Purple turtles coco colloseum 1200w (DTW)

[~Shhh~]

Gonna be epic purple! Hand watering coco to run of by hand is a major pita!! Have done it a few times with relatively large amounts of clones. Never gets any easier They have a nice structure going by your close up, will fill in and become nice long colas by the looks of things.

So... They're being flipped to bloom now right?

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Purple Turtle again

 

[Avinash.miles]

looking nice

 

[Purple turtle]

Gonna be epic purple! Hand watering coco to run of by hand is a major pita!! Have done it a few times with relatively large amounts of clones. Never gets any easier They have a nice structure going by your close up, will fill in and become nice long colas by the looks of things.

So... They're being flipped to bloom now right?

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Purple Turtle again

definately big pain in the

Alright so they been put in 24 hours darkness today,(the counting begins on sunday),i got around to putting up the gutters, still punching holes for the drip .,and wiring the mogul sockets..

Just used a staple gun and some panda plastic for the gutters ,then sort of angled it at a gradient that leads the small ammount of run-off into a 32oz soda bottle on the side,i put some kittie litter in the bottoms,should only need to change once a week if that,im sure the itl just be evaporated off anyway.

thats it,some pics guys,more in updates in the week.

 

[disciple]

 

[Purple turtle]

hey Bro, sick grows!!!

couple of questions...

you're using 10/14 with awesome results... do you have any ideas on food production during lights on.... food use during lights off.... we see the whole cycle with lights on 24/0... it all happens... root growth, topside growth, food production (photosynthesis) and food use (growth)... it feels like when there's no dark then production and use happen with neither being overly favored... and then during lights off... no food production per say... so a lot of resources dedicated to use (growth).

so when you cut light (food production) back to 10 hours... is enough stored up to make full use during the 14 hours of dedicated growth time (dark)?

disciple thanks for taking the time and interest,

First off before i start everything is just my opinion and ,im not saying other lighting schedules dont work.(just saying)some of the questions asked can be taken in a very broad manner.

So were talking about a plant that is 'short day' meaning only one thing 'longer nights'.

so for vegging the plant ,yes to make a short day plant grow faster we mimic an environment where we give it more light so it can use the light to grow 'stems /root ,leaves' not flowers,at a faster rate.

just like us humans they also need a day and night ,yes canabis is a weed and will grow anywhere under most circumstances but the main goal is plant health and a stress free life.,to produce medicine with enough thc and not just give you headaches.

the difference is that plants produce more food at night,humans simply digest what was eaten and store that energy for future use.just like the canabis plant,it stores food at night so that it can produce more and store more for future growth.

so 12/12 works and ive always used it up until this year and recently switchin all my grows to the 10/14.

12/12 in botany books is considered as being intermediate length light on short day plants and actualy interfers with the flowering process ,holding it on the brink of veg mode and flower mode,so your plants still growing flowers ,but its also now putting energy into leaves ,stem ets(the strecth),so the nurients being used are wasted and the plant energy on things instead of making flowers.,flowers that will have more leaf in them instead of bud, and were trying to grow bud not leaf,so thats where the 10/14 (all energy into making flowers and only flowers from the beginning saving nutes and electricity, as far as the whole decrease in weight argument i havent noticed any at all.,let me mention also that it does shorten the cycle to a degree but i still ran my 8 weekers to 9 with no problem and they looked nice!

LIKE MANY i was initialy scared to try it myself and thought what the hell,since the switch, ive never turned back and i wouldnt waste all my precious time either with something that didnt produce results.

(conclusion the only way the plants can tell the nights are longer is 'if the actualy are'

2.About the coco/hydroton bushes,i would have to say that i prefer coco.i say this because if you look at the coco trees they were in 1 gallon(4 liters) and the hydroton were in 5 gallon(25 litres) yet growth wise they kept up and apon close inspection stacked far more nodes ,(thats why you dont see them anymore they ere chopped down for clones)

so if you going the 20 plant /20 light route ,sounds like you wana do trees,(so go with coco if you want MONSTERS that require half the nutes the hydroton does and dirt cheap!

i wil be documenting a small closet grow some time soon,using all the techniques ive learned with light SCHEDULES latelyand training methods learned from everyone here at icmag and other forums,to document the results ,the 12-1 light cycle and 10/14 will soon be a way of the future,'especialy if you wana keep your ass out of'' jail' and cover your light trail.'soon if not already thay will have programmes that track/monitor and set algorithms to picks up light trails /usage/yr.'so with everyone switching over you will not only save money on your power bill but disrupt the light pattern and get better product/stress free.

goodluck with your future grows

pt

 

[Purple turtle]

day 39 scrog update

day 39 scrog update

temps in the closet 24.5 degrees,humidity 51%,every week been taking a few leaves here and there,fed maxibloom at 400ppm,silica at 2ml/gallon ,4 feedings/day with a little run-off.

colloseum is now at day 9 flower

i changed the nutes since it wont be enough maxibloom for the whole tent throughout flower,im rolling with some raw fertlizer salts ,its a two part identical to cropkings two-part a and b,a being hydro-gro and b being calcium nitrate.im using it at an ec of 1.0,equal parts and around weeks4-6 il be dropping 20% of the A AND REPLACING IT with that some ammount but in mkp.

 

[Purple turtle]

 

[Purple turtle]

its the early late hours of the am this side and its my first time ever making oil...im super excited!!!

 

[DHF]

Top shelf shit Leonardo.....Hope the oil turns out well also.....Keep up the good work.....

Peace.....DHF..........

 

[Purple turtle]

Top shelf shit Leonardo.....Hope the oil turns out well also.....Keep up the good work.....

Peace.....DHF..........

ya mean 'donatello', thanks!

didn't turn out to bad after all,the yield was about 1.9(i used roughy 9 grams of prime bud) in total not high but its PURE POTENT stuff i tell you ,had me choking and my heart racing for a good few minutes!!sad theres so little ,i want more!!!.....anyone for some amber???

took about 4 hours to dry completely,low heat

first extraction,this one looks likw white hash texture.

 

[Purple turtle]

this ones my favourite,nice like honey,tastes reminiscent of cherry liquorice

 

[RedBeardy5]

loving the grow, those dabs tripled my tolerance. But sooo good!

 

[DHF]

ya mean 'donatello', thanks!

didn't turn out to bad after all,the yield was about 1.9(i used roughy 9 grams of prime bud) in total not high but its PURE POTENT stuff i tell you ,had me choking and my heart racing for a good few minutes!!sad theres so little ,i want more!!!.....anyone for some amber???

took about 4 hours to dry completely,low heat
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first extraction,this one looks likw white hash texture.
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Fuuuuck.....Sorry Donny.........Leo`s the "blue" turtle.......My bad......

My son grew up with the Ninja Turtles but my "Old timers" disease kicked in when I saw the new Avatar......anyways.....

Killer work my buddy......Keep dialin......

Peace.....DHF..........

 

[GMax]

that's an awesome setup !!! those aero roots in the cloner are crazy cool looking !!

keep the updates coming !!!

 

[Mister_D]

that's an awesome setup !!! those aero roots in the cloner are crazy cool looking !!

keep the updates coming !!!

What he said

 

[Purple turtle]

loving the grow, those dabs tripled my tolerance. But sooo good!

ya right!def smoking more,or harvesting less

Fuuuuck.....Sorry Donny.........Leo`s the "blue" turtle.......My bad......

My son grew up with the Ninja Turtles but my "Old timers" disease kicked in when I saw the new Avatar......anyways.....

Killer work my buddy......Keep dialin......

Peace.....DHF..........

It's All gOoood freddy!!,..no worries,its YA old ass n good advice As well as many others that got me this far!,and thanks!

that's an awesome setup !!! those aero roots in the cloner are crazy cool looking !!

keep the updates coming !!!

I no right,nowadays everthing roots in the aero,'tree trunks-cuts,good vibes bro!

What he said

'WHAT IT DO 'D',thanks for stoppin in!,dont be a stranger ,n lookin forward to seeing what you got up ya sleeve!

no updates tonight,my dumbass dropped my camera in the rez while changing out the nutes!,so this week sometime hopefully tomorrow i sort it out.,also spotted 2 leaves in the scrog (which is now at day 57) that had powdery mildew-(not a good thing) .so i chopped it down in favour of keeping my tents and new round 'clean',bummed im gonna miss out on 2 weeks but rather that than everything gettin infected.Also just to be safe il be bleaching dowm my entire pad and doing a sulfur 'vap-out' in the 2 tents (prevention is better than cure)

pt

peace

 

[Purple turtle]

defoliaters and defolihaters

defoliaters and defolihaters

Just wanted to share some pics of the new grow i started in the closet ,'im testin the limits of defoliation' and using the 12-1 10/14 to get the most compact tight plant i can.under the 400w it onlys right to keep all the plants short since the penetration is only a foot and a half.

the pm problem doesnt seem so bad when i peek at these girls, their still beauty kinds makes you just 'SHRUG IT OFF'

THE CLONES were rooted for 12 days in the aero,then transplanted,i let them recover and settle in for 2 days and on day (14) defoliated 3 fans off each clones,specifically the ones under the top fans which i left alone,in the time that it stood still which was about 4 days just like any other supercropping or training ,the middle growth started to react and grow thicker ,and by the time day 5-6 came round the entire pplant had caught up and filled in nicely,.,i realy see this technique being benficial and is so underated,i wish Jbones was still around,..he showed me some things!!

pt

 

[GMax]

nice looking plants bro !!! I also think defoliation is underrated and am definitely a big fan of it....

if you are rooting in aero... you should try grabbing yourself a box cutter and on the bottom 1/2" of the underneath part of the clone, gently scrape of thin layer of the skin and make a few stripes like this.... then take the blade and carefully split the bottom part of the stem down the middle about 1/8''-1/2'' up the stem... so instead of the underneath part looking like this: l.... it will look like an upside down Y and best of all, if you butcher it, it wont matter it should still root... just make sure you dip the clone in water between each step !!

this will give you the most explosive roots I promise ..! and can shave a few days off rooting times...

 

[Purple turtle]

new closet grow

new closet grow

with the kfb bucket out and the new clones in. The closet is now in flOwer again ,some info on what im feeding and how i got the little ladies here....

thick clones were used, that already had 4-5 nodes with small nodes on them,pulled the fans ,left them a bit,they grew,when they took off i gave them another 7 days to grow so 12-13 days(of which shows in the previous post) of veg total ,then flipped the lights to 10 hours on 14 hours off,after one week of flower on day 8 i pulled all the fans, ,and again it wasn't some major strippin,'3 to be axact',just here and there.,the side got taller as well as the top but slower,leavin me today on day 12 to bend the top of each one 1 inch or so just to be level.so here we are day 12 flower. feeding a and b 2-part(ec 1.2)(3 feeding daily) ,(i mix 5 litre concentrates and then use equal ml of each on so forth..in week 4 i replace 0.4 0r 200ppm of a with mpk,still keeping it at an ec of 1.2,and then slowly increase over weeks 4-6 to a maximum of 1.4ec or 700ppm on o.5 conversion.

 

[Purple turtle]