purplekitty7772008
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they're looking humongous and pretty!
keep up the great work
keep up the great work
Nirvana AK-48 600 Watt Ebb & Flow
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pinkjackyle
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it seems 2 me that your pragmatic approach 2 doing things wood allow u 2 consider doing a hempybucket grow . it has all the growing characteristics of hydro w-o ph-ppm-ec nonsense that consumes so much time and resources/equipment . just a thought since u will b using clones mostly for now on and it is easy to transplant or move 2 a larger container for flowering 
Abnjm
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Thanks kitty! I love this portion of the grow... Everything changes so quickly, and all you really have to do is check the rez and tuck fan leaves. Oh, and dream about how big the harvest is gonna be!!!!!
Abnjm
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Hey Pink. I actually enjoy the "ph-ppm-ec nonsense". I know I''m a geek/dork, but I like the feeling of accomplishment when I have a nute issue, and I fix it on the first try.it seems 2 me that your pragmatic approach 2 doing things wood allow u 2 consider doing a hempybucket grow . it has all the growing characteristics of hydro w-o ph-ppm-ec nonsense that consumes so much time and resources/equipment . just a thought since u will b using clones mostly for now on and it is easy to transplant or move 2 a larger container for flowering
I have to spend 5 minutes a day to test the rez and tuck fan leaves, and I can get the rez emptied, cleaned and refilled in about an hour. So, I've got about 1.5 hours per week invested in maintenance. Believe it or not, my wife is a big gardener, and I've got her interested in helping out on the grows.
I think I'm getting this set-up dialed in, so I'm hesitant to change, but if you have any good links explaining the hempy method, I'd love to read more about it.
Thanks for the input.
wonderblunder
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My wife helps with transplants, and seed starting. she is best at the ingesting part....... but arent we all.......
Abnjm
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Res is down to 1050ppm / eC 2.1 at 5.6pH, so I know the plants are drinking AND eating. Just started mixing my new res of the "Bloom" formula + 10%. Should end up around 1350ppm / eC 2.7. Res temp is 67F and tent temps are swinging between 67F and 78F.
Canopy is now 26" tall:
Nice branching going on, and the Wally World fan is working away under the canopy:
All supporting some nice little baby bud sites:
Clone / Mom tent is up, and the T-5 has been hung. Interior air temps are 77F with 4 bulbs lit and no fans, but I think I'll need to put a fan in when I turn on the other 4 bulbs. Clones are going into coco tomorrow and getting put under the four T-5's. Pics when they are settled.
Canopy is now 26" tall:
Nice branching going on, and the Wally World fan is working away under the canopy:
All supporting some nice little baby bud sites:
Clone / Mom tent is up, and the T-5 has been hung. Interior air temps are 77F with 4 bulbs lit and no fans, but I think I'll need to put a fan in when I turn on the other 4 bulbs. Clones are going into coco tomorrow and getting put under the four T-5's. Pics when they are settled.
wonderblunder
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I think I am going to build a big flood table for my flowering room.......Put it 1-2 feet off the ground. Put a drain in there leading to a res. I may use an automatic watering system, but nothing recirculating. All runoff will be waste water............Hempy pots and Coco is what I am thinking. I am thinking the table for ease of mind. I have a tarp over the carpet, and even when water hits the tarp I wipe it up, worried about ruining the carpet without knowing it(under tarp). Flood table would make me feel better. Thinking a 4X8 sheet of plywood, some 2X6s for the walls and the framework underneath. Fillet the edges with epoxy and micro balloons. Either coat the whole thing with epoxy(several coats) or fiberglass. Epoxy is very strong, but is brittle under pressure..... Hydroton, rock, moving pots around could be enough to damage the epoxy and let moisture into the wood. These problems can all be forgotten with even the lightest grade fiberglass........
SmokeyMcChokey
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ruining carpet sucks. especially when you need that damn deposit back
pinkjackyle
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as i hunt and peck i dont c linky thingy . "someguys parabollic scrog" will put u right
pinkjackyle
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wonder blunder , just get u a tile shower liner its thick rubber and will last decades
Abnjm
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Glad to have you back my brother. Can't wait to see your grow. It's been a while......Excellent thread my Weed Baron friend!
+rep for you
It has been a while since I have been here and your grow is looking sweet.
Has inspired me to get my camera going and post a few pics myself.
wonderblunder
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tile shower liner..... Is this something I can cut to size? or buy multiple. THis sounds good.... Plus rep for you.
Abnjm
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After two weeks with most plugs showing roots, I figured it was time to get the clones under a better light, and give them a little to eat....
I hydrated some coco coir with the following mix:
3 gallons tap (350 ppm / 0.7 eC; 7.8pH)
SM-90 15ml
SuperThrive 5ml
Gro 5ml
Micro 5ml
Bloom 5ml
Floraliscious Plus 1ml
FloraBlend 45ml
550 ppm / 1.1 eC; 7.1pH
Added 7ml pH Down to 5.9 pH.
Planted the clones as deep as possible in 5" x 5" pots. Planted my #1 clone in a 9" x 9" pot to allow more root growth, as this will be my AK-48 mother. I put the clones in my old HomeBox under the new 8 bulb T-5 light. I only have 4 bulbs burning now, and will not turn the other 4 on until I see good vegetative growth from all plants. Tent temp is 77.4F.
Their new home:
I'm hoping four of the clones make it to the next flower cycle. Once they are situated, I will veg them under the T-5 lights for 3 weeks, and then throw them under the 600w HPS......
I hydrated some coco coir with the following mix:
3 gallons tap (350 ppm / 0.7 eC; 7.8pH)
SM-90 15ml
SuperThrive 5ml
Gro 5ml
Micro 5ml
Bloom 5ml
Floraliscious Plus 1ml
FloraBlend 45ml
550 ppm / 1.1 eC; 7.1pH
Added 7ml pH Down to 5.9 pH.
Planted the clones as deep as possible in 5" x 5" pots. Planted my #1 clone in a 9" x 9" pot to allow more root growth, as this will be my AK-48 mother. I put the clones in my old HomeBox under the new 8 bulb T-5 light. I only have 4 bulbs burning now, and will not turn the other 4 on until I see good vegetative growth from all plants. Tent temp is 77.4F.
Their new home:
I'm hoping four of the clones make it to the next flower cycle. Once they are situated, I will veg them under the T-5 lights for 3 weeks, and then throw them under the 600w HPS......
wonderblunder
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so the clones will eventually go into larger netpots with coco in the ebb and flo?
Abnjm
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If I only get 4 to survive, I will use my previous method of coco / hydroton. If I get all 6 to survive, I'm going to transplant them to 7" square pots full of coco, and try a normal grow to compare yield.....
wonderblunder
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That would be cool. I really want to try Coco. Maybe hempy pots as well. Might have to switch nutes though....... Don't want to do that over night...... Apparently with a 2 gallon pot of Coco will equal a 4 gallon pot of soil....
Abnjm
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I've read that coco is supposed to be a very easy medium for roots to develop in. These AK-48s were showing roots outside of 9" netpots at 9 days into the veg cycle. I use the GH Flora series nutes, and I have never had any type of deficiency in coco. I do have pretty hard water which I think helps with the Calcium and Magnesium issues.
wonderblunder
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I love when they show you those roots early in the game...... makes me feel special.........
socialsmoker
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your going to have some nice buds bro !!! ive gotta few n a bubbler shown bud sites come by and check it out if u want . glad to hear the clones r surving.