Help me build 4 vertical strips for my tent

[nc208]

will get more pictures up this weekend.

bogglegum is female, woohoo !!!! tent full of ladies

all plants are still suffering from a mild case of root root. H202 and pool shock have forced the root into a slow retreat.

plants are starting to stretch now. well, except for the bogglegum. it's only about 14" tall after 3 weeks into flower. if that plant was in my hps tent it would soon suffer light deprivation with the other 3 much taller plants in this tent. i expect the GTH's to top 3-4 ft and same goes for this pheno type of mk-ultra.

the little bushy bogglegum will soon lose close proximity to the two overhead horizontal strips as the gth beside it grows taller. but it is still surrounded on 4 sides, so this will be a good test of the side lighting.

gth's and mk are 18-20" tall.

like i said, pics this weekend.

How are you finding growth under the canopy?

 

[Sour Wreck]

How are you finding growth under the canopy?

Not much yo report any where yet as they just showed pistils a few nights ago

 

[Sour Wreck]

ok, 3 weeks in... looking about where i expected.

but due to slight root rot issues, ( i am winning, H202 and pool shock) growth is a little slowed, not terribly, but noticeable.

 

[Sour Wreck]

so here we are 4 weeks into flowering, i believe. although still suffering from slight root rot they are looking pretty good.

mk-ultra



bogglegum



ghost train haze

 

[Sour Wreck]

 

[RetiredGuerilla]

Hang a 6 bulb T-5 fixture vertical and use a 400 watt HPS horizontally. More light for cheaper. Those buds need more light bre.

 

[Sour Wreck]

Hang a 6 bulb T-5 fixture vertical and use a 400 watt HPS horizontally. More light for cheaper. Those buds need more light bre.

this is LED only. the goal has changed since i started this thread. if it doesn't produce well i will add more LEDs or relocate them all to overhead.

i am running another tent with a 600 hps in it so i got that covered.

just gonna play it out for now. plants also have a minor case of root rot which isn't helping.

 

[Cold$moke]

Nice work so far
Subbed for my own up coming f strip build

 

[Sour Wreck]

Nice work so far
Subbed for my own up coming f strip build

cool, post a link when you start building, would love to follow

and thanks

 

[Sour Wreck]

buds are definitely not swelling as much as they do under an hps.

its either the strip configuration or the root rot for the first 4 weeks of flowering. or combination.

still going so we will see, ghost train haze a nice look and smell

 

[Sour Wreck]

i was a little overdue for a reservoir change and when i opened the tent the bogglegum was dropping. i checked the TDS and its 2100 PPM. WTF? All the other rez's were fucked up too.

these plants don't have root rot anymore, i killed it, but may have damaged the plants in the process.

too much pool shock? H202?

anyway, i changed out all reservoirs last night and will put new nutes in this evening. sure hope the bogglegum has recovered when the lights come on. i'll take a picture later.

so it is not fair to blame the lack of thick buds on this LED configuration alone, as i have been nursing sick plants the whole time. i may add a vertical bare HPS bulb in this tent tonight, in an attempt to gain more yield.

either way, i will have to run this experiment again with strong healthy plants

 

[nc208]

Sorry to hear of your root rot problem, since I've incorporated the 4 vertical strips into my setup I've noticed a nice increase in growth all around the plant, The lower bud sites are definitely alot chunkier I've noticed than my previous grow.

 

[Sour Wreck]

Sorry to hear of your root rot problem, since I've incorporated the 4 vertical strips into my setup I've noticed a nice increase in growth all around the plant, The lower bud sites are definitely alot chunkier I've noticed than my previous grow.

well that was my original plan, then i got carried away and am trying to eliminate 1 of my hps lights, lol

 

[nc208]

how powerful is the lighting overhead?

 

[nc208]

Here is a quick shot I took this morning of one of the side colas, you can see the bud towards the bottom has some decent growth, it is currently 23 days since I switched to 12/12. this is under just the 3000k and 2000k.

 

[Sour Wreck]

how powerful is the lighting overhead?

only 200 watts total overhead

600w on the sides

 

[Sour Wreck]

Here is a quick shot I took this morning of one of the side colas, you can see the bud towards the bottom has some decent growth, it is currently 23 days since I switched to 12/12. this is under just the 3000k and 2000k.
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i am convinced the plants will produce good buds low with this setup.

in fact, i'll get pics later.

 

[Sour Wreck]

ok, it's really sad , as i have never had a hydro setup fail this way. however, rez changes and new nutes for the next week or so and we will see if things improve or i should harvest this small yield and move on.

the gth buds look and smell the best.

the bogglegum is the worst and believe it or not it looks a little better tonight.

 

[Sour Wreck]

on another positive note, the bogglegum has a slight grape bubblegum smell. have clones of this one and will be flowering again.

 

[nfhiggs]

ok, it's really sad , as i have never had a hydro setup fail this way. however, rez changes and new nutes for the next week or so and we will see if things improve or i should harvest this small yield and move on.

the gth buds look and smell the best.

the bogglegum is the worst and believe it or not it looks a little better tonight.

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Some peroxide and/or bleach added to the rez will kill off any remaining pythium without harming the plant. Then you can add in beneficials at the next rez change.