crunkyeah
Well-Known Member
Alright so where to start..
I guess I should say after a lot of time and experimentation, I have developed a stealth dresser for my babies to veg in. Later on I will need to upgrade to a bigger dresser, roughly 4 to 5 feet fall, more wide, and more thick. I am quickly discovering my dresser just isn't big enough for my plans. See, this whole thing is only to create a beautiful hardy mother plant(possibly 2) that I will be able to take clones from, and eventually create a stealth perpetual harvest. I want it to be stealth because I don't have my card. I'm not actually worried about anyone finding out about my operation because I tell NO ONE about it. Remember people, loose lips sink ships. I have maintained all light leaks, when it's dark and the light is on you can't see any light coming from my dresser. I am working on smell at the moment, but that really won't be too much of an issue until I start looking into flowering.
First though, I need to get my veg down. I would like to say that in my past I have grown 2 completed grows, and the last grow I learned a LOT about growing. My first grow was a 5g bucket DWC. I can't remember how much exactly but I think I got about 2oz off of about 250w CFL(combo of 42w warm white, and 26w cool white). My next grow(see sig) was a 327w LED/CFL grow. 55w of LED panels, 4x 42w Warm white, 4x 26w Cool white. I originally vegged 3 plants, luckily enough 2 turned out to be female, culled the male. The last grow was soil I might add.
For this grow, my homemade LED light works WONDERS. It keeps my dresser anywhere between 79-85 degrees(except when I have the window open then it gets a tad cooler). From what I have noticed, my plants do not excel in growth with anything under 77 degrees. They do best at 85F and about 45% humidity. My homemade LED light puts out about 4500 lumens, and draws only 53w. I have one air pump for my 2 hydro plants(quickest growers), and 3 fans in total. I'm estimating I'm drawing about 80w total for this entire little setup I got going.
In all my previous experiences with this bag strain that I have, I have not had to feed them nutrients or check pH or anything like that. I used the tap water right out of my tub(lots easier than the sink for sure!). It seems this time I have encountered some troubles in the nutrient department. I'm hoping some of you here may be able to help me out with some of the deficiencies I'm seeing in these plants.
Last thing before I show you the pictures is one tidbit of information. 6 of these plants are bagseed, 4 are DNA's Chocolope Fem. The 6 bagseed plants came from my last harvest. It seemed that one of the lower branches from one of the female plants snapped, it didn't fall off though. It seems that it hermied just that branch to protect itself, and I ended up with about 50 seeds total throughout both plants. It would seem to me that all of these plants should be female, as there was no male pollen in the creation of these seeds.
For simplicity's sake, I have numbered my plants 1 through 10, and labeled them on the pictures I have taken for you all:
Plant 1 - The biggest fastest growing plant of the bunch, has always been slightly yellow/bright green in appearance. Shows spotting on a couple leaves, some leaves are curling upwards too, not sure why. May be a MALE
Can anyone confirm? First picture.
Plant 2 - The second fastest growing plant. New growth appears WHITE, and very thin. New leaf growth is very thin and very slow. Thick sturdy stem, appears more sativa phenotype. Both plant 1 and 2 are in paint cans with an air curtain and air pump, simply DWC setup. Paint cans hold 1 gallon.
Plant 3 - This plant is probably one of the better soil plants of the bunch(8 soil plants). It appears that new growth is very nice darkish green in color, except 2 fan leaves have started to curl downwards. Do not know why.
Plant 4 - Also another very good looking little plant. Appears to be sativa pheno as well. Nothing seems wrong with this plant, except for growth has been considerably low considering how big plant 1 and 2 are.
Plant 5 - Same as plant 4.
Plant 6 - Same as plant 4.
Plant 7 - Chocolope - Very tight internode spacing and lovely green color, seems to be growing rapidly considering I plants my chocolope weeks after the bag seed was going.
Plant 8 - Lovely little plant, seems to have a weak stem as it has tipped over many times, I use a straightened paper clip to keep it upright, keeps growing like plant 7.
Plant 9 - Leaf tips have curled downward and the tips of new growth are yellow, I think this is nute burn, except that my soil has no nutrients in it and it totally organic, not sure what's going on. New growth is also very thin.
Plant 10 - About the same as plant 9 except the leaves have not curled, they just appear yellow at the tips and almost 'grainy' in appearance.
Bag seeds were plants about 9/1, and Chocolope were planted about 9/15. Soil is organic, home depot brand, no added nutrients(made sure of this, no miracle grow crap). The 2 hydro plants I feed tap water, no nutrients at this point. I don't have a pH tester but that is one of the things on the list of things to get.
Sorry about all my blabbering, here's the pics(remember just 1 53w LED light).
I guess I should say after a lot of time and experimentation, I have developed a stealth dresser for my babies to veg in. Later on I will need to upgrade to a bigger dresser, roughly 4 to 5 feet fall, more wide, and more thick. I am quickly discovering my dresser just isn't big enough for my plans. See, this whole thing is only to create a beautiful hardy mother plant(possibly 2) that I will be able to take clones from, and eventually create a stealth perpetual harvest. I want it to be stealth because I don't have my card. I'm not actually worried about anyone finding out about my operation because I tell NO ONE about it. Remember people, loose lips sink ships. I have maintained all light leaks, when it's dark and the light is on you can't see any light coming from my dresser. I am working on smell at the moment, but that really won't be too much of an issue until I start looking into flowering.
First though, I need to get my veg down. I would like to say that in my past I have grown 2 completed grows, and the last grow I learned a LOT about growing. My first grow was a 5g bucket DWC. I can't remember how much exactly but I think I got about 2oz off of about 250w CFL(combo of 42w warm white, and 26w cool white). My next grow(see sig) was a 327w LED/CFL grow. 55w of LED panels, 4x 42w Warm white, 4x 26w Cool white. I originally vegged 3 plants, luckily enough 2 turned out to be female, culled the male. The last grow was soil I might add.
For this grow, my homemade LED light works WONDERS. It keeps my dresser anywhere between 79-85 degrees(except when I have the window open then it gets a tad cooler). From what I have noticed, my plants do not excel in growth with anything under 77 degrees. They do best at 85F and about 45% humidity. My homemade LED light puts out about 4500 lumens, and draws only 53w. I have one air pump for my 2 hydro plants(quickest growers), and 3 fans in total. I'm estimating I'm drawing about 80w total for this entire little setup I got going.
In all my previous experiences with this bag strain that I have, I have not had to feed them nutrients or check pH or anything like that. I used the tap water right out of my tub(lots easier than the sink for sure!). It seems this time I have encountered some troubles in the nutrient department. I'm hoping some of you here may be able to help me out with some of the deficiencies I'm seeing in these plants.
Last thing before I show you the pictures is one tidbit of information. 6 of these plants are bagseed, 4 are DNA's Chocolope Fem. The 6 bagseed plants came from my last harvest. It seemed that one of the lower branches from one of the female plants snapped, it didn't fall off though. It seems that it hermied just that branch to protect itself, and I ended up with about 50 seeds total throughout both plants. It would seem to me that all of these plants should be female, as there was no male pollen in the creation of these seeds.
For simplicity's sake, I have numbered my plants 1 through 10, and labeled them on the pictures I have taken for you all:
Plant 1 - The biggest fastest growing plant of the bunch, has always been slightly yellow/bright green in appearance. Shows spotting on a couple leaves, some leaves are curling upwards too, not sure why. May be a MALE
Can anyone confirm? First picture.Plant 2 - The second fastest growing plant. New growth appears WHITE, and very thin. New leaf growth is very thin and very slow. Thick sturdy stem, appears more sativa phenotype. Both plant 1 and 2 are in paint cans with an air curtain and air pump, simply DWC setup. Paint cans hold 1 gallon.
Plant 3 - This plant is probably one of the better soil plants of the bunch(8 soil plants). It appears that new growth is very nice darkish green in color, except 2 fan leaves have started to curl downwards. Do not know why.
Plant 4 - Also another very good looking little plant. Appears to be sativa pheno as well. Nothing seems wrong with this plant, except for growth has been considerably low considering how big plant 1 and 2 are.
Plant 5 - Same as plant 4.
Plant 6 - Same as plant 4.
Plant 7 - Chocolope - Very tight internode spacing and lovely green color, seems to be growing rapidly considering I plants my chocolope weeks after the bag seed was going.
Plant 8 - Lovely little plant, seems to have a weak stem as it has tipped over many times, I use a straightened paper clip to keep it upright, keeps growing like plant 7.
Plant 9 - Leaf tips have curled downward and the tips of new growth are yellow, I think this is nute burn, except that my soil has no nutrients in it and it totally organic, not sure what's going on. New growth is also very thin.
Plant 10 - About the same as plant 9 except the leaves have not curled, they just appear yellow at the tips and almost 'grainy' in appearance.
Bag seeds were plants about 9/1, and Chocolope were planted about 9/15. Soil is organic, home depot brand, no added nutrients(made sure of this, no miracle grow crap). The 2 hydro plants I feed tap water, no nutrients at this point. I don't have a pH tester but that is one of the things on the list of things to get.
Sorry about all my blabbering, here's the pics(remember just 1 53w LED light).
I'd LOVE to see someone expand on these leds and create 600w panels with them, they are potently bright as far as lights go. One could have a nice long heatsink with like 5 or 6 fans cooling it on low power so it's quiet and you could have 10 of these LEDs lined up.
