PurplePotion
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Firstly I will say that I do not have any pictures right now, but will attempt to describe everything as well as possible until I can start photo-documenting safely.
Goal: 16+ zones dried weight
Method: Ebb and Flow
Medium: 4x4 Rockwool cubes w/ a coco mat
Nutrients: Floranova Bloom, Botanicare Sweet
Main water source: Tap (~400u/s, 7.5-8.0pH)
Plants(Strain/count): 39 or 40 Sensi star clones
Equipment:
SuperSun2 A/C Hood
Hydrofarm Xtrasun 600W HPS Ballast
600W Growmax HPS bulb (want to replace this but can't decide on the best bulb). Paid about $60 for this on eBay if I think. Anyone have any experience?
~276cfm Dayton blower (4C447 if I remember correctly)
Can33 Carbon filter
Botanicare 4'x2' (44"x26" or something weird in actuality.. pretty whack if you ask me)
Rubbermaid 54Gal tote as a reservoir
Forget which water pump I threw in there..
Oakton EcoTestr pH and EC meter (two separate meters)
So right now they are just settling into the table and looking great. I'll try to outline this process from the beginning.
Dec 7- received a KILLER Sensi star cut in exchange for what I believed to be a real deal Lemon G cut (no idea if it actually was.. just what I was told). I had no intentions of growing this out .. well.. because I don't like Lemon G. It's a good air freshener and tastes good but that's all it does for me. Where I am, we are flooded with Lemon everything.. I try my hardest to stay away from even the dankest. Needless to say, this strain still has it's believers and a nice story behind it too.
I rooted this sucker (took ~14 days), and immediately started growing it out with the intention that this one plant would provide me with the ability to take as many cuts of some of the DANKEST herb that's around here and allow me to do whatever I want. This plant is my LIFELINE and has been given much TLC.
As far as the buds go with this pheno of SS.. I am talking some of the densest buds that I have come across (and I come across a lot of hq ganja). Has a tad of a lemony scent but not overwhelming, and reminds me very much of how Kali Mist smells (hard to describe). Was told that it was an incredible yielding pheno as well. Source of this cut runs 40 plants under each 1k, and yields between 13-23g per plant. He uses rockwool as well.. I believe 4x4 but not positive (have never personally seen his garden), and veg's until roots are poking out of the 4x4. From there.. he doesn't trim at all I don't believe. End result is nice nugs ranging from .6g-13g. Avg weight of a bud is about 1.8g as a quick guestimate. Total yield is always between 1.2lbs+/1k I was told. Believe close to 2 here and there.. never consistent though.
Mar 1-- Took 45 cuttings and placed them under 2 20w 2ft T8 fluoros.
Mar 20-- Believe all had rooted at this time, but not all were showing it.. seems like it took forever, but they didn't have the most optimal conditions.
Apr 1-- After giving the cuttings a little extra time in their chamber to develop and hardening them off a bit, they were transplanted into 4x4 rockwool cubes and placed in the bottom of the rubbermaid on the floor. Light was about 40" away.
I did this for a reason. The way my light is hung in the room, I don't have a bunch of space vertically, and I wanted to be sure I didn't fry these suckers.
Apr 6/7(don't remember exactly)-- Worked perfectly. Hand watered them every couple days for a week, then setup the flood table.
Ever since they have been in the table, they have been loving life. It's pretty tight quarters in there, but nothings getting shaded. I'd say 2-3" growth every day.
I've been keeping all of them pruned very tightly. About 3/4 to 2/3 of them will be single colas. The others will be 2-3 cola plants due to a little mishap of not closing the lid on the clone chamber all the way. Some of the clones dried out and took some heat damage. The ones that did this pretty much auto topped/fimmed themselves, so I figure I'll use it to my advantage to compare yield between 1 cola and 2/3, and also to fill in space in the canopy.
I know this is all kind of worthless without pictures, but I promise as soon as I can, I will.
Today- Checked on them. pH was high, but no biggie. Got it down to 5.9 and all seems well. Even at 6.7pH, the girls looked great (not acceptable I know.. wasn't able to stay and double check the res after it stabilized the other day). My EC meter reads 'Or' now.. I know it's right around 14-1500ppm (400ppm from the tap). Kinda stumped on this one if anyone could lend a hand.
Btw.. this is all in a 2'x6' closet.. 4" hole drilled through the floor for exhaust.
Goal: 16+ zones dried weight
Method: Ebb and Flow
Medium: 4x4 Rockwool cubes w/ a coco mat
Nutrients: Floranova Bloom, Botanicare Sweet
Main water source: Tap (~400u/s, 7.5-8.0pH)
Plants(Strain/count): 39 or 40 Sensi star clones
Equipment:
SuperSun2 A/C Hood
Hydrofarm Xtrasun 600W HPS Ballast
600W Growmax HPS bulb (want to replace this but can't decide on the best bulb). Paid about $60 for this on eBay if I think. Anyone have any experience?
~276cfm Dayton blower (4C447 if I remember correctly)
Can33 Carbon filter
Botanicare 4'x2' (44"x26" or something weird in actuality.. pretty whack if you ask me)
Rubbermaid 54Gal tote as a reservoir
Forget which water pump I threw in there..
Oakton EcoTestr pH and EC meter (two separate meters)
So right now they are just settling into the table and looking great. I'll try to outline this process from the beginning.
Dec 7- received a KILLER Sensi star cut in exchange for what I believed to be a real deal Lemon G cut (no idea if it actually was.. just what I was told). I had no intentions of growing this out .. well.. because I don't like Lemon G. It's a good air freshener and tastes good but that's all it does for me. Where I am, we are flooded with Lemon everything.. I try my hardest to stay away from even the dankest. Needless to say, this strain still has it's believers and a nice story behind it too.
I rooted this sucker (took ~14 days), and immediately started growing it out with the intention that this one plant would provide me with the ability to take as many cuts of some of the DANKEST herb that's around here and allow me to do whatever I want. This plant is my LIFELINE and has been given much TLC.
As far as the buds go with this pheno of SS.. I am talking some of the densest buds that I have come across (and I come across a lot of hq ganja). Has a tad of a lemony scent but not overwhelming, and reminds me very much of how Kali Mist smells (hard to describe). Was told that it was an incredible yielding pheno as well. Source of this cut runs 40 plants under each 1k, and yields between 13-23g per plant. He uses rockwool as well.. I believe 4x4 but not positive (have never personally seen his garden), and veg's until roots are poking out of the 4x4. From there.. he doesn't trim at all I don't believe. End result is nice nugs ranging from .6g-13g. Avg weight of a bud is about 1.8g as a quick guestimate. Total yield is always between 1.2lbs+/1k I was told. Believe close to 2 here and there.. never consistent though.
Mar 1-- Took 45 cuttings and placed them under 2 20w 2ft T8 fluoros.
Mar 20-- Believe all had rooted at this time, but not all were showing it.. seems like it took forever, but they didn't have the most optimal conditions.
Apr 1-- After giving the cuttings a little extra time in their chamber to develop and hardening them off a bit, they were transplanted into 4x4 rockwool cubes and placed in the bottom of the rubbermaid on the floor. Light was about 40" away.
I did this for a reason. The way my light is hung in the room, I don't have a bunch of space vertically, and I wanted to be sure I didn't fry these suckers.
Apr 6/7(don't remember exactly)-- Worked perfectly. Hand watered them every couple days for a week, then setup the flood table.
Ever since they have been in the table, they have been loving life. It's pretty tight quarters in there, but nothings getting shaded. I'd say 2-3" growth every day.
I've been keeping all of them pruned very tightly. About 3/4 to 2/3 of them will be single colas. The others will be 2-3 cola plants due to a little mishap of not closing the lid on the clone chamber all the way. Some of the clones dried out and took some heat damage. The ones that did this pretty much auto topped/fimmed themselves, so I figure I'll use it to my advantage to compare yield between 1 cola and 2/3, and also to fill in space in the canopy.
I know this is all kind of worthless without pictures, but I promise as soon as I can, I will.
Today- Checked on them. pH was high, but no biggie. Got it down to 5.9 and all seems well. Even at 6.7pH, the girls looked great (not acceptable I know.. wasn't able to stay and double check the res after it stabilized the other day). My EC meter reads 'Or' now.. I know it's right around 14-1500ppm (400ppm from the tap). Kinda stumped on this one if anyone could lend a hand.
Btw.. this is all in a 2'x6' closet.. 4" hole drilled through the floor for exhaust.
, I can't wait to see what you can do with it! good luck :
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