1600Kw vertical grow tent. Hybrid Aero/RDWC build.

[Jozikins]

Well I can guarantee you it wont hurt.... bleh, I don't want to clean my tent man! I really want to get my MH running over vegging plants again but I hate preping a room. Need more buds though! I only pulled 9oz off my two blue dreams, that is a pathetic gram per watt ratio for a 600w lamp, I need to do better! I need better vegged plants for better flowers! And I need some new god damn trays! 2x3 grow trays are fucking retarded, I can't believe my partners bought these things.

 

[stelthy]

Nice grow dude, you've had a few hiccups here n there but have gotten through it just fine Growing and Hydroponics is a learning curve to say the least. I gotta say the ladies are looking nice! How many watts are you running in Flower (total) ??

I also wondered why you used 10" net pots.. Personally I use the smallest ones I can find.. They take up less room in the Res container, so thats more room for roots and nuits etc

What temps are you Res. ??

Have you considered using a Dual Cool-tube and running a Vertical SCROG, its a great space saver and also an easy/ier way to control temps...

Either way, I am glad you have resolved your differences with your partner and look forward to seeing your next post/s - STELTHY

 

[drekoushranada]

Well I can guarantee you it wont hurt.... bleh, I don't want to clean my tent man! I really want to get my MH running over vegging plants again but I hate preping a room. Need more buds though! I only pulled 9oz off my two blue dreams, that is a pathetic gram per watt ratio for a 600w lamp, I need to do better! I need better vegged plants for better flowers! And I need some new god damn trays! 2x3 grow trays are fucking retarded, I can't believe my partners bought these things.

I can see how that would suck. How long did you vegg the blue dreams for? Im sure you will get your mark soon. I do find 2x3 grow trays weird myself! haha

 

[drekoushranada]

Nice grow dude, you've had a few hiccups here n there but have gotten through it just fine Growing and Hydroponics is a learning curve to say the least. I gotta say the ladies are looking nice! How many watts are you running in Flower (total) ??

I also wondered why you used 10" net pots.. Personally I use the smallest ones I can find.. They take up less room in the Res container, so thats more room for roots and nuits etc

What temps are you Res. ??

Have you considered using a Dual Cool-tube and running a Vertical SCROG, its a great space saver and also an easy/ier way to control temps...

Either way, I am glad you have resolved your differences with your partner and look forward to seeing your next post/s - STELTHY

Yeah I realized after the learning curve hit me that 10" net pots were a waste of space. I am going to run 6" net pots next time. I am using a 3" for the bag seed plant but it is freaking heavy and fell over. I had to tie her up. I am running 1200w total in the 5x5 tent. My res temps are 75-78f. I use the Heisenberg microbe tea and its been a life saver I guess. Because from what I read a lot of times is hydro without a chiller is a suicide mission. I dont even bother to check my res temps anymore. I have been really thinking about doing a big wall of bud for my next grow in Coco. I want to get a bigger tent also. Thanks for stopping by also.

 

[drekoushranada]

Well my scope came in and the trichomes on the ladies are looking really good. On 3 of the girls I see a good number of amber depending on the plant. Ranging from 20-40%. 2 other plants are a mix of clear and cloudy. Like 20% clear and 80% cloudy. How many days should I give all the plants in general? They all will have to come down at the same time because the flower room is the drying room as well. On my next set up I will have 2 tents so I can operate a bit better. How much do the trichomes mature once the plant is drying and curing? Because if I chop before 09/15/2011 I will have more time to cure. The 11th or 12th would be better for me or maybe before.

 

[SWUSAZ]

High amber count plant should be close to chop and if you must be finished by the 15th you had better take her like in two days as you will need at least a week with all that bud drying if you take them all at once I would think. The first ime I harvested at 40% amber when it was cured it was quite couchlock with 70% being amber after the cure. Get the sissors ready and enjoy as there will be many future grows and you can always play later. IMHO

 

[Jozikins]

As long as all your plants are mostly opaque you are good to go, but I always recommend flushing them out as long as possible, how deep are you into flush?

 

[drekoushranada]

Well I looked at some different part on the plants and its like 10-30% amber on some. But even though I see amber I do still see some clear. Sunday or Monday will be Chop Chop time for me. Has any of you guys done the 72 hours of darkness before harvest thing? What does it really do? I say nothing but I have not tried it so I cant really speak on it. I am 4 days into the flush J-Man.

 

[jigfresh]

With those amber counts, I personally would chop now. My first couple grows I was trying for mostly amber trichs, but I've found that having maybe 10-20% amber is the max that I will go to. To me the high is just better with more cloudy's in there. I don't know the chemicals and shit... something like ccb's or some shit, lol. Now I sound stupid. But whatever the chemicals are before they start to break down (turn amber)... I like those chemicals more than the degraded ones. But don't get me wrong, it's not like degrading from quality... maybe that was the wrong word, but they break down to another chemical that gives you that couch lock. My herb can give you couch lock no matter what the trichs look like if you smoke a couple bowls. So there's my take. I'd do it asap... no rush, just sooner than later. I don't think you can go wrong with your plan though... twill be all good no matter.

Oh, I've done 24 hours of darkness. Don't know if there is anything to it, but apparently the plants produce the most resin around midnight, so peeps figure if you give them a really long night they will produce resin even more. In my head, it don't hurt to turn the lights off, so why waste electricity. However... my room get's a little humid during lights off... and 72 hours of lights off would be a long time in a semi humid environment. You wouldn't want to go and get mold in the buds the last day before harvest, just to get a tiny tiny bit more resin. That would be a fucking disaster. If you have it dry enough at night, and the air is moving around enough... then turn them off. Save a couple buck on the elec. bill.

looking forward to seeing the finished product.

peace

 

[drekoushranada]

Heck I stay in the freaking south so the lights will not be going off now that I think about it. We have been getting a ton of rain also. The AK-48 is the one with the most amber. Its a straight indica pheno that smells of a awesome fruit. I am going to dry in my tent so I want to chop them all at once. Some may not be as good as other but this is my first grow and next time it will be ten times better for sure. Im going to go take some pics so you all can see them. I will post them in a few. Thanks for a the help RIU.

 

[jigfresh]

Can't wait to see. Man I'm stoked for you. It's so fucking awesome having a shit load of herb... it's like finally making it. Mom and dad would be so proud, lol.

 

[drekoushranada]

Well as promised here are the ladies. They will come to there final days between Friday and Sunday. Chop Chop!! Some still have a good deal of white pistils but oh well. I harvest on swell and trichomes. I am seeing on one plant that the trichomes are amber but a good bit of them are still clear. I mixed them up during seedling stage but upon research I pretty much identified which plants are which.
This is the Blue Widow. This is the plants with the best fruity smell. Its so hard to describe it. The trics on this plant is around 25% amber and The rest are Cloudy/clear.

This is the Bagseed. The plant has a bunch of pistils which gives it a fuzzy look. Much more than the breeder strains. The trichomes on this lady are 5% amber and pretty much all cloudy.

This is the Critical +. It seems like it was always on the droopy side. It may have needed more Cal Mag. Did not swell how I wanted to. Must of been a more sativa pheno. The trichomes on this one are all Cloudy for the most part.

This is the AK-48. This plant is living up to the hype so far and much more. Its a must for a new grower I feel. The trichomes are 30-40% amber and the rest are cloudy and clear.

The last plant is the Northern Lights x Big Bud. These buds are freaking huge. The trichomes on this plan are about 20-30% amber and the rest are cloudy.

Random pic of the whole tent.

 

[SWUSAZ]

Stuff dreams are made of. My Blue Widow seems to be more on the Indica side that yours maybe because yours is in flower. Congratulations on the first run and may I say quite an excellent show. I thank you

 

[jigfresh]

Well as promised here are the ladies.

Real nice looking. You did a hell of a job. Now get ready for the 'fun' part. Trimming, lol. I hate trimming.

 

[drekoushranada]

Stuff dreams are made of. My Blue Widow seems to be more on the Indica side that yours maybe because yours is in flower. Congratulations on the first run and may I say quite an excellent show. I thank you

The Blue widow is the smallest plant in the tent. But its the best smelling one for sure. It must be that Blueberry pheno that is giving out the smell.

Real nice looking. You did a hell of a job. Now get ready for the 'fun' part. Trimming, lol. I hate trimming.

Yeah thats the same thing I was thinking. But I will have me some dry ice hash for the friends to try until this stuff dry and cure. Hash is not popular at all around these parts of the South. For some reason they think its a different drug! Smh.....

 

[UnderCurrentDWC]

Man!.. that was a long read but well worth it!
I'm using those totes as well so I had to see what your experience has been with them so far, I also had to add weather stripping to keep it from leaking.
Looks like you've had great results with your UC system, I think I made the right choice switching over from soil..... we'll see.

Thanks for sharing drekoushranda & Thanks Jozikins for all the wonderful tips in this thread.

UCDWC~

 

[Jozikins]

Dude that is a sweet fucking system. Hope you don't mind me using your design and Dre's tubs, lol. Can you explain to us more about it? Anything out of the ordinary of UC?

Dude Dre, your buds look so dank and totally ready. That bag seed seems to actually be a real champion. And that AK48 looks so bomb, I want me some of that now. Blue Widow is also very impressive. It's going to be awesome having all that variety, I am doing more variety myself now for this reason. I wish it was as easy for me to find variety that works together like you did! Woot woot dry ice hash!!

 

[drekoushranada]

Man!.. that was a long read but well worth it!
I'm using those totes as well so I had to see what your experience has been with them so far, I also had to add weather stripping to keep it from leaking.
Looks like you've had great results with your UC system, I think I made the right choice switching over from soil..... we'll see.

Thanks for sharing drekoushranda & Thanks Jozikins for all the wonderful tip in this thread.

UCDWC~

Thank! I was lucky enough to get help from some great people on my thread. Yeah the UC kicks but like its nothing else but this is the only thing I have tried. I will do some Coco next run. What strains are you running?

 

[drekoushranada]

Dude that is a sweet fucking system. Hope you don't mind me using your design and Dre's tubs, lol. Can you explain to us more about it? Anything out of the ordinary of UC?

Dude Dre, your buds look so dank and totally ready. That bag seed seems to actually be a real champion. And that AK48 looks so bomb, I want me some of that now. Blue Widow is also very impressive. It's going to be awesome having all that variety, I am doing more variety myself now for this reason. I wish it was as easy for me to find variety that works together like you did! Woot woot dry ice hash!!

His system is pretty cool. Im so ready for everybody to try the dry ice once its done. Is there a DIY for the bag when it come to dry ice or do I have to actually buy the bubble bags? Everybody that seen the bagseed always say "what the hell is that/".. Haha. Its looks so great. What strains are you going to run J-Man? You will love the AK-48 and Blue widow. Now the Blue Widow is not a big producer to me but it makes up in smell and im sure it will in taste.

 

[drekoushranada]

Im about to harvest these ladies today! Im sure my first run at trimming should be a hoot......