Raspberry Cough DWC Grow

4/28/11 Update: some of the fan leaves are starting to hook, I'm thinking either cal mag or the roots are getting to wet or too dry. I noticed the res was about 2 gallons low again.
Got some ph'd water getting cold in the fridge before I top the res off. Otherwise all the main colas are roughly the length of a large Bic lighter and getting bigger.

Temps:78-70
RH : 15%
PH : 5.8
Projected flush date: 6/01/11
Projected harvest date:6/14/11


On a side note I'm suppose to be getting some G13 to smoke this weekend. from what I read it should be a fun time....but then again when isn't smoking fun? when it's schwagg that's when...if any marijuana should be illegal it is Schwagg.

If I could just figure out how to set this camera to 'macro' you guys would have some decent bud porn. Picture five is of my wee lil runt in the back, has it's own cfl for the main cola as well as the t5's and I still don't think it's going to amount to more than a few grams at harvest. hope you guys can see all those frosty sugar leaves!

Looking great bro, What does the Macro setting do?

DocGreenThumb said:

Looking great bro, What does the Macro setting do?

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I think it was bluberry who said that it would bring a much clearer focus to the picture. Your rbc budding yet?

No buds yet, some pre flowers. It should start soon. I need to look back and find out how long it's been in there lol I have it all documented but I'm always to tired and busy in the garden to look back at notes. I'll snap some more pics of it tonight and post them up.

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No buds yet, some pre flowers. It should start soon. I need to look back and find out how long it's been in there lol I have it all documented but I'm always to tired and busy in the garden to look back at notes. I'll snap some more pics of it tonight and post them up.

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Ohh okay, seems like theyve been in there a few weeks. new pics sound great.

BluBerry said:

Looking good Niko! On my camera, I go to the menu, then shooting mode and click on macro setting. It may be different on your camera but it should be close to the same way.

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couldn't figure it out. I got as far as getting the saved pic zoomed in and focused but couldnt transfer it to the laptop as im alil on the toasted side at the moment haha

4/29/11 Update: Day 33 of 12/12 and more of the hairs are starting to turn a nice caramel color. Seems like I have a nutrient imbalance so I mixed up a fresh batch of nutes and will change the res this afternoon. I've resigned myself to changing the res weekly for these last four weeks as it seems to be the only way to keep it balanced.

In related news, it seems I'll have a garage soon to grow in. I'm thinking of building a room within the garage to keep my grow away from prying eyes. Definitely going to be some sort of perpetual grow I.E s.o.g in a flood and drain or dwc set up. Definitely going to get a strain that has a shorter flower time, if anybody has suggestions for a strain then I'm all ears.

BluBerry said:

Your hairs are supposed to turn a caramel color. They start off white and turn amber, red, caramel, brown or whatever color you wanna call it. But once about 3/4 of the hairs are that color then it is about time to harvest. I change my rez water about every 2 weeks as long as it's not too nasty in there. I don't add any nutes during this time, just pH'd water and then when I change rez is when I add the nutes back in.

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Lol, I know they are suppose to change colors. It just suprised me as my last grow didn't really do to much color changing. still seems abit early for the hairs to be changing. I've noticed that on a couple of the main buds the hairs on the underside are already at 80 percent caramel reddish color. Hoping this means I'll finish in sooner than ten weeks. whata think?

BluBerry said:

Your hairs are supposed to turn a caramel color. They start off white and turn amber, red, caramel, brown or whatever color you wanna call it. But once about 3/4 of the hairs are that color then it is about time to harvest. I change my rez water about every 2 weeks as long as it's not too nasty in there. I don't add any nutes during this time, just pH'd water and then when I change rez is when I add the nutes back in.

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Yeah I try to do it every two weeks but they seem to drink around two gallons every three days. So now I just change it once a week hoping that the abundance of fresh nutrients will keep pushing them to add weight. This is the first harvest that It looks like wont end up male or cut down early do to maintenance people coming in. I know whatever I harvest in the end will be only maybe half of what I could've gotten with 1000 watt hid but I'm still going to be pretty happy with it.

Hard to say. Sativas usually are a 10-12 weeks flowering strain. My Indicas are a 8-9 week flower and are only about 10-15% colored.
I would think that yours would need at least 9 weeks to be done. It's not too soon to get colored hairs tho.
Each strain is different in appearance and characteristics.

BluBerry said:

Hard to say. Sativas usually are a 10-12 weeks flowering strain. My Indicas are a 8-9 week flower and are only about 10-15% colored.
I would think that yours would need at least 9 weeks to be done. It's not too soon to get colored hairs tho.
Each strain is different in appearance and characteristics.

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Yeah, I think I'll stick to my harvest date of 6/14 or when I notice that the hairs start to curl back and die alil. definitely going indica next grow as I would've been halfway done at this point haha.

Yeah my rule of thumb is indica dom's 2 month flower/ sativa dom's 3 month flower.

It'll be worth it when you get the uppity soaring sativa high though


Looking good bro. I'm going to start flushing my LA's in next 3-4 days. I fed them good with tiger bloom and overdrive tonight. Going to hit the RBC with a weak tiger bloom mix tomorrow see If I can push them a long a little bit.

DocGreenThumb said:

Yeah my rule of thumb is indica dom's 2 month flower/ sativa dom's 3 month flower.

It'll be worth it when you get the uppity soaring sativa high though


Looking good bro. I'm going to start flushing my LA's in next 3-4 days. I fed them good with tiger bloom and overdrive tonight. Going to hit the RBC with a weak tiger bloom mix tomorrow see If I can push them a long a little bit.

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how long you going to flush for? still gonna buy a green light and harvest in the dark?

4/30/11 Update: Did a res change yesterday as well as mixed up more rhizotonic to foliar feed with. Gave them a good misting five minutes before the lights came on. I noticed all the main colas have started to grow together with the closest bud below it making for some nice top's. Trimmed off a couple of rogue fan leaves that were blocking precious lumen filled light from getting to the bud, if nothing else this strain should produce a ton of sugary trim for whatever I decide to do with it.

Starting to work on a box to dry them in so that I'll still be able to work in the grow room without disturbing the process. Also bought a foot tall eight inch wide glass jar for the cure as well as a hygrometer to stick in there so I can keep track of the moisture levels. Not much to do but sit around and watch the grass grow (pun intended) for another month and a half.

Does anyone have any input on what ratio to go with when looking at the trichomes? Im reading that when you harvest them with more clear than milky or amber in the trichs that you get more of an uppity high as opposed to harvesting when they are more milky and amber and getting that down feeling? any input would be great. I prefer the uppity high myself which is why im contemplating changing my plan of attack when it comes to how soon I should harvest.

I harvest mine when they are mostly cloudy with just a few amber. If you harvest when the trichs are clear, it isn't quite ready yet. The amber color gives you that 'couch lock' stone. I'm with you, I prefer a more up buzz than the couch lock, but too, it really depends on the strain you are growing. If you are going to grow that strain continually, experiment with harvest times. I have an indica that I harvest when the trichs are milky and it ALWAYS gives off that couch lock effect anyhow, it doesn't seem to matter when it's harvested. I just know that strain is a night time smoke. Seeing as how RC is predom. sativa, you should more of that head effect anyway, I'd wait or pick a small bud off the bottom now and try it.

I agree with the above post.


Yeah I'm going to use green lights and harvest in the dark. I'm going to flush up until the chop as I started the heavy feeding a little late at week 7