DIY Closet DWC Grow - First grow ever

jigfresh

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Hi again, the plants are looking great even with all the changes in nutrient levels.

I raised the light 10" after adding the gravity... after a few hours this morning I noticed nothing wrong so I lowered the light 2"... after about an hour I noticed one or two leaves on my prize bud cupping a tiny bit on the edge, so back up the light came. It had previously been 5" off the top of the tallest buds, now it is 15" inches off.

The interesting part is that with the design, the side buds are the exact same distance from the light now as they were before. It's funny that when I started this whole thing the most confusing thing to me was when I read that growing vertically is the most efficient, and now I see why. The light can get to all the bud sites evenly, not much shade at all, just blast of light on everything.

This is totally not worth it, but you know what would be fun... to make a SUPER COLA... get some plant and veg it for a long time... then cut the side branches, just have the main top... then get 1000w lights, like 6 or 8 of them and mount them vertically around the plant, surrounding it. I bet you could get something like an ottoman... a big green ottoman, you could rest your legs on, then reach down and break off a nug to smoke, haha.

Anyways... after about 10 hours of light, all seems well with the plants, they look happy and I don't notice any problems or stress. I went ahead and added 5mL more Gravity. So now it is up to the lower recommended level of 1mL per gal. Or 25mL in my rez. My plan is this for now... in 24 hours if there is no signs of stress I will add another 5mL of Gravity, then do the same 24 hours after that... so the maximum amount would be 35mL. I am planning on running this mix for around 8-10 days. Then I will flush with water and FloraNectar and Zone... I don't want the roots getting nasty the last couple weeks with the mix of the FloraNectar and misfiring airstones.

Apparently my wife used my camera and didn't set the date... so we are going back in time to new years 2003 on these pics.

Thanks for the continued interest and input guys... I was freaking out the other night and am glad I had you all. These buds are going to be sweet.

And finally I feel like things are going to be great now... I found a good luck spider on the door inside my grow room.
 

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Hulk Nugs

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yea this is a great hobby, and now we know how to do it kinda haha i will always be learning, i think about how much money that can be made and how much money i spent on somthing i can grow right in my closet :o. If they maid everything legal what would the gangs and drug lords do ?

Oh Shit HAPPPY 420 Jig and every one who reads this
 

Hulk Nugs

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very nice man i love the videos, i might have to try and do that haha you can see the camera doing auto focus i believe or it just changing light color depending on how close you are but it give you a great view of what you have going on ...... and back to what you two were talking about ottoman not really sure what that is but i will just call your grow my bed and lay right on top, now that would nice to rollover in the morning and see awwww morning you sweeett sweet thing youlmao :weed: :lol:
 

smoote1987

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Things look good... can you tell a difference with the new light? Do you like it?

That flowering clone thing is weird.

And I love the flip flop aero holder, that's great. It's hard to beat 99c.
Man when the music started playing on that last video i cracked up. Good choice.

Yes i do love the new light. Metal halide beats the pants of fluoros with a cooltube. Without the cool tube its a toss up. But in general i've seen increased growth rate, and the whole room is a few degrees cooler. I dropped 4 degrees from 83*f to 79*f by adding the metal halide and removing the fluoros.

I know right. Its like a mutant or a tumor, hahaha i just got visions of the alien movies for a second. But yea thats how it works i guess.

I've never taken clones during flower before i also took them very late in flower as well. But its supposed to just reveg right out of the top of the flower once the clone takes. It also takes like a week longer on average to get a root to form on the initial cutting. The only reason things happened this way is because i had a whole batch of clones die and had to take new ones late in flower. Haha now i'll always be cloning a flowing cutting. I don't mind too much. The extra week makes me mad though.

Yea, a dollars a dollar. I just went looking for any type of thick squishy foam and thats what i came across. I just traced a template and cut with scissors couldn't have been easier.

Your grow is looking so good. You better call off of work for a week when harvest comes, you're gonna need it. Use the excuse, "I need to trim and manicure a Lb. of marijuana i grew in my closet, so i'm going to need a week off from work" Haha it's fool proof... :wink:

Edit: Oh btw... Happy holidays
 

jigfresh

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I talked to the boss... she said take off as long as I want... oh, wait... I don't have a boss (except my wife)... I work for myself, bro... I don't do well with bosses.

I'm smokin on 3 strains today... Chocolate Nepal, Snow Wreck, and Diablo Kush... all I know is, they work.

Happy 420 all.
 

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blueberry1

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Nice looking girls!!!!!!! thanks for stopping by my journal. i'll be taking a look through your grow journal.
~Blubes
 

Hulk Nugs

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Just got some Black widow, Pineapple X, Banana Snowcap, Purple Afgooy...... woo hoo enjoy your smoke Jig. Since its 420 are you going to let your girl smoke
 

jigfresh

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Nice looking girls!!!!!!! thanks for stopping by my journal. i'll be taking a look through your grow journal.
~Blubes
Thanks, and good luck getting through it... I like to type... and so do my friends, haha.

Just got some Black widow, Pineapple X, Banana Snowcap, Purple Afgooy...... woo hoo enjoy your smoke Jig. Since its 420 are you going to let your girl smoke
Dude, let me know how that Black Widow is, I wanted to get some last trip, but I just get excited and forget everything when I go in the store... I'm like a kid... they always ask "Can I help you" and I'm just looking at them like "fuuuuuuuuuuuck, loook at all this bud"

And my wife is out of town working today, took her to the airport, going to pick her up later.... so for now, there is a smoke and rap session going on... HipHop Nation on XM Radio's playing all the 420 songs... yeah..... we bumpin up in here... can you guys feel it through the computer, haha

1 more bowl.... yeah..... :bigjoint:
 

Hulk Nugs

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Well shit man i want to help you out but i have only smoked my Banana Snowcap :wall: i have been enjoying that since i got back but fuck screw it just for your jig lmao :lol: I will go smoke some Black Widow and get back to you on it :bigjoint:

Yea i am the same way man just looking at pounds of medication ;-) i turn into a :dunce: just duhhh shit so many fuk hmm can i pull up a chair and try some out hahaha today they were hitting Greencrack why i was looking just didnt want to get more messed up before i could figure out what i wanted. I cant wait to save some grows up and just sit back and look at tons of jars filled.

bongsmilie its that time agian
 

thor369

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jig, i got a black widow female, it is best looking of all the seeds i cracked 4 weeks ago, it indicated female, with hairs on the preflowers way early, i will be keeping the seed start in veg state, never to flower, i flower clones only, i will be able to set you up a clone or 2, within 3 to 5 weeks.

if you go to the dead show, in shoreline, on may 10th, i can give them to you there, but i know long trips are hard on you.

just a thought. the dead shows are better in larger groups.

(luv this editing, adding in link to pics, next week, moved them from a 4x4 htdro-hut, to a 4x8 hydro-hut, now, it really takes 2 pics to get it all in, and as it expands, even worse i fear.)

http://www.myspace.com/467100030
 

jigfresh

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how was your 420 man???
Awesome, thanks for asking... I feel like yesterday marked the beginning of spring up where I am... the windows are all open fully... the cats are happy to breath the outside air... and the bud tastes that much sweeter in the calm spring night air. I hope yours and everyone else was great.

Hulk... it sure is a shame you had to smoke another bowl for me, haha. I have some good strains, but I want yours, haha. I wish I could just have a gram of every type the stores had... that would be nice.

Thor... I've never been to a dead concert, but it may be time... I would love to try some of those clones... we'll definitely figue it out. And speaking of figuring it out... it is nice to see you pics. They are all very happy looking little plants. Glad you got that working for you.

osloto... I don't know if bud ottomans are an any better idea than sharks with lasers on them... Talk about the perfect future. (I found a picture of a 'grass' ottoman, I have to hurry on this shit, I'm going to lose my market)

It might still be 420 around the international date line... I'm going to get to it, haha. bongsmilie
 

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jigfresh

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Hey guys, it has been 2 full days of light with the new mix of gravity and less nutes. I swear the girls are in pause mode... I really don't notice much difference, (maybe I pulled too many leaves).

Do you think it could be the temps? Since the new light the temps have been around 66 at night and 71 during the day, should it get warmer? Any ideas? I'm not worried about it, just seems a little strange. But everything seems super happy, so that is the best I could hope for I guess.

Lights come on at 11:30am now... at around 3:30 I added 5mL of Gravity, than again at 8:30 I added another 5mL. So now the total ammount added is 35mL of Gravity to 25 Gal of Water.

There is absolutely no effect noticed from the gravity yet, positive or negative... I feel like I'm doing something wrong, but what could you do wrong?

Other than the gravity and trying to keep on top of the pH, (it climbs a lot with no nutes to buffer) I haven't done much with the closet... not much to do.

I bought 2 more fans at Home Depot today. They are small ans only cost $10. I figure if I get the monster nugs I hope too, I might need more fan action to keep the mold away. The fans I have circulate the air below the screen great, it says nice and cool and dry under there, but up above the canopy it is pretty still compared to below, so I think I'll have at least one fan blowing over the top. Is there any potentail drawback to having more wind blow over tha plants... it's not going to blow off all the trichs, right (just kidding)?

Overall, I'm very very happy with the grow. It's exciting to be getting closer to the harvest, and I'm not feeling like I'm going to mess anything up anymore (which is nice). Thanks again to all who stop through, you've totally helped me grow these bomb plants.

OH.... Exciting news... becuase my plants might finish soon, and becuase of pet sitter situations I wont be travelling until August.... so....... I think I might try to bust out another grow before then. Probably get some cloes and flower them right away, do a smaller grow than this. I think I won't scrog this time, becuase the summer was supposed to be for chores (I have a bunch of projects that got held for winter).

Anyhow be on the lookout (i'll let you know)

:peace:
 

blueberry1

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Do u get a pet sitter for ur kitties? I have three and they are like my main children :)

Lookin good over here. I forgot we watched your video last night...love how nice you are to your babies!
 
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