DWC Elephant bud 600w (1st time)

This is the first post of my new grow.

I'm using this system with a dwc

http://www.hydroponicsoutlet.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SYSEIGL120COMPLETE&Show=ExtInfo



Some pics attached. Things will not get going until my mother recovers enough to take clones. She was just transplanted.

I am working with this strain, direct from bc seeds.http://bcseeds.com/p102/Elephant-Bud/product_info.html?osCsid=7jmqni6u6n03b6a5s0citdedg6

The mother is verified from BC seeds.

Going as organic as possible.

sprouted some seedlings while I wait to see if the mother recovers.

Once things get going, pictures will be posted regularly.

Firstly FUCKKKKK i put my fan in backwards...

Took 10 clones off of the mother plant

my 8 site dwc system is arriving today (30 bucks off ebay!)

once my clones root i will start the big shebang

Legal Note: this is a legal medical grow in Washington state under state law

Hi Promitus:

I'm really glad to see another elephant grow and I will follow your grow closely. Feelf ree to come into mine. I'm in the smoke reports section and I was seeking people who had grown any strain of elephant or upstate from BC seeds. Believe me, I took a lot of negative comments but some people who had grown it did contact me.

What kind of elephant are you growing?

Feel free to sen me a personal message at any time.

I might be growing elephant outdoors or upstate. Not sure just yet.

Anyways man, power to ya!

Buckets

It's whatever that link links to, thats where my source got his.

He sold me a mother, and I can tell it is what it is because the stems were absolutely purple beyond belief upon closer inspection and it's so far matching up with the description. I took clones a few days ago and there were new bud sites by the end of the day....

It's currently vegging under a 600W HPS running at 200W through the ballast...

You got a dimable ballast? Sweet.
Scrib'd hope all goes well good luck and may you be blessed with a shitload of buds

People go apeshit at those prices and claims like best/strongest/biggest in the world.

I'd love to see how it turns out in a huge indoor tree grow though with 4kw+ per plant. If you are also curious to see how it would do, I'd love to get a clone and show how it goes.

Took some pics of the clones and mother.

The seedlings are really taking off. The one in the green cup is going the best IMO...

The motherplant has a shit ton of growth at the base of it and the sites where I took clones are already showing 2-3 cm leaves.

Been watering them once daily with water using 1/4 strgh nutes. The mother mostly gets water with a light foliar spray.

Got 10 clones going and my DWC system arrived, it's a little smaller than I wanted (3 gal) but it should still produce some 3-4 foot plants.

So I'm waiting on the clones to get into the system and develop roots and I will force flowering (attempting a SOG this time around)

Oh yeah and I need an idea for silencing that fan...

AND

How often should I be watering the clones? If I don't see the hood steamed up I spray it with water..

Clones take 1-2 weeks to root right?

Mother is recovering quickly and I will be topping it after I take the next clone. It's bushy at the bottom and there are full small leaves formed at the nodes near where I trimmed already. I probably won't update with pictures until clones root.

Getting some purple stems on the seedlings. A good sign I hope.

Finally got a fan controller and everything is silent now.

Seedlings getting big one showing preflowers already.

Clones still not rooting...

Looking good buddy!! Check out my grow in my Sig!!

New pics will be posted once I get my new veg chamber together and my larger DWC arrives.

Just realized I had my lights on a 15-7 schedule and that wasnt what I wanted. I set them to 20-4 for vegetative until they catch up.

One runt out of my lot of bag seeds.. My elephant mother is looking great. Lots of clones and some are FINALLY rooting.

I'm trying to figure out a cheap solution for housing my mother (suggestions)

Once I house the mother and my plants gain another few inches im going to force flowering (so I can have a harvest before I get my DWC going...)

Enjoy

Upgraded the garden..

Not sure the big CFL will remain as its putting out more heat than my HPS...

first elephant clone rooted finally (my first one!!!) its chilling in my DWC under a 42W cfl and a 23W CFL. Light nutes. Organic B and Floranectar

what size is the 8 plant DWC? being ebay, and that cheap, i'd be willing to be it's nothing more than as many holes drilled in it as possible to make it sound more appealing. i could certainly drill another 2 or 3 holes in mine, but it would be totally counter productive to the plants growth. unless of course you're gong with a SOG

The first DWC is 3 gallon. I'm using it for vegging my clones. I just got a ten gallon one...

i'm using an 8-9 gallon tote and that is only really adequet for 4 plants, and they need a good amount of trimming and such to keep just the 4 managable. unless the lid is like 1 meter square, i'd think twice about 8