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rikdabrick

rikdabrick

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SurfdOut said:
Hey Rick, How ya been? Those ones are a Purps x Columbian, they grow like a sativa but flower like an indica. Recycled organic soil.
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Things have been good. How about you? I lurk around the farm once in awhile and old haole's journal so I see you around; it's always cool to check out what the Hawaii crews are up to.

Your greenhouse looks great, but that PurpsxColombian really caught my eye. They have such a good looking sativa structure. Have you got to smoke any before? How is it? What's your favorite one you have going in there?
 
infamous hawaii

infamous hawaii

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Aloha everyone. I live on oahu and was wondering when is the best time to throw some plants outside to try and take advantage of a somewhat long season.
 
infamous hawaii

infamous hawaii

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Granddaddy Purp, Gorilla Glue 4, Chemdog, sour diesel. All clones

I would like to try and get the plants to at least 6' before harvest. Right now i have 3 granddaddy purps starting their 3rd week of flower. I put them outside at 4' and now they are currently about 5-6'. I would like to put smaller plants out and get a longer veg from the sun. Since we all know the power prices here are mento.

I also read on here a few posts back that you can put 1 hour of supplemental light to break up the plants dark cycle and this will keep them in veg. Is this true has anyone tried it yet?

thanks
 
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waterproof808

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infamous hawaii said:
I also read on here a few posts back that you can put 1 hour of supplemental light to break up the plants dark cycle and this will keep them in veg. Is this true has anyone tried it yet?
thanks
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This is how I veg and it works killer. All it takes is a couple cheap bulbs strung above your plants and flip em on either at sunset or a few hours in the middle of the night and you are good to go. The lights are there merely to disrupt the night cycle. I highly recommend trying it out once your plants are a couple feet tall.

I get faster growth, bigger plants, and faster transition to flower versus vegging indoor under T5. If you want bigger plants, use big pots or plant into the ground with amended soil.

If using pots, I highly recommend a minimum 2 week veg in your final pot using the supplemental/outdoor veg schedule before you let them go to flower. This will ensure any transplant shock has passed and you will get a more seamless transition to flower. I never had space indoor to be vegging in 10-20gal. pots before flipping them outside but it makes a world of difference when you dont transplant the day you flip to flower.
 
rikdabrick

rikdabrick

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infamous hawaii said:
Granddaddy Purp, Gorilla Glue 4, Chemdog, sour diesel. All clones

I would like to try and get the plants to at least 6' before harvest. Right now i have 3 granddaddy purps starting their 3rd week of flower. I put them outside at 4' and now they are currently about 5-6'. I would like to put smaller plants out and get a longer veg from the sun. Since we all know the power prices here are mento.

I also read on here a few posts back that you can put 1 hour of supplemental light to break up the plants dark cycle and this will keep them in veg. Is this true has anyone tried it yet?

thanks
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You can do everything @waterproof808 said and it should work out great for you if there aren't any major grower errors. I do my light interruption a little different, but it doesn't matter as long a your plants stay vegging. I have the lights turn on from midnight to 1:30AM and right now since the days are short I have them turn on at 5:30AM to 6:00AM too. I don't have to have them turn on at 5:30am in the summer. And I don't think any of those strains are sativa leaning enough to revert to vegging from clone even in the middle of summer, maybe the Sour Diesel, but I don't know, I've never grown it. The rest shouldn't skip a beat when you turn the lights off and flip them to flower.
 
infamous hawaii

infamous hawaii

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waterproof808 said:
This is how I veg and it works killer. All it takes is a couple cheap bulbs strung above your plants and flip em on either at sunset or a few hours in the middle of the night and you are good to go. The lights are there merely to disrupt the night cycle. I highly recommend trying it out once your plants are a couple feet tall.

I get faster growth, bigger plants, and faster transition to flower versus vegging indoor under T5. If you want bigger plants, use big pots or plant into the ground with amended soil.

If using pots, I highly recommend a minimum 2 week veg in your final pot using the supplemental/outdoor veg schedule before you let them go to flower. This will ensure any transplant shock has passed and you will get a more seamless transition to flower. I never had space indoor to be vegging in 10-20gal. pots before flipping them outside but it makes a world of difference when you dont transplant the day you flip to flower.
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Thanks for the info. Is one of those solar lights that you put on the garage enough. Or do I need something pretty bright.
 
infamous hawaii

infamous hawaii

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rikdabrick said:
You can do everything @waterproof808 said and it should work out great for you if there aren't any major grower errors. I do my light interruption a little different, but it doesn't matter as long a your plants stay vegging. I have the lights turn on from midnight to 1:30AM and right now since the days are short I have them turn on at 5:30AM to 6:00AM too. I don't have to have them turn on at 5:30am in the summer. And I don't think any of those strains are sativa leaning enough to revert to vegging from clone even in the middle of summer, maybe the Sour Diesel, but I don't know, I've never grown it. The rest shouldn't skip a beat when you turn the lights off and flip them to flower.
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Thanks for the info.
 
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waterproof808

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infamous hawaii said:
Thanks for the info. Is one of those solar lights that you put on the garage enough. Or do I need something pretty bright.
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Almost anything will work. The problem with the solar lights is that they can lack the light penetration to keep the lowers from trying to flower when they get tall. You might have to use multiple lights to let the lowers receive light.

It honestly doesnt take a lot of light though, even some dinky 18w CFL's that cost $1.00 at home depot will work.

Let's say you were running three of them @ 20w X 3 lights = 60watts/hour x 3 hours a night = 180w x 30days = 5400w/month / 1000 = 5.4Kilowatt hours x $0.45(big island energy rate) = ~$2.43 month.
With this schedule you could even run a 400w for 3 hours a night and it would run you less than $20/month.
Hope that math is correct somewhat. Anybody feel free to check my work.
 
rikdabrick

rikdabrick

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waterproof808 said:
Almost anything will work. The problem with the solar lights is that they can lack the light penetration to keep the lowers from trying to flower when they get tall. You might have to use multiple lights to let the lowers receive light.

It honestly doesnt take a lot of light though, even some dinky 18w CFL's that cost $1.00 at home depot will work.

Let's say you were running three of them @ 20w X 3 lights = 60watts/hour x 3 hours a night = 180w x 30days = 5400w/month / 1000 = 5.4Kilowatt hours x $0.45(big island energy rate) = ~$2.43 month.
With this schedule you could even run a 400w for 3 hours a night and it would run you less than $20/month.
Hope that math is correct somewhat. Anybody feel free to check my work.
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Your math is solid braddah. And yeah, depending on your spacing determines how much light to use and how powerful of light to use. The larger the spacing between lights the more powerful you want them. A buddy of mine with a farm in northern California uses 60W CFL's spaced ever 10-15ft. He uses some snap on water proof sockets on a string of stranded 12 gauge THHN. I got the same materials to run string lights. I'll post up a pic when it gets all set up which hopefully should be before summer.

Currently I'm using something like 5W Cree LED's and a LED floodlight from Home Depot spaced a few feet apart.
 
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