4 x 600 watt round 2

[Kilbud]

Cages are up & Bud shots

Cages are up & Bud shots

Good morning all,

Got up early to get work done in the room. The tomatoe cages are up on all the new plants in flower. Besides making it easier to support the big buds in bloom I'm able to tie the plants at the very base and have them grow straight.

Tomatoe cages





I spent another hour sealing the room. It's a good thing duct tape isn't very expensive.

It's now 3 days on CO2 and the plants are loving it. The bud already seem to be fattening up.

Here's some more bud shots.

















The room is pretty much on cruise control now , but there's still a question I'm wondering about concerning CO2 and room temp. I've got my AC unit set to 80 degrees and I'm using 2 temperature sensors in the room. There's one sensor built into the AC remote which is the trigger for the AC. This is mounted about 4' high on the wall next to the door and I have the probe from my Radio Shack guage sitting in the base of the new plants. The AC sensor is reading 80 and the probe is reading 86-87 degrees.

It doesn't feel hot in the room the can filter with the max 10 is circulating a lot of air. My hoods are ice cold with the 8" Vortex pulling air through them. I'm going to buy a speedster and slow down the Vortex fan because I hear vibration noise outside from the Vortex. Hopefully I can slow it up 20-40% to reduce vibration and maintain cooling on the hoods.

Should I worry about the temperature in the room?

In my readings on the forum they talk about the temperature setting for a sealed CO2 room to be around 85 degrees.

Peace All, KB

 

[Kilbud]

New Breed Madela Sotari moved to Veg

New Breed Madela Sotari moved to Veg

Lights just went on in my veg area. Here's my Sotari babies just moved over to veg yesterday. The 2 other plants there are my skunk #1 moms to be. They will be planted in soil today if I have time. I will move the lights to 24 hrs as soon as I move the skunks.










Peace all, KB

 

[Kilbud]

Another day another issue PPM3

Another day another issue PPM3

Hi All,

Yesterday I planted my 2 skunk#1 mothers in soil and no issue on the transition from hydro to soil.

Last night my PPM 3 locked up and when I woke up the display showed 9999. I will call CAP today. When I used it with a reg1 and co2 tank it locked on 1450 and drained my co2 tank. Has anyone else had issues with the PPM3.

The babies moved to flower are growing about an inch a day and are now up to 18" tall. I' hoping for a stretch to about 36".

I'm using up my AN nutes on the veg station. One major problem I have with the AN nutes is a major PH upswing. I adjusted my PH last night at 10:30 to 5.6 and when I got up this morning the PH was 6.15. The GH 3 part I'm using in bloom with Botanicare and AN supps has a .15 upswing a day.

Here's some pics:

Sotari babies


Moms, Storage & res area


2 res's and controllers for flower room


5 Days in flower.




Bud shots day 52

 

[Kilbud]

Almost Harvest Time! Your Thoughts

Almost Harvest Time! Your Thoughts

Hi All,

I think it's almost harvest time. Being a newbie I'm not sure of specifics so any input would be appreciated. The buds are starting to get lots of red hairs and seem to be compacting even more. They're really rock solid no airy buds here. I have 6 plants in this bloom cycle and 4 of them seem to be at about the same level of completeness. 2 of them were more stunted by my mishap early in bloom and seem to be a week or 2 behind the others.

How do I deal with this?

I did my res change yesterday and started the plants on Overdrive. I'm not sure if I have a week or 2 left on the 1st run before I need to start flushing them. Please help with your input!

Here's some bud shots
52 days into flower

















The CO2 burner has been running for a week now. I had to exchange my PPM3 yesterday due to the unit locking up and not running properly. Hopefully the new one runs flawlessly.

Here's some shots of round 2 now 7 days into flower. The went in a 11"-13" and are now 16"-20" tall.





Here's some shots of my Mandela Sotari's in veg. Hopefully they will be ready for the next run in a month.











Here's a shot of my 2 skunk mom's planted in soil. They seem to be doing really well.



Well it's time to get back to my taxes

Any input on when I should harvest and suggestions about how to harves would be appreciated.

Peace all, KB

 

[guest5703]

Damn bro I don't know where everyone is your running one hell of a show!!!! I'll just kick back and chill with the place to myself I guess haha

Anyways I don't know shit about CO2 so can't help ya there but I think that your plants look so bomb I wouldn't be worried about the temperature. So your on day 55 or something now? And when do these skunk#1's usually finish? I would say if your running hydro you want to at least flush for 6 days maybe longer for better smoke maybe 10 would be awesome. You might want to decrease your nutrients slowly in the first few days, I was watching upgradedshaft's grow and he said he thought the plants stressed because he took all the nutrients away at once, easy to do with hydro just exchange the nutrients with plain water right? Well he was running hydro as well and still is but that's just some info I got from his thread on hydro. I think he's running the same buckets as you as well.

You got some serious colas there man!!! Can't wait to see those dry buds, does the wife blaze with you or do you smoke all that shit to your dome???? hahaha PEACE

 

[Kilbud]

Me Too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me Too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So your on day 55 or something now? And when do these skunk#1's usually finish? I would say if your running hydro you want to at least flush for 6 days maybe longer for better smoke maybe 10 would be awesome. You might want to decrease your nutrients slowly in the first few days, I was watching upgradedshaft's grow and he said he thought the plants stressed because he took all the nutrients away at once, easy to do with hydro just exchange the nutrients with plain water right? Well he was running hydro as well and still is but that's just some info I got from his thread on hydro. I think he's running the same buckets as you as well.

You got some serious colas there man!!!

Thanks Cali,

Damn bro I don't know where everyone is your running one hell of a show!!!! I'll just kick back and chill with the place to myself I guess haha

I was wondering myself. My wife asks me everyday has any written back to you. She knows how hard I have worked and she knows I like it when people write back like you. It's confirmation that my hard work is paying off. Being a newbie and this being my 1st go at it I sometimes need confirmation on some issues, but the show goes on regardless.

The CO2 issue is all cool. I got 3 temperature sensors in the room now. One in the AC remote hanging 4' up on the wall. I have another sitting in the base of one of the plants and I have the outdoor lead from my sensor in the veg room hanging high on the cages. That sensor allows me to monitor temps without going into the room.

It's day 54 and the red hairs have started building up in the buds. I think I have about another week before I need to start flushing. Skunks are supposed to run between 8-10 weeks. I think the red hairs are a sign that it's all coming to a close. Since no ones written back to my requests I'm scanning the forum and reading the bible by JC. I tried to buy a 30x viewer the other day to take a closer look at the buds but my hydro store was out of them. He said he was going to order them so I should be able to pick it up tomorrow.

My only reservation to starting the flush is the 2 plants that look like they are a week behind the other 4. They were most damaged by being flooded for 2 or 3 days. Maybe they just won't be the quality of the other 4.

Right now the flush plan is this. Do my flush with 5.5 PH RO water and 3 ML per gallon of Carbo load during the flush. That's what the recipe I'm using called for. So far all looks good so I think I will run with it unless someone recommends something better. The recipe calls for a 2 week flush. It also mentions the leave purpling and falling off as a time to harvest.

I changed the res for the baby Sotari's today 3rd day in a row for a res change. I pulled the res out so I could get behind and take a shot of my Ballast installation.



They're mounted high on the inside of the outside wall of what used to be the closet. If I ran my light power cords in the attic no one would ever know they're there. I'm using 4 600 watt digital Lumetek's and a home made 4 way 220 relay switcher. Kinda bums me out that I didn't get all purple Lumetek's. The 1st order I received 1 blue and 1 purple. I think I'm going to write Lumetek and complain of RF interference from the blue one and they'll probably send me a new purple one to replace it.

Can't wait to see those dry buds, does the wife blaze with you or do you smoke all that shit to your dome???? hahaha

I used to be a big head when I was younger and my wife has never smoked in her life. She might try it. I don't smoke much these days but I guess that's going to change.

I mostly doing this for my sister who has a serious problem with a baby and the DR's give her pharmaceutical drugs which really fuck her up She has no room to grow so I'm doing it for her. It's for my sister not the baby. She lives in CA and could probably grow legally but doesn't have room or the patience to grow with nurses in the house 24 hrs a day.

It's lights on in an hour so I'll try to post some pics later or maybe tomorrow morning.

Peace all, KB

 

[Kilbud]

Day 55 & Day 10 of Flower

Day 55 & Day 10 of Flower

Here's some photo updates from day 55 of flower.







The buds are coming Day 10 of flower.













Any advice on harvesting, when to harvest etc would be appreciated.

Peace, KB

 

[swampy_nz]

If its skunk #1 then its time to pull buddy.I have never grown it but my friend has and he used to pull after 6 weeks.It probably has one of the shortest flowering cycles around.They look fantastic.

 

[Kilbud]

Day 56 Bud Shots

Day 56 Bud Shots

Well it's week 8 and the buds are still growing I was planning to start flushing on day 60, but after adding Overdrive to the nutes the white hairs are back and the buds are growing again. I will wait till week nine to start the flush. Here's some beautiful bud shots bud shots


















I wish you all could see the zoomed in photos. They're amazing but I can't save the photos zoomed in.

Enjoy - Peace, KB

 

[bingobango]

Respect man,one hell of a set up you got going.Looks like some killer green you'll soon be smoking Hope she taste's as good as she looks,i'm now on the mandala line so should be intresting to see your results,i however only have one 600watt so slightly smaller than yours.Proves that good things come to those who wait

 

[Kilbud]

Another Day

Another Day

Respect man,one hell of a set up you got going.Looks like some killer green you'll soon be smoking Hope she taste's as good as she looks,i'm now on the mandala line so should be intresting to see your results,i however only have one 600watt so slightly smaller than yours.Proves that good things come to those who wait

Thanks BB,

Yeh, probably cured and smoking in 3 weeks. I'm really excited about getting the Mandela running. I've read so much positive feedback on the Satori strain which is now in veg.

What mandela are you running?

I woke up this morning to find my 150 watt CFL running my moms blew last night. It's funny because I really didn't like the light and just yesterday I was at the hudyro shop pricing out T5's to replace it. Well there goes another 2-3 hundred dollars.

Peace all, KB

 

[bingobango]

hi kilbud,bought sadhu and hashberry but only got two fems from two packs ah well got clones.I'm hoping she a hashberry.smells of lemons

 

[darrinjefferson]

kilbud.....wow.... how incredible. you have done an amazing job with your room.

i am so excited because i too am going to build a room. It was originally going to be 2x600s but then i decided that i want to up it to 4x600 so i can grow for other at least 2 other patients as well. im glad to see you garden doing so well.

kinda gives me a taste of whats to come. the future looks like some real big buds for you my friend.

what are the dimensions of your flower room? i couldnt find it.. i was thinking of about 5'x8' would be a good size.

cant wait to see thos nugs come down!!!

nice job

later

 

[Kilbud]

It was originally going to be 2x600s but then i decided that i want to up it to 4x600 so i can grow for other at least 2 other patients as well. im glad to see you garden doing so well.

what are the dimensions of your flower room? i couldnt find it.. i was thinking of about 5'x8' would be a good size.

cant wait to see thos nugs come down!!!

Hey DJ

Thanks buddy. You say you want to do 4x600 watt well you going to need at least 6x6 to have room for ducting and ventilation. Here's a drawing of my room.



The room interior is 7'4"x7'4" and I barley have enough room for ventilation. In order to add CO2 I had to build the recessed opening.

Good luck with your build out and try and plan 100% before you start it will just make things easier.

Peace, KB

 

[Kilbud]

Day 58 round 1 Day 14 Round 2

Day 58 round 1 Day 14 Round 2

Today I'm changing the res for round 1. The buds suprisingly are still growing and I will continue to feed the until they're ready for flush. The fat colas are just getting fatter and new growth can be seen on the photos. Prior to adding Overdrive last week it seemed that bud growth had stopped, but that has certainly changed.

Here's some bud shots day 58.

You can see new bud sprouts on the left side of the cola.







Not the biggest but a really fat cola about 8" in diameter.





Round 2 day 14 and the buds are definetly showing formation. Round 2 is running on CO2 from the start and I'm really excited to see the difference from round 1. The plants in round 2 won't be as large as round 1. They went in flower at 12-14 inches but there are now 22 - 30 inches. In round 2 there are 14 plants vs 6 in round 1. Here's some photos:














I hope you enjoy and pull up a seat for round 2 I'm sure it's going to be a great show.

Peace all, KB

 

[darrinjefferson]

KB- again thanks alot for the help.

my room right now is looking to be 8'x8'

with a 5'x6'. if ya look in my signature you can check it out.
looks like i might need to add just a litle bit more room maybe.

later

 

[swampy_nz]

What size is your flower room bro??
those are the meanest looking budshots iv ever seen.

 

[SirSmokalot]

growing for others!
YOU ARE A SAINT KIL!
i totally respect your initiative and love all the energy and hard work you have given to help others. i hope you get to enjoy some of the fruits of your labor.
such a noble gesture!
Sir

 

[Kilbud]

Many Thanks

Many Thanks

Hey sir,

Thanks for your kind comments. I'm a believer in karma and mine is real strong right now

My buds have really kicked into overdrive and are growing at a fast rate still. Before I used overdrive the growth had ceased and I was planning on flushing. More pics coming soon.

Peace All KB

 

[doja420]

Just read through your whole grow man. Great work! I can't wait to see the harvest.

I'm curious about Overdrive. What other nutes, if any, did you add to the water besides the overdrive? Are you still using your normal flowering nutes in addition to the OD?