I dont know how many of these threads I have of, either un-finished or un-recorded grows. My last attempts didnt turn out very well. While the product got me lifted, the grows could have gone better. I bought this ebb & flow system and couldnt understand why I was failing at using it properly. So I came to the conclusion that the plugs werent deep enough in the pots and that was exactly what it was. Heres whats going down now...
Seeds were started off in Rapid Rooter plugs and all germinated successfully. I germ'd 3 Blue Mystics, 2 K2's and 2 Nirvana Mix seeds. The variety in the N.M. was Skunk #1, Afghani, Master Kush, Pure Power Plant, and Nirvana Special. I probably wont know what the mix seeds will be until they are completely trimmed and cured, or I might never know. Whatever.
With a total of 7 thriving plants, 4 ended up being males. 2 Blue Mystics, 1 K2 and one mix seed ended up being males. The 3 female plants are growing very well; however, the BM is kinda wimpy and there arent as many bud sites as the others, and the internode space is rather large. The K2 is looking fantastic, but I'm getting the idea that she doesn't like much nutrient solution seeing as how the tips of the leaves are curling down and very few have small burns on the ends while the other two plants dont have the same problem. The mix seed plant is also looking very healthy and bushy, internode spacing is short and there are plently of bud sites, no problems at all.
The pump turns on for 15 minutes every 6 hours. I am using Flora Nova nutes from General Hydroponics which havent given me any trouble since I've been using it on a few other grows. Although; I dont have the eye for differences in other kinds of nutrients, the plants look like they're loving what they have.
The plants showed their first sign of sex about 4-5 weeks ago. I had my calendar on my phone to keep track of dates and it got run over by a car while I was on vacation and seeing as how I smoke a fair amount of weed I forgot the day they showed sex, so this is all an estimate. Im gonna have to get a scope anyway...
Sorry for the novel, these are probably what you want.
Oh yeah this is my... Lighting- 400W digital ballast, MH for veg & HPS for flower, with 6" air cooled reflector. Inline fan and reflector duct for the light.
The girls
Lights on and off
Mix Seed
K2
Blue Mystic
My ballast
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