ganjalfthegreen
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Awesome thanks for the info! Headed to wallyworld now lol
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BCN Diesel grow along
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oldergrower
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Chopped
Chopped
So I took the ladies at 70 days of flower. Leaves started to turn purple for the first time for this strain. Don't know if it was the nutrients or other changes made to my room or environmental but have run this strain for a few years in cold weather and it has never happened before. Probably Aerokrafters nutrient regieme.
I highly recommend this strain for beginners. Even though it is not a high yielding strain the quality of this strain is very good. The smell is totally outrageous, odor control is a must. The plants are very easy to grow and if abused will bounce right back. I have at times totally neglected the mothers and just strip everything but a few green leaves and before long, shazam, it takes off. They clone easily but take approx 3 weeks in rockwool to have roots exploding out of the cube.
My best ever for this strain has been 25 oz's untopped under my 1k and I may be close to that with these topped plants, will know after drying.
The plants have the most resin I have ever seen from this strain. Had to clean scissors every third plant or so while trimming. Smell is outstanding, it reeks of fuel.
Pictures are worth a thousand words so here they are.
Chopped
So I took the ladies at 70 days of flower. Leaves started to turn purple for the first time for this strain. Don't know if it was the nutrients or other changes made to my room or environmental but have run this strain for a few years in cold weather and it has never happened before. Probably Aerokrafters nutrient regieme.
I highly recommend this strain for beginners. Even though it is not a high yielding strain the quality of this strain is very good. The smell is totally outrageous, odor control is a must. The plants are very easy to grow and if abused will bounce right back. I have at times totally neglected the mothers and just strip everything but a few green leaves and before long, shazam, it takes off. They clone easily but take approx 3 weeks in rockwool to have roots exploding out of the cube.
My best ever for this strain has been 25 oz's untopped under my 1k and I may be close to that with these topped plants, will know after drying.
The plants have the most resin I have ever seen from this strain. Had to clean scissors every third plant or so while trimming. Smell is outstanding, it reeks of fuel.
Pictures are worth a thousand words so here they are.
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ganjalfthegreen
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Hey again,
Cant wait to see the numbers, just wanted to ask about the drains (again) and the screen....
For the drains, can you suggest any changes to keep them from plugging up with roots? My thru hull anchors are 3/4" btw, and i know that Im going to run into issues with this guarenteed. I saw a fella with an aero system setup for a remote res which was in the next room, he had holes in the bottom of square fence posts which drained into a 2" or so PVC pipe that was run along the entire front of the unit and on a slight angle thru the wall and into the res. Im sure you have probally seen this as well. I may go that route still..
As for the screen, judging from the hight it was more of a spread/skeletal support scrog ya? Having lost half of my seedlings Im going to have to stray from the original plan and top twice and install a screen roughly 6-10" from the netpot top, can you see and issue with this? Im down to 22 seedlings, FMS white widow x big, just dropped 4 other assorted kush fem seeds and they are just popping thru the RW cubes now... THis sound ok or do you have any alternate suggestions/?
thanks again man
Cant wait to see the numbers, just wanted to ask about the drains (again) and the screen....
For the drains, can you suggest any changes to keep them from plugging up with roots? My thru hull anchors are 3/4" btw, and i know that Im going to run into issues with this guarenteed. I saw a fella with an aero system setup for a remote res which was in the next room, he had holes in the bottom of square fence posts which drained into a 2" or so PVC pipe that was run along the entire front of the unit and on a slight angle thru the wall and into the res. Im sure you have probally seen this as well. I may go that route still..
As for the screen, judging from the hight it was more of a spread/skeletal support scrog ya? Having lost half of my seedlings Im going to have to stray from the original plan and top twice and install a screen roughly 6-10" from the netpot top, can you see and issue with this? Im down to 22 seedlings, FMS white widow x big, just dropped 4 other assorted kush fem seeds and they are just popping thru the RW cubes now... THis sound ok or do you have any alternate suggestions/?
thanks again man
oldergrower
Member
Drains
Drains
Ganga, yes I am always fighting clogs in the 3/4 inch hull fittings. I used to use 3/4" tubing and I did almost as described with 2" pvc tubing mounted up to the thru hull fittings
and used bungee straps to hold in place (used hole saw to cut 1 1/4" holes) but they still tend to clog. Just keep watch of the drain holes and either pull roots back up and out
of them as needed. You could also cut the taper part of the thru hull fitting off if you use the pipe or gutter and may help some but roots really take off in this system.
Drains
Ganga, yes I am always fighting clogs in the 3/4 inch hull fittings. I used to use 3/4" tubing and I did almost as described with 2" pvc tubing mounted up to the thru hull fittings
and used bungee straps to hold in place (used hole saw to cut 1 1/4" holes) but they still tend to clog. Just keep watch of the drain holes and either pull roots back up and out
of them as needed. You could also cut the taper part of the thru hull fitting off if you use the pipe or gutter and may help some but roots really take off in this system.
oldergrower
Member
Screen
Screen
Ganga, about the screen my first screen is at 16". I have another 10" above that but did not need it this run. My diesel has thick stems and the screens act as a spreader more than anything else
but with other strains I have used them to bend tops and secure them to it if they get to tall. The screen I use is 2x4 garden wire screen with the 2" pieces cut out so really 4x4.
Don't see any problem with lower screen but if you have more head room you may want them higher.
Screen
Ganga, about the screen my first screen is at 16". I have another 10" above that but did not need it this run. My diesel has thick stems and the screens act as a spreader more than anything else
but with other strains I have used them to bend tops and secure them to it if they get to tall. The screen I use is 2x4 garden wire screen with the 2" pieces cut out so really 4x4.
Don't see any problem with lower screen but if you have more head room you may want them higher.
Dark Helmet
Active member
OG mate loved the grow from start to finish, cant wait to see the final numbers you think u will be close to ur best?? hope to see another grow from u mate ill be the first in the seat watching..
DH
DH
oldergrower
Member
The final tally
The final tally
So this run was better than I thought. Dry ended up with 27.5 oz's.
With a little longer veg and more height could probably hit 2 lbs with
this strain. Most plants were less than 26 inches tall.
One of my elves is doing a smoke report for me because i have the head rot and not tasting/smelling much at the moment.
The high from this strain is very up with very little body buz. High is near instanenous. Last approx 2 hours. Smooth with no cough.
The next run is coming. It consists of
Weedbeat - resin candy
Ogr - Wifi
Rp - og#18
The final tally
So this run was better than I thought. Dry ended up with 27.5 oz's.
With a little longer veg and more height could probably hit 2 lbs with
this strain. Most plants were less than 26 inches tall.
One of my elves is doing a smoke report for me because i have the head rot and not tasting/smelling much at the moment.
The high from this strain is very up with very little body buz. High is near instanenous. Last approx 2 hours. Smooth with no cough.
The next run is coming. It consists of
Weedbeat - resin candy
Ogr - Wifi
Rp - og#18
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Nice grow pics in your album! How many watts and what was the sq/ft needed to pull 27.5 oz?
So this run was better than I thought. Dry ended up with 27.5 oz's.
With a little longer veg and more height could probably hit 2 lbs with
this strain. Most plants were less than 26 inches tall.
One of my elves is doing a smoke report for me because i have the head rot and not tasting/smelling much at the moment.
The high from this strain is very up with very little body buz. High is near instanenous. Last approx 2 hours. Smooth with no cough.
The next run is coming. It consists of
Weedbeat - resin candy
Ogr - Wifi
Rp - og#18
oldergrower
Member
Med, area is approx 22 sq ft and I used 1000 watts hps in flower. I know not 1 gpw but will keep trying for the magic number.
