DaGambler's 4k HPS 99 Plant Hempy Grow

[DaGambler]

-P-I-C-T-U-R-E---U-P-D-A-T-E- (ONE)

Pic 1: Day 32 for the first batch of clones. 112 total after killing off all the Power Skunk and White Widow.

Pic 2: Day 22 for the second batch of clones. 120 total, all survived.

Pic 3: Some of the smaller Day 22 clones.

Pic 4: Some Datura Stramonium seedlings at 21 days... which will be going outside soon. I won't be wasting indoor space on these. the first leaves are the cotyledon (or primitive leaves) like with mary j. the second set of leaves look more like the varieties true leaves but are just like spades and very symetrical. the third set of leaves begins the 'true leaf' growth - they are jagged and more irregular than symetrical.
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[DaGambler]

-P-I-C-T-U-R-E---U-P-D-A-T-E- (TWO)

Pic 1: Auto-flowering White Russian at 32 days.

Pic 2: Non-auto White Russian at 32 days.

Pic 3: Mr. Nice at 32 days.

Pic 4: Helicopter diagonal view of room.
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[DaGambler]

-P-I-C-T-U-R-E---U-P-D-A-T-E- (THREE)

Pic 1: N.W. of the "I" formation.

Pic 2: N.E. of the "I" formation. Some DIY plant supports visible. Made from 3' no-climb fencing. very sturdy, plants not going anywhere. split into 18" high sections. this is the auto-flower corner... they were already getting too heavy to support their own weight... and i have tons of air movement to strengthen the stems.

Pic 3: S.W. of the "I" formation.

Pic 4: S.E. of the "I" formation.

Pic 5: Down the center of the "I".

with not much happening during the first 14 days of the flower cycle... hopefully what i am looking at here is about 2 weeks of 'actual' flower time - with about 4 more weeks to go. i'm hoping that the buds get to be at least 3x as big as they are right now... and am still shooting for 4 lbs. from this crop though i am down to 72 containers after killing almost all the White Widow and all but one of the Power Skunk ('cuz i didn't like how they were growing or flowering).
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[just L]

dude great pics!!!!! im very impressed, keep up the good fight.

 

[420weedman]

thats killer man, what are the dimensions of that room ?

i spend enough time dickin around in my 6x9 room ... cant imagine playing with all ur plants

 

[BAYAREAMEDICAL]

ima roll the dice agian 2x's................ just started my new journal come by and check it out

 

[DaGambler]

thats killer man, what are the dimensions of that room ?

i spend enough time dickin around in my 6x9 room ... cant imagine playing with all ur plants

the room is 13' by 15' but theres a good 2' around all the edges... plus the 'divots' in the "I" formation that they are in.

ya, i try to get in and get out. but sometimes i find myself just standing there and staring at them
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[420weedman]

ya, i try to get in and get out. but sometimes i find myself just standing there and staring at them
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before, during, and after watering.... its so fucking easy to get distracted

 

[Thundercat]

Looks great man!! The plants in the second picture with the supports, look amazing. Is that the mr. nice?

 

[DaGambler]

Looks great man!! The plants in the second picture with the supports, look amazing. Is that the mr. nice?

all of the ones in that corner are Auto-flowering white russians... except for the one pot furthest on the left and the plant diagonally behind it (which are mr. nice). in the upper right corner of that picture there is a auto w.r. that is just lying against the cage. i think it's down for the count and won't be getting up again hopefully she continues to bulk way way up though. With the air flow as it is i really didn't think i'd even need any supports, but i sure do. bamboo stakes would prolly be better ... but sometimes you gotta make do. i didn't feel like rushing into buying 70 dollars worth of bamboo off ebay and getting 3x as much as i need. prolly will next go-round though.
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[Thundercat]

Good times, they look very bulky already, looks great man.

 

[DaGambler]

Day 34'ish of Flowering:

they are losing the occasional fan leaf a bit more often than i would like. the ladies are up to 1600 ppm every watering. they may not be getting all of it right now though 'cuz the bio-diversity and population of the medium is prolly pretty low. if/when i run out of organic G.H. Flora Nova nutrients ... i'll prolly go back to their 3 part chemical nutrients. also threw some blue mountain plant tonic (micro beasties) in there to try to jump start them a bit more on the organic nutes. (EDIT: the 1600 ppm has brought some color back so i'll be dropping back down to around 1000-1200 ppm for awhile.)

the ozone generator was just switched from 15 min. out of every hour -- to 15 min each for 5 hours, and 30 min out of the next 1 hour, and repeat (4x) daily.

the diatamaceous earth is still holding up well around the edges of the garden.
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[Old Frog]

Nice work man. Balls out is the only way to go from now until the mayan martians come down to get us.

Doing something similar in my neck of the woods, you should check it out.

+rep for the backpack you use to carry those gigantic testicles around... Looks like I'm into another sick journal ride!

 

[DaGambler]

+rep for the backpack you use to carry those gigantic testicles around... Looks like I'm into another sick journal ride!

i've built up a tolerance from an early age... no backpack is needed

checked ur grow, i'll be watching.
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[DaGambler]

40 Days (Flower) Clone Room Update

[IN THE VERY DRAMATIC BLACK AND WHITE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS]

Pic 1: Helicopter view of the clone room.

Pic 2: The 40 day old (large) clones.

Pic 3: The 30 day old (medium) clones.

Pic 4: The 30 day old (small) clones.
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[fdd2blk]

your floor is filthy. do you own a vacuum? lol

 

[Old Frog]

Fuck dude, that's the Valhalla of clone setups.

 

[DaGambler]

your floor is filthy. do you own a vacuum? lol

it wasn't in the budget

the good news is theres also some diatamaceous earth scattered around down there.
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[fdd2blk]

drop some beans down there. lol

 

[DaGambler]

Alright... so here's a quick BIO: (I'll skip the dryer parts.)

i started growing around 15 years ago. i was a sophomore in college and thought that a single outdoor crop would finance my entire college education. so i planted some (mexican?) bag seeds on an apartment balcony and eventually hiked out into the woods and planted them in a very fertile and lush area next to a creek. 50 total. within a week rabbits and deer mauled half the crop. so i start using amonia-based deer/rabbit repellant. down to 25. a couple weeks later bugs swarmed on my plants and killed several more. so i start using Sevin insect control. Down to 18. Half the crop turns out to be male and i kill them. Down to 9. shortly before harvest a police helicopter zooms along the trail leading to my plants and hovers directly over me for around 2 minutes. apparently they decide that i am just some wayward youth rather than a hardened criminal ... and they eventually leave the area and initiate no further contact. (I believe a couple guys on four wheelers spotted the plants and called it in.) So i go back again anyways and harvest my crop. It sucked. I made zero dollars and zero cents. But it did further my education, so to speak.

My next serious attempt was in a 7' by 7' room with a 1000w HPS and a 400w MH on a Sun Circle light mover. I was using (3) 4' flourescent fixtures for clone/veg.

After that i grew in a 7' by 15' flower room with (2) 1000w HPS and (1) 1000w MH... the clone shelves used a total of (9) 4' 2 bulb flourescent fixtures.

And the current setup is (5) 1000w HPS in a 13' by 15' flower room and (12) 4' flourescent fixtures over the clone/veg shelves.
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