Ak47Lowryder CFL Grow Pics

greenfirekilla420

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Man I was really looking forward to trying those nutes. I think I might just try them once cause they really fit the pocket situition if ya know what I mean....

Thanks for the comment Bubbuh ummm the nutes are an already mixed set of nutrients from stealth hydro they came with the system when I bought it. Which I really dont like powder nutrients AT ALL. Mixing them is a bitch man. But anyways I'mma stop ranting and explain more on the funny looking leaves. When they were about I'm saying a week and a half old the started doing this they got all rusty looking and it would start with the tips and then all over the whole leaf. This was also when the plants were in straight water. So I thought it was some kind of defficancy so started to add nutes the next time I cleaned out the res. I started to add 1/4 strength to the res every other day until they were at full strength. Once the hit full strength every time I cleaned the res out I would just add straight full strength to them. After I added the nutes it was like they went away for a couple weeks real good and then about the first couple days of when it went into its flowering period it started doing it again and I just couldnt figure out what it was. Next time I am buying 6 gallons of the distilled water at the store though also. Someone said somthing about me using the tap water and not letting it sit out. But I geuss Ill just take this as some knowledge for the next grow. Ill take some pics tommorrow after I get off work. I haven't even looked at the girls yet so I'mma going go peak now
 

Bubbuh Kush

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Ight cool man, yea...lemme know about that. It could be due to the change in nutes, like when you go from veg to bloom especially if the ppms is high. I had a spots before, not as bad but i've had them before. it's something simple that im sure could be fixed, but yea post those pics and i'll help as much as i can and im sure others will also. keep it up :eyesmoke:

Here are a few of what i have going right now, im thinkin bout doing a flowering journal. idk i might give it some thought
 

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greenfirekilla420

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Your plants are looking good. What strain are they? Oh and about nutrients I was looking to go for the fox farm hydro nutrients, the grow big, big bloom, and the tiger bloom. I figure thats some of the best stuff on the market right? Won't be till next grow but I still got three seeds left. And also the next grow will be with a 400w Cool tube HPS. That way all my heat battles with be over with and all I have to worry about is summer time here. I think thats what made it so hot in the grow room. Now that is staying about 70 outside all the time the room has really cooled down with shut door temps at 85 instead of 91 and open door temps at 75. Oh by the way today is day number 44 from germ so that means I got 26 days left till I harvest. Or I don't know if you go from germ date or sprout date. But its only 2 days apart so we will see
 

greenfirekilla420

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I mean did it smoke like nug or anything like some nug. Ive been smokin regs for the past two years mainly cause its hard to come by here so anything besides the 30 minute high will do good about now.
 

Bubbuh Kush

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Well, the one in the top left is some mystery kush bagseed that one of my friends gave me out of some bag he had. The one top right, the bigger of the rest is a bagseed that I saved thats went female for me. Oh yea, I forgot to mention, all of them are girls:hump:

The bottom left is a White Label Double Gum. And the smaller one is some other bagseed. No feminized seeds, I dont have any at all. For some reason, i've had 100% female success rate since I've started growing. Idk how but I like it...I love it....I want some more of it!!! Yea...lol But Ive been fortunate. And the Fox Farm is a good line, a lot of people use it around here. Im using the GH3 Part w/ Fox Farm Big Bloom. I would've went KoolBloom by GH but I didnt have enough money at the time, but the Big Bloom is a beast! I got it two days ago and my girls are lovin it...I would go with an big HPS but I stay in an apt and that would kill my power bill. Mine stays in the 50-60$ range and I split that with my roomie :) I will be getting one of the 20 dollar 150 watts here soon though to throw in the closet. Ima do soil too, well Im already doing soil actually. I got a clone of the mystery kush in top left and from the double gum I think they've taken to the soil. Im starting to see them get perky and it looks like some new growth. I'll get pics of that soon. But if I were you, I'd still have some type of fan in there ya know, circulating and whatnot ya dig! But you're doing good dude.
 

bikeskill

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ya it smoked like nug WAY BETTER THEN REGS, and it grew 77g of bud but somethings were lacking, try it, it won't hurt but you might not like the results. never used fox farm nutes. Do you have a ppm & ph meter?.................
 

Bubbuh Kush

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I've never had a ppm or ph meter, some how i've been making it lol what about you bikeskill, do you got one? I thought about it but I figured after a while that I didnt need it. But I also try to flush once during flowering though to help rid some of the built up stuff in em, I do it for 2-3 days then go back to our regularly scheduled programming!
 

greenfirekilla420

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You've had 100% female rate Bubbuh? Thats awesome my first grow with the hydro system 5 out of 6 were males but it was just some bagseed just seeds I find when I used to smoke a lot of nugs. These are fem seeds I just didn't even want to waste the time or effort on the males. Ya man I hear you on the apartment situation, I'm glad I fell into this deal with my dad. 4 bed house with just two people in it so the power bill wont even look crazy with the hps. I got two big tower like fans in the room and when I'm home I leave the door open and put a squrriel cage looking fan at the door to blow in fresh air. Ok time to go take pics I'll post them as soon as I take them.
 

greenfirekilla420

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I think I might just try the recipe for success it comes with the cloning gel and shit for next time. And no ppm meter haven't found one I can afford yet.
 

Bubbuh Kush

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yup so far surprisingly, im keeping my fingers crossed. And ur lucky lol I wish I had a whole room to work with within a house, ahh man! It would get uglier than leprosy haha! I plan on gettin me some Fem seeds, I wanna get some Sour D's from somewhere, Super Silver Haze isnt a bad choice either, hell too many too name. I just wanna have a variety ya know...

But those pics I posted in this thread, took them on Nov. 6th. I have a few pics of my gals I'd like to share. Just a lil bit of growth

Pic 1...Taken Nov. 8th
Pic 2...Nov 11
Pic 3...Nov 12
Pic 4...Just a snap of my setup, Rubbermaid Madness!

Im trying to do my thang a lil bit :blsmoke:
 

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Bubbuh Kush

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Oh and just another suggest cause it does look a lil like burning, try misting ur plants with a spray bottle of just water to help those leaves get there color back. Thas only if you arent already doing so lol
 

greenfirekilla420

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Plants are looking real good Bubbuh. I love your set up you have going on real stealthy man looks nice. Ya I'm sticking with the lowryders till I get the hps, when using cfls to grow reg plants I think they are lacking alot of light power and would rether not have 10 or 15 lights when I could just have one thats good for up to like 6 or 8 in my grow room. Ya I was thinking they might be burnt a little bit probably from the epsom salt I have been adding. Next time I'll add a little less. Like I said this is a learning experience so just putting my mistakes in that folder.
 

Bubbuh Kush

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oh yea man it's all a learning process ive done a lot of it myself too. You're doing good man lol I'll co sign ya! I've never tried the Epsom salt though, hmmmn...i've always done the h202 or peroxide in mine. It works pretty good, if you ever decide you wanna get rid of the salt its not a bad substitute. But when I get my other closet up and running, i'll be doing the 150 HPS in it and try to get some BIGGER girls then. Ima let them veg a lil more than normal so I can get a better yeild, shooting for at least 2oz per plant! So we'll see. I can normally get at least one per plant in my spaceship i got now.
 

greenfirekilla420

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Ya I want to try that next time. I flushed the res today and just added plain water. I am going to try flushing for 2-3 days and then going back to the bloom nutes maybe I can get some of the brown and yellow out of them. Ill post pics probably tommorrow night that way they have to time to be flushed a little bit and then well see if their colors come back.
 

Bubbuh Kush

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Ight cool, sounds like a good idea. Hopefully this'll help em out a lil bit so they can recover then ease the nutes back into em. You got the idea, so i'll be on the look out
 

greenfirekilla420

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Ok so when I am putting the nutes back in I should stagger them again? Should I go with the 1/4 strength per day or should I do the half strength one day and then wait a day and do the other half? You also said that you were using H2O2 for your magnesium. How much do I add to the 6 gallon res? I want to try the H2O2 approach so maybe I won't burn them with the salt. Also I did add like 5 teaspoons of the epsom salt to the water.... I didn't want to have a total mag def. ya know so I went soft on the salt. The leaves are starting to curl upwards so I'm thinking I might have burnt them a little bit. As long I can get them stable after this I'm good.
 

Bubbuh Kush

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Id stagger em again, 1/4th 1st wait a day or two then bring it up and so forth. Its safe to do about a teaspoon per/gal. Its good at helping the roots stay aerated and able to soak up the nutes. Im doing a res change myself today. I usually fill my res up with 5 gals for its size and use my GH measurements and my Big Bloom now. That stuff is pretty darn good! But if you have the H202 go ahead and use it, it's pretty safe long as you go use too much, its kinda hard to but you know what i mean. They'll get stable sir, I know they will juss ease em back into ur nute schedule.
 

greenfirekilla420

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Alright sounds good. I was figuring the 1/4 strength set up would do well. Well I'm off to work. Ill have pics probablly tommorrow night or maybe monday. When do you think I should switch back to the the nutes after two or three days?
 
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