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MY LITTLE SOG GOES 1000W
- Thread starter High Country
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reefa cheefa
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lookin good mate
dank.frank
JamieShoes
*mistress*
reefa cheefa
Cheers, lot's more to come.
JamieShoes
*mistress*
reefa cheefa
Cheers, lot's more to come.
Three days into 18/6 and the plants are growing, time to top them.
Just for a laugh I tried the FIM technique. I've never done this before so should be interesting to see what happens. I did the same to the new mums.
AFTER THE FIM
NEW COLAS DEVELOPING
I will probably flip to 12/12 on day 7 of veg, I'll just let the new colas develop for a while.
No return of spider mites yet and the clones seem to be making a reasonable recovery since they were taken from mite infected mums.
The new 1000W lamp is performing well, no problems with the temps. The lamp is about 24" from the tops of the clones.
Just for a laugh I tried the FIM technique. I've never done this before so should be interesting to see what happens. I did the same to the new mums.
AFTER THE FIM
NEW COLAS DEVELOPING
I will probably flip to 12/12 on day 7 of veg, I'll just let the new colas develop for a while.
No return of spider mites yet and the clones seem to be making a reasonable recovery since they were taken from mite infected mums.
The new 1000W lamp is performing well, no problems with the temps. The lamp is about 24" from the tops of the clones.
I just lost power for 3 hours. The wood fire was burning so I was still warm.
At least I didn't have to deal with a hot re-start of the lamp. Everything is now back up and running.
At least I didn't have to deal with a hot re-start of the lamp. Everything is now back up and running.
G'day Afro, one day I would like to try a tall lanky sativa. Not sure how that would go in a SOG style grow.
I like the indica dominant strain I have because it clones easily, stays short and is a nice laid back smoke, quite relaxing at the end of the day.
The 1000W lamp is firing, maybe the extra lumens would be good for a stretchy sativa if I put the clones straight onto 12/12.
I will probably flip this current run on to 12/12 in 3 days. Multiple cola sites now forming, quite different to the normal single cola style SOG.
More to come, stay safe in the land of the long white cloud.
I'll do a proper measurement on the change over to 12/12. I think the res is about a 100 litre tub, the pump is a 24V thing, quite small but more than adequate.\
Have back up pumps cos I am very remote.
I'll take some res pics tomorrow. Main thing is get the ebb/flow fittings in the tray right. When you harvest be careful roots in the vicinity of the drain don't entangle and rip it out when you take out the root mass.
Feeding, I start clones on 1.5 EC and increase .1 EC each week.
Pretty high but works for me.
Squiggles, these are the basics of the res set up.
TRAY AND SOG
BENEATH TRAY 13 MM POLY PIPE INLET, 19 MM DRAIN HOSE
RES. IT NEEDS A TOP UP, THE GIRLS ARE DRINKING HEAVILY
The inlet pipe to the tray is connected to a 24V Waterwerks 1000 litre per hour pump, more than enough. A water heater is in the res set at 24C or 75F. I also have two air stones in it, keeps them oxygenated and the nutes well mixed.
I flood 15 minutes every 3 hours. In veg mode I don't flood during lights off. However on the 12/12 flowering cycle I will flood once during lights off.
Hope this helps.
TRAY AND SOG
BENEATH TRAY 13 MM POLY PIPE INLET, 19 MM DRAIN HOSE
RES. IT NEEDS A TOP UP, THE GIRLS ARE DRINKING HEAVILY
The inlet pipe to the tray is connected to a 24V Waterwerks 1000 litre per hour pump, more than enough. A water heater is in the res set at 24C or 75F. I also have two air stones in it, keeps them oxygenated and the nutes well mixed.
I flood 15 minutes every 3 hours. In veg mode I don't flood during lights off. However on the 12/12 flowering cycle I will flood once during lights off.
Hope this helps.
One more thing I just top up the res manually, don't want to over complicate things and gives me a chance to check the girls and EC level. I change the res every two weeks.
IT APPEARS THE FIM, "FUCK I MISSED" METHOD OF PRUNING WORKED. MULTIPLE COLAS DEVELOPING
haha sweet high country! i love the FIM too my mate just did his clones and they're all unleashing 4 tops out of the initial growing top! will just require a more extensive veg time to get the most out of the 4 tops. thanks for sharing about your set up too by the by, good info. hope you have a sweet weekend mate!
darwin
darwin
onefiftyfour
Member
how much N you feeding? they look bizarre
I don't know what the N is. Pretty much standard hydro nutes, I'll have to read the label one day.
This strain does develop leaf curl no matter what the medium, hydro-soil. The nutrient regime makes no difference to this characteristic either
THE FLIP, 12/12
THE FLIP, 12/12
Let's get these girls flowering! Pre flowers will start to form quickly with this strain. Multiple cola sites from the FIM. I'm letting the lateral growth stay if it remains close to the main stem.
DAY 1, 12/12
Bloom nutes are in, EC 1.5, lamp on 12/12, flood once every 3 hours and once in the middle of light off.
Lamp has been lowered 6", temps stable.
Mother plants are developing nicely for the next clone run in 3-4 weeks.
THE FLIP, 12/12
Let's get these girls flowering! Pre flowers will start to form quickly with this strain. Multiple cola sites from the FIM. I'm letting the lateral growth stay if it remains close to the main stem.
DAY 1, 12/12
Bloom nutes are in, EC 1.5, lamp on 12/12, flood once every 3 hours and once in the middle of light off.
Lamp has been lowered 6", temps stable.
Mother plants are developing nicely for the next clone run in 3-4 weeks.
sweet stuff! how many weeks you think you'll flower these ones for i think i remember you wanting to play with harvest time between 6, 7, 8 weeks. also sorry if you've already mentioned this somewhere mate, but do you know much about your strain or was it grown from bag seed? looks really bushy and unique!
darwin
darwin
Hey darwin how's it going? I'll try for 7-8 weeks with this lot and see if 1000W makes a difference.
My strain began about 8 years ago. Bagseed. From the seed within I germinated about 10 and found a mix of sativa indica types.
I cloned both and grew them out. The sativa and the indica had the same licorice smell. At that time I decided to keep the indica and kept the clones I previously worked out were girls, now mums.
I miss the sativa pheno, fuck all yield but good sativa high.
