kryptoniteglo
Well-Known Member
That's right! Thanks to the amazing RIU community, I actually managed to pull 6 oz on my first harvest. 
And that's acknowledging that my grow was compromised at times by the reality of my set up.
Here are the details, plus photos, 'cuz we all know without photos it didn't happen!
Strain: TGA Subcool's Jillybean (60/40 sat/ind)
Set Up: Hydroponic bubble buckets, 3.5 gallons each
Lights: 400W MH in veg, HPS in flowering
Nutes: Advance Nutrients Micro, Grow and Bloom, plus Cal/Mag
PH: 5.6-5.8 maintained throughout
PPMS: Nothing for first 2-3 weeks, then 200-300ppm, adding 100ppm for every week of age, maxing out at 800ppm for flowering. So at 5 weeks old, ppms were 500; at 6 weeks, 600, etc. That included the natural ppms in my water, which is 130.
1) Sprouted seeds in rockwool cubes. Transfered to bubble bucket as soon as a root popped out the bottom.
2) Just water first 2-3 weeks, then ppms as noted above.
3) 24/0 light schedule
4) Topped just about 2nd node when plants were 5-6 nodes high (about 3.5 weeks old)
5) LST'd to a bamboo grid taped to the lid of each bucket
6) Because of a space concern (5.5 foot tent), plants were flipped at 5 weeks old. This proved to be the right decision, though it didn't keep me from having to buy at 7 foot tent in a couple of weeks! This is what they looked like just at the flip:
7) Once on 12/12, plants stretched 2.5-3x. I bought a larger tent. Happily, I ended up with two females. Here's the beginning of flowering, three weeks from flip:
Plants stayed healthy throughout, no complaints. At about 5 weeks, upper fan leaves on main colas started to fade. A week later, the plants stopped taking nutes -- they were just drinking water. I guess these were self-flushing plants! 
9) At 8 weeks flowering, pistils and calyxes were looking good, and trichomes were almost all cloudy. I was expecting to get the 10% amber harvest marker in a day or two, but a note under my door from my landlord to call him put me in a better-safe-than-sorry mode, and I went ahead and chopped 'em down. Here's what they looked like a minute before they got the axe. You can see the one on the right was a little more mature than the one on the left:
10) I had initially planned a 10-day slow dry, but didn't know if my landlord was coming in the next morning, so I hung the plants on their main branches while I dismantled the tent and cleaned, packed and stored all equipment:
11) Then did a major trim/manicure and slow-dried like that for a week in the bathroom with 55% humidity. Then weighed (after zeroing out the scale of course!):
12) Buds are now in the second week of a jar cure, using the A Perfect Cure approach. I sampled some last night. WOW. Ridiculously smooth and flavorful, and exactly the sweet, gentle, happy high I was looking for. I couldn't be more pleased.
So thank you all for answering my questions and calming my panics. Growing is a beautiful thing, and I enjoyed every minute of it! I'll be growing again in the fall -- something on the indica side with a harder punch. But in the meantime will continue to enjoy the fruits of my labors!
THANK YOU RIU!!!!!
KG
And that's acknowledging that my grow was compromised at times by the reality of my set up.Here are the details, plus photos, 'cuz we all know without photos it didn't happen!
Strain: TGA Subcool's Jillybean (60/40 sat/ind)
Set Up: Hydroponic bubble buckets, 3.5 gallons each
Lights: 400W MH in veg, HPS in flowering
Nutes: Advance Nutrients Micro, Grow and Bloom, plus Cal/Mag
PH: 5.6-5.8 maintained throughout
PPMS: Nothing for first 2-3 weeks, then 200-300ppm, adding 100ppm for every week of age, maxing out at 800ppm for flowering. So at 5 weeks old, ppms were 500; at 6 weeks, 600, etc. That included the natural ppms in my water, which is 130.
1) Sprouted seeds in rockwool cubes. Transfered to bubble bucket as soon as a root popped out the bottom.
2) Just water first 2-3 weeks, then ppms as noted above.
3) 24/0 light schedule
4) Topped just about 2nd node when plants were 5-6 nodes high (about 3.5 weeks old)
5) LST'd to a bamboo grid taped to the lid of each bucket
6) Because of a space concern (5.5 foot tent), plants were flipped at 5 weeks old. This proved to be the right decision, though it didn't keep me from having to buy at 7 foot tent in a couple of weeks! This is what they looked like just at the flip:
7) Once on 12/12, plants stretched 2.5-3x. I bought a larger tent. Happily, I ended up with two females. Here's the beginning of flowering, three weeks from flip:
Plants stayed healthy throughout, no complaints. At about 5 weeks, upper fan leaves on main colas started to fade. A week later, the plants stopped taking nutes -- they were just drinking water. I guess these were self-flushing plants! 9) At 8 weeks flowering, pistils and calyxes were looking good, and trichomes were almost all cloudy. I was expecting to get the 10% amber harvest marker in a day or two, but a note under my door from my landlord to call him put me in a better-safe-than-sorry mode, and I went ahead and chopped 'em down. Here's what they looked like a minute before they got the axe. You can see the one on the right was a little more mature than the one on the left:
10) I had initially planned a 10-day slow dry, but didn't know if my landlord was coming in the next morning, so I hung the plants on their main branches while I dismantled the tent and cleaned, packed and stored all equipment:
11) Then did a major trim/manicure and slow-dried like that for a week in the bathroom with 55% humidity. Then weighed (after zeroing out the scale of course!):
12) Buds are now in the second week of a jar cure, using the A Perfect Cure approach. I sampled some last night. WOW. Ridiculously smooth and flavorful, and exactly the sweet, gentle, happy high I was looking for. I couldn't be more pleased.
So thank you all for answering my questions and calming my panics. Growing is a beautiful thing, and I enjoyed every minute of it! I'll be growing again in the fall -- something on the indica side with a harder punch. But in the meantime will continue to enjoy the fruits of my labors!
THANK YOU RIU!!!!!
KG
what is the plan for the future ? a scrog maybe ? I bet you could do +8 Oz
