DDPs first attempt

Will do, I'm at the airport now so should be home in about 5 hours



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Made it home. Girls grew about 3"

And I could be wrong... But I think they hit puberty!

No new brown spots on the 5 bug plants but my little bagseed is almost a foot tall! And is getting some browning. I'll have to check it tomorrow maybe it wants a bigger home already with amended soil


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Looked at the bottom of the bag seed grow bag and it's infested with roots! bagged up to a larger grow bag. Here she is at 22 days

My tent should be delivered today, I may have a change of plans, my 2 biggest plants are 41 days old and my 3 white widows are one month today. I may wait 3 more days (foliar feeding kelp) clone the 2 big ones then flip them. Give the WW another week or two, then flip them.
I read I should not cut clones from a plant under 2 months old, I don't know if I have room if I wait 3 more weeks... Any input guys?
Oh I noticed roots at the surface and little roots (can't remember what they're called) growing off the base of the main stalk. Seems these two girls are quite happy. I would like to keep them gong for another harvest or two.


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I'm trying these plastic bags with holes punched in them. I got something like 50 of them for about a dollar. I actually got two sizes but had only used the small, for the bag seed I transplanted from the small bag to the larger.

I can't find empty 5 gallon buckets here. I bought 8 or 9 used buckets and it cost me about $40. I have used up all my starting soil, and have about 20 gallons of amended soil. I need more buckets and make more soil. I can have the peat and pearlite delivered, and either get a friend to get me about 100lbs of worm casings or else I'll have to make 2 trips on my motorcycle. Biggest issue is where do I keep the soil. Going to have to try and find a couple heavy duty trash cans, but will also need the buckets if I want to have another crop ready by the time my first harvest is done...


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So I got my gorilla tent. If I could buy local, the price vs quality(ignoring a foot taller) is a no brainer. But add about $300 for shipping and another $250 for import fees.... Ehhhhhh

It has so damn many ports for ducting it's awesome. The fabric and zippers are considerably better quality. 2 windows I think will be quite useful. Only thing I'm not thrilled about is I wish it had access door/flap/whatever on the sides toward the rear. That makes it easier to check plants buried in the back.

I forgot to get a timer for the new flower tent yesterday, and will get a ceiling mounted oscillating fan.

I'm planning to open bottom intake flaps on both tents, run 6" ducting from the highest point in veg and flower tent, and then out my exhaust fan and carbon filter in the flower tent exhausting straight up and out. I haven't reply researched 2 tents with one fan... Seems like a fine idea, my fan is more than big enough, any input?


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Yeah, 4X4x6 + 4X4X8=224 cf. My fan is I think 275 or 375 cfm. I have it on a speed controller set to 2 out of 5 and it's still sucking the tent in

I think the windows will be nice, I may have to get a watering can with a hose extension on the spout like you see on fuel cans for dirt motorcycles to reach the back 2 plants. I NEED to use bigger drip pans but I think hat will limit me to 4 maaaaaaybe 5 plants unless I find larger square pans to hold 2 plants.

It's so damn tempting to flip 5 of my plants TODAY, but I want to wait and let them grow more and get some clones going first. I was planning on playing in the gardening room today finishing everything up but got called Into work. About 45 kilometers and if course it had to start raining


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2 big ones came up March 1st, 3 WW came up March 10th.

Got the new tent set up. Put the filter before the fan and a short elbow of ducting blowing up out the top of the roof. I had a duct going between tents but there doesn't seem to be enough airflow. I removed the connecting ductwork and for some reason the new tent doesn't get sucked in like the old tent. I only have two inlets on bottom open, not sure if the filter on suction side greatly reduces the fans power, or my speed controller went wonky or what...
Another issue now is heat. Not sure if it is due to less flow or the MARSII 1200 puts off a lot more heat than the 900. Temps rose to 86
With all my plants, room is tight! I went and picked up a ceiling mounted oscilaing fan ( more floor space if I ditch my floor model. But it didn't come with an electrical plug or wire to hook up remote speed controller. Today is the start of the big holiday Songkran here and many if not most companies will be closed for a week.if it were any other week I would have the fan going and get a second exhaust fan for the second tent... Guess I will be "making due" for a week
Going to foliar feed kelp for 3 days then clone.


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They have stick in the US. Shipping to Thailand was CRAZY!!! I got lucky and they went against policy and sent 2 lights to me at my china hotel while I was there so I didn't pay shipping or STUPID EXPENSIVE import duties. They don't advertise the price but you can chat with them on Skype and their customer service is great.


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^stock not stick


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Aha! Problem identified and rectified. I took out my fan and filter, I removed the filter from the suction side and holly crap the airflow must have over doubled! There is not a noticeable difference if the filter is on the outlet side so I re plumbed the fan to blow outside the tent with the filter sitting on top of my veg tent. I will give it time to see if this fixes the increase in temp as well. I was really hoping to run only one fan for both tents but I may have to buy a second fan. About $200 plus the juice to run it oh yeah and making a second filter... Well maybe I can find a Y duct and run one filter on 2 fans...

I have my ceiling fan temporarily installed, it's suspended by a bungee until I can find a piece of wood to permanently attach.


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Shit shit shit! Just woke up Nd went to peek on the temp. Woohoo it's down. Wait a minute so Is my ceiling fan... And it took half a plant with it!

Ceiling fan came crashing down taking the top and a side of my big plant with it.

But I guess how I had the fan I stalled was blowing hot air from the light back down keeping the tent warmer than it should be. Time to rethink things


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