Mineralz' Grow Cranny -- Ever-evolving DWC

Mineralz

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THE SETUP
3x3x6 Grow Tent
Sun System 2 400w MH/HPS light with universal a/c fitting
Technaflora nute lineup (Boost, Grow, Bloom, Thrive Alivez, Magical, Sugar Daddy, Root 66)
435 CFM Valuline 6" exhaust fan
Tetra Whisper 60 dual-port air pump with two 4" airstones
5g bucket wrapped in solar insulation

So after a couple DWC grows under my belt....I've decided to go with one plant and let it get huge. I chose a clone from my very 1st grow. They were all mystery females and we dubbed this one Danakush(DK for short). She grew lanky branches, but her buds were gorgeous and the high was incredible! Here she is right after I snatched her from our clonebox. I'm still using the same 3x3x6 tent under one 400w light. 1st grow we did each plant in their own 3g bucket, 2nd grow we did 2 of the same strain in 8g totes, and this round I'm doing her in her own 5g bucket wrapped in solar insulation. She's got two 4" airstones in the bucket and I'm still rocking out the Technaflora nute lineup for now.

Start Day 11/28/11
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Day 3ish
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Day 6ish
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Day 9ish
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This set of pics was taken yesterday. She's definately growing, but I forgot how long the Veg cycle can take :/ I also redid all of my ventilation for the tent. I put the 435cfm fan inside the tent closer to the light and the carbon filter is just on the other side of the wall. My temps have been getting up to 88F and that's too hot for my tastes so I'm thinking there's something I'm not seeing. Prolly gonna have to figure out a way to make an intake bringing colder air in from somewhere. Humidity is pretty low so I've been misting her with some Root 66/Thrive Alive Red and Ph'd water and she seems to dig it. Her root system has gone apeshit in the last few days, but I still expect some stunted growth from her. Veg time is undecided....as it depends on how big she gets over a period of time. 8 weeks of veg time is prolly gonna be my max as I'm just doing this one plant thusfar and I wanna allow her to go crazy on me. I am going to SCROG her later and I topped her not quite a week ago and her double mains are now growing more and the lower branches are FINALLY starting to kick in. The insulated bucket she's in is working very nicely. My water temps havent been above 66F thusfar so I don't expect much change there and that's the important thing.....good root system = plant still has a chance to blow my mind ;) I started a journal, but I do believe I feel more comfortable posting in this part of the forum compared to others, so the hellz with it lulz

GROW SYSTEM INFO

Ph--> 5.6-6.2
PPMz--> 400 ppmz of nutez + 180ppmz tap water = 580 ppmz total
Water Tempz--> 62F-66F
RH--> 15%-35% (I have a humidifier on the way in the mail)
Air Tempz--> 70F low / 88F high (average is around 81F with MH/ 86F with HPS)
 

Mineralz

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So this is the new grow "journal" eh? Nice..
Eh...I'm keeping one in the Journals section as well, but I've posted in this section the most I guess. I've kinda veered away from Bubbleponics as my 1st thread was titled so I said the hell with it and made a new one I can keep for the life of my 400watter ;) Not to mention I have plans for a vertical next round and gonna do some setup changes...hence the evolving :D Not to mention I like you guys too fuckin much! lulz This is the place to be...I just hope the ride's enjoyable for everyone eh?
 

Mineralz

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Oh shit nicely done! I do soil/less grows but I'll be checking this one out for sure!

P.s. I hope you knew that and didn't just google it!
Lulz I love that movie! My movie collection is ever-expanding ;) Think Snatch is sitting next to Green Street Hooligans :D
 

Mineralz

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So yea I'm very happy to see she's coming out of the "stunted growth" stages. Instead she decided to do a bunch of growing all at once ;) Her root system is gorgeous and she's been thirsty the last couple of days. Ate almost 100ppmz of nutez in 48 hours so that definately made me smile :D Temps are holding at 79-81F, but this weekend I plan on doing somemore "rearranging". I'm gonna install an intake from outside soon. The colder air would do me some good and I may move the tent to a different spot not sure yet, but either way it's constructive and positive. I also plan on searching for my next screen. I want something in 1 solid piece this round and I was thinking some kind of netting. I tied the DK over a few minutes ago and took a good look over her. She has the usual burnt-tipped bottom leaves from all the upper growth she's done recently, but her limbs are growing surprisingly even all-around. I only plan to let her get another 2-3" tall before I start the full-LST on each main limb and start thinking about installing the screen. I want this bitch to squat and grow wide and so far....she's doing an alright job at it! Oh yea....best part! When I was tying her over and whatnot I brushed some of her new growth and caught a wiff of something stinky :D Now I remember why I liked her so much lulz Stay blitzed ya'll and feel free to comment/post! I'm alwayz down for some convo!

PH--> 6.7ish (I hadnt checked her in 24 hrs and she ate alot hence the rise) Dropped back down to 5.5
PPMz--> 654 total (450 nutez + 180ish for tap water)
Water Temp--> 66F (GOD I <3 that part)
Cab Temp--> 79F
RH--> 20% (c'mon humidifier!!!)

P.S. Pic 2 shows her new twin tops after a couple of days recovery
 

Mineralz

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Unfortunately I could only locate 2 of the pics I took of her finished product the first time I grew her. Then again she was in a big box competing with 3-4 other plants under a 400w light as well so she was nerfed....I remember this is the strain that knocked one of my friends out cold lulz
 

Penyajo

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Hey minz always good to see you back at it. Subbed up and ready for the ride. Rep. Keep it up bro I wanna see this one get big. STAY HIGH!!!
 

Mineralz

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Hey minz always good to see you back at it. Subbed up and ready for the ride. Rep. Keep it up bro I wanna see this one get big. STAY HIGH!!!
Yea Pen me too :D Thanx for swinging by! I still check out ur thread but I've been mostly creeping lately. Busy schedules and whatnot....'tis the season eh? lulz But yea...I'm waiting for my humidifier to get here so I can get my RH up. I checked it tonight and it was up to 35% :D I was stoked! She's doing the whole 1" a night of growth thing now. Ima be postin more pics 2morrow or somethin. Happy growing mane
 

Mineralz

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So I figured out how to blow up pics on RIU woot! Pretty friggin easy actually....you just double-click the pic you wanna blow up when you upload it ;) Nywayz, she grew 2" in the last 48hrs. Untied her so she could recover for a day, then I'm gonna tie her down the other way and fluff out the other side while her tops get a little longer so I can begin permanent LST etc. Pretty stoked my RH went up to 35% and my temps are staying around 81F. Still a little higher than Id like, but there's prolly some noob mistake with my ventilation system that I'm unaware of. I'll figure it out one of these days, but I think the major factor is the ballast from the light being inside the same unit as the bulb itself....pretty hot bitch. Ph, ppmz, etc are the same as last update :D She gets a rez change Sat. so i'll update again then. Happy growing!
 

Mineralz

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DAY 15 OF VEG

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So she's taking off on me finally for sure. She's almost 9" tall now and I bought somemore materials tonight from Menards. Tomorrow I'm moving the whole setup to a different part of the house. I'm not content with the temps I've been having with all the hardware I've got they should be better so yea lulz....Her root system is cording out on me now and the fishboning is everywhere. She's been drinking/eating pretty regularly so that's a good sign. I alwayz have a sense of paranoia after cloning for some reason as I'm not that experienced with it yet to be 100% comfortable with the technique of it all. A friend of mine has a mother Bubblicious he's cloning out cuz his box is full so I'm debating on whether or not I wanna do one more plant with her or not..... :/ decisions decisions.....
 

wiimb

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looking good m8
5 galloners are the doggies nuts my friend
you got a load of growing to go yet tho
subbed for this shit :)
how long you vegging???
 

Mineralz

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looking good m8
5 galloners are the doggies nuts my friend
you got a load of growing to go yet tho
subbed for this shit :)
how long you vegging???
Supz Wiimb! Thanx for stopping in :D By the looks of things now, she's gonna need another 3 weeks at least depending on how much she wants to stretch. She had kind of a stunted start from the get-go, but I'm working on getting things dialed in. I've not had 1 issue with water or nutes or nything like that, but for some reason my setup seems to struggle with temps. I mean the avg. now is 82F, which is higher than I want for sure, and I'm moving things around with the ventilation and whatnot trying to figure out which does what or how the tent reacts to it being a certain way...? Idk, but thanks for postin man! Tomorrow I'll have a decent-sized update to do on here. I went and got most of the supplies I need for the vertical setup I think, but I cant do nything else until I get the ventilation issue worked out....we'll see ;)
 

Globule

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Hey Minz

I know how you feel bro with trying to get everything as efficient as possible. An honourable pursuit my friend :-)

We'll all get there if we keep trying to improve with the help of good folks such as yourself, Flo Grow, etc. all trying to help each other outas much as possible.
Sounds like a very cheesey Disney movie I know, but it's true.

Good growing to you brother!
 
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