Gastanker's 600+w Organic UV Grow

Psychild said:

Jesus those things grew fast over night! Man I tried reading that C02 article, but it just went right over my head.....wouldn't mind giving it a shot sometime though. √

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Yeah, you just need to make sure that you're producing enough - basically how much sugar per cubic foot, if you're using the sugar yeast route. They really seem to be exploding though. I went away for one night and when I got back I was like "holy shit! they doubled, but that makes sense I was gone forever." And then I realized I had only been gone for a single night... I've been watering with fish tank water as well - should help a bit, talk about organic water soluble nitrogen

mistyriffs said:

haha my bad, i meant how many weeks of flower does the breeder recommend? when do you start to taper, though?

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Well I'm the breeder for most of the plants so I'll say that they take as many weeks as it takes till they are finished

The Gooxkushxpink lady should take 7-9 weeks (four of the plants), the white russian back cross generally takes 8-9, and the bomberry takes forever - 11-16weeks.

I bet that bomberry will be worth every day though

mistyriffs said:

I bet that bomberry will be worth every day though

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That's what I'm hoping for

Plants are just blowing up. Watch them all be males - Id laugh so hard.



Before I cry.

Jesus! I can't wait to get a 600w √

They smell! Dunno if that is good or bad as I had to go buy a new larger carbon filter.

those babes have really grown in a short amount of time. good job bro.

hammer6913 said:

those babes have really grown in a short amount of time. good job bro.

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Thanks! They were growing so slow at the start but now they are really just going nuts. Must be the fish tank water.

Progression - day from seed entering soil - not breaking surface.

Day 1,5,9


Day 13,18,20



Day 22, 29

damn, that LST really did work! are you continuing to train?

mistyriffs said:

damn, that LST really did work! are you continuing to train?

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Just a bit here and there but not too much. I've let all the tops go but one so nothing is being too held against it's will atm. As the tops spike up I might spread them out just a tad but hopefully nothing crazy. I see people with small plants tied up all over the place with over 20+ anchor points but I find that a single pair of wooden stakes to control the main shoot apical meristem is often enough.

damn! I can't believe the growth! your smart pot looked SO big when you started now it looks tiny!! I must be doing something wrong! what are you feeding them again?: super soil? Thanks for the progression pics, makes it easy to follow! keep up the good work

Endur0xX said:

damn! I can't believe the growth! your smart pot looked SO big when you started now it looks tiny!! I must be doing something wrong! what are you feeding them again?: super soil? Thanks for the progression pics, makes it easy to follow! keep up the good work

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Lol, yeah they filled it up fast. In the begging the towering sides looked a bit ominous to me - really dwarfed the look of the plants - now they are beautifully blooming out of it.

So I went really lazy this grow. It was either 2 or 3 bags of Happy Frog, 10-15 gallons of soil from my garden (some of the most amazing silty loam in the world), several gallons of compost from my side yard, molasses, a bit of nitrogen rich bat guano, a small bit of kelp meal, and a couple handfuls of bone meal. Normally I am much more extensive adding feather meal, alfalfa meal, green sand, additional different bone meals and bat guanos... I've been watering with non pHed tap water that has sat over night and water from my fish tanks (slight nitrogen content and a bunch of good bacteria).

Personally I don't think I mixed my soil nearly hot enough for flowering so I might supplement the soil with a guano and kelp meal tea much later.

I think my soil is the normal super soil strength, I have been using compost tea (fairly weak teas) every 7-10 days, ... they dont look overfed, maybe it's why they are not growing that fast though ... no signs of burning nothing. Next time I will make my soil much weaker because I enjoy making teas for them!! When I don't have a tea brewing the air pump is bubbling plain water ... so I always have well aerated water on hand.

Gastanker said:

Just a bit here and there but not too much. I've let all the tops go but one so nothing is being too held against it's will atm. As the tops spike up I might spread them out just a tad but hopefully nothing crazy. I see people with small plants tied up all over the place with over 20+ anchor points but I find that a single pair of wooden stakes to control the main shoot apical meristem is often enough.

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I like your style. i've been using a wire coat hanger the same way. i dig the chopsticks, though! think I will follow suit and let 'em go free when I flip. your girls (hopefully 0 dudes lol) are looking lovely, btw.

Day 32 from seed entering soil.
Day 6 or 7 of flower.

Pistils are starting to pop up on many of them but they are not yet 100% sex confirmed.



Side shot with my security guard.



He kept trying to inform me that posting pictures on the internet isn't safe and that petting him was the priority

hell yeah girls, show me them pistils! haha are both those milk cartons your co2 generators?

mistyriffs said:

hell yeah girls, show me them pistils! haha are both those milk cartons your co2 generators?

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Yup. I've just added two more on the back side as well.

this is so unfair Gas, your 30 days veg looks bigger than my 56 days veg! your grow is coming along nice!

I post pone the flip one more day... the light is going off for 12 hours for the first time in 5 minutes! And the 2 plants in my dresser are slowly starting to bud... the only problem with the dresser is it's my bedroom, and there is no way I can run the fan during dark period (girlfriend!) and when I get up in the morning the humidity is above 70... so 40 in the day time and 70ish at night, ... am I going to run into problem? I tried to put the DampRid last night for the dark period but it didnt do a thing. One thing though is because the summer is over I cannot find a freakin small fan anywhere! so there is no ventilation other than exhaust intake for now! thanks,

yo tanker, i used to post as mrorganics but i quit and made a new one. anyways been stopping by for a while waiting to see you have something goin, about time, anyways i have 6 vortex clones, 3 of 2 diff phenos about a week into flower, just posted up in the https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/379547-weekly-bud-featuring-subs-new-11.html thread my pics of my tga buds. i kept the 2 vortex phenos you see there, the qrazy train is dank as you can see but was hard to clone and a slow vegger so i left her. also im using all amended soil. subcools super soil. some general organics if they seem lacking in the later weeks but mostly only water with some compost teas, glad to see you back around.

midwestmmj said:

yo tanker, i used to post as mrorganics but i quit and made a new one. anyways been stopping by for a while waiting to see you have something goin, about time, anyways i have 6 vortex clones, 3 of 2 diff phenos about a week into flower, just posted up in the https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/379547-weekly-bud-featuring-subs-new-11.html thread my pics of my tga buds. i kept the 2 vortex phenos you see there, the qrazy train is dank as you can see but was hard to clone and a slow vegger so i left her. also im using all amended soil. subcools super soil. some general organics if they seem lacking in the later weeks but mostly only water with some compost teas, glad to see you back around.

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Hey! Nice to see you. Looked like a great TGA grow. I'm going to have to try his genetics at some point; everyone really seems to like them. Grats on a true organic grow as well - amendments > nutes in my opinion.

Gastanker said:

Hey! Nice to see you. Looked like a great TGA grow. I'm going to have to try his genetics at some point; everyone really seems to like them. Grats on a true organic grow as well - amendments > nutes in my opinion.

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Pfft supersoil over any bottles any day of the week. I lol at people like I used to be spending 2-300 on bottles per grow. I'm happy to announce that my grows now excluding electricity cost me about 30-50 bucks. The half batch of supersoil will fill my tent 5-6times and it cost me 100$ max. Sometimes I use compost teas but they are cheap. Anybody growing organic should use teas. I see hydro like results using tea and supersoil. Hope u don't have any males!!! Say u would though and cut it would the dead roots cause a issue?