World Of Hempy

Little ole Band from Texas, ZZtop....."My friends, they all told me, hempy buckets gonna change yo life.........gotta have my hempy medicine, gonna make me feel alright."
Roots hit res @ 2:13, Flowering @ 3:21
[video=youtube;MioVUg-aS6Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MioVUg-aS6Y[/video]

kingramo said:

I don't have a ph meter as I have the solution where u put water in a container and test it. So I tested my tap water and its at a ph of 8 and my RO water is at a 6. So last time I feed my plants I just combined flora gro and flora bloom 1/2 tsp with RO water and didn't tes it afterwards. When I fed my plants they had a run off of 7. I have a rockwool cube in there with a ph around 6 I think. My plants are 1 month 1/2 in veg. Any more infor u guys need?

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Doesn't that PH Test use Color to determine the PH? If so, after mixing the GH Nutes, they change the color of the water, so your more than likely not getting an accurate reading.

ok I need some help, going to try to make a bloom room, I know it must be 12/12, but what about the lighting? I use CFl's, Just 2700 or a spectrum of light?

whocares100 said:

ok I need some help, going to try to make a bloom room, I know it must be 12/12, but what about the lighting? I use CFl's, Just 2700 or a spectrum of light?

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Veg - Blue 6400k

Flower- Red 2700k



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TX beat me to it ... a mix is good. In the past I flowered with just a large 250W Red

Whocare100

Have you considered T5 lighting? It'll be more efficient AND effective than CFL.

Moebius said:

Whocare100

Have you considered T5 lighting? It'll be more efficient AND effective than CFL.

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I'm not sure what t5 lighting is....I have some flourescent tubes I could use, Also has anyone tried this? good or bad? Mylar on my Hempy bottles. I would think it would have a little more reflective power than tape. Or is that not what I'm looking for?

whocares100 said:

I'm not sure what t5 lighting is....I have some flourescent tubes I could use, Also has anyone tried this? good or bad? Mylar on my Hempy bottles. View attachment 2516545 I would think it would have a little more reflective power than tape. Or is that not what I'm looking for?

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It looks really good. Ive tried reflective tape but tbh with a canopy of green over them it makes no difference.

Cool, 'fluorescents' are good too. Yours I think are T8 Fluorescents and will work. .... T5 are similar fluorescents to T8 but are more efficient with a 'higher output'. They're extremely popular in our hobby. If you decide to upgrade at any point, this is the next step up.

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My personal preference when cutting 2L bottles is to make the cut just below where the bottle curves. About 1.5" higher than the 2 in your picture. It gives more space for substrate and roots. The substrate tends to settle anyway and this sinks the plant lower in the bucket.

Rusty Shakelford said:

Doesn't that PH Test use Color to determine the PH? If so, after mixing the GH Nutes, they change the color of the water, so your more than likely not getting an accurate reading.

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It actually doesn't even change the color of the water and is still clear.

kingramo said:

It actually doesn't even change the color of the water and is still clear.

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Cool !! I use the GH Flora Series, Micro, Grow, Bloom, which is Brown, Green and Red, so they tend to change the color of the water

When should i flip LST plants into flower? The center nodes are around 2-4 inches long atm, should i wait another week?

She coulda went longer but I needed her spot! After I put the other plants in their pots the garage is so cold and I can't be having that any longer. I did give her a test smoke a few days ago and it was potent as shit! Sorry its blurry!

Roots were looking pretty good. I'm sure she could have been even bigger with this pot if I had vegged her longer.

This is what my drying has evolved to so far. I chop the fan leaves and leave them on good size branches. 2-3 days they'll get trimmed and sit out another day or two, or go into the jar.

About 2 weeks into the first run with Liberty Haze and Strawberry Blue - couple observations: Liberty Haze has extremely LONG fan leaves all over, I can't wait to defoliate in a week. LH does exhibit more of a single cola growth habit than other strains I have grown, like Aurora (side branches like crazy). Strawberry blue continues to be an impressive little plant, nice compact internode spacing, lots of short side branches, we might have a winner here (nice since this one seed was a freebie from the 'Tude). Might post pics tomorrow. Cheers

Just to add, I still think drying the entire plant (fan leaves and all) is the best process but Im working on finding the happy medium and shaving a few days off the process.

well guys...looks like this girl is not going to stop growing...2 weeks in flowering and she stretched almost 3 ft...I don't know what I should do as I dont have much more head room to work with...Any suggestions? I never cropped or anything before so im a little hesitant. The strain is by delicious seeds and its called cotton candy. I took a few clones but I dont think I will be growing her out again...

tsboss1 said:

well guys...looks like this girl is not going to stop growing...2 weeks in flowering and she stretched almost 3 ft...I don't know what I should do as I dont have much more head room to work with...Any suggestions? I never cropped or anything before so im a little hesitant. The strain is by delicious seeds and its called cotton candy. I took a few clones but I dont think I will be growing her out again...
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Could just 'pinch' the long stem. (bend it 90degrees)

^ In fact, if you don't pinch that long stem you'll be starving the majority of the plant of light. IMO. 'pinch' 2ft -2.5ft of that long stem and lower your light to focus on the bulk of the plant.