Laughing Buddha 600w Powergrower Scrog (first grow)

"the buddha"







well shes doing great. i upgraded my light to a sylvania gro lux bulb. and ppms have dropped slightly im now running only about 1700ppm
i installed a new phat filter 250mm to deal with the smell. she has been one smelly girl and i have the relo's coming over for christmas the filter works great. no more smell.

"the VK"



its not the best photo but it does show how bushy she is. shes going really great so healthy. her leaves a re canoeing a little but i think she just doesnt really like the australian climate. im hoping to flip her to 12/12 in 10 days then she should finish at roughly the same time as the buddha fingers crossed. the rate shes growing i think in 10 days she should be up to the screen anyway.

hey, forget about it .. yeah just forget about it...you are on your way to the ultimate high. sweet beautiful healthy herb big beautiful buds grown with your love and care. nothin nothin better. keep up the awesome gardening . can you get some shots with lights out and a little less yellow. pruty please.. if you can . happy holidayz.. amberstienfranenville.

ok amb's i promise next time i wil switch the lights off

Dr.Amber Trichome said:

hey, forget about it .. yeah just forget about it...you are on your way to the ultimate high. sweet beautiful healthy herb big beautiful buds grown with your love and care. nothin nothin better. keep up the awesome gardening . can you get some shots with lights out and a little less yellow. pruty please.. if you can . happy holidayz.. amberstienfranenville.

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Hi Amber, fancy meeting you here! I am surprised at how high the PPMs are in this grow! I am about half this level. His plant look great! GG

i cant see where forgetsey posted his ppms. whats everyones ppms right now??.. mine are around 960. and has everyone gotten their pms's yet? lol fuck im glad its friday. lol

forgetiwashere said:

well shes doing great. i upgraded my light to a sylvania gro lux bulb. and ppms have dropped slightly im now running only about 1700ppm
i installed a new phat filter 250mm to deal with the smell. she has been one smelly girl and i have the relo's coming over for christmas the filter works great. no more smell.

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Amber, see? 1700!! Forget, what are you lighting with? Too lazy to page back ..... Sorry

GreenGiant49 said:

Amber, see? 1700!! Forget, what are you lighting with? Too lazy to page back ..... Sorry

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well 1700 might be ok.. i check my coco girls ppms the other night and they were 3500 and looked really good.lol..But .... I was scared shitless at that high count rate and flushed the be jesus out of them. hehehe
and GG ... lazy? mwah? how dare you! i work full time and have a massive garden. not to mention a handicapped 16 year old love bird. the nerve. and eveything i do for you.. thats the respect i get? shame on you. lol
karma like that and your girls might start to droop.

Dr.Amber Trichome said:

well 1700 might be ok.. i check my coco girls ppms the other night and they were 3500 and looked really good.lol..But .... I was scared shitless at that high count rate and flushed the be jesus out of them. hehehe
and GG ... lazy? mwah? how dare you! i work full time and have a massive garden. not to mention a handicapped 16 year old love bird. the nerve. and eveything i do for you.. thats the respect i get? shame on you. lol
karma like that and your girls might start to droop.

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A, you misunderstood me! I was saying that I was lazy! Because I was asking questions that I am sure I could find the answers to if I took the time to look back in the journal.

hahaha.. oh, ok then..lmao

Hey forget, try to get a wide shot as well to show us the full plant

Yeah guys the ppmz are high but thas what the plant asks for so thats what I give her the results speek for themselves. But just cause mine are high here does not mean everyone should go bump there ppms. Listen to what your plant wants. And in lighting with a 600w dual spectrum hps. Oh and thanks for all the encouragement its great seeing everyone here backing me

forgetiwashere said:

Yeah guys the ppmz are high but thas what the plant asks for so thats what I give her the results speek for themselves. But just cause mine are high here does not mean everyone should go bump there ppms. Listen to what your plant wants. And in lighting with a 600w dual spectrum hps. Oh and thanks for all the encouragement its great seeing everyone here backing me

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Hey forget. Everyting is looking great! Keep it up.
You say your using a 600w HPS? Is it air cooled? I've just got mine normal at about 36" away from the plant. Going to buy a heat shield soon so I can drop it a lil bit closer. You using one of these and how far away is your light?

forgetiwashere said:

Yeah guys the ppmz are high but thas what the plant asks for so thats what I give her the results speek for themselves. But just cause mine are high here does not mean everyone should go bump there ppms. Listen to what your plant wants. And in lighting with a 600w dual spectrum hps. Oh and thanks for all the encouragement its great seeing everyone here backing me

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Hi! I have heard of others "letting the plants tell you what they need", but I dont think i understand it. Do you mean, increasing the PPM each res. change to the point where you see some signs of over nuteing? or is there a way to use your daily PPM measurements to read what she need? Currently, between res. changes, my PPMs increase, indicating she is drinking more water than nutes. Should that be telling me that my initial PPMS are too high? This is interesting stuff! Thanks GG

Green giant. Yes if your ppms are rising you are ovrrfeeding as a general rule you want your ppms to be stable so the don't drop or rise. This means your plant will be taking in equal amounts nutes and water. If you measure them and they have dropped she is hungry and in your next change you can go a little higher. If they are rising she is thirsty and u could use a little less. Every plant will be different and she will even need higher and lower amounts at different stages also. For example during aggressive growth mine got as high as 2000 but now that in flowering I have dropped down to 1700. Its really quite simple once you get the hang of it and takes all the guess work out of your feeding schedule. I owe alot to scottyballs his method is superb.

Also yes my light is aircooled mine is really quite cool. I actually have mine at about 10 inches from my top. But another simple rule is put your hand under it and if it feels warm on the back of your hand its too close.

I'm goin for a air cooled hood in the nxt grow or two.

My baby is startin to get hungry. PPM startin was 320 range, now its at 250. Going to so a new mix today/2moron I think she can take 400/450.

Sounds good Nattyb. The kalishnakova is looking good.

forgetiwashere said:

Green giant. Yes if your ppms are rising you are ovrrfeeding as a general rule. If you measure them and they have dropped she is hungry and in your next change you can go a little higher. If they are rising she is thirsty and u could use a little less. .

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OK, now I got it! Make sense too! Thanks!! GG

Right on man, looking awesome! I may need to try the laughing buddha sometime - great looking bud development and nice node spacing...typical of Barney's genetics. Keep it up! +rep!!

Your buds are looking beautiful my man, keep up the good work. I agree with you it's all about watching for what the plant wants. Can't wait to see this in a couple of weeks.

hey guys had to drop my ppms again today. im now running 1500ppm. now that she is in flower she is not as hungry. just though i would point it out because i have never heard of anyone lowering there ppms when they hit flower although maybe i just never noticed or something