3 Northern Lights (2 front and 1 back right) and 1 Moon Rock (back left). All 4 are photoperiods grown in soil using Fox Farm Nutrients and Advanced Nutrients Big Bud and starting Overdrive during week 6. The 1 in front left is about 6 weeks and the other 3 are going on 4 weeks.
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About a week left on the Northern Lights and she is looking frostyyyy!!!Comment
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First time doing 4 different strains. All autos. I have the front light rack lifted out of the way for the pic, but its normal position is a 45deg side light. (You can see how the lights are behind the plants).
From left to right we have:
- White Widow: She got sick and collapsed before her first true leaves came out, but I managed to save her. Sadly has a bent trunk at the base. Little short because i switched to bloom nutes a day or two too early.
- Cake Crasher: same nutes issue as the WW. Switched nutes too soon and stunted her.
- Donny Burger: bushy little bastard. Been easy to grow so far.
- Bubba White: she hit the stretch and just took off. Not sure if she’s suppose to be that lanky, but the bud sites are getting awesome light.
BTW…I’m a defoliator. I maintain my plants with defoliating that most growers would faint at the thought of it, especially since i only grow autos. So before people get too excited about it, i just want to point out that I designed my lights for the intentions of side illumination and being flexible with positioning. With the way i sidelight my grows, i get much better light penetration to the middle of the plant than could be possible with just top-down lights. So my defoliating is meant to help the little popcorn stuff be not so useless.
The individual plant pics are from before defoliating today, with the exception of the Bubba White, there ain’t much to defoliate from her as it is LOL. The whole garden view is after defoliating.
There are 3 things you must check everyday when growing in hydro:
1) Water level (How much h2o is she drinking in 24hrs)
2) pH level (change over 24hrs)
3) ppm/EC level (How much food is she eating in 24hrs)Comment
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Drphil69 the breeder website says it’s an “Indica dominant hybrid”.
Bluey The lights are my own DIY design and build. The output is 600W at the LEDs. There are four 48V DC drivers that add another couple of watts of consumption but not very much more. The cost of DIY was only about $900CAD (roughly $650-ish USD). My last garden (4 plants) yielded 1500g which amounts to 2.64g/watt.
My goal was to be able to adjust the light’s positions and heights to account for different size plants because, as we know, they come in various shapes and sizes. This garden is helping me to validate how flexible and adaptive the lights really are. The BW plant finally stopped at 39” tall, while the WW is barely 18”. Also note the BW is sitting on the floor while the other 3 are on rolling drip trays. As i mentioned in my post, when she hit the stretch she just climbed faster than any plant I’ve had before.
The design is also ideal for doing a big manifold since i can have the lights all be horizontal above al spread out and evenly high colas. (In theory as i have not done a SCROG yet) -
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So each light bar is about 30W?
1.5kg from 600W is a lot. Thats huge!. With top lighting only I'm getting somewhere around 1 to 1.5g/w of top shelf bud. It varies depending on veg time and different combinations I've been using. Last grow was around 2.2kg of premium bud and I got about another 1.5kg of average to laffy bud for extracts but normally I only go for premium bud and about a 1lb a photoperiod plant is the go and I can fit 5 comfortably at that manageable size under those lights in the room.
Bought a MarsHydro 1200W about a year ago, the cheaper Bridgelux version with the wifi control. It does 7x5 in flower pretty well. It's a great light and was about US$680 delivered. Wish I got two of them.
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Some more light p*rn of my lights in their sidelight positions and a pic of how i use the lights to start the plants when they are still wee small. With the lights layed out horizontal, they can be spread out to cover an area of 4’x6’ or 2’x12’ and have even light spread from a light height of 6-8 inches. If i change the DC drivers, i can literally double the wattage to 1200W but then they need some form of active cooling. The current design and wattage allows me to just use passive cooling from fans to help keep the LEDs from getting too warm. Currently, each strip will be between 35-39C and can be within inches of a bud or leaf and not cause heat burn.There are 3 things you must check everyday when growing in hydro:
1) Water level (How much h2o is she drinking in 24hrs)
2) pH level (change over 24hrs)
3) ppm/EC level (How much food is she eating in 24hrs)Comment
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Tales from the dark side … The Mazar
pollen collection for the boys starts today. I’ll have both pure Mazar I Sharif land race and some Blue Mazar Kush (Mazar I Shrarif X Blue Kush) seeds - all photo regulars to give away to any and all who want/need them; by fall harvest 💚
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Nice looking grow you have there BU2B.
Do you cut the boys as part of your pollen collection method? I liked to cut my males and take them indoors and hang them upside down with the bags on them. It would force the last of the pollen sacs to open with a low risk of contamination. I tried a few methods and that seemed to give me the most pollen with less hassle from the weather and other outdoor crap you have to put up with.
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