CLOSETGROWTH'S 1000 WATT DWC BUBBLER GROW!!! Start to Finish

[CLOSETGROWTH]

My God, what Have i done?
Can i flower these trees?

Lets see if I can pull it off

 

[Dropastone]

Thems huge brah. You'll get some killer weight off them bitches. Too bad you couldn't finish em off outside. They would be monsters by the end of the summer.

Check ya later.

Peace.

 

[CLOSETGROWTH]

Thems huge brah. You'll get some killer weight off them bitches. Too bad you couldn't finish em off outside. They would be monsters by the end of the summer.

Check ya later.

Peace.

That would be nice, but I wanna remain free... LOL!!

I like the lowkey indoor grows.

Never know when a neighbor, or someone will turn ya ass in when its displayed outside.

I have my Medicinal Paperwork(caregiver status), but it really doesn't mean a whole lot.

The feds can still bring you down, and convict you if they wanted to.

And growing somewhere else far away wouldn't be as fun as watching your plants grow in the privacy of your own home.

I dunno..

So, Ill do my best, and try to keep these bad girls growing under my imitation sun..

They better not get too much taller,or else Ill have to get the axe out.

Have a good one Buddy, CG

 

[SotaFats]

So frosty!!! Is that the prize cola? Look at the trimmings all over the floor!! 3/4's of a 5gal bucket is incredible.

Stoopid Q? Is all that NL#5?

 

[CLOSETGROWTH]

So frosty!!! Is that the prize cola? Look at the trimmings all over the floor!! 3/4's of a 5gal bucket is incredible.

Stoopid Q? Is all that NL#5?

Hello there Sota

No, that isn't the prize winning Cola..heehee!

Just one that I picked up and took a picture of.

Oh that 5 gallon bucket wasnt the total yield.

We got a bucket and a half after everything was trimmed/manicured

Quite happy with the return.

The strain was my Glass Slipper

The NL5 was just sexed, and will be cloned in the next week or so.

Will include it with Glass Slipper the next run.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day

 

[donkey.420]

how long before we get a dry weight? no pinching before weigh ins lol

 

[CLOSETGROWTH]

how long before we get a dry weight? no pinching before weigh ins lol

Hahaha, Ill know the exact weight in roughly 6 days.. their drying away!

 

[CLOSETGROWTH]

Hello folks,

The now flowering Glass Slippers are absolutely Loving there new condo.

Living the good life with fresh food, co2, and ample lighting.

I will have to train the bigger one's so that they dont interfere with my hood.

Its gonna be a mission, but I dont think its entirely impossible

 

[CLOSETGROWTH]

A few tie down strings here and there, and moving a few buckets around,..we have lowered the heighth of these 40" "Bad Girls" considerably.

They like to be tied up..naughty girls.

If I can manage to keep em at this heighth for the next 3 weeks or so, we'll be back in business full speed ahead.

Im greatful that I have the large 48" hood and the 6 foot lightmover, or else any of this would not be possible.

Its gonna be a workout.,, challenge..a goal.

I love the challenge, and I love to work out. And Im all about goals..

Where are the wips and chains?

Im in Control Ladies, believe that!!!!

Im gonna win!!!

 

[Dropastone]

Looking good as always CG. You impress me more and more everyday and I can't wait to see those behemoths start to bud.

Peace.

 

[USNDEVIL]

CG,
Just wanted to say just like many of us that this thread/grow journal has really been a inspiration. I have been looking into DWC for a while now and your system you definitely seem to have locked down. Bravo on your recent harvest and just wanted to say your ladies are looking beautiful. I've always been an advocate of GH's nutes and especially the lucas theory. I guess that fancy PPM meter you have seems kinda a overkill since GH's nutes seem to really stabilize your PPM and PH. Always great to be on top of it though which is why your ladies look awesome.
One thing that I was going to suggest since Lucas himself said that you really should only use the Lucas theory for Flowering and if you do use it for vegatation that you only do if you have a low light application. Just a suggestion but I think you should go with the whole 3 part series (grow,micro,bloom) for vegatative with your current light application and then switch to the lucas theory for flowering. Screw additives and just like you I actually love GH's chems over organic. Just as long as you are consistent with your res changes and topping off which you obviously are you will experience great growth using GH throughout your entire grow. The flush at the end takes care of any chemical taste that you might of had and you seem to be locked in on everything with your grow. I would love to get CO2 but it just isn't a possibility right now but your ladies stems are kinda freakish (great genetics) and CO2 seems to make a world of difference. Again, thanks for the great journal and I will stay tuned on what your grows are doing.

 

[USNDEVIL]

Just wanted to also add that with GH's nutes accompanied by your new airstones you are going to have a very clean operation and clean yield. Your roots are going to be so healthy with the added oxy from your airstones makes cleaning your buckets so much easier. If you had to adjust your ph before this is going to be so much easier for you. Can't wait to see what monsters you are going to yield 2 months from now.

 

[CLOSETGROWTH]

CG,
Just wanted to say just like many of us that this thread/grow journal has really been a inspiration. I have been looking into DWC for a while now and your system you definitely seem to have locked down. Bravo on your recent harvest and just wanted to say your ladies are looking beautiful. I've always been an advocate of GH's nutes and especially the lucas theory. I guess that fancy PPM meter you have seems kinda a overkill since GH's nutes seem to really stabilize your PPM and PH. Always great to be on top of it though which is why your ladies look awesome.
One thing that I was going to suggest since Lucas himself said that you really should only use the Lucas theory for Flowering and if you do use it for vegatation that you only do if you have a low light application. Just a suggestion but I think you should go with the whole 3 part series (grow,micro,bloom) for vegatative with your current light application and then switch to the lucas theory for flowering. Screw additives and just like you I actually love GH's chems over organic. Just as long as you are consistent with your res changes and topping off which you obviously are you will experience great growth using GH throughout your entire grow. The flush at the end takes care of any chemical taste that you might of had and you seem to be locked in on everything with your grow. I would love to get CO2 but it just isn't a possibility right now but your ladies stems are kinda freakish (great genetics) and CO2 seems to make a world of difference. Again, thanks for the great journal and I will stay tuned on what your grows are doing.

Hello USNDEVIL

Thank you so much for the kind words

Yea, I tried the organic approach over and over, and it doesn't give you quite the same yield as chemicals.

Thats pretty much why i went with GH nutes.

Im dont like putting "shit" in my buckets anymore.

Im done with that.

Even the soil plants were alot smaller using organics.

So many people out there really dont know what there missing if there strictly organic.

Maybe its a tree hugger thing i dunno, but an Mj plant wont max out unless chemicals are in the mix.

Very interesting what you said about the lucas method only during flowering.

I read a post by lucas who claims you may get bigger yields using the "grow" along with "micro" and "bloom".

Then i read at least a hundred other threads about using just micro and bloom.. confusing.

Might include "grow" next time.. hmmm.

Ill bet I dont need this fancy digital meter, but what the heck..

I mainly bought it due to the intense ph fluctuations I had using Fox farms Organics... not at first, but more in the middle of my flowering cycle.

Ive noticed Gh nutes are extremely stable..

Barely have to adjust anything.. real steady.

Ill bet I wouldnt have to purchase any more ph up and down with these GH chemicals... But i like to fine tune em..ya know.

Yea, I think the organic nute manufacturers really wanna sock it to ya, and make the consumer spend big money.. for no reason, except maybe a lil better taste?

But, The yield suffers big time!!!


Im in it more for large Cola's, and Yield..

I have literally spent about 300 dollars the last grow running 11 buckets at once running fox farms and their additives...

And now, since I made the swap to GH nutes, ill spend maybe 75-100 max and my plants are growing so much better now.

Go figure.

I wouldn't even reccomend organics for out door mj farmers, but, it would be great for vegetables etc..

Thats what im going to do with all my extra organics in the shelves here.

And as far as the additives are concerned..

Ive been suckered a bunch of times, and Iam not going to be suckered anymore.

I finally learned my lesson, and I know whats really going on.

The best plants I have ever grown were with chemicals, and Im staying with chemicals as long as I grow Mj.

Feel sorry for all the others who keep buying that shit, and wonder why their plants never yield anything.

The comparison is like a cfl, to a 1000 watt hps... HUGE difference.


I thank you again for all the words, and have a super day!

Please stop by, and visit soon.

Your friend, CG

 

[Dirtfree]

CG,
Have you thought about any kind of support for those big bitches? They are going to get top heavy a month into flower. Ive been trying to think what might help those big MFers, the only thing I can think of is tomato cages or maybe some bambo tied around the buckets. Ya need to think about it now before those bitches get out of line! Just lookin out for ya my man. My white widow is falling all over the place, im glad I put the screen in when i put it to flower.

 

[CLOSETGROWTH]

CG,
Have you thought about any kind of support for those big bitches? They are going to get top heavy a month into flower. Ive been trying to think what might help those big MFers, the only thing I can think of is tomato cages or maybe some bambo tied around the buckets. Ya need to think about it now before those bitches get out of line! Just lookin out for ya my man. My white widow is falling all over the place, im glad I put the screen in when i put it to flower.

Hello DF,

Yea, been thinking about the best way to support these mini tree's for a few days now.

So far, I have used some pretty thick string/twine and it seems to be holding em up ok.

Its ridiculous, but Im dealing with it.

I have not cloned yet, but I will have to real soon.

The bubbler plants are kicking into flowering fast, and I want alot of foliage on my clones.. they seem to root better this way and plus, I dont want the flowering hormone in full gear when Im cloning... mixed signals.


But, I wanna wait for a while so that i dont get Giants again.

A real dilemma we got here.

The lucas formula seems to be working real well, except the plants are a little bit on the light side, like ive never seen before.

Maybe the 1300 ppm just aint enough for the stretching phase.. I dunno.

Or maybe its because there so big?

Or is this the normal color??

They seem to be healthy.

Maybe the leaves are bleached from the transfer from a 430 to a 1000 watt light?

The FF plants were a darker shade of green... which i kinda liked.

Well, Ill keep an eye on em, and hopefully its just me, and not the plants.

Anyways, I appreciate your concern, and maybe we can figure this out together.

If its not one thing, its another.

Sometimes I feel like going back to soil, and the Peters,.. it was so much easier.

I found the 20-20-20 veg ferts, and the bloom booster from Jacks professional.

Ordered online and received about a week ago.

Im just getting a bit frustrated is all..

Or maybe Lucas is not sufficient for the Glass Slipper genetics?

Afterall, I did pump em up to 3200 ppm once with no real negative effects.

Its rare for a mj plant to stand so much,
The Glass Slipper is a food hog.

I guess I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best.


Thanks, CG

 

[Dropastone]

What's happening CG. I've done lots of reading on the Lucas formula here lately and I've read a lot of positive things that were said about it but on the other hand I've also read lots of negative things about it as well. So I'm kinda on the fence right now about the whole Lucas thing. That's why I'm not ready to make the switch to it just yet. I'm sorta watching you to see what kind of results you get with it. I'm also starting to wonder if it might be strain related (ya know) what's good for one strain might not be good for another.

Anyway I know you'll handle your business and handle it well and you'll get it figured out.

Your friend

Dropastone

 

[CLOSETGROWTH]

What's happening CG. I've done lots of reading on the Lucas formula here lately and I've read a lot of positive things that were said about it but on the other hand I've also read lots of negative things about it as well. So I'm kinda on the fence right now about the whole Lucas thing. That's why I'm not ready to make the switch to it just yet. I'm sorta watching you to see what kind of results you get with it. I'm also starting to wonder if it might be strain related (ya know) what's good for one strain might not be good for another.

Anyway I know you'll handle your business and handle it well and you'll get it figured out.

Your friend

Dropastone

Yea lucas claims you will have the "perfect" plant if you follow his directions.

So far it has been working somewhat ok.

Its weird though, the leaves on my plant look a lil deficient in nitrogen, but maybe its the normal color.

I usually give my girls extra food, and since Ive followed directions for once in my life, my plants look different.

Went to my buddy's grow house today, and his plants exhibit a similar green color.

So, maybe Im trippin.

Also, I found out my ph was a bit off after i made my last post.

I corrected it, and they do indeed look much better.

Im gonna stay with the formula and do my best.

Thanks for the reply, and Ill get back to ya soon.

Your Homey, CG

 

[CLOSETGROWTH]

Hi Everybody!

Decided to take clones this morning, and so I fired up my trusty Dwc Bucket cloner.

I have 4 Glass Slippers, and 4 Northern Lights #5 clones all done up and now in the bubbler

Had to clip em early because the mature flowering GS has already went into high gear in bud production. You can actually see em developing the buds, in as little as 6 days!

Super fast bud formation, 100% faster than if they were grown in soil.

So, I had to get a move on.

The GH chemical nutes are advancing things, .. Much quicker than when I used organics.

Didnt wanna take em so early.. but had to.


The heighth of the flowering plants are still under control, and doing pretty good.

Im even flowering one Northern Lights #5 in soil.. heehee!

Here's what we're looking at this morning.

Have a nice day Folks!!!!

 

[donkey.420]

how about that dry weight homey? my very first dwc bucket just weighed in at 5 dry zips! i never even got close to that in dirt man.

 

[hookahma]

Hello USNDEVIL

Thank you so much for the kind words

Yea, I tried the organic approach over and over, and it doesn't give you quite the same yield as chemicals.

Thats pretty much why i went with GH nutes.

Im dont like putting "shit" in my buckets anymore.

Im done with that.

Even the soil plants were alot smaller using organics.

So many people out there really dont know what there missing if there strictly organic.

Maybe its a tree hugger thing i dunno, but an Mj plant wont max out unless chemicals are in the mix.

Very interesting what you said about the lucas method only during flowering.

I read a post by lucas who claims you may get bigger yields using the "grow" along with "micro" and "bloom".

Then i read at least a hundred other threads about using just micro and bloom.. confusing.

Might include "grow" next time.. hmmm.

Ill bet I dont need this fancy digital meter, but what the heck..

I mainly bought it due to the intense ph fluctuations I had using Fox farms Organics... not at first, but more in the middle of my flowering cycle.

Ive noticed Gh nutes are extremely stable..

Barely have to adjust anything.. real steady.

Ill bet I wouldnt have to purchase any more ph up and down with these GH chemicals... But i like to fine tune em..ya know.

Yea, I think the organic nute manufacturers really wanna sock it to ya, and make the consumer spend big money.. for no reason, except maybe a lil better taste?

But, The yield suffers big time!!!


Im in it more for large Cola's, and Yield..

I have literally spent about 300 dollars the last grow running 11 buckets at once running fox farms and their additives...

And now, since I made the swap to GH nutes, ill spend maybe 75-100 max and my plants are growing so much better now.

Go figure.

I wouldn't even reccomend organics for out door mj farmers, but, it would be great for vegetables etc..

Thats what im going to do with all my extra organics in the shelves here.

And as far as the additives are concerned..

Ive been suckered a bunch of times, and Iam not going to be suckered anymore.

I finally learned my lesson, and I know whats really going on.

The best plants I have ever grown were with chemicals, and Im staying with chemicals as long as I grow Mj.

Feel sorry for all the others who keep buying that shit, and wonder why their plants never yield anything.

The comparison is like a cfl, to a 1000 watt hps... HUGE difference.


I thank you again for all the words, and have a super day!

Please stop by, and visit soon.

Your friend, CG

Always great to follow your play by play CG.

I've found that AN is pretty stable too, but it's always good to see what others are finding with other nutes...just in case my nute place runs out. They did a few months back and I was tiiiicked.

Gonna keep looking you up....

kiss-ass