4 Strawberry Kush F5's - How Red Can We Get 'Em?

[SwAggNiFiCeNt]

I thought I could complain with the thin sheet of snow that was partly covering my car this morning.

 

[Canada Guy]

Yup winter is here... looks just like my place outside.

 

[Tunkers]

Yeah it was pretty cold here last night too scrog. I put on pants and hopped under the blanket it was that bad

 

[Tunkers]

Was that a week after you topped? Just wanting to compare our growths

 

[Rider509]

Thanks, Scrogdawg, that pic just reminds me of how much I hate winter.
What are you plans now for the WW? Under the stairs?

 

[Scrogdawg]

Was that a week after you topped? Just wanting to compare our growths

8 days bud.

 

[Scrogdawg]

Thanks, Scrogdawg, that pic just reminds me of how much I hate winter.
What are you plans now for the WW? Under the stairs?

I'll keep it in the house for a couple of days. Its supposed to be back up 15⁰C (288⁰K lol) by Thursday and looks OK for the rest of the month. Hoping it can hold out till I flip the tent to 12/12 and then I'll finish it in there.

 

[Scrogdawg]

Heres a couple of comparison shots. Same plants with three days difference in growth in RDWC. Strawberry Kush F5.

Full MH lights at 400 watts each, 760µS EC and PH at 5.7-5.9. 17 days on res.
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Plant 1, October 1st
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Plant 1, October 4th
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Plant 2, October 1st
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Plant 2, October 4th
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[Tunkers]

Dammit I literally just collaged 2 shots for a time comparison and went to post and saw this. Now I don't want to... A-hole lol

They grow up so fast though..

 

[Scrogdawg]

Put'em up in your journal Tunks, lets have see.

 

[Scrogdawg]

Just passing a little time this morning. Everything is going well. Hers a shot of the root development after 19 days in the RDWC, and I put up the lower scrog mesh today.

Each plant has been topped once previously and the 4th node is showing on each of the topped branches. I'm debating whether or not to do a second topping on some, all or none of them. I keep thinking of an old oilpatch saying that somewhat relates. "Theres only two levers on this machine, Lever A and Lever B. If you're not sure about Lever A, then Lever B".

Have a good Friday...or Saturday as the case may be.
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[Rider509]

From humble beginnings under the stairs to a kick-ass grow system. It looks f'ing good, Dawg.

But if I know you, you won't lever B.

 

[SwAggNiFiCeNt]

I don't miss the patch one bit. Love the set up everytime I see it. Something for me to work towards

 

[Pennywise]

Damn i love that setup

 

[Scrogdawg]

From humble beginnings under the stairs to a kick-ass grow system.

I'd like to think that I'll be back under the stairs again. Just need you to finish all the R&D work on the LED's. Then I'll shamelessly steal the intellectual property from you and build myself an LED light system. That'll free up the two MH lights and with the old RDWC that I had I'll get a clone and veg area going. But, "First we take Manhattan then we take Berlin" (Joe Cocker)

Damn i love that setup

Thanks PW. It means a lot coming from your direction.

 

[Rider509]

R&D is stalled until we can figure out what the hell these lights are that I received. I should have been into testing this weekend but now it's looking like next weekend. I'd wire and fire to test but I can't in good conscience return "used" lights if they're wrong.

 

[Scrogdawg]

So the EC has dropped from 760µS to 680µS over the last 2 days. That tells me the 4 Strawberry Kush F5's are finally using more nutrients than water. This morning I did a res change and increased the nutrients to 1120µS (560 ppm). This is the first res change since the plants went into the RDWC system 21 days ago. I'll top up with RO water thats is mixed to 1120µS as well. If all goes good I'll keep it at that rate until I flip the lights to 12/12 and I'll increase the nutes again for the transition period. I also added a small humidifier to the tent as the RH was hovering around 25% and my desired RH is 50% for veg. Other than that things are going very smoothly right now. I figure roughly two weeks to flip.

Heres my current nutrient solution using RO water and General Hydroponics "Flora Series" with Cal/Mg and Z7, along with a couple pictures of the girls.
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[Scoooter]

Hey Scrogdawg. Love your rwdc. Definitely doing that on my next grow instead of singles. Is that 1" on top and 2" on the return? What's the riser pipe in between the buckets on the return line for?

 

[Scrogdawg]

Hey Scrogdawg. Love your rwdc. Definitely doing that on my next grow instead of singles. Is that 1" on top and 2" on the return? What's the riser pipe in between the buckets on the return line for?

Thanks Scooter. Rider 509 designed the system and I built it. Gotta give Rider his props too.

Those are 3/4" and 1.5" lines.
The bottom 1.5" valve is for draining the system only and is normally closed while operating.
The top 1.5" valve can control water level in the buckets although I have it full open all the time.
The raised bypass on the return side ensures that the buckets don't drain back to the reservoir and flood it onto the carpeted floor in the event of a pump failure or power outage.
The stand pipe is there to make sure that the buckets don't siphon back to the reservoir in a pump failure condition. The stand pipe may be redundant but we weren't taking any chances.
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[Scoooter]

Awesome man!
Any issues with roots into the lower pipe?

You pump to the top and passive return or 2 pumps equal.. one pulling and one pumping?

Thanks for answering these questions. There's a bunch of designs out there but yours is the first I've seen that I like.