Waterfarm Closet Grow [PICS]
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caddyluck
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My buddy uses the Berry, it's 0-0-1, made up of 17.5% Cane Sugar,5% molasses, 7.5% Malt Extract. It's a sweetener and works really good, we did a comparison and the smell and aroma from the colas was incredible. I would definitly recommend it. He don't go without it now. 
Shackleford.R
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My buddy uses the Berry, it's 0-0-1, made up of 17.5% Cane Sugar,5% molasses, 7.5% Malt Extract. It's a sweetener and works really good, we did a comparison and the smell and aroma from the colas was incredible. I would definitly recommend it. He don't go without it now.
Hmm.. the aroma is it berry? or does the sweetener just encourage the natural aromas from the plant?
Will I get berry or pineapple flavored bud is what i'm trying to say?
caddyluck
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Yes, the aroma is berry smelling, the FloraNectar itself smells soooo good, the pineapple smells more citrus/fruity.
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Prot3us1
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ooh shack, we have the same ph meter man! 
Let me know about the floranova lol.
Still no pics, for some reason when i try to copy the pics from my camera to my pc they dont work...they are the right size, .jpg but just come up blank....looking into it now. lol
prot
Let me know about the floranova lol.
Still no pics, for some reason when i try to copy the pics from my camera to my pc they dont work...they are the right size, .jpg but just come up blank....looking into it now. lol
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Shackleford.R
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ooh shack, we have the same ph meter man!
Let me know about the floranova lol.
Still no pics, for some reason when i try to copy the pics from my camera to my pc they dont work...they are the right size, .jpg but just come up blank....looking into it now. lol
prot
Protastic! Welcome back! haha i havent seen a post from you in awhile on my thread. (check out my other thread as well aerogarden) That pH meter is AMAZING, i dont know how i got by using the drops now. Its not the fastest, or the easiest to keep calibrated (i have no experience with others but i know how this one works)
The FloraNova is doing VERY well. Spent the last week of veg using the floranova grow with floralicious grow as well. It just looked really healthy after that week, haha. Also gave it a little stretch and flower started promptly after that. Now i'm on with the floranova bloom with floralicious bloom. They seem to enjoying it rather nicely. Gets furrier by the hour it seems.
On a different note... she has trouble standing up straight. The main stalk sways and leans often, and most branches seem a little "limp". I've been using a silica additive since seed basically, that doesnt seem to be helping anymore.
Any thoughts anyone??
GypsyBush
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Do you have a fan blowing on her?
Plants that grow in absolute calm air never develop the "muscles" in the stalk to help her stand up, especially when the buds start to pack on the weight...
Make sure to have a fan blowing around... in my op, I make sure the leaves of every plant "twinkle" in the breeze from the oscilating fans moving around...
You may need to help her with a stick or some string...
Just a little breeze will cause her stalk to strengthen ...
Good Luck...
Shackleford.R
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and just so we are clear, am not talking about a hurricane in her face... just enough air movement for her to flex them "muscles"..
thanks gypsy! haha i figured that might be the case added an oscillating fan today... had it sitting RIGHT outside the closet and just never put it in there. its there now and the breeze is flowing nice
Shackleford.R
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I went into my closet today, after the fans were setup to check temps, its around 78-82 with 43% humidity. While I was standing there I couldn't but notice all these lower nodes with all this beautiful growth and baby preflowers. So many shoots below the main colas. I just couldn't resist.
Knowing that the two main shoots were relatively pliable, and there were close to 4 secondary lower shoots... I had to LST the main colas. I'm now looking at a relatively more even canopy at this point. One of the main shoots had reached in the hood and damaged some leaves. So now it should all grow evenly and hopefully increase the yield a good bit. Any thoughts anyone???
Knowing that the two main shoots were relatively pliable, and there were close to 4 secondary lower shoots... I had to LST the main colas. I'm now looking at a relatively more even canopy at this point. One of the main shoots had reached in the hood and damaged some leaves. So now it should all grow evenly and hopefully increase the yield a good bit. Any thoughts anyone???
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Prot3us1
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Shack,
Ya man been moving house and waiting for the net to be connected and stuff, got a new room here, a cellar...pretty handy. All my plants (5) are now on 12/12. Missy is massive. She was very short but had hundreds of leaves, now that shes ben on 12/12 for a few days shes starting to stretch and shes huge man.
Trippy has a lot of weird stuff. Heres her story:
As you know she came out of her seed with 3 milk leaves, and is a triploid. She grew to a few nodes, then stopped growing and started yellowing within a week. I had no idea what was wrong. anyways after careful research and a situation where if i didnt do something she might die, i nuted her...yes from seed within a week I know it sounds like a stupid idea, but she started growing againthe next day. Heres where it gets weird. She has a huge knot now where she stopped growing, and coming out of the knot at a 90 degree angle is a normal plant...2 leaf sets, healthy node spacing etc. Coming up and out of the triploid section she has a FLAT stem. Its not round its flat lol. New growth on the flat side, 3 leaf sets per node. Shes like 2 plants in one.
The others are all looking great, i have an great variety of thin and fat leaves in there, so im very pleased. Now just aiting on sex showing on the last 4, missy already had shown so i know shes a girl.
My thread will be starting up again soon full swing, with a pic update as the first order of business. Just waiting on camera repairs lol.
prot
Ya man been moving house and waiting for the net to be connected and stuff, got a new room here, a cellar...pretty handy. All my plants (5) are now on 12/12. Missy is massive. She was very short but had hundreds of leaves, now that shes ben on 12/12 for a few days shes starting to stretch and shes huge man.
Trippy has a lot of weird stuff. Heres her story:
As you know she came out of her seed with 3 milk leaves, and is a triploid. She grew to a few nodes, then stopped growing and started yellowing within a week. I had no idea what was wrong. anyways after careful research and a situation where if i didnt do something she might die, i nuted her...yes from seed within a week I know it sounds like a stupid idea, but she started growing againthe next day. Heres where it gets weird. She has a huge knot now where she stopped growing, and coming out of the knot at a 90 degree angle is a normal plant...2 leaf sets, healthy node spacing etc. Coming up and out of the triploid section she has a FLAT stem. Its not round its flat lol. New growth on the flat side, 3 leaf sets per node. Shes like 2 plants in one.
The others are all looking great, i have an great variety of thin and fat leaves in there, so im very pleased. Now just aiting on sex showing on the last 4, missy already had shown so i know shes a girl.
My thread will be starting up again soon full swing, with a pic update as the first order of business. Just waiting on camera repairs lol.
prot
Shackleford.R
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[QUOTE="SICC";2617806]she had really taken off, lookin great man[/QUOTE]
thank you sir!!
took off in a BIG way!
it seemed like a hasty decision at the time... but now i feel it was in the best interest of the overall harvest.
the way it is now, i think maximizing the potential of this plant.
all the secondary tops are exposed to more light.. as well as few of the even lower tertiary shoots!!
i was ballparking just shy of an ounce dry. at this point i think i can hope for right at an ounce. which is MORE than enough personal for myself... so i guess now the AG clones will just be a bonus!
thank you sir!!
took off in a BIG way!
it seemed like a hasty decision at the time... but now i feel it was in the best interest of the overall harvest.
the way it is now, i think maximizing the potential of this plant.
all the secondary tops are exposed to more light.. as well as few of the even lower tertiary shoots!!
i was ballparking just shy of an ounce dry. at this point i think i can hope for right at an ounce. which is MORE than enough personal for myself... so i guess now the AG clones will just be a bonus!
Shackleford.R
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Best of luck dude... I'm rooting for you...
Can you give me a rundown of the lights you have on this grow?...
since you've been so hopeful i'll do this tonight before i hit the bed...
here is the reflector...
just a standard "bubble" stamped metal wing
here is the bulb...
this is presently the only light source i have
here is the bulb in the reflector...
pretty decent i think
everything i've read and every approach i've had up until now has been with CFL, and as MANY CFL as possible! This bulb is very bright and very high power, so currently its the only one plugged in...
for a good while it was setup like this...
you can see behind the current some of the clamp type fixtures with dual socket CFLs.
Depending on how quick Laura responds to the LST and starts perking up with all her nodes, I may finish this grow with JUST the CFL in the hood. If its still looking meager in a few days, i may clamp the CFLS off to the side and fan them out, rather than hanging down in the picture... sort of increase the "light canopy" so to speak...
im still a newb playing it by ear trying to tweak things...
goodnight
Shackleford.R
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Day 7 of flowering is upon us!! Flushing the res and taking some photos later. Check back later this afternoon!
Shackleford.R
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Good night...
But you know I'm gonna suggest more light in the morning, right...?!?!?
and yes i figured you'd say that.. i added a pair of CFLs to the hood.. one at either end, probably going to screw in the Y-sockets to double the lights later.