Perpetual Grow - DWC/Waterfarm 432wT5 Veg, 600w HPS Flower

[duudical]

Oh man that bubba kush looks unreal, so resinous! Pretty sure ive got a couple of these in my collection too, may have to pop some and put them outside

And cheers dude, Im pretty sure i'll love the LEDs too hey, cant wait to get some beans in already!

So here is my take on the Humboldt Bubba Kush. I have only flowered the original seed-grown mom. She grew incredibly and flowered ok, but never put on much bulk in the buds. They were dense and the effect was pretty powerful, but it just seemed to give up at the end. Like it started to really turn it on and then just went limp. I think something happened to her so I am watching these three clones of her carefully to see how they finish out. They are very, very lush and healthy - more so than the mom for sure, it always looked a little weak in flower for some reason. These aren't in hydro either, so any root issues should be out of the equation as these hempy buckets just don't seem to have those kinds of issues. Her roots appeared pretty good, however they were kind of dull looking at the end - but I attributed that to being stained by the compost tea and some other nutrients that she was exposed to that seemed to do that in other plants. but their roots seem to clean up a lot more after a couple of bucket changes. We all think that they look better than the mom already with about 4 weeks to go. But even that I will have to watch. I took the mom to 10 weeks because she was in no way ready at the 9 week mark suggested. These might finish different under the LED.

Dude, that box and LED combo is going to be intense. Your lower buds are going to be getting some serious light!

 

[eastcoastmo]

Ahh thats very interesting mate, i'll make sure when i pop mine, to keep an eye on her towards the end. She sounds like a pretty good strain though by your description and if clones seem to do better, i'll just keep the mum in veg and take clones

Cheers bro, im hoping i can raise the lights up a bit, those hangers seem to lower them too much for my liking...i found some chain so going to try sort it out this arvo in preparation for some beans to go in this wknd
With the insulation in the box, my temps (on a -4 celcius night) still sits at about 18 celcius at its lowest point. The hottest it got was 26.4 celcius happy with those temps for sure!!

 

[Scroga]

The hso bubba I ran threw some, fuk! im dying beans ...

 

[eastcoastmo]

Did yours throw nanners Scrogs? Was it full blown hermie or just a few??

 

[Scroga]

I didn't notice any nanna, not full blown, just a few immature...let's say... 15 immature 5 viable...? Can't remember how much I kept and how much I gifted?
Still nice smoke regardless... nice indica that will give you slanty eyes instead of droopy eyes lol I don't even really know wtf that means but yeah great rainy day stuff...

 

[Scroga]

In all fairness I do remember touching and squeezing a few of the flowers... so yeah it was probably something I did?

 

[eastcoastmo]

Ha ha who knows man, they do it for a number of reasons hey! My mako threw quite a few because i fucked up and put the timer on random somehow for a few days, didnt take much lol.
The bubba sounds like a good strain either way mate, might look at popping mine in the near future

 

[duudical]

The hso bubba I ran threw some, fuk! im dying beans ...

Ha ha...perfect description. Mine did likewise. Nothing really viable though. Maybe one or two. I am watching the three clones I have flowering right now and haven't seen any male flowers as of yet, but going to monitor them closely. I actually wouldn't even mind if I got a few good seeds out of one or all of them...always an adventure when you just have no idea what could happen . My Blue Dream I am currently growing came from a seed from a hermied HSO BD (clone, not from seed) and so far she is so much more impressive than her mom.

 

[duudical]

She sounds like a pretty good strain though by your description and if clones seem to do better, i'll just keep the mum in veg and take clones

I can definitely say that the clones have much more conical shaped buds than the mom ever did. Her buds never real got chunky - they did get nice and dense, but their structure was much consistent from top to bottom rathe than that classic indica shape. So, who knows..

 

[duudical]

The Green Crack is shaping up nicely.

 

[eastcoastmo]

Nice dude, is that the HSO green crack? I think ive got a freebie of that too lol. I got way too many beans ha ha ha.

 

[duudical]

Nice dude, is that the HSO green crack? I think ive got a freebie of that too lol. I got way too many beans ha ha ha.

Yep....almost all my shit are freebies it seems now that I think about it (Green Crack, Desert Diesel, Bubba Kush, Amherst Sour Diesel, Critical Hog, White Lavender, Cheese...ha ha)...but they are all turning out pretty dope for paying nothing for them I guess I just cracked a couple other freebie seeds from the same offer - 1x fem C99 from G13; 2x reg Critical OG from Emerald Triangle. I didn't even soak them. Just placed them into root riot cubes in my cloning chamber the other day and all three have perfect little sprouts standing up. I am hoping one of the Critical OGs is a male just so I can try my hand at cross breeding and practice with some free stuff before going out and looking for something I would like to more pursue it with.

 

[eastcoastmo]

That's great news man, I've got quite a few humboldt freebies as well, glad to hear and see them turning out well

The critical og looks good too, should get some nice results if you do get a good male

 

[duudical]

Man, I will tell you...once that ASD takes hold with a good root system, it is everything I can do to keep her controlled. Grows like crazy. Same with Critical Hog. I top them and they just shoot two thick tops up within days and I have to tie them down and get creative to control height. I hope to replace my T5 with 2 of the LED fixtures soon which will give me some more overhead room for them. Under the LED they have plenty of room to grow, but the T5 area is pretty tight.

 

[duudical]

Things are going good. Running out of vertical space under the workbench. I will probably take it out soon and hang a total of 4 LEDs to cover a good 4x8 area. All of the begging plants are doing amazing. Growing really well and developing some thick branches and lots of good tops. The flowering plants are trucking along without any serious issues or concerns. Just letting them do their thing and giving them what they need.

Vegging plants


Shot of the flowering plants

 

[duudical]

Some more of the flowering plants.....

Bubba Kush buds. Seriously dense, greasy, stinky buds developing on all three of the BK ladies. I have seen zero difference between the Mars II LED and the 600w HPS. If anything they seem to be developing more inline with what I expected under the Mars II than under the 600w. But, again, I am not convinced the BK mom didn't have some tragic issue thrash her at the crucial part of her final stage. These are happy as can be and super frosty. At this point I am very impressed with the light. If a 900w LED will get me 600w HPS results, I am good with that. I think I might be able to get three of them in the flowering tent and flower either 10 plants the size I am currently running, or 8 larger 2x2 plants.


Sour Diesel


Purple Haze developing nicely


Desert Diesel. Everyone loves her when they see her. She is a sexy, smelly little tree.


Green Crack back in the corner.


I fucking love the Sage n Sour. Huge root mass and big towering colas developing. You can see her looking down on the Bubba Kush ladies below her. She has a LOT of buds and is very sparsely-leafed so they are all getting good light from the Mars II. Getting very sticky. I am thinking 13 weeks for her based on some research and her development so far. Can't quite identify her smell yet. Some people say it smells like the herb sage, but I haven't ever seen any confirmation of this and my understanding is that S.A.G.E stands for sativa-afghan genetic equilibrium and not a reference to the smell. Mine does not smell like sage at all - but maybe some really do, I don't know. I have some amazing clones growing of her that I have been topping and training to produce some more of these great colas. Hope I got a bomb pheno potency-wise - I have heard some great things about the effects.

 

[eastcoastmo]

Bloody hell mate, you have some seriously stunning ladies there, they are all performing very well I'm very impressed mate, loving watching your grows!!

 

[duudical]

Thanks Easty! I am super happy with how they are all doing.

 

[duudical]

Couple of shots of Bubba Kush buds....looking nice. About 4 weeks to go on this lady I think.

 

[eastcoastmo]

Gotta be happy with that man, looks dank as

When you first moved over to LED, did your plants take a while to take off? Ive got a few test beans that have popped up but are taking ages to open up if you know what i mean. They've been above ground for 5 days and still look like they just popped. Thinking of bringing the light down as its sitting at about 34" at the moment, was a bit scared i'd frizzle them lol.