rubberguard
Active Member
Awesome , thanks for he advice. I bookmarked a FIMing tutorial , it seems fairly easy on what i cut so ill give it a try later and post a few pics. It makes me cringe thinking about cutting the new leaf node 
RG's First grow ( DR 150 , 400w , Aeroponic)
- Thread starter rubberguard
- Start date
Dystopia
Active Member
Cool on the fimming, you gotta try it sometime! I suck at it, 3 for 8 with the fimming, and prefer this method:Awesome , thanks for he advice. I bookmarked a FIMing tutorial , it seems fairly easy on what i cut so ill give it a try later and post a few pics. It makes me cringe thinking about cutting the new leaf node
https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/151706-uncle-bens-topping-technique-get.html
but I'm an old fart; your eyes and hands are prolly better than mine
rubberguard
Active Member
When it comes to messing up the FIM can i do alot of damage ? you said your 3 for 8 on your fimming attempts did the 5 others die ? If th risk is that large i may just let the girls grow on my first grow. If i can mess up the FIM and they will still be fine then ill go for it hehe 
ill throw in a couple pics i took today, roots and stuff
? If th risk is that large i may just let the girls grow on my first grow. If i can mess up the FIM and they will still be fine then ill go for it hehe ill throw in a couple pics i took today, roots and stuff
Attachments
Dystopia
Active Member
No, no damage, just not a perfect FIM. I usually don't take off enough and end up just cutting the top leaves off, or take a little too much and end up with three branches or something. I'll take some pictures of my latest efforts tonight.When it comes to messing up the FIM can i do alot of damage ? you said your 3 for 8 on your fimming attempts did the 5 others die
ill throw in a couple pics i took today, roots and stuff
Your plants are looking REAL nice, awesome looking healthy roots too!
Dystopia
Active Member
1st picture shows a more or less successful FIM, 2nd picture shows one of my "failed" FIMs (only got 3 branches), and 3rd picture shows a topping for 6 main colas (I cut above the third node). The topping method is the easiest and most predictable for me.
But you gotta try FIMing, I really don't think you'll hurt your plants; worst case all you'll do is top it instead of FIM it. Extra points if you can do it right the first time while high 
But you gotta try FIMing, I really don't think you'll hurt your plants; worst case all you'll do is top it instead of FIM it. Extra points if you can do it right the first time while high
Attachments
rubberguard
Active Member
Nice , i still have not tried the FIM yet i got nervous lol. Im seeing some brown rusty looking spots on some leafs i think its from lack of MG ive read i should increase my PH to 6.1 ish around day 20-30 when using the lucas formula so im going to see if that corrects the problem. Ill take a picture of the spots in a bit. For now ive attached a pic of my updated stash , just went to a new Co-op yesterday !
Attachments
rubberguard
Active Member
When i wake up im going to do my third resivoir change. The gals are looking nice , i learned for my next clones i start up a good dosage for nutes now. A few das ago i was geting dark brown spots that looks like MG def so i read up on the Lucas formula and found some info about bringing the PH around day 20 or so while in veg to avoid a lack of MG. I did that and it stoped the spots, my current nute solution is a little low in ppm the one i mix up sunday will be stronger. I can tell the plants want more , but overall they seem like they are doing well.
Im going to flower anytime now, i can see the pistils and preflowers comming in. I just need to pick a good time to set my 12/12 cycle on. Im thinking light on at 7 am and off 7pm.
Here are a few pics, one of the pics show one of the girls who have some mutant leafs on the bottom.
I have some plants to start up a perpetual grow with a couple more aeropnic units soon
Im going to flower anytime now, i can see the pistils and preflowers comming in. I just need to pick a good time to set my 12/12 cycle on. Im thinking light on at 7 am and off 7pm.
Here are a few pics, one of the pics show one of the girls who have some mutant leafs on the bottom.
I have some plants to start up a perpetual grow with a couple more aeropnic units soon
Attachments
rubberguard
Active Member
Hey hey , whats up ?
Well i just put the girls under 36 hours of darkness. That ended this morning at 7 AM. I set up my new digital timer , swicthed the bulb to my 400w HPS and i fired it up.
I was happy to see after the 36 hours of darkness they looked awesome wheni turned the lights back on.
Here are some pics of the gals , since i started flowering i may purchase a couple mother plants and throw them in my tent as well, if i get a good deal on some mature plants.
Well i just put the girls under 36 hours of darkness. That ended this morning at 7 AM. I set up my new digital timer , swicthed the bulb to my 400w HPS and i fired it up.
I was happy to see after the 36 hours of darkness they looked awesome wheni turned the lights back on.
Here are some pics of the gals , since i started flowering i may purchase a couple mother plants and throw them in my tent as well, if i get a good deal on some mature plants.
Attachments
rubberguard
Active Member
OK !
Well its been about a week and ive had to raise my light and it looks like ill have to aise the light again any day soon. The girls are taking off and draining th resivor dry !
Well its been about a week and ive had to raise my light and it looks like ill have to aise the light again any day soon. The girls are taking off and draining th resivor dry !
Attachments
rubberguard
Active Member
Another update , they are getting huggge ad flowers are comming in
Attachments
Dystopia
Active Member
Wow, great job so far! You got some bush there, I guess it's a good thing you didn't FIM themAnother update , they are getting huggge ad flowers are comming in
. +rep 
rubberguard
Active Member
Ill post some new pics later today , I added w-8 blooming nutes to my nutrient solution. I mixed it all up on friday and then i had to go out for about 36 hours and i checked the PH this morning and it had a prety big swing. It went up to about 6.3 ish it was a yellow with a hue of blue. That scared the shit out of me so i added some ph down in R.0 and lowered it back to about 5.5
I hope that ph swing doesnt do somthing crazy
I hope that ph swing doesnt do somthing crazy
rubberguard
Active Member
Here are some shot of 3 weeks of flowering as of today. I added two CFL lights down by the sides to get he lower buds in on the action.
Attachments
rubberguard
Active Member
they are commin along
Attachments
rubberguard
Active Member
starting to look nice, i added in two green cracks in soil pots as well !
I also have two 125 watt CFL's hanging on the sides they love it.
I also have two 125 watt CFL's hanging on the sides
they love it.Attachments
rubberguard
Active Member
Im still using Lucas formula with the micro and bloom , i hav fora nova bloom but havent switched to it. Next set of girls i will , it scares me because its so thick. Lucas formula is proving very easy to maintain thus far.
I noticed the tips of some of the lower leafs turning yellow , some have died and i cleaned them out every couple days. It seems like its as tall as thier getting or so they havent seem to moved up much in last few days just starting to see more bud thickness. One thing for sure is i will not use this aeroponic unit again for a full grow maybe to maintain mothers or somthing i duno. But they are getting heavy and bending over and the net cup is comming up a couple CM out off the plastic cover for the resivoir. I taped it down a bit for extra support so it just doesnt come out. But the roots keep it secured i just dont want any light to get down.
I still have like 4 or 5 weeks hopefully it all holds up !
I noticed the tips of some of the lower leafs turning yellow , some have died and i cleaned them out every couple days. It seems like its as tall as thier getting or so they havent seem to moved up much in last few days just starting to see more bud thickness. One thing for sure is i will not use this aeroponic unit again for a full grow maybe to maintain mothers or somthing i duno. But they are getting heavy and bending over and the net cup is comming up a couple CM out off the plastic cover for the resivoir. I taped it down a bit for extra support so it just doesnt come out. But the roots keep it secured i just dont want any light to get down.
I still have like 4 or 5 weeks hopefully it all holds up !
GreenHouzEffekt
Member
Ahhh! Beautiful set up!!! This is inspiration for me Rubber. I'm looking to do this exact same set up, just under a 250 not a 400 haha. Quite the piece of work for a first grow. I'm excited to see the yield! Keep it up brotha
rubberguard
Active Member
Thanks , lights are about to come in on 15 mins. hopefully the ph has settled and my plants are not freaked out from yesterdays ph battle. must be the hygrozyme
GreenHouzEffekt
Member
Don't ride the pH rollercoaster, if it's close, keep it. You don't wanna accidently fry your plants trying to change the pH a few points. I'm not actually doing Aeroponics but I'll be doing DWC, But this set up looks very close to mine. 4-5 Weeks should bring in some ridiculous results on those buds bro.
What kind of nutes are you using currently?
What kind of nutes are you using currently?