Equanimity
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Your grow room is so polished it makes me wet my pants lol
Doozy's 2300W LED - 5x5 - Dinafem Seeds - 1st Grow
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Doozy
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Hi all,
Again, sory for the big gaps between updates, i'm getting increasingly busy at the moment and it's difficult to remember to take photos of the grow as well as take care of the ladies.
I've have a theory that my first grow has been hindered by the fact that i vegged for far too long, and coupled with a huge amount of growth and stretch in flower, my plants were simply to crammed in. I don't think the buds were getting enough light, even after a defol.
My solution was to do a two stage harvest (perhaps even 3 stage if it comes to it) as the buds lower down the stems were nowhere near ready, whilst the buds at the top were almost overdone. So i've chopped about 80 heads off the plants at various heights, dependant upon where the buds appeared to need more time underneath.
I'm drying these in a cardboard box with a tube going straight into the tent for air circulation....so far the drying process seems fine, although the buds have very little smell, i'm hoping this improves in the curing process.
I think next time i'll top a lot less, and aim for fewer, bigger buds. Easy mistake to make i suppose....you live and learn
The first pic shows the difference between a fully matured bud, and a bud from the same plant which is nowhere near ready (it snapped off so i trimmed it regardless and took an pic) As you can see, they are at completely different stages even though they are from the same plant.
So after chopping the tops off, i'm still left with loads of budsites, and after a defol the plants are looking like so (sorry it's a bit of a poor image)
As you can see there's a lot left in the tent, all with clear trichs....these are basically the parts that previously weren't getting much, if any light. The buds are much brighter, and less developed.
Here is an image of the harvest so far, they've been hanging for about 48 hours so far, and the box seems to be doing it's job.
I'll try and get some close up bud shots soon, i'm using a crappy camera that just goes out of focus when i zoom in, so i'll get the phone charged and use that for some better shots.
Cheers and i hope you are all well
Again, sory for the big gaps between updates, i'm getting increasingly busy at the moment and it's difficult to remember to take photos of the grow as well as take care of the ladies.
I've have a theory that my first grow has been hindered by the fact that i vegged for far too long, and coupled with a huge amount of growth and stretch in flower, my plants were simply to crammed in. I don't think the buds were getting enough light, even after a defol.
My solution was to do a two stage harvest (perhaps even 3 stage if it comes to it) as the buds lower down the stems were nowhere near ready, whilst the buds at the top were almost overdone. So i've chopped about 80 heads off the plants at various heights, dependant upon where the buds appeared to need more time underneath.
I'm drying these in a cardboard box with a tube going straight into the tent for air circulation....so far the drying process seems fine, although the buds have very little smell, i'm hoping this improves in the curing process.
I think next time i'll top a lot less, and aim for fewer, bigger buds. Easy mistake to make i suppose....you live and learn
The first pic shows the difference between a fully matured bud, and a bud from the same plant which is nowhere near ready (it snapped off so i trimmed it regardless and took an pic) As you can see, they are at completely different stages even though they are from the same plant.
So after chopping the tops off, i'm still left with loads of budsites, and after a defol the plants are looking like so (sorry it's a bit of a poor image)
As you can see there's a lot left in the tent, all with clear trichs....these are basically the parts that previously weren't getting much, if any light. The buds are much brighter, and less developed.
Here is an image of the harvest so far, they've been hanging for about 48 hours so far, and the box seems to be doing it's job.
I'll try and get some close up bud shots soon, i'm using a crappy camera that just goes out of focus when i zoom in, so i'll get the phone charged and use that for some better shots.
Cheers and i hope you are all well
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Doozy
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I can only guess, but by looking at them, at least another 2, possibly 3 weeks.
I can only guess, but by looking at them, at least another 2, possibly 3 weeks.
Good luck on getting a successful second crop then Doozy
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Doozy
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about 2 weeks
Ah good, was using your grow as a bit of a reference for timings... hopefully mine will be ready shortly too
wildwelshman
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congrats on the half harvest mate...it all looks mighty fine buddy
skunnymonster
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Congrats on phase one of your harvest buddy, it looks quality
Equanimity
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That's an excellent dangling display there, loving how tight the nuggets seem. well done.
As for this staggered harvest; I'm currently at the 'second canopy' stage of one myself; the buds that didn't get a lot of light are flourishing, and putting on weight, though even now after two weeks the trichomes are still mostly clear so maybe another week i guess.
As for this staggered harvest; I'm currently at the 'second canopy' stage of one myself; the buds that didn't get a lot of light are flourishing, and putting on weight, though even now after two weeks the trichomes are still mostly clear so maybe another week i guess.
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Doozy
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First harvest yield - dry weight 170g. Very disappointing.
Second harvest looks to be around 250g, third will be lucky to yield 100. So total yield (guess work at this stage) is around the 500g mark, which means around 0.4g per watt.
I hate to say it, but these LEDs look like they are great for veg, but not for flower.
I wish it wasn't the case, but i think i'm going to keep the same setup in veg, then look for 4 x air cooled, 400w HPS with dimmable ballasts for flower. Either that or a 1k. Such a shame.
Second harvest looks to be around 250g, third will be lucky to yield 100. So total yield (guess work at this stage) is around the 500g mark, which means around 0.4g per watt.
I hate to say it, but these LEDs look like they are great for veg, but not for flower.
I wish it wasn't the case, but i think i'm going to keep the same setup in veg, then look for 4 x air cooled, 400w HPS with dimmable ballasts for flower. Either that or a 1k. Such a shame.
skunnymonster
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Sorry to hear you're disappointed with your haul buddy but it's not too shabby on a 1st run. Keep your chin up bro
revert
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Mate I only got 130grams on my first grow with 3 plants. Second grow was only one plant and it yielded 1 oz more than then all three combined from my first grow lol. Last grow I hit 13oz from one plant. It only gets better mate. Take my word for it 
With your setup you'll be hitting 1kilo+ in no time Doozy
With your setup you'll be hitting 1kilo+ in no time Doozy
David Bowman
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