JigFresh's Grow 1.2 - Purple Kush clones - closet DWC - 650w hps/mh

kevin said:

looking at those roots, i don't see any inexperience. that looks so good.
have you checked out what i've been doing while i was gone? invested in a 1000hps and a co2 tank.

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I missed that. Nice... I'll be reading that next.

Here's what's going on here:

The girls seem to like their new surroundings. No real signs of anything good or bad yet. I think they are traumatized from having their roots handles so much.

The look tiny in the closet and I think I want them closet to the light, but this is as far as the light will go down, so it is about time for a few changes. I guess I will bring the light down instead of raising the whole tank.

I am going to move the plants to the 'right' most positions. I realized with the middle empty I am wasting the prime light. That middle position is where all the most massive nicest looking buds came from last grow. So don't want to waste that. Plus the girls are so small I don't think they will get in eachothers way too much all together like that.

I'm also thinking about trying to spray on some Purple Maxx, but not sure. I think I'll try on one plant in the next couple days.

No sweetener this time, not even safe stuff... I want to see what things are like without it.

I'm going to try to use the gravity once 3 weeks before harvest like they suggest. Maybe I'll use it 5 weeks before and again 3 weeks before, or 4 weeks and 2 weeks. Not sure.

Everything else that goes in the tank is either Dutch Master or Cal-Mag Plus.

I still need to mount the flouros... might do that today. I'm feeling mighty lazy.

Thanks a lot DoobNoob. I really appreciate it.

i need to spread some love around jig, i tried

Hey guys and gals,

This video does not show off the plants that is the next one. This is to show the set up for those who are new, and a refresher for those who aren't.

Music is by a fellow RIU member (i think... he asked me to play it so I just figured)

Oh, and I used my wife's camera so the picture should be better than usual. I also figured out how to use it better, so yeah, I hope you enjoy.

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Right on man alway nice to see your whole setup ........ did a great job putting that room together. I am changing my room around so i will be hitting you up to bounce ideas off of.

First Question that just came to mind....... do you have a outake air for the room or is the outake only for the cooltube ?

Love the setup jigfresh, very clean looking. Where are you exhausting your smelly air?

tom__420 said:

Love the setup jigfresh, very clean looking. Where are you exhausting your smelly air?

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All the ducting you see is going into of out of the light. The air for the closet is vented into and out of holes in the door, so the plants get fresh cool bedroom air from the bottom of the door, and exhaust hot air back into the bedroom at the top of the door.

I'm actually going to change that and have the closet air exhaust out of the root as well. Things don't get that smelly for me (for whatever reason), and I don't really care that much anyways, my neighbors are either old and cool, or not around. I live in a vacation type town.

Anyways, hope that answers your guys' questions.

Here's the video featuring the plants.

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Excellent video jig, really shows how healthy your plants are. I am also exhausting my hot air back into the same room that my intake comes from. It is a pain to control the heat in the room but I got the A/C blasting. I think I need to cut some more passive intake holes, I just gotta get some darkroom louvers to keep the light out. Thanks for having such an awesome journal with great explanations, pictures, and videos. You're the man

yea man plants are loooking very nice .... i just sat back, checking them out had a day dream of your colas looking like arms doing the wave .... your going to have some huge colas this time around.

Hulk Nugs said:

yea man plants are loooking very nice .... i just sat back, checking them out had a day dream of your colas looking like arms doing the wave .... your going to have some huge colas this time around.

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That sounds like an awesome daydream... let's see if we can't make it come true.

So... I guess way too many bubble make the pH rise. I finally for the second time in the grow have started measuring pH and ppms.

My ppm is at 1300, 68 f for the water temp. The pH... a whopping 6.2. Oops. No wonder the leaves are sorta curling under, or clawing I guess is the term.

Anyways, no harm I don't think. And I'm going to pay attention from now on.

Still haven't put the floros up yet, I've been taking it real easy.

Oh... and I'm jarring up the White Widow from last grow... man does that stuff stink. Makes the Hindu Skunk seem like there is no odor at all. Wild. Can't wait to try it.

Here are new pics of the girls.

Those plants look excellent dude! It is hard to believe that they were flowered for four weeks under flouro tubes yet you still managed to keep them nice and stout. They look super frosty also. It takes a great grower to produce plants like these BEFORE being put under 650 watts of HID. Keep up the excellent growing

couldn't say it better my self Tom_420, Jig has to be on the top of the list when it comes to first grows or hes lieing and is a secret grower that has been doing this for years and never got praise for his work................but i don't think so shucks. Pays to do your homework and your grow shows that, keep it up professor i am learning allot

I confess, you caught me. I am secretly growing Jig's weed....

Caught! Shit! Run!

this sucks man i just went around giving out rep like it was nothing so i can come back and hook you up grrr pisses me off now i wish i could at least take two of the reps back well nah they deserveit but kinda gets to me when i want to give one of my boys some rep and i cant ...... i will keep trying man

Hello everyone. I finally did something with my plants so there is something to report. Nothing too exciting, I just dumped the old water for new. Only this time I added about 20 % nutrients 80 % additives and 1 mL/gal Humboldt County's Own - Gravity. For those who don't know it's a 'Flower Hardener' supposed to make the buds denser, and many people report seeing the buds get bigger when using as well. I feel like it made a difference in my last grow so I am using it again.

These plants seem to be on a much more normal schedule than last grow. The hairs are mostly amber as you can see from the pics. I'm guessing these plants will be done around the end of week 8... which would be very nice after my last episode. If they do turn out to be done then, that is only 2 and 1/2 weeks away. How awesome is that. Before my White Widow will be cured for a month I will have some Purple Kush drying.

It sure is a tough life out here in the mountains.

But seriously, I feel very blessed. Thanks for what you guys have contributed to my situation.

The buds look great dude, it is so hard to believe they were flowered under flouros. I almost want to call you a liar LOL. I gotta get me some of that gravity stuff, how long do you think that bottle will last you? Keep up the excellent work bro, you make it look effortless

tom__420 said:

The buds look great dude, it is so hard to believe they were flowered under flouros. I almost want to call you a liar LOL. I gotta get me some of that gravity stuff, how long do you think that bottle will last you? Keep up the excellent work bro, you make it look effortless

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Thanks man. I just used 20 mL of gravity right now. I might use at the most 10 mL more on this grow. That's it. Last grow was a trial and a strange one at that, so we won't count how much gravity I used.

An 8 oz. bottle works out to around 236 mL. Let's say 16 gets stuck on the cap and you drip on the ground. So 220 mL of working gravity. If I use 30 mL for my 22 gal tank, it should last me at least 7 grows... all for $27 I think. The stuff sounds expensive when you look at it, but it's dirt cheap. The bushmaster is even cheaper, as I use less than the gravity. I think I'm too scared to try the purple maxx this grow... i'm chicken, hahaha.

Congrats on the activity award, did you lose your job or something?

Lol nah just been killing it on here after work. I have my boxes all dialed in so I am not messing around with that as much. Thanks for the congrats though. I wanna get that gravity and purple maxx and use it on my purple seedlings when I put them into flower. Just gotta get the stuff thats all. And I don't think my hydro store carries it so I am going to have to order it online.

So 16 hours running gravity and no ill effects. I upped the dosage a bit. There is about 1.2 mL/ gal now.

I added one of my flouro lights to the closet. Don't know how much it will help, but I have it, and don't mind paying the $1.50 or whatever it takes to run it for a month, so why not. I just used the mounting points for the screen from last grow. Didn't have to drill any holes in the wall.

These plants are smelling a lot more than my last round, even will much less plant matter.

Also, I swear I can feel tingling on my arm where I brush up against the frosty leaves.