Stelthy's 600W Hps Project! (New-Cab)

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I was hoping to have Harvested the Strawberry Thai 1st, but with the Cola's 'Fox-Tailing' like this I think I will be most likely to chop her the same time as the GWS in order to get the most out of her! - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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Today I decided it was/is a good idea to remove maybe 1 or 2 of the Tomato plants...The one's with no signs of fruits!, and the one's that drink the nuit's for no reason and deprive the plant that does/did have some fruit, from getting the Vitimins required. Also when Harvest arrives for the last 2 ladies, the cab will be alot easier to manage, and keep clean..I sprayed some Lemon scented Multi-Purpose Cleaner on parts of the Mylar, just to clean off old water marks etc from an earlier point in the grow. I've taken some pics but will upload as part of my next 'MONDAY-UPDATE' I am looking forward to Flushing the GWS and getting her dried n ready for my Jars - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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Hey stealthy, great grow log. Sorry to see that your strawberry thai is doing that, it could be due to a heat issue, i had it happen one time- managed to get double the bud, but half the quality... Gotta be optimistic about it thought, i sold the whole lot and bought twice as much Cali Medical Bud for cheaper. So its a win win i guess. But anyways I kind of just skipped through, reading random pages every 15-20 pages or so, and i read one part where you were talking about putting in UVB bulbs (i am assuming reptile cfls?) Did you ever put these in? i have just started my girls on a uvb schedule, but i am completely new to the whole UVB lights so any advice would be awesome! keep up the good work man,

and P.S. it suprised me that you put SO much time/money/effort into this box and you are growing tomatoes and lavander and peppers in it LOL. good stuff tho man
 
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I checked on the Mystery Plant and the drying process, It's been almost 3 days of drying, the buds feel very dry and have shrunk a bit! but the good news is that the stems bend, and don't snap! So its time to start the Curing process, I will 'burp' the jar/s every 12hrs or as close to that as I can get for the next 2 weeks, this should make the buds better to touch as well as an enriched smell & taste :) .......Fingers crossed !! - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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I added an old sock lol, this will help keep the curing buds in darkness as well as help slightly raise the jars temp and force the 'sweat', although I still want the buds to dry as slow as possible so I will only keep the sock on for 3 or 4 days, then just leave the jar in a dark place until the 2 week period is up! - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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That mystery plant does look done mate, I would chop her. She's got that dark orange tinge to her, shes telling you she's done!

EDIT: didnt realise there was another page hahaha. good job my friend.
 
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cickcne200 said:
Hey stealthy, great grow log. Sorry to see that your strawberry thai is doing that, it could be due to a heat issue, i had it happen one time- managed to get double the bud, but half the quality... Gotta be optimistic about it thought, i sold the whole lot and bought twice as much Cali Medical Bud for cheaper. So its a win win i guess. But anyways I kind of just skipped through, reading random pages every 15-20 pages or so, and i read one part where you were talking about putting in UVB bulbs (i am assuming reptile cfls?) Did you ever put these in? i have just started my girls on a uvb schedule, but i am completely new to the whole UVB lights so any advice would be awesome! keep up the good work man,

and P.S. it suprised me that you put SO much time/money/effort into this box and you are growing tomatoes and lavander and peppers in it LOL. good stuff tho man
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Cheer's Cickcne200, Yeah the Stawberry Thai is a bit of a freak, still she has yet to be smoked so hopefully she'll still deliver despite appalling looks, I may grow another Strawberry Thai later in the year and run her in DWC n compare the difference :)

I am yet to install the UV lights, I still plan to do so, So after I Harvest I will add a load of stuff and do a few other mods I stumbled upon whilst keeping this journal :) I think the main thing to remember with UV-B lighting is to use it only for short periods of time, at the end of the grow (final 2 weeks) and dont let the light reflect on your skin etc as its a mojor cause of cancer...and thats NOT cool!!

Full of surpises me :) Yeah this grow was a tester grow more than anything I just wanted to test out my work n see if I missed/needed any extra mods etc etc... Glad you like my efforts so far. - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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Shadow15x said:
awesome grow log! lol i bet those tomatoes tasted amazing :P
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Yeah the Tomatoes tasted SO SO much Better than the ones you buy in the shops, I had some in salad sandwiches, some on/in pizza a fried one...So am loving the saucy goodness at the moment :) I may do Strawberries mmmm.... :)..Then maybe I could make Strawberry THC jam??, lol - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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WOWgrow said:
That mystery plant does look done mate, I would chop her. She's got that dark orange tinge to her, shes telling you she's done!

EDIT: didnt realise there was another page hahaha. good job my friend.
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CHOPPED! :) She's been hung and dried for the best part of 3 days.. I have just put the buds into jars and am curing them for 12 hrs at a time for the next fourteen days - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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I decided to buy one of these box fans today..I plan to mount it on the left hand wall of the cab to give the plants some movement whilst they grow and potencially toughen up their branches to support larger buds :) and colour coded, good good !! and it was only £10.00 inc Postage :) - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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stelthy said:
I am yet to install the UV lights, I still plan to do so, So after I Harvest I will add a load of stuff and do a few other mods I stumbled upon whilst keeping this journal :) I think the main thing to remember with UV-B lighting is to use it only for short periods of time, at the end of the grow (final 2 weeks) and dont let the light reflect on your skin etc as its a mojor cause of cancer...and thats NOT cool!!

Full of surpises me :) Yeah this grow was a tester grow more than anything I just wanted to test out my work n see if I missed/needed any extra mods etc etc... Glad you like my efforts so far. - STELTHY :leaf:
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With the UV-B light that i am using i have it on a digital timer, set to come on at 5 different times at 2 hour intervals. the first is 2 minutes, second is 4 minutes, third is 6 minutes (to stimulate 12 o clock noon when there would be the most UV-B) and then back down from there, fourth is 4 minutes, and 5th is back to 2 minutes. What do you think abou this way of doing it? I plan to add one or two minutes to each timer at the beginning of every other week through flower. I will be at the beginning of week 3 sunday so i will up the length of time then. I have had the UV-B bulb on them for 6 days now and there is no visible damage or any signs of stress from it, so far so good i guess.
 
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cickcne200 said:
With the UV-B light that i am using i have it on a digital timer, set to come on at 5 different times at 2 hour intervals. the first is 2 minutes, second is 4 minutes, third is 6 minutes (to stimulate 12 o clock noon when there would be the most UV-B) and then back down from there, fourth is 4 minutes, and 5th is back to 2 minutes. What do you think abou this way of doing it? I plan to add one or two minutes to each timer at the beginning of every other week through flower. I will be at the beginning of week 3 sunday so i will up the length of time then. I have had the UV-B bulb on them for 6 days now and there is no visible damage or any signs of stress from it, so far so good i guess.
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Sounds like a plan man! When I add my UV-B's I will prob do the same as you :) the idea of staging the UV-B period's makes sense... I like it !! :) Can you post a pic of the UV-B light/s your using and include wattage etc, Also how high above the plants do you have the UV-B lighting? Do you have a LINK to a grow with you using them, I may have to keep it in my favourites folder for quick reference :) - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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I will be interested in finding out the best wattage of UV-B bulb/s to use? and the best distance to have them from the top of the plants..? - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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don't currently have any pictures up of my grow or any kind of log going. I am using the Repti Glo 10.0 26 w bulb. The 10.0 i believe represents the most UV-B that they sell because it is to stimulate a desert environment. they also have a 2.0 and a 5.0. On the box it says it is effective up to 20", so i have the light mounted in between my 400w metal halide and 400w hps at 20" above canopy. I feel like the UV-B light would be a perfect thing to have used on a small light mover, to provide complete coverage over all plants, and to avoid a sort of "UV-B Hotspot", and i may invest in one if its cheaper than just getting another light. (BTW It ran me $15 for the bulb from the reptile store, 9 dollars for the timer, and 7 for the relector, total of around $31 for the UV-B setup). I am trying to encorporate all light spectrums into this grow, to find out what produces the most potent bud, I am hearing all this hype about metal halides now, after i have used only hps in flower for the past 2 years.
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There is this really good video that explains all about the uvb and thc connection in this youtube video, it is called THC, UVB, and Me. Definately check it out, its a little long but very informative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfiI78uN3Ks&feature=youtube_gdata
 
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Well it's one day away from my MONDAY UPDATE! I needed to do a water change on the GWS, and so...Have started flushing with just PH balanced water, one day early. I will flush until next Monday...and if need be I can and most likely will flush for another week, then it'll be time to chop and hang :) ....Not long now !! - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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cickcne200 said:
don't currently have any pictures up of my grow or any kind of log going. I am using the Repti Glo 10.0 26 w bulb. The 10.0 i believe represents the most UV-B that they sell because it is to stimulate a desert environment. they also have a 2.0 and a 5.0. On the box it says it is effective up to 20", so i have the light mounted in between my 400w metal halide and 400w hps at 20" above canopy. I feel like the UV-B light would be a perfect thing to have used on a small light mover, to provide complete coverage over all plants, and to avoid a sort of "UV-B Hotspot", and i may invest in one if its cheaper than just getting another light. (BTW It ran me $15 for the bulb from the reptile store, 9 dollars for the timer, and 7 for the relector, total of around $31 for the UV-B setup). I am trying to encorporate all light spectrums into this grow, to find out what produces the most potent bud, I am hearing all this hype about metal halides now, after i have used only hps in flower for the past 2 years.
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There is this really good video that explains all about the uvb and thc connection in this youtube video, it is called THC, UVB, and Me. Definately check it out, its a little long but very informative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfiI78uN3Ks&feature=youtube_gdata
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Cheers for the video LINK :) I'll watch it and take notes this evening :)


Ps/ REP! for your helpful LINK :) - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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