Purple Urkle - Looking For 1 Gram Per Watt

10 years in the hobby and this is my first grow journal. I'm not starting this for my own records as I already have everything pretty much dialed in. This will mainly serve as a reference point to people I give advice to. I see a lot of terrible advice on RUI coming from growers who use expensive nutrients, produce an average product, and reap below average yields. Would you take workout advice from a fat @ss?

This journal will start around week 3 and continue through 11 total weeks of flowering. The ladies pictured below are a local strain that I've been working with for about 18 months. A cutting was given to me at which time I was told this was Grand Daddy Purp, but personally I think it looks much more like Purple Urkle. Upon further investigation, Purple Urkle is supposed to be clone only who is mostly Indica (http://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Purple_Urkel/Clone_Only_Strains/). This plant is at least 70% sativa, flowers for around 11 weeks, and has a very up and energetic high. Basically, I don't know what this is other than a heavier-yielding purple strain.

Enough talk, pics below. Feel free to chime in whenever you'd like.

I should also add that this is a DIY Ebb & Flow system using the GH expert line under a 600 watt Hortilux.

Week 3:

Pics today, around week 4 (day 32):

Following this one, i just finished my grow of a purple urkle hybrid. It's mixed with a random sativa, but that didn't affect the flowering time seeing how is was cut down in 8 weeks and it was a very nice smoke!

Like the looks of your system!

wow. looks magnificent my friend!

first grow I've seen you post so far I do believe? I could be wrong.. but pretty sure its your first grow post.

Either way, looks great man. Those will be some killer buds with killer tops.

ganjaluvr said:

wow. looks magnificent my friend!

first grow I've seen you post so far I do believe? I could be wrong.. but pretty sure its your first grow post.

Either way, looks great man. Those will be some killer buds with killer tops.

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When I've been asked, I've posted a few pictures here and there. This will be the first journal though. Glad to have you aboard.

What do you exprect your yield to be 600 grams? How tall are those plants ant what nutes u using? They look a little tall and lengthy for urkle as I'm growing it right now I will gladly post pics if u don't mind.

Wow, very nice for 6 gurls. That last shot makes me think its a White Widow Last pic of bud is whiter than most WW I have seen. I would venture a guess at saying that what you are trying to achieve is possible. I would get some reflective material up on those walls asap. Especially if you really want to meet your goal of 1g per watt.

I would also venture into saying that those dont have many characteristic of Urkle or Querkle....idk.....Id say white widow but ww is not a sativa dominate so....idk...Looks good though!!

Peace, Love, and Happiness

What do you exprect your yield to be 600 grams? How tall are those plants ant what nutes u using? They look a little tall and lengthy for urkle as I'm growing it right now I will gladly post pics if u don't mind.

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Yes, 600 grams is the goal off this 600 HPS. Post pics if you'd like. Like I said in the first post, I was told it was one strain and believe it to be another based on pictures alone. Right now, they are about 40 inches tall? They triple in height in flower. Nutes are GH expert line.

Wow, very nice for 6 gurls. That last shot makes me think its a White Widow Last pic of bud is whiter than most WW I have seen. I would venture a guess at saying that what you are trying to achieve is possible. I would get some reflective material up on those walls asap. Especially if you really want to meet your goal of 1g per watt.

I would also venture into saying that those dont have many characteristic of Urkle or Querkle....idk.....Id say white widow but ww is not a sativa dominate so....idk...Looks good though!!

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This strain, whatever it may be, is a good yielder. Stick around as these plants will only get fatter and change colors with time.

Just discovered something funny today. The ladies are developing as expected, but one thing I noticed is that one of the six plants pictured above (pictured in the close-up shot) is one of my other strains, and not the purple one. There must have been a mix up at some point between cloning and potting them in rockwool after roots were established. The 'random' plant is on the left side of the tray closest to the camera and happens to be a more indica dominant strain (makes sense as it's the shortest of the bunch). I can update with pictures of that one as well but I was intending on focusing on the purple strain.

Picture update in a few days.

Here are a few updated pics. These were taken today at day 37 of 77, almost half way done. Not much to report other than the main cola branches needed tied up this past weekend as half of them fell into each other. I change the res once per week and pH balance to 5.8 as needed. I like to flush once with Clearex around day 30 to leach any salt build-up on the rockwool, which was done last week. I'm tweaking my feeding program a little as we get into the 'aggressive flowering' stage as I feel like the recommended doses are a little strong. I've cut back my floraBloom a little to make room for the the full dose of liquid KoolBloom. The plants seem to be handling the tweak quite well. I'll update again in 5-7 days.



I've found that it takes about 6 weeks for some color to start showing in the flowers. Here is a reference point:

Awesome! I wish I had a setup like that! subscribed

Looking good man....Good Job

NYCrez said:

Awesome! I wish I had a setup like that! subscribed

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Aside from the light, this set-up is comprised of 2 concrete mixing tubs from a local home improvement store ($13 each), two 2"x4" (free but cheap if purchased) and a 250gph pump ($18 ). The dowel rods are maybe .50/each and the string costs pennies.

I think EBB & Flow would be my choice of hydro if I were to ever venture into water world. I like your setup and it seems to be working like

a charm.

beautiful plants, lots sativa of in it for an urkle but very ns.great job.i'm doin the first purple kush fem test grow goin currently from a seed breeder.hope i get colors like that.

raiderman said:

beautiful plants, lots sativa of in it for an urkle but very ns.great job.i'm doin the first purple kush fem test grow goin currently from a seed breeder.hope i get colors like that.

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Well, that's the thing, based on some descriptions of Urkle, I don't think that is what this strain is. But they will change colors and are sativa dominant which is my personal preference. Stick around for some nice colors.

hey homebrewer i'm subbed mate, i'm glad you started a journal i need something good to watch and learn from since our last conversation i've been doing a bit of homework on ebb and flow systems and now definately seems more in reach, i'm thinking of making a small table for my next experiment i'm currently trying to find out about diy materials for it as i'm a fibre glasser by trade or g.r.p specialist sounds better lol, they are certainly coming along very quickly and look stunning mate, i'll be paying close attention thankyou

W Dragon said:

hey homebrewer i'm subbed mate, i'm glad you started a journal i need something good to watch and learn from since our last conversation i've been doing a bit of homework on ebb and flow systems and now definately seems more in reach, i'm thinking of making a small table for my next experiment i'm currently trying to find out about diy materials for it as i'm a fibre glasser by trade or g.r.p specialist sounds better lol, they are certainly coming along very quickly and look stunning mate, i'll be paying close attention thankyou

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Thanks for joining! If you can make something to hold your water and a tray to hold your plants, that is almost all that ebb and flow requires. I've found those concrete mixing tubs to be very helpful, though they only hold about 15 gallons without making me nervous. You can also use a Rubbermaid tub as a reservoir as I do that to veg my hydro girls.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_19252-1569-ST3608_0_?productId=1226689&Ntt=mixing%20tub&Ntk=i_products&pl=1&currentURL=/pl__0__s?newSearch=true$Ntt=mixing%20tub$y=0$x=0

For my set-up, I'd like to try a 20 gallon res to see if it makes any difference. That might be a future journal to compare the two sizes.

i'm a soil grower but if u see in my avitar the other room is a spare bathroom and tub at least 30 gallons,,wouldnt that be a gd resevoirfor ebb ab flow?yure plants remind me wen i did some purple wrecks las yr.