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natmoon

natmoon

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Yeah seems like i need me a mh bulb,the hps is good but not good enough.
I will try a bodged diy areoponic setup on the next grow and see how i go with the transplant to soil and let you know.
Cheers for the info,best of luck with it:blsmoke:
 
potpimp

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Yeah email, that's one heck of a setup Earl has! Nat, the MH is for vegging. You're in veg right now, right?
 
natmoon

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potpimp said:
Yeah email, that's one heck of a setup Earl has! Nat, the MH is for vegging. You're in veg right now, right?
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Yes mate i use a couple of fluro tubes with a dual spectrum 400 watt hps.
Until i saw emails plants and the speed with which they grew i was happy with it,now i am not :mrgreen:

Usually i would be suspicious of someone saying the plant grew that well in 6 days from seed but I trust email as he has been so exact and specific in every detail throughout his thread so i am sure he is telling the truth about the time it took and now i want one :mrgreen:

Misiis is getting really pissed as my dinners ready,i wanna chat but cant as i have been called(shouted at) about 10 times now.
BBl.
 
potpimp

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Yeah, you'll do better in veg with the blueish MH than the HPS. I have both but using the HPS for flowering now. Once I get my crop to finish, dried and cured you guys may not see a lot of me in here, LOL.

Aero is by far the fastest way to grow; they don't have to do anything, just lay there with their little mouths open while the mister keeps them full of water and nutes. I can't wait to try out my idea with the humidifier.
 
email468

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natmoon said:
Usually i would be suspicious of someone saying the plant grew that well in 6 days from seed but I trust email as he has been so exact and specific in every detail throughout his thread so i am sure he is telling the truth about the time it took and now i want one :mrgreen:
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Yep - it is the truth. Or maybe I should say, unless i screwed up the dates - it is the truth. But i did double check and the time stamps on my pix match up so i didn't screw the dates up. it's a shame we gotta worry about folks BS'ing about their grow.

BUT I SHOULD REMIND YOU - this is the first time using this equipment/seeds so i don't know if i just got some mutant rapid growing strain or what.
 
natmoon

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Yep - it is the truth. Or maybe I should say, unless i screwed up the dates - it is the truth. But i did double check and the time stamps on my pix match up so i didn't screw the dates up. it's a shame we gotta worry about folks BS'ing about their grow.

BUT I SHOULD REMIND YOU - this is the first time using this equipment/seeds so i don't know if i just got some mutant rapid growing strain or what.
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No mate i totally believe you.
My point was that usually i would be skeptical but i don't get that vibe from you at all.

This is the first aereoponic grow ive even bothered to look in on from seed to be honest and the speed is phenomenal compared to soil and i was well surprised.
I had heard that aero was well quick i just didn't know it was that quick.
I would love to bring seedlings on in an aero kit and move them into soil as i prefer soil and its easier for me as i know what i am doing but i am well interested in this aero stuff now as i hate soils slowness especially at the beginning of the plants life.:blsmoke:
 
email468

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natmoon said:
No mate i totally believe you.
My point was that usually i would be skeptical but i don't get that vibe from you at all.

This is the first aereoponic grow ive even bothered to look in on from seed to be honest and the speed is phenomenal compared to soil and i was well surprised.
I had heard that aero was well quick i just didn't know it was that quick.
I would love to bring seedlings on in an aero kit and move them into soil as i prefer soil and its easier for me as i know what i am doing but i am well interested in this aero stuff now as i hate soils slowness especially at the beginning of the plants life.:blsmoke:
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I understood - just double checked to be certain.
 
email468

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OK - a quick "lessons learned so far" post...

1) I finally learned how to gauge the plants nutrient uptake (thanks to Earl and potpimp) so i won't have to waste so many nutes again (i knew my PPM was too high - but the plants didn't seem to suffer - but i want them to thrive not just survive) .... i'll post the detailed method eventually.

2) I wish i would have switched to 12/12 sooner and not continued to use grow nutes during the 12/12 transitional phase (running out of room and tops are growing into lights).

3) should have been pruning all that undergrowth and the week and pathetic branches. another words - should have lollypopped them.

c'est la vie!
 
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OK - here is the latest pix (didn't want to leave natmoon hanging :-) ...
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DAY 62 / FLOWER DAY 29:
Ambient Temperature: 66.7 F
Humidity: 51%
Reservoir Details:
Temperature: 64.2 F
pH: 5.6
PPM: 1952
Notes: Added 2.5 Gallons tap water
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DAY 63 / FLOWER DAY 30:
Ambient Temperature: 64.2
Humidity: 42%
Reservoir Details:
Temperature: 63.5
pH: 5.3
PPM: over 2000
Notes: added 4.5 gallons tap water (PPM is 1459)
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DAY 64 / FLOWER DAY 31 (RESERVOIR CHANGE):
Ambient Temperature: 62.6
Humidity: 43%
Reservoir Details: (old / new)
Temperature: 61.8 F / 59 F
pH: 4.8 / 5.1
PPM: 1623 / 880
Notes: New res (after getting hit with clue stick) - added the following to 18 Gallons of water: 3 TBSP. Flora Micro, 8 TBSP. Flora Bloom, 1.5 TBSP. Floralicious Bloom and 4 TBSP. KoolBloom

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DAY 65 / FLOWER DAY 32:
Ambient Temperature: 66 F
Humidity: 50%
Reservoir Details:
Temperature: 60 F
pH: 5.8
PPM: 987
Notes:
 

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natmoon

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Those look perfectly spiky and frosty to me.
Can you do the lst thing and bend the tops over so they dont get burnt and still keep growing?
Not something ive ever done so i cant give you any advice on it:blsmoke:
 
email468

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natmoon said:
Those look perfectly spiky and frosty to me.
Can you do the lst thing and bend the tops over so they dont get burnt and still keep growing?
Not something ive ever done so i cant give you any advice on it:blsmoke:
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I've been trying to bend the ones with burnt tops away from the light without pushing any others into the light. i am thinking about tying them and gently bending them every day so at least the buds can grow around the burned parts. i think as long as I do it very gently it should be OK.
 
natmoon

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I've been trying to bend the ones with burnt tops away from the light without pushing any others into the light. i am thinking about tying them and gently bending them every day so at least the buds can grow around the burned parts. i think as long as I do it very gently it should be OK.
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That sounds like a good idea.
Are your stems fairly brittle or still bendy?
 
email468

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natmoon said:
That sounds like a good idea.
Are your stems fairly brittle or still bendy?
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the biggest problem is they are thick but they are still reasonably bendy. Though i'm afraid they'd snap pretty easily if i tried to bend them too much.
 
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potpimp said:
Man those are looking soooooo yummy!!!
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thanks! those pix really don't do them justice. i just want to lick all the leaves and take a bite out of the buds they look so tasty! :weed:

and oh the smell - not powerful like a skunk but more piney.
 
natmoon

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the biggest problem is they are thick but they are still reasonably bendy. Though i'm afraid they'd snap pretty easily if i tried to bend them too much.
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I think that what you said is the best idea really.
Slowly bending them away using lines would seem to be the lowest amount of stress that you can give them.
Best of luck with it and i will keep looking in to see how your going with it all:blsmoke:
 
email468

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natmoon said:
I think that what you said is the best idea really.
Slowly bending them away using lines would seem to be the lowest amount of stress that you can give them.
Best of luck with it and i will keep looking in to see how your going with it all:blsmoke:
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cool - i'm figuring i still got about 4-6 weeks to go before harvest (that would be put me up to around 9 weeks of flowering) but we'll see.
 
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DAY 66 / FLOWER DAY 33:
Ambient Temperature: 65.1 F
Humidity: 45%
Reservoir Details:
Temperature: 65.6
pH: 5.6
PPM: 1016
Notes: Major trimming of lower branch area
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DAY 67 / FLOWER DAY 34:
Ambient Temperature: 70 F
Humidity: 52%
Reservoir Details:
Temperature: 67.6
pH: 4.7 (added 3 TBSP up)
PPM: 742
Notes: Removed 2.5 Gallons from reservoir and replaced with tap water

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DAY 68 / FLOWER DAY 35:
Ambient Temperature: 66.7
Humidity: 55%
Reservoir Details: 68.7
Temperature:
pH: 5.8
PPM: 820
Notes: Added 2.5 Gallons water with 1/2 TBSP EACH Flora Bloom, KoolBloom
 

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