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Multi-Strain Grow With 1000W Ballast From JD-Lighting - Perpetual Part 3
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Had to do my monthly hood and bulb cleaning so snapped a few shots. My JDL 1000w ballast hasn't hiccupped once in 8 months straight on 12/12, can't say enough good things about this workhorse. Thanks again and again for the ballast JDL, it has seriously upped my game.
5th Element day 35
Critical Kali Mist day 40
Full tent with Kali in front. Current residents are Critical Kali Mist, Critical Sensi Star, Critical Super Silver Haze, and a Sugar Black Rose all from Delicious Seed's. Only strain in there not from Delicious is my 5th Element that runs from seed when I run her occasionally. I have a Female Seed's ICE seed in a paper towel right now that will replace the Critical Sensi Star which is a top shelf indica , but I prefer the Sugar Black Rose sweet fruity flavor over the Critical Sensi Stars fuely skunk flavor for my "house indica", they both have a similar stone, 75% body 25% head. My current perpetual is set up to have 4 moms that are all running 2 clones from each which gives me a plant a week harvest on average.
5th Element day 35
Critical Kali Mist day 40
Full tent with Kali in front. Current residents are Critical Kali Mist, Critical Sensi Star, Critical Super Silver Haze, and a Sugar Black Rose all from Delicious Seed's. Only strain in there not from Delicious is my 5th Element that runs from seed when I run her occasionally. I have a Female Seed's ICE seed in a paper towel right now that will replace the Critical Sensi Star which is a top shelf indica , but I prefer the Sugar Black Rose sweet fruity flavor over the Critical Sensi Stars fuely skunk flavor for my "house indica", they both have a similar stone, 75% body 25% head. My current perpetual is set up to have 4 moms that are all running 2 clones from each which gives me a plant a week harvest on average.
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Getting ready for 2013 
4 Critical SSH, 3 will be flowered Jan 1st, 2013 and the one being LST'd will be the new mom
Critical Kali Mist mom just topped and supercropped with a new seed from Female Seed's called ICE.
Spring line up of clones. Critical SSH, Critical Kali Mist, and Sugar Black Rose.
4 Critical SSH, 3 will be flowered Jan 1st, 2013 and the one being LST'd will be the new mom
Critical Kali Mist mom just topped and supercropped with a new seed from Female Seed's called ICE.
Spring line up of clones. Critical SSH, Critical Kali Mist, and Sugar Black Rose.
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I had to break down and supercrop my Critical SSH's that are slated to go into flower Jan. 1st. They hit 12" today so I just pinched (super cropped) the stalk of two of them about 4" down from the very tops, and tied down the 2 headed one in the bigger pot since they are roughly a week ahead of schedule. My special pheno of CSSH will stretch 3x her starting height, but with the supercropping she will bush out instead of growing upwards over the next week.
And for those that may have any doubts that LED's work in veg just scroll up and look at my last post of the Critlcal SSH from 7 days ago, as well as the small topped Critical Kali Mist mom has tripled in size and has been up potted to a 3gal bucket, kali mist mom will go into flower Jan, 7th. I will admit that my pheno of CSSH is insanely fast but no heat to speak of and growth out the wazoo is what sold me on LED's for veg 2yrs ago, but I gotta have my HPS blasting in flower. The 180w and 120w panels (268w actual draw together) work fantastic in my 4x2x5 veg tent, less power and heat than my 250w mh (277w actual draw) and way less heat than my 400w mh but covers more area than either. No brainer there.
CSSH
And for those that may have any doubts that LED's work in veg just scroll up and look at my last post of the Critlcal SSH from 7 days ago, as well as the small topped Critical Kali Mist mom has tripled in size and has been up potted to a 3gal bucket, kali mist mom will go into flower Jan, 7th. I will admit that my pheno of CSSH is insanely fast but no heat to speak of and growth out the wazoo is what sold me on LED's for veg 2yrs ago, but I gotta have my HPS blasting in flower. The 180w and 120w panels (268w actual draw together) work fantastic in my 4x2x5 veg tent, less power and heat than my 250w mh (277w actual draw) and way less heat than my 400w mh but covers more area than either. No brainer there.
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I guess since we are into the new year I should update my thread. All is good and green and getting full in the 4x4 tent. I am going to focus on bigger plants for awhile and see what this JDL 1000w ballast can do. I normally keep my plants 2ft to 3ft tall but this time I will run them to at least 4 footers.
Critical Kali Mist day 7 of flower, she was vegged 50 days from first roots and was topped multiple times. She has a massive stretch but her yield makes up for it.
Critical Kali Mist day 39 and she will finish at day 65. She doesn't really start to fatten up until around day 50, after that she explodes.
Same plant from above
Critical Super Silver Haze twin clones day 7
Critical Sensi Star day 22
Female Seed's ICE day 19 from seed
Full veg tent with big Critical SSH on the left being supercropped for another few weeks to become a monster bush
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Critical Kali Mist day 7 of flower, she was vegged 50 days from first roots and was topped multiple times. She has a massive stretch but her yield makes up for it.
Critical Kali Mist day 39 and she will finish at day 65. She doesn't really start to fatten up until around day 50, after that she explodes.
Same plant from above
Critical Super Silver Haze twin clones day 7
Critical Sensi Star day 22
Female Seed's ICE day 19 from seed
Full veg tent with big Critical SSH on the left being supercropped for another few weeks to become a monster bush
Perpetual 1000w 4x4 tent
Hey beautiful setup friend! I'm a little (a lot) late but I'm subbed. Got a question for you I may have missed it but how did the 12/12 from seed experiment work out for you? Was thinking about trying the same thing would like your insight! Thank you for sharing these works of art and I appreciate your knowledge!
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I was not impressed with my try at 12/12 from seed, I guess I just didn't have the right strains. Each of the three gave up around 1/2oz and not enough in my eyes to do it again. I could see where it would have its advantages for other grow styles with less lights and space but with me running 1000w hps I prefer my plants matured before going into flower. I'm not knocking the 12/12 from seed grow style but it is just not for me.
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Female Seed's ICE day 26 from seed
The ICE is a selected phenotype out of a Skunk Special x White Widow cross, back in ’96. She was selected out of 500 females, because she the had best of both sides. The enormous buds of the Skunk Special, the trichome coverage and power of the White Widow, with an Indica look. During the High Times Cannabis Cup of ’98, the highest THC-levels were measured in the ICE (published in Weed World). Years of backcrossing and cubing have been spent to stabilise this cross towards the first phenotype. Even a little bit of Blueberry was crossed in and stabilised again. She smells like a diesel (fuel) and the flowering period is 8 weeks. Although an indoor strain, she grows perfectly outdoor in Mediterranean climates.
Finally we managed to bring out a female version of this wonderful strain. She has been tested under the most stressful conditions and stays female.
Reliability: 1/1000+
Flowering period: 8 weeks
Yield: Maximum
Harvest outdoors: mid/end October
Variation: 2
The ICE is a selected phenotype out of a Skunk Special x White Widow cross, back in ’96. She was selected out of 500 females, because she the had best of both sides. The enormous buds of the Skunk Special, the trichome coverage and power of the White Widow, with an Indica look. During the High Times Cannabis Cup of ’98, the highest THC-levels were measured in the ICE (published in Weed World). Years of backcrossing and cubing have been spent to stabilise this cross towards the first phenotype. Even a little bit of Blueberry was crossed in and stabilised again. She smells like a diesel (fuel) and the flowering period is 8 weeks. Although an indoor strain, she grows perfectly outdoor in Mediterranean climates.
Finally we managed to bring out a female version of this wonderful strain. She has been tested under the most stressful conditions and stays female.
Reliability: 1/1000+
Flowering period: 8 weeks
Yield: Maximum
Harvest outdoors: mid/end October
Variation: 2
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Veg/mom tent is getting busy again. Just upped the ICE from Female Seed's to a 5gal bucket and took a few clones from the bottom of her. She will get another 2 weeks veg before she is flowered.
Current moms are all from Delicious Seed's- Critical Super Silver Haze, Critical Kali Mist, Critical Sensi Star, and Sugar Black Rose (critical x black domina). It will be a couple of months before I know if the ICE will replace the Critical Sensi Star mom. The CSS has a very similar high as the SBR, but I like the musky/sour fruit taste of the SBR over the skunky funky flavor of the CSS.
Clones are Critical SSH, Sugar Black Rose, and ICE.
Current moms are all from Delicious Seed's- Critical Super Silver Haze, Critical Kali Mist, Critical Sensi Star, and Sugar Black Rose (critical x black domina). It will be a couple of months before I know if the ICE will replace the Critical Sensi Star mom. The CSS has a very similar high as the SBR, but I like the musky/sour fruit taste of the SBR over the skunky funky flavor of the CSS.
Clones are Critical SSH, Sugar Black Rose, and ICE.
Very nice. Got a few questions on your cloning method. Are those cubes in standing water at all times? If so how often do you change the water and do you also let it dry/air out ever? And what's with the medium in there is that to help temp or humidity? Trying to get my clone method down better. It's taking me 2 to 3 weeks for roots and that's not gonna cut it.
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Well first off you can't rush mother nature, some will root sooner than others, even from the same mother. My indica strains have roots in 7 to 10 days while my sativa and hybrid strains take 10 to 21 days.
I simply take a cutting from the plant, cut the stem at a steep angle and lightly scrape the stem. Then I dip it in cheap cloning powder and shove it into the rooter and cube and place under the dome. I spritz the dome daily but not clones directly. I keep perlite in the bottom of my clone dome to help with the humidity.
I simply take a cutting from the plant, cut the stem at a steep angle and lightly scrape the stem. Then I dip it in cheap cloning powder and shove it into the rooter and cube and place under the dome. I spritz the dome daily but not clones directly. I keep perlite in the bottom of my clone dome to help with the humidity.
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I just use the cheap walmart sauce cups to keep them wet but not in standing water. Sometimes when I am lazy I just drop a tsp of water in the cup and let the rooter soak it up
Thanks for the info! The ICE looks beautiful. I was stuck between ICE fem seeds or Wonder Woman fem seeds(which If I remember correctly are in ICEs genetics) last time I ordered, thinking I shoulda went with the ice after seeing that beauty.
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