Bigpappa1983
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Aloha 420 Magazine!!
Ok so I have been lurking these forums for quite a while during my adventure in growing. This is going to be quite the learning experience for me and hopefully some of you....but mostly me I bet.
I got my recommend back in March 2010 and in May I saw a few clones sitting in the local dispensary and decided to grab a few and just see what happens. Well then I bought a used set up from the local hydro store and well.....here I am now gearing up for a 32 plant run!
I have 2 grows under my belt now, neither of them structured in any way! I would just Top and FIM to my heart's content and flipped them into flower. Last grow I had 3 plants and yielded 7 ounces, and while I was not upset, I always like to better myself in everything I do.
While trying to learn as much as I can I stumbled across this site. I have been lurking around different forums for a while, but I have been pretty much in stealth mode. I had already decided that I wanted to structure my next grow to really step up yield and potency and to really get to know my plants much better. Doing my research I figured a SOG or SCROG would be my best options. Then I had to read 420fieds Hempy SoG journals and went sort of bat shit crazy lol. My old man is my growing partner and lets just say I overloaded the poor guys brain in a very short period of time!
So this grow will be my first attempt at a SOG, I am styling as closely as I can to 420fied's(I was planning on inviting 420 to the journal but I have like 5 or less posts so no PMs yet for me!) set up and will make adjustments as the plants (and possible some of you) tell/suggest I do.
I also got in touch with Blue Planet Nutrients, I simply enjoyed how active BPN is in the grow journals using his products. So he got me hooked up nicely and I look forward to working with the nutrient line and BPN alongside this grow.
In short a HUGE thanks to Blue Planet Nutrients and 420fied!! And now for the nitty gritty!!
Purple Kush X White Widow and Ice(undetermined numbers at this point more Purple Widow than Ice this run)
32 2l Hempy buckets in a 2x4 grow tent.
600w HPS
75% Perlite 25% Vermiculite
BPN Micro/Grow/Bloom/Liquid Blue
Defoliate on days 21/45
Poor Man's Co2
As for feeding schedule I will be following the BPN schedule and I am going to run PPMs similar to 420fieds and make adjustments as needed. I just like this as a starting point, its better than guessing.
(from 420fieds come SOG with me journal)
week1 - 400 PPM
week2 - 700 PPM(by week 2 the roots have hit the res and they take off)
week3 - 900 PPM(lots of stretch in week 3)
week 4-10 1100-1400 PPM
One thing I will be really monitoring is the stretch, I really don't know who any of my strains stretch so that will be a big learning experience as I know we want to keep them in the 18-20 inch range so next run I will have a better idea and hopefully a much prettier run!
As per 420fied set up I was planning on feeding daily and flushing after every 3rd or 4th feed. Now my question is because this is new to me. I assume the flush is just feeding plain water that day or is it more traditional in running water until it drains for a while? One of the few things I couldn't find in the journals.
I have a small set of clones ready now and will be transplanting them, but some of them are small and not looking so great currently so I will only be adding the healthy looking ones to the tent the others I will put in veg for some recovery and then flowering them under my CFLs, for a comparison. The rest will be transplanted and set under the hps for 3 days of 18 hours just to adjust and then flip them to 12/12. I just finished building a 30 site aeroponic cloner and will be taking cuttings tonight and getting them going to so hopefully they won't be too far behind the rest. In future grows I plan to have all the same strain per grow fluxing between Purple Widow/Ice/Harlequin. I don't know if I will keep all these strains but my goal is to have 4 mothers of 4 different strains and be able to rotate strains per harvest.
Now that my long winded ass is done with introductions here are a few photos of my previous grow as I have nothing to post yet. In the next day or so first photos of the current grow will be up! Again this is a huge learning experience for me so I welcome all to come watch ask questions and give advice.
Purple Widow close up early on in flowering.
Full picture of Purple Widow in flower
Fresh Trimmed Ice from holiday harvest 2011
Fresh Trimmed Purple Widow from Holiday Harvest 2011
Ok so I have been lurking these forums for quite a while during my adventure in growing. This is going to be quite the learning experience for me and hopefully some of you....but mostly me I bet.
I got my recommend back in March 2010 and in May I saw a few clones sitting in the local dispensary and decided to grab a few and just see what happens. Well then I bought a used set up from the local hydro store and well.....here I am now gearing up for a 32 plant run!
I have 2 grows under my belt now, neither of them structured in any way! I would just Top and FIM to my heart's content and flipped them into flower. Last grow I had 3 plants and yielded 7 ounces, and while I was not upset, I always like to better myself in everything I do.
While trying to learn as much as I can I stumbled across this site. I have been lurking around different forums for a while, but I have been pretty much in stealth mode. I had already decided that I wanted to structure my next grow to really step up yield and potency and to really get to know my plants much better. Doing my research I figured a SOG or SCROG would be my best options. Then I had to read 420fieds Hempy SoG journals and went sort of bat shit crazy lol. My old man is my growing partner and lets just say I overloaded the poor guys brain in a very short period of time!
So this grow will be my first attempt at a SOG, I am styling as closely as I can to 420fied's(I was planning on inviting 420 to the journal but I have like 5 or less posts so no PMs yet for me!) set up and will make adjustments as the plants (and possible some of you) tell/suggest I do.
I also got in touch with Blue Planet Nutrients, I simply enjoyed how active BPN is in the grow journals using his products. So he got me hooked up nicely and I look forward to working with the nutrient line and BPN alongside this grow.
In short a HUGE thanks to Blue Planet Nutrients and 420fied!! And now for the nitty gritty!!
Purple Kush X White Widow and Ice(undetermined numbers at this point more Purple Widow than Ice this run)
32 2l Hempy buckets in a 2x4 grow tent.
600w HPS
75% Perlite 25% Vermiculite
BPN Micro/Grow/Bloom/Liquid Blue
Defoliate on days 21/45
Poor Man's Co2
As for feeding schedule I will be following the BPN schedule and I am going to run PPMs similar to 420fieds and make adjustments as needed. I just like this as a starting point, its better than guessing.
(from 420fieds come SOG with me journal)
week1 - 400 PPM
week2 - 700 PPM(by week 2 the roots have hit the res and they take off)
week3 - 900 PPM(lots of stretch in week 3)
week 4-10 1100-1400 PPM
One thing I will be really monitoring is the stretch, I really don't know who any of my strains stretch so that will be a big learning experience as I know we want to keep them in the 18-20 inch range so next run I will have a better idea and hopefully a much prettier run!
As per 420fied set up I was planning on feeding daily and flushing after every 3rd or 4th feed. Now my question is because this is new to me. I assume the flush is just feeding plain water that day or is it more traditional in running water until it drains for a while? One of the few things I couldn't find in the journals.
I have a small set of clones ready now and will be transplanting them, but some of them are small and not looking so great currently so I will only be adding the healthy looking ones to the tent the others I will put in veg for some recovery and then flowering them under my CFLs, for a comparison. The rest will be transplanted and set under the hps for 3 days of 18 hours just to adjust and then flip them to 12/12. I just finished building a 30 site aeroponic cloner and will be taking cuttings tonight and getting them going to so hopefully they won't be too far behind the rest. In future grows I plan to have all the same strain per grow fluxing between Purple Widow/Ice/Harlequin. I don't know if I will keep all these strains but my goal is to have 4 mothers of 4 different strains and be able to rotate strains per harvest.
Now that my long winded ass is done with introductions here are a few photos of my previous grow as I have nothing to post yet. In the next day or so first photos of the current grow will be up! Again this is a huge learning experience for me so I welcome all to come watch ask questions and give advice.
Purple Widow close up early on in flowering.
Full picture of Purple Widow in flower
Fresh Trimmed Ice from holiday harvest 2011
Fresh Trimmed Purple Widow from Holiday Harvest 2011
it looks great.
