400watt MH/HPS Hydro Growbox Continues...

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ads420

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Hey everyone and hows it going?
1st off thanks for stopping by!

Now this is the start of my 2nd grow, hope to see some familiar people here from my 1st grow, which by the way is currently in my signature so check it out, its still curing and awaiting a smoke report.

I had many many problems in my 1st grow which hopefully will be scarce this time around. I feel this grow will do much better than the last :)

This time around i will be running 2 strains, probably going to LST again, but maybe scrog, depending on the method of hydro i choose to use.
strains of choice are clones from a medical clinic once again, washed cleaned and made sure that there would be no pests.

strains of choice:
White Widow
Hindu Skunk (Again)

Grow Specs:
400 watt MH and HPS
200 CFM inline exhaust fan
Passive intake
DIY growbox. 24"D x 26"L x 63"H


DIY DWC Bubblebucket system (1 5gallon bucket for now)
6 and 12inch airstones
dual port air pumps

Grow Medium:
Hydroton
clones are in RockWool

Nutrients:
I currently have some nutes left from the last grow
but will be switching to using general hydroponics this time around
also have many of the supplements as well.

I currently haven't got my 2nd bubblebucket and have the 2 clones inside the same netpot for now because im not sure if i wanted to stick with DWC or move to ebb and flow...
i already have a water pump so it would be simple
i feel that itd help eliminate most or all of the root rot issues i had in the past
so i need help already, should i stick with DWC bubblebuckets? or should i switch to ebb and flow? and if switching to ebb and flow,
will it be possible to use just one 5 gallon bubblebucket as a res?
it would be a really small flood table if i use, probably about 2' x 2'?

what do you guys think ? i need opinions so i can get this last part together,
ill have pics of the new plants soon
thanks everyone for stopping by and hope to see you all around through out the grow :)
 
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ads420

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bump on the question from above

DWC buckets? or ebb and flow?
what is smallest ebb and flow table id wanna do for 2 plants and wat is the smallest possible res. size?

thanks guys, the clones are currently in a bucket and doing well
still haven't taken pics lol
just trying to avoid many of the problems ive had in the past.
 
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ads420

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anyone checking in here?
i got everything together and working well now
it floods to about 3 inches and thats exactly where it meets the bottom of the rockwool cube.

now nute wise what tips you got? i still am short on a ppm meter
right now im at about 1/4strength just grow and the drops of superthrive
PH is at 5.8
and water temp is at a cool 70 :)




White Widow


Hindu Skunk

 
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ads420

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hey guys, im sorry i haven't updated in a few days
things got really busy for me and i had decided to pull the plug on these 2 plants i had going, pulled em out about a week ago.

but since then, i just got 2 new plants and am starting again now.
so the new strains which i put in the box last night areeee:

Black Domina
Blueberry Canalope

both indica dominant hybrids, ill post pics soon.
crazy healthy clones, massive roots already and huge stems :)
 
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ads420

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so yeah, ive been busy but gonna start being able to be on here more, the grow hasnt been too exciting anyways. but now starting to get going so heres a photoupdate of new plants that i got exactly a week ago, yesterday, so today would be day 8 of veg.
after day 6 i pumped up from 1/4 strength nutes to now i am at half of recommended.
i am still using botanicare grow until i run out and then will be switching to all GH nutes
i also am using Cal-Mag Plus, Superthrive, and GH FloraBlend in my new mixture.
they are aboth really starting to take off as of about 2 days ago, the roots are big and white, really starting to root well. im excited for this grow...
again the Hindu Skunk and White Widow i started with are now dead, had to pull the plug so the new plants that started 8 days ago are now
Black Domina and Blueberry Cannalope for those who may not of known.
:) check em out.
Black Domina


Blueberry Cannalope




Ill be posting some nug shots from my last harvest in my other journal maybe a couple here soon, so check out my sig if ud like :)
 
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ads420

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hey guys, so here are some pics from today
if u go back and look at the others from 3 days ago, there has been some amazing growth! especially on the black domina (pictured 1st)
its insane! fast grower, already bigger than my last plants
having a bit of a problem keeping up with nutes even, it keeps wanting more and more Mag. haha but its cool cuz its starting to really get movinnn

check it out :)

black domina ^^^

Blueberry Cannalop ^^^
this one is proving to be a lil bit slow but its starting to catch up :)

wut u guys think?


also, i LST'd the big one today.
 
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ads420

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Hey guys,
heres another pic update after another 3 days
Black Domina continues to show awesome fast growth :) very aggressive.
the Blueberry Cannalope is now moving along well, growing just as fast now, just has some catching up to do. I LST'd the domina 3 days ago, and just redid the ties today because it grew alot. i tied down the blueberry today, and in the process i accidently super cropped part of it. oops. lol think itll be ok? pic included.

did a res change today, starting transition nutes kinda, very small amount of bloom nutes, reason being, I think im going to be switching to flowering pretty soon, maybe friday? i can only raise my light a few more inches but the plants are about 20inches away from it right now, but i know they are gonna get huge once i make the switch, switching to flood table took away about 4inches of grow space, and i only wanted to veg for about 2 weeks from the clones, and its been exactly 2 weeks today.we'll see.

on with the pics...

Black Domina



Blueberry Cannalope



:)

anyone following or what. all alone.
 
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Hey everyone, so i decided to veg a little longer than i wanted to, i held back from flowering in hopes of getting rewarded in the end, and i think i will.
A week longer of veg really does amazing things :) these plants are big and ready to explode as today is my 1st day of 12/12, the light came on at 5pm today after 24 hours of darkness. I'm really excited for this round, its already better than my last grow. The longer veg im sure will get me some crazy end results, these plants are beasts, gettin ready to see some crazy growth here in the stretch so stick around.
the last update pics were taken on the Feb. 1st...
here are pics taken from today the 6th. The black domina is my pride and joy.

hope to start getting some more attention here now that starting flowering, haven't really been hearing from many people.

here are the girls!
The big one is Black Domina, the smaller one is Blueberry Cannalope.






what u think? :)
 
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Hey guys, its day 6 of 12/12
many pistols showed over night. looking real good. also exploded over night too. got really big, especially the blueberry cannalope, its indica dominant but showing alot of sativa in its stretchyness. i guess that makes up for the slow start. As for the Black Domina is staying true to its indica side, not stretching too much, but still growing ALOT.
they are already pretty stanky, im getting kind of worried about height
but at the same time i think i can LST them a little more if needed, but they are quite the trees. Im really lovin this grow. check it out:



Blueberry Cannalope ^^

The Blackdomina is the plant on the left.




what you guys think?
Idk about you guys, but im excited. :D


i keep updating but no replys :(
 
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Hotsause

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Looking good im a noob haven't started growing yet but i will in the next month :D Keep it up bro im subscribing
 
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hey guys, quick pic update
day 11 of 12/12
the blueberry stretches even more. so big now.
:) all goin well
got a little nute burn cuz ive stepped up alot.
but got it under control



gettin hard to take pics of the whole canopy. :) they are about 14 inches away from the light, gotta move it about 3 more inches up. but doing surprisingly good not hot at the tops at all. great ventilation. had to move the thermometer up its been hidden for a while.

black domina original top cola. tight internode spacing.^^

baby bud on black domina. isnt it beautiful.
 
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SyNiK4L

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ur still around thats good to see....i just started a new grow here like a month ago check it out....urs is looking damn good so far like the new setup...interesting grow. ill keep checkin up on ya
 
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hey syn! whats up? i havent seen you around in a while
also so that u were away from ur grow and such
how are things with you?
glad to see you around my journal again :)

if ur keepin up on ur journal again ull be sure to catch me around :)

yeah man this new setup really is showing some insane growth
far better than DWC IMO
less stressful
not to say dwc is all bad tho
 
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SyNiK4L

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ya last grow finished with flying colors got 8.5 oz's outa 3 plants....which split with my roomie got me a good 2500 dollars. being that i cant smoke anymore cus im on probation.....but some BS happened like a week after we started this grow my roomie got pulled ovr in the same state but not in the same county and they saw some txts from his ex talkign bout the grow and we had to get it outa the house fast so i moved it to my friends house and i couldnt check on it as much as i woulda liked to....then my roomie got back with his baby moma she moved back in with the kid i moved out....now its safely in my apartment...having a couple small problems but i think im remedying them but i need all the input i can get ....deff like ur setup tho. looks good. ill be checkin up more now
 
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CyberSecks said:
there looking great any idea why you got that yellowing in the beggining?
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just a def of N im pretty sure
only because i was low on the nutes didnt wanna over do it
but now im experiencing some yellowing from the tips to the middle of the leaves.
either nute burn, or a P or K def, which i dont understand why it would

trying to figure it out, its worse on the blueberry than on the domina
any ideas?


SyNiK4L said:
ya last grow finished with flying colors got 8.5 oz's outa 3 plants....which split with my roomie got me a good 2500 dollars. being that i cant smoke anymore cus im on probation.....but some BS happened like a week after we started this grow my roomie got pulled ovr in the same state but not in the same county and they saw some txts from his ex talkign bout the grow and we had to get it outa the house fast so i moved it to my friends house and i couldnt check on it as much as i woulda liked to....then my roomie got back with his baby moma she moved back in with the kid i moved out....now its safely in my apartment...having a couple small problems but i think im remedying them but i need all the input i can get ....deff like ur setup tho. looks good. ill be checkin up more now
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yeah i read some stuff about that in ur last journal
sounds like quite a pull with a good sale :)
and glad to see ur safe and able to grow good again
the link in ur sig is ur current grow still right?
ill swing by and see whats up
 
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