Holiday Treats -(here we grow again)-

[Smoklahoma]

Haven't heard of the 4 inch gap. Best I could come up with was 1/2 below the net pot from all the reading about it before i started. I want my plants to look just like the beautiful plants that you have posted picts of your grows! I will drop the level tonight for sure! Going to be watching your every move as I am a week ahead of you and trying the PPP method.

[BU2B]

Nope, you're not seeing things. The leaves do have tiny little white hairs on them

[TOKABIGONE]

Hey BU2B put that bong away....they're too young yet, lol ! I know the little white specks are't trichomes but they look like it or am I seeing things?

[BU2B]

Update 6: 8.4.21
Not much to report really, however; the girls are 1 week old today. Here’s a few baby pictures.

and a rare photo of them in their natural habitat!

TIP: If you're just starting to grow in HYDRO and using DWC like I am, from this point you want to let the water level in your tubs go down naturally by about 4 inches. The roots should be well established by now and will follow the water. Within the next few weeks you want to try and stabilize your tub levels so that the water/nutrients is 4 inches below the net pot. This will leave the roots exposed to open air for the first 4 inches before reaching the liquid level in your tubs. It may not seem like much of a change but this 4 inch gap of roots being open to the air can make all the difference to your success.

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[TOKABIGONE]

WTF, i must be stoned, I swear there are trichomes on those tiny leaves

[BU2B]

Update 5: 8.1.21

Both babies have started on leaf set #2 and now have roots emerging from the net pots (root photos 7.31.21)

A few photo's from my last Banana Kush and Chocolate Mint OG Grow from 4 years ago (harvested the first part of December)
hmmmm... same strains, same time, it's like Deja Vu all over again!

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Pretty sure I can do better (I say that every time). My GOAL is always 1 kilo of dried and cured flower for every 2 plants.

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And the Banana Kush + Chocolate Mint OG 2021 grow as of 8.1.21

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[TOKABIGONE]

Pretty little babies! Why is everybody growing but me? I want some babies!

[BU2B]

Small update - 7.29.21

The babies on day two with new lids.

[BU2B]

Update 4: 7.28.21
First Official Day of the grow starts today. Everything up to this point has been in preparation of starting vegetation mode. I do note the date I start germination, the date they have germinated and been put in net pots, even how long it is until they pop their heads up after being 'placed' in the net pot; however I don't call it the start of the grow until the girls have kicked their caps. Now that the girls are 'seedlings' as opposed to just germinated seeds, vegetation mode can begin and the growing starts.

I've got to hit up the local lumber store at some point soon as I noticed this morning that both of my tub lids have splits starting from the center. The girls will weigh in at 8 - 10 lbs each when nearing maturity and that much pressure on a two inch hole that already has a crack is just begging for trouble. If all goes well 3lbs+ of that weight on each plant will be buds [wet weight] and that doesn't include weight from the stalk, branches, stems or leaves.

TIP: Should you ever find yourself in a similar situation where you need to replace a damaged tub lid, the earlier in your grow that you do so the better as soon root growth will make removing or replacing a 2 inch net pot from a 2 inch hole nearly impossible.

some may notice there's no update 3: I figured you were all smart enough to know it's the one between 2 and 4

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Banana Kush - Day One


Chocolate Mint OG - Day One

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I probably won't do another update until the girls are at least a week old or until roots hit the water.
Have a good one folks... and Happy Pharming!

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[BU2B]

Twenty hours in their net pots and heads are above the soil
7.27.21



As these girls grow they will be trained out as in the diagram below (top down) to produce 40-60 flowering branches per plant

If you would like a PDF copy of BU2B's PPP Method (graciously edited and compiled by grouchyoldman ) you can get a copy of it here -> PPP_123120.pdf

[grouchyoldman]

Two enthusiastic Thumbs Up! Show us how it's done Professor.

[BU2B]

I believe in the good things coming

[BU2B]

Update 2: 7.26.21
Time to get the babies in their net pots ... And they're off! For future reference the Banana Kush is in the tub with the orange ring around the air intake tube

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Net pots are a sandwich of ceramic stones, jiffy pod with germinated seed, ceramic stones.
The tubs contain: water, hydroguard, ph down, two cheap and cheerful 2 dollar aerator stones and are filled to just below the net pots.
Bubbles from the aerator stones break and wet the ceramic stones, which in turn keeps the jiffy pod damp but not wet. Stones on top, keep light from entering the tub.
The light is currently at 36 inches above the top of the buckets.

[BU2B]

If I mess this one up it will be EXACTLY like my wife says 'Well, that's the first time I've ever done that again!'

[SoOrbudgal]

Yes sir i do like your strains. I'm sure those will be just like you want them to finish. Good luck may your grow be carefree