ChaosHunter
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I'll give the week 7 start of 8 flower update tomarrow. I'm impressed and it's my new go to.
Mega Crop Scrog grow
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ChaosHunter
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Ok gang week 7 is in the books and were on to week 8. This will probably be the last update before harvest. I have run Nirvanas AK-48 several times the past few years and its a good fast flowering stain for production. Again this grow was just a test and I'm more interested in growth, bud quality, density, aromas and terpenes etc. Mega Crop had to do as good as GH Maxi with adds. Since I'm in a small space and have a kick ass hydro store I have been able to do full runs of samples over the years. GH Maxi with add-ons always did just as good.
Royal Gold Basement mix has replaced FFOF with perlite added for the foreseeable future.
I did run into a Calcium deficiency towards the middle of flower. I cant fault that on MC, some strains like more than others. Outside of PH adjustment Cal/Mag should be in every growers stash. The bud density is there, these girls are a lot louder than previous runs with them. Trich production is on point too, very frosty. They threw more pistols than a episode of Gun Smoke.
I'm very happy with the performance, savings and that its a dry multi nutrient that if cared for will not go bad. It also works great as a clone nutrient.
Here is what I don't like. The feed chart is a little on the strong side. I start out at 1 gram/Gal and work my way up. If the plants are happy that's all that counts.
EC and PPM are out the window because of the extra bells and whistles added. I get it but its hard to over come in a way when doing something for so long.
On deck Clear water Kush "middle" and Grape Ape. These will go through my normal training. I don't have high hopes for the GA as they are suspect. The CK I'm considering pollinating to itself, from what ive read and seen its a amazing strain that's not available anymore.
They will be close to chop in a week or so, tops will be kept for smoke, everything below and trim for vaping.
Royal Gold Basement mix has replaced FFOF with perlite added for the foreseeable future.
I did run into a Calcium deficiency towards the middle of flower. I cant fault that on MC, some strains like more than others. Outside of PH adjustment Cal/Mag should be in every growers stash. The bud density is there, these girls are a lot louder than previous runs with them. Trich production is on point too, very frosty. They threw more pistols than a episode of Gun Smoke.
I'm very happy with the performance, savings and that its a dry multi nutrient that if cared for will not go bad. It also works great as a clone nutrient.
Here is what I don't like. The feed chart is a little on the strong side. I start out at 1 gram/Gal and work my way up. If the plants are happy that's all that counts.
EC and PPM are out the window because of the extra bells and whistles added. I get it but its hard to over come in a way when doing something for so long.
On deck Clear water Kush "middle" and Grape Ape. These will go through my normal training. I don't have high hopes for the GA as they are suspect. The CK I'm considering pollinating to itself, from what ive read and seen its a amazing strain that's not available anymore.
They will be close to chop in a week or so, tops will be kept for smoke, everything below and trim for vaping.
Sour Wreck
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thanks for the update, appreciate you doing this.
a mongo frog
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What will? The pictured plants?
ChaosHunter
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or so, pistols are pulling in and trichs are cloudy and in a week or week and a half they will be ready.
Dabber68
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Awesome grow can't wait to see harvest and your results of your test
ChaosHunter
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Just a bit of nute burn at the tips, no tox at about week 4-5 of flower. What ever the chart says I would cut 1/2 gram per gallon. My pre teens started at 1 gpg and there at 1.5 gpg now. Of coarse this can be strain dependent but I think 5-5.5 gpg might be just fine for full on flower. Its easy to just adjust the grams vs juggling "and second guessing" a bunch of bottles.
I will be adding Cal/Mag as needed but I'm fine with that.
ChaosHunter
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In the pics above there are a couple of leaf tips that are damaged do to leaf rub from the fans. Nothing drastic and normal.
HydroRed
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Thanks, sounds good. Im following that in a sense already. I top off with straight water, so the strongest ppm the plants experience is right at res change. Only 1-2 days pass before top off is required so from there on it consistantly drops until the next res change.
DesertHydro
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I was recommended this stuff from an experienced grower, it's a calcium only supplement that doesn't add nitrogen to the mix. The problem with adding calmag is it throws off nitrogen levels and can cause lockout and or toxicity, or at least that's what I've read lol. I just picked up four pounds of it since I'm running RO water. Gonna add a little bit from start to finish so I never run into issues.
Dissolvine® E-CA-10 EDTA chelated calcium fertilizer
Dissolvine® E-CA-10 EDTA chelated calcium fertilizer
So this mega crop has no veg and bloom you just use this 1 nute mix and thats it?
Sour Wreck
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yup...
ChaosHunter
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ChaosHunter
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Figure I would post some shots of the grow area, maybe it will help with ideas of your own area.
My rez made from a storage bin, have a pump going 24/7 inside and run a line so it waterfalls. Also a pump for watering on a Idevices switch.
Control board, everything mounted on a board so its no semi permanent and can be put away. Multiple heater controls, humidity controller is connected to both my humidifier and dehumidifier. The A419 controls the heat in the tent via heat mat between the floor of the tent and a small heater that warm the ridged intake.
MacGyver'ed cheap veg light 90w replacement 56k
Veg shot on deck "hope". One of the Grape ape phenos is jacked, super stacked twisted leafs. In the middle is Clearwater Kush. All have been toped and will be trained. May or may not scrog.
My rez made from a storage bin, have a pump going 24/7 inside and run a line so it waterfalls. Also a pump for watering on a Idevices switch.
Control board, everything mounted on a board so its no semi permanent and can be put away. Multiple heater controls, humidity controller is connected to both my humidifier and dehumidifier. The A419 controls the heat in the tent via heat mat between the floor of the tent and a small heater that warm the ridged intake.
MacGyver'ed cheap veg light 90w replacement 56k
Veg shot on deck "hope". One of the Grape ape phenos is jacked, super stacked twisted leafs. In the middle is Clearwater Kush. All have been toped and will be trained. May or may not scrog.
horribleherk
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finally did a little closer look at your thread & here & there were the answers to a lot of things good work & a good thread thanks for taking the time to share
Archcity420
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Nice grow love AK-48 use to be my go to strain always kept that baby in rotation.
ChaosHunter
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Bud density is on par with any multi nute lines I've used before "cyco,H&G,Canna,AN and GH. The smells and frost is more prominent on both phenos more so than they have been in the past. Actually these have been the loudest smelling plants I've grown in some time. I hope it continues.
Is Mega Crop better at veg and flowering than anything out there ? No ! But damn its easy and cost effective.
Carful with the feed chart and work your way up with it. My Veg girls got 1.5 gpg and didn't like it, back down to 1 gpg.
I pushed this throw together test grow rather hard with MC. They were given nutes every watering until rez change. At rez change they were given one watering with floraKleen and then back to MC.
Grape ape on the ends and Clear water Kush in the middle.
Is Mega Crop better at veg and flowering than anything out there ? No ! But damn its easy and cost effective.
Carful with the feed chart and work your way up with it. My Veg girls got 1.5 gpg and didn't like it, back down to 1 gpg.
I pushed this throw together test grow rather hard with MC. They were given nutes every watering until rez change. At rez change they were given one watering with floraKleen and then back to MC.
Grape ape on the ends and Clear water Kush in the middle.