Cutting 3 weeks off flowering time

BobCajun

BobCajun

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Don't you get tired of buying new RW all the time, and throwing a bunch out that you paid perfectly good money for? Perlite is reusable many times. Basically until it all becomes dust. It's easy to wash because it floats and the dust and roots tend to sink, you just scoop the good part up with a strainer.

I suspect that most of your reduction in ripening time is due to the first 36 hrs of dark. That would speed it up by several days. Aside from that, you must have an early strain. Don't you get low yields with a 7 week crop though? At 7 weeks, every strain I tried is just starting to be real bud, capable of a mild high, but that's about it. No solid weight at all though. What's your strain? Or did you breed it yourself?
 
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Chillin chillin

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BobCajun said:
Don't you get tired of buying new RW all the time, and throwing a bunch out that you paid perfectly good money for? Perlite is reusable many times. Basically until it all becomes dust. It's easy to wash because it floats and the dust and roots tend to sink, you just scoop the good part up with a strainer.

I suspect that most of your reduction in ripening time is due to the first 36 hrs of dark. That would speed it up by several days. Aside from that, you must have an early strain. Don't you get low yields with a 7 week crop though? At 7 weeks, every strain I tried is just starting to be real bud, capable of a mild high, but that's about it. No solid weight at all though. What's your strain? Or did you breed it yourself?
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The rockwool costs like 1$ a cube maybe a lil more. I pay for nothing for I grow for a collective
The light plays its toll, keeping roots damn to moist all day plays another roll in it. The way we go about feeding plays a roll also the foods we use plays a roll. All together we cut 2-3 weeks from any strain out there.
White Fire og and bubba, sky walker og, Mars og, yodas master, fire og, gorilla glue 4, orange glue plus others is what we have now, many people recommend 8-10 weeks on these, day 49 we cut
 
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Chillin chillin

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They get the same schedule from here on out w big bud as supplement from week 2-5. Each week for 1st 2 days bump up 100 ppms by adding lil more a and b until week 6. Keep it there for week 7
Week 5 supplement is overdrive. Week 6 is top booster. Week 7 is overdrive and 1/2 strength Koolbloom. The 7th week supplements for 2 days fresh water for the last 2. Last day of their lives get 24 hr light and no water
Supplements get bumped 1 mp per g weekly
 
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tinhmuonkiep

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BobCajun said:
Don't you get tired of buying new RW all the time, and throwing a bunch out that you paid perfectly good money for? Perlite is reusable many times. Basically until it all becomes dust. It's easy to wash because it floats and the dust and roots tend to sink, you just scoop the good part up with a strainer.

I suspect that most of your reduction in ripening time is due to the first 36 hrs of dark. That would speed it up by several days. Aside from that, you must have an early strain. Don't you get low yields with a 7 week crop though? At 7 weeks, every strain I tried is just starting to be real bud, capable of a mild high, but that's about it. No solid weight at all though. What's your strain? Or did you breed it yourself?
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In this style of setup, top feed + recirculate, perlite/hydroton doesn't work. I figured out top feed recirculate is the best since it save water. I don't know how you can wash it easily, maybe it is with Drip clean, but still a lot of work when you have many plants. At the beginning of Veg, RW can hold water for a week which other hydro medium can't.
 
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Chillin chillin

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tinhmuonkiep said:
In this style of setup, top feed + recirculate, perlite/hydroton doesn't work. I figured out top feed recirculate is the best since it save water. I don't know how you can wash it easily, maybe it is with Drip clean, but still a lot of work when you have many plants. At the beginning of Veg, RW can hold water for a week which other hydro medium can't.
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5-9 days after transplant is the 1st watering
 
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Chillin chillin

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I've grown in it all but nothing beats carrying light boxes in and light contractor bags out. Plus we are 3 man show least amount of labor as possible. No potting, no transplanting plus rockwool cubes are very clean. Those lil 6" cubes grow monsters
 
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tinhmuonkiep

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a mongo frog said:
Is this northern or southern California? 130 for both is a dam good price.
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North, most of the store won't give you good price unless you are a well know customer or membership something. However, my local store have a lowest price tag on the shelves. I went to bigger area like SJ, SF and I was surprised to know my local stores carry the lowest price for most things. So this is depend on the store owners.
 
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