Dutch Passions the Ultimate Vertical Tree Grow

This grow is almost done but I wanted to show "The Ultimate" for its full potential. This is a vertical tree grow, vegged under a 600 watt MH for 6 weeks at 18 hours on.

System is as follows:

4 - 5 gallon buckets
30 gallon Rez
Grow Rocks
DWC with 60 gallons per hour of recirculated nutrient solution from top feed tubes for each bucket
110 litre air pump for 4 buckets and Rez
General Hydro Flora series (measurements based on 30 gallon Rez) as follows

Start nutrients vary from plant to plant so ive left that out. Start the nutrient cycle below once the plant enters into vegetative growth.

Veg for 6 weeks

Flora Micro - 120 ml
Flora Grow - 180 ml
Flora Bloom - 60 ml
Floralicious Plus - 30 ml
Flora blend - 240 ml
Superthrive - cap full
Hygrozyme - 240 ml...expensive but do not go without in hydro systems

Bud 7 weeks with 1 week flush

Flora Micro - 120 ml
Flora Grow - 60 ml
Flora Bloom - 180
Floralicious Plus - 30 ml
Flora Blend - 240 ml
Liquid Kool Bloom...30 ml weeks 1 & 2.........60 ml weeks 3, 4, & 5
Powder Kool Bloom...6 small scoops weeks 5 & 6.....the scooper that comes with it has a big and little end, use the little.
Hygrozyme....use 240 ml through veg up until week 7 of bloom
Superthrive - cap full

Week 7...flush with FloraKleen for 2-3 days...then empty and put fresh ph balanced water for remainder of week. I started using FloraKleen first because the taste was better and bud smoked easier when I switched.

I usually change nutrient solution every two weeks...only adding what the plants look like they need in between to the Rez. Each plant is different but a great starting point is about 1/3rd of the full dose.

Ph starts at 6.5 and I let it drop to 5.8-6.2 on its own.

That's about it, any questions just let me know.

 

Oh yeah, the Ultimate. I bought 5 seeds through the Attitude, all popped and 1 hermied two weeks into flower so keep a close eye...i caught it day one of showing so no harm done. The plant growth is crazy fast...I've never seen a plant add mass so fast. You can literally watch the buds getting fatter in a day. The smell is very unique, like a fruity fresh honey clean smell....very nice!

As you can see from the room pick, the pheno's are very different with height...but all produce fat buds. I picked the middle right as my keeper, it showed manageable stretch, fattest buds, and heaviest crystal coverage. So out of five, I've found a prize winner. I did keep cuts of the rest at my mates, just in case smoke was better from the others. Primarily I'm looking for the closest 50/50 indica/sativa which I think I've found.

Also, I use 5 lights in flower, all vertical...1000 watt HPS in the middle is on for the full 12. 4 - 600 watts are in the corners and alternated on for 6 hours in a straight line pattern. I actually run a FlipBox as I have two of these rooms running 24/7/365...the veg room is separate. If you are curious, the other room is currently running 4 Bubblegums from TH seeds. Veg room currently has Chocolope and another round of The Ultimate lined up when this finishes.

Pictures above are from weeks 5 and 6...buds are twice that size now and only 7-10 days away from harvest.

 

Here's another good shot of a few tops at 5 weeks.

 

Started chopping them down, here's a few pics of some of the tops. Initial guesstimate of total weight...I'm going to say 6lbs. off the 4 plants. The cut buds have filled the harvest room with a fruity black pepper smell. The last two weeks it will pack on massive weight and crystals...so don't be discouraged by the lack of trichomes if you decide to grow The Ultimate, it will surprise you for sure.

 

Thanks man. Yeah, I've been surprised by the lack of interest...but I'm not in this for rep. I just thought there would be some people interested in making a set up like this, the results speak for themselves I believe. Took me around 3 years to finally dial it all in, now I can leave for days and the op runs like a well oiled machine.

I'm popping Big Buddha Chiesel and Jorge's Diamonds #1 currently, I'll make a journal from start to finish and that'll probably be it for me....at least on here. In my experience, and I've been at this for 18 years, the ones who think they know everything don't know shit. I still learn something new every grow.