4x4 Tent - Blue Hash and A-Train
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shnkrmn
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Next question; have you cloned a-train, or are you just cracking beans for every run? I'm much better at cloning than seed propagation!
Your statement re yield has knocked my decision making process backwards. I was going to grow Chronic first for the large yield, but I really want to grow the A-train. I worry about growing two strains together that I haven't run before. You haven't had situations where one strain just isn't happy under the same conditions as another?
smokingrubber
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Yes I'm cracking new seeds every time. I don't have a good area set aside for clones or mothers yet, and I don't want to veg them for 2 months anyway. In a year or so, I will get that ironed out. For now, I'm still searching for the strains that enjoy life in my system.
I've had strains that did not enjoy everything they got at my other grow. That's why I'm doing the proven A-Train and a relative unknown Chocolope. If Choco sucks, at least I know half the crop will thrive. Plus, I could alway kick some out and let the happy ones spread out wider.
The trick is the timing. You have to find strains that finish at the same time. That's a reason I'm going to do 2 tents. One tent can handle the extra long 12 week conisour strains, while the other handles the quick commercial crops.
smokingrubber
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Thank you. The A-Train I've got going now are 90% sativa. I didn't realize that until recently, but I will get on top of the height issues sooner next time. Grow and learn.
EDIT: I just looked it up again. A-Train is 60/40 Indica/Sativa. It has sativa leaves, with Indica girth.
smokingrubber
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They're as close as 10 inches (25cm) but most are around 13 inches (33cm). The stretch is definately over. Now the buds are swelling and the tips are creeping into the danger zone. Should I top the little white tips?
Doja@night
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Damn I am so jelous!!! I cant wait till the clones get that big!! Time to Get your clippers ready!! i have 24 more days to go on my flower room. Cant wait to get these starins going!Here are some pics with the lights off and a couple just as they are coming back on.
Pic 1: A-Train
Pic 2: A-Train close up
Pic 3: LA Woman burned tops - 1 supercropped
Pic 4: LA Woman close up of white tip
Pic 5: Blue Hash
Pic 6: Blue Fruity AKA. Scud Missles (did I mention I had an alien in here?)
Pic 7: Lights coming on, they are tied up as high as they can go.
Pic 8: Look at the big A in the A-Train hehehe
So you can see I've had to bend LA Woman over a couple times (story of my life). I also topped her once about 2 weeks ago. She was getting roudy. So it is what it is with that bitch. She still looks pretty damn good where she's not bleached or burnt. What should I do about the little white balls of hair at the tip? Should I cut those off?
HomeGrown420baby
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Here are some pics with the lights off and a couple just as they are coming back on.
Pic 1: A-Train
Pic 2: A-Train close up
Pic 3: LA Woman burned tops - 1 supercropped
Pic 4: LA Woman close up of white tip
Pic 5: Blue Hash
Pic 6: Blue Fruity AKA. Scud Missles (did I mention I had an alien in here?)
Pic 7: Lights coming on, they are tied up as high as they can go.
Pic 8: Look at the big A in the A-Train hehehe
So you can see I've had to bend LA Woman over a couple times (story of my life
sup smokinggrubber ur plants are looking real nice..hey what size tent is that? how much did u pay and how do u like it? is it cramped? im about to buy a tent so im just asking some questions
smokingrubber
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Thank you. My tent is a GrowLAB GL145L (4'9"x9'6") I like it a lot, except I wouldn't mind if it were 6" taller. I paid $640 out the door. It's only cramped because I've got it stuffed with marijuana plants
HomeGrown420baby
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dddaammmnn 640..i see tents online for like under 100..ur tent must be hella bigger then those ones or some shit..what size tent would be good for a 600w or 1000w and like 10plants at a time? any ideas?
mrgranddaddypurple2
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i started to look at your post bc i have a 4x4 tent but did you outclass me fast. you have a great setup. cant waite to see harvest.
smokingrubber
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Thank you, I outgrew the 4x4 quicker than I thought I would. I can't go back and change the title of the thread. If I were still just using the 4x4, I would only have room for 4 plants. Of course, every system is different. I'm using the CAP Ebb & Gro buckets (hydro). I can't wait to see it either
smokingrubber
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In most cases, you get what you pay for. I could have built a custom room for FAR cheaper, but that's not what I want to do in this rental. I like that fact that it's self-contained, sturdy, insulated, accessable, convenient, portable and ... pretty. I saw those same cheap tents, but I'm the type of guy that likes to buy the good tools.
I'm getting my money's worth btw
smokingrubber
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In the flowering stage I am flooding every 3 hrs (5 times). No I do not flood during the dark time. My last flood is at the same time as lights out though.
I have 2 GrowLAB tents. (The 4x4 is put away for now)
Hey man I like your set up. I am in a 4x4x7 ft tent my self. Good job on the RO system. I lucked up and the house I bought came with one installed at the kitchen sink. my tent is setup upstairs in a bedroom, so not only do I have to wait forever to get the desired amount of water but I have to haul it up a bunch of stairs. I see yoru in your garage. Watch your temp. I always find it hard to regulate the temp in the garage. If you have problems in this area, check out your resources at home depot. Room AC and Heaters that are not window units. They can sit in the middle of the room. Some of their heaters produce CO2....thats a perk in your situation!
I will be following to see how it goes
Good Luck!!!
I will be following to see how it goes
Good Luck!!!
smokingrubber
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Yeah I'm planning on an AC before summer. I live in a very moderate climate and my fresh air intake is running @ 6" 250cfm. Mother nature threw me a bone and I've got to use it... till she gets pissed one day.
Your RO unit can have a VERY long line off it. Run it upstairs and put the shutoff valve up there
If you have problems in this area, check out your resources at home depot.
Right on thanks. How bout your veg schedule
smokingrubber
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Depends on how old they are. I start them off w/ 1 flood a day until they have roots down in the hydroton. Then I bump it up to 2 floods a day. When the roots are down in the bottom of the bucket, I bump it up the 3 times. They stay at 3x till about 1 week into floweringing, then it's 5x.
I'm no expert. This was my first grow w/ this system. That's just what I did and I will probably do it again just because it worked.
FYI, when I put them into the system for the first time they were about 3 weeks old (from seed). When I added the nutes I also flooded the crap out of the buckets one time. It was an accident, but it soaked the rockwool with nute solution pretty good and I saw a quick growth spurt afterward. I will plan to flood them again just like last time.