CATARACT
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The UK Growers Thread!
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Fac33
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Hello mate, where you grow 9 and grow them big, what size tent do you use?
The Yorkshireman
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About 4 square metres with 15-20l pots but I want em bigger!
Fac33
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nice one, as i struggle growing 4 big in 18l pots in a 1.2m2 tent under 2 600w hps. Ive nearly got the same results growing one big one in a 32l airpot under 2 600w hps, she was a monster as even all the side branches were big and chunky with nuggets.
The Yorkshireman
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Four 18L pots are too big for a 1.2m tent. Four 9-10L pots in that space will grow you plants that are perfect for the space.
This is a 1.2m tent with four 9L pots using Coco under a 400w HPS.
And this is a naked shot of one of those plants on chop day, the roots didn't really challenge the pot size.
They finished around 4 feet tall (from the top of the pot) yielding about 4oz dry each.
The misconception is that bigger pots = bigger yields but it's not true, bigger plants = bigger yields.
I think with a 600 in there I could have pulled 6oz per plant.
ae86 grower
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yorkshireman....them`s some pretty awesome results..
wish i had the space for a grow to 5ft, is it easier to maintain 4 or 5 samller plants than look afer 2 or 3 monsters? like feeding and stuff?
wish i had the space for a grow to 5ft, is it easier to maintain 4 or 5 samller plants than look afer 2 or 3 monsters? like feeding and stuff?
Fac33
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photo just taken now, 5 weeks into 12/12
4 x 18l airpots under 2 x 600w cool tubes
mad dog bark
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bursting at the seems there fella. nice bushy plants tho
The Yorkshireman
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No mate it's the same work load and it's all relative.
Think about it, You can have four 10 litre pots with 3-4 foot plants or two 20 litre pots with 5-6 foot plants. they'll still need to be watered every 3 days or so, if your watering once a week then the pots are too big for the plants.
Fac33
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Mine are watered daily, at the moment there taking 2.5 litres a day each and every 3rd day they have an extra litre each so i get alittle run off out of the bottom of the pot. Every day the coco is dry on top so these must be thirsty bitches!
The Yorkshireman
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Dude with the airpots you can go even smaller on the pot size. A 10L airpot will yield the same (if not more) as a 15L regular pot.
And the 2 600s you have in there are overkill for the small stature of the plants you have, they need to be twice that height.
lets do away with another growing myth.
Plants can only produce as much bud as their genetics allow.
MORE LIGHT WILL ONLY GIVE MORE BUD PROVIDING THE PLANTS ARE BIG ENOUGH TO DO SO!
Why do you think we don't all grow 1 plant 12/12 from seed in a shot glass under a 1000w!
ae86 grower
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grow in soil myself and the girls are only about 18inchs at the min so water with feed every 3 days or so, they get about a litre each, be uping this soon to 1.5 litres..
have only started nutes so weak strenght at the min and i haven`t a clue about ppms and stuff i just mix as bottle says...
experimenting with growing in bags at the min so getting run off is tricky to see hence the slowly increasing watering schedule..
have only started nutes so weak strenght at the min and i haven`t a clue about ppms and stuff i just mix as bottle says...
experimenting with growing in bags at the min so getting run off is tricky to see hence the slowly increasing watering schedule..
Fac33
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Yeah i understand what your saying, I do usually grow them bigger but I needed to get them in as ive got others vegging that are bigger ready to go straight in when these are done.
ae86 grower
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this is where i`m at so far, have to change the bulbs in the homemade hood the two 2700k are temp, had only 4 lights but last night wired in 4 more and have 4 more 6500k 36w bulbs comeing monday and some of the biggest spiral 2700k`s i`ve ever seen aswell, the spirals are 365 actual watts so should be good...
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unlucky
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same old shizzzzzzzzzz yawning yawning fffucking yawning
The Yorkshireman
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They are dry on top because they are under 1200w of HPS and the cab is warm, the top of the Coco will dry naturally in a day.
There's no way they need watering daily in 18L airpots, especially at that size. If you keep topping them up then the air/water ratio in the Coco is crap affecting your growth rate and yield (regardless of what you think, no offence).
Try drying them out between waterings. Let them wilt a little then water, if it takes say 6 days for them to wilt then you know they need to be watered every 4-5 days.
Sticking your finger in the pot to judge watering is a load of bollocks because the roots are still piss wet through. it's obvious the top of any medium will dry out but the roots are not at the top are they?
Water when your plants need it, not when you THINK they need it.
Fac33
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They look nice and healthy mate, what are they?!?