SmoochieBoochies
Well-Known Member
I wanted to run a side by side comparison of Dinafem's Moby Dick and Paradise's Nebula, both White Widow x Haze crosses, select parents, and cross the the two.
Here is my initial write up.
Day 28:
The soil mix is pretty much prepped for 5-6 weeks growth before amendments. The Moby Dick is due for a feeding maybe in a week, 1/4 dose DG Grow to see how it responds, but that's only if I see a lighter green color on new top shoot growth. I try to let the soil provide the nutes and the sooner I use liquid nutes the sooner my roots want to stay higher in the pot. If I keep them questing downward initially, when I do push the liquid nutes or top amendments I rarely have problems with burn or lockout.
Soil:
3 gallon nursery pot
2.25 gal Promix 3B
0.5 gal wurm castings (org)
1 cup vermiculite
0.75 cup 4-3-3 with bacteria/fungus (org)
0.5 cup bat guano (10-3-1) (org)
0.25 cup bone meal (6-9-0) (org)
2-3 earthworms
<edit: this soil is for high EC strains, normal EC add 1 tablespoon lime>
<edit2: I use only rain water>
Light:
18/6
Week 1: 26w 7500 k cfl - 2" from each top.
Week 2: 26w 4500k cfl (I used 400w hps this time, I was lazy) - 20" from tops.
Week 3: 400w mh conversion - 16" from tops.
Week 4: 400w hps - 9"-12" inches from tops.
Week 5: 400w mh c - 16" from tops.
Week 6: 600w hps, etc etc, adjusted as needed for growth pattern.
LST:
Pot placement is four pots, 2x2, each plant is at one corner of the reflector.
26w 7500k cfl underlighting, one per plant, start week 3, rotated from front to back every two days.
Place mylar screen on inside of pot, behind each plant, 0"-6" (I have an old mylar box, cut off strips, fold like a screen, pin in place with bamboo)
Rotate pots, start week 3, rotate 30 deg every 3-4 days, try to give undergrowth light from above.
Pull side branches outward, push fan leaves under, side branches will grow out and up with cfl's and screens, then clear the canopy for the hid.
I want short, stout, scrog-like growth without topping or heavy lst, one monster main cola many side colas. I place one plant per 100w of hid min for veg and 200w of hid min for flower.
Here is my initial write up.
Day 28:
The soil mix is pretty much prepped for 5-6 weeks growth before amendments. The Moby Dick is due for a feeding maybe in a week, 1/4 dose DG Grow to see how it responds, but that's only if I see a lighter green color on new top shoot growth. I try to let the soil provide the nutes and the sooner I use liquid nutes the sooner my roots want to stay higher in the pot. If I keep them questing downward initially, when I do push the liquid nutes or top amendments I rarely have problems with burn or lockout.
Soil:
3 gallon nursery pot
2.25 gal Promix 3B
0.5 gal wurm castings (org)
1 cup vermiculite
0.75 cup 4-3-3 with bacteria/fungus (org)
0.5 cup bat guano (10-3-1) (org)
0.25 cup bone meal (6-9-0) (org)
2-3 earthworms
<edit: this soil is for high EC strains, normal EC add 1 tablespoon lime>
<edit2: I use only rain water>
Light:
18/6
Week 1: 26w 7500 k cfl - 2" from each top.
Week 2: 26w 4500k cfl (I used 400w hps this time, I was lazy) - 20" from tops.
Week 3: 400w mh conversion - 16" from tops.
Week 4: 400w hps - 9"-12" inches from tops.
Week 5: 400w mh c - 16" from tops.
Week 6: 600w hps, etc etc, adjusted as needed for growth pattern.
LST:
Pot placement is four pots, 2x2, each plant is at one corner of the reflector.
26w 7500k cfl underlighting, one per plant, start week 3, rotated from front to back every two days.
Place mylar screen on inside of pot, behind each plant, 0"-6" (I have an old mylar box, cut off strips, fold like a screen, pin in place with bamboo)
Rotate pots, start week 3, rotate 30 deg every 3-4 days, try to give undergrowth light from above.
Pull side branches outward, push fan leaves under, side branches will grow out and up with cfl's and screens, then clear the canopy for the hid.
I want short, stout, scrog-like growth without topping or heavy lst, one monster main cola many side colas. I place one plant per 100w of hid min for veg and 200w of hid min for flower.