you know I have heard alot about using molasses durring flowering. Didn't try it last time because I kept the cost of the grow as low as I could but after hearing how it treated your lady I will be investing in it this time.
yeaaa, its deff worth the $4. thats all i paid for my jar.. and u just add 1 tablespoon per gallon of water every other watering.
As far as the ongoing CFL VS. HPS epic flame war...
If your broke = CFL If you have cash = HPS, seems about that simple to me
yeaaa, thats how I feel too.. but i think even if I had money. I would get maybe a 400 watt HPS.. and still keep some CFL's along the sides as well.
I haven't been dissapointed at all with CFLs durring this grow BUT temps get pretty high when you start approaching 8-10 of them like you and me. Today it's been pretty hot and temps have stayed around 88-90F, not my comfort zone.
me neither. =) I LOVE my CFL's.. but yeaa, you are right man. lol. my temps were up there today too.. cuz it was pretty hott outside. =/ gonna have to find a solution to that fast! mine were around 84ish.. =/
I flowered with CFLs last time and it worked fine, just not GREAT. Like you said, the buds at the bottom were "airy" but the ones from mid-top were pretty heavy. I actually had to tie up my top bud with a shoestring because it would sagg to one side from being heavy.
yea i had to do the same thing.. tie up some of the bigger/heavier buds. I FIM'ed this plant. and got 2 big tops.. and one baby one in the middle.. but I used a twisty tie and kinda pulled the 2 tops closer together. cuz they were spreading too far apart.
I'm hoping the SCROG method will pay off in the end and get the QP per plant yeild that I am after. I have seen some impressive SCROG grows, couple that with a heavy yeilding plant (bubblelicious) and I think I may be able to get close/achieve my goal.
Yeaa my friend has a scrog grow going.. and his is coming out GREAT!! he's actually about 1-2 weeks away from harvest. i will post his link at the bottom of this reply so u can check it out. he's doing it with an Aurora Indica.
When I get to flowering I am deffinately going to invest in Advanced Nutrients "Big Bud," seems that everybody swears by it and says it will almost double your yield. I am using organic stuff now because I like the idea and taste of organic bud, but I have no problems using Big Bud if it doubles my yield lol.
I've heard alot of good things about that too actually.. and have considered buying some... i can imagin waht my yield would be if it actually doubled my yield!! lol. that woulda meant my last plant woulda yielded 6.30 ounces! lol. that would be nice. =)
That's effin crazy that you pulled that much off of a single untrained Widow with 3 weeks veg time! I was planning on 8 weeks veg, 8-10 weeks flower for my ladies this go around. I am not really sure what the SCROG method is going to do as far as effecting the veg time, I am deffinately filling the screen before I flip the lights to 12/12 flowering though! So however long it takes I suppose.
Yeaaa, I agree! lol. I couldnt believe I yielded that much from her.. i was expecting an ounce... that was it. lol. and it was 3 weeks from seed. She just grew really really fast.. I thought it was JUST that plant.... but this WW is doing even better.. maybe its just this batch of seeds I got or sumthing..
but yeaa at 8 weeks veg.. you should have a nice fuckin yield!! just remember tho.. shes still gonna grow a lot once u switch to 12-12.. sooo u may wanna leave a little bit of the screen open. cuz the 2 weeks from when u switch to 12-12.. they grow a lot! soo just try to be prepared for that.
It seems like training will make a HUGE difference in yield though. I guess I fim'd a little earlier than most people like to but I haven't tried it before and saw it as a better option than topping. Eagerness got the best of me and I couldn't be any happier lol. It's crazy how they just start branching off.
o yea. training will DEFF help ur yield! if u have the time/patience. its deff worth it! idk wen do ppl usually FIM? i did it at about 4 weeks i think? and yeaa, it seemed better/safer than topping to me too. I only got 2 tops.. well... 2 1/2. lol. I got 2 main ones.. adn then this lil baby one in the middle of them.. i think u can see it in the pics I have on y thread.
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