PJ's 1000W 4.5 x 9x7 Tent Grow

[PJ420]

Thought i'd share my current grow with you all. Already into the 2nd week of flower.

Strainutch Passions Brainstorm, Clones from Feminized mother plant.
4.5x9x7 Grow tent
24 Site Aerojet (18 sites filled)
Lumatek 1000w Ballast&HPSBulb (MH for veg)
4XL Silverstar A/C hood
6' Inline fan
6' Carbon Filter
Tri-Meter(PH/Temp/PPM)
1on 4off fixed cycle timer

Nutes:
AN Micro-Grow-Bloom Ph perfect
AN Voodoo Juice
AN Big Bud
AN Bud Candy
AN B-52
AN Overdrive
AN Final Phase

11-29-2013
After 12 days of veg i switched to flower, 17 out of 24 sites filled. average plant height was 9 inches. Had a couple clones that looked like they would die, they held on but are only 5 inches tall and behind the rest of the table. ppm is at 450, ph stable at 5.6

Whole system

right side..

Left side..

two runts..

12-06-2013
Had what appears to be a zinc deficiency the last week, plants are still growing well, some white tips and slight spotting on leaf tips. I flushed on Monday and refilled with 50% nutes, seemed to help, so today i drained again and bumped the nutes to 85-90%, ppm is at 980, ph stable at 5.6, Hopefully the increased nute strength will get rid of the zinc prob i had, while avoiding any burn. Time will tell.
pics..

Heres my GrapeGod plant that will be my mother for my next grow.

I'll be updating every Friday time permitting.

Cheers!

 

[Jimmy6000]

Re: PJ's 1000w 4.5x9x7 tent grow

Hell of a setup PJ,Nice and clean.Subbed for sure.

 

[PJ420]

Re: PJ's 1000w 4.5x9x7 tent grow

Hell of a setup PJ,Nice and clean.Subbed for sure.

Thanks Jimmy. Good to have ya on board!

 

[PJ420]

Re: PJ's 1000w 4.5x9x7 tent grow

12-13-2013
UPDATE!!!
Day 12 of flower.
Things are looking excellent!, plants responded very well to the higher ppm, this week i bumped it up a bit more. PPM is 1050, PH 5.6. I still have some white tips, growth seems fine though, i'm pretty sure the white tips is caused by the fact i'm using tap water, i remember having the same issue when i grew in this space before using my previous system with tap water. I ordered a small RO unit yesterday so i'm hoping it will arrive b4 next res change. Plants only stretched about 5.5 inches this week, a good sign, they shouldn't stretch more than another 5 i'm hoping, i already have my hood at the very top of the tent, i could get a few more inches if i changed the metal V hangers with shorter ones but i don't have any on hand, I will look into it if i need too. Not sure if you can notice from the pics, but the top fan leaves are a lighter green the the lower ones, at first i thought this was a nute issue, but its not, after watching the night time temps its obvious its caused by the big change in temp between light and dark, as well as my res temp going up and then bringing it down regularly. Still from what i have read this won't cause any real issues. I did notice the last few days b4 the water change my PPM jumped up to 1200 due to plants eating more water than nutes. Still i chose to try to keep the PPM in the same area this week as last week and ended up a tad higher due to the adding of the B52 for the first time this week. Anyways heres some pics,first real signs of flower production! hope you like!
Cheers!

Almost forgot the GrapeGod mom pics!...

 

[Jimmy6000]

Re: PJ's 1000w 4.5x9x7 tent grow

Looking good man.I predict some huge cola's.Keep it up.

 

[PJ420]

Re: PJ's 1000w 4.5x9x7 tent grow

Looking good man.I predict some huge cola's.Keep it up.

Thanks Jimmy Hoping for some nice colas too i also gave the tallest plants main stems a good pinch to slow the upward growth of the main stem and spur secondary branch growth. these's like 25 inches of space between the light and canopy and don't want the plants to get closer than about 12 inches if i can help it.

 

[PJ420]

Re: PJ's 1000w 4.5x9x7 tent grow

UPDATE!
12-20-2013
Day 21 of Flower.

Well my RO unit and 6' filter didn't arrive yesterday, apparently UPS is having issues with a little bit of snow, hoping they will come on monday. I switched base nutes this week as my hydro store was out of what i normally buy, the ones i'm using for the remainder of this run are no name 3 part, pretty much like technaflora as far as i can tell, only use 2 parts for either veg or flower. NPK of the 2 parts for flower is 2-4-4, i still have all my AN additives which i'm using with these new nutes. I still have some white/burnt leaf tips, so reduced the ppm down to 900, PH is at 5.6.

pics..
GG mom..

System shots..

flower shots..

 

[PJ420]

Re: PJ's 1000w 4.5x9x7 tent grow

Mini Update!
My 6's carbon filter came yesterday, they got UPS people working overtime and delivering on Saturdays to make up for the service delay because of the weather recently...still waiting on my RO unit, should come tomorrow, after which i will be doing another flush and refilling the res with RO'd mix... heres pics of the filter..

 

[PJ420]

Update!
12-27-2013
Day 28 of 12/12

Things are coming along well, Still have some yellowing of top fan leaves, i think its being caused by the closeness of the light, its only about 10-12 inches from the tallest plant, so i dialed back the light to the 600w setting for this week to see if it helps. The grapegod mom is turning into a lil monster, i'm going to have to take some cuttings soon just to keep her from out growing the 2x2x5 tent shes in. Anyways heres some pics, Enjoy!

 

[PJ420]

UPDATE!
1-3-2014
day 35 of 12/12

Happy new year everyone!
Things are going great, after having my ballast on 600w for a week the yellowing of the top leaves seems to have reversed a fair amount. I will be buying a spreader/heat shield for my light for the next run to help prevent this from happening again when i'm back at a 1000w. Flowering is coming along very nicely. I picked up some Canna Aqua Flores to finish this grow with, and will be picking up their full line for my next grow. Nute amounts as follows.
165 ml of Canna Aqua Flores A+B
12 ml of Dutchmaster Zone
80 ml Bud candy.
Mixed into 48L of water.
I'm also going to use Overdrive with the canna nutes but only for 2 feedings next week and then the following week.

Pics...

Cheers!

 

[PJ420]

UPDATE!!!
1-10-2014
Day 42 of 12/12

Things are coming along great, Plants seem to really like the canna aqua nutes, Still some tip burn but it has not gotten worse and the plants are growing well so i kept the ppm in the same area. I'm guessing i have another 3 weeks till harvest, but only time will tell. Plants are starting their fattening up stage of growth so things should get really nice looking over the next 2 weeks. Nute amounts as follows...
125ml each of Canna Aqua A+B
15ml Of DM Zone
80ml of Overdrive
60ml of Bud Candy
PPM is at 730
PH 5.7

Till next week!

 

[SloppyFarmer]

Yeah buddy, looking good. Can't wait to see more

 

[PJ420]

Yeah buddy, looking good. Can't wait to see more

Thanks Sloppy, good to have ya on board

 

[Dresney]

Hi, PJ420

Your grow looks great.

I'm going to follow along with your journal, too.

Happy growing!

 

[PJ420]

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[PJ420]

Hi, PJ420

Your grow looks great.

I'm going to follow along with your journal, too.

Happy growing!

Hiya Dresney, Thanks for the kind words, and to my Journal!

 

[PJ420]

1-17-2014
UPDATE!!
Day 49 of 12/12

Plants are looking great, lots of new pistil growth, no real issues over the last week. Nutes as follows..

12ml DM zone
135ml each of Aqua Flores A+B
80ml Overdrive
70ml Bud Candy
in 48l of water
ppm 820
ph 5.8

I'm going feed one more time next Friday, then start a 7-14 day flush.
Pics..

 

[Dresney]

Lovely ladies, PJ

Do you know what the trichomes are looking like?

 

[PJ420]

Lovely ladies, PJ

Do you know what the trichomes are looking like?

thanks Dresney, the Tric's are mostly cloudy, still a few clear ones. Should start seeing some amber by next res change.

 

[PJ420]

UPDATE!!
1-24-2014
Day 56 of 12/12
Not much to report, flowering coming along nicely. Stopped all Additives except for the DM zone, going to finish with just Aqua A+B, then flush.

Nutes...
15ml DM Zone
135ml Canna Aqua Flores A+B
ppm 650
PH 5.8

Pics..