One man and his bush - 1 plant SCROG in Stealth Cab - Chocolate Berry

machnak

machnak

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I've done LST'ing and topping/Fimming and love it. I had a MKxLS that I bred and did a stair-step LST to her it was one of the coolest things ever. I wasn't able to flower her due to moving but man was it cool. SOG or SCROG will definitely be in my future, just want to get a few runs down in the new house and start to 'play' more. Thanks dude.
 
lilindian

lilindian

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machnak said:
I've done LST'ing and topping/Fimming and love it. I had a MKxLS that I bred and did a stair-step LST to her it was one of the coolest things ever. I wasn't able to flower her due to moving but man was it cool. SOG or SCROG will definitely be in my future, just want to get a few runs down in the new house and start to 'play' more. Thanks dude.
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Got any pics of this stair-step LST? If what ive got pictured in my head is remotely accurate this is something i want to see!
 
machnak

machnak

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These are the only two I could find, this was about a month and a half before she got killed...but had another 3 step on her.

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lilindian

lilindian

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Ha thats some crazy training u had going on there. Would've liked to see her all grown up! So what, every like 4 nodes or something u'd bend the main stalk back 180 degrees? so it would like zigzag up, if u get me
 
machnak

machnak

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Exactly. I was pretty pissed I wasn't able to flower her...but what can ya do? Do it again! I'm sure I'll have one this grow, just not sure which strain. I have a bag full of 'mystery seeds' that have Mango Kush and Mango Haze, they'd be perfect for it. That's that, I'll germ some tonight when I get home!
 
budbro18

budbro18

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You should have stuck with the air pot or got a bigger one. they do wonders for roots and stop root circling and that could be a reason youve got slow growth.
but other than that your grow looks awesome!!!
oh what kind of drainage do you have for that bucket?
root rot could be another factor.
 
Heads Up

Heads Up

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I use smart pots and love them. The felt like material they are made from also stops your roots from circling. The roots grow into the soft material of the pots and then start throwing out feeder roots instead of circling. Another plus is the material lets air at your root system. I pulled four ounces dry off of one plant in a two gallon smart pot. They can also be washed and reused. I put up five strawberry plants in two gallon pots yesterday and partially buried them in soil in my front yard. I use three gallon smart pots for growing herb.
 
Matchbox

Matchbox

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lilindian said:
I've never PH'd a liquid in my life.... I just put a huge amount of faith into my local tap water to be on point, never tested it but its done the job nicely so far
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Lol snap, I've gotten some stick for not doing it in the past, still don't ph and still don't care... figures if I can grow even more delicate plants like my roses and orchids on just plain tap water why the fuck can't I grow a helluva tasty weed using it XD

Your screen is starting to look immense now! keep it up only just started weaving mine a few days ago!
 
swishsam

swishsam

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lilindian said:
I've never PH'd a liquid in my life.... I just put a huge amount of faith into my local tap water to be on point, never tested it but its done the job nicely so far
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Same, I'm not bothering with the PH of my water, but then again I am rocking the yorkshire water. Bes wa'er int' world! :)
 
budbro18

budbro18

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Heads Up said:
I use smart pots and love them. The felt like material they are made from also stops your roots from circling. The roots grow into the soft material of the pots and then start throwing out feeder roots instead of circling. Another plus is the material lets air at your root system. I pulled four ounces dry off of one plant in a two gallon smart pot. They can also be washed and reused. I put up five strawberry plants in two gallon pots yesterday and partially buried them in soil in my front yard. I use three gallon smart pots for growing herb.
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Well if you like smart pots than youll love air pots
theyre eveen better. i vegd 2 plants for 6 months in 3 liter air pots because i had no where to flower. i transplanted them to 2 gallon air pots and let them flower and got over 5 oz off each

and when i pulled them out of the tiny 3 liter ones there roots were perfect for being in there so long
 
lilindian

lilindian

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  • Turns out that when cleaning up around the plugs, one of the boxes next to the timer flicked the switch up, to take it from timer mode, to ON, so the lights never turned off in the morning today. To make things worse, one of the fans is on a seperate timer, this turned off so now it looks like a few of the leaves are heat stressed! (see pics)

  • I actually realised this 10hrs into her "dark period", and when i did, i turned the light off for the next 2hrs while i did some work on the ventilation. She wasn't in complete darkness nor in direct light, so i duno what that means. Either way she's had a messed up light cycle over the past 12hrs, she's gona get pretty much 24hrs of straight light 8 days into flowering, i couldn't reverse the light cycle so wasn't left any option.

  • The work i did on the ventilation was hugely successful tho, maybe even a little too successful. Instead of having the RVK suck air in through 3 tiny pipes, i replaced them with one 2.5" pipe, still leaving another 1" pipe, so now the RVK's sucking literally twice the amount of air into my cab straight from outside. No more crazy negative pressure but oh well. I might even take out the other intake fan, dont think i need it, can save on power and use that pipe as a drainage line for when i water.

  • The new intake setup is dropping the temp in my cab a lot, definitely gona have to invest in a fan controller to reduce the amount of cold air its pulling in ASAP. If she was heat stressed today she definitely wont be anymore.




  • I'm reading all these comments about air pots and i know all about them! I was persuaded by someone to go with a 25L bucket instead of making a giant airpot (didn't know you could buy like 40L ones then). I don't think he realised i planned to veg this plant for 13 weeks.

    Anyway i'm in 2 frames of mind really. On one hand i think i should just leave everything as it is as 25L should be enough for it, but on the other hand i'm also seriously considering cutting the pot with an angle grinder so i can get the plant out without disturbing/damaging it, and sticking it into a custom made rectangular air pot thats maybe 35L.....

    Would hugely appreciate some opinions on this one in the next couple days, as if i'm gona do a transplant in flower, obviously the sooner the better. I reckon i can pull it off will minimal stress on her though.



 
lilindian

lilindian

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budbro18 said:
You should have stuck with the air pot or got a bigger one. they do wonders for roots and stop root circling and that could be a reason youve got slow growth.
but other than that your grow looks awesome!!!
oh what kind of drainage do you have for that bucket?
root rot could be another factor.
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drainage is VERY good in this bucket, loads of holes at the bottom, i'd say maybe 30, an inch or so of pebbles line the bottom of the bucket... drains nicely. If anything i agree with ur first point, roots could be circling. Also i hear this bucket isn't completely light proof...
 
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