GreenX ~ Aero Trials ... Grow 1 (w/ Pictures)

[GreenphoeniX]

This weeks picture update comes a day early! ... But I'm sure nobody will mind.

So it's now Week 5 total and Week 2 of flowering!

Left: Last weeks pictures. Right: This weeks pictures!

This is the flowers forming on one of the small soil plants forming ... It seems to be a tiny bit further along than the Aero, but also on a much smaller scale lol:

These are of the flowers forming on a couple of the Aero plants (not so much flowers forming, more just leaves/new growth becoming very compact haha):

Hope you all enjoy this weeks update! ... Have had a bit of pH fluctuation but not enough to harm the plants. EC remains around the 1.7 mark Although the other day it was at 1.9 :S

Cheers All!

 

[DrGreenFinger]

hey gp, how are you preventing drip from the sides?

did ya see that thread lookin' for ya?

and blessings, bro'.

sorry you are lookin' great.

 

[GreenphoeniX]

hey gp, how are you preventing drip from the sides?

did ya see that thread lookin' for ya?

and blessings, bro'.

sorry you are lookin' great

I'm not following lol ... How am I stopping what drip from what sides? - The lid goes on, and there's no dripping coz the lid's on

And no I don't think I saw a thread looking for me ... I didn't know I was playing hide and seek with a thread :S ... What is this you speak of?

 

[DrGreenFinger]

I'm not following lol ... How am I stopping what drip from what sides? - The lid goes on, and there's no dripping coz the lid's on

And no I don't think I saw a thread looking for me ... I didn't know I was playing hide and seek with a thread :S ... What is this you speak of?

the thread? something i saw titled "greenphoenix where are you?"

about the drip, you answered the question. that large tub i made had heavy dripping to deal with. hoho riveted a piece of plastic, whereas i taped a sheet plastic curtain to the lid (cheap but effective ). i'd say you were blessed not to have to deal with finding a flood the next day.

 

[GreenphoeniX]

the thread? something i saw titled "greenphoenix where are you?"

about the drip, you answered the question. that large tub i made had heavy dripping to deal with. hoho riveted a piece of plastic, whereas i taped a sheet plastic curtain to the lid (cheap but effective ). i'd say you were blessed not to have to deal with finding a flood the next day.

Haha - Oh crap, I'd better keep an eye out for that leak with my next setup then! ... I do test these things before I set them up in my room tho, make sure there's no leaks... Hopefully my big container is as leak proof as this one!

I have not seen that thread haha. I'll have to have a look for it. Sounds random

If you find it again, post the link here, coz I can't see it anywhere??? Confusing! Are you sure you weren't just REALLY high? lol

 

[dspec]

woah gnarly bush. Shoulda scrogged em. Keep it up

 

[BuddyJesus]

yo yo plants are looking nice as hell man! Keep it up.

~Buddy J~

 

[GreenphoeniX]

woah gnarly bush. Shoulda scrogged em. Keep it up

Yea I was guna, but decided not to ... I did some LST and trimming ... But think I'll go back to the ScrOG idea next time! haha

yo yo plants are looking nice as hell man! Keep it up.

~Buddy J~

Cheers man!

 

[GreenphoeniX]

So it's 2 Weeks since flowering started, so later today (or tomorrow) I will be removing some of the annoying little under growth that gets no light and won't be any use to me, and trimming away some of the excess fan leaves that are in the way, this will be the final trim I do until it's time to harvest!

I'm one of those people who hate dealing with popcorn buds at harvest and usually just chuck them in the compost anyway, so that's why I remove them a couple weeks into flowering so the plant can put more of it's energy into the top colas and I don't have to deal with that popcorn shit later! ... And for those people who say pruning fan leaves is a bad idea - Look at those plants, it's not like there's not 1 or 20 to spare lol ... Hopefully the flush takes care of most of the remaining leaves in the end of flowering!

P.S - Wow it's the next day and I can still edit this post!

So I've done my final prune, sorry no pics, I took out the undergrowth (about the bottom 1/3 of the plants) and any pathetic stragly branches that weren't going to do a whole lot. The plants still look like big bushes but this should help the main colas to develop a bit better - and I won't have to deal with nearly as much of that popcorn nugget crap that doesn't even count as bud in my opinion - Makes good compost or hash though

pH: 6.5 - A bit higher than would be preferred but hopefully it will drop by tomorrow or I'll have to throw in some pH down.
EC: 1.7 - Seems pretty good to me!

Cheers all!

 

[GreenphoeniX]

Ok... So today, rotated the Aero Tub 180 degrees so that that plants got the fans and light from a slightly different direction. See told you they're still bushes after they had their bottom 1/3 of undergrowth removed

Here are some of the flowers coming along, still can't see much, still nothing all that impressive - but so many weeks to go!

AK-48 (Flowering Week 2)

Unknown Sativa (Flowering Week 2)

Unknown Skunk (Flowering Week 2) - Although those leaves don't look so skunky anymore, they were a lot wider when she grew in soil, hmm... Maybe a Sativa dominant with skunk smell type thing? - Oh well, I never cloned her so this is the last cycle she will see; moving onward and upward

Cheers all!

 

[baduso]

good stuff

 

[DrGreen007]

Ye Man Very Nice Did You Germinate Your Seeds Strate In The Hydroton Or ?

 

[GreenphoeniX]

Ye Man Very Nice Did You Germinate Your Seeds Strate In The Hydroton Or ?

Na, they were clones, just rooted them in a cup of water and then put them into the Hydroton.

 

[DrGreen007]

Na, they were clones, just rooted them in a cup of water and then put them into the Hydroton.

Ah Cool Mate Just Woundered As I Just Recently Tried For First Time And 2 Outa 5 Came Thru They Wer BigBuddah Cheese I Usually Go DutchPassion So I Was Thinkin Maybe That bb Are S..T lol If

 

[morrisgreenberg]

very nice greeny, those soil pots u got look like babies compared to the aero, you know i regret every day i germed some TW and church and put them in soil for mothers, bad idea its like watching paint dry compared to clones next to them in the aero, well done im gonna rep you for this

 

[GreenphoeniX]

very nice greeny, those soil pots u got look like babies compared to the aero, you know i regret every day i germed some TW and church and put them in soil for mothers, bad idea its like watching paint dry compared to clones next to them in the aero, well done im gonna rep you for this

Haha, yea man, with the soil next to the aero you can see which is more efficient ... You could always wash the soul off of those plants and put them into aero, will take a few days for the roots to convert into hydro/aero style roots, but it could be done - depending on size and age of plants I guess - wouldn't do it with flowering plants!

Cheers for the rep too! ... I'm guessing I'll get a lot more when harvest time comes, I'm guna guess those will be some decent colas! ... And with a 2 week flush there should be some cool Autumn colours coming through as the leaves become the supplementary nutrient source!

One thing I definitely don't see enough of on this site is Autumn Colour before harvest - People just don't flush enough these days! lol

 

[BuddyJesus]

looking good as expected buddy! I think i'm going to go and pick up the supplies to build a setup similar to this.. just not as big.

~Buddy J~

 

[GreenphoeniX]

So, it's week 3 of flowering now... Just going into week 4.

My light can't be raised any higher (it's almost 2 metres from the ground now) ... So I've had to resort to tying down any growth that gets too close to the light!

EC: 1.6
pH: 6.0

Some quick pics:

A bit of training:

Buds just starting to come along!

 

[baduso]

awesome bro
cant believe how fast they growing!!
any pics of the ones u had in soil or are they non existant now??

 

[GreenphoeniX]

awesome bro
cant believe how fast they growing!!
any pics of the ones u had in soil or are they non existant now??

The soil ones are existent, but no pics of them at the moment. I'm not expecting a lot from those, they are completely shaded by the aero beasts! lol