SouthernWeed
Well-Known Member
So, a little background on myself. I was an outdoor grower for 17 seasons, but circumstances conspired to move me indoors around 2 1/2 years ago. Since then, I've grown continually, sometimes with multiple grows in multiple mediums at the same time. My preference is soil or coco, but DWC is my most commonly used grow method.
Recently my rotation has been Violator Kush, Purple Wreck, NL#5 and Super Lemon Haze, all taken from excellent mothers. In each grow I'll mention the little oddities each strain has displayed and what I've done to get past them.
My flower space is a converted bathroom, basically a mylar enclosed tub insert with some additional ventilation thrown in to keep the plants dry in what amounts to a fairly compact flower area. I have a full size closet for propagation/veg and the keeping of mothers, although you will see my PW mother in the tub with the VK...I like to plop the recently cut mother in with the big light for a couple of days after a major clone donation. Personal thing, no real reason why other than I've always done it.
Lighting is provided by a single 600w light. Currently, I am running my MH as I slowly bring the girls down from 18/6 to 12/12. I take 15 mins off the front and back of the light cycle for 12 days until I reach 12/12 at which point, I change bulbs to HPS, unless I'm growing SLH...then I leave the MH bulb going for an additional 10 days.
Nutrients are 100% House&Garden, regardless of medium. I have all the base nutrients and you use the same additives across all mediums. I attribute a huge percentage of my success as a grower to these nutes. I have used AN, DM, Atami...you name it, and nothing has come close to the PH stability and plant health/yields that I get with the H&G stuff. Are they cheap? No. But if you're looking for top shelf results, give them a go, they are no more expensive, and last a bit longer, than any other top nute/supplement line.
With the introductory and the technical out of the way, I shall get to some pics of whats happening right this minute.
The first two pics of the lst'd plants are the VK...depending on how good the upload quality is...my first time, no idea...you may see some evident cal/mag issues on several leaves...more on that in a second.
Third is the PW mother...last is the clones I took a couple days ago. Just for the record, PW has been a tough strain to clone for me...my success rate is hovering around 60%, where I rarely ever lose a clone from any of the other three strains. I've tried everything ands I still have poor success. Anyone with experience with cloning this strain is strongly encouraged to share their technique. I'm tired of cutting 14-18 clones to get 8 or 9 of these low yielding, nutrient sensitive, aggravating to grow plants. Were it not for the absolutely unbelievable color of this pheno, I'd have long ago given up on her. They're up next, so in about 12-13 weeks, y'all will start to see an insane color show.
Back to the VK. I never have a minutes problem from this strain. Hit it hard with the nutes and watch her go wild. Relatively short, but with exceptional lateral branching, she's a perfect candidate to be tied down tight and growing a garden of tall, thick resin covered colas. Do it all the time. But a few days after moving them over to this new tub, cal/mag problems showed up and I couldn't figure out why. Being such a brain of a grower it never occurred to me to check the obvious first, so I dawdled around for the best part of the morning until It dawned on me I had a hidden, but bad light leak...oops. Algae bloom killed off, res changed, no real harm. Just goes to show you, you're never to smart to make a day one mistake.
So that's where we are. Hope y'all enjoy it and pipe up if you have an idea or question. I love new ideas, and I've learned a few things along the way myself that I'd be happy to share.
Recently my rotation has been Violator Kush, Purple Wreck, NL#5 and Super Lemon Haze, all taken from excellent mothers. In each grow I'll mention the little oddities each strain has displayed and what I've done to get past them.
My flower space is a converted bathroom, basically a mylar enclosed tub insert with some additional ventilation thrown in to keep the plants dry in what amounts to a fairly compact flower area. I have a full size closet for propagation/veg and the keeping of mothers, although you will see my PW mother in the tub with the VK...I like to plop the recently cut mother in with the big light for a couple of days after a major clone donation. Personal thing, no real reason why other than I've always done it.
Lighting is provided by a single 600w light. Currently, I am running my MH as I slowly bring the girls down from 18/6 to 12/12. I take 15 mins off the front and back of the light cycle for 12 days until I reach 12/12 at which point, I change bulbs to HPS, unless I'm growing SLH...then I leave the MH bulb going for an additional 10 days.
Nutrients are 100% House&Garden, regardless of medium. I have all the base nutrients and you use the same additives across all mediums. I attribute a huge percentage of my success as a grower to these nutes. I have used AN, DM, Atami...you name it, and nothing has come close to the PH stability and plant health/yields that I get with the H&G stuff. Are they cheap? No. But if you're looking for top shelf results, give them a go, they are no more expensive, and last a bit longer, than any other top nute/supplement line.
With the introductory and the technical out of the way, I shall get to some pics of whats happening right this minute.
The first two pics of the lst'd plants are the VK...depending on how good the upload quality is...my first time, no idea...you may see some evident cal/mag issues on several leaves...more on that in a second.
Third is the PW mother...last is the clones I took a couple days ago. Just for the record, PW has been a tough strain to clone for me...my success rate is hovering around 60%, where I rarely ever lose a clone from any of the other three strains. I've tried everything ands I still have poor success. Anyone with experience with cloning this strain is strongly encouraged to share their technique. I'm tired of cutting 14-18 clones to get 8 or 9 of these low yielding, nutrient sensitive, aggravating to grow plants. Were it not for the absolutely unbelievable color of this pheno, I'd have long ago given up on her. They're up next, so in about 12-13 weeks, y'all will start to see an insane color show.
Back to the VK. I never have a minutes problem from this strain. Hit it hard with the nutes and watch her go wild. Relatively short, but with exceptional lateral branching, she's a perfect candidate to be tied down tight and growing a garden of tall, thick resin covered colas. Do it all the time. But a few days after moving them over to this new tub, cal/mag problems showed up and I couldn't figure out why. Being such a brain of a grower it never occurred to me to check the obvious first, so I dawdled around for the best part of the morning until It dawned on me I had a hidden, but bad light leak...oops. Algae bloom killed off, res changed, no real harm. Just goes to show you, you're never to smart to make a day one mistake.
So that's where we are. Hope y'all enjoy it and pipe up if you have an idea or question. I love new ideas, and I've learned a few things along the way myself that I'd be happy to share.
Thanks!
