Acid Dough by Ripper

[intergalactic_harvester]

yo taz, whats shakin?
grow is looking great man. i dont see that ur canopy is dense enough to worry too much about mold at this point especially if ur humidity is below about 55%. the time to be concerned will come in 2 to 3 weeks when the buds start swelling up good.
looks like you have staggered node formation as i do making it difficult to selectively defoliate since god already took every other fan off for us, lol.
my last grow was scary dense, and i figured a trick to keep humidity away from the plants. as the flowers started bulking up and mold threat was high, i put 2 8" oscillating fans one on each side of the grow. lowest setting, blowing up under the canopy. doesnt actually lower rh in the tent, but it definately keeps moisture from collecting in the buds and leaves that touch.
just remember lowest fan speed, you dont want to wind burn em too much!
i will be using those fans again here in another week or so myself!

i see success in your tent bro, keep up the good work!

[Tazard]

Thanks for looking. They look dense to me but I do have a lot of air circulation 3x6"1x8" 3 above and 1below aimed center above tank. In the future I will only have 2 plants per tank (now have 10 did have 12 b4 took out males). But they all lean out at base

[Tazard]

alltatup here is that same stalk 13 days later (with some good light lol)

[intergalactic_harvester]

hahahaha!!! hell ya theyre strong! they lift ur screen yet? the weights i put on mine have raised another inch, lol. seems like after the flip they get thier own mind and the beef to back it up!

[Tazard]

lol my screen started at 4" areas were pushed to 9 and screen was filling fast so I put it at 15 well they filled that too. In the next grow I am going perpetual on a 6-7 week harvest with the Acid Dough. I will clone week 3 of flower reveg them for 3-4 weeks in my little tent and then move to the big tent for flower with their mothers. Due to the local law more than 4 plants is felony cultivation (wife is adamant about this and is terrified I have 10 in flower and 8 clones ATM). I will keep 2 clones so after the first harvest I will have 4 in flower and 2 in clone (6) for 2-3 weeks every 6-7 weeks. The wife accepted lol. I will probably add a second strain with similar flower period too.

I will also abandon my big DWC for 2 new ones that arrive Tuesday (Rubbermaid Roughneck Tote Storage Container, Steel, 10-gallon) they are much shorter and will only use 5-6 gal of nute water in each for 2 plants (with a 2" air gap). I will keep my little 6 site DWC to clone and veg in.

With Acid Dough assuming that each plant is 2' in diameter I should be able to harvest about 12oz every 6-7 weeks using 600g/m2 (low for Acid Dough which is 600-800).

[intergalactic_harvester]

dude great plans! i see the transformation here...the gathering of new research and ideas with a little hands on, and ready to fire it into the next round. exciting shit man!

and you are doing the right thing with ur wife too, my opinion. my wife is somewhat involved in the process here, but she counts on me to keep it clean and tight. and there is no real need to go over plant limits anyway since a single plant vegged 12 weeks can give you a pound. thats a 22 week cycle from seed, 4 lights gives you that pound right abouts oh every month. shave off a couple weeks using clones.
where im at and circumstances what they are, my plant limit is rediculous in light of my needs, lol. im allowed 12, can be authorized to 15. but im pulling pounds from less than half that. i can also buy clones locally so there is no point to set up for all that unless i run a single strain for a grip of cycles. i just wish the possesion limits were higher, thats where my hands get tied. 24 oz of flower aint so much sometimes especially running a single light cycle. it also reduces the number of flavors i can produce and keep around. few jars here, few jars there...it adds up fast. further processing into hash or tinctues, or edibles also allows me to keep a little more of my harvest too as those have thier own possession limits.
fk, am i stoned n rambling? just tell me to shut up already.

[Tazard]

lol. No, with it not being legal here it's nice to hear what I may look forward to over the next few years. Let's not talk about possession limits to my wife....... 😂

[Tazard]

Last night of week 5 flower the two big branches I shot on the edge of the screen have 10-13 side branches at screen level those are 2 of 3 branches to that plant. Trichs on acid Dough white hairs all over. I suspect the sativa will take a bit longer than the other strains. I have a plan to quick flush then to replace nutes for othe plants.

[intergalactic_harvester]

sativas really develop graceful and pretty. why you flushing? uptake stall out or something?

[Tazard]

No, I mean in 5-6w when the Acid Dough's are ready I will do a light 1-2d flush. House and Garden does recommend 3-5 but since its organic it shouldn't be an issue. I doubt that sativa finishes in only 65-70days.

Reread my post and it sure didn't say what I meant (my "dispensary" got some better stuff).

[Tazard]

Did some LST and cleaned out the lower fan leaves. Also the top net was at 100k lux so I turned the HPS down to 600w.

[alltatup]

They look so awesome, Tazard! Really clear pics of the plants with that freaky purple glow on the walls...!!!

[Tazard]

Thanks! Rather than using a blue light I forced the flash on the camera. I'm pretty lazy and that was easier lol.

[intergalactic_harvester]

lookin good bro. how you likin this hurry up and wait part? lol.

[intergalactic_harvester]

daaaaaaaaammm !!!

[Tazard]

I measured, was 45" last week (Monday) it's 52" now but yesterday they wanted just nutes for water used and today was even less than water used. So they are (hopefully) about to stop. They have been using more nutrients than water since end of week 1flower.

[Tazard]

If not I can always give them a good dose of the Top Booster (phosphorus). That should have triggered them when they got it lol.

[Tazard]

8/25 photos

[Tazard]

I am experimenting again 😂 I am trying IR burst at dawn/dusk and increasing light hours during flower for larger flowers. And using monster cropping (flowering clones see other diary) method with super crop defoliation and scrog goal is 6-8 oz per plant.

[intergalactic_harvester]

interesting...curious to see how that develops for sure!
dude ur pics are awesome.

[Tazard]

Thanks and I will probably find out pretty soon. I am adding 30m/day till get to 14 so if it doesn't work at 14h light I should know if they are revegging or not.

[Tazard]

Reflection of one of my LEDs.

[Tazard]

New DWC with integrated, expandable scrog

[intergalactic_harvester]

dude, you been busy! building is so much fun

[Tazard]

I didn't take it to the level of your DWC 2.0 but I only veg like 4weeks (in a small 6 pot DWC) then flower so I don't need top feed and nothing but the drain pump (remains in reservoir) for roots to get into.

Will also be nice not filling a 15g reservoir every week this should need about 6 and with only 2 plants shouldn't ever need more than a gallon per day.

The bamboo trellis will hopefully be able to hold the Acid Dough down.

One thing I do want to ask is about flower stretching. When I started flower my Acid Dough hadn't been bent over was 21 days old and 8" tall (super cropped several times) at the beginning of flower with 13 or 17 tops. At the end of week 1 flower it was 13". At the end of week 2 flower she was 15" end week 3 23" end of week 4 33" end of week 5 45" and end of week 6 52". So I guess my question is I have 2 clones I want to flower, fully rooted but no branches yet. However if she grows like her mother as I guess she should is there any reason I shouldn't start them flowering? Or would I need to wait? All 3 Acid Dough grew similar although obviously I cloned the strongest of the 3. Anyone please feel free to chime in🙂
intergalactic_harvester Sonnyhad alltatup

[intergalactic_harvester]

ok taz,
stretch is the issue here. how much distance do you have between nodes? if they are more than 2 inches apart you will probly want to research ways to control stretching.
defoliating and supercropping, light manipulation ( intensity, color spectrum), and im sure there are more...
hope this helps.

[Tazard]

Hmmm I'm not trying to make it stop I will be prepared for it. I want to know if I put this clone with very healthy roots but no branches yet will it make the branches during stretch or do I have to wait for them to not get a single cola. Oh btw they are "monster clones" taken on day 21 of flower. I'll post pics.

[Tazard]

I don't think any are quite 2" apart. Standard 1 quart mason jar.

[intergalactic_harvester]

ya, dont see a stretch issue, just the way she grows, lol!

you can top and train ur clones as from seed with the exception of manifolding. not clear why there, something about non symmetry in clones...
but other than that, once it roots its just a plant. branches should come with new nodes.

however... with limited height, i myself would NOT have cloned cuttings that long.

[intergalactic_harvester]

holy crap they look like 8 to 10 in the pics!!!

[Tazard]

lol because of the number of nodes I guess? Oh I know..... the net pots are 3" diameter for reference 🙂

[Tazard]

As usual I was impatient they now have lil nubs starting as branches.

[Tazard]

Gotta look close but they are there. Plan to put 2 in flower Monday.