CBD Grow

[RosettaStoned]

Any opinion on the led replacements for those?

[oldjarhead100]

Rosetta I run t5s for veg I have a 4 foot 8 bulb fixture , I can run all different bulbs never had a problem with them I buy at growershouse.com for the best prices. In my bloom room I hung 4 foot light bars by lightmetel they are 100 watts look at pictures in new grow room. I dont know if they help but they certainly dont harm any plants .I have only used the room for 2 failed grows (timer failed and reveged everything then I had a a male that pollinated everything in the room so now I have the next round in there at 6 weeks they are looking good but I found another male

[DingusKhan]

I'm also a fan of T5 lighting for the nursery. Cool, easy on your eyes, keep the plants within a few inches, and they will grow beautifully until they are big enough to really benefit from the blast of a thousand suns. On a small, medium sized plant, I think the lower growth benefits from the light coming from a wide area getting under the tops.

But I do a smaller version of what OldJarHead and Tika are doing in half of a bedroom closet.

[RosettaStoned]

Thanks for the input everyone. I'm just trying to figure out what will be the most efficient for my veg room. The wife will only let me spend so much a month on electricity 😂 that means I will be doing smaller grows along side if the 600 watt hps grows. No more dual 600s going at once. So, I was planning on getting some more LEDs. I think the ufo kind, but still doing research. Don't have the cash right now the real deal LEDs like Kind, or Advanced Platinum. I'm liking the roleadro (Galaxy Hydro) for now.
I was thinking of just grabbing another e39 wing hood and doing two 125 watt mogel base CFLs. Any thoughts on those anyone?

[alltatup]

The end of week three in flower in the small box. I'm doing a little strategic defol. to expose bud sites. I'm going to give them a two-day flush starting this afternoon.





The end of the first week of flower in the big box; there are 23 colas in there. Buds were steady forming this week. Little Mazar in the left rear is two weeks younger than everyone else, but she's hanging in there. The Afghan Kush smells heavenly.

[alltatup]

Cronk Yes, I have. I did a 3 week defol (I think you can see the before and after on p. 4 of this topic), and on a daily basis, I will clip one or two at this point to help air circulation and expose bud sites. If two leaves are wet and sticking together, I'll cut one. But they are still putting out leaves, and just began bud production.

[alltatup]

Thanks for stopping by, my brothas.

[Cronk]

right, I forgot about that one.

[DingusKhan]

Beautiful budlitos!

[alltatup]

Thanks Dingus: is that some new snack food you invented? ;-}

[DingusKhan]

Well now it will have to be! But I was just being silly, admiring your cute little buds in Spanish. I'm fluent, you know.

[alltatup]

No, no sabia...

[Tika]

As usual...Diving e. Keep on keeping on😘

[alltatup]

Two pics, first one Jan 14, and second one this morning after 2 day flush. I don't know how much they grew this weekend, but they had like a second stretch during the flush!! Plus the bud sites went nuts.

[Agentbuckwold3]

B-e-a-utiful ATU!

[alltatup]

Thanks, bucky!!!

[alltatup]

BROWN SPOTS ON LOWER LEAVES

This is only going on with two plants--one in each box, both 100% indica Kush. I don't think it's calcium deficiency cuz they are the lower leaves, not the ones directly under the light; it may be too much potassium.

Nebula says:
"Different strains of cannabis tend to have different nutrient problems. Some cannabis strains (or even specific plants) tend to use much higher levels of calcium than others, and so you may see calcium deficiency problems with one plant even when all the other plants (which are getting the same nutrients and environment) aren't showing any signs of deficiency."

http://www.growweedeasy.com/calcium-deficiency-cannabis

I'm not sure; the fact that it's lower leaves gives me pause. I have to give this some thought; I've been discussing it with UrbZ on his Topic https://forum.growweedeasy.com/forum...do-seeds/page6

I think I have to lower and adjust ratios of Bud Candy and B-52 to the MGB. But I'm not sure. Plants may need another 48 hour flush this weekend, adjust ratio of BC and B52 and ??? And I'ma throw some more water in there: ppm was 936 which is upper limit in hydro, according to the Nebstress: http://www.growweedeasy.com/ppm

Overall, though, Afghan Kush and Black Domina look healthy. I just don't want it to get worse.

[oldjarhead100]

damn girl I thought I was the only one with freaky shit going on lol

[alltatup]

You mean freaky leaf shit? You so funny, head100!!! Hell yeah. Ima have to really delve into some of the plant nutrition uptake info again, so I can get a better understanding of mobile and non-mobile nutes, etc., and plant symptoms.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Morning Alltatup, what some beautiful plants, How do you like those big pure Afghan leaves,?
Your right, some plants leaves will look differently than their sisters, that's getting the same dose, Funny ain't it.
I wouldn't worry about yours unless she gets a little worse, or maybe you could give her a little more cal-mag next feed.
Beautiful, healthy plants.

[alltatup]

D.A.A.S.69 Great stoners think alike. I just gave them some more water; the ppm in the big box went down to 775. I didn't measure before I added water to the small box, but it was around 150 after, which is low. Now listen to this: I realized that the lower leaves were spotting a little on the Afghan Kush in the big box ON THE BOTTOM OF PLANT, but in the small box, it was on THE TOP LEAVES of my Black Domiina. So I added a dose of CalMag to that box, and brought the ppms down in the other one. And if the leaves keep getting worse, I'll change out the reservoirs early this week--tomorrow morning.

[DingusKhan]

Dutchman, you gots to try this shit, will change your life!

[alltatup]

Yeah Dutchman, you gots to put this on, baby.

[Dutchman1]

Will try it when I get some plants an appropriate age. All young-uns right now. In an omlet sounds good or maybe........

[alltatup]

Jan 22 and today, Jan 26: seeing some older, lower leaf signals noted in a previous post, and a little clawing on some baby leaves; I'm going to flush them again this weekend starting this afternoon when I get home. Then lower nutes Sunday afternoon, and watch how they respond. I don't want bud development to be at a standstill.

[alltatup]

Cronk Sorry I didn't see this yesterday. I'm using AN as well: pH MGB, plus BudCandy, B-52, Sensizyme (& Hydroguard). I used Big Bud and Bud Ignitor for the recommended # of weeks. I'ma have to sit down with those bottles and see what's too much... I'll be interested to see how your plants react.

[Cronk]

alltatup keep in mind that Sensisym or any enzyme product is supposed to break down dead root material, exposing more healthy root to maximize uptake. When using an enzyme you might want to lower you base nutes considerably because they will be taking up more than they previously were. In theory, anyway

Also, look at Grow Boss's Perfect PPM calculator on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCQPaRqEaWM. This helped me understand ppm a little better, although take it with a grain of salt in your own situation. Still trying to get it right.

[alltatup]

Thanks Cronk !!!

[SpaceCat]

It's a nice setup you have there !
Do you hydrate your cubes using this top pipe and those hard plastic parts connected to tube ? What is the purpose of your neons if we don't need to light bottom of the plant ?

It's really neet, I will surely get some inspiration for my next buckets !

[alltatup]

SpaceCat That's my BCNL RoomMate (picture below). The lights on the bottom are T5s that go in during flowering, and they really do a lot for lower buds. Timer's set to water from above 2x daily.

[SpaceCat]

I had never heard of this company, that's a really nice growing box ! Which models do you have ?

I feel confused as I wanted to include low-level lights but I read that it was not really necessary. Did you try with and without ? Do you advice to include them ?
Also, how long does your timer waters plants ? Do you have a bubble system inside ?

[alltatup]

SpaceCat That is the model I have. They have much larger boxes as well. They say that the T5s increast harvest by 20%, but who knows? I always put them in at week three flower.

The timer waters for a few minutes; I have airstones in the reservoir.

http://www.bcnorthernlights.com

[alltatup]

CHARTING TDS for the first time. My tap water is 54 tds.
It's about time that I did this. Thanks to all the folks who have helped with that issue. I finally womaned up and learned.

Roomie (big box) week 3 flower; closet week 5 flower.

As I examined the Closet carefully this morning, I had a Eureka! moment: I need to put 4 plants in there with 2 colas each. What's happening is that it's over-crowded and the lower sites aren't getting enough light. I need to exploit that CFL bulb with fewer colas. It's definitely a micro grow space, and I just have to learn how to maximize its potential.

Girls are doin good in Roomie. Left front Nordle: I removed the smallest cola over the weekend: it was never going to catch up to the others, and it seems to me that the plant benefitted from the re-distribution of energy: the other smallish cola has grown more, and its top bud looked closer to the same size as the others.

[alltatup]

D.A.A.S.69 I am real proud of myself on this grow: I pinched off all kinda undergrowth instead of letting it go. And I swear the other smaller cola got bigger as soon as I cut off the runt... Maybe I was high tho...

[D.A.A.S.69]

Yeah, no doubt that defol. helps a bunch, but I got one that's 46days old an I ain't even took the first leaf off yet, I just been tuckin behind, I just wanted to grow one without topping an stuff. Just natural.

[alltatup]

Yes, and she's beautiful, DAAS!!!

[DingusKhan]

You sure fill those boxes!

[alltatup]

Small box is a wee tad too full--again.

[DingusKhan]

In the very best way!

[alltatup]

Defoliated like crazy in the big box.

[alltatup]

Thanks, DAAS: I sure hope so... I've never done it before.

[Tika]

Beautiful image!!!!!

[alltatup]

Thanks, Tika!!

[alltatup]

Buds are filling in, pistils are shriveling and turning yellow; I realize that I lowered my yield by trimming them up too high. I was thinking, more air circulation, better view just in case any nanners decide to turn up again, so I trimmed the shit out of them... And I overdid it. Lesson learned.

[POKEDSMOT]

Really great looking. I missed your grows. Great manifolds. Those colas are going to fatten up nicely.

[alltatup]

Thanks for popping by, everyone!!!
Tika you are a very aesthetic person. I always love the pics of your floral and culinary arrangements.
RosettaStoned I basically removed all the fan leaves for the end of week 3 flower. (And lollypopped a lil too much.) This was after I had re-read both Nebula's and NugBucket's tutorials on defol. I need to re-re-read; it's a lot to learn.
POKEDSMOT No manifold, just one topping during veg. I end up with six colas per plant growing. I cut down one cola on Mazar (left rear) because it was never going to catch up to the other colas, so there's 23 colas in there.
I haven't manifolded yet because I love topping: it's fast and the colas basically spread themselves out. I had to do very little tying down.

[oldjarhead100]

ATU you are going to have amazing kolas I do a hard defole during week 3 and they have always responded well
all that energy is going right to and only to those kolas