mr2shim
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Thanks! I was a bit nervous at first but the waterfarm is a great way to grow I think. Soooo much easier than dirt, although growing in hydro is a bit more fidgety.
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Holy Smoke: Strawberry Diesel - 400w Waterfarm
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mr2shim
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I'm going to try a little experiment. Everyday I have been refilling it in the morning and right before the lights go out. Well today I only refilled it this morning and am going to do so tomorrow morning to see if it grows faster with less water in the res. I'm fairly confident it'll fill the screen within 3 weeks. Today I counted 6 separate tops touching the screen. Still have a lot more to go including the shortest ones, the first nodes.
mr2shim
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Well.. Got to do some weaving this morning. Very exciting since it was my first time doing so. I moved I think 4 branches. A lot has come up to the screen in the past few days since I started 12/12. I was a bit skeptical but everyday that goes by I feel better and better about if filling the screen...
Here's a before and after..
Here's a before and after..
widowmaker31
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looking good just got through lookin at Dayzt's update....can't wait for my TD! gonna do a scrog as well........keep us posted! rep+
mr2shim
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Doing what? Growing Strawberry Diesel? I haven't came across anyone.
I posted a link to ONE thread I found with someone growing stra diesel, but it was back in April? I don't think they finished the journal.Yea his TD is looking great. I hope my Strawberry Diesel looks that good. Between primary, secondary and tertiary there's about 40 potential bud sites. I doubt they will all reach the light but it's crazy how many are reaching for it. There's 18 off the main stem alone. Smallest being the new growth which is tiny.
Also, the pH meter was a bit off. I reclibrated it and the standing pH is 6.1. The PPMs are at 840. Drank 1/3 of a gallon in 24 hours. Topped it off this morning and am going to let it drink without refilling until tomorrow morning again.
mr2shim
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How many plants are you growing and how far apart are they? With scrog I assume it's best to have few plants far apart to be able to spread them across a screen. I don't think people scrogging with 2-4 plants right beside each other is the correct way to scrog
My tent is 2X4, and my plants have about 24 inches between the bases. If the object is to get the stems to weave through the wire for huge buds, don't see why not. I've seen videos of grows with screens going every which way. Even saw a vid of a whole wall that was screen...so I may just do my own version. Good thing you're right ahead of me...BTW Posted pics on my grow...
mr2shim
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Then I say give it a go, couldn't hurt to try to scrog it...
mr2shim
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It's really starting to get up and go now. Didn't take any pictures before the lights went off. Will update with some new pictures tomorrow morning. Had to weave it again before the lights went out today. It's filling up the screen pretty fast although by no means weaving is anywhere close to being done. I have a good feeling I'll have plenty of tops by the time I'm done weaving. As I said before I'm going to stick with distilled water for the rest of this grow. Maybe look into a cheap water distiller before this grow is done because I don't want to go through installing a RO system here.
stinkbudd1
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look'n rightious bro you are on your way!
mr2shim
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Yea I have it running 24/7 now. She really doesn't grow at night like I thought she would. Most if not all of the growth happens while lights are on. She definitely drinks drinks more at night though. I'm not really sure if it made a huge difference or not. Either way I'll keep it running 24/7 until chop.
mr2shim
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It's normal. You suppose to run it. I turned it off for a while but with a stock waterfarm it's best to leave it running so the water doesn't sit stagnate.
mr2shim
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This is day 6th of 12/12. PPMs are up to 900. Res change tomorrow since it's already downed 2 gallons of water since Monday. Will up PPMs to 1100 and stay there if all goes well for a week or two then go up to 1200 or 1300. Need to do lots more readings about ppm's in flowering.
widowmaker31
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did some research and have a pretty swell guide for you......flowering week #1: maintain around 1,000ppm, WK#2: 1200ppm, WK#3: 1400ppm, WK#4: 1600ppm, WK#5: 1400ppm, WK#6: 1200ppm; if plant needs longer than 6 weeks of feeding (IE: 7 week strain, the 7th week is a flush week), repeat week 4 for each extra week.
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mr2shim
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Thanks! I will follow that best I can as long as plant is ok with it. Upping 200 every week sounds ok to me.
Going to do a res change Monday so I'll take ppm up to 1,000 then. I was going to tomorrow but I'm going to let it drink the water in the res until Monday without topping off, then Monday morning complete fresh nutes.