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Just like tires in this country. Hell, you can even do the research on it and not find anything at all pertaining to how many companies actually make tires in North America, and one of them is not American owned. I won't mention names, but there are only 3 companies that produce them. Yes, just three. merkaba? Point taken.
I bookmarked this topic today on the grounds of enjoyable reading. Thanx everyone for your astute attention to detail. Wonderful people in here.
I'm doing two 4x8's, 4 Radiant 8's, 39x10 Phat with a 8" Vortex, 2 50 gal. rez'each using an Active Aqua 550 pump. This is a sealed 11x11 room with a raked ceiling pitch of 11' down to 7'. There is no fresh-air intake, only exhaust through the floor. A 12500 btu window air conditioner, lots of fans running intermittently, and I also use an electric oil filled radiator heater when needed. . . like now.
I have a few mothers I take my clones from. I use a domed propagator with a heat mat for the cloning under a T-5. Takes me about a.5 weeks on average with about a 90% success rate. I then transplant into 1 gal. plastic bags using ReadyGro as the medium and veg for 3 weeks only. Finally, I transplant into 3 gal. Smart Pots, flush from the top with 5.8 ph'd filtered water until I get about a quart of run-off then it's under the lights for the 12-12 'switch'.
Nope.
There's no transitional lighting period. I've tried that method 3 different times and noticed nothing really different when comparing it to the times I haven't attempted it. Both ways, yet the weeds are still very slow growing and I believe this is due to root stretch. I mean, if anyone knows of a way to prevent this, do tell. Just understand that I have limited space. My veg room is a little smaller so when the 3 gal. transplant takes place the only room there is, is in the flower room on the tables. Well, the 1000 watt lights are in there. . . you see the dilemma, but hey, I'm try'in.
As of RIGHT NOW I'm only feeding once every other day when I make the switch. In the 7 grows I've done I've always noticed the slow growth. Takes about a week, week n a half then, BOOM! There they go.
My problem is fear. Fear of burning. I still don't know how far I can push them. There's quite a bit of $$ I have tied up in it, and burning em up could ruin me. This crop is sativa dominant. A Blue Dream cross. Third time around with it. Stretches like crazy, hence, the short veg..
Speaking of, during the veg I cut 8' pieces of bailing wire bending a very small hook at one end. I push this wire into the medium using the hook to hold down every shoot as it gets longer. A mini scrog if you will. Makes for numerous tops. I do this continuously until there's no more room left in the top of the pot. That's about 2 weeks after the switch.
I'm extremely anal about the ph, 5.8 or bust. The temp gets no higher than 80 during lights on, no lower that 60 when they're off.
I use H&G mostly. The base, Multi-Zen, Roots Accelerator, Drip Clean, and sometimes the Amino Treatment. . . when I can afford it. I also use Atami's Bloombastic as the P-K booster. I haven't used the H&G Bud XL or the Shooting Powder due to cost. As of now, I'd rather just pay the $145.00 for the 42.3 oz. bottle of Bloombastic compared to the $250.00 it would cost me for the Bud XL and Shooting Powder combined.
In closing, I grow dense but small buds. Cured, they are no bigger than say, a shot glass. (Maybe a tiny bit smaller.) Grind one up and it weighs in at about 2.6 grams on average. I'm wondering, what can I use during the first month of flower that would help with the production of larger cola's? Looking at the H&G feeding chart, it calls for nothing other than what I'm already giving them during this time. What am I missing here? Or is it that I'm not pushing my girls enough? Does anyone have any suggestions?
Respects, and Happy
I have a "Recommendation", and I don't sell Cannabis for profit, or otherwise. I am a Hep-C patient and Cannabis helps me eat, sleep, and tolerate this disease while I'm awaiting the treatment I so desperately need.
{Now that the disclaimer B.S. is outta the way. . .}
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