1000watt Headband and ATF Grow LST, w/ lots of pics!!

[Howard Stern]

you must have cooler temps around you yesterday was clear at about 100f today overcast about 93f, the only air i have to cool is outside air cant wait for winter time!

Im trying to think of a wall A/c install but dont know about cost's yet to run this old machine i got. Might just wait and hold out!!

Yeah I live in Wa state so it is cool up here right now. Maybe look at buying an AC unit that will keep your room a constant temp. It shouldn't be too much bro. when you think about the end result it is worth it!

 

[HotPhyre]

Well i took a ton of pics because this is all i have to do lol!!

Just had its first 12hr dark period and i fed them there first set of flowering nutes at about 1/3 strength, They seem to love it all the tops and inner nodes which are getting to be tops already are all perky standing straight up when the lights pop'd on!!

the hottest it got was 95F but that was at the beg. of the light cycle when it was 95F outside, lol. They are use to the heat, the temps droped to the lowest 77F and it was 80F when the light pop'd on and seem to be staying at 86F with the lights on. Its a cooler night than last night!!

I dropped the light 4 inches also!

 

[HotPhyre]

So i stay up a little late and went and checked the temps i thought they would be in the 90's but i was shocked when it said High 82F. I hope this cooler weather sticks around!!

 

[HotPhyre]

Well my flowering room has been running for about 48hours or so my temps range is 68F to 88F. The hottest is about a hour into the light cycle than starts to cool off until they shut off.

My thermostat is a really old one from my greenhouse so it really doesnt show what degree its set at but it seems to be doing the job!

 

[Howard Stern]

How hot is it at night where you are at? I love living in wa state and having a regulator for my fan. I can turn my fan up durring hot days and down durring cold ones. Maybe sell some of your current grow and get an AC unit that has a thermostat to keep your grow room at a certain temp.

 

[HotPhyre]

How hot is it at night where you are at? I love living in wa state and having a regulator for my fan. I can turn my fan up durring hot days and down durring cold ones. Maybe sell some of your current grow and get an AC unit that has a thermostat to keep your grow room at a certain temp.

I love it so i used my greenhouse thermostat that wasnt in use, and hooked it up to my exhaust fan and right now my temp range from light on and off from 69F to 82F so im happy with that!!

That sounds about the right temps right?

I am going to need to get something cooler for the summer time though it will get way to hot in there!!

 

[HotPhyre]

Only three days of flowering and showing great signs!!!
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The temps have been between 67F - 82F, they seem to be loving it.

The smaller of the three plants i just put in today the flowering room, i cut the veg. time off this plant by 8 days compared to the other two. But needing the room in my veg. and want these three to harvest around the same time.

I also took a pic to show you the height difference in 3 days the two bigger ones were they height of the smaller one 3 days ago so i got some good stretch.

 

[HotPhyre]

Im a idiot and posted the same post lol.

 

[Howard Stern]

yeah I just topped my bubbas, I topped 5-8 tops on them so I should end up with 10-16 tops total. We will see this is my little experiment. I am just waiting for them to recover from the topping and then I will flower their ass. your plants are looking good brotha, nice and bushy! Can't wait to see the end result!

 

[HotPhyre]

Thanks bro cant wait to see your new grow you going to be starting a new journal if so post that link to me!!

 

[HotPhyre]

Well just checked the girls, and the temp have been ranging from 67F to 77F, seems like perfect temps.

Also i have a question, so i went and look'd at them and the light had about 20min more of being on, and i have been noticing about 1 to 1 1/2 inches of vertical growth every light cycle.

My Light is 18inches above the plants and when i put my hand under the light i can right above the plants i feel no heat, but i have been noticing on all that new growth is really light green and seems droopy, there not do for a watering for another day or two with 1/3 strength nutes, the leaves also seem kinda dry but besides the new growth, everything looks healthy!

Ill take some pics when the lights come back on and see if i can show you guys, i think it might be light stress since all these plants have been use to is flouresents than put under a 1000watt. Today has been a 7 days into flower!! The headband doesnt seem to be showing these signs but the ATF does must be genetics or something! ATF was bagseed and the headband was a clone from a dispens.

 

[Howard Stern]

Well just checked the girls, and the temp have been ranging from 67F to 77F, seems like perfect temps.

Also i have a question, so i went and look'd at them and the light had about 20min more of being on, and i have been noticing about 1 to 1 1/2 inches of vertical growth every light cycle.

My Light is 18inches above the plants and when i put my hand under the light i can right above the plants i feel no heat, but i have been noticing on all that new growth is really light green and seems droopy, there not do for a watering for another day or two with 1/3 strength nutes, the leaves also seem kinda dry but besides the new growth, everything looks healthy!

Ill take some pics when the lights come back on and see if i can show you guys, i think it might be light stress since all these plants have been use to is flouresents than put under a 1000watt. Today has been a 7 days into flower!! The headband doesnt seem to be showing these signs but the ATF does must be genetics or something! ATF was bagseed and the headband was a clone from a dispens.

The same thing happened to me when I switched to flower. Your plants are going to blow up and stretch a shitload for about two weeks. My new growth was also light green but it turned darker as the days went on. Mine weren't dry though, so maybe look it up. But I know the stretch thing is normal, it differs from strain to strain on how much it will stretch or for how long. But it is useualy around 2 weeks.

 

[HotPhyre]

Ya i think i was having a dust problem gonna install a homemade filter on the intake!!! Thats why i think the leaves are dry. But ya ill post some pics tonight when the lights come on and show you what im talking about!!!

 

[HotPhyre]

Well here is a update on the plants, there lookin really good, and im super excited!!!
1 week into flower and headband is showing it pistils all over!! ATF a little slower but expected since its a pure sativa, well im pretty sure thats what it is, rofl.

Well i was going to separate the photos but dam uploader randomized umm up so check um out in the attachment and got any questions let me know, lol.

 

[Howard Stern]

Hey bro not to be an a-hole but pic 3-11-16 the leaves looked a lil droopy so maybe they need some water or somthing? All the other pic's look fine but if you look at the ones that I pointed out the leaves look a lil droopy.

 

[HotPhyre]

Hey bro not to be an a-hole but pic 3-11-16 the leaves looked a lil droopy so maybe they need some water or somthing? All the other pic's look fine but if you look at the ones that I pointed out the leaves look a lil droopy.

Your not being a a-hole, lol. Ya they are droopy but looks a lot better than a day or two ago, i think i over watered!! I needed to wait at least 2 more days before i watered but one plants soil looked dry so i watered more than i should of i think!

 

[Howard Stern]

Your not being a a-hole, lol. Ya they are droopy but looks a lot better than a day or two ago, i think i over watered!! I needed to wait at least 2 more days before i watered but one plants soil looked dry so i watered more than i should of i think!

Good bro, that watering thing is tricky! I wait untill my plants tell me they need water by drooping. If it takes them four days to do that then I start watering them every three days. But as they progress they will need it more frequently. Also if they get root bound water jsut runs right through the pot and they need to be watered more often. No worries bro, I will be watching your grow though! Good job!

 

[HotPhyre]

Today they look awesome, the bigger plant isnt droopy at all anymore but im noticing it is just a shade of green off from the other two towards a yellow color, might need more nitrogen, but i just fed them and hopefully she will green up if not might ass a little bat guano to the mix.

 

[HotPhyre]

Also... for my following grow i have 4 headband clones lookin awesome, and for some reason all my ATF died or look dooty, so im going tomorrow and picking up 2 clones from the dispensery, probly gonna get a white widow clone and a granddaddy purple clone, so ill have 3 different strains that all have around the same flowering period. The ATF this round might take 2 -3 weeks longer than the headband hopefully not though.

 

[Howard Stern]

Must be nice to just be able to run down to the local dispensery for clones and have a good selection to chose from. Most of the places up here are over 45 min away and it is crap for clones.