Naturalyt (spinosad)
Hot shots No Pest Strips
Pyrethryn Bombs
Sticky Traps

Others
Oscilating Fans
Temp/Humidity Gauges
Timers
Contactor
BlueLab EC truncheon
Hanna Checker1 pH meter
AirPump
3" ring airstone
Diamond Reflective film
Soffit vents
Vents for my Felting inside my attic (these are to stop condensation/Mould issues further down the line)

Seeds and strain
DINAFEM POWER KUSH
This strain is an Afghani x Skunk #1, that has been around for many years. I have chosen DINAFEM as they seem to get really good reviews and advertising in SOFT SECRETS, The newspaper for smokers and growers.



So firstly i would like to show you my room and how it is all setup.





J

 

[jondamon]

OK so now onto some of the plants


I presoaked 4 of my 5 seeds in some plain tap water allowed to sit for 24hours with a few drops of superthrive in it. I soaked the seeds for approx 6hours. I then placed them into the 1x1 rockwool starter cubes which i pH'd to 5.5 with an EC0.8 of canna aqua vega with again more superthrive. I added some Mycorrhizae fungi into the planting hole and placed my seeds in the hole. Squeezed together the rockwool to cover the seeds and put them under a small 24w T5HO until they popped. This took 3 days to have them all above the surface of the rockwool.

Once the roots were showing out the 1x1 which took a couple of days i then presoaked the 3x3's put a pinch of mycorrhizae in the hole and placed the 1x1's into the 3x3's and continued to veg them under my 200w.

This is the result of 3 weeks veg under a 200w CFL.

Pic1 was taken just before putting them into the WILMA system. Roots had fully filled the Rockwool blocks.

You can see Canopy temps and Res pH in the pics also along with a full pic of the whole room. This was on sunday of this week.





J

 

[jondamon]

OK So

On to monday of this week. I topped all the plants labeling each one so i knew which clone was which plant and turned my timer to 12/12, NOw some of you maybe thinking hang on a minute there J!!!! You topped the plants and flipped them straight to 12/12, Shouldnt you have waited slightly to allow them to recover from the stress of the topping? And to this my answer would be YES if anyone were to ask me what to do i would tell them the same. Top wait around 5days for recovery and then switch, But those of you that know me by now also know that i like to experiment, My thoughts behind doing this were that the plants would normally be stretching for 2weeks after switching, So if i give them a little stress to make them have to recover during the stretch then this should hopefully reduce how much they stretch due to them putting their energy into repair.

Now this has worked to an extent as you can see all the plants are not really stretching, YET! and today i have found some female pistels coming from some of the bracts and thats after only 5days of 12/12.


Currently i am still using AQUA Vega at an EC1.2 and the res is not altering from that EC. Regardless of how much of the res i have to top up.

I am topping up with approx 10litres of new mixture every 3-4days. The plants are being fed for 15mins every 2.5hours during lights on with 2 feeds during the 12hour dark period.


Enjoy the pics.



J

 

[jondamon]

Forgot to mention that the above pictures were taken yesterday at day 4 of 12/12.


The plant in question with the pistles showing is the front right plant on the last pic.


J

 

[kevin murphy]

looking sweet lad..rep...ill be following.im super subbed...

 

[jzs147]

like the setup wish we could get those wilma setups in australia

 

[Beansly]

Thanks for starting the thread man Jo. You know I'm here for the ride. Your plants look happy as all hell.

 

[BigStalk]

Looks like I pulled up just in time!

 

[jondamon]

Thanks guys.

Im going to be doing an update tomorrow evening UK time 9pm ish. I shall be cleaning up the bottoms of the plants, just thinning out a little as they are really bushing out in this WILMA system. Unbelievable the growth these plants are putting out. 3 out of 4 are now showing pistles,

I have also had to up the feeding times to cope with the extra Growth spurts. Now currently being fed for 15mins every 1.5 hours still at a stable EC1.2 still with the AQUA VEGA nutes at this point.

These are not growing UP but OUT the spread of light from the blockbuster is that good and with it situated around 10" at present above the canopy the plants seem to be reaching out to fill the reflectors footprint rather than stretching. I shall take pictures before and after i have done the work tomorrow.




J

 

[jondamon]

OK so its day 6 of 12/12 here and today i have cleaned up the bottoms of the plants to allow a better airflow underneath the canopy and to keep it more even up top.


also in the pics is a closeup of the pistils showing. Still waiting for 1 to still show but it shouldnt be long. The bracts have already started to form just waiting now for the hairs.


Anyway hope ya'll enjoy the pics.





J

 

[kevin murphy]

very nice lad very nice setup aswell rep to you thanks for the heads up lad rep...my update on page 1 back from the last there a week ish old in the ground

 

[jondamon]

very nice lad very nice setup aswell rep to you thanks for the heads up lad rep...my update on page 1 back from the last there a week ish old in the ground

Cheers Kev

Im pretty impressed by my setup everytime i go in there. When the oscilating fan blows across my face and i feel the cool breeze from it as the room isnt over heating its just amazing.


But then as i have said before research and planning was the key to my design and implementation of my setup.




J

 

[jondamon]

Hey Folks

Well its day 9 of 12/12 here and its now time to dump my Res with the CANNA AQUA VEGA and change to the FLORES with BOOST added in.

As you can see all the plants are doing really well. Still being fed every 1.5hours for 15mins. EC currently 1.3 with the flores and pH 5.83.

During my 9 days using the wilma system at an EC1.2 the most the res had risen in those 9days was EC1.4 so i was just topping up with 1.2 each time, The pH buffering of the CANNA AQUA range is phenominal! I started with pH 5.87 and the most it fluctuated was down to 5.66 when the EC climbed to 1.4 other than when the EC changes the pH doesnt swing at all!


Also some pictures of all the tops that i took off on monday last week. They have rooted in 9 days. Temps have been around 27C and the RH up high 92% to begin with dropping to 80% now currently at 70% as i am hardening them off so that they can go to my mother grower. My Mother grower is going to wait until i finish my crop to see which of the 4 performs the best. I think it is between the 2 to the right hand side of the wilma front right and back right. They Veg'd great put out big fat fans, Node spacing is tight and compact, They showed sex first and are developing quicker than the other 2. I am hopefully for the other 2 however and i may be proved wrong. They just dont look as strong though in my opinion.

Also so you can see the 600w is virtually on top of these girls and they are loving it. I plan in the last few weeks to knock down my 600w to 400w to finish the plants off as this can help them to ripen a little quicker.


Anyway hope you all enjoy the pics.



J

 

[scunkworm]

Thats one helllllllllll of a set up, fair play fella you know how to set a room up dont you LOL

 

[jondamon]

Thats one helllllllllll of a set up, fair play fella you know how to set a room up dont you LOL

thnx and yes i do know how to setup a room lol. Only because i read though ...




J

 

[jondamon]

Hey Everyone

Well lots of change here at my new closet.

As you can see from the pics the plants are developing really really well. Its day 11 of 12/12 and look at the bud development!

Have tried to show everyone how close my blockbuster is to the canopy. It is only the distance of the width of my hand away from the tallest plant.

As you can see plants are not really stretching up to much, so up to now my plan of topping and switching to 12/12 seems to have reduced stretch ALOT! I doubt they have finished stretching yet though so more height might be on the cards.

Have also included some canopy shots and a canopy temperature shot.


Currently i am using the following nutrients and additives in my res.

Canna Aqua Flores at an EC1.2
Canna Boost 60ml (2ml per litre)
Cannazym 75ml (2.5ml per litre)
Canna Rhizotonic 15ml (0.5ml per litre)

I have now had to step up the feeding times once again. Before the plants were being fed for 15mins every 1.5hours. I have now up'd this to 15mins every 1.25 hours.

When i performed my res change i mixed up nutes to an EC1.3, the res has dropped in 24hours to EC1.2 and is holding steady again.




Enjoy the pics.




J


P.s Feel free to chime in everyone

 

[jondamon]

Hey everyone

Firstly before i get onto the plants i just wanted to say something about using hydro. When i first started this thread i didnt think i was going to have enough time to update it like RIU deserves every journal to be, however after using a hydro system now for 2 weeks i have found that i have been able to do alot more than when i was hand watering in coco. I spend minutes in my room when i go there now. Quick EC and pH test, Res level check, quick plant check, High's and Lows Temp and RH then a few pics for everyone here and out. The most time i spend is on RES CHANGE day. This takes a little more time. I ready my nutes around 2hours before i plan to do a change and pH them to 5.8 or nearly there. Then i have to hand pump my res water out into a bucket and take this to the bathroom to dispose of, then its a quick fill with the new nutes, turn back on all the equipment for the res and run the system for around 30 mins before turning it back onto its timer. Total time spent around 1hour 30mins. ONTO THE PLANTS.

Today is day 13 of 12/12 of the DINAFEM POWER KUSH quartet.

As you can see there is definately 2 clear phenotypes here with these 4.

Res EC currently holding steady at 1.2 with pH 5.80. Again pH has been completely stable.

Tomorrow is time for a res change where i will be adding my CANNA PK13/14, i plan on using the PK initially for 1 week and i will see how the plants react. IF i feel they could use another week of PK then i will run the PK for a second week. After the PK week/weeks i will be starting to add the liquid silicon. With this liquid silicon it says on the bottle an application rate of 1ml/1litre, I shall NOT be using it at this level to begin with. As this is my first run with hydro i will probably only start with around a 1/4 of this. SO for my 30litre res i shall be using 7.5ml of liquid silicon.


As you can see from the pics buds are really starting to form now. Still a little bit of stretch going on but i expected that changing to the flores which has a lower N value than the Vega.


Hope you all enjoy the update.


Oh almost forgot. The Room is still running perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





J

 

[jondamon]

Hey folks

Yesterday was RES change day.

Here is what i did yesterday. I checked my EC of my res before emptying the left overs. It was 1.1 so it has gone down 0.1EC, so i took this into consideration and mixed my nutes at the normal EC1.2 and added my CANNA PK1314 at 1.5ml per litre. This took my EC up to EC1.5. I pH'd my nutes to pH5.80 again then dumped the left overs of my res and filled with the new nute mix.

I have tried to include some varied pics of the plants, including roots coming out of the bottom of the pots.

There are also some pics of me trying to show the distance between my hood and the tops of the plants.


Hope you all enjoy the pics.


Any questions or thoughts please ask away.



J

 

[jondamon]

Hey folks

Well need i say more.

Day 18 of 12/12

Current Res readings are

EC1.4
pH5.77

After the Res change on Monday i have since added around 8litres of EC1.5 to the Res to top it up. I have also increased feeding times to 15mins every hour on the hour. So the timer clicks on for 15 mins then it is off for 45 mins, i still have it feeding 3 times during the dark cycle.


the one thing i have noticed is that since the transition to flowering these plants have shot up. I think next time when i run with the WILMA i shall keep on my VEG formula for a good 3 weeks possibly more to keep stretch to a real minimum.

Enjoy the PIcs folks



J

 

[farmersmurf]

There just reaching for the light. probably jumped from 24,20,18, too fast. also strain dependent too. IMO.. -out