Holy Smoke: Strawberry Diesel - 400w Waterfarm
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mr2shim
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No!
I'll get it here soon.
mr2shim
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It's really not growing like I thought it would. Maybe I'm in the tent staring at it too much or maybe it's a slow mover. Today it really didn't drink a whole lot of water. Maybe 1/4 of a gallon in 12 hours. When I refilled this morning it had been through an entire gallon since the previous morning.
mr2shim
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sooo, Woke up this morning, going to check on plant and I hear a noise! Inline fan is making a funky noise like a bearing is rubbing. It's working fine, just an annoying ass noise. Took it apart this morning, couldn't get the bearing dust cap off. If anyone knows how that'd be great otherwise I'll end up replacing it eventually.
Dayzt
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It sounds to me like you're at that 'certain time' of flowering where it seems like it has stopped growing - it's exactly what you said, after checking it every single day you start to notice the growth less and less. I think this is when your buds are really starting to thicken up from the inside-out though - so you don't notice as much by looking at them.
mr2shim
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Looked at some pictures from last Sunday and compared them, I could really notice the difference then. It wasn't staggering but it definately grew a lot within the week. Anywho, I took the whole thing apart, couldn't figure out how to get the motor separated from the impeller so I gave up on that then out came the hammer, whacked it a few times. Put it back together and no noise.
I'll post some pictures here in a little while. Today is the beginning of week 5 of 12/12.
mr2shim
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It's doing a gallon every 36 hours. Going to flush it out tomorrow. Going to be doing 2.5 tsp per gallon again. Seems to be the magic mix for this plant.
on a more shitty note. Damn fan is making that noise again. Will just end up tossing it after this grow and buying another. The perfectionist in my wants to pull it down and tear it apart again to see if I can fix it but I have to fight that off.
on a more shitty note. Damn fan is making that noise again. Will just end up tossing it after this grow and buying another. The perfectionist in my wants to pull it down and tear it apart again to see if I can fix it but I have to fight that off.
Ready2Inhale
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Looking real healthy so far
SCOTTYBALLS
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Take the fan back apart and give it a shot of WD-40 on the bearings Ive had to do it with my blower twice over the last 10yrs she is still going strong...
mr2shim
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Ok thanks! Will do when light goes out.
Ready2Inhale
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Nice..............
CEEJR
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Journal will be up soon. Are you running an additional airstone in the bottom bucket? The sprout is growing like a weed in the waterfarm. I'm using a 250 watt MH for veg and a 250 watt HPS for flower in a HomeBox XS which has 4 sq feet of floorspace. SCROG screen is made and will be using the Flora Nova Bloom.
mr2shim
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Yea I have a 5" airstone in the bottom. Nice. Post a link when you get it going.
Dayzt
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Liking the progression pics mr2!! Now's the time to be patient and let her thicken up and finish - when I reached that point, I started to worry that my 400w wasn't going to cut it in order to fill the buds out - but things will come together - looks like you're going to get a great harvest!
mr2shim
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How long do you think it'll be? I was hoping around the 18th. Now starting to think it'll be closer to November.
Dayzt
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It's really too hard to say - the best advise I can give at this point is to try and focus on something else right now and take your mind off the plant - I found that is one 'disadvantage' (if you want to call it that) of this growing style - what I mean by that, is since the waterfarm requires pretty much 'daily' attention right now, it's hard to see any progression since you see it every day, probably twice a day sometimes... So I found that doing something else to take my mind off of it helped me get through the seemingly 'slow' part of the grow. You've done all you can to keep her healthy - just let her go and do her thing! 
I haven't grown or seen anyone else grow that strain out, so I'm not sure what to expect as far as finishing time - just let'er do her thing at this point and try not to set a finishing date on it - a watched pot never boils! Good things are on the horizon - you've already set yourself up for a great finish!
I haven't grown or seen anyone else grow that strain out, so I'm not sure what to expect as far as finishing time - just let'er do her thing at this point and try not to set a finishing date on it - a watched pot never boils! Good things are on the horizon - you've already set yourself up for a great finish!
mr2shim
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A watched pot never boils haha. I have a picture mocking that.It's really too hard to say - the best advise I can give at this point is to try and focus on something else right now and take your mind off the plant - I found that is one 'disadvantage' (if you want to call it that) of this growing style - what I mean by that, is since the waterfarm requires pretty much 'daily' attention right now, it's hard to see any progression since you see it every day, probably twice a day sometimes... So I found that doing something else to take my mind off of it helped me get through the seemingly 'slow' part of the grow. You've done all you can to keep her healthy - just let her go and do her thing!
I haven't grown or seen anyone else grow that strain out, so I'm not sure what to expect as far as finishing time - just let'er do her thing at this point and try not to set a finishing date on it - a watched pot never boils! Good things are on the horizon - you've already set yourself up for a great finish!
I lol'd so hard the first time I seen it.
mr2shim
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Nothing really to say, it's drinking more and more everyday. It hasn't really ever drank a lot like others (a gallon in 24 hours) but it's getting close to that mark. Seems as if it's drinking a lot today. I topped it off this morning and it's already about 3/4 of a gallon low. So hopefully that means it'll start growing faster again. With "3" weeks left to go until the 8 week mark I'm thinking, almost 100% sure it'll be going a couple weeks longer than that. Unless I open the tent and it's gained a ton of weight overnight. Who knows. ppm is 1100 pH is 5.6
stinkbudd1
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Looking very nice bro you have done the best ive seen so far to this point then anyone i know of that used this grow technique..