First Grow Ever! 9 White Widow 1000W HPS 4x4 Tent Hempy Buckets

[SmerkedOut]

Well, here's my girls. They're obviously a little dried out but I didn't have a good way to water them.

And here's what I came up with. I used some PVC and ran it across the buckets. There's 2 holes drilled in the pipe for each plant.

Here's a water meter so I can measure how much I feed the plants. Then it hooks up to a hose that leads to my res.

 

[Kush Knight]

Well, here's my girls. They're obviously a little dried out but I didn't have a good way to water them.
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And here's what I came up with. I used some PVC and ran it across the buckets. There's 2 holes drilled in the pipe for each plant.
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Here's a water meter so I can measure how much I feed the plants. Then it hooks up to a hose that leads to my res.
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Looks better, somehow still seems like you are overwatering to me.... idk, maybe 3d pics would make this all easier. No over-under confusion.
As for the babies, when was the last time you fed, they look hungry for some n (a 4 or 5) and maybe a very small amount of pk (a 1-1 combo)

 

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Looks better, somehow still seems like you are overwatering to me.... idk, maybe 3d pics would make this all easier.
As for the babies, when was the last time you fed, they look hungry for some n (a 4 or 5) and maybe a very small amount of pk (a 1-1 combo)

The last time the babies got actual food was a couple days before the transplant. They got water right after the transplant. But they're all getting food in a couple hours once the ph buffers are done working.

 

[Kush Knight]

The last time the babies got actual food was a couple days before the transplant. They got water right after the transplant. But they're all getting food in a couple hours once the ph buffers are done working.

They're about to take off can't wait. Just don't overdo it.

 

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They're about to take off can't wait. Just don't overdo it.

Yeah man I was hoping to flip to flower right around now, but they didn't explode as early as I thought they would. I'm hoping 1 more week then flower!

 

[Kush Knight]

Yeah man I was hoping to flip to flower right around now, but they didn't explode as early as I thought they would. I'm hoping 1 more week then flower!

If you're really lucky I'd guess 6 oz harvest total at the max... could increase another oz at least by waiting 2 weeks instead of one and wait for the babies to grow another 10-15"

 

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If you're really lucky I'd guess 6 oz harvest total at the max... could increase another oz at least by waiting 2 weeks instead of one and wait for the babies to grow another 10-15"

Well, that sucks. I was hoping for at least an O per plant :/

 

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Do you think this White Widow would take well to SOG? Because my next grow will be SOG and I need to figure out what strain to use.

 

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Just made my very first attempt at taking some clones. I took 8, so we'll see what happens.

 

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i only buy from them direct, no middleman upping price. its the 5-12-26 one. you can order25 lbs of it and the calnit together for 90 but calcium nitrate can be bought many other places for cheaper you just gotta be sure to dissolve the base in your rez before adding the calnit or precipitates will form.

http://www.jrpeters.com/Products/Hydroponics/Buy-Hydroponics.html

Okay my Jack's Hydro and CalNit have finally arrived! So can you please explain to me again exactly what mix you use?

 

[Myles117]

3:2 ratio.... 3base:2calnit fully dissolve the base BEFORE adding the calnit in. Very important. The rate at which it will dissolve depends largely on water temps. warmer water... faster dissolve time. You can play around with the actual amounts you use.... i have 90 gal reservoirs and use 150 ml base to 100 calnit and it comes to 7-900 ppm depending if i was heavy handed or not. once you establish the amounts of each needed per batch, the process is so easy a caveman could do it

best of luck!

 

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3:2 ratio.... 3base:2calnit fully dissolve the base BEFORE adding the calnit in. Very important. The rate at which it will dissolve depends largely on water temps. warmer water... faster dissolve time. You can play around with the actual amounts you use.... i have 90 gal reservoirs and use 150 ml base to 100 calnit and it comes to 7-900 ppm depending if i was heavy handed or not. once you establish the amounts of each needed per batch, the process is so easy a caveman could do it

best of luck!

Alright so for mixing my 15 gallons I water with my math says about 25ml Jack's and 16.6ml calnit. I need to get a scale so I can weigh this stuff out instead lol. That and so I can know my yields later on!

 

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Alright so for mixing my 15 gallons I water with my math says about 25ml Jack's and 16.6ml calnit.

Just watered with that mixture. That and 3ml of Ph Up got my 15 gallon mix to the perfect ph, so I'm happy. We'll see how they like it!

 

[Myles117]

what was the ph previous to the ph up?

 

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what was the ph previous to the ph up?

If I remember, 5.4

 

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what was the ph previous to the ph up?

Dude I love you! Explosive new growth using the Jack's!

 

[Myles117]

yeah, 5.4 is usually what mine mixes to

I couldn't be happier for ya bro, glad I could spread the good word

and everytime you think about how much you spent on the stuff (or more importantly how much you DIDNT spend) you will be pinching yourself cuz it just seems too good to be true

 

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yeah, 5.4 is usually what mine mixes to

I couldn't be happier for ya bro, glad I could spread the good word

and everytime you think about how much you spent on the stuff (or more importantly how much you DIDNT spend) you will be pinching yourself cuz it just seems too good to be true

Yeah my math says that if I keep feeding 15 gallons once a week, I should be able to mix for like 7 years without needing more of the Jack's Hydro, and like 11 before I need more CalNit. But of course I'm gonna upgrade my setup so I'll need more water, but still I'd guess at least a couple YEARS! Thanks you SO much!

 

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yeah, 5.4 is usually what mine mixes to

I couldn't be happier for ya bro, glad I could spread the good word

and everytime you think about how much you spent on the stuff (or more importantly how much you DIDNT spend) you will be pinching yourself cuz it just seems too good to be true

I know this is impossible to answer for sure before the harvest, but which one of these do you think I should make into a mother? Just based on my space, I cant take clones from all the plants and wait and see yields... So which one should I bet on? I hope these pics are good enough. If not I can try again.



Well, I took clones from the back middle and back right, since back middle is a short, bushy plant with lots of branches, and the back right is a tall branchy plant. Gives me a couple phenos if the clones take root (fingers crossed).

 

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I'm hoping to flower by this weekend.