GroErr Grows...

[GroErr]

Of all the people that could have happened to on the forum it happened to someone with one of the most automated and dialed in grows..

Looked it up, it's 7 weeks but those two look finished, will be checking them well sometime this weekend and may leave the Blue Dream a couple of days just to make sure the seeds are good to go. Could be that negative DIF thing I ran this round but it's supposed to make them take longer??? Even JTR is looking ripe for 7 weeks though. Should be able to tell tonight when lights come on, if they're ready they should still be a little moist, they've been completely drying up in 2 days for the last 3-4 weeks. Cheers.

 

[GroErr]

Yes, I recall you saying that you had bug problems with the strictly organic medium. Looked it up and found the vigoro triple mix. So if it's a mix of soilless and soil what do you pH your res to in the low 6s for veg and slightly higher for flower?

Don't even own a ph pen, never check it and have never seen an issue related to ph. There's no res, haven't built those SIP's yet so they're just fabric pots, top-watered. Think I received everything I need to build a test SIP and will see if I can get to building one tomorrow, want to check them out for the ability to take off for a few days through summer and not worry about watering.

 

[GroErr]

How are the seedlings coming along?

Hey @Mohican they're coming along just fine, will give them a few more days. One's peeking out there, ready to go

Blue Dream x Blue Ripper, Day 50


Cheers

 

[GroErr]

Day 50 and Day 21 in the flower room.

Out of the 4x 3gal plants at Day 50, the smaller Blue Ripper 1 and Blue Dream are pretty well there, giving them a couple of more days as they're still drinking. They weren't completely dry but close so watered them will see where they are in a couple of days. Blue Ripper 2 and JTR can go another few days to cloud up the trichs but they'll all finish by end of this week.

The 3x 5gal are just settling into flowering, the Fireballs had a cola that continued to stretch so bent it down at 90 degrees, it'll bend back up and even out the canopy a bit. Both the Blue Ripper 2 5gal's are strong and stacking up buds nicely under the COBs. Much smaller and slower bud development on the Fireballs (front-right first pic) compared to the 2x Blue Ripper's. First run from seed on that one so not sure what to expect but it looks healthy enough.

Group:



Some bud porn from the 3gal gals at Day 50, no shortage of frost in there

Blue Ripper 1:


Blue Ripper 2:


JTR:


Blue Dream:


Cheers

 

[Mohican]

I can smell it from here!

 

[GroErr]

I can smell it from here!

lol, smells like you're standing between a lemon tree and blueberry bushes

 

[DesertGrow89]

Don't even own a ph pen, never check it and have never seen an issue related to ph. There's no res, haven't built those SIP's yet so they're just fabric pots, top-watered. Think I received everything I need to build a test SIP and will see if I can get to building one tomorrow, want to check them out for the ability to take off for a few days through summer and not worry about watering.

Hmm I didn't check pH either until my plants starting looking horrible in early veg, finally figured out that the tap was coming out around 8.4.. That was a PITA but corrected it and they are fine now.

 

[GroErr]

Hmm I didn't check pH either until my plants starting looking horrible in early veg, finally figured out that the tap was coming out around 8.4.. That was a PITA but corrected it and they are fine now.

Mine has a lot of chlorine in it so I filter it but don't bother checking it. Soil and pro-mix make it easy unless it's really out of whack.

 

[GroErr]

Really, can we get on with spring weather at least? F'n snowed here yesterday and frost again tonight, going down to 35F with a breeze from the north. Need to get outdoor going, let's get on with it! Where the hell is global warming when you need it? lol

 

[GroErr]

Full house just before the flip. Flower room will flip this weekend, 2 of the 3gal coming out tomorrow and the rest by the weekend. Looking like I can get those outdoor transplanted and outside this weekend. Good thing, there's like 6" left before they hit the lights in that little tent bottom-right



Cheers

 

[GroErr]

Pulled the smaller Blue Ripper 1 and Blue Dream 3gal last night at Day 55, both are nice and ripe.
The Blue Dream branch that was pollinated with the Blue Ripper male has some monster seeds in there

Busy weekend coming up, will get the 2x outdoor plants up-potted and finally under the sun. New indoor round to setup and move the COBs to the back of the flower room so I can gain some usable footprint

Blue Ripper 1 Day 55:



Blue Dream Day 55:




Cheers

 

[GroErr]

Got to the flower room, good cleaning and new batch, Day 28 and Day 0. Pulled the last Blue Ripper 2 and JTR out, they're done well at Day 57. Moved the Tasty LED's to the back of the room and the 3x 5gal with them. Gives me another foot or so to spread them out a bit. Basically have 1x T2-1400 over each plant, those are large for 5gal, closer to the size I'd normally run in 7gal. They're developing a bit slower under the COBs vs. CMH, should be interesting to see how long they run under the COBs. They'd be a little ahead at this point under CMH but the plants are looking good and healthy.

New batch is 5x 3gal under the 315w CMH, 4x different Blue Ripper F2 phenos, 2 will stay to breed forward and just running the other two long running phenos once more, they ran about 10 weeks. Both nice smoke but don't have the room, they run longer and the other 2, BR2-3 and BR2-5 are much better potency, smell and taste. The 5th is a Harlequin clone in there for some CBD meds.

Group:




Blue Ripper 2 @day 28:




Cheers

 

[Evil-Mobo]

Looking good in there brother!

 

[GroErr]

Looking good in there brother!

Cheers Evil, always like getting a fresh round going

 

[Evil-Mobo]

I will be there soon just need to finish flowering the first grow and then the autos.....then I can toss the Barney's plants in one tent and stick the autos in another and start popping some seeds. I think the next run will be a combined Bigworm/Bob's Bitchen Buds pheno hunt.......round one anyways

 

[Humanrob]

They're developing a bit slower under the COBs vs. CMH, should be interesting to see how long they run under the COBs. They'd be a little ahead at this point under CMH but the plants are looking good and healthy.

I always find these comparisons interesting. I'm limited for space, but hope next winter to be running two 2x4 tents. In the second tent, if I can pull it off, I'd like to run a CMH (3100k) in the middle and one of my Optic 120's (4000k) on either side, and just run two plants in there. I've only heard good things about CMH.

 

[Evil-Mobo]

I always find these comparisons interesting. I'm limited for space, but hope next winter to be running two 2x4 tents. In the second tent, if I can pull it off, I'd like to run a CMH (3100k) in the middle and one of my Optic 120's (4000k) on either side, and just run two plants in there. I've only heard good things about CMH.

You will want to make it a 3x3 to better accommodate the footprint of the light. At least this was the recommendation everyone I spoke to on the subject gave me to run this light, and I listened. I was going to add another 2x4 as well but chose to follow the advice given.

 

[Humanrob]

Blue Ripper 2 @ day 28:

Oh, and BEAUTIFUL stacking on those plants! Nice pheno's, and obviously a great set up. I have a run that's at about day 28 and neither of my plants (two different strains) have a tight bud formation like that. Looks like you're doing everything right.

 

[Humanrob]

You will want to make it a 3x3 to better accommodate the footprint of the light. At least this was the recommendation everyone I spoke to on the subject gave me to run this light, and I listened. I was going to add another 2x4 as well but chose to follow the advice given.

Good to know, I'm just at the beginning of actually investigating these lights, so I appreciate the heads up.

 

[Evil-Mobo]

Good to know, I'm just at the beginning of actually investigating these lights, so I appreciate the heads up.

Just thought I'd save you the time on that tidbit.

Hit me up before you get one (CMH) have some info for you