Dual Areoponic Cabinet, Ceramic Metal Halide

[cruzer101]

8-15-09

Temps 85 res 68°
PPMs 720
Ph 4.8

I don't know what happened but Ph dropped like a big dog.
Plants used about a gallon of water so I added the leftover gallon of nute mix I had from last change.
That brought it to 800PPMs Ph to 5.7

I got to thinking the girls needed a trim so I cut off the lower growth. Make them look respectable.
I may just pull out one more of the widows. It never did take off.

Anyway, I cleaned them up and took a peek under there skirt.

Got Root?


I don't know, It looks good to me.
The picture makes them look a little darker then they really are.
What should I watch for, like whats root rot look like?

Those rapid rooter cubes dont look like they are going to break down.
They are always wet though.
Should I try and cut them out and put a collar on them?

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[tahoe58]

pretty amazing .... your garden is doing well. the kept bush look. healthy colour and stems. sry can't help with the roots and hydro questions. walk on!!~~~

 

[Integra21]

the roots look pretty healthy. Your realy going for bleach white. A little dicoloring right around the net pot is normal, but you want the rest bleach white. This is the root ball off of my WW3 Mother.

 

[lilmafia513]

Cruzer,
I use those plugs for cloning also, i have yet to find one that will rot away.
I have finished grows and dug the plug back out when i emptied buckets. still intact, and had to pull it apart. those things are tough!!

 

[Integra21]

rockwool is easy to pull apart.

 

[phreakygoat]

damn, talk about field of dreams, those roots are amazing! according to my buddy, those pellets don't need to be removed, wish i had better info. hows the clones coming?

 

[cruzer101]

the roots look pretty healthy. Your realy going for bleach white. A little dicoloring right around the net pot is normal, but you want the rest bleach white. This is the root ball off of my WW3 Mother.

OK, good info.
Bleach white trails and ends and off white by the stalk is normal.

Thanks for the pic man. So are your lower roots submersed it water all the time in your system? I am thinking Air causes the roots to discolor.

 

[cruzer101]

Cruzer,

I use those plugs for cloning also, i have yet to find one that will rot away.
I have finished grows and dug the plug back out when i emptied buckets. still intact, and had to pull it apart. those things are tough!!
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So basically your telling me there is no way to destroy these things? Like they don't even decompose? lol

Thats tough alright. Great News.



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[MyGTO2007]

looking good Cruz!!!!

 

[cruzer101]

damn, talk about field of dreams, those roots are amazing! according to my buddy, those pellets don't need to be removed, wish i had better info. hows the clones coming?

I got the rooted clones in the hydroton now. There are three TW in the back and four WW in the front. They are still little but they are rooted. I think they are doing well there. Of course I could still move them.

There is about a dozen more TW in my diy cloner. 3 look like they started but nothing really yet.

I think I am going to be OK on the rooter cubes with the help of everyone here.
Thanks for taking the time to ask for your friends opinion too.

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[cruzer101]

looking good Cruz!!!!

Thanks Bud.
I am just trying to keep up with you.
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[cruzer101]

8-16-09

Temps 87 res 68º
PPMs 860
Ph 5.8

We are down about a gallon everything is stable so I left it.

I tried to get some better shots of the canopy, I think we are getting close to two weeks flowering.

I got the clones on 18/6
400PPMs of flora Nova grow
Ph at 5.7

These have all rooted and show new growth.
Heres a Widow,

Train Wreck

The Widows in front Train wreck in back.

I have more widows in rooter cubes below and more train wreck in the aero cab for back up.


Check it out, All tied up for the day...

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[tahoe58]

"I have more widows in rooter cubes below and more train wreck in the aero cab for back up."

always good to have back up .... excellent garden man! ....and good an ya ta have backup ... hahahahaha! Walk on!!~~~~~~

 

[cruzer101]

"I have more widows in rooter cubes below and more train wreck in the aero cab for back up."

always good to have back up .... excellent garden man! ....and good an ya ta have backup ... hahahahaha! Walk on!!~~~~~~

Yea, I grew last summer and it was real hot.
We haven't see those temps yet but if I get a heat spell it could kill the kids.

Another reason really is just for practice. So far the only clones that showed roots I killed.
Those all had about 1/8" of the stem sticking through the bottom of the net pot. Maybe I am
not letting them dry enough. Timer is 5 on 30 off. This last batch was cut a bit shorter so they are in the pot.

I need the practice.

Ha, "Good on ya" My Dad used to say that.


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[cruzer101]

8-16-09

Dream Team Update.

A friend and I have an outdoor grow also. Its in his yard behind a bunch of other plants.
To keep the height down we built a screen and attached it to the fence.
The idea was to make it look like a hedge. Well, It worked.

They went in the buckets on 4-20 at about a foot tall.
So they are about five months old,
If we didn't screen them they would be 8 to 9 feet tall right now. Super Silver haze.

Then I had a few Widow clones that were planted off to the side.
They grew taller then expected too.
They are trained away from where the pics are taken so you cant really see the size
so add about two feet to what you see.

All we can get are side views.

Here's the widow clones. The one on the right looks like it will have massive buds.

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[tahoe58]

what a great update, and a neat project. lovely work. and yea, this one just ?might? have some good buddage in its future .... hahaha Walk on!!~~~~

 

[LoudBlunts]

nice bro!!!!!

how are the LEDs working for ya?

what brand do you have, if ya dont mind me asking? or did you build yourself?

 

[lilmafia513]

Dream team looks great....My outside project went to hell after massive rain and hail destroyed them.

 

[cruzer101]

nice bro!!!!!

how are the LEDs working for ya?

what brand do you have, if ya don't mind me asking? or did you build yourself?

Hey Blunts

Long time... Yea, I got kits from homegrownlights.com, built an array and added a few stars I got
from Luxum I think is there name. The array is about 50 watts. I built this last year. I remember
you commented on the journal. I made mini waterfarms.

Here is link to journal:
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/59018-led-fluoresent-cabinet-grow-snow.html

They have worked great in the past to veg with rapid rooter cubes.
I am having trouble rooting in bubbler's. Maybe this DIY easycloner will work better.

Thanks for the input.

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[cruzer101]

Dream team looks great....My outside project went to hell after massive rain and hail destroyed them.

Ah bummer dude.

At least you have your indoor forest.

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