DangerousD's Bubble Bucket scrog Northern Lights

I let the main branches grow through about 2-3 inches then pull the back through a different hole that is further from the light. that way, the hole that was originally filled with that main stem is free to be filled by a smaller branch that will eventually grow as big as that main branch

 

thanks man, I'm really looking forward to replenishing my supply, it sucks looking for quality stuff where I live.

I'm going to order a dehumidifier for around $50, creeping up to 55%. I'd feel better with it around 40-45.

 

more growth overnight, starting to finish the stretch I would imagine, last grow these northern lights stretched around the 2nd week of 12/12 and the they focused on flower production. I see flower sites starting to pop up, sweet tits!

so, quick trivia question: you're working the register at the door of a night club. cover charge is $4 for guys. two midgets that are conjoined twins come to the door and give you a $20. what change do you give them?

 

day 17 of 12/12. lots of flower sites popping up. humidity up to 57%, so I'm ordering a dehumidifier off amazon tonight. ppm creeped up to 1800, so I knocked it back down to 1550. pH dropped to around 5.4, so I bumped it up to 5.9

plants look as healthy as any I've ever grown. keeping that trimmed under the screen sure keeps the plants energy directed at the canopy, which is just what I want.

I've had no signs of algae in the buckets and the sticky blue trap I have hung is lonely, as there have been no insects. last grow I got fungus gnats from the rockwool getting wet in direct light. there were a bunch of them but those sticky traps work great. only concern right now is humidity and I should have that down by next week

later y'all

 

day 17 pic

 

day 18 of 12/12

 

the water level in the 4 plant buckets is about 3/4 full. the water level in the rez (which is the same size bucket) stays around 2-3" above the top of the pump. Because I have 2 pumps pushing nutes out, the level in the plant buckets is higher. basically, the nutes can't return as fast as it is pushing it out. since the pumps run all the time keeping everything recirculating, the ppm is very uniform throughout the system. last few days, the PPM has been creeping up from 1600 to 1900, but I just pump some nutes out and replace with some lower PPM solution.

 

to clarify, if I shut the pumps off, the level of the nutes in the bucket is just at about 1/2 full in all the buckets. gravity baby!

 

more bud sites every day. plants in the back seem to be stretching more than ones in the front. I did some more trimming under the screen and trimmed a few fan leaves that were blocking bid sites. here's some pics from this morning

 

day 21 of 12/12

changed the rez tonight, ppm at 1400 pH at 5.7. humidity is up to 61% so I'm glad I have a small dehumidifier coming in the mail so I can get it back down around 50% or less. flowers are starting to really pop. 5 weeks til harvest!

 

flowers are starting to fluff up. I'm really anxious to see how this harvest turns out using this scrog. I feel pretty good about this setup and the reliability of the system, even if the pump stops it would be ok.

I think they're done stretching and the tallest branch is about 12" under the glass covered light. avg branch distance from light is about 18"-24". I tried to keep the canopy really even but with 4 plants you'll have some variation. the plant on the back right really grew a lot taller than the one on the front left.

later