slinger36s
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Holy shit, that last picture, your gonna have a monster harvest on your hands, hope your trimming hand is prepared haha.
Prosource 180W Jumbo LED. 200-250WCFLs. 4x4 DR120. Coco Fiber. Smart Pots. AN. SCRoG
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SativaGrows
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So one of my clones for the next generation is doing amazing it's growing in a way which is perfect for SCRoG without me doing any training. I'm wondering to make more like this.... Can I just clone it as is and it will grow like this? Or how did I make this happen?
SativaGrows
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Okay more on this clone.... This thing is seriously blowing my mind, it's almost as if it wants to Scrog... I didn't do any training other than the 2 lower branches tied down that you can see in the photos.... Not sure how I made this but I hope cloning it will make more like it!
SativaGrows
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A quick update... These ladies are getting close! I'm still learning on this grow, I encountered and fixed a mold/humidity issue caught it early chopped the moldy bud off, discarded and purchased a dehumidifier to maintain 40% humidity, my plants loved me for that. I also realized for most of flowering my PH meter has been busted and not accurate. Purchased a new PH meter and things are growing again. My biggest problem at the moment is obviously I used a VERY shitty screen and now everything has fallen over onto itself and is going to be a PIA to harvest but whatever the buds look delicious and it will be nice to have my (hopefully) usable harvest. Bud growth was stunted for a bit as I fixed my issues but enjoy the following pics. Excuse the mag deficiency in the leaves and purple stems... The problem has been resolved but the leaf damage will remain.
Be sure to click the image for super high res and click again to zoom!
Be sure to click the image for super high res and click again to zoom!
slinger36s
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Looking gorgeous! Get some bamboo rods and tie those buds up and/ or put a fan under the canopy blowing strait up to prevent more mold! Those nugs are way more dense looking than the last grow, great job! My ph meter broke as well but I have a ph test tube backup, only cost like 7$ on eBay, might be worth grabbing just in case of future problems 
SativaGrows
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I picked up an Oakton PH meter on Amazon for $50, the test kit sounds like a good backup solution, thanks! At this point there is no need to tie up the buds... too close to harvest to worry. The only reason I had mold is because the humidity spiked to 70% with all the storms recently. I picked up a really nice dehumidifier which easily brought it down to 40% and could go lower if I want. I have an exhaust fan running 24/7 and only the side vents open so there is always a strong airflow moving over the entire plant structure. The vents are below the lowest leaves. The mold I found was actually on the bud pictured in the first photo you can see where I chopped it. I actually had been sealing up my tent completely at night but have opted to leave the side vents open at night and the exhaust fan on now between that and the dehumidifier mold is history. I also have an air purifier that does hepa, carbon, UV, and Ionzizer running in the room. I find the filter to be a little overkill sometimes now so I usually run it for a few hours a day.
Also I should mention my home is way more comfortable now with this dehumidifier, it makes me and the plants happy! An excellent investment!
Also I should mention my home is way more comfortable now with this dehumidifier, it makes me and the plants happy! An excellent investment!
slinger36s
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Vry nice man sounds like you got it under control! Looking forward to some harvest photos!I picked up an Oakton PH meter on Amazon for $50, the test kit sounds like a good backup solution, thanks! At this point there is no need to tie up the buds... too close to harvest to worry. The only reason I had mold is because the humidity spiked to 70% with all the storms recently. I picked up a really nice dehumidifier which easily brought it down to 40% and could go lower if I want. I have an exhaust fan running 24/7 and only the side vents open so there is always a strong airflow moving over the entire plant structure. The vents are below the lowest leaves. The mold I found was actually on the bud pictured in the first photo you can see where I chopped it. I actually had been sealing up my tent completely at night but have opted to leave the side vents open at night and the exhaust fan on now between that and the dehumidifier mold is history. I also have an air purifier that does hepa, carbon, UV, and Ionzizer running in the room. I find the filter to be a little overkill sometimes now so I usually run it for a few hours a day.
Also I should mention my home is way more comfortable now with this dehumidifier, it makes me and the plants happy! An excellent investment!
slinger36s
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You should be very very close to harvest now bro, where's the update?
SativaGrows
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Very close indeed, I actually found a little bit more bud mold today on one of the Buds, it was lower down though not on the new growth. Humidity has been at 40% 24 hours a day so I assume that was already there from before I got the dehumidifier. I cut off the moldy section and was able to save the top part of that bud. Trying to dry it out a bit now to give it a try. The moldy portion was thrown away of course. The good part is nice and dense and alot of my nugs are turning purple on the tips. Harvest is soon. Likely this weekend. I'll post new pics soon. And a smoke report on the sample once dry enough...
slinger36s
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Awesome man, I'm chopping down my lemon auto on Friday but you are going to be a lot more busy than I with all those buds, any guess on weight? Drop those dark temps another 10 degrees and hope the whole thing turns purple 
SativaGrows
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My nighttime temps go down to 65 whereas day is between 75-80 75 for most of the day roughly 77-80 between 7pm and 9pm as the sun sets on that wall... Purple has been developing nicely some buds more than others. The section I cut off today weighed 12 grams right off the plant it was maybe about a 4 inch long bud. After trimming off the leaves, pulling off the infected part, and drying for part of the day it's down to 4 grams. The densest part Was lost to the mold. I'll get photos up in a few minutes just got off work.
slinger36s
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Hell yeah man, I thought you were running 85 degree temps but maybe that was your last grow, try to get those temps down to 58-60 degrees, it's not going to do any damage this late in flowering, if I'm right you could probly harvest today but you are giving it a little more ripening time?
SativaGrows
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Prosource suggests 85 degrees but honestly I have so much CFL power I think running 75 is ok. I had an experienced friend take a look and he suggested dropping the temps. Right around the same time I fixed my mag def and humidity issue as well so I'm not sure which one got my buds to start getting dense but I've been running 75 daytime temps now and they've been doing great!
Looking at my buds under 30x I see a large amount of clear trichs but a good mix of milky and amber. I'm hoping more of the clears turn milky before harvest... Just waiting it out at this point. I'm sure these ladies are sick of me fumbling through making then live. Haha I've learned so much this grow!
Looking at my buds under 30x I see a large amount of clear trichs but a good mix of milky and amber. I'm hoping more of the clears turn milky before harvest... Just waiting it out at this point. I'm sure these ladies are sick of me fumbling through making then live. Haha I've learned so much this grow!
slinger36s
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Yes every grow is a lesson learned. Honestly since I added in dolomite lime to my soil I have not had any problems at all, it's weird because I started off with all kinds of fucking problems last grow but now with the ph buffering dolomite everything is running smoothly. I'm supplementing my led panels with some hps right now, running 85-88 degree daytime temps and humidity around 44% with rock hard lemon nugs on this auto so maybe it's a strain dependent thing?
SativaGrows
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Photo dump, snapped them quick before lights out. First photos are of my sample bud that is drying at the moment, scisccors are in the pic for size reference. If that amount of bud dries to be an 8th I will be right on point...
SativaGrows
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Also, it kind of sucks but my main light the LED UFO one of the sections is out so it's only 3/4 power, not sure when this happened but noticed it the other day. I'm still within the 3 year warranty so I called and they are sending em a replacement power supply which is supposedly plug n play. They offered for me to send it in as well and they would do it but he assured me it's super simple and just plug n play. I've been building computers since I was a kid so it should be easy. That should be here this week...
slinger36s
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Tried to give you some rep for that last picture, seriously that looks like a pile of buds, very nice! Sucks to hear about your led, a warranty is a must for anything I purchase!!
SativaGrows
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Haha it basically is like a pile of buds between the stretching and crappy screen. All of them fell over. Yeah warranties are necessary. My LED has a 3 year which expires in february, so there was no cost for this replacement, hopefully it works. As soon as I described the problem he knew what it was and offered to send out the part. That LED is still super bright even at 3/4 strength. Turns the entire room pink if I turn off the CFLs so it is visible.
SativaGrows
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A few more images for B Roll... many are out of focus, but thought I would share...
