Mars Hydro - Cookies Kush

[gudyul]

green pics

 

[gudyul]

skunk #2 under 144 . slightly smaller buds but more colas than her sis under the 1200

Cookie kush sandwiched between tow skunk #2 and holding her own.

 

[Mars Hydro]

they are doing great...nice buds and flower

 

[gudyul]

lookin good in soiless coco and peat with all the addidtives and teas etc. drenched daily with runoff in seven gallon containers.

Girl on the left is the cookie and the other two are skunk #2

 

[gudyul]

skunk #2 in live coco/peat

4 weeks into flip cookie kush in the back

 

[TorturedSoul]

I cannot tell for sure from the picture (poor eyesight), but is that a Mars-Hydro tent? How do you like it? Have you used other grow tents, that you can compare it to? What size is it? How many doors? Does it have windows? If so, how many (and can you use them to reach in and access your garden, or do they have transparent plastic blocking access)? Any light leaks? How "wrinkly" is the reflective surface after putting one together? How reflective does it seem to be? Better than that "insulated duct-wrap" that many seem to use? Do you think it is almost as good (or, perhaps, even better) than a very smooth and properly prepped/primed wall that has been painted with a very bright (such as "titanium white") flat paint?

 

[gudyul]

Dear Tortured Soul, This is a small 6x8 grow room with that foil covered insulation ( not code for commercial grow!) For commercial code you will need 5/8 sheet rock and with the exterior rated white primer to resist humidity (nasty stuff that type primer hard on eyes and lungs) or you could use Mylar over the gypsum (dry wall ) but I think the white paint is just as good for reflecting light. Professional photographers use white paint in their photo boxes. Not even sure that those tents would be code for commercial grow. Never used a tent. That Mars logo in the
pic came off a mars 1200 LED. She said put the Mars logo in the photo for photo contest, yeah?

 

[Bud Borne]

Did you start them with leds or cfls? I need advice on how high to have my 400w from my seedlings.

 

[gudyul]

I started clones with t-5 then went to 144x5 mars or 1200 mars 2 at 24 inch then down to 18 - 12 after the clones adjust to the transplant.

 

[gudyul]

not for me...

 

[gudyul]

Did you start them with leds or cfls? I need advice on how high to have my 400w from my seedlings.

Bud if your sprouts or seedlings are growing slow then it may be environmental or ec or ferts . Mars led will grow a denser (not so stretchy) bush but it should be growing fast. I used to use dwc ( very fast growth) but switched to coco/peat mix (still fast with less root issues) mixed with additives and a good organic blend of fertilizar like botnicartanical . Backyard
Dirt that is too wet may cause slow growth as well for young plant. How far away is your light from seedlings?

 

[TorturedSoul]

I used to use dwc ( very fast growth) but switched to coco/peat mix (still fast with less root issues) mixed with additives and a good organic blend of fertilizar like botnicartanical .

You had root issues with DWC? Was it due to poor oxygenation or something to do with using organics?

 

[gudyul]

dear tortured soul, I believe it had to do with water temps as I had no chiller and also my experimenting with adding molasses towards the end of the bud cycle. In the coco/peat mix with additives I never worried about higher temps in the root zone and I add tea made of molasses and compost/alfalfa etc regularly and the plants love it. I may NLB except for making clones I will use DWC.

 

[gudyul]

I am getting white caps on both strains of buds. Does not look like bleaching, looks healthy whereas bleaching is usually a more dried out crispy look . I think the plants have reached nervanna!

 

[420Amard]

Did you start them with leds or cfls? I need advice on how high to have my 400w from my seedlings.

if it's the 400w series mars I have the same light I started it at about 65cm (25 inches) from the surface of the soil and let them grow into the light. now that they've gotten a bit bigger my light is around 55cm (21.5ish inches) from the tops of plants running a full spectrum.


that's awesome on the clones man I can't clone worth a shit I managed to keep one once but I've given up on them

 

[gudyul]

 

[Mars Hydro]

They look good.

 

[gudyul]

latestest batch of skunk #2, 4 year old clones grown in soiless medium with mineral additives botanicool bud formula , fish emulsion, tea, cal mag.

 

[gudyul]

 

[TorturedSoul]

They look good. Is that a Milwaukee Instruments pH600 (or Chinese knockoff of same)?

BtW, is this a one-shot deal or are you going to continue this journal? If the latter, you might use the Report Post function on one of your posts to ask a staff member to move your journal out of the "Complete" section and back into the "Current" one.