Obi-Wan’s Bruce Banger & Peyote Gorilla Grow

[Obi-Wan]

5 gallon DWC buckets with 4” net pots. I have all 4 tied into an external 5 gallon reservoir.

 

[alltatup]

Beautiful girls, Obi!!!

 

[Guest]

Obi-Wan i just switched to 12/12 today, started bloom nutes, and changed the spectrum on my light. I’ve got my light at full power 2-3” below what the mfg recommends and the plants are thriving. Should I start to lower the light gradually now or wait till I see flowers to move it?

 

[Obi-Wan]

Light heights vary by model and manufacturers so it’s hard to say, I’ve never used the TC1350 so I’m not sure what works best for the plants. Speaking in general terms I like to start my plants at 24” inches during flower with LED lighting and move them down as the plant can tolerate it. If your plants are thriving I’d give them a week to adjust to the new schedule, then drop it another inch or 2.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. Do you start dropping the light with the light switch or wait for flowers?

 

[Obi-Wan]

I like to wait for the plants to start stretching. I may have misspoke before when I said I drop the light. What I do is let the plants stretch to close the gap between them and the light. When they’ve stretched about 6”, I’ll raise the light 4”. They’ll stretch another 4” and I’ll raise it another 2”. I’ve noticed that every strain is different.

 

[Obi-Wan]

Day 8 of 12/12 and these ladies haven’t missed a beat. They recovered quickly from their defoliation last week and are starting to stretch vertically. This morning I did my first full reservoir change of this grow, switched to bloom nutrients and raised the EC from 1.0 up to 1.4.

 

[NickyChicks]

Looking good, they filled in real nice

 

[Obi-Wan]

Day 15 of 12/12 and I’m just starting to see the first signs of flower. I generally like to wait until week 3 of 12/12 to defoliate but with this group I did it yesterday.

Pics before defoliating:

And pics after defoliating

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[SoOrbudgal]

Look at the growth i'm so friggin amazed by these DWC grows.

 

[Obi-Wan]

I transplanted 1 fully rooted clone of each plant into Coco so I can hold the genetics until I see how they finish. As of now I can see that Bruce Banger A and Peyote Gorilla B are stretching at similar rates, the same can be said for Bruce Banger B and Peyote Gorilla A. Ideally I could pair my keepers from the 2 strains like this, it would make future canopy management easier.

 

[Obi-Wan]

Day 29 of 12/12 and girls are mostly happy. As with my other spaces, the cooler temps are slowing things down. No real issues to speak of just slow growth. The HPS bulb was installed on day 21.

 

[JohnEmad]

Still looks like big healthy plants even with the cooler temps.

 

[Obi-Wan]

Day 35 of 12/12. The Bruce Bangers are impressive, nicely stacked and producing evenly sized buds top to bottom. The Peyote Gorilla buds aren’t quite as large at this point but they surprisingly frosty for this stage. EC is 1.7 and pH is 5.8. It’s day 29 for this reservoir, with the pH and EC remaining fairly stable I’m gonna push it another week before I do another full change.

 

[Obi-Wan]

Pics

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

day 29 and go another week, NICE

mine start getting a little funky around 23 days (need more res diligence on my part)

 

[Obi-Wan]

Day 42 of 12/12 and I did a full reservoir change this morning with EC set to 1.6 and pH at 5.8. The girls are just doing their thing.

 

[Obi-Wan]

Day 57 of 12/12, it’s been a couple weeks since my last update but there really hasn’t been anything to update. The girls are just flowering.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Oh just a field of bud no big deal " the girls are just flowering" LOL just kidding this looks great. House bound bonus...….smelling the flowers we are loving it.

 

[Motoman15]

I've done 2 Peyote Gorilla grows ,needed plant yoyos both grows. Frostiest buds I've ever grown.