Green House Seed Co - Arjan's Haze #1, Ultra Haze #1 & White Widow

[Gyp]

ya man, I was in the dam and fell in love with their white widow. I can't wait till they're poppin buds and I can relive my experience.

 

[Gyp]

5 days into this grow, all 12 seeds are popped and sprung. Ph 5.7, temp 73.4, ppm 250. I'm gonna hit the dro shop to get some grodan slabs, these sativas will be a height issue later on, and growing them in the slabs will help solve that.

 

[Gyp]

Day 6 - got my supplies today:

Grodan 6x6x5.8 - 45.00
Grodan 3x3x4 - 17.90
2 Dutch Leach Trays 6' x 40' w/black elbows -25.90
400 gph aqua pump - 29.95
1/4" tubing - 5.00
1/4" barbed connectors - 4.20
1/2" stop valve - 4.95
stakes 45 degree angled -3.60

I'm soaking the 3x3 blocks at 5.5 ph right now, and after I finish typing this, I'll set up the leach trays. Gonna use a 20 gallon res for the drip system.

 

[Gyp]

Pretty much blazed out the ass, cause I spent 45 mins looking for scissors that were right infront of me. I have 11 of the 12 in the 3x3's, they're in one of the leach trays. I'll set up the drip when I'm not as toastie, when that will be, who knows..

 

[lilvicious420]

Sup Gyp, have you grown white widow from green house before? just curious to know cuz i just finished some widow they are dryin @ the moment. can wait to see your setup!! Cheers

 

[Gyp]

first time with green house seeds, gotta go with the original breeders, ya know.

 

[Gyp]

Day 7 - everything looks good, I'll get to work on the drip setup in a bit. The root formations looked wonderful when I pulled them out of the hydrocorn and put em in the rw. A few were single roots while others had 5 plus coming out of the bottom of the rw. I took a couple pics, but not much to see as of yet. Oh and in my transferring of mediums, I forgot to keep the strain markers on them, so now it's all a guessing game as to which is which.. my bad.

 

[LoveIt]

ah, that just adds to the suspense, gyp lol... i guess i'll HAVE to watch this grow now...

 

[JonnyBlunt88]

You gonna take some pics of your grow op...
Your youngin looks good, how is she living?

 

[Gyp]

Day 8 - I'm gonna dunk them either tomorrow or the next day, the rw is still quite moist. I decided not to go with a recirculating res as it will help when it comes to height issues later on. As of right now, the 11 are in one of the leach trays, sitting ontop of the system I had them in. I still had the air pump on, with nothing in it, again another blazed mistake. I've been lazy in that room and haven't finished putting down the panda film, so I'm limiting the pics. Once it's completely done, meaning when I run outta smoke, I'll finish it up. They're under a 600 w hps that's on 24/0.

 

[mattso101]

how long do you plan on vegging. on thier website they grow massive plants. Those Hazes are very tall stretchy sativas. Their WW looks better for smaller spaces

 

[Gyp]

when they reach about 9 or 10 inches.

 

[mattso101]

Nice, that should do it eh? looking forward to it

 

[Gyp]

yeah, hopefully it'll keep them around 4-5'.

Day 9 - I dunked them, the water was set at 5.5 ph with a ppm of 320.

 

[Gyp]

Day 11 - They're still growin, I didn't take any pics, not too much of a change. I'm gonna dunk em in a day or so, they've still got some moisture going on in the rw. Their roots are growing nicely, prolly be a week when I set them on the large rw blocks.

 

[LoveIt]

looking good gyp. this might be a stupid question, but here goes anyway lol... are the white squares around the base of the stems there to add to reflectivity, or to slow down evaporation, or both, or something else?

 

[JonnyBlunt88]

They prevent mold...

 

[Gyp]

yeah, keeps the algae away and helps reflect light to the underneath of the leaves.

 

[SmokerE]

yeah, keeps the algae away and helps reflect light to the underneath of the leaves.

I've wondered if light on the underside of the plant is even beneficial.

 

[Gyp]

Before photosynthesis can take place, the roots must pull water and minerals up from the soil to the leaves. This pumping process is called transpiration. Chlorophyll in leaves absorbs the sun's energy. Pores on the underside of leaves (called stomata) absorb carbon dioxide while allowing oxygen and water vapor to exit. Photosynthesis uses the water and minerals pulled up by transpiration, plus carbon dioxide from the air, to create carbohydrates, simple sugars, and other plant necessities.

So in other words, I have no clue.