GoogleGenie's First Grow - LED Hydro - Northern Light Blue & Fruity Chronic Juice

[GoogleGenie]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

And here they are today

Day 10 Flowering

 

[GoogleGenie]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

This is my favourite photo to date!

It just looks like a jungle and the leaves are all looking happy It's all just so fascinating to see for the first time, I could watch them all day, especially the clones!

 

[GoogleGenie]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

I'm actually debating putting the screen back on or not! It's a huge pain in the ass to get all those branches back in there and it will take a good hour or more. Plus they look so nice out of it. Then again there is the whole yield thing and it will help support it when its starts to bud with the ScrOG screen......i know what will help me think decide

I have never done this before so feel free to share your thoughts to save me doing something i will regret haha! They are always more than welcome! The latest conundrum....to put the screen back on or not...

CrawDaddy, i'm working on that guide for my RDWC for you

 

[GoogleGenie]

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Crawdaddy here is a little article i added to my blog explaining my RDWC, take a look and let me know what you think

GoogleGenie's Recirculating DWC UnderCurrent System

It will cost you around $120 to make, but it's served me well and has made my life so much easier.

 

[GoogleGenie]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

And here's the diagram i put together of my system, it's pretty much the same as all the other undercurrent systems you see but i was in the zone and had photoshop to hand I left out the airlines, but made a point of putting the sir pump outside of the tent because that's where i keep mine now.

 

[Cultivator]

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looking good bro.

good keeping air pump outside of tent and chiller as the airpump would have pumped warm air into system nd chiller gets warm too.

Id change that shitty pvc pipework to bathroom pvc fittings, ive forgotten the size it might be 1"3/4 but i cant remember. u will get so much better flow rate and it wont get clogged up.

u can see what i mean in this pic mate.

Just leave the scrog off now, it will still produce the same and if need be u could just string them up if get too heavy, i dont see them getting too heavy with led lighting but maybe i'll see diff here. I dont scrog my dwc plants but i train them like they would be and i get great results.

 

[GoogleGenie]

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Cheers mate!

Yea good shout! It's not too bad for a small grow, but personally i think i'll be taking your advice and using bigger pipe in future. If i were to use the larger PVC waste pipe, how do you connect them to the buckets so they are water tight? Do you use a gland or just stick a couple of wasters round the hole?

If i ever do a scrog again i'll definitely be raising the buckets so it's all higher, this one has done my back in a treat! But i think next time i wanna try super cropping, i did a little of that this time and liked what i saw.

Which kind of training do you do? And what do you think of super cropping?

 

[GoogleGenie]

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Also Cult, i wish i had read your post about not putting the Scrog back on before I did, i spent about 2 hours sorting that out yesterday! lol!

Here they were before i put them back in the Screen

NLB

FCJ

And together

 

[GoogleGenie]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

Here they are about 14 hours after i put them back in the screen

 

[GoogleGenie]

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And here are some pistil shots

Night all!

 

[Cultivator]

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I use tank connectors to join pipes to buckets and use tiger seal to make them completely waterproof. use the right size hole saw for a perfect cut or it will get messy.

Super cropping, lst and defoliating are the methods i use.

 

[GoogleGenie]

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I use tank connectors to join pipes to buckets and use tiger seal to make them completely waterproof. use the right size hole saw for a perfect cut or it will get messy.

Super cropping, lst and defoliating are the methods i use.

Nice one, thanks Cult, again

 

[GoogleGenie]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

Evening folks

Here is the latest from the ScrOG, Flowering day 16

 

[GoogleGenie]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

And here is a peak at whats going on in my veg tent

The Autos (3 x Jack 47, 1 x Think Different)

A close up of the Think different

Here is my Fruity Chronic Juice Mother Steve (right), and Larry (left) who is also a FCJ

And here are the rest of my clones, there are 4 of them and they are all northern Light Blue

 

[KingJohnC]

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I use tank connectors to join pipes to buckets and use tiger seal to make them completely waterproof. use the right size hole saw for a perfect cut or it will get messy.

Super cropping, lst and defoliating are the methods i use.

Can you show us a photograph of the tank connectors that you use?

 

[GoogleGenie]

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My humidity is quite high at the moment, I'm guessing the amount of leaves in that scrog certainly isnt helping. I've read that defoliating after stretch will help this (its currently around 73% RH). I also have an additional fan on the way which is a 5", i currently only have a 4" in there.

I've also read that increasing your fan size will have very little effect on humidity, however defoliating will help? Is this true or will a fan upgrade make a difference?

I'll post more more pictures tomorrow.

 

[KingJohnC]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

Defoliating will decrease the amount that your plants transpire and add humidity to the air.

 

[GoogleGenie]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

Thanks KJC, that's a relief actually!

I was thinking about defoliating around day 25 of flower, which as you taught me is when the plants have definitely finished stretching.

Quick question if you didn't mind, what exactly can I get away with cutting off?

 

[KingJohnC]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

When I defoliate I remove any fan leaves that are shading a bud site and the lower growth that will not produce anything except for popcorn bud.

 

[GoogleGenie]

Re: First Time Grow - Hydro - LED - Day 0-5 - Research & Germination

When I defoliate I remove any fan leaves that are shading a bud site and the lower growth that will not produce anything except for popcorn bud.

I see, so the same method applied as before flowering then! Cool, thanks KJC!