DirtHawkers first indoor aero/nft "stinkbud design" medical grow

[DIRTHAWKER]

Thanks Lion and soccermom,

To answer your questions.. I still do not have co2 yet. I think the buds developed bigger on this second one beacuse i started using filtered water with a lower tds..my first harvest that came in officially at just over 9 ounces (8 plants) was run all the way to the flush before i realized that my tap water was around 600 ppm...so beacuse it was so high, when adding the nutes,600 of the reading was dirty tap water. so now!!! from here on out its all just organic goodness and pure filtered fresh water.

 

[robotninja]

Damn, 9 Ounces from your first grow! That should be enough to reimburse the initial setup cost, or most of it. Screw getting a 401k, invest in the Stinkbud system

And yea, I bet your plants are loving the extra 600 ppm worth of nutes. That's prolly why the buds are so much bigger, but hey at least you proved that technically you "can" grow dank weed on hard water. Just not as dank as it could be.

You going with a Co2 tank next or co2 generator?

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Thanks robot..im probably gonna go with a tank.

Dude!! everybody loves my bud!
That organic taste is the bomb.
everytime i open the jars to burp, the whole house just explodes with dankass aroma!

I have a small problem that maybe the readers of my journal can help with.
I lost my clone unit menu, I always write a diagram of what plant is what on a piece of paper and pin it up on the wall. well come to find it fell on the floor and stuck to my shoe and i found it in the yard in the rain..lol
cant read it now. so now i have 24 clones and dont know which is which.. i wanted to start pumping the Cheese and the Redgrape beacuse they were so dank and yielded the best. the only way i can tell them apart is about 2-3 weeks in flower.
any ideas?

 

[SoccerMomZoey]

That's a bummer. I'm kinda blond, so it sounds like something that would totally happen to me! So I guess my idea may sound kinda blond too, but it's worth a try. You took some great photos throughout your last grow, with the plants in every stage. I know when they are that young it's difficult to tell them apart. But there are subtle differences that you may be able to match up with those pictures. It's worth a try anyway. You could make it a game and post pics of where you are at now, and see if all your "fans" can guess. Winner gets an ounce!!!

 

[torrey420]

I think the Gringo's advice is best, use plant markers you can put into the netpot, that way nothing can happen! Otherwise I would say its just a guessing game, just have to try and remember where you had stuff and what they looked like as babies!

 

[repvip]

Build another clone unit and clone them!

No matter what you will have to wait till flower to 100% identify them ladies.. might as well run extra clones so you can kill off the ones you don't want, and have extra of the ones you do.

Maybe you have an extra lid you could drill out twice as many holes for this time?

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

What a dilemma..LOL I guess what i can do is just label the next cuttings from each plant and wait to see what it turns out to be..then i will know whats what on the next batch after that.

Thanks for the tips...

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

almost done with the flush on my 2nd harvest.

My first 3 flower systems are only about 10 days apart,,
I need to get a handle on the timeline so that i can get back on the 3 week harvests... they grow so fast in veg its hard. the way it is right now after the first 3 are done..im gonna have to wait about 6 weeks for the next tsunami of buds ready to finish....does that make sense?

 

[GringoLoco]

almost done with the flush on my 2nd harvest.

My first 3 flower systems are only about 10 days apart,,
I need to get a handle on the timeline so that i can get back on the 3 week harvests... they grow so fast in veg its hard. the way it is right now after the first 3 are done..im gonna have to wait about 6 weeks for the next tsunami of buds ready to finish....does that make sense?

Looking amazing Dirt! It's funny, I think we are on almost the same schedule, I am also flushing my 2nd SB system, although if you remember, I had some issues which almost killed my ladies, so I'm harvesting no where near the amount you will, though I'm gearing up for the next batch which will be reaching to meet your awesome results!
kiss-ass

 

[offgridgrower]

yep, im having the same issues with my timeline although the reason for my timeline lagging is my aero cloner crapping out and stopping the clone production, but for the next batch i have to wait 4 wks from the last harvest, and the one after that is like a week, then the one after that is like 3wks, then a week, then back on regular schedule I hope!, your buds looks freaking awesome bro!

have you thought about reducing your veg nutes to help combat the over growth?

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Smokin a bowl for the stinkbuddies!!!

Yea its a tough call on getting back on the 3 week schedule.
Im gonna have a flower system ready tomorow,,the only way to get back on the 3 week schedule is to just wait and not fill the system for like 10 days even though the veg plants are 8 inches and perfect height. Seems like such a waste of time to not fill it up and move it into flower....

 

[torrey420]

Have you thought about adding a fourth system? Thats kinda what I am thinking about doing also adds another 5 harvests a year. I was going to do 4 lights, 1 for each system and some nice Mylar work. I'm just adding my 2nd ballast this week and the 3rd light, I'll add the 4th light after the first harvest.

 

[repvip]

Did your collective give you any hints on curing or drying/curing? Did they give a timeframe of how long it usually takes, like a month?

I am also 2 weeks out on some and having the same issue--just waiting to cure!

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Yea, they told me to hang dry it for at least an extra week then start the jars for curing. They showed me some bud that had been cured for 2 months and it looked almost white with crystals.

 

[jem]

I need some help dirt i am almost ready for harvest on my drip system i got the raidio shake microscope 60x 100x i can see clearly i am seeing the stems with the circle on top i guess those are tricomes what should they be cloudy or clear the circle part and the stem part or what. Mine are some cloudy and clear Also the white pistols are all still white they have to be 50percent red amber color right. I am six weeks into flowering i guess i will hold off another week before the flush. i am harvesting blue mystic northern lights and chcolope 8-9 weeks flower they say. I can't wait to throw stinks system in their i just built the andyman relay 50 bucks will probobly save your timer.

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

sounds like you got it going jem...you answered your own question..

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Well guys i picked up my new clones.
I went with
dabney blueberry
og kush (sfvcut)
sour diesel
green crack
bubba kush pre 98
headband

My last monster batch was put into flower a couple weeks ago...from here on out my plants will be under 12in when they go in to flower, and i will see the difference.
Im still debating whether or not i should build the netting on the frames. If i do what heigth would be best? and should there be two nets one low and one high?

anyhow.. just an update.

 

[Tronica]

im envious of that strain list

headband, sour diesel, 98 bubba...

drool

 

[Picasso345]

Nice clone list. Be interesting to see your BB vs Dutch Passion's Blueberry.

I've never seen two nets. I think if you control the tops the bottom follows.

 

[firecat]

How did your clones that you purchased handle the shock of losing their soil medium and being transplanted? This is something I'm worried about because they are expensive. Any clone baby casualties?