Time to start Round 2 in the mini-lab! 1x Blueberry clone topped SCROG 2"x2" spacing 28"x28" screen inside to inside 36"x36" Tent 1x Mars Hydro Reflector 96 (200w actual draw) 1x Mars Hydro II 700w (300w actual draw) 1x 18 Gal. tote 2x 15LPM air pumps 4x 4" air stones 6" exhuast fan w/ carbon filter General Hydropinics trio Round 1: First grow, 36"x36" tent, DWC, LED, GS Cookies, Round 1 - 2x Girl Scout Cookies clones in 5 gal DWC bubblers flowered under the Mars Hydro Mars II only. LST and topped Round 2 I've decided to do a single plant this time, in my first grow, one plant crowded out the other, it produced about 132g while the other only 38. I have a blueberry clone this time
Back with an update and today marks the start of 12/12! I bumped up the nutrients just a bit too high and slowed her down for a day or two but I was quick to fix it. Blueberry is definitely lighter nutrients, this one has been liking .6 EC/320ppm max. It's now under both Mars Hydro lights, 500w actual draw in a 36x36 tent, it is intense in there. I had to adjust my cold air intake and cycle my exhaust fan differently to maintain resevoir temps. Doing this I now have 65*F reservoir temps with 82-85*F canopy temps and no active cooling for the water! This is with the help of my baffle. .
Thanks! The clones were purchased from a local shop and dropped into the netpots on 12/31/16, they went through a day or two of shock it seemed, first root cleared the netpot on 1/5/17, I consider that the start of veg because so far each time the plant doesn't seem to do much until the roots clear the net pot. So it vegged for a little over 4 weeks. It seems like a much slower grower than the run of GSC I did, however the stems are all much thicker. I'm hoping they will produce some quality flower.
Ahhh nice... i havent tried any clones yet.... but yours might change my mind haha cuz they look nice.
Nice Setup, Those First Grow Pics Are Beautiful! I'm looking forward to seeing how this grow turns out
Thank you! The first grow was very fun and I was very happy with the results. This blueberry is really starting to take off now though! It has an impressive root system already, I think it may fill the entire tub by the end if it doesn'r slow down! A few quick phone shots from today.
Back for another update! Tomorrow will be 2 weeks since 12/12 flip. She's coming along nicely! It looks like the flowers are stacking in nice and dense and she's in full stretch. I've stopped tucking them in, if any get out of control I'll just tie it down to the net some. Ph was dropping on me, I think a combination of salt build up and ec being slightly on the high side so i did a full water change today, hopefully the only one I will have to do this grow. I also doubled my air, I now have 2 15LPM pumps and 4 4" stones to help circulate the water around the massive root system it has developed.
Got a little behind with the updates but she's coming along nicely! 35 days since flip, about 28 days into flower ish? Still has a good 4+ weeks to go. Looks like she's going to finish at about 16" tall. The colas are not very long, but they are packed from top to screen and there are allot of them. They are fattening up nicelely too and Hopefully it will pack on much more weight over the next few weeks. I have some heat stress going on a bit when my temps were running high but it should be good now. The tent smells amazing and strongly like blueberry and grape.
Day 41 of flower, end of week 6 It is about 28"x28"x17" tall, most of the colas are in the 6-7" range. I learned a lesson with light distance and heat on this one. Turns out the white tips are minor light bleaching. I also scorched the leaves, many are crispy and curling in. The flowers seem ok though aside from the tips of some of the colas. I'm not quite sure what to expect out of this one but I'm guessing around 5oz. It still smells amazing and they have continued to fatten up. They should have arpund 2 weeks to go, hopefylky not much longer!
Your plants look great. I just stuck my clones in today; it Wil be a while for that sweet smell to fill my room do you have a PAR meter for your lights?
Thanks! I actually have a new project as soon as this one is done. Adding 2 more 3x3 tents, so 2 for flower 1 plant each and 1 tent for veg. Switching to top feed in rockwool, 5-8 week veg, perpetual. Should be a fun project! Thank you for the compliments! I need a new filter or something, this one worked great the first run but it doesnt seem to be helping the smell much now. I dont but it's blazingly brite in there!
I did a waterchange yesterday and snapped a pic of the roots in the empty tub. It isnt very good as the plant/screen can not be removed from the tent so I had to lift the top some to get the pic. Roots look nice and healthy!
Throwing up a couple pictures more for size, it's still throwing fresh pistils so it may get bigger yet but I'm not expecting much more. Everything has been phone pics so far, I'll bust out the camera next weekend maybe for some better quality pics. It's hard to tell but ypu can see some faint purples starting to come out in the flower in the last shot. Also checked the trichomes just to confirm she still needs around 2 weeks and they are still looking mostly clear/cloudy. I'm over 6' so don't have small hands.
Checked the Trichomes, chop day is here! Today is day 56, took a few pictures abd removed all the fan leaves last night and disabled the light timer. Today I'll cut the net strings, cut the trunk and hang the entire thing upside down in the same tent. More pics later today to follow. Here are a bunch of phone pics, some with flash to show the frost!