Scroggin W/ CFL's

HighLife4Me · Sep 20, 2011

It dropped the temps to about 70(f). Just used 1 bag of ice. I probably wont add anymore. I also read that cold water wasn't good for roots. It might give my plant a kick to start filling in nice. Either way it, shouldn't hurt them to bad. The oldest is 3 months old today(2nd -7 days)

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Irieking · Sep 20, 2011

does a bag of ice help that much? i used to use frozen large water bottles in my smaller scale grows?

HighLife4Me · Sep 20, 2011

Irieking said:
does a bag of ice help that much? i used to use frozen large water bottles in my smaller scale grows?

Probably not lol.. It did get my bin cold about half way down. It also gave me drainage for the first time. Its good because they were a little over fert'd. Gave them RO water yesterday and the ice today added enough water to make it drain i guess. Will start feeding again next water, cutting the dose in half.

drdread112 · Sep 20, 2011

why are you guys putting cold water and ice on the roots? to simulate the cooler seasons?

HighLife4Me · Sep 20, 2011

drdread112 said:
why are you guys putting cold water and ice on the roots? to simulate the cooler seasons?

Correct. That's the theory. I have some stubborn plants i'm dealing with. Only added one bag of ice on top of the soil.

THENUMBER1022 · Sep 20, 2011

interesting...to get the 'purple' effect? or does it theoretically change the high? could only imagine it possibly causing root burn of some sort..

HighLife4Me · Sep 20, 2011

THENUMBER1022 said:
interesting...to get the 'purple' effect? or does it theoretically change the high? could only imagine it possibly causing root burn of some sort..

I agree with the root burn. I would't recommend doing it. I am just using it to see if it will cause my plant fill in more rapidly. Its mostly impatients on my part. They have been flowering for awhile on the other hand. If i notice rapid flower growth over the next week or so, there might be a possibility the ice helped my plants along a little. I wont continue to add ice. Just a one time thing for now.

pimkins · Sep 20, 2011

you's crazy

ÒÒlegilizeitÒÒ · Sep 20, 2011

never tried this so cant say if it would work whered you read about that?

theoldmerchant · Sep 20, 2011

I read somewhere that if you do that with the ice cubes it will bring out the purple color in strains with that genetic trait, but other than that I'd never seen it done.

pimkins · Sep 21, 2011

theoldmerchant said:
I read somewhere that if you do that with the ice cubes it will bring out the purple color in strains with that genetic trait, but other than that I'd never seen it done.

i really thought it was cold air on the leaves, not the roots. i guess if its cold outside the ground temp within a foot will be around the same. couldnt see anything but shocking the roots with all the cold water but hell, the plant is still alive. good experiment either way.

win some lose some , let us know what your outcome was.

does it look like your plant is going to be a 8 week flowering or alot longer?

HighLife4Me · Sep 21, 2011

ҖҗlegilizeitҗҖ;6320476 said:
never tried this so cant say if it would work whered you read about that?

An old local grower. I'm sure he grew outdoors.

pimkins said:
i really thought it was cold air on the leaves, not the roots. i guess if its cold outside the ground temp within a foot will be around the same. couldnt see anything but shocking the roots with all the cold water but hell, the plant is still alive. good experiment either way.

win some lose some , let us know what your outcome was.

does it look like your plant is going to be a 8 week flowering or alot longer?

Woke the plants up this morning and they look fine. They smelled better this morning for sure. The oldest showed signs of preflower on 7.21. If i counted by that it would be over 8 weeks flower. Started on 6.19.. They are old

. Still healthy looking. I have to keep pushing the finishing time back. I'm hoping for Halloween.

pimkins · Sep 21, 2011

are there any light leaks or anything? seems weird they would be flowering that long unless the first few preflower's were just early. did you actually switch the lights or have they been on 12 12 the whole time? when did you get the hps again?

HighLife4Me · Sep 21, 2011

pimkins said:
are there any light leaks or anything? seems weird they would be flowering that long unless the first few preflower's were just early. did you actually switch the lights or have they been on 12 12 the whole time? when did you get the hps again?

Its just a shitty, long flowering strain. That's what happens when you grow shit weed

lol. Should turn out way better at least. If its not done by Halloween then ill start getting worried

. It was mostly on 12/12 then switched to 10/14 about 3 weeks ago. I got the hps around 8.03 or something.

Ill update some pics in a couple days.

mr.green123 · Sep 21, 2011

its might be a sativa strain and can take up to 11-12 weeks to finish looks like it to me

HighLife4Me · Sep 21, 2011

mr.green123 said:
its might be a sativa strain and can take up to 11-12 weeks to finish looks like it to me

Yea, The older one is pretty much all sativa. The younger has a little bit of indica in it.

theoldmerchant · Sep 21, 2011

what up high life, why you rollin with 10/14

i ask this because the plant grows off of photosynthesis and nutrient absorption. 2 hours doesnt seem like alot but in one week your plants will get 70 hours of light to photosynthesis while plants on 12/12 will get 84 hours of light. That's an extra 14 hours of light, adding over an extra day of photosynthesis every week that you're missing out on. could be slowing the growth. since the light schedule is natures way of telling the plant when to flower, I think 12/12 was established for the ultimate usage of light while still maintaining a flowering plant

just food for thought from my brain

Foolet · Sep 21, 2011

I agree with Merchant, also I posted some pics due to your lovely request

If you grew a fast bud you'd go nuts, they grow SOOO FAST.

HighLife4Me · Sep 22, 2011

theoldmerchant said:
what up high life, why you rollin with 10/14

i ask this because the plant grows off of photosynthesis and nutrient absorption. 2 hours doesnt seem like alot but in one week your plants will get 70 hours of light to photosynthesis while plants on 12/12 will get 84 hours of light. That's an extra 14 hours of light, adding over an extra day of photosynthesis every week that you're missing out on. could be slowing the growth. since the light schedule is natures way of telling the plant when to flower, I think 12/12 was established for the ultimate usage of light while still maintaining a flowering plant

just food for thought from my brain

Excellent brain food

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I have been researching plants indigenous to equatorial regions. Their natural light cycle is closer to, veg-13/11 flower-11/13. The buds are forming slowly. I think its just the strain. I've been reading that some marijuana plants around that geographic location can have a 16 week flowering time. I think i might bring the lights back to 11/13. Going to wait and see what happens over the next week or so. If they are not ready by Halloween they will most likely get chopped down. The soil im using might have some adverse effects on bud development also. I will be getting better soil for future grows. :leaf:

HighLife4Me · Sep 22, 2011

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