Man's 2018 Indoor CoCo Grow

[mankawabunga]

Currently growing 4 Blackjack clones to completion in a 3x3 tent with a 315 cmh light. I am running Blue Planet Nutrients as a primary nutrient line, but will be using additives along the way as needed.

Temp of tent- 77
rH- 45%
Transplanted into 5-inch squares from clone this morning. Fed with a nutrient solution that had 2.5 ml grow, 2.5 ml bloom, 2.5 ml micro, and 5ml Tribus microbes per gal.

 

[mankawabunga]

Here are some shots from my last harvest out of the 3x3, Ran GG4 and 3 different phenos of a sin-mint cookies x GMO cross. I Decided that the best method in such a small space would be to monocrop so that's what I will be doing now. I also have a small outdoor grow set up, and the Dream Queen and Sour D clones are to mother out for next years crop. I may add some images from that in the journal as well, we'll see.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 2 of Veg
Temp- 78
rH-35%

Light watering today with the same solution.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 4 of Veg
Temp- 73.3
rH-40%

No watering since Day 2, gotta give roots tome to stretch. Girls are showing signs of excess water, but it's only because the roots have not established in the pots yet.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 5 of Veg
Temp-75.2
rH-40%

Watered ~350 ML each plant to keep medium moist.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 10 of Veg
Temp- 75.5
rH-45%

The tent has been sitting at around 75 degrees and 40-45% rH this entire week. Starting to see roots coming out of the bottoms of the pots, so the growth rate will begin to accelerate.

At this point in time, I am expecting to veg for around a month and a half and flower just the blackjacks, keeping the Sour D and Dreamqueen as mothers.

 

[SOG001]

Looks like you are off to a good start Man. My last grow was in coco I harvested 3 lbs from 8 plants grown in #5 air pots from the looks of your grow you are well on your way good luck and keep 'em green

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 12 of Veg
Temp-75.4
rH-46%

Girls are starting to grow at a faster rate, the Black Jack is a Sativa dominant so I will give her room to double in size, maybe flipping in less than a month... depends how they grow. All plants were topped yesterday and fed this morning. No fancy feed, just the base trio of BPN and a few MLS of tribus microbes for them roots.

 

[mankawabunga]

Looks like you are off to a good start Man. My last grow was in coco I harvested 3 lbs from 8 plants grown in #5 air pots from the looks of your grow you are well on your way good luck and keep 'em green

What size space were you working with?

 

[SOG001]

What size space were you working with?

I was in a 4'x6'x8' space working in coco really boosted my yield. Coco is an easier form of hydro in MHO. All of my rows I have vegged for 8 weeks I really wanted big plants but now I am finding that I have to give away over half of my crop before it gets too old to be any good. I have now resolved to grow smaller plants. my new space is large but the drain table is the same size as is the light I use my next grow will start in January I will be growing some Nevada Privada, Girl Scout Cookies and Golden Tiger. I will do a lot more training keeping the plants shorter as I now have 5' of head room rather than the 8' I had before. Sorry for rambling on

 

[mankawabunga]

I was in a 4'x6'x8' space working in coco really boosted my yield. Coco is an easier form of hydro in MHO. All of my rows I have vegged for 8 weeks I really wanted big plants but now I am finding that I have to give away over half of my crop before it gets too old to be any good. I have now resolved to grow smaller plants. my new space is large but the drain table is the same size as is the light I use my next grow will start in January I will be growing some Nevada Privada, Girl Scout Cookies and Golden Tiger. I will do a lot more training keeping the plants shorter as I now have 5' of head room rather than the 8' I had before. Sorry for rambling on

Man, sounds like a great setup, I will probably tag along for your next grow... saw your awesome room build and gotta see what it can do. I found that coco is my favorite medium also as it allows a little room for mistake in environmental factors, more than say full DWC, but also gives the benefits and controllability of hydroponics. I used to run larger tents but just found that I couldn't go through all the product they produced so I switched to a smaller tent, choosing to prioritize flower quality over quantity. I also just like quick veg times, so I run more plants and veg them for less time.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 13 of Veg
Temp-75.6
rH-54%

(tent hit lows from 59-65 during lights off, the climate is very moderate where I am)



Girls were just beginning to get root bound when I cheched this morning so I transplanted into 2 Gal pots. They will be in 2 gals through veg, then go into 5 gals for flower. I know I could keep them in the 2 gals but I want to see if more root room will make a dif in CoCo.



I also super cropped the main stem at the top internode to promote branching.

 

[mankawabunga]

I have been pretty unhappy with the picture quality coming from my iPhone, so I will start taking pictures with my camera.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 14 of Veg
Temp-77
rH- 54%

No water today, removed a few fans but thats it.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 15 of Veg
Temp- 77.5
rH- 55

Watered a little today, nothing else. I will be topping again in the next few days to allow the lateral branches to catch up.



Loving the structure of the dream queen, I am excited to see how she will fare outdoors.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 16 of Veg
Temp- 76
rH- 55

Everything looking good, will let them go for a few more days before topping again.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 17 of Veg
Temp- 75
rH- 50



Not much happening today, just feeding... Girls are just chugging along.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 18 of Veg
Temp- 75
rH- 50

Nothing much to do today, just letting them do their thing.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 19 of Veg
Temp- 79
rH- 44

The transplanted girls have just started to push roots out the holes in the bottom of the 2 gals, we should start to see more vigorous growth now. They are at full veg feeding strength now which is 17 ml BPN bloom + 20 ml BPN grow + 17 ml BPN micro to 2.5 gals of water. I like to add tribus microbes and silica once also. I will probably be letting them veg for around 2 weeks then start thinking about flipping to flower.

 

[mankawabunga]

Day 19 of Veg
Temp- 78.4
rH- 44