Subbed in. Looking great. I am especially interested in the C99. It is definitely on my short list and I am thinking about using it for my next grow. I have never actually had it, but have heard good things. Where did you get it and which breeder is it from? Keep posting.
Hello and thanks for joining in! As per the lineage.. Almost all of my genetics that I run are from MikeJ over at PeakSeedBC. This is breeder direct, and some extremely stable genetics at a very awesome price. The C99 is the real deal. MikeJ obtained some C99 F4's from Fizzle of Frost Brothers, who worked the line from the original Brothers Grimm C99's. MikeJ has since added 3 new generations, which would make them F7s I think? So far they have been doing extremely well for 9 days in! Pics to follow..
The older DWC looking much better, everyone is greening right up, newer growth looks great and even the older stuff has greened up. Waited a little too long to give then a feeding but that has been responding well, all much bigger than my solo girls started at the same time that are under the 400W HPS Roots More pistils on RPA Starting to green up The younger ones... All I am going to say is WOW! Day 9 since germ...
The Kushes and RPA are going into their own container today, starting to get pretty big. I think I'll start some LST soon Day 11 for seedlings...
RPA went into its own DWC in the HPS Cab yesterday. pH rose to 7.1 from 5.9 in about 24 hours so I'm relating this rise due to dissolved oxygen, seems pretty consistent across all my plants so far. It is now back down to 6.0 and PPM are at 470 She is shooting pistils everywhere already! Today I put both kushes into their own containers and into the LED Cab Kush Northern Lights Kush Skunk Everyone looking really nice so far I think!
Kush Skunk Kush Northern Lights Red Poison Auto Solos Jack Herer Babies- exactly two weeks old since germ Cinderella99
Really happy with the way things have been going in the garden so far. Making some slight changes to the HPS cab tomorrow, may borrow some lights from the LED Cab for now till I get the panel built Jack Herer- she is starting to take off. I'm going to take some clones in the next week, just waiting for the shoots to stretch a bit. PeakSeedBC Babies- they were starting to get hungry so I fed them the other day, old growth still kinda sloppy looking, but new growth all nice and green. Going to put most in their own container tomorrow. Kush Northern Lights- really liking the growth structure of this KNL, nice tight node spacing. If male I may collect some pollen to use on the RPA I think. Kush Skunk- wow. Super happy with this one as well. Sun leaves are nearly as large as my hand so far. Will give another haircut this week and getting flipped soon. I have a feeling she is going to be a hard one to contain, I better start my LST soon Red Poison Auto- she's about 16" tall so far and still stretching. I think this is going to be my biggest auto so far, despite the hot res temps she is going quite well I think
Babies- looking good so far Red Poison Auto- really happy with this girl so far, looks like she's going to treat me well. I will change her res tomorrow and give ¼ strength bloom nutes. Day 1 of flower will be tomorrow Kush Northern Lights- starting to get big. Going to flip to flower tomorrow, otherwise I would be able to contain the stretch I think lol Kush Skunk- surprisingly looks to be even more indica than the KNL. I really love this one so far. I'm going to take a couple cuts in case it is female, I want to preserve this one for sure. I also had to take out my HPS, it is way too hot, it works during winter but summer I just can't contain the heat of the ballast and lamp. I am building my own custom LED panel but in the meantime I out some UFOs in there and split the cab in half.
God damn DaS- that skunk is lovinggggg her home! I sense a mother in the works. Praying to the Ganga Gods for you mate That really sux about your HPS. You know that's the main reason why I stayed with CFL till I could afford an LED panel. The heat is just way too much in Oz unless you can run AC the whole time or you live in SA where it snows for most of the year. I've just had to bring my Sativa inside because she is nowhere near finished and we're about to hit spring in a week. Bagseed Sativa dominant (first ever) and Monday will be 3 months she's been flowering for. I really underestimated how long she would take. Woo hoooo! What's your new light panel your making!? Is it the 400 you mentioned? My 300 arrived! Yayyyyyy. I underestimated how powerful the 5w diodes are tho, at 22" from plants my little indica bonsai started to bleach. Poor little sensitive thing lol. But I can't believe how cool the panel runs! Will be buying more from Mars in the future for sure.
Haha thanks man, yeah hopefully it's a she, and if so a cutting will become a mother for sure. Yea the heat was just too crazy. I'm in Canada and its pretty cool up North here, but this ballast and bulb were making my whole basement heat up, of was too much. The LEDs are practically cool to the touch lol, slightly above room temp. Damn 3 months! That's a long time, that's why I try to stay away from pure Sativa's for the most part, I'm an impatient person haha. Bet its going to be some great smoke though! I'm building my own custom LED panel out of Cree CXA3590 COBs. I just picked up 5 of them, and will run them soft at about 250 - 500mah. I just bought the driver and heatsink and everything, just waiting for them to get in. It should pull about 150W and should be equal to my 400HPS in PAR W/ ft² New COBs. Layout and simulated heat signature of the COBs with my heatsink and fans. This is the best option to keep them as cool as possible
COBs and driver are in.. Just waiting on the heatsink and holders and then I'll have one badass light. Maybe this time next week I'll be able to power it up
Canadians are badass lol! The day someone brings out a self cooling HPS system that doesn't involve using a noisy fan or running your AC for 12 hrs a day,they'll make billions. But it's just not cost effective enough for me. Oz electricity prices would make you vomit. It's not even worth using the AC during summer. I'd rather stand under the hose with a cold beer (hydration of course) water prices are far less expensive lol. How did you get into making your own panels? I really want to make my own one day. I've seen some pretty impressive setups out there. Is there a point of reference as to how many lumens/watts cannabis can use up before it becomes a waste of light? I know they're Co2 piggies so I wonder if they're little light piggies as well? And I am THE most impatient person lol this is my first Sativa dominant grow. I only grow bagseed so it's usually indica dominant strains I find seeds in. I don't really like indica dominant strains, I have enough trouble leaving the house most days without being locked into a couch lol. So, 12 weeks of flowering later and she is just starting her trichome production now and is looking and smelling amazing. I want to say 3 more weeks but I just know it'll be more. I stopped feeding her N 14 weeks ago and she has not once complained. I'm going to try and re-veg her after harvest to keep as a mother, have never tried it so any advice you may have would be awesome. I had a dozen clones of her that I was going to do a gorilla grow with but,my mate destroyed them because he's paranoid so, she is all I have left. but- it's not over yet. She will make me proud I know.
Got any pics of this girl? Sounds like a nice sativa. I have only revegged once and it was a hashplant clone that started to flower, and it really didn't take well lol. I know lots of people have been able to do it, I'm sure it may take a while to revert but I can't see why it wouldn't work. As for the lights, I designed a similar plan yo what I'm building now about 12 months ago. I took some inspiration from Supra and RealStyles, but before I had even seen their threads I had a very similar design in my head. I just know a little about electricity, and like to build things on my own, this panel should pull about 200 watts and will last me about 15 years if I treat them right. I see better results with LED compared to HPS anyways, I don't know if it is because I have some pretty good panels and run a lot of them so the PAR/W is the same or what I'm not really sure how much light a plant van really use, I've never cared to look that up. I just assume they take pretty much all they can get because the sun is the brightest thing I can think of. This panel that I am building will be equivalent to about the same PAR W/ ft² as my HPS with ⅓ of the heat generated and about ½ the power draw from the wall. I should have my parts in by next week, so I'll take some pictures of the build process. Its not that difficult, just a little bit of maths involved
First day of 12/12 and I began some LST on the Kushes. Man these are already some stinky plants for now even showing sex Kush Northern Lights Kush Skunk Red Poison Auto Babies
That's auto is massive lol. Holy cow! Good work man- that's one happy happy plant those fan leaves on the skunk are huge man. Those puppies will be pulling in some serious energy soon. I'll take some better pics of my girl today. This is about 6 days of trichome production. She's very sparkly today.
Thanks man! Your girl is looking really nice too! She was growing into the light today when I checked on her to I started LST on the RPA as well. Damn, everyone is is looking great, I'll take some pics tomorrow. I gotta tie down new growth on the kushes because they exploded overnight