Going big SOG:1000w hps 12/12 and conventional grow

just to name a few..

og kush 18 ( tub 1, it stands out on the far, bottom right, leaves are darker)
onyx ( pretty much the whole left side is onyx)
purple widow
kandy kush
pineapple express
waikiki queen

The plants in the first tub ( the huge sog) started
10/16 ( see first pic)
the white widow,strawberry ice , and super lemon haze was out grown ( possibly bad seed or genetics) by pineapple express and waikiki queen so I took them out, put them into some rooting formula. They aren't droppy so thats a good thing.
Flipped the switch on these plants on 11/1 to 12/12.

All of the plants in the 2nd tub started on 11/3. Now they are small for a reason... They have been in 12/12 their entire lives due to the fact that my huge sog tub was in 12/12. I am interested to see how much bud I will get from the 12/12 grow.

I will post more information about my grow soon. Next update I will list all of the strains that are growing and in which net pot .

shots took today..

 

If you aren't sure where each strain is located, just ask me and ill point it out to you but it goes something like this..
1.high quality bag seed ( top left pot)
2.la blanca
3.montaro blue
4.strawberry ice
5.high quality bag seed
6.sharksbreath
7.blue venom
8.purple widow
9.purple widow
10.bcn diesel (middle row, far right, right above og kush)
11.bag seed
12.kandy kush
13.rock lock(left) and road runner(right)
14.blue widow
15.og kush 18( bottom right pot)

 

tub 1- day 31 flowering

onyx on far left
pineapple express middle left
waikiki queen middle right
og kush 18 - far bottom right ( dark leaves, cant miss it.)

tub 2- day 29 flowering


tub 2 plants haven't showed any sex yet which is weird but its all good with me. I am hoping to get 1 oz from each of those plants in that tub

 

Took some bud pictures today, wasn't too close up but close enough to see some action.

took some og kush and onyx bud pics

It's amazing to see how far that onyx plant has come. 2 weeks veg and its that big.. just amazes me every time I see it. definitely clone worthy.

 

Had to kill a few purple widows because they were males. I really do hope i have one purple widow that actually turns purple so I can clone it and grow it out and make it self pollinate.

by the way, in my grow room, its smelling like chocolate mocha. I'm thinking its the onyx that is causing that smell because my last grow was onyx and it smelled just like that.

another thing, for anyone wanting to know.. waikiki queen is a pure sativa imo. it still hasn't stopped growing and its been in flowering for a month! YES!!! I'm going to have some head stash sooon. probably the end of January but i hope its sooner.

 

This setup is awesome! Some people clean out their systems when they switch over to flowering but I don't see any point. I'm just letting my system go all the way. If you have a lot of regular seeds, what I do is put 2 seeds each in one net pot, repeat with 15 net pots (thats how many I have in each tote) veg 24/0 for 1 week ( depending on the size of the plants) and then flower. It's a quick way to use all of the regular seeds,its the best way to get all of the usage of your light and you save some time by flowering quickly.

tote 1 day 36 flowering - 1200 ppms

tote 2 day 34 flowering 850 ppms

No signs of any nute burns so im pretty much set. the waikiki queen is definitely showing its genetics because its still growing! it will probably done in late January .

Thanks for looking! I cant wait til I am able to show you some dank budssss

 

Thats cool. Thanks for joining the journal


yup, I am a huge fan of foilar feeding. Those plants in the bottom tub need as much help as they can get since they started out 12/12 from seed.I figure that I should be able to get 15-20 grams off of each one of those plants since its a hydro grow and I'm foilar feeding.

perhaps some people may find the yields of those plants in 12/12 to be interesting.

 

its pretty easy to make! What I did was purchase 15 net pots ( any size), some hydroton ( or gravel since its waaay cheaper), air stones ( air tubes), 31 gal tote ( depending on how many plants you are going to grow) and a good airpump. what i did was draw a circle around the netpot on top of the tote cover and with a box cutter i cut it out. The hardest part is cutting out the holes for the netpots... its TIME CONSUMING!! If i had to do it all again, I would go with smaller net pots and one huge air pump.

I can walk you through the process though if you want a setup like mines or similar to mines.

I know for a fact that my roots are definitely entangled but that hasn't caused anything to happen to my plants and I don't believe that it should. Even if the roots are entangled, they will still grow since there is plenty of room in the container.

but really, this setup depends on how many plants you want to grow. there are smaller totes to choose from as well as bigger totes or buckets to choose from.

edit: found another grow that is setup pretty close to mine.. http://forum.grasscity.com/hydropon...wc-bubble-bucket-cfl-closet-grow-journal.html

 

haha, no problem!!

how smaller do you want to make it? like do you have a picture of what container you are going to be using?

 

thanks!!!

lights are coming on soon... ill post some pics


edit: Everyday, I see new growth.. especially on the 12/12 plants. the og kush ( far right in tote 2) is simply an amazing plant. The tallest of them all in the 12/12 line.

ppm 1200
ppm 850.
tote 1 day 37 flowering
tote 2 day 35 flowering

looks like im dialed in!

 

ok, those sativas are growing a bit too high for my liking so.. i bended them to create an even canopy thus causing the plants to use more light = bigger budssss

 

My pics don't do these plants justice. I gotta get a better camera for bud shots.