joe blow greenthumb
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Here's my first shot at a hydro grow. My last lady was Critical Jack that produced 2oz dry. That one was vegged for about 3 or 4 weeks and was about 8 inches tall when flipped to 12/12. I took a clone from her around 1-7-13 but it didn't root for 3 weeks. It drank water continuously so I let her go. Once her roots were about an inch or two beyond the rock wool then I put it in the bucket.
My bucket is white so my first fill turned green. I covered another 5 gallon bucket in duct tape, filled with water and let it sit for a day to day and a half. I added one cap full of vinegar per gallon of water and used fox farm grow big and big bloom at 1/4 strength. She exploded and drank the whole bucket. I didn't top the water or add anything. When she had about a gallon left I switched her to the original bucket that I covered in duct tape and spray rubber.
That brings us to the current position. This time I upped the nutes to half strength. Still just ff grow big and big bloom. She has drank almost all of the water/nute mix so I just added one gallon of mix with one gallon clean water today.
Im using tap water left out for over a day and vinegar to ph balance it. Fox farm 3 part nutes, 5 gallon bucket, 1k mh/hps lighting, changing/filling water every week/two. Since I covered my buckets I haven't had any coloring of my water, lockout issues, or any other problems. I'm running 24/7 lighting for about another two weeks max. She's only been in veg for a little over a month now but already much much much bigger than my previous plants going into flower.
Ill post more pics and update as things happen. Feel free to give some helpful advice or input. Just remember that this is my first attempt at training and hydro. I can't put into words how much bigger, healthier, greener and better looking she is than any before her that I've had! With that said her are a couple pics of her. The top is even and she is almost 2ft across already.
My bucket is white so my first fill turned green. I covered another 5 gallon bucket in duct tape, filled with water and let it sit for a day to day and a half. I added one cap full of vinegar per gallon of water and used fox farm grow big and big bloom at 1/4 strength. She exploded and drank the whole bucket. I didn't top the water or add anything. When she had about a gallon left I switched her to the original bucket that I covered in duct tape and spray rubber.
That brings us to the current position. This time I upped the nutes to half strength. Still just ff grow big and big bloom. She has drank almost all of the water/nute mix so I just added one gallon of mix with one gallon clean water today.
Im using tap water left out for over a day and vinegar to ph balance it. Fox farm 3 part nutes, 5 gallon bucket, 1k mh/hps lighting, changing/filling water every week/two. Since I covered my buckets I haven't had any coloring of my water, lockout issues, or any other problems. I'm running 24/7 lighting for about another two weeks max. She's only been in veg for a little over a month now but already much much much bigger than my previous plants going into flower.
Ill post more pics and update as things happen. Feel free to give some helpful advice or input. Just remember that this is my first attempt at training and hydro. I can't put into words how much bigger, healthier, greener and better looking she is than any before her that I've had! With that said her are a couple pics of her. The top is even and she is almost 2ft across already.
