First 400W Grow Journal + Pics

Someguy15 said:

Mothers are getting ready! They were just transplanted today (50/50 mix of hydroton and rockwool mini-cubes, pure hydroton on top to prevent algae). The one on the left is a free Fem La Woman from attitude and the one on the right is a good bag seed. I'm not sure why it looks so sick when the other one looks perfectly healthy, same conditions.

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My Pineapple Express clones are looking a little down too. Is this much droop normal? Looks like my rockwool clones were failures, they are almost completely yellow now. If they do end up dying I'll do a dissection and post some pics, hopefully someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong.

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defn do the dissection, it'll tell us what they were trying to do. maybe put the bubble clones in a humid, dark place. mine drooped after i got them, i put them in the humidity dome, in the dark, they perked back up within 12 hrs. they needed the moisture. good luck. that bubble cloner was one of my favorite diy's on this site!

Someguy15 said:

A nearby health food store. I asked the employee at the local grow store and she pointed me in the right direction. I've heard something from a pool supply is a lot cheaper. I paid 15 for 1 quart of food grade, but I've heard the pool 50% stuff is only 20/gal (but I can't seem to find it anywhere).

I found some more white slime in my rez. It seems to start in the pump and eventually starts clogging it up. I'm using a decent amount of h202 (50ml of 35%) so I'm not understanding how this stuff can live. Can anyone identify what this is? I can try to get a pic next rez change, but it reminds me of clear/white snot basically. Any ideas? I tried cleaning my pump in h2o2 solution, maybe I need to soak it in bleach or something. I added 100ml (max recommended) tonight to see if it kills it, but we'll see. Suggestions appreciated & rep'd!

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I'm having the same problem in my DIY ebb&flo. I've been using the cheap 3% H2O2, but I will have to look for the higher strength stuff. It's not working for me, but I don't know what else to do.

I'm trying to do a top-feed hydro-organic... no problem with the nutes, but I can keep the pH balanced b/c of the white snotty goo! It's just plain water, damnit!

EDIT: Killer. I knew if I searched long enough on here I'd find something: https://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/224220-article-algae.html#post3141871

Hope this helps! I'm getting Pond Dye and Algae Reducer tomorrow!!

Girls are doing good. White stuff is under control for the most part and they seem to be thriving, tons of growth in the last week. I went away for 5 days and they weathered the storm. Min temp 65.7 max 80.5. The pH did drift from about 5.5 to 6.75 over that time period. A little more then I'd like, but with only a 15-17 gal rez I guess that's normal.

I'll throw some pics up tomorrow, but buds are forming everywhere.

Hurry! Lol

don2009 said:

Hurry! Lol

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As promised...


Here's a panoramic pic I made


Pictures don't show it well but they are starting to get crazy trich's all over the trim leaves... I didn't see hardly any last week so things are moving along nicely.

glad to see you got the white stuff under control, how weird. you didn't top or fimm this round right? i have the same white, square, window fan, i use it for exhaust in my veg closet, what speed do you keep it on, it's pretty fast. did you co2 this time around. how long are you planning till harvest? did you trim, crop, or lolly popp this time around? looking like a jungle in there!

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Drella said:

glad to see you got the white stuff under control, how weird. you didn't top or fimm this round right? i have the same white, square, window fan, i use it for exhaust in my veg closet, what speed do you keep it on, it's pretty fast. did you co2 this time around. how long are you planning till harvest? did you trim, crop, or lolly popp this time around? looking like a jungle in there!

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Thx for checking in... I just got back from a 5 day trip and it looks even more amazing in there. I'll snap a pic with flash right when the lights go out.

I topped one of the plants and fimmed one. The other 4 are un-pruned. I didn't lolipop although I may with scrog next round. No trimming or anything else special to be honest. That fan does move a good amount of air, I've used the 'low' setting all grow considering how close it is to the plants. (pretty much prunes them ) But I'm considering medium now that they are thicker. No Co2 enrichment, other than the fact that 3 people live very close to them . I'm at week 4 in bloom, so I'm planning at least 4 more weeks. Probably 5-6, but it will depend on the trichs. That 30x scope will be handy for that . Pics to follow in about 2 hours.

5 days later WOW! Thats great man no co2 either? That looks real good keep it up.

gotta love that 30x mag with light player! nice man, five days, ur kidding me. way excited to see this pan out for you. the hydro shop guy said it'll be $300 to set me up for CO2, complete. and 25 for refills every 3 weeks. i don't know if this is a good price or not. you grows looking great man, they look very happy

Drella said:

gotta love that 30x mag with light player! nice man, five days, ur kidding me. way excited to see this pan out for you. the hydro shop guy said it'll be $300 to set me up for CO2, complete. and 25 for refills every 3 weeks. i don't know if this is a good price or not. you grows looking great man, they look very happy

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That's decent I guess. Cheapest tank regulators are like 160, so it's reasonable. The hardest thing with co2 is measuring it. The high-tech regulators that auto adjust are 500 and up from what I've seen. Also consider how you will stop ventilation when you release it. You don't want to vent your valuable/enriched mixture out. I guess you could do a laso of tubing with small holes to dump it near the plants. But also keep in mind CO2 is heavier than air and will therefore settle to the lowest points. All and all when I add it up it doesn't seem worth it. I'm sure someone will dispute me on that...but I don't see myself using CO2 enrichment until I have extra cash to burn and I'm ready for a small headache . My experience tells me it's an extra more than a necessity.

Girls are amazing, each stem has its unique smell. The PE is starting to get very skunky (and has 6 large colas ), my other good chronic seeds seems to be a fruitier variety. I cut a small lower branch off that was heavily shaded. Looks like I'll pull maybe a gram off it. Have it drying in the closet so we'll see how it turns out. It's just a regs bag seed, but the bud looks and smells nothing like mids to me.

Your girls are looking beautiful, good work! Really nice setup also. +rep How big is your tray?

Tray is 2X4. A 3x3 would probably be more ideal for my 400w light, but the space in the closet is limited.

Just dumped the nutes and ran my second flood of the day with pure ph'd water. Then I added the bloom/boost to 2.0EC. My base is .35 EC, which leaves me at about 1.65, just under the 1.8 recommended on the label. I have to admit I tried a little of the bud off a lower branch of one of my bag seed. Not incredibly dried, but still has a nice taste and buzz surprisingly. These are going to be the hardest 4 weeks yet...but patients is a virtue. Thanks for all the supportive comments.

hell yeah SG, ill keep you posted on any new co2 news i find, glad to hear you're nug was tasty, more to come!

dude ur over watering them dats y the plants are droppy but nice set up
good luck

dude ur over watering them dats y the plants are droppy but nice set up
good luck

2x a day, with rockwool 4/6" cubes in hydroton (cubes 1" above flood level). At this stage I doubt that's over watering them...but I'll try going back to 1x a day and see what happens.

master og kush 702 said:

dude ur over watering them dats y the plants are droppy but nice set up
good luck

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master og kush 702 said:

dude ur over watering them dats y the plants are droppy but nice set up
good luck

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Droopy plants??? Where? They look pretty happy to me...

not only are they happy, they're growing. it seems like SG's got it dialed in! at this point id drop the watering if they were super droopy, but i don't see the proof.

I just noticed how your cooling your hood. Very creative. Does it work pushing the hot air hot? Do you have glass in your reflector? What are your temps like?