DillWeed's 2009 summer grow journal: Two Lbs. or Bust! (2x1000 watt HPS in grow tent)

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DillWeed said:
I do plan to lollipop them this week, probably the day before I switch to 12/12. Is that a good time to do it or should it be sooner or later than that?

I water them every other day and each plant gets roughly 1/3 of a gallon of water. I use nutes every other watering. The new Ocean Forest soil is working just fine now like the old stuff, I'm happy to report. :joint:
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I'm also growing WW, day 50 in veg. In a few weeks I will take clones to determine the sex.

What size of pots are you growing in? And did I read that correctly that you are watering your plants every other day with 1,260 ml of water (1/3 gallon)? That seems like a lot. I'm growing in 4.75 gallon pots and just recently switched to 400 ml every watering. I had been at 200 ml every watering and even that was too much the first two weeks. In about a week I should be increasing my water to 500 ml each watering but I'm shocked to see 1,260 ml being used around day 30 or so.

Like you I am using Ocean Forest soil and the FF trio nutes.
 
bigjesse1922

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SPODE said:
What size of pots are you growing in? And did I read that correctly that you are watering your plants every other day with 1,260 ml of water (1/3 gallon)? That seems like a lot.
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He has had 1400 watts punping in his tent...which means his plants will use a lot more water than someone growing under less.

How many watts you working with?

Not to step on your toes Dil...I am up though... :peace:

Edit: Wait, I think it was 1800 watts veg here at the end, correct?
 
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bigjesse1922 said:
Wait, I think it was 1800 watts veg here at the end, correct?
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Yes sir, there were 1800 watts of HID light during the last 3+ weeks of vegging. One 1000 watt HPS and two 400 watt MH lights. Now it is the two 1000 watt HPS lights for flowering. And I use two gallon pots and do in fact water them every other day with around 1/3 of a gallon of water each and I use nutes every other watering.

Picture update coming tomorrow! :eyesmoke:
 
steve1978

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may i join? this is the kind of grow i would love to do but im pussy wipped and the missus wont let me! lol. instead im stuck with a 250 wtt envirolight and three voodoo by dutch passion. oh well i'll smell mine but dream of yours! lol
good luck with the rest of the grow i'll be watching from the bushes! (im more of a voyeur than a talker.)
 
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DillWeed said:
Yes sir, there were 1800 watts of HID light during the last 3+ weeks of vegging. One 1000 watt HPS and two 400 watt MH lights. Now it is the two 1000 watt HPS lights for flowering. And I use two gallon pots and do in fact water them every other day with around 1/3 of a gallon of water each and I use nutes every other watering.

Picture update coming tomorrow! :eyesmoke:
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Sounds pretty close to my watering. I have 3 gallon pots and I give each of them 1/3 gallon feedings, but when I just use plain water I give a little more. Everythings looks great! Can't wait to see them start flowering. Are you using co2?
 
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Day 46:
July 17, 2009

(Day 4 of 12/12)

The plants have had a bit of upward growth over the last four days, which is to be expected once you switch over to 12/12 as you know. The tallest plant (one of the TrainWreck plants) is now almost a whopping 29 inches tall! Only one of the plant (Cheese) is already showing pistils and is a confirmed female though. Nobody else has shown yet, but I expect that to change in the next 3-4 days. They were given their first taste of flowering nutes three days ago and will get their next taste in three more days. That should encourage the ladies to "open right up" for us, no? Pics are attached below for your enjoyment and comments as always!
 

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steve1978 said:
may i join? this is the kind of grow i would love to do but im pussy wipped and the missus wont let me! lol. instead im stuck with a 250 wtt envirolight and three voodoo by dutch passion. oh well i'll smell mine but dream of yours! lol
good luck with the rest of the grow i'll be watching from the bushes! (im more of a voyeur than a talker.)
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Glad to have you on board, my friend! It's a shame about not being able to grow more, but your lady must be pretty cool to let you do it at all. A lot of fellas I know have it much worse! I'm lucky though, my lady actually helps me water my plants and plays them classical music to encourage their growth. I think she's just a hippie stoner in that regard, but I love her anyway! :dunce:
 
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wordtothewise said:
Sounds pretty close to my watering. I have 3 gallon pots and I give each of them 1/3 gallon feedings, but when I just use plain water I give a little more. Everythings looks great! Can't wait to see them start flowering. Are you using co2?
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No CO2 right now, but I was thinking about adding it next time if I study more about it. Perhaps some of the homemade CO2 stuff on this site could encourage me to use some now that I'm in the flowering stage. I'll have to look into it for sure. :joint:
 
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DillWeed said:
Day 46:
July 17, 2009

(Day 4 of 12/12)

The plants have had a bit of upward growth over the last four days, which is to be expected once you switch over to 12/12 as you know. The tallest plant (one of the TrainWreck plants) is now almost a whopping 29 inches tall! Only one of the plant (Cheese) is already showing pistils and is a confirmed female though. Nobody else has shown yet, but I expect that to change in the next 3-4 days. They were given their first taste of flowering nutes three days ago and will get their next taste in three more days. That should encourage the ladies to "open right up" for us, no? Pics are attached below for your enjoyment and comments as always!
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Hey Dill, this thread has been really awesome for someone like myself to read. I'm new to RIU and I am a week or two away from getting my medical card and am doing as much research as I can on the growing aspect of things. I've never grown before but I have a natural talent for picking things up pretty quickly and doing good with it so I think I'll be able to pull off some good buds in time. Seeing the process take shape from start to current has been really great for me to visualize how I am going to do this. I am thinking I might go balls to the wall and go hydro right off the bat as I think I have a pretty nice schematic drawn out for it. I'll be hitting up those forums to see what information I can get to assist. Thanks for posting this man. It's an eye opener and a little bit of an assurance that I could pull off growing for myself. +rep fa sho brother.
 
wordtothewise

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DillWeed said:
No CO2 right now, but I was thinking about adding it next time if I study more about it. Perhaps some of the homemade CO2 stuff on this site could encourage me to use some now that I'm in the flowering stage. I'll have to look into it for sure. :joint:
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The great thing about co2 is you can save energy because you want your temps around 90-95...crazy but finally I can enjoy the a/c haha. This is my first time co2 scrubbing so you can just watch mine in case i mess up. I use to try the homemade kits, but you can never tell how much co2 is being used so I wouldn't go that route until you just save some money and get a controller. However, I did try fermentation one time and it worked pretty well in a small space.
 
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tehnick said:
Hey Dill, this thread has been really awesome for someone like myself to read. I'm new to RIU and I am a week or two away from getting my medical card and am doing as much research as I can on the growing aspect of things. I've never grown before but I have a natural talent for picking things up pretty quickly and doing good with it so I think I'll be able to pull off some good buds in time. Seeing the process take shape from start to current has been really great for me to visualize how I am going to do this. I am thinking I might go balls to the wall and go hydro right off the bat as I think I have a pretty nice schematic drawn out for it. I'll be hitting up those forums to see what information I can get to assist. Thanks for posting this man. It's an eye opener and a little bit of an assurance that I could pull off growing for myself. +rep fa sho brother.
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Thanks for stopping in as well and +Rep right back to you my friend. I cannot get a medical card where I am at, but we have pretty lenient laws here so I don't worry too much about Johnny Law knocking down my door. :cool:
 
bigjesse1922

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Dill how close were you getting your lights during veg to the tops?

Especially the 1k. Was it aircooled?

I have a 340 CFM (6") hooked up to my cooltube. Its not too hot; I can touch my hand to the cooltube glass.

Question is this: Do you think 22" is too close for my 1k mh? Its not very warm on my hand at all, but the tallest plant seems to droop toward the end of each day.

I am wondering if its the lights or the fact that it might need a transplant already. Do you (or anyone else) have your plants droop when rootbound?

Sorry to jack your thread, I am sure you don't mind though, right? ;-)

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Day 49:
July 20, 2009

(Day 7 of 12/12)

 Nothing major to report today as I am still waiting for the plants to show sex. Only a few have so far and they are all females which is probably good news since males usually have a tendency to show first. Once everything is sexed and I figure out just how many plants I am working with I will lollipop them. This will more than likely happen in about a week. A few pics attached below to hold you guys over.
 

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DillWeed said:
Day 49:
July 20, 2009

(Day 7 of 12/12)

 Nothing major to report today as I am still waiting for the plants to show sex. Only a few have so far and they are all females which is probably good news since males usually have a tendency to show first. Once everything is sexed and I figure out just how many plants I am working with I will lollipop them. This will more than likely happen in about a week. A few pics attached below to hold you guys over.
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Very pretty indeed!

Dill, how big of containers are you in?

Just transplanted my 5 clones of top genetics to 6 gallon pots!

I can see yours starting to stttttretttttttch. :-):razz:

I plan on keeping my 1k MH bulb running for the first 2-3 weeks of flower to try and cut down on it somewhat. What do you think?

Well anyway man, I am real excited. I am on day 29, probably vegging till about day 40-50 so I am right behind you! :-)
 
wordtothewise

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DillWeed said:
Day 49:
July 20, 2009

(Day 7 of 12/12)

 Nothing major to report today as I am still waiting for the plants to show sex. Only a few have so far and they are all females which is probably good news since males usually have a tendency to show first. Once everything is sexed and I figure out just how many plants I am working with I will lollipop them. This will more than likely happen in about a week. A few pics attached below to hold you guys over.
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My white rhino's haven't shown sex yet either. They're looking really nice, can't wait to see them bud. Are you gonna use any flowering enchancers?
 
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DillWeed said:
I use 2 gallon pots. I think they are adequate enough for my style of growing as my plants never finish more than 3.5 feet tall. It also helps that I'm not growing any sativas in there! :joint:
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Well mine sure aren't going to get 6 feet tall but I got these containers for $1 a piece so I couldn't pass it up. I wanna see what I can do with some more root space :peace:

I will let you know hoow it works out.
 
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