Veg and Bloom Grow

[PetFlora]

Blush. I seem to enjoy tweaking things. I am a damn good chef without using recipes. I see things and challenge myself "Can I make them better (more efficient)?" By far my biggest success is My DIY 21st Century Flood & Drain

I just increased nute ppms 10-20% today. That's only < 1000 to a max of 1200, No problem as the HR V & B does not have toxic percentage of P. I'm excited to see what this does

 

[jimmy1life]

Hell yea I like 450 ppms of base. I have very few and harvest a plant every few weeks so I'm using this on clones in rockwool veg and bloom at once. That's the way I roll man with just a 400hps with ushio bulb then a 150hps. It works and I got my smoke. I'll post a pick in the morning of my best round with Apollo 13.

 

[jimmy1life]

Using hard water too and only grow in coco besides using lil rooting block's of rockwool.

 

[PetFlora]

I came across this on another thread. Gonna post it in my journal too

environmental factors play a lot into the fact of whether a plant is female or not you can begin influencing your plant's sex the moment the seedling has three pairs of true leaves (cotyledons don't count!)

This is from the Elite Growers Book: another thing a lot of you might be wondering why fem. seeds from seed companies don't follow the instructions from the picture that is because they all have hermaphrodite DNA they have lowered chances of hermie thru special breeding but especially all fem. seeds are hermie the better the environment the less chance of hermie

These factors are:

Humidity: High humidity increases the chances of female plant
development. Low humidity increases male plants. Low grow medium
moisture also increases males. The same is valid for the moistness of the
seedbed.

Temperature: lower temperatures make for a larger number of female
marijuana plants, higher temperatures for more male marijuana plants.

Lighting: More blue spectrum light energy increases the number of
females, whereas red light increases males. Fewer hours of
daylight(about 14) increases the number of female plants. Longer light
exposure(18 hours+) will tend to make more male plants.

Nitrogen: Increasing the level of nitrogen(N) makes more female
plants, lowering creates more males.

Potassium: Lowering levels of potassium(K) encourages the
development of female plants, increasing potassium(K) increases the
male tendencies. (So for the first two weeks a higher level of nitrogen
and a lower level of potassium will encourage female plants to develop.)

Environmental Stress. Any environmental stress will greatly increase
the chances of male plants growing from your seed.

Colour of Light: more blue light makes for female cannabis plants from
seed, more red light makes for more male cannabis plants.

Hours of Daylight: few hours of daylight(i.e. 14 hours) makes for
more female individuals, a long day(i.e. 18 hours) makes for more male
cannabis plants.

Soaking: Soaking your seed(s) in Gibberellic acid makes it/them more
likely to produce a female plant.

 

[PetFlora]

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[PetFlora]

semor90. Just to let you know, I am ignoring you. So is everyone else. Get over yourself. This is the last time I will address you.

They have a saying Texas that describes you to a 'T' "All hat and no cattle"

 

[jimmy1life]

Heres my apollo this time i kno ive only been using veg+bloom for about week so i cant say if its even made a difference or not. I grew this cutting with ever topping i did pinch the top stem and bent it over. last few have been topped and fimmed this time i want a nice top lol. Hey im using this stuff up and only using a 400w i got few kushs budding away. 1s about a week in so il really see what happens cause ive been growing these same strains for over year harvesting every 2 weeks. But honestly idk really care as long as shit grows and i have a decent yield i dont wanna run out of flowers im lucky to get 2.5 of a apollo. that was using 3part bud blood then big bud with bud candy.
Love the 1 scoop.

 

[Cuebossa]

Jimmy that top cola is going to be huge! I would say that has at least two and a half weeks left on her.

 

[Kronika]

I got my free sample in the mail on Friday. Yay!

 

[jimmy1life]

Jimmy that top cola is going to be huge! I would say that has at least two and a half weeks left on her.

Oh yea seems like its not even thinking about ripening not one lil hair has turned orange. This strain after a year of smoking im still putting half doobies out. i like it right around 50 days at 60 it loses that lemon taste. I do have a microscope. seems to like the v+b

Hey petflora i checked ya out seems like you do tinker with alot stuff lol. whats your opinion on a good hps bulb. ive used digilux ushio and couple knock offs that came with my light the digilux had the most blue outa them. Im thinking about picking another up and dont quite understand all lite stuff. i only have a digital 400 mh hps ballast.


heres my last apollo 13 it was a good 2 jars tired of the small bud though i did chop the leafs off.

 

[Kite High]

Oh yea seems like its not even thinking about ripening not one lil hair has turned orange. This strain after a year of smoking im still putting half doobies out. i like it right around 50 days at 60 it loses that lemon taste. I do have a microscope. seems to like the v+b

Hey petflora i checked ya out seems like you do tinker with alot stuff lol. whats your opinion on a good hps bulb. ive used digilux ushio and couple knock offs that came with my light the digilux had the most blue outa them. Im thinking about picking another up and dont quite understand all lite stuff. i only have a digital 400 mh hps ballast.
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heres my last apollo 13 it was a good 2 jars tired of the small bud though i did chop the leafs off.

I find the Plantmax bulbs kick ass and are reasonably priced

 

[PetFlora]

I never had the success with 400 watt hps, and my grow area would not allow for more, plus fear of high electric bill being a signal.

When I gave up on my 400 I switched to a UFO 90 (2.5 years ago). If I knew then what I have learned using it to finish, I wouldn't have bought it. Still it works fine for seedlings and clones. When I need it in a pinch to finish a plant, I simply supplement with cfls.

 

[jimmy1life]

the 2 in the back are bubba kush the lil one in front is the agent orange i showed once its been cloned off of since and transplanted.
All been on V+B when i 1st got the sample i did a light ppm flush of everything. I know they are growing realy nice i dont really see much of a differance thou. It does keep them pretty dark i need back off alil haha on ppms more water hell its 95 outside right now and everythings been alil warm bout 80 anyways. the agent orange plant is bout be in my closet on 12 12 I just got a pack of ripped bubba so it might replace my bubba strain and i wasnt going to run the A. orange again either.
Peace guys it works in coco

 

[projectmayham]

How much is the Veg+bloom??? I like running powders. I have been using supernatural for a couple years now, i just love the stuff. Their 5lb bucket makes about the same amount of nutrient solution, about 400-600gal. Does it have ph buffering as well???

 

[PetFlora]

$19.99 per pound. Discount on large quantities

It's working great in 3 different hydro/aero systems

 

[kilo810]

Gave my plants a little dose of this stuff. and to my surprise the plants love this shit. LOL. A ton of positive response over 2 days. Never seen a reaction like that from a change in nutes before. IDK WTF they did to make this right but whatever it is it works. Im content and Instead of purchasing 250 dollars in four gallons of nutes im just gonna drop 100 on 5 lbs. LOL fucking eh. cant beat the price. But this is only if it continues to out perform my dyna gro nutes. got a little side by side going on between 2 silver haze in flower. they both look great so far. guess weight and quality will tell.

Im a bit concerned about flavor though. how sweet does this stuff make the buds taste or does it keep that original taste?? I would really like to know. Also should I back the lights down to 10/14 near the end to induce ripening?? keep seeing post about people at 50 days with plants not wanting to finish??

 

[PetFlora]

kilo: My larger plant (in my hpa kit) was going nowhere fast, so after seeing how quickly my Big Girl responded in y DIY 21st Century Flood & Drain kit, I switched the hpa from DM Gold to HR V & B, too. It has taken awhile (~ 3 weeks) but damn that plant is bulking up fast now.

During flower, I run 12/12 for one week then drop to 11/13 until last 2-3 weeks then drop to 10/14; this simulates how winter light wanes

Can't help you on flavor

 

[Cuebossa]

The PRO-MIX HP plants are finally done with the majority of their stretch and are really starting to flower. I am very excited to see them plump up!

 

[PetFlora]

Here's a taste of what's happening with my girls

One of the plants in my hpa (now in 4th week of V & B) started taking off about 5 days ago. Probably another 5+" and doubling of the girth

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Big Girl (F & D)

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[Cuebossa]

Nice buds Petflora! They are looking very dark green, almost black.

The PROMIX-HP is looking great! Not as vigorous but seemingly sturdier growth! Not sure how the Aurora and the PROMIX differntiate but so far so good.