My Growitup Greenhouse Grow 2010

[cruzer101]

Week 9 flower.
I shut off the water to the soil girls a couple weeks ago just cause they were not using the water. Their trichome's are mostly cloudy, I don't see any amber. Maybe it's the temps cause that blue dream went for almost 3 months and It didn't have any amber either. Lots pretty colors though. Hydro needs a couple weeks yet. I am going to pull the first three hindu kush and let the last two go until I pull the hydro. That should give me enough space for five G-13 and the Silver Jack mum.

This next round the plants are starting to flower at about 20 inches tall, that's like 30% larger so I think I will get the finished size I want. The silver jack clones will come out here in a couple weeks when I pull the rest. They are all in soil and over a foot tall now.

I'm not giving up on the hydro but I'm gonna put it away till next winter.

 

[NONHater]

The colors man the colors!

 

[AKRevo47]

^ for real!

still looking good cruzer. Im loving those purple plants! Its a sight that almost brings a tear to your eye because its so beautiful. bet it smells pretty good too!

+rep, when i can...

 

[cruzer101]

Yea, I love the colors these temps have caused. It's mostly the leaf but the edges of some calyxes are purple too. This got me thinking... What if you got some food coloring and added it to the res on a hydro grow or maybe wicked it directly into the stalk. Ya think you can grow blue plants? Maybe orange or gold? I don't think food coloring would hurt the plant.

 

[phyzix]

Yea, I love the colors these temps have caused. It's mostly the leaf but the edges of some calyxes are purple too. This got me thinking... What if you got some food coloring and added it to the res on a hydro grow or maybe wicked it directly into the stalk. Ya think you can grow blue plants? Maybe orange or gold? I don't think food coloring would hurt the plant.

I have read a couple threads about using dye, it allegedly makes the buds taste/smoke poorly. Black ash instead of white.

 

[jsgamber]

Wow. I've missed this thread altogether! Definitely scribed now! Thanks Gumball for getting me here!

Not to bring back bad recent memories, but just when I'm getting everything dialed in after a year, I get hit with this guy crawling on my roots. They look exactly like the pics you showed of your roots a few weeks back ago. One of my plants I discovered last night was covered all over the roots hanging in water. I had to pull her all the way out of the netpot and all the roots in the hydroton were covered! So much so, if I had just killed them and left them, I'd have pH problems for the rest of my grow and so my only option was to cut the roots away (they were trashed)! However, my 3 other plants looked just fine.

This morning though (and this is after a full water change last night) I'm discovering the same bastards in the 3 other tanks! I've just finished dumping the hydroton out and rinsing and spraying them away from the root mass around the root plugs. Everything is back in the system and I'm hoping the cure wasn't worse than the problem.

So have you had any reprisals of your bug problem? Have you only used the SM-90 and do you use it now for preventative measures? And have you also purchased some of those mosquito dunks?

Nature seems to be pulling all her punches while I'm just trying to get out of the gate! At least it's not 7 weeks into flower!!

 

[whodatnation]

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gumball]

cruzer, the colors are awesome!!! i love the short stout look what are you thinking these plants will pull, 2-3 zips per?? its hard to tell size, but thats about what i say. the hydro has more foliage still and makes it look like its fuller, but it could fill out more too. still awesome use of the sun in the winter!!!

 

[HotPhyre]

Hey bro your ladies are looking outstanding, im lovin the colors also.

What is the last month of flowering for you greenhouse.

Just curious b/c i have a greenhouse and want to flower a plant before the veg. months and wondering so i dont have to fight cold temp right now kind want to wait to the last minute lol.

Its a Blue Dream CLone i have been veg. for about 6 weeks in a 5gal. im going to transplant in 15gal soon

 

[cruzer101]

I have read a couple threads about using dye, it allegedly makes the buds taste/smoke poorly. Black ash instead of white.

Hum, I had some hydro I didnt flush right, the ash was black. Thanks man, I'll look into it more before I trash a plant.

Wow. I've missed this thread altogether! Definitely scribed now! Thanks Gumball for getting me here!

Not to bring back bad recent memories, but just when I'm getting everything dialed in after a year, I get hit with this guy crawling on my roots. They look exactly like the pics you showed of your roots a few weeks back ago. One of my plants I discovered last night was covered all over the roots hanging in water. I had to pull her all the way out of the netpot and all the roots in the hydroton were covered! So much so, if I had just killed them and left them, I'd have pH problems for the rest of my grow and so my only option was to cut the roots away (they were trashed)! However, my 3 other plants looked just fine.

This morning though (and this is after a full water change last night) I'm discovering the same bastards in the 3 other tanks! I've just finished dumping the hydroton out and rinsing and spraying them away from the root mass around the root plugs. Everything is back in the system and I'm hoping the cure wasn't worse than the problem.

So have you had any reprisals of your bug problem? Have you only used the SM-90 and do you use it now for preventative measures? And have you also purchased some of those mosquito dunks?

Nature seems to be pulling all her punches while I'm just trying to get out of the gate! At least it's not 7 weeks into flower!!

Hi, welcome to my journal gambler, I play a little hold'em myself.
Yea the bugs are gone. One treatment in the res and I sprayed with it once. Thats all it took for me. Roots look yellow but healthy along with all the dead bugs.

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

cruzer, the colors are awesome!!! i love the short stout look what are you thinking these plants will pull, 2-3 zips per?? its hard to tell size, but thats about what i say. the hydro has more foliage still and makes it look like its fuller, but it could fill out more too. still awesome use of the sun in the winter!!!

My guess would be about half that but you know I suck at guessing. I'll get a couple shots when I get them hung, didnt get to it today.

Hey bro your ladies are looking outstanding, im lovin the colors also.

What is the last month of flowering for you greenhouse.

Just curious b/c i have a greenhouse and want to flower a plant before the veg. months and wondering so i dont have to fight cold temp right now kind want to wait to the last minute lol.

Its a Blue Dream CLone i have been veg. for about 6 weeks in a 5gal. im going to transplant in 15gal soon

Thanks man, yea in my neck of the woods I got less then 12 hours daylight till the end of April. So If your in say, central cali that would apply to you too. I would give the Blue Dream 10 weeks to be on the safe side, 2 weeks to turn and a full 8 weeks flower.

 

[HotPhyre]

Sounds great dude, i live in cen. valley, near fresno.

Also ya i will have to start on mid feb.,

so i give it enough time and be safe to have the 10th week finish around the end of the third week in april.

Thanks for the info, cruzer.

 

[Danielsgb]

Wow. Great colors you got this time. Gonna be a good harvest.
Daniels

 

[jsgamber]

Hi, welcome to my journal gambler, I play a little hold'em myself.
Yea the bugs are gone. One treatment in the res and I sprayed with it once. Thats all it took for me. Roots look yellow but healthy along with all the dead bugs.

Thanks for the info. I did a bit more reading and the positive stories about SM-90 far outweigh the negative stories (once you throw away the ones from stupid people who tried to double their nutes, to try and "catch up", killed their plants and blamed SM-90)

I'm hoping this is a one time deal and after cleaning the whole area up I should be a lot better to go! I'm definitely becoming a huge proponent of prevention!! The hard part is learning about all the possible shit you have to prevent and keeping ahead of things. My girls have gone through a lot and nearly died in the beginning. They are only $5 clones. But every time they get sick and I cure them and then figure out how to prevent it, the knowledge I gain is priceless. No matter how much you read and study, there's nothing like rolling up your sleeves and getting down and dirty! (or wet in my case).

 

[Kaptain Kron]

hahahaha sounds so much like my little girl lol i have to keep kicking her out of the way im afraid imma run the skill saw into the side of her head or somehthing shes just the right height lol and loves to be in the way mmm sexy pics

Thanks guys, Yea, These are all indica dominate strains. I run it the mix twice (15 min mix and 30 min setting time) using the same water but I only get about 20 to 25% more the second time. I got a five bag set, Work bag, 150, 75, 45 and 25 micron. What i get out of the 150 I toss out, I get about 60% of the yield from the 75 bag and 30% from the 45 and just a small amount from the 25 micron bag so to save time I just don't use the 25. Once this Silver jack is done, a dominate Sativa, I will use the 25 when I do that strain.

Yea, Max sure is a character, He wants the ice and buds but he don't like getting his nose wet. He waits until I reach in and grab a cube for him. He don't like vacuums but comes running when I use a power tool. Even a skill saw. He likes manly tools. That's my boy!

 

[Kaptain Kron]

so i have to ask really how effective is sm-90 at killing bugs i know its supposed to be good for your roots my friend swears by it but i can't find any definitive info saying it kills bugs and this is mainly what i would use it for got some gnats right now. gognats isnt working or not working well.

 

[cruzer101]

Thanks guys, Yea I was skeptical of sm-90 when I read the ingredients but it was recommended here by loaded dragon. When I called my hydro shop they said it was a fairly new product but they have heard good things too. At the time I didnt use it but when I had the infestation I had some. Used it in the res and sprayed with it. The next day all I could find was dead bugs. I never had to get any dunks. Stuff works for me man.

Oh and yea, good idea keep the saw away from her head.

 

[Copycat]

Nice Hash!!! i got a 5 gal 8 bag set for x-mas but i still have yet to use them.

 

[jsgamber]

Thanks guys, Yea I was skeptical of sm-90 when I read the ingredients but it was recommended here by loaded dragon. When I called my hydro shop they said it was a fairly new product but they have heard good things too. At the time I didnt use it but when I had the infestation I had some. Used it in the res and sprayed with it. The next day all I could find was dead bugs. I never had to get any dunks. Stuff works for me man.

Oh and yea, good idea keep the saw away from her head.

Well I for one am sold!! I did my treatment yesterday and this morning, not only were there dead bugs at the bottom of the tanks, all of my dangling roots sprouted 1/4" feather roots all up and down the main root! I've never seen that happen before even at my best, and these gals are only supposed to be recovering!

 

[lonestand]

could one of you post a link to this sm-90 pls

 

[jsgamber]

http://www.nutrilifeproducts.com/products/supplements/inorganic/sm90/