Dropa Dope My First Grow Journal 400 Watt RDWC 02/17/2010

CLOSETGROWTH

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Hell yea!!!

Healthy as can be!!! :)

You know what really sucks? The biggest healthiest/tallest plants outta the bunch are usually the males.

Wishing you the best, as always. :)


EDIT>> Dude, I know its early as in flowering time... But, I think a few of your plants are starting to grow dem balls.

I might be trippin..
 

Dropastone

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Hell yea!!!

Healthy as can be!!! :)

You know what really sucks? The biggest healthiest/tallest plants outta the bunch are usually the males.

Wishing you the best, as always. :)


EDIT>> Dude, I know its early as in flowering time... But, I think a few of your plants are starting to grow dem balls.

I might be trippin..
Yeah I'm pretty sure that the two in the back are males, I've had that in the back of my mind for a while now. In a way I hope they are because I'm out of horizontal room in there and the females in the front will have more room to spread out. Then I can drop my light down a little. And I know it does look like those little balls are forming but I think it's just the picture because I don't see it yet in person although my eyes aren't quite trained to notice those tiny little signs yet but I'm gonna keep a close eye on them. What sucks about going 12-12 is that you don't have as much time to check in on them. I kind of got the schedule whacked on at 3 AM and off at 3 PM.

beautiful, great show dropa cheered me up seeing these pics.
Thanks CB. How's it been going with you lately and how is your grow coming along?
 

CLOSETGROWTH

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Nothing to worry about, as far as having them in 12/12 and not knowing the sex..

They wont pop anytime soon.


You'll know fer sure in the next week. guaranteed :)

In a way its a good thing,

It will give you the necessary space for even larger growth from them females :)

Good luck buddy.
 

LEDZEP

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I remember those days.... maybe you'll find 4 females! THose are gonna be big man you vegged for quite some time! You'll notice a huge growth spurt, mine just started to slow up a bit. I bet you get 3 females, can't wait to see.
Peace out!
 

Dropastone

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I remember those days.... maybe you'll find 4 females! THose are gonna be big man you vegged for quite some time! You'll notice a huge growth spurt, mine just started to slow up a bit. I bet you get 3 females, can't wait to see.
Peace out!
Yeah I did let'em veg way to long but now I know better. Next time I wont let'em get so big before I go into flower. I hope your right about the females but like I said it doesn't matter because this has just been an awesome learning experience for me and it will only make me stronger in the end.

I'll be posting pics as soon as soon as I know their fate.

Peace.
 

Dropastone

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I believe you were right CG. I was prepared for 2 males out of the bunch but I wasn't ready for three of them.

Here are some pics of what I believe to be 3 males.:sad:







I'm gonna let'em go for another day or two before I decide to pull'em. If this is the case I'm gonna move my last female into a 5 gallon DWC I have and just be happy with one big plant.

When I germinated those seeds I took the ones that had the biggest tap root, about 3/4 of and inch long. I'm just curious about that because aren't the males supposed to grow quicker? Maybe I should have taken the ones that had the shortest tap root like a 1/4 of an inch long to increase my chances that they would turn out to be female. These probably aren't valid thoughts but that's what's rambling on in my brain right now.


Does anybody have any thoughts on this.


I really need to start a separate veg room so I can clone. That way I wont have these problems in the future. My money is kinda tight right now so it will probably be awhile before I can do that.
 

CLOSETGROWTH

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Im sorry bro..

The tap root is not gonna make any difference when it comes to sexing.


You need to grab some clones right away from that remaining female, and do it to it.

Its not gonna cost much for a shop light or a few cfl's in a closet running a dwc cloner, or whatever.

I have grown out a single plant once in soil under a 430 watt hps, biggest plant ive grown to date.

You have that girlie in DWC, and under a 400 watt hps..

DUDE, ITS GONNA BE A BIG OL' MONSTER!!! You watch!!! Fuck yea!!!

And your goal was a half pound?

You may get somewhere around 5-7 zips off of this one plant with the wattage your running. Its possible.

Im watching this grow very closely...

Im excited!!!

Grow on!!!!

Subscribed. :mrgreen:
 

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Dropastone

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My rooms are under construction right now. I'll be back with an update in a day or two.

In the mean time. If you aren't already following this thread I suggest that you do. This dude is the shit and he's on a whole different level. He's getting ready to start another journal with a 256 plant SOG using 4 trays @ 64 plants a tray You don't want to miss this one. Click on the link and watch the video.https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/271033-2000w-purple-kush-106-plant-46.html When I first joined RIU this is one of the first threads I subscribed to. I wanted to set up a 3x3 ebb n flow in my closet but the shit is to expensive.

Just watch the video and check his thread out. You wont be sorry.
 

LEDZEP

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Damn Dropa...that sucks but like CG said your gonna have one big monster and I'm sure you'll get a good yield from her. Can't wait to see you new setup....
Peace out
 
whoo don't be too hasty to pull those, i would wait and watch them everyday ... mr green? yeah me too!! popped my cherry ... i'll be darned. i've got an 8' high room ... don't shout too loud ... or laugh too hard but i cut it in two. 3' top veg room and 5' bloom room beneath. mumma it's a tight squeeze. not recommended unless you are completely insane. my ladies are fine except the white rhino who seems to have root damage and isn't growing fast, doesn't drink much, EC rises, pale green leaves. on the brighter side i've been picking off the lower young flowers and smoking them, no soaring high or body buzz just a gentle glow. i tell myself it will help the main flowers grow.

loving the journal, oh i checked out the ebb and flo journal you recommended but i'm a bit lazy at the mo, i tried to use a text reader to read it for me but it took ages just to read the links.
 

Dropastone

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whoo don't be too hasty to pull those, i would wait and watch them everyday ... mr green? yeah me too!! popped my cherry ... i'll be darned. i've got an 8' high room ... don't shout too loud ... or laugh too hard but i cut it in two. 3' top veg room and 5' bloom room beneath. mumma it's a tight squeeze. not recommended unless you are completely insane. my ladies are fine except the white rhino who seems to have root damage and isn't growing fast, doesn't drink much, EC rises, pale green leaves. on the brighter side i've been picking off the lower young flowers and smoking them, no soaring high or body buzz just a gentle glow. i tell myself it will help the main flowers grow.

loving the journal, oh i checked out the ebb and flo journal you recommended but i'm a bit lazy at the mo, i tried to use a text reader to read it for me but it took ages just to read the links.
Hello there my friend and thanks for the update and congrats on the extra grow space. As for my plants I already pulled them. I did let them go for a cpl more days and they were definitely males no question about it. The good news is that I started some clones and built a veg/clone room. I'm gonna be doing a full update with lots of pics tomorrow.

The link I posted was just to watch the video. He's just started a new thread located here. https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/319760-4000w-medicial-purple-kush-256-a.html It's only like 3 pages long now so it's better to get a good seat now. I want to have a setup just like his one of these days but on a much smaller level. I think SOG is the way to go for quantity and quality. Real short plants with lots of nugs.

Peace.
 

Dropastone

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josh420stillblowed

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that cool man you got you two separate rooms and all hope everything goes well at least you more than likely got some females so far. congrats it a girl:weed: lol
 

Dropastone

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Well unfortunately lady luck wasn't on my side. I had 3 males out 4 which was a little depressing to say the least but in a way I'm glad it happened because now I'm on my way to a perpetual grow. Thanks to ClosetGrowth for pushing me in the right direction and with his infinite wisdom I decided to make a veg/clone room. It's just a basic set up now but I will try to improve on it as time goes by.

I'll start this off with just a cpl of pics of my very lonely female and some minor improvements to the room. I put my girl in a 5 gallon DWC I've had for over 20 years. Now I'm finally getting some use out of it. I had to buy a new lid and cut a five inch hole in it for the net pot and replace the rubber fill line hose Plus I had to drill a cpl holes for my air lines and PH/ppm probes plus 2 more for my chiller. I also replaced my Oscillating fan for one that fits in my room and blows right between the hood and the top of my plant. I got it hanging on a frame covered with peg board. That way I can move the fan up the board as the plant grows. It's working out nicely.

First day by herself no clones taken yet.



Here are some close ups.









Here she is today after I took some clones plus the fan upgrade.







I also moved the chiller in the room. It woks a lot better without having to pump through 15ft of tube.

Now on to the veg/clone room. I got another closet with the same dimensions as the one I'm in now. I cleaned it all out and washed all the walls down with warm bleach water. The shelf was made out of 3 shelves that were in already in there, that I put together to make one big shelf. It makes it much easier to work and .I didn't need 8 feet of grow space. Eventually I'm gonna have a mother plant in there producing all my clones. Plus I like the storage space underneath. For now I just have a cheap light I threw together just to keep the clones alive until I can put them into the flower room.

The light was made from a cheap hood I got at Lowes. I got 4 CFL's rated @ 6500k. They are each 26 watts but equal to a 100 watts of light. So I guess you could say I'm running 400 watts. I don't know but it sounds good.

Here is the light





The bulbs.



The next two picks are just some supplies I bought to get this thing going.





Now on to the room.







I took the light and cut about 16 slits up the side with a pair of shears. I flattened it out and covered with aluminum tape. The bulbs were a tight fit and this helped a lot.





I hung the light with an adjustable shower curtain rod. I came in real handy, I just move the rod up or down if needed.







I took 8 clones but 2 of em didn't make it, so I'm left with 6 but that's cool because I only need 4 when the time comes. I'm not sure if I'm gonna try and use a clone for a mother plant or when the time comes just harvest the buds off the female I have now then just re veg her. I don't know I'll just cross that bridge when I come to it. I don't want to get to far ahead of myself.

Here are my poor little clones the day of the deed.





Here they are today and they are looking much better.





Here is the two little girls that didn't make it. I don't know what happened I did everything exactly the same.



While I was at Lowes I seen a fixture that was capable of holding 4 2ft fluorescent bulbs. I think that's what I'm gonna go with down the road to maintain a mother plant.

This veg room is still work in progress and I have a ways to go yet. I still need some good air flow in there. I'm gonna have to cut a hole in the ceiling to get some proper ventilation. The temps in there now are around 80 degrees.

Well that's all I got for now and I hope you enjoyed the show.

All questions and comments are welcome.

Peace.
 
cheers for the link, yeah awesome setup on that ebb and flo. love your new veg room, good to see the clones have picked up. hell of an effort and a great result, your lone mother looks fit to burst ... be interesting to see what she does in that bigger res and all that room.
 

Dropastone

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What up CB. Yeah those plants were real crowded in there. To me she looks a bit like a bare naked lady. I'm hoping she'll fill out more as time goes on. I kinda wish she was still vegging right now. When the time comes I'm thinking I can grow a momma up top and grow some clones on the bottom. I cant' wait to see some buds starting to pop on her.

Later brah.
 
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