1000w flower 600w veg 8 strains organic soil grow. lets see how this goes

which strain are you watching?

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RetiredMatthebrute

RetiredMatthebrute

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brought the PPM up to 650 +/-

the BBG in the DWC dosent seem to be doing so well, when i went and checked it it was almost out of water and the leaves were all droopy. its still not showing much signs of flowering.
 
Ninjabowler

Ninjabowler

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You need a float valve and two five gallon buckets to make a res for her. Shes going to need a half gallon a day or more and they hate being ojt of water. They are totally different plants when you go from dirt to water. Dont expect the same things from them. I havent seen pics of them in a while but i bet you could be at 7-750 by now. Ill look back a couple pages maybe :):):)
 
RetiredMatthebrute

RetiredMatthebrute

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Ninjabowler said:
You need a float valve and two five gallon buckets to make a res for her. Shes going to need a half gallon a day or more and they hate being ojt of water. They are totally different plants when you go from dirt to water. Dont expect the same things from them. I havent seen pics of them in a while but i bet you could be at 7-750 by now. Ill look back a couple pages maybe :):):)
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ill be bumping the PPM up gradually, last week i set it to around 500, this week 650....baby steps :)

Ninjabowler said:
How long till you can get the tomato plant outside w the pepper plant? :):):)
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not till mid May in these neck of the woods. the pepper plants is already fruiting
 
Curiosity2

Curiosity2

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650 is a little low, I'm assuming that includes the starting water's PPMs as well. Once you have flowers after the 2 week mark from the 12/12 flip, start cranking the PPMs to 900 for a small plant up to as much as 1300 on the 3rd and 4th week.

If a percent of the roots were in the water and the plant had a droopy look similar to over watered, than its water oxygenated problem. If the air pump is shutting off when that surge protector is tripping or if the pump is on a timer, this is not good, leave the pump on 24/7.

Speaking of that stupid surge protector, I believe they protect electronics form a surge of power and do little to nothing to protect a light bulb. My opinion is the surge protector is more dangerous to use in this circumstance than it is to go without. Your right the breaker in the Main panel is all that is needed.

I agree with Ninja, you will need a res or at least be able to top off every day. Since you’re not around your grow all the time I would go with a top off kit from Aquahub. But on the other hand I have read that you are planning on expanding later, so if you need to purchase things now keep that in mind for later.

Have a look around Aquahub’s website; I have some of their gear and customer service (Pat) is friendly and very helpful when need be.
http://www.aquahub.com/store/product26.html
 
RetiredMatthebrute

RetiredMatthebrute

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thanks curiosity, im headed over there today and going to talk to the old timer about just plugging the dam thing directly into the outlet. hopefully that helps things out. i dont think i ever said i was expanding? i may go full RDWC eventually but thats a couple years down the road. right now im actually looking at downsizing.
 
RetiredMatthebrute

RetiredMatthebrute

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was able to get a nice feed in 1k ppm nutrient solution, Poly i took your advice and went 50/50. decided i wanted a little boost so i added in some GH flora bloom nutes to bring the PPM up from 500 to 1k. this way they have good avail nutrients and then someone the back burner...i guess.

im not too impressed where things are right now but i reconfigured my power cords and shouldnt have any more fluxuations in my schedule so hopefully in the next 3 weeks shit packs on well.

i do have some good news, i though i would have to chop last week of Aprit but looks like i may get another week :)

once the DWC starts to flower i will increase the PPM but this is a blueberry strain and from everything i have read blueberry strains are not too keen on high PPM so im taking it slow with it.
 
polyarcturus

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RetiredMatthebrute said:
was able to get a nice feed in 1k ppm nutrient solution, Poly i took your advice and went 50/50. decided i wanted a little boost so i added in some GH flora bloom nutes to bring the PPM up from 500 to 1k. this way they have good avail nutrients and then someone the back burner...i guess.

im not too impressed where things are right now but i reconfigured my power cords and shouldnt have any more fluxuations in my schedule so hopefully in the next 3 weeks shit packs on well.

i do have some good news, i though i would have to chop last week of Aprit but looks like i may get another week :)

once the DWC starts to flower i will increase the PPM but this is a blueberry strain and from everything i have read blueberry strains are not too keen on high PPM so im taking it slow with it.
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they are not keen on it no, and they do better in indirect light than the direct light.
 
DrOfWelshMagic

DrOfWelshMagic

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polyarcturus said:
they are not keen on high ppm solutions i agree.

they do not do the best directly under the bulb in my experience with bluedream and bluecheese they do better off the the side behind a plant or with a couple ft distance between itself and the bulb.
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do you find this with a lot of Indica's as it has been the case in my experience, pretty much all the time too... several different strains inc. super cheese, as you say bluecheese, DJ Short Blueberry, even the WW x BB i got in now is showing this tendency as are the Belladonna's in now (even though they're more Sativa)???
 
polyarcturus

polyarcturus

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quite the opposite i find the problem more with sativas. i think thier tendency to grow tall is a result of competition with foliage, meaning they have evolved to a partly shaded environment. indicas are a more invasive type of cannabis, they build colony's and sap off the water from other plants by growing in large numbers and evolved to sit directly in the sun and protect their soil with thier own foliage.

another thing you will see that supports my theory is the fact indica do better in hydro and overly wet environments, where as sativa on the other hand does better in soil with a dryer airier soil composition which is similar to a plant that is used to growing with neighbors in tight quarters because even during flood in these place the moisture evaps quick! so overall soil stays at a consistent moisture where as where indicas grow it fluctuates more.

but this is all speculation what i do know is that some strains/plants dont do well in the most powerful light position.
 
RetiredMatthebrute

RetiredMatthebrute

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looking good m8. my BBG isnt even starting to flower yet so im not too woried about bringing the PPM right up high. not even sure if the plant will get the chance to flower or not.
 
Briansmith8585

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I didn't read the whole thing but how's the white widow and bib bud doing I just started a couple the are from female seeds I seen someone posted that but just wondering how those are wwxbb
 
RetiredMatthebrute

RetiredMatthebrute

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i only have one WWxBB and its doing pretty good, nice and frosty. the buds arent huge but neither is the plant. should be one of my better yeilders.
 
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