Flower Day 1 & 2 - 8/26-8/27
Alright, been a few days, just been getting everything dialed in as far as the HPS, temps, CO2, & Humidity. Everythings looking good so far. The girls will get their first feeding of flowering tomorrow, and the second feeding a few days after that will include some Bushmasters to help keep their height down. As i told you all before, were keeping one Snow Cap in veg to mother for the next run, so she's in my closet under the 6 bulb T5 which has obviously been removed (along with the 8 bulb T5) to make room for the lovely HPS lights. As far as everything else, here's a few details...
CO2
Our CO2 turns on as soon as the lights switch on in the morning. It runs constantly for the first 2.5 hours and than turns off and on for 15 minute intervals for the next 7.5 hours. During the 15 minutes that the CO2 is off, the inline exhaust fan turns on to remove the stale, hot, old air.
Air Movement
Besides the old, stale, hot air getting removed by the inline fan, we also like to move air around in the tent to simulate natural breezes which help to strengthen branches and fatten them up. To do this, i hung our oscillating Air King fan and to avoid leaves twisting up due to wind burn, we leave it on its "low" setting and keep it on 24 hours.
And now for the fun stuff...
Here's a shot of our CO2 valve in nice working order giving our plants the power to get nice and fat.
Our Snow Cap mother getting nice and bushy in her new home.
Wider view of our mother, her dedicated T5 and a small fan to make her dance.
View from the front right corner of the tent. Plants are now spread out, shortest plants in the middle of the tent to take advantage of the crossing lights so they can catch up to the rest. Also notice the oscillating fan in the back middle of the tent.
Another shot of the above view.
Here's a shot of the whole inside. We start the lights high and drop them a few inches every couple days. Starting high with lights will avoid lumen shock and lowering them eventually will decrease stretch.
Overview of the left tray.
Overview of the right tray.
Just about ready to fill out this tent.
Left tray from right side.
Our Super Silver Haze with plenty of room to grow.
My LST'd Snow Cap contestant for Battle Of The Buds getting ready to grow 6-7 solid colas.
My LST'd Hindu Skunk. Definitely the lowest profile of all the Hindus. She's super bushy with a good 3-4 heads in direct light.
Watuptho's massive beastly Super Cropped Snow Cap.
Here's Lil Miss Master Bubba Kush. Definitely the most tempermental and smallest of all the plants. She seems to react to everything. Growing kush will definitely explain to you why its sold at a premium. Im sure 20 of these girls would be a bitch to grow for the first couple runs.
That about wraps this episode of Growing with Funk & Watuptho. Hope you all are enjoying the sights, learning a thing or two, and getting inspired to do it yourself. The next additions will be a O3 generator to further kill any smell once these girls start really pumping out some flowers and a trellis about 3 feet up to help stabilize the plants and to ensure that colas are getting plenty of light. As always, thanks for stopping by. Any suggestions, questions, critique, and rep is appreciated.
Alright, been a few days, just been getting everything dialed in as far as the HPS, temps, CO2, & Humidity. Everythings looking good so far. The girls will get their first feeding of flowering tomorrow, and the second feeding a few days after that will include some Bushmasters to help keep their height down. As i told you all before, were keeping one Snow Cap in veg to mother for the next run, so she's in my closet under the 6 bulb T5 which has obviously been removed (along with the 8 bulb T5) to make room for the lovely HPS lights. As far as everything else, here's a few details...
CO2
Our CO2 turns on as soon as the lights switch on in the morning. It runs constantly for the first 2.5 hours and than turns off and on for 15 minute intervals for the next 7.5 hours. During the 15 minutes that the CO2 is off, the inline exhaust fan turns on to remove the stale, hot, old air.
Air Movement
Besides the old, stale, hot air getting removed by the inline fan, we also like to move air around in the tent to simulate natural breezes which help to strengthen branches and fatten them up. To do this, i hung our oscillating Air King fan and to avoid leaves twisting up due to wind burn, we leave it on its "low" setting and keep it on 24 hours.
And now for the fun stuff...
Here's a shot of our CO2 valve in nice working order giving our plants the power to get nice and fat.
Our Snow Cap mother getting nice and bushy in her new home.
Wider view of our mother, her dedicated T5 and a small fan to make her dance.
View from the front right corner of the tent. Plants are now spread out, shortest plants in the middle of the tent to take advantage of the crossing lights so they can catch up to the rest. Also notice the oscillating fan in the back middle of the tent.
Another shot of the above view.
Here's a shot of the whole inside. We start the lights high and drop them a few inches every couple days. Starting high with lights will avoid lumen shock and lowering them eventually will decrease stretch.
Overview of the left tray.
Overview of the right tray.
Just about ready to fill out this tent.
Left tray from right side.
Our Super Silver Haze with plenty of room to grow.
My LST'd Snow Cap contestant for Battle Of The Buds getting ready to grow 6-7 solid colas.
My LST'd Hindu Skunk. Definitely the lowest profile of all the Hindus. She's super bushy with a good 3-4 heads in direct light.
Watuptho's massive beastly Super Cropped Snow Cap.
Here's Lil Miss Master Bubba Kush. Definitely the most tempermental and smallest of all the plants. She seems to react to everything. Growing kush will definitely explain to you why its sold at a premium. Im sure 20 of these girls would be a bitch to grow for the first couple runs.
That about wraps this episode of Growing with Funk & Watuptho. Hope you all are enjoying the sights, learning a thing or two, and getting inspired to do it yourself. The next additions will be a O3 generator to further kill any smell once these girls start really pumping out some flowers and a trellis about 3 feet up to help stabilize the plants and to ensure that colas are getting plenty of light. As always, thanks for stopping by. Any suggestions, questions, critique, and rep is appreciated.
