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Pinktiger777
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Update October 24th
Today the plants in the Mom Tent and the Flowering Tent have been blooming for a month.
The Mom Tent is an experiment - trying a different nutrient. All I'm putting in this tent is Flora Nova. The bloom part is now being fed; before that, it was the grow formula. These are very expensive to buy, but in the end it would be cheaper, since I'm only buying two bottles instead of like 17 different ones.
So far, the experiment is a success. I've noticed that the PH is more stable than before, and that the plants are thriving. If anything, these Mother Plants are doing better than the plants in the big tent, which presently is being fed GH combination nutes, with the three main nutes and so many supplements it makes my head spin. The final judgment will be the harvest and how they smoke.
To explain about why I'm flowering my Mom Plants. I'm interested in how these plants, which are five different varieties will yield and how they smoke. If I'm happy with those results, the plant will be revegged. If not, go on to the next one. I've got a lot of different varieties in seeds, all feminine. So many seeds, so little time!
The Flowering Tent is very fecund at the moment. You can almost hear the buds growing. I have to get on a stool to see the top. This is how it looks from my viewpoint before I hop up:
I planted six plants in the tent, four of them Peppermint Kush and one Blue Dream and one Expert Haze.
One of the Peppermint Kush's died. I saw its skeleton this afternoon in the back of the tent. Its neighbors devoured its space and light, and grew right over the top of it.
So now I'm rethinking six plants. I'm thinking four would be sufficient. And I'm also thinking of scrogging it lower to the tray so I won't have so much wasted space under the canopy. I was cognizant that it would take a grow or so in the big tent before I had it all down pat. I'm also hoping that my journal will provide a resource to anyone who stumbles upon it and want to grow or are growing hydro.
The exhaust system my husband devised is really doing its job well. When I had the grow under the stairs, it was vented out into the room. A month into flowering, even with the carbon scrubber, you could smell weed. Now even in the room where the tents are, no smell. I have an Ona Gel jar sitting on top the Mom Tent, in the path of the exhaust from that tent. So it smells nice in there, but not enough fragrance to make the weed smell and taste like Ona Gel. You cannot smell marijuana. Now I need to go outside by the exhaust and see how that smells. LOL.
Today the plants in the Mom Tent and the Flowering Tent have been blooming for a month.
The Mom Tent is an experiment - trying a different nutrient. All I'm putting in this tent is Flora Nova. The bloom part is now being fed; before that, it was the grow formula. These are very expensive to buy, but in the end it would be cheaper, since I'm only buying two bottles instead of like 17 different ones.
So far, the experiment is a success. I've noticed that the PH is more stable than before, and that the plants are thriving. If anything, these Mother Plants are doing better than the plants in the big tent, which presently is being fed GH combination nutes, with the three main nutes and so many supplements it makes my head spin. The final judgment will be the harvest and how they smoke.
To explain about why I'm flowering my Mom Plants. I'm interested in how these plants, which are five different varieties will yield and how they smoke. If I'm happy with those results, the plant will be revegged. If not, go on to the next one. I've got a lot of different varieties in seeds, all feminine. So many seeds, so little time!
The Flowering Tent is very fecund at the moment. You can almost hear the buds growing. I have to get on a stool to see the top. This is how it looks from my viewpoint before I hop up:
One of the Peppermint Kush's died. I saw its skeleton this afternoon in the back of the tent. Its neighbors devoured its space and light, and grew right over the top of it.
So now I'm rethinking six plants. I'm thinking four would be sufficient. And I'm also thinking of scrogging it lower to the tray so I won't have so much wasted space under the canopy. I was cognizant that it would take a grow or so in the big tent before I had it all down pat. I'm also hoping that my journal will provide a resource to anyone who stumbles upon it and want to grow or are growing hydro.
The exhaust system my husband devised is really doing its job well. When I had the grow under the stairs, it was vented out into the room. A month into flowering, even with the carbon scrubber, you could smell weed. Now even in the room where the tents are, no smell. I have an Ona Gel jar sitting on top the Mom Tent, in the path of the exhaust from that tent. So it smells nice in there, but not enough fragrance to make the weed smell and taste like Ona Gel. You cannot smell marijuana. Now I need to go outside by the exhaust and see how that smells. LOL.
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