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The offical 2016 solo cup challenge
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insomniaczzz
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I know there is no changing your mind. She is so beautiful, I wish you'd transplant her now.
Have your fun.........sigh.
Have your fun.........sigh.
Gordo41
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Awww, I'm so sorry to disappoint you, but my mind is made up,,,besides I already have too many plants to take care of as it is.and no room at the inn. I usually only grow one or two plants at a time because i dont have the need for weed but i ran out and my patients are in need right now, so i have to catch up with the need of my friends. After this grow i can cut back to one plant a month to harvest.
johnnie mojo
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I would love to learn how you or what you did to make your plant look like that.
Royal Nugs
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Muahahaha.... muahahahaha..... time to make her suffer!
Reminds me of Asian women binding their feet back in the day. Poor roots are gonna spin in that little cup. Should be cool.
Reminds me of Asian women binding their feet back in the day. Poor roots are gonna spin in that little cup. Should be cool.
NebulaHaze
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I did one like that once, I got 0.75 oz dried bud from it 
I definitely wouldn't recommend it for efficiency or yields, but it definitely was fun! Here's a video of the unveiling of the roots! This was one of my first few grows and I remember feeling so proud!
I added perlite to the bottom 20% of the cup because I mistakenly thought it might add extra "drainage" but overall I think it just reduced the amount of root space even more because the roots didn't grow in it at all! If I ever did this again, I would use less perlite, more coco, and I'd make sure everything was thoroughly mixed together. The solo cup definitely keeps a plant much smaller than it would be if the roots were allowed to spread out, so your yields will be far lower than they could be in the same time and space. But I think the novelty of a tiny plant is part of why it's fun to do a solo cup grow, especially if you have a spare seed and some extra space on the edge of a grow tent!
I definitely wouldn't recommend it for efficiency or yields, but it definitely was fun! Here's a video of the unveiling of the roots! This was one of my first few grows and I remember feeling so proud!I added perlite to the bottom 20% of the cup because I mistakenly thought it might add extra "drainage" but overall I think it just reduced the amount of root space even more because the roots didn't grow in it at all! If I ever did this again, I would use less perlite, more coco, and I'd make sure everything was thoroughly mixed together. The solo cup definitely keeps a plant much smaller than it would be if the roots were allowed to spread out, so your yields will be far lower than they could be in the same time and space. But I think the novelty of a tiny plant is part of why it's fun to do a solo cup grow, especially if you have a spare seed and some extra space on the edge of a grow tent!
Gordo41
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Thanks for posting that, Nebula. I feel vindicated. You are right on about the reasons im doing this grow. And .75 oz is a lot to get off of a cup grow, nice job. In fact ive had full size plants give me that much. So not bad.
The girls look good today so I will post another pic here in a bit.
The girls look good today so I will post another pic here in a bit.
Gordo41
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As i have promised here is an update of how she is doing plus im going to include another plant to the grow that i have not talked about because she was not part of the challenge. She is an auto that i started at the same time as the contest girl and she is also doing well at this time.
i will keep her on 24/0 light sced. The entire grow.
Here's a pic of them today. The auto is on the left ( in the pic) and the photoperiod is on the right.
As i have promised here is an update of how she is doing plus im going to include another plant to the grow that i have not talked about because she was not part of the challenge. She is an auto that i started at the same time as the contest girl and she is also doing well at this time.
i will keep her on 24/0 light sced. The entire grow.
Here's a pic of them today. The auto is on the left ( in the pic) and the photoperiod is on the right.
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Green75
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Awesome..I'm so doing this on next grow...
Are you keeping them in cup forever?....I hope so
Let's do a challenge I will start when I am ready...we will use a cup a bit bigger tho...like a 20 oz. Winner is decided on ...the most colas...every bud will be cut apart at each node to reveal each little nugget...the most wins....
All are welcome to join this contest....It can be an ongoing contest everyone reports in as grow goes and then final haul...
No egos here just fun and knowledge and a cool thread to keep going.....
Maybe we should start a new thread for this as well
Maybe call it GWE CUP CHALLENGE ALL WELCOME...
I don't really care what size cup so if you want to use one of those plants cool we can use a solo cup ....I just wanted more bud...lol
Photo only tho...
What do you think....would you mind starting a new thread?
I hope you accept...
Ps...you can enter as many plants as you want..whenever you want to
No vegging...sprout right into flower
.....I'm already excited...lol
Are you keeping them in cup forever?....I hope so
Let's do a challenge I will start when I am ready...we will use a cup a bit bigger tho...like a 20 oz. Winner is decided on ...the most colas...every bud will be cut apart at each node to reveal each little nugget...the most wins....
All are welcome to join this contest....It can be an ongoing contest everyone reports in as grow goes and then final haul...
No egos here just fun and knowledge and a cool thread to keep going.....
Maybe we should start a new thread for this as well
Maybe call it GWE CUP CHALLENGE ALL WELCOME...
I don't really care what size cup so if you want to use one of those plants cool we can use a solo cup ....I just wanted more bud...lol
Photo only tho...
What do you think....would you mind starting a new thread?
I hope you accept...
Ps...you can enter as many plants as you want..whenever you want to
No vegging...sprout right into flower
.....I'm already excited...lol
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Gordo41
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Ok, here they are after 21 days in the 16oz cup. They look good but are very dark green considering the PPM is at 300. I'm keeping the T5 light on 24/7.
the first pic on the left is the photoperiod plant and the one on the righ is the auto.
in 9 more days i will put the photo on 12/12 , but will leave the auto on 24/0 until she flowers and on to harvest. So far im impressed by how well they are doing.
any comments are welcome.
Ok, here they are after 21 days in the 16oz cup. They look good but are very dark green considering the PPM is at 300. I'm keeping the T5 light on 24/7.
the first pic on the left is the photoperiod plant and the one on the righ is the auto.
in 9 more days i will put the photo on 12/12 , but will leave the auto on 24/0 until she flowers and on to harvest. So far im impressed by how well they are doing.
any comments are welcome.
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Gordo41
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Here's an update for you. Im going to include both the photo and auto cup grows in this so you can see the difference.
the phot is still in veg while the auto is starting to flower and has grown a lot in the last week. It will be fun to see how much i get off the auto.
Here's an update for you. Im going to include both the photo and auto cup grows in this so you can see the difference.
the phot is still in veg while the auto is starting to flower and has grown a lot in the last week. It will be fun to see how much i get off the auto.
