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Update.... Hi gang, we're about 1 week away from harvest, give or take a few days (yea!). The girls have been really packing on the weight over the last week, and I was hoping that would be the case. A few buds are now showing some Red hairs, and the girls are starting to stink quite a bit, we...

Hey 91, Question 1: It sounds like you are probably talking about Humic Acid. Dutch Nutrients offers a product called DNF Black. In a hydroponic environment humic acid supplementation offers many of the same benefits to plants that it does in a soil culture. Because hydroponics is...

Hey Hippy, You definitely want to get a light setup with an external Ballast, I made the mistake of buying a light with the ballast built-in and the darn thing weighed like 40lbs, big mistake. I now have a great setup from Best Grow Lights, and I have been very happy with it it. This is a 400W...

Hi Shaan, I have had great success with a product called Bio Green Clean. It has been my experience that Bleach and Hydrogen Peroxide are too harsh, although they do work. Check out Bio Green Clean, it is designed for cleaning Hydroponics systems with no toxic chemicals...

Update... We're coming down the home stretch folks, only 2 - 3 weeks left until harvest. The buds have been packing on some weight but not nearly as much as I had hoped, this is probably due in some part to the type of strain I am growing. I have been experimenting again with the Fert...

Hi Dr. that happens sometimes, lol If you have some pics I'd like to compare yours to mine. My top of the canopy buds look very promising, but the lower buds look like little "pop-corn" buds. I'm wondering why I just ordered a dozen Mason jars for curing, lol

Update.... Here's the latest update gang. The girls are now in week 5 of flower, with 3 - 4 weeks left to go. The major stretch has slowed way down but they are still growing as they are flowering. They are now 4' tall easily, and I have had to resort to Super-Cropping the highest tops because...

Shiva, thanks for the compliments. My other grows got fuc*ed up because I was using FoxFarm Ferts, believe it or not (massive Cal-Mag deficiencies). There is something in those ferts that just wreaked havoc with these more sensitive types of plants. Dutch Master Gold can make a rookie grower...

Hey Mongo, I'm topping off with pure water to let the entire tank settle for about 30 minutes, then I determine how much more ferts to add compared to my previous PPM reading. The girls are drinking more and more water all the time, it averages between 1/2 - 3/4 gallon of water per day. There...

Update... The girls are doing much better than I could have ever imagined, although they are stretching way too much. Right after I took these pictures I had to perform some LST on the highest growing branches because I have literally run out of vertical grow space. I mentioned this before...

Update.... The girls continue to display explosive growth, and way more than I have ever seen with previous grows. I was hoping they would have settled down by now, but they are still growing by about 2" per day. I had to remove the 12" wooden stand from under my BubblePonics tank, because I...

Hi Bigrick31, Your plants are suffering from Nitrogen toxicity, your soil is running way too hot. Whenever you see your leaves curl under and they start to dry out and crisp, they are suffering from too many Nutes. You will need to flush your soil with 3 parts water to 1 part soil. After the...

Update - Week 1 Flower... All I can say is Wow :o The girls exploded over the past week, lol. I switched to a 400W HPS light and Dutch Master Gold Flower Ferts a couple of days ago. I also upped the ferts to 640 PPM as opposed to the recommended 1250 PPM. There is a slight sign of nute burn...

Update.... I can't believe how much the girls have grown in just one week, this is amazing. I switched the lights back to 12/12 a few days ago because I can't let them get too tall. I am still using the MH light and will switch to HPS in about a week. Veg ferts are running at about 350 PPM...

Here is the latest update since last week. The girls are going crazy with the Dutch Master Gold ferts, this is by far and away the best ferts I have ever used. I also introduced an additional Dutch Master method of accelerating the plants growth (photosynthesis) called Liquid Light and...

Hi Guys, I'm back after three failed grow attempts in a row, lol. I have learned a lot over the the last couple of months, so hopefully this grow journal will help you avoid the mistakes I made. I am a long way from harvest, but I do feel I am on the right track now. Here are what I feel...

Bad news folks, all of my plants went Male two days after my last post, and I had to yank them. Arrrggghhh! Will try again in a few weeks using Feminized seeds. Mods, please archive this grow journal. Man, what a pain, lol

Hey DBO, you are not kidding about the Kelp. Early on my plants leaves looked a slight pale yellow, and a bit sickly. I spoke with a guy who claims to be a Professional grower and he said, dude, don't kill your plants with standard ferts, give them Norwegian Seaweed. So I did, and within about...

Week 3 - Veg Here are the latest updates. The plants are rapidly growing now, even moreso than last week. I decided to switch them to 12/12 and HPS lights a few days ago. They are still Veging, and will continue to do so over the next couple of weeks, so I'm staying with Veg Ferts for now...

Week 2 - Veg This is where the growth really started to kick in. The difference between week 1 and week 2 is quite amazing. I am also adding a few pictures of my PH/EC/TDS/Temp Meter, just for kicks. Week 3 pictures will be posted on Friday. Stay...