The CXA 3070 Saga continues....

NapalmD

NapalmD

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Here's a few shots from yesterday, day 38.
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PDX Joe said:
Are you feeding Jacks 321 at every watering or do you do plain water between feedings? I am trying Jacks 321 and trying to get a sense of how much food the plants like in coco. I've been starting seedlings off at around 0.8 - 1.0 EC (400 - 500 ppm), but they almost look like they want more food.
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I feed 321 full strength every watering from 2 weeks out of the ground till harvest. Last run I cut the call nit back to 1 gram the last 2 weeks or so and didn't notice any difference really but I'm still tinkering. Make sure sure your coco has good aeration. This nutrifield is 70/30 perlite and still too solid for my liking so I added about 30% growstones to the mix on my other tent and so far they love it.
 
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NapalmD said:
Here's a few shots from yesterday, day 38.
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I feed 321 full strength every watering from 2 weeks out of the ground till harvest. Last run I cut the call nit back to 1 gram the last 2 weeks or so and didn't notice any difference really but I'm still tinkering. Make sure sure your coco has good aeration. This nutrifield is 70/30 perlite and still too solid for my liking so I added about 30% growstones to the mix on my other tent and so far they love it.
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Thanks for the info. My medium is 50/50 coco-perlite. What PPM/ EC are you feeding at for what you consider 100% strength? I'm getting about 1.7 EC/ 850 PPM with a 3g, 2g,1g per gallon ratio. I've read some other growers going a bit higher grams per gallon to get the PPM even higher than this. I don't want to overdo it when I move to full strength this week.
 
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PDX Joe said:
Thanks for the info. My medium is 50/50 coco-perlite. What PPM/ EC are you feeding at for what you consider 100% strength?
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That's a good mix. The Cloud Coir from Charcoir I used was the same ratio and was some good stuff.
I haven't checked ppm/ec...ever. I always water till about 20% run off at least at every feeding/watering and I'm still learning to read the plants, but have a good idea when they're happy, sad or mad :)
 
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They're looking great Napalm! you're gonna have some nice smoke in a few weeks..Quick question bro, do you veg under the cobs as well? I recently started running a single cob fixture and have a couple clones and a few seedlings i was thinking bout putting in there. Do you think the light will be to intense for seedlings? It's a sinlge cxa 3070. Keep up the great work bro!
 
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rockmtnbuds said:
They're looking great Napalm! you're gonna have some nice smoke in a few weeks..Quick question bro, do you veg under the cobs as well? I recently started running a single cob fixture and have a couple clones and a few seedlings i was thinking bout putting in there. Do you think the light will be to intense for seedlings? It's a sinlge cxa 3070. Keep up the great work bro!
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Thanks man! Definitely looking forward to new years! I veg under 4 Vero 10 5000k on a 38w driver. I get it nice and close to the seedlings to prevent stretch and they love it. I learned from Supra it doesn't take many watts to veg unless you really want to speed things up.

Just dim it down low and get it nice and close and then adjust accordingly to how the seedlings/clones respond.
 
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Day 43
Had to do some major cleanup a few days ago and pulled out some thick growth. It pained me to do so but there's no way I ever want to see bud rot in my tents ever again and with this new drying tech I'm gonna try out, I need a lot of airflow around the buds. Plus I hate trimming small buds.

Lowered the light bars the same day as well. I think seeing other growers I respect with their commercial lights higher up made me sway from my old ways which worked great so I'm back to keeping the light as close as possible while still keeping the girls happy and keeping good coverage.
Added a tblsp of ful-power to each gallon of feed which I will do from now on. Stopped adding the h202 in fear it might hinder the effects of the fulvic.

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PSUAGRO. said:
Looking to be a very good run grower......fantastic

I took a pause in drinking to post .... lol...... have to catch up on walking dead.
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Thanks brother! I appreciate it!
You and me both. Have to rush home after work tonight to at least catch last week's episode before tonight's episode.

So glad I kept a cut of this Headband.
If these buds don't scream cream of the crop I don't know what does. Also kept a cut of the Golden Lemons for the lemon gas terps alone.
Going to be experimenting with sog grows soon in 1 gallon pots too. Fun times ahead!

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Day 57
Flush time! Gave them each a gallon of water with 2 tbls of florakleen per gallon. Was going to add in some herculean harvest but the post office sucks! Hopefully it will be here by Tuesday. I'll give them till next weekend or a few more days than that.

Going to let the pots dry out for 3 days then give an extended dark period to start the drying process. Then turn off interior fan and hang them up in the tent with exhaust on lowest setting and run my dehuey outside the tent. This is the most important part of the grow to me. You can make or a break a flawless run at this stage.
Looking to be a very happy new year!

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Day 63
Gave them their last watering today of just straight water. The last two waterings consisted of 2 tbls of herculean harvest and 2 tbls of florakleen per gallon with the first watering/flush of just 2 tbls of florakleen alone.
Will cut the lights Sunday night after lights out and let them sit in the dark for a few days. Besides the whole trichome debate, I've found it helps the plant naturally deplete the chlorophyll better.

Want to stretch out the dry as long as possible with the low rh this time of year.

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Lights out for these sexy ladies!
I only used the Herculean Harvest for 2 flushes but I swear the Kandy Kush and Golden Lemons swelled up noticeably over the past week. Thanks for putting a brother on @The Dawg
By the way I'm gunnin for ya on the next party cup comp :fire:

On top of some dank smelling and looking nugs this should be a good harvest yield wise too.
Going to leave them alone till Wednesday night and check on them and maybe leave them in there till next weekend then chop and hang them a few days. Even though rh is low I still have a fear of pm after dealing with it for the 1st time this past summer. Thanks for checking it out guys.
I'm sure this isn't the last we'll see of the CXA's but now it's time to make the Quantum leap plus I'm really loving the 3000k 90cri Veros in my Titan.

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Lights have been out since 7pm Sunday and honestly the temp and rh have been perfect for drying so I may chop them and hang them whole tonight even though I'm tempted to leave them in their pots for another day or two. I know a few more days of leaving them be will only help the end product. I always go into full blown split decision mode come harvest time.

Btw does anybody else get serious lag posting from their phones? Ever since I got this replacement phone a few months ago it's been a nightmare to post. If you guys only knew what I go through lol

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ChaosHunter

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Napalm very nice ! I'm working with the same size tent and soon to have a Quantum board setup in there. How are your yields ? I am thinking of doing one plant in a 3gal pot Scrog, I see you do two plants.
 
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ChaosHunter said:
Napalm very nice ! I'm working with the same size tent and soon to have a Quantum board setup in there. How are your yields ? I am thinking of doing one plant in a 3gal pot Scrog, I see you do two plants.
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Thanks! Yields have been great! This is actually three plants here in 2 gallon pots.
I have done one plant in a 5 gallon pot, two plants in 5 and 3 gallon pots, three and four plants in 2 gallon pots.

I've gotten my best yields with the 4 plant grow and single plant grow believe it or not. It's really just strain dependent and how long you veg them for.
I'm comfortable in these 2 gallon pots with coco and grow stones.
If your doing a single plant I would do a 5 gallon pot regardless of your medium.
The Quantums should rock that tent. My next run will be under Quantums in this tent as well. I've gotten my best yield under similar LED's so with the power bump and increased efficiency, production should be off the charts.
Right now I'm just deciding on four plants in 2 gallon pots or an eight or nine plant sog grow in 1 gallon pots.
 
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