Twisted's wicked grow

[twistedentities]

WELL, THIS IS THE START OF JOURNAL #2 AND MY SECOND GROW. MY FIRST GROW WAS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED AND MY YIELD WAS FAR BEYOND WHAT I ANTICIPATED. MY FIRST GROW WAS SOIL AND THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE HYDRO.


IM DOWNSIZING SOME SO I CAN GROW DOWNSTAIRS INSTEAD OF THE ATTIC
IM BASICALLY COPYING THE COOL CAB DESIGN WITH A FEW CHANGES
4 WATERFARMS FOR FLOWER
1-400 MH/HPS WITH COOL TUBE
CLONE AND MOTHER SHELF UNDER T5'S AND A T8
CO2 BOOST SYTEM THAT THEY SELL WITH THE COOL CAB
NUTES- ADVANCED SENSI GROW AND BLOOM A+B, SENSIZYME, CARBOLOAD, GRAVITY,FINAL PHASE
SEEDS-4 AUTO AK TO GROW WHILE I VEG A STINKY WIDOW,CHEMO CINDY AND WIDOW GRAPE, AND GIGABUD

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A PERPETUAL HARVEST...ONCE MY AKS ARE DONE, THE STINKY AND CINDY WILL HAVE SOME NICE CUTTINGS FOR ME THAT ILL BE DOING 5 CUTS PER WATERFARM FOR A SMALL SOG...
THE CABINET IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND I PLAN TO TAKE A FEW DAYS TO WORK OUT THE BUGS AND GET TEMPS AND HUMIDITY BALANCED BEFORE THE PLANTS GO IN....HERES A PIC OF MY LAST GROW SINCE I HAVE NONE TO POST OF THIS ONE YET....JUST BE PATIENT THOUGH, THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING TO WATCH .......FORGOT TO ADD, THE PIC IS A DURGA MATA AT AROUND 20 DAY

 

[cheddarchops]

hey man, you gonna be trying to clone autos? i was unsure whether theyre able to since their life is determined on time and not photoperiod....im not too sure but i will be looking forward to your setup and watching the results! cant wait for these things to start kicking off!

 

[SlikWiLL13]

cant clone autos.

cool, ive never seen anyone do multiple plants in a waterfarm. have you done it before?

 

[twistedentities]

hey man, you gonna be trying to clone autos? I was unsure whether theyre able to since their life is determined on time and not photoperiod....im not too sure but i will be looking forward to your setup and watching the results! Cant wait for these things to start kicking off!

no, im not gonna do any auto clones...i dont think it would be worth it...the autos are to have something going while i veg my 2 mothers...if the aks impress me, i may do some more and try to get some seeds from them...the stinky and cindy seeds are the ones im really interested in getting to the flower side...my mother plants will be grown in soil and clones taken will go in therockwool to root then into the waterfarms...

 

[twistedentities]

cant clone autos.

Cool, ive never seen anyone do multiple plants in a waterfarm. Have you done it before?

never done any hydro b4. They say you can grow one big plant or 5 small ones per container...one in each corner and one in the middle.we'll see.

 

[cheddarchops]

they say that generally doing hydroponics decreases the tastiness of the stuff....but surely the tradeoff is that you get a bigger yield right?

 

[twistedentities]

they say that generally doing hydroponics decreases the tastiness of the stuff....but surely the tradeoff is that you get a bigger yield right?

well, i'll tell ya, if it tastes even half as good as what i am smokin now from my first harvest, i wont be any bit disappointed...if you have never grown durga mata, you should...ive grown outdoors for years and smoked alot of top notch nugs but mata has something special, dont know how to describe it...i hold it up to the best strains in the world

 

[SlikWiLL13]

they say that generally doing hydroponics decreases the tastiness of the stuff....but surely the tradeoff is that you get a bigger yield right?

"they" dont smoke my hydro. its all about what nutes you use, how you use them, and most importantly a good cure.

its not really "bigger" yields, just faster growth rates which turns into more harvests per year.

 

[cheddarchops]

ahh fair enough, well i remember possibly hearing it from jorge cervantes on the ultimate grow dvd....watched it ages ago so i cant really remember anyways....but ive never heard of durga mata, what type is it? and how long is the flowering period?

 

[twistedentities]

ahh fair enough, well i remember possibly hearing it from jorge cervantes on the ultimate grow dvd....watched it ages ago so i cant really remember anyways....but ive never heard of durga mata, what type is it? and how long is the flowering period?

its a cross of two super shivas..indica. and a 50 55 day flower...i used gravity on mine and it cut two weeks off flower...i harvested a little early for the up high, but the yeild was awesome!...you can find the mata at attitude

 

[twistedentities]

alrighty, all of my cabinet supplies are in so today begins installation...when my nutes arrived they were a little slushy from the cold....im using sensizyme and the sensi gro and bloom...will the slushiness kill the bacteria in the bottles? i hope they arent ruined
SORRY ITS SIDEWAYS...FORGOT TO ROTATE IT...LOL

 

[SOMEBEECH]

alrighty, all of my cabinet supplies are in so today begins installation...when my nutes arrived they were a little slushy from the cold....im using sensizyme and the sensi gro and bloom...will the slushiness kill the bacteria in the bottles? i hope they arent ruined
SORRY ITS SIDEWAYS...FORGOT TO ROTATE IT...LOL

My damn neck hurts for sure now!!Thats a good question,ask David.Did they freeze?I know you guys had some cold weather.

 

[twistedentities]

My damn neck hurts for sure now!!Thats a good question,ask David.Did they freeze?I know you guys had some cold weather.

DAMN COLD HERE! david said they should be fine. they were only a little slushy. I REALLY LIKE DEALING WITH HIM. HE'S QUICK TO RESPOND TO EMAILS OR MESSAGES AND TAKES THE TIME TO ANSWER WITH SENTENCES INSTEAD OF ABBRIEVIATIONS OR SINGLE WORDS.

 

[twistedentities]

well, i really wanted to have things up and running this weekend, but due to a shipping error, or a lack of shipping, my 400 wt and a few other supplies wont be here till monday....i am having trouble deciding what my second mother will be...the first will be stinky widow, the second is a choice between cindy, chemo, gigabud, or a widow grape cross or power skunk...any recommendations?

 

[cheddarchops]

is that chemo strain called "early chemotherapy"? ive heard its pretty fooking killer!

 

[twistedentities]

seeds went into glasses of water last night as did 10 rockwool cubes. i used ro water that was ph-d to 5.7


auto ak----4 seeds
stinky widow---2 seeds
chemo cindy---2 seeds
fem gigabud---1 seed
grape widow---2 seeds

the four autos go into the waterfarms first...the rest of the seeds will veg and be sexed and the best 4 will be grown in the water farms after the aks are done...from those 4, 2 mothers will be chosen to grow for my SOG....those that dont get picked will go upstairs for safe keeping just in case i need to start over ....i decided to keep the upstairs room hooked up, so i can have some variety and maybe get into some breeding, it just depends on how many females and males i end up with...that room is lit by a 600 hps with a small protable a/c unit...

 

[twistedentities]

OK, ITS TIME TO GROW!...TEMPS WERE MY BIGGEST PROBLEM BEFORE I EVEN HAD PLANTS IN IT...NOW ITS STEADY TEMPS AT 75 AND HUMIDITY AT 50...I'M 10 FOR 10 ON GERMED SEEDS! THE AUTO AKS ARE IN THE WATERFARMS AND WILL BE SELF WATERED FOR A LITTLE WHILE...I ALSO HAVE- 2 STINKY WIDOW, 2 CHEMO CINDY, 1 GIGABUD AND 1 WIDOW GRAPE IN SOIL....THEY WILL BE CLONED FOR MY SOG WHEN THE AKS ARE DONE.....ID POST PICS BUT IM KINDA EMBARRASSED ABOUT MY MYLAR JOB...LOL...THAT SHITS A PAIN IN THE ASS TO PUT UP WITHOUT WRINKLES...IM GONNA REDO IT THEN ILL POST SOME PICS....I ADDED A 500 CFM FOR HEAT EXTRACTION OFF THE COOL TUBE AND WE BE ROCKIN!

 

[twistedentities]

i tested my well water yesterday and the ppm is 123 and my ph is 5.8 so i think ill just use that and save the trips for ro water. the cab did well all night and kept some good temps. over a 18 hr period the temp went from 75 to 77. when lights are off the temps drop to 70. HOW LONG SHOULD I RUN THE DRIP SYSTEM EACH HOUR?

 

[cheddarchops]

got my seeds from lowlife....had 100 percent germination but so far found found 2 males out of 6 plants, the 4 others arent showing sex yet because theyre a few days behind.....does the water farm just take care of feeding the plant nutrients automatically?

 

[twistedentities]

got my seeds from lowlife....had 100 percent germination but so far found found 2 males out of 6 plants, the 4 others arent showing sex yet because theyre a few days behind.....does the water farm just take care of feeding the plant nutrients automatically?

pretty much...its a drip system that has a res in the bottom and through an air pump it syphons the water/nutes to a drip ring at the top and waters the hydroton....its a simple system that ive seen some really nics pics in others threads...so the autos you have arent feminized? i got fems since ive never tried them out...my sprouts are only 3 days from cracking and already have 3" taproots! the timer will be set to run 15 minutes every two hours with 4 hrs darktime when they will turn off with the light....the autos look great today.....the widow grape, chemo cindy, stinky widow, and gigabud look really good too...had a little more stretch than i like but i got that under control now....i'll have some pics soon.