Raspberry Cough DWC Grow

BluBerry

BluBerry

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Niko Bellick said:
Okay guys I am paranoid now heres what happened. I made sure my room was completely dark, opened the closet door pulled down my light shut said door switched out the bulbs put it back in the closet hooked up the timer set it for 8 am to 8 pm and plugged it in....I didn't realize the timer was already on when i plugged it all in. lights came on for maybe 2.3 seconds or some shit before i flipped em off. Any clue if thatd be enough to fuck em up and turn em into hermies??? I don't think so but who knows
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That is not gonna affect anything. Maybe if you were 2-3 weeks into flowering but not the first night that you start. Everything will be fine. And as far as the hepa filter or gel. I have never tried either one, but I'd prob go for a carbon filter if possible.
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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BluBerry said:
That is not gonna affect anything. Maybe if you were 2-3 weeks into flowering but not the first night that you start. Everything will be fine. And as far as the hepa filter or gel. I have never tried either one, but I'd prob go for a carbon filter if possible.
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Yeah after calling up the god like man that taught me to grow I basically got the same answer that you just gave me good sir, but damn I was sweating. As far as the carbon filter goes its a no go. The only way to use the carbon filter in such a small closet would be to put the end of the exhaust tube into a hole in the closet door which is also in my bedroom and the wife definitely wont appreciate that while trying to sleep. even though id be perfectly content sleeping in my grow room if i could lol. What are your thoughts if I built a small carbon filter got an inline fan hooked it up and just let the cleaned air be exhausted right back into the room? would it eliminate the smell?
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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3/29/11 Update: Day 1 of flowering my four RBC...well now five inadvertently. After completing a res change and adjusting my homemade co2 generator I started to do some light trimming of the branches that were either dead or getting no light. Meaning to only cut this one small fan leaf off of one of the lower main branches I slipped and cut the whole branch off....Not being one to waste I immediately submerged the bottom of the branch in water made an angled cut dipped it in clonex put it into a rapid rooter plug and into an empty net pot between the other girls. Don't know if shell take or not (probably not) but who knows. Pictures when I get back, for now Im off to buy a small hepa filter for when the girls start to stink it up.
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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3/30/2011 Update: Low stress trained some more branches yesterday and today they are already curved up out of the shadows and into some light. Also what a difference two feet will make. I had my set up on a stand to see them better and i started having heat issues, set it back on the floor and the temps barely break 75 and the humidity is in the mid twenties. Does anyone know what would cause some random leaves to have edges that look bitten and a tad crispy? also some of the leaves have that eaten look from the middle. this is only on maybe ten leaves total. I'm thinking some kind of infestation but haven't found anything. cleaned the whole room with bleach and cleaned out all the unnecessary stuff. Was having some ph problems and the leaves were curling up maybe that was a side affect of it? any input much appreciated.
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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rayishungry said:
Looks great. Can't wait to see the finished product.
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Me neither! I see your in Denver, I was born in Boulder. Trying to talk the wife into moving to Denver lol. Thanks for swinging by, hopefully in the next week well start seeing them show there sex (feminized seeds but always a possibility of a hermie.
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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Okay, after a little looking it looks like I had to much nitrogen. so I emptied and scrubbed the res filled it with fresh clean water and flushing them for 4-6 hours. Went to cannas nute calculator selected light feeding etc and cut that into about half. Figure I'll run that until I see some improvement then take them back up to light feeding then to normal and MAYBE but I highly doubt it take them to a heavy feeding schedule.

Temps 70-75
RH 25%
Light 12/12
PH 6.3
Low stress training is working well all the empty spaces in the middle are filling in with nice branches. So far no signs of Sex, probably another four days or so before I start seeing anything.
 
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DocGreenThumb

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Niko Bellick said:
3/30/2011 Update: Low stress trained some more branches yesterday and today they are already curved up out of the shadows and into some light. Also what a difference two feet will make. I had my set up on a stand to see them better and i started having heat issues, set it back on the floor and the temps barely break 75 and the humidity is in the mid twenties. Does anyone know what would cause some random leaves to have edges that look bitten and a tad crispy? also some of the leaves have that eaten look from the middle. this is only on maybe ten leaves total. I'm thinking some kind of infestation but haven't found anything. cleaned the whole room with bleach and cleaned out all the unnecessary stuff. Was having some ph problems and the leaves were curling up maybe that was a side affect of it? any input much appreciated.
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Buy a 4 oz. thing of azamax bro treat with 10ml spray all the leaves top and bottom, then treat again 4-6 days later with 15ml and water them with 15ml of azamax as well. Will rid you of your infestation. I had small holes to and no bugs I could see azamax took care of them. I clean with bleach also but thats mainly to kill germs and prevent disease. My RBC's are up to 5 finger leaves YAY!

Not sure about the PH issue as I'm a soil guy until this weekend :)
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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DocGreenThumb said:
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Buy a 4 oz. thing of azamax bro treat with 10ml spray all the leaves top and bottom, then treat again 4-6 days later with 15ml and water them with 15ml of azamax as well. Will rid you of your infestation. I had small holes to and no bugs I could see azamax took care of them. I clean with bleach also but thats mainly to kill germs and prevent disease. My RBC's are up to 5 finger leaves YAY!

Not sure about the PH issue as I'm a soil guy until this weekend :)
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If it gets worse I'll check it out. either bugs or to much nitrogen. I flushed for six hours and put in half strength of low dose nutes to let em recover. I keep looking with a magnifying glass and nothing not even cobwebs indicative of spider mites. You will definitely enjoy the switch to hydro seeing two or three inches of growth a day is awesome :)
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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Happy April fool's day, I THINK THEY MAY BE SHOWING THERE SEX. I believe there are some white hairs starting to grow around the nodes. Just gotta keep a vigilant watch for pollen sacks. After flushing for six hours and putting in really low nute mix they havent gotten any worse hopefully in a day or two Ill start seeing that massive stretch that everyone talks about with this strain.

I Highly suggest to anyone no matter what you use whether it be Soil or Hydro and no matter what Nute line to use Rhizotonic from Canna Nutrients. Yestarday the roots where noticeably unhealthy (yellow tanish color) I foliar fed once before the lights went off and once when they came on and now five hours later the roots are noticeably healthier.
 
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DocGreenThumb

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Oh yeah I'm going to love the switch to hydro. Glad to see everything is going good for you. What is Rhizotonic used for? Is it one of those Microbe deals? Also do I need to be using a Microbe mix with my nute solution?
 
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DocGreenThumb

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Forgot to add my biggest question. How do you go about changing your reservoir? how do you empty it and how do you fill it. What do you do with the lid with the root mass hanging through the net pots?
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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Rhizotonic is from Canna Nutrients (made by the dutch btw) its a rooting nute that keeps your roots nice and white as well as making them grow long with a bunch of little hair like roots coming off the main ones. I havent used any of the microbe nutes but I probably should be, its to each there own really. Like canna has pk1314 which is beneficial bacteria that breaks down the dying roots and uses them for food to feed the plants with. Also Canna is organic if that is something that matters to you. I prefer Canna but have heard great things about advanced nutes and also Humboldt nutes are spos to be top of the line. but I would get the rhizotonic as you can feed it to either soil or hydro set up.

As for the res changes they are abit of a pain in the ass. Easiest way to go would be to build a drain into the bottom of your tote that way you dont have to pull the plants out to change the res. If you dont want to do that next easiest thing would be to buy one extra tote and just pull out the lid roots and all set it inside the empty tote while you change the res. Just find whatever is most convenient for you.
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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Phew finally got my internet installed! Off to take some pics and hopefully you guys can tell me if these are pistils forming or what
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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DSCN0293.jpgDSCN0291.jpgDSCN0294.jpgDSCN0290.jpgDSCN0296.jpgDSCN0297.jpgDSCN0295.jpgsorry for the shitty focus on the camera. Definitely getting some kind of pistil formation on the nodes its just taking forever to get anywhere. Damn me for picking an 11 week strain.
 
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DocGreenThumb

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Looking good bro. Yeah these sativa dom's going to take awhile to flower. Luckily I have a harvest coming soon and the ICE once in 12/12 should only take 7-9 weeks tops. Their defintely shooting up there bro, looking good and I think those are pistils from what I can see.
 
Niko Bellick

Niko Bellick

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DocGreenThumb said:
Looking good bro. Yeah these sativa dom's going to take awhile to flower. Luckily I have a harvest coming soon and the ICE once in 12/12 should only take 7-9 weeks tops. Their defintely shooting up there bro, looking good and I think those are pistils from what I can see.
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Yeah should be worth the 11 week wait...and then time to dry and cure...lol.
 
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