Hey Flowamasta, Merry Christmass and a Happy New Year To you and yours! Your girl is looking tasty as usual.
A question on harvest. I know 50 -55 days is a real close number for your plants. Is that based soley on experiance with the strain or do you wait for amber to show up in the trichomes? I got some frosty white buds on a new strain (from a bag seed) but not sure if I should wait for amber. She is at 52 days.
I check for cloudy trichs and a ratio of clear. I want very little amber trichomes this run. I would like to stay awake
The last 3 months have been like a zombie.
pics of your buds perhaps?? As soon as i see a few amber trichs and most of the pistils have receded..... Still a vigorous setup though and would be able to push further for more growth but potency will go down and growth becomes a little mental in my opinion... foxtailing more, smells change to more piney... I've never thought to myself i've harvested too early thats for sure.
Flowamasta Love your tutorials and have been lurking along for the whole grow.I am a newbie grower on a tight budget currently running 2000w hps/with 10 hempy style 5 gallon buckets drip feed/all perlite 35 gallon res/fountain pump on 24/7...lights 12/12.
Running floralious @ 7oz. per batch changed each week.Getting real fosty buds but only about 4oz dry per bucket?
The plants are in a large room and do not have the benefit of reflective walls...is this the main reason for low yield?
My next grow I want to follow you system to the tee.........If you have the time could you give us a break down on what equiptment to buy...and about how much the cost would be.
Thanx for the compliments! I see an instant issue that could be a problem...... You said your pump is on 24/7?? no need. its possible you are over-watering, which is unlikely in perlite, but other climate conditions might be affecting each other.. Back the feed off in my opinion. I feed every 3 hours for 15 minutes at a time. Between feeds the moisture gets soaked up and evaporated. If it can't be at a sufficient air/water ratio it will have alot of trouble retaining any water at all, let alone taking up nutrients in a totally saturated solution. Also do you run an air pump in your res?
For 2000 watts I could create alot more efficient system.... maybe cut your plant numbers down, create more tops and a thicker canopy, each plant will yield larger and more buds.
What is your lighting system i see 2000 watts but in what configuration? Reflective walls will increase your lamps efficiency by upto 50% The light usually lost at the sides and lower levels are all reflected by not being able to escape and bounced off every angle. Tents have great return. The guy who taught me gets more with 2 plants than my other mate with 4 in a small room with hal the amount of veg time.
Reflective material is a MUST.
God Luck matey
Thanx for being here i hope i can be of some help
Yeah man thats 40oz if you have 10 plants. Thats pretty good for 2000w if you're doing sog! Id be happy pulling over 2lb under 2000w
SOG is a bit of mixed hype really. But to double that yield is not a giant leap..... You can actually scrog a SOG
but they wouldn't need to be big plants, after the first topping i'd give them probably 2 weeks and then flower. Still get over 4 ounces in my opinion. getting nutrients right and climate is really the key as long as you have good lighting and ventilation ofcourse. So many key factors.