Nibec's Single Plant CFL Kalashnikova SCROG

[nibec]

sorry for the lack of input, been really busy lately, and i kind of jumped the gun, and overfed her.

she has recovered now, and is yet one more time making progress. shes into the screen now, and eating about 80-100 ppm daily.

well to be more clear, when i fimmed, i got 6 tops. 2 are threw the screen, and 4 are close behind. ill probably start my training in about 3 days once the tallest 2 shoot past the screen a few inches, and the other 4 will probably just be touching by then.

my clone still happens to be in the cabinet too, and is currectly training into the screen, which im going to have to untangle her soon so she can start her journey outside.

ill probably lst her outside, but currently the night time temps are still a little lower than i would prefer. but this weekend is supposed to be great! so, i guess i know what im doing

now that i'v been running my benny tea religiously, and fairly generously. i find i havent had to worry about ph, almost at all.

i check the ph everyday, but not once have i had to adjust it, by replacing what she eats, i'v been able to keep the ph between 5.3 and 5.8 without any ph stabilizers. its kind of nice

shes drinking about a liter of water per day, i think its almost time to put her into my 10 gallon res, instead of the 5 gallon.

pic updates once i get my camera back from repairs

 

[Sky Rocket]

Nice! Well I thought you went ghost on us.

 

[nibec]

nope still kickin. and struggling through my first DWC. i must say... its a LOT different than soil.. i wouldnt say its harder, but, without knowing what to expect... its a lot easier to screw up..

now that i have screwed up enough times on it.. i think i have it under control, and next run i know what to do different to prevent everything that has happened.

so needless to say, instead of a 4-5 month veg, ill probably be able to cut that in half, if not more, just do to the fact the majority of her life so far has been recovering from my mistakes.

when shes happy, she grows fast, and beautifully... but, like i said, i'v spent most of my time correcting my mistakes and watching her sit idle, and unhappy.

to recap... i have

Let her get root rot (now running benny tea so i dont have to worry about it
mag def (wasnt running cal mag)
mag overdose (oops.. over corrected)
ph out of wack (due to a failed ph pen, now calibrating every week instead of trusting it)
heat stress (due to a failed exhaust fan, was running an old junk bathroom fan.. now have a proper one)
nute burn (was upping her too fast, and failed to watch for signs of it.. until it was too late)

shes put up with a lot.. and im hoping she turns out to be nice and strong come flower, but im going to prepare for the worst.


anyways, off to bed. have a good one 420!

 

[Sky Rocket]

Everyone makes there share of mistakes especially in dwc. You can only learn and get better. I

 

[nibec]

alright. so.. finally i have found time to myself. SO.. time to get back on track.

thats her as of this morning.

Update to come... computer is glitching out and i need to keep this short

edit: alright.

so shes still in veg, and filled about 60% of the screen.. with rapid growth now that im looking after her properly.. eating about 100 ppm daily , and drinking about 2 liters of water daily.

roots are a beautiful white (apart from the stained ones from when i was running high concentrations of benny tea to fix her root rot.)

each shoot is growing about 1" per day. and her main stalk is about 1.5" in diameter.

too many bud sites to count.


probably going to flip her to 12/12 in the next few days, as im sick of this plant, and want to finish it so i can start fresh, and hopefully with minimal problems. as shes suffered way too much her whole life.

now that i have a decent handle on DWC, and know what im doing now, for the most part with it. It should go a lot smoother.

im going to flower with 504 watts of 2700k CFL's, and see what happens. i MIGHT throw a few 6500k's in there, but, im on the fence with that right now.

hope i still have some followers left, even after my long hiatus.

 

[Sky Rocket]

Dam that's a long ass veg. Got any root porn?

 

[nibec]

yeah, way too long of a veg... she was stunted her whole life from me being a DWC noob.. and the past couple months due to not having time to take care of her right... she would go 3 sometimes 4 days without even being looked at.

that being said... i also lost my second one in there in the first month due to root rot. so, instead of 2 plants to fill the screen, im relying on just the one.


anyways, shes big enough now that she is ready to flip, and fill probably 80-90% of the screen when she is done her stretch.

shes growing with vigor again.. so at least i know she'll be healthy going into the flip. Im hoping she doesnt hermie on me right away.

but even if she does, ill finish it, and turn her into edibles or honey.



as for root porn...becasue its a stealth scrog... its really hard to get into the bucket, apart from my viewing hole. and you cant see much from that. so, when i do my tub change to change her to bloom nutes (havent done a res change in months... eek) ill get some pictures.


i havent had time to brew my benny tea lately either, so i have been adding ZHO powder, and hydroguard at about 1/4 scoop, and 10ml every sunday to keep the nasties out of my res. still squeeky clean in there, so, it must be working.

 

[fish cake]

nice come back bro, glad to see you have time for your lady!
you might do well adding some 6500s to your grow. I've mixed a few in with my hps and Ithink its helping a lot
I also have a scrog grow goin on but I am in soil and going on the 4rth week of flower.
anyway best of luck on your grow and I will check in to see how it goes

 

[nibec]

yeah i was thinking of it... but with straight cfl, im almost thinking it will need all the 2700k it can get... i may be wrong.

the only time i have grown under HPS, i also used two 200 watt (true watts, not equiv) 6400k CFLS beside it. Great results.

anyways... im going to go empty my res, and filler up with some bloom nutes, and set my timers to flop her into 12/12 for tomorrow.

im going to give her a nice air bath for a bit too. spray down the roots every 15 min for about 2 hours with straight water to rinse any salt buildups, and to get those roots nice and oxygenated.

i went and picked up some new air stones, the 500 watts of cfls, and 10 gallons of water to get this party started

i also spent the past week, slowly removing the clutter under the screen and tying her into place. So i think she is well prepped. I removed the clutter slow enough that she hasnt shown any shock whatsoever, even though i filled a shopping bag with unwanted trim.

needless to say... root porn (or hopefully... unless it acutally a disaster in there) to follow!

 

[nibec]

as promised here are some more pics.

and as you can see, my old roots are stained, but the newer stuff is lookin good. there was no slime whatsoever, and the tub was still squeeky clean with no floaties.

lifted my lights a bit to sneak a pic from up there.

looks like there is slime in the pics... buts its just stains, and the flash that make it look like rot.
that and the netpots have some salt buildup. and again the flash makes it look gooey... but, again... its not.


as you can see i swapped her lights to 2700k.

i also put her on bloom nutes, and as of tomorrow, she will be 12/12

looking forward to getting this plant done with, and starting my exodus cheese =)

 

[Sky Rocket]

Looking good with the roots. This time around take care of her.

 

[nibec]

i plan to the hectic living shedual has returned to normal, so i should have plenty of time to pay attention to her.

 

[donpaul.p]

looking great mate, them roots look ok to me, they always seem to look like that when a picture is taken, mine are a bright white till you take a picture, must be something to do with the moisture not reflecting the light as much, very nice looking plants though mate, should give you a nice return as well

 

[nibec]

since the flip to 12/12 shes slowed down quite a bit... im assuming its the fact shes getting less light and in her mind is still in veg mode.

shes still growing decently.. but, the ppm and water shows the slow down.. down to 50 ppm per day drop, and only about half a liter of water drop. down from 100ppm a day, and 1.8 liters of water a day.

im assuming soon as she kicks into flower mode that will change drastically and probably surpass veg eating/drinking.


i'v always wondered how they react when you flip. and growing only in soil before.. never really got to moniter it like this. its entertaining

 

[donpaul.p]

she will stretch loads around the end of week 1 of flower, by week 2 she will be in rapid growth and growing like crazy for a week or more

 

[nibec]

Yep. I'm just crossing my fingers hoping I didn't stress it enough through its life to hermie it. Combing her everyday for possible signs.

 

[donpaul.p]

i think you will be ok mate, they only really hermie if you stress them in flower, such as messing the lights up like letting light in when the lights are off, also under watering can make them go hermie and to much nutrients, as long as you keep them in check you should be ok mate

 

[nibec]

quick update... overnight she started to stink. so did my daily comb, and found 80-90% of the branches now have pistils and no sign of balls.

shes back to drinking almost 2 liters per day, and ate 120ppm in 20 hours. all of the branches shot up about 2 inches over my screen last night as well..

the stretch has begun. Im offically in flower.

 

[GreeenFingers]

Everything seems to be bouncing back beautifully

Really interested to see how this turns out.

Keep up the good work

 

[donpaul.p]

sounds like your on track then mate, its all good from here