THELOADEDDRAGON'S Perpetually growing perpetual grow

the sides of our old pool (3 1/2' tall 12' diameter) got some holes in it and has been retired... I am going to cut a 7'x6' section out of it from the bottom and line the plant pot basin with it. But before I do that I need to finish putting up the sides on the plant pot basin, seal it, prime it, and paint it, then the pool "liner" will go in..... got a heat test running, still need to add in the fluorescent lights and do the light spread poly plastic lining around the hood like I did in my last grow, as you can see in the pics, a considerable amount of light is lost out of the top.... but here is a sneak peak of operation...... just doing a heat test like I said..... that is a water cooler under the ballast

I think I am going to put the eight or nine extra females from seed under it until clones are ready to go in (set up as shown) and then I will take the plants from seed and stick them outside in a greenhouse where is will heated (six weeks or so from now so they will be almost done )

Lights been on for an hour and a half.... 69 degrees... granted its the night time.... but I could just do lights on at night to save on cooling the room, ..... might as well start some of the females on 12/12 tomorrow... and reading through the journal I ran across my schedule

* The first set of clones will be taken 10-15 to 10-24 sometime. 30-35 cuttings total from the first session, going under the fluorescent panel. At this point I will elect to keep only (hopefully) two mothers of each strain.

- 1st set of clones will go into flower 11-5 to 11-12 sometime

* Second set of clones will come off 11-5 to 11-15 sometime

- Second set of clones will go into flower under a new 1000W HPS 12-12 to 12-15 sometime

* Third set of clones will be taken 12-5 to 12-12 sometime

$ First Set of clones will be harvested 1-12 to 1-24 sometime (yeah 2010)

-Third set of clones will go into flower 1-12 to 1-24 sometime

*Fourth set of clones will be taken 1-12 to 1-20 sometime

$ Second Set of clones harvested 2-15 to 2 20 some time

- Fourth set of clones go into flower 2-15 to 2-20 sometime


And so on.....

I realized while I was looking it over that I will be getting the next 1000W going around the time I would want to move the plants I want to put in right now, but wouldn't have clones to put under it for two or three weeks.... that I will be putting the first batch of clones into the room right around then as well, so I might as well move the ones I already have flowering over under the new 1000W when I put the first batch of clones in perfect.... schedule just got an upgrade

So first day of 12/12 starts tomorrow Im thinking 10 pm to 10 am on 10 am to 10 pm off will work out perfectly

nighttime thats what i do

Looking good it sounds everything is taking shape. you must spend a lot of time with your plans. I have a hard time finding time to do all this shit. I got 10 rooted clones in soil, and I just took another 10 yesterday, plus the 12 larger plants I am working with.
Can I take clones off an Autolowering plant. It is Autoflowering Whitedwarf

wonderblunder said:

Looking good it sounds everything is taking shape. you must spend a lot of time with your plans. I have a hard time finding time to do all this shit. I got 10 rooted clones in soil, and I just took another 10 yesterday, plus the 12 larger plants I am working with.
Can I take clones off an Autolowering plant. It is Autoflowering Whitedwarf

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No you can not take clones off an auto flower plant. sorry for the bad news

lonleysmoka said:

No you can not take clones off an auto flower plant. sorry for the bad news

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Exactly like I thought, Any tips for getting the most out of autflowering white dwarf?

I have seen people use "stretch and fill" techniques to get the most out of autoflowering strains.... I won't work with them though...... keep the light on longer

didn't have time to get around to it...... so the plant pot basin isn't lined yet.... I will get to it

I did separate the mothers from those going into flower.... Today marks day one 12/12, and I would say Wednesday will truly mark day 1 of flower

got some pics

I will point out which is which later if need be.....

everything was watered today bloom nutes start on Wednesday at about 1/4 strength and another watering before veg nutes for the mothers

are those square white containers 3 gal?

yes they are

theloadeddragon said:

yes they are

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I was debating between those and the 1.5 gal white ones but ended up going with the 1.5's since I can fit 16 or so in my area. might go with the 3 gals if I dont like my results with the 1.5's. all your birds are looking nice tho excited to see them in bloom under the thouee

1.5 gals should work depending on how long you veg for under a 600W right? doing an sog just cramming lollipops in there?

im a begginner and i was wondering how 2 go about growing just a few plants

start by reading the growing FAQ on this forum

getting the plant pot basin liner in today, ...... then light seal....... then canopy poly plastic, ...... adding in another circulating fan..... temps are staying a little low, but that will change after I do light seal.... water coolers running on fan only lowest setting, ....... happy very happy ......

doing virtually same thing with veg area....

temps went up slightly...... 79 is where it topped out at...... the pool liners in.... the plants didn't like being moved around (they went outside in the wind) and since they are top heavy they plop fell over...... I got a temporary fix in now (the 2x4's)..... but am going to get supports like I have for the outdoor garden put in for full time supports......

the pool was doubled up and heat sealed to the drain

Now just gotta finish light sealing the room and get the lights canopy spread finished......

got the supports in..... whew.... they were still mad so I gave them 1/2 strength thrive alive b1 and increased the fan to its next setting up..... its going to take a couple days for them to get over this...... one of them is supporting herself..... so hopefully she will continue to support herself throughout with no problems..... they were flopped around a bit, and squashed down a bit while I got them situated.... they were bending over just above where the stalk comes out of the soil, so hopefully those stalks thicken up and this problem goes away..... hopefully they just bounce back and come back stronger and more vigorous..... that would be a sure sign of strong genetics.....

going to keep them on 12/12 though...... and finish sealing the room from light leaks..... lights on at night isn't going to work out..... so 10 am to 10 pm the light is are on......

I am very anxious to see these go through flowering...... it will definitely help me plan on how I deal with their sisters children (clones) in the next phase...

theloadeddragon said:

1.5 gals should work depending on how long you veg for under a 600W right? doing an sog just cramming lollipops in there?

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that's kinda what the plan was. something kinda along the lines of what NeL does but he does 30 half gal grow bags but he also said he averages 20-40 g's per plant so do the math how tall do you think they could veg before getting rootbound? I was thinking I'd veg for 3 weeks

2 or 3 weeks should be just fine

my ladies under the 1000W HPS perked up over night

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2 or 3 weeks should be just fine

my ladies under the 1000W HPS perked up over night

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Beautiful plants there, I don't know how you keep track of 'em all!