First Aeroponic perpetual grow. Skunk nearing 6th week of Flower

What's up people...? This will be my second grow. First with Aeroponics basing my own off stinkbuds. I'm just working out of the rubbermaids until I get some cash for a new big grow tent then will set up new flower stations.

But for now this is what's going on....



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Ill take a few more and post them up in a few...

Gues I should describe a little bit more about what's goin on...

1 400 watt hps digital ballast
2 300 watt cfl bulbs

Veg I used general hydropincs gro and micro only because I had it from my last grow.

For flowering I'm using all botanicare nutes using stinkbuds instructions and amounts. I run them at 1000-1400 in veg and flowering I keep them right at 2000ppm. And so everyone knows I'm using a bluelab truncheon meter. Ph I try to keep in the 5.5 to 6 range with my own tap water with no ill effects yet.

Tomorrow I will be starting my 2 week flush.

Got some more pics before the flush. This is the end of 6 weeks and I was told 8 weeks there usualy done. Next pics will be at the end before I chop. Let me know what you think.

All plants are in a secret jardine dr 120 with a scrubber and 450 cfm exhaust.

I think they could go longer then 2 weeks... I wouldn't flush just yet... maybe next week start the flush...

Yah I was going to check and not just go ahead and chop at 8 weeks. Just no scope so I gotta do it by eye for now.

I'm going to check my local shop tomorrow see what they got. If they got nothin I'm going to get the 420 scope from high times.

As for the girls. The calyxs are still very swollen. And I do still notice growth everyday.

yeah bro i agree... if there still growing, why start flushing now?! Give them a fresh batch of nutes instead, and since your growing hydroponically, I would flush for just one week... two more weeks with nutes, and a third week of flush, should have these honeys swole and ripe... you'll be happier in the end... They do look nice bro, nice work!!

Yah I guess ill go one more week of nutes if not two and a one week flush. I've been running them at over 2000 ppm which is about half a gallon of nute mix to 10gallons of water. May just bump it up and see what happens.

Evo8Emperor said:

Gues I should describe a little bit more about what's goin on...

1 400 watt hps digital ballast
2 300 watt cfl bulbs

Veg I used general hydropincs gro and micro only because I had it from my last grow.

For flowering I'm using all botanicare nutes using stinkbuds instructions and amounts. I run them at 1000-1400 in veg and flowering I keep them right at 2000ppm. And so everyone knows I'm using a bluelab truncheon meter. Ph I try to keep in the 5.5 to 6 range with my own tap water with no ill effects yet.

Tomorrow I will be starting my 2 week flush.

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For flowering:
I would toss out the CFL bulbs and invest in maybe (1) 600 watt HPS or another 400 watt HPS... Your buds will be a lot more dense and fat...

Ya I plan on getting a couple power trip set ups. Digital/ dimmable/ and dual arc bulb comes with a hood ballast cord hangers for 550 at my local grow shop. 1k max wattage.

Just using what I had until I make more money. I've already invested enough to the point I'm broke. So now I'm waiting for some of the donations to invest next.

My plans are the two new lights and another secret jardin 8ft x 8ft tent next for flowering.

As for the buds they are very dense though. I was pleasently surprised when I gave them a squeeze. Rock solid.

looking real HEALTHY

Evo8Emperor said:

Yah I was going to check and not just go ahead and chop at 8 weeks. Just no scope so I gotta do it by eye for now.

I'm going to check my local shop tomorrow see what they got. If they got nothin I'm going to get the 420 scope from high times.

As for the girls. The calyxs are still very swollen. And I do still notice growth everyday.

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i would ask for a loupe 30x magnifier i got one from the hydro store the brand is active eye works pretty good i got that and there 40x microscope works good to just have to take a little sample leaf or something off the plant to get a good shot of the trics. beautiful plants though man look like mine right now real sticky and covered in trics.

Thanks for the comments guys.

I really need to get a jewelers loupe like ya said though. I got one plant in soil that has been flowering the same time as the others but is a month or so older and its covered in red hairs now not to many white hairs left.

Dr.green what are you growin there. Plants look pretty similiar.

Here's a few more pics with the lights on...they look better and better each day just can't help but take new pics...

Evo8Emperor said:

Thanks for the comments guys.

I really need to get a jewelers loupe like ya said though. I got one plant in soil that has been flowering the same time as the others but is a month or so older and its covered in red hairs now not to many white hairs left.

Dr.green what are you growin there. Plants look pretty similiar.

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i was given the seeds from a friend he said he had bought them a while back from nirvana and said it was either white widow or white rhino he didnt remember for sure he only grows a few girls every so often looks more like rhino to me though here is a pic of nivana's rhino and one of mine

Evo8Emperor said:

Thanks for the comments guys.

I really need to get a jewelers loupe like ya said though. I got one plant in soil that has been flowering the same time as the others but is a month or so older and its covered in red hairs now not to many white hairs left.

Dr.green what are you growin there. Plants look pretty similiar.

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Radio Shack sells the 30x-100x microscope with a light its like 16 bucks I have one and a jewlers loupe jewlers loupe was more expensive and sucks compared to the microscope.

Nice ill have to check out radio shack. Thank you.

Yah I guess its w/e u end up wanting it to be lol. Is the high of each one different or the same maybe that way you could tell if they had different highs that is.

Here's the girls two days out from 8 weeks old. Bought a microscope from radio shack been checkin the trichs and flushing for the past week. Trichs are 50% amber if not a little less. Most trichs a cloudy going milky .

I think I'm going to chop Sunday so let me know what you think...

those pics gave me chills oh i just wanna hug them.

Here's a pic of the next harvest. Bunch of different shit going on. Had 8 plants that I put in 2 gal bags and I was supposed to trade to a fellow caregiver and I never did. So I just grew them out and now there in 12/12. Along with those 8 in dirt there are 6 in a aeroponic/dwc rainforest set up from gh. Then there's the aeroponics in the rubbermaids with a total of 12 in between the two bins.

I've been undecided on what I'm going to do in the end that's why I haven't really set anything up permanent. Trying to make a little cash back from the expenses from the initial investment. Now I have a new 1k watt cool tube mh/hps switchable ballast. Along with my 400watt mh/hps switchable ballast. Veg I have a new 4bulb t5 and will be buying another soon enough. Clones I keep under 2 big cfl bulbs.

After growing all three main types I think I'm going to be leaning towards rdwc using cch2o plans. Aerponics the growth rate is fast but it seems they rather grow up than out while dwc grows in nice and thick.

Let me know what ya think.