DirtyNerds Grow Journal

eastcoastmo

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Thanks bro yeah they are starting to come along looking forward to the next 4 weeks as they really start to pack on the fat i was thinking next time ill go back to 2x600watts
as i like the 1000 watts but the 2x600 will give me better light coverage plus a bigger yield over all me thinks

Thanks for looking bro :)
Sounds like a wicked plan bro, can never say no to more dank hey :-D
 

Hot Diggity Sog

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Thanks bro yeah they are starting to come along looking forward to the next 4 weeks as they really start to pack on the fat i was thinking next time ill go back to 2x600watts
as i like the 1000 watts but the 2x600 will give me better light coverage plus a bigger yield over all me thinks

Thanks for looking bro :)
Does it look like the 1000 is generating fatter and more dense buds?
 

DirtyNerd

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Does it look like the 1000 is generating fatter and more dense buds?

Hey bro at the moment I think the grow rate is around the same as the 600 watts i was looking back at my old log with pineapple chunk and jack herer grow just to see if they are on track and i would say they look around the same size if not smaller kinda of odd as my temps are dialed in lights out i am getting (18c/64 20c/68f ) - and lights on (22c-71.6 - 24c/75f MAX)

I don't touch the buds at all when i am in flower so i don't know how hard they are i am hoping that they will really start to pack on the weight over the next 4 weeks everyone says they get fatter harder buds with the 1000 watts so that's what i am hoping for that's why i changed if not ill go back to running 2x600s i guess we will all see when it comes to the total yield at the end if i don't get more then 1.5 pounds ill be going back to my old set up

as i am working with new strains if the yield is a little lower ill give the 1000 watts another shot with just blue dream so i am sorry bro i can't help
 

Hot Diggity Sog

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Hey bro at the moment I think the grow rate is around the same as the 600 watts i was looking back at my old log with pineapple chunk and jack herer grow just to see if they are on track and i would say they look around the same size if not smaller kinda of odd as my temps are dialed in lights out i am getting (18c/64 20c/68f ) - and lights on (22c-71.6 - 24c/75f MAX)

I don't touch the buds at all when i am in flower so i don't know how hard they are i am hoping that they will really start to pack on the weight over the next 4 weeks everyone says they get fatter harder buds with the 1000 watts so that's what i am hoping for that's why i changed if not ill go back to running 2x600s i guess we will all see when it comes to the total yield at the end if i don't get more then 1.5 pounds ill be going back to my old set up

as i am working with new strains if the yield is a little lower ill give the 1000 watts another shot with just blue dream so i am sorry bro i can't help
Curious to see the differences once they finish.
 

akhiymjames

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Hey bro at the moment I think the grow rate is around the same as the 600 watts i was looking back at my old log with pineapple chunk and jack herer grow just to see if they are on track and i would say they look around the same size if not smaller kinda of odd as my temps are dialed in lights out i am getting (18c/64 20c/68f ) - and lights on (22c-71.6 - 24c/75f MAX)

I don't touch the buds at all when i am in flower so i don't know how hard they are i am hoping that they will really start to pack on the weight over the next 4 weeks everyone says they get fatter harder buds with the 1000 watts so that's what i am hoping for that's why i changed if not ill go back to running 2x600s i guess we will all see when it comes to the total yield at the end if i don't get more then 1.5 pounds ill be going back to my old set up

as i am working with new strains if the yield is a little lower ill give the 1000 watts another shot with just blue dream so i am sorry bro i can't help
Tbh bro I think you would've had better buds with the two 600s better coverage than one 1000. Plus I think you would yield more too as two 600s give you 200 more watts than one 1000 but I really don't know. Hopefully you can tell once it's all said and done but I believe that's why they are smaller cuz the loss of 200 watts plus less coverage. We shall see but amazing work. Those are gonna be some fat buds regardless. Keep it up bro looking forward to seeing them finish.
 

DirtyNerd

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Looking good bro. Digging the growth pattern on your plants, lot of spear tops in there. Cheers man.
Thanks bro they are looking good happy with them so far apart from the Calcium Deficiency but i think i have fixed it now! thanks for dropping in bro next few weeks should be good once they bulk up!

Tbh bro I think you would've had better buds with the two 600s better coverage than one 1000. Plus I think you would yield more too as two 600s give you 200 more watts than one 1000 but I really don't know. Hopefully you can tell once it's all said and done but I believe that's why they are smaller cuz the loss of 200 watts plus less coverage. We shall see but amazing work. Those are gonna be some fat buds regardless. Keep it up bro looking forward to seeing them finish.
Yeah i think ill go back to the two 600 i wanted to try the 1000 watts and i think its good but i know the 1200 watts will do a better job i just hope i have fixed this Calcium Deficiency now that i have the PH around 6.0 i think the damage it has done to a couple of the girls is going to lower the yield

but it was all new changing to RO water and i think @Hot Diggity Sog was on to something with the Cal-mag making the PH swing out of control day 2 of the new feeding+ flush and the PH as not changed so ill only use Cal-mag once and only at 50% recommend every 2 weeks the PH in the res stays the same and doesn't change it's only the run off the girls are doing well and only have a few weeks left so i just need to keep them happy and healthy and all will be good Thanks for dropping in brother

Also that Perlite girls is a whole new plant she doesn't look like her mother but in a good way shes a beast can't wait to flower her going to be a monster and shes still got another
3+ weeks of veg made up my mind with her shes going to be scrogged and flowered under a 600 watt HPS in her own tent shes under a 400 watt Metal halide at the moment :weed:
 

Hot Diggity Sog

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Thanks bro they are looking good happy with them so far apart from the Calcium Deficiency but i think i have fixed it now! thanks for dropping in bro next few weeks should be good once they bulk up!



Yeah i think ill go back to the two 600 i wanted to try the 1000 watts and i think its good but i know the 1200 watts will do a better job i just hope i have fixed this Calcium Deficiency now that i have the PH around 6.0 i think the damage it has done to a couple of the girls is going to lower the yield

but it was all new changing to RO water and i think @Hot Diggity Sog was on to something with the Cal-mag making the PH swing out of control day 2 of the new feeding+ flush and the PH as not changed so ill only use Cal-mag once and only at 50% recommend every 2 weeks the PH in the res stays the same and doesn't change it's only the run off the girls are doing well and only have a few weeks left so i just need to keep them happy and healthy and all will be good Thanks for dropping in brother

Also that Perlite girls is a whole new plant she doesn't look like her mother but in a good way shes a beast can't wait to flower her going to be a monster and shes still got another
3+ weeks of veg made up my mind with her shes going to be scrogged and flowered under a 600 watt HPS in her own tent shes under a 400 watt Metal halide at the moment :weed:
I hope I didn't give you bad advice regarding the cal mag. I use well water which probably reduces my need for calcium and magnesium but since your'e using RO...not sure.
Hopefully a happy medium/balance can be found by only using it at staggered intervals. Hopefully won't be too hard or take too long to figure that out and get it dialed in. Regarding RO...do you buy it or do you make your own?
 

DirtyNerd

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Yeah it wont hurt to try i need to find out whats doing it and knocking one thing off at a time will help me find out what is it

also i make my own i got a 3 stage RO system real easy to use just plug it in to the tap and let it do its thing only paid $100 was told the filter should last 6-12 months depending on the use and its $40 for full set of new filters :)

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DirtyNerd

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Hello everyone just a little update on the Vegging beast this is the Black Russian in 100% perlite she is a monster and she wants to flower per-flowering like crazy but i will not be letting the beast out of the cage for atleast 20 more days :weed: so in that time she is going to be huge! @akhiymjames hey bro as you have done a 100% perlite grow i have noticed the EC dropping dose that mean shes eatting the food and its time to do a top up... ? EC was 1.0 now its 0.6 PH has stayed the same..... any help with this would be good thanks
 

akhiymjames

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Hello everyone just a little update on the Vegging beast this is the Black Russian in 100% perlite she is a monster and she wants to flower per-flowering like crazy but i will not be letting the beast out of the cage for atleast 20 more days :weed: so in that time she is going to be huge! @akhiymjames hey bro as you have done a 100% perlite grow i have noticed the EC dropping dose that mean shes eatting the food and its time to do a top up... ? EC was 1.0 now its 0.6 PH has stayed the same..... any help with this would be good thanks
Damn she is a beast bro. She's gonna be a monster for you. Are you gonna trim her skirt a lil? I would to let some air flow through her I know you got good air flow already but you get rid of some of those small tiny branches and get you some clones of her too.

Yea when the EC is dropping that means she's eating. Depending on how fast she's eating will depend on how much you need to top up with. Sometimes I just top up with 1/4 of what I'm feeding but most of the time I just topped up with plain water. It helps keep the ph in range and also keeps things clean where it doesn't take a lot to flush at the end of the week. But sometime I do top up with more nutes but no more than 1/4 strength. Hope this helps bro
 

DirtyNerd

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Damn she is a beast bro. She's gonna be a monster for you. Are you gonna trim her skirt a lil? I would to let some air flow through her I know you got good air flow already but you get rid of some of those small tiny branches and get you some clones of her too.

Yea when the EC is dropping that means she's eating. Depending on how fast she's eating will depend on how much you need to top up with. Sometimes I just top up with 1/4 of what I'm feeding but most of the time I just topped up with plain water. It helps keep the ph in range and also keeps things clean where it doesn't take a lot to flush at the end of the week. But sometime I do top up with more nutes but no more than 1/4 strength. Hope this helps bro

Yeah that's perfect bro thanks i was going to trim today but going to be lazy and most likely do it tomorrow every time i look at her shes growing grow rate is awesome i'll be doing a res change on her tomorrow so ill flush her out first then ill do a fresh mix and top up mid week and keep a eye on the EC

I was feeding her every 6 hours but now changed it back to every 12 hours and she loves it letting her dry out a bit i might need to change that later but for now she really seems to be liking it thanks for letting me pick your brain i knew you would be able to help :weed: much appreciated:bigjoint:
 

akhiymjames

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Yeah that's perfect bro thanks i was going to trim today but going to be lazy and most likely do it tomorrow every time i look at her shes growing grow rate is awesome i'll be doing a res change on her tomorrow so ill flush her out first then ill do a fresh mix and top up mid week and keep a eye on the EC

I was feeding her every 6 hours but now changed it back to every 12 hours and she loves it letting her dry out a bit i might need to change that later but for now she really seems to be liking it thanks for letting me pick your brain i knew you would be able to help :weed: much appreciated:bigjoint:
Sounds good bro. Yea during veg they don't like to be watered a whole lot. When she starts flowering tho she will drink every 2-4. They guzzle in flower and I feel you on being lazy today. I'm gonna do the same but I have to water all the plants so that will take a while and I'll get pics when I water too but that's it. Getting close to harvest so I'm getting anxious. Can't wait to see you flower this beast. Gonna start my hydro grow next week. Gotta get some perlite and I'm good to go
 

DirtyNerd

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What day are you on?
Hey bro in what flower or veg ..? If veg it's been around 40 days she was under T5 for around 14 days then 20 days under a 250 watt hps now she's under a 400 watt metal helide and will stay there still my girls finish flowering the. She will be flowered under a 600 watt hps

And for the girls in flower they are at day 41 and still have around 3 weeks to go apart from the bubblegum as she is starting to lay down lucky I put the net up as all the girls support one another as they put on there last bit of weight bubblegum buds turn in to compact rocks you can't even push the bud in they feel like rocks never had buds as compact as her before

That's why she don't look that huge but what he lacks in size she makes up for in weight and great smoke
 
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