trichome fiend
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...someone, sometime ago ask to see the root system in my setup "using the panda poly cover"...this ones for you kid! 
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trichome fiend
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...also, the NLxBB 33 days into it for those interested.
Highhopes99
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Thanks tf, that was me who asked. Looks like a pretty big root system thx
Rick Ratlin
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Hey Al, here's my cool tube set up, works great! Thanks so much for your wisdom
Rick Ratlin
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Couple of Q's TC, I've followed your grows, is that just the perfect single cola strain? How do you get just a top to bottom single cola with no branching? The strains I run don't grow at all like that. I started my latest batch with the panda film over the tray as I have excessive humidity issues, no problems 1 week in. how's your cover working out?
trichome fiend
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...I assume you were directing your question towards myself.
...it isn't just a characteristic of the strain, but also the technique used to grow the strain that makes single colas....how long do you veg your ladies? Al's growing technique here is called a SoG.....we trip our clones into flower with very little veg life, resulting is smaller plants. A lollipop (pruning of the lower branches) occurs during early flowering to redirect all growth to the cola....hth....and get your light as close as possible (I aircool).
...what strain are you growing? I personally like to grow Indica dominate strains.
...the panda cover has been one of my greatest improvments ever to the op!
trichome fiend
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Trichrome, I notice you have some nitrogen toxicity in your latest pics and I'm curious to know a solution as I have had the same problems. I use botanicare cns 2 part nutrient formula. The directions recommend a 50-50 mix of veg and flower nutes during the transition. I recirculate my reservoir for 2 weeks. It takes roughly a week to show sex.
The first time I filled my reservoir to 1100 ppm using 500 ml grow and 500 ml bloom. This literally wiped out 4 of my weakest plants, and I got massive clawing on the rest. Next rotation, I went with 300 ml grow and 700 ml bloom. This time went a LOT better but I still have toxicity symptoms, mainly the claw.
My question is, what should I do? I have to have grow nutes in my res for 2 weeks. Should I lower the amounts to 200 - 800, or possibly put grow nutes in for only the second week of the first two weeks of flowering?
The first time I filled my reservoir to 1100 ppm using 500 ml grow and 500 ml bloom. This literally wiped out 4 of my weakest plants, and I got massive clawing on the rest. Next rotation, I went with 300 ml grow and 700 ml bloom. This time went a LOT better but I still have toxicity symptoms, mainly the claw.
My question is, what should I do? I have to have grow nutes in my res for 2 weeks. Should I lower the amounts to 200 - 800, or possibly put grow nutes in for only the second week of the first two weeks of flowering?
trichome fiend
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...the only thing wrong with my plants are, they have a little light burn....no toxicities here...I run a low solution, if you had said nitrogen 'deficiency,'...I wouldn't have denied that...my ladies usually look like they are about to die, when they are indeed about to die....I'll take my next shot with the light off.
...if your having plant issues I'd first make sure your meters are calibrated and accurate, then flush and start a new res....I've never used those fertz you speak of so I wouldn't be any help there...I use GH's, Flora series now days and I've never found any magic concoctions that are of any better performance....I've come to the conclusion that most 3 part fertz works out pretty much the same, the N/P/K are only slightly different between name brands...all the extra bottles of shit I've bought outside of the 3 parts became what-nots.
Lemon from yemen
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Where are you Alan? Where are you old son ?, help us please, probably gone sailing on his yacht. 
Rick Ratlin
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Thanks TF, I've followed al for a while and do all those practices with Blue Bonic, a indica dominant strain, and specifically, it looks like your NL*BB are all cola from top to bottom. Did you do any trimming at all for that batch, or do they just grow with no side branching. I air-cool also, about 12 inches from the canopy, and trim the bottom third. They veg no longer than a few days to establish roots, clones are cut about 6 inches, not 9, but with thick stems. Where can I pick up that strain?
trichome fiend
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...the attitude, breeder is World of Seeds, Northern Lights x Big Bud. I didn't lollipop at all with the NLxBB, but the clones were a little small this time. Good luck bro.
trichome fiend
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....what's your pH like?
Shwagbag
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trichome fiend
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... you can run any strain you'd like in a sog...but I like to stay away from the long flowering strains myself, they like to overgrow the table, which means a 'heavy' lollipop. I tend to look for 'commercial' strains
phxfire
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... you can run any strain you'd like in a sog...but I like to stay away from the long flowering strains myself, they like to overgrow the table, which means a 'heavy' lollipop. I tend to look for 'commercial' strains
Better question..
What strains have you been more successful with than others?
trichome fiend
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...sensi seeds, Big Bud....World of seeds NLxBB....world of seeds NLxSK....ofcourse the Pure Power Plant....Greenhouse Seeds, Trainwreck (highest yield).....Dinafem's, Critical +....Barney's farm, Blue cheese....Reserva Privada, Kandy kush.....just to name a few of the good ones.