BB & SSH Hydro Grow

too all who still are interested in my grow then im glad to announce that ill in the process of getting another one goin.... if anybody still has this bookmarked then hit me up and ill give you the details

Dude!! Lets hear all about it!!!!!! How about some porn first? Good to see you back.

are those your purple flowers.. i never did get my blueberry to look blue or purple

Hash Lover said:

Dude!! Lets hear all about it!!!!!! How about some porn first? Good to see you back.

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Ya, those are mine. One of the free seeds from an order. It took a while for them to turn that purple and on the next batch I chopped them earlier and had very little. Not sure how long it really was but 10 weeks give or take a little. I like the earlier better, not as much of a couch lock high. I've been doing clones of that one and have more to go. Both are good though. I have some California Orange Skunk I'm starting on now also but I'm just getting some clones going that a friend gave me. I have not read much on the lowriders but was thinking of getting a couple when I order some more seeds. I'll post a link, I want to try some White Russian next maybe and they had some that were Lowrider auto flower. I think if grown fairly good you should have no problem getting an ounce per plant. I had a lone plant that was about 12-16 inches that I got almost an ounce from. But some of the taller ones did not produce as well per plant. But I also had problems with them. My res and root zone temps were to high and was causing root rot. I had to upgrade my venting and run the ac to get it down to a good level. Running about 71-72 degrees now. I've had some good upgrades in the last couple months. Got some kitchen cabinets off a job we were doing and put them in "shop". I'll try to get some pics this weekend and show you the setup. So what are you doing? Same space or do you have somewhere different? The only thing about doing the plants a week apart is doing different nute mixes for the different stages of growth. If you try to follow a schedule you would have to make to many different mixes. Maybe doing three at a time would be easyier. But lets hear about what you plan on doing???
I've been looking at these http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/index.php?searchStr=white russian&act=viewCat&Submit_x=17&Submit_y=8&Submit=Go

Great lookin budz hash....i would like to see some pics of your new setup....ive expanded a bit my self....im goin to be harvestin in a few weeks!!! Got a little problem though....i got 3 different strains in one container, proly not to smart but o well, my white widow is goin to be done before the northern lights and pure power...i think...not sure if i can somehow get the ww out and flush in a different container or somethin....the root mass is just huge and thick...how bad would it be to possibly cut or pull the roots out, i wonder....ill figure somethin out hopefully...these bitches are gettin fat!!!! Big difference from the old 150 to the 600 and a bunch of AN!!!!

What strains are you goin to do this time greenearth?

good to see you two in here.. im still deciding on my next grow is going to be but i am probably going to grow some lowrider 2. This wont be for a month or two because my lease is ready to expire and im moving. When i go looking for my new place im going to pay close attention to the closets and if i get a big closet then im growing a lot of lowriders... deff upgrading my light from the old 150 hps to a 400 hps or 400mh/hps also im going 100% organic once my foxfarm nutes run out (1 grow)

I forgot who it was but someone in here grew some lowriders and got an ounce + from each plant so im going to try to do the same.

Good to see you Roll. I'll try to get some pics this weekend. Ya, that's a big jump from 150 to 600. So much more light. Let's see some pics of yours too. I ended up getting a 8" Vortex fan to help with the heat. I have it just cooling the light. The only thing I could say to try to flush the one plant might be to cut off branches and put them in a vase with plain water for a couple days. They will probably wilt but it couldn't hurt. Maybe even aerate it and spray with some plain water. My move here worked out great. The bigger bedroom has a little closet and the very small bedroom has a walk-in closet, Perfect. Might not hurt to cut out the one plant from the root mass though. These plants really can take a lot of abuse and still survive.

Hash Lover said:

Good to see you Roll. I'll try to get some pics this weekend. Ya, that's a big jump from 150 to 600. So much more light. Let's see some pics of yours too. I ended up getting a 8" Vortex fan to help with the heat. I have it just cooling the light. The only thing I could say to try to flush the one plant might be to cut off branches and put them in a vase with plain water for a couple days. They will probably wilt but it couldn't hurt. Maybe even aerate it and spray with some plain water. My move here worked out great. The bigger bedroom has a little closet and the very small bedroom has a walk-in closet, Perfect. Might not hurt to cut out the one plant from the root mass though. These plants really can take a lot of abuse and still survive.

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Yea i think im going to try to cut it out....the others are not that far behind, i dont think....Sounds like you got a nice setup goin....Heres a couple pics of my buds...ill get some others later

Nice looking buds Roll. I have a small LED flashlight that I use for pics. I paid about 3 dollars at an auto parts store for it. Hold it next to the lens when you take a pic. It's more of a daylight color and really helps with the lighting Ya, being this close to the end I wouldn't think you would have much problem cutting that one out. Is it one on the end or in the middle? My setup is coming along pretty good. I really need to get a better veg area going though. I'm still using CFL's for veg right now. I am going to do a box with a 400 MH soon. I have the box which is 25 1/2 X 27 and my wife said she will get me the ballat and reflector for my birthday (almost two months ago). But I have not had time to do it yet. We took today off from work so with a 3 day weekend I'm going to work on it. Plus I have 20 clones ready to come out and get going. Always something to do huh.

Hash Lover said:

Nice looking buds Roll. I have a small LED flashlight that I use for pics. I paid about 3 dollars at an auto parts store for it. Hold it next to the lens when you take a pic. It's more of a daylight color and really helps with the lighting Ya, being this close to the end I wouldn't think you would have much problem cutting that one out. Is it one on the end or in the middle? My setup is coming along pretty good. I really need to get a better veg area going though. I'm still using CFL's for veg right now. I am going to do a box with a 400 MH soon. I have the box which is 25 1/2 X 27 and my wife said she will get me the ballat and reflector for my birthday (almost two months ago). But I have not had time to do it yet. We took today off from work so with a 3 day weekend I'm going to work on it. Plus I have 20 clones ready to come out and get going. Always something to do huh.

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Yea i just expanded my flower area so i can fit 4 18 gallon tubs.....but my veggin/cloning space is just not big enough...i need to do something with it....I have 4 plants in a 10 gallon tub...one on each corner....tub is way to small i think, its just all root....hard for the bubbles to even bubble, ill get her out though....next tim im going with 4 in 18 gallon tubs, to see if that works better....Yep always something to do....gotta love it!!

Sure is a fun hobby. And the rewards just can't be beat. I do my hydro (it's really aeroponic) in recirculating 2 gallon buckets that are connected. It's really a NFT system that if I close one valve it becomes a recirculating DWC system. I can do three buckets with only 3 gallons of water. But could add 3 more buckets and do a total of 6 off the same res. Here's a little something on the NFT. http://ezinearticles.com/?Setting-Up-Your-Own-NFT-Hydroponic-System&id=464077. I'm planning to get some pics this weekend still.

Here is some pics of my NFT system plus the 8 I have in soil. I have 2 plants per bucket in the hydro. I have ongoing problems from the res and root zone being to warm. As high as 80 degrees. I have been using Hydroguard and Hygrozyme but the high temps were just to much. Causing the bad bacteria to start taking over. I've got the temps down now to low 70's and their not getting any worse but not much improvment either. I'm going to give them a good rinse with tap water and run with some h2o2 or probably use SM-90 http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/HH00157.html
It should also help with the fungus gnats that I have been fighting. I got them down pretty good now, I've seen a lot less of them in the last few days. The container that I have for my res is a plastic file box I got at the office store. I like it better than the Rubbermaid. It's more square and heavier plastic. Also I have 2 pumps in it, One to circulate to the plants and 1 to keep the water in the res mixed good. And a General Hydro air pump with a small stone in each bucket and a larger one in the res.

That setup is eyecandy to me... thats really cool.. I have a change in plans for my grow. Currently im looking for a place to live once my lease is up but i havent had much progress. If i get stuck in a tiny apt i wont be able to grow many plants and in that case Ill just grow one or two plants at a time. Good to see you guys in here and hash post some more pic of ur setup.. thats cool stuff bro

I tried to plus rep you hash but it said "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Hash Lover again."

Thanks green. I'll try to post more pics as I go along this weekend. Changing the res today to try to get my root zone going better. I know what you mean about looking for a place. We did real well by getting this place. I thought we might get stuck in an apartment but found a house for the same or less than an apartment would have cost. It is a very small house with 2 bedrooms. The small bedroom is 7'2" x 11' 2" with a closet that is 4'7"x5'7". I do my work in the room and have the closet for a flower area. After I kicked all my wife's stuff out of here of course. I've been able to send some to market to help pay for the stuff I want and have plenty left for myself and some to give away. When it really comes down to it it really doesn't take much space to grow a couple small plants. Those autoflower lowryders finish really fast from what I've seen. The only bitch is having to keep buying seeds but should be well worth it.

I was thinkin about forceing the female plant to go herm towards the later stage of flowering. Ive been told this will feminize the seeds. If this is all true and works out then i could get some feminized seeds for free and not half to buy anymore. That would save me space by not having any male plants around. Well i gotta do my trigonometry now.. ill hit u all up later.. peace

Hash Lover said:

Thanks green. I'll try to post more pics as I go along this weekend. Changing the res today to try to get my root zone going better. I know what you mean about looking for a place. We did real well by getting this place. I thought we might get stuck in an apartment but found a house for the same or less than an apartment would have cost. It is a very small house with 2 bedrooms. The small bedroom is 7'2" x 11' 2" with a closet that is 4'7"x5'7". I do my work in the room and have the closet for a flower area. After I kicked all my wife's stuff out of here of course. I've been able to send some to market to help pay for the stuff I want and have plenty left for myself and some to give away. When it really comes down to it it really doesn't take much space to grow a couple small plants. Those autoflower lowryders finish really fast from what I've seen. The only bitch is having to keep buying seeds but should be well worth it.

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I tried that once on an outdoor grow with no luck. I used Gibberellic acid to spray on a branch, a natural growth hormone. It grew like hell but did not produce any male flowers. Once I get my ph and nute issues I want to try it again but just for the growth not for the pollen. I might try it on one of the ones I have in soil now. Here's a couple new pics of some bud on one of my soil plants. They are just over 4 weeks since going into 12/12. They look much better than my hydro. For the cost it is well worth it to just buy feminized seeds. I'll post some more pics and do separate post to make it easier. Ya, I'm doing my home work right now haha. Look at that it's already time for a weed break.

I can sit at my computer with the closet door open and hear the water trickling in the NFT system like a water fall. And the faint smell of the marijuana growing behind me. It can be very relaxing.

This is my veg and clone cabinets. I found the bigger one on the side of the road. Someone was throwing it away. I took the shelf out and cut out the bottom of the drawers to put the lights up into them. I need better lighting in it though. The homemade box on top of the cabinet is the one I want to put a 400 w into. I had one in it already and used it before I just turned the whole closet into a flower area when I got the 600w. The 400 I have is an old warehouse light and I don't really want to use it. My 600 is a digital ballast and I'm going to get another one but a 400 for the smaller box. I would like to add another 600 in the closet, I do have the room for it. Then I would have a 5' 8"x 3'0' flower area. Right now I have a panel that I can move as needed and can move the light from side to side depending on what I have in there.