Purple Urkle - Looking For 1 Gram Per Watt
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Magnificient
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The grow has been excellent, which is what I'd expect out of you. I just put my own plants on 12/12 after about six weeks vegging. They seemed small to me but I can't let them stay in perpetual vegetation.
homebrewer
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Today is day 76 and due to the fact that I had some plants that needed to move into flower and replace these girls, I needed to chop at day 74 and day 75 (Sunday and Monday). The last part of the plant's life is the flush, which I personally think is over-emphasized by cannabis growers. I see a lot of posts and literature calling for a one week flush (and sometimes longer) when it comes to hydroponically grown plants and I can promise youll be leaving some weight and resin behind if you flush for that long. For hydro, I dont flush for more than 48-72 hours and that is very dependent on how the buds smell. If you paid attention to the look of your plant's leaves and the aromas from the flowers throughout the grow, you probably didn't overfeed and therefore don't need to flush very long. On the flip-side, if your buds at any time smell like nutes, youre over-feeding. One week after my last res change is start of my 48-72 hour flush. Ill drain off about 75% of the already dialed-back nute mix from my res and top off with pH adjusted tap water. This solution will be what flushes my plants. I'll normally let this solution run though my system for 48 hours (flooding and draining per their normal schedule) before I begin to chop. It normally takes two days to chop these plants so half the harvest gets flushed a little longer than the first half. They're then hung to dry on strings I have hanging up and in about 1 week, they'll be ready to move into bags to cure, which I think has more to do with flavor and smoothness than the flush.
I mentioned earlier about a revised GH feeding schedule that I've been putting together for the last few years and if you're a GH user and interested in the schedule, please don't hesitate to PM me. I'm not trying to keep it a secret but there are members on this board whom I don't like and don't want to help
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Below are the final shots of the ladies and the pictures were taken on Sunday. Towards the end of their life, they get a little 'sloppy' as they seem to have trouble standing up on their own due to the weight they pack on. This is the exact reason for the dow rods and make-shift string-cage I've built around the tray.
As soon as my buds are dried, I'll take some pictures and let you know how I did.
If any of you learned anything or just like decent pictures of buds, I've started a new journal comparing Dyna-Gro and GH. While I love GH, I use 7 different products in flowering and wouldn't mind cutting that back if the results are the same with Dyna-Gro. New journal found in my sig.
I cut back the exposure so the color comes out better:
I mentioned earlier about a revised GH feeding schedule that I've been putting together for the last few years and if you're a GH user and interested in the schedule, please don't hesitate to PM me. I'm not trying to keep it a secret but there are members on this board whom I don't like and don't want to help
.Below are the final shots of the ladies and the pictures were taken on Sunday. Towards the end of their life, they get a little 'sloppy' as they seem to have trouble standing up on their own due to the weight they pack on. This is the exact reason for the dow rods and make-shift string-cage I've built around the tray.
As soon as my buds are dried, I'll take some pictures and let you know how I did.
If any of you learned anything or just like decent pictures of buds, I've started a new journal comparing Dyna-Gro and GH. While I love GH, I use 7 different products in flowering and wouldn't mind cutting that back if the results are the same with Dyna-Gro. New journal found in my sig.
I cut back the exposure so the color comes out better:
CabinetBuds
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WOW!!
Looks Awesome man!!
Lovin the Purp!!
Thanks for all the help!
Looks Awesome man!!
Lovin the Purp!!
Thanks for all the help!
RastaMonsta
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you make it look so easy! awesome looking donkey dicks. i will be following up on your other journal.keep up the good work
MoppinSauce
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Looks mighty dank homebrewer. I never doubted it would though. Nice work.
LBCengineer
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very nice. doesn't appear to be a pound and a half there but my eyes have deceived me before! either way a topshelf product for sure. well done.
homebrewer
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Finals number hopefully coming in 7-10 days. My hydro plants always take longer than my dirt plants to dry since I'm watering up until the very end.
jamNburn
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WOW! I really like that setup! Would you send me a diy on how you did that.. I'm running a 400hps and would love to do that ebb and flow setup.. I have a basic knowledge of it but any inside advice you could give on building/maintaining it would save me tons of trouble.. Im in Cincy so I have access to plenty of home depot/lowes type places. Where did you get the cubes?
homebrewer
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Here are some pictures of my DIY Ebb & Flow setup. The mixing tubs can be found at your local Lowes or Home Depot (http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=19252-1569-ST3608&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=1226689&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=sim&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1), they cost $13 and are good for about 15 gallons. I wish I could have an even 20 gallons of res water but I needed something low profile and these work great. The dimensions of the table are 14"x41"x26". The height of 14 inches is only referring to the corners and not including the 2x4s supporting the tray.
Other than the mixing tubs and some wood, you'll need a pump (I use 250 gph), the flood and drain pieces for your upper tray (http://www.discount-hydro.com/productdisp.php?pid=185&navid=10), and if you noticed, I also have a male end with a tube coming out of the reservoir. This tube can be lowered to drain the res down the drain without having to actually move the reservoir from under the table.
I've also stapled cardboard to the open areas around the table to keep the evaporation rate lower, to keep light out, and to keep humidity down. As you can see by the first pic, I just use a trash bag to cover the front of the tray. Pretty ghetto but it works.
homebrewer
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The pump runs on a timer that local hydro store usually carry. It has the ability to turn on/off every 15 mins. That is also where you can find the 6 inch rockwool cubes.
hmm I think either I am wrong or you on you calculations 1 gram per watt is a monthly scale usually but maybe you guy's rate it different but in my terms 1 gpw would be over 1200 grams for a 600 watt! Just wondering not knocking your grow in any way as your plants look beautiful but in the past I have yielded 1000 grams in 8 weeks with a 1000 and thought that to be .5 gpw!
Any way nice job and keep on keepen!
Any way nice job and keep on keepen!
patlpp
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The way I always understood it was the gram/watt ratio is the dry weight to light used to produce it, regardless of the time because strains vary. Now you have something there though, maybe it should be grams per KILOwatt hours?
homebrewer
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I'm still waiting for the product to dry completely. The product was hanging for a week and when it was crispy to the touch, I trimmed it from the branches and placed in 1 gallon freezer bags to 'sweat' the bud. As it stands now, I've exceeded my goal but know from past experience that it will continue to lose water weight and will probably wind up being a touch short. Hopefully I'll get some final numbers and pics up by the end of the week.