420 Seeds - White Widow Max, in Canna Coco

[wwilde]

Hi fellow growers/smokers,

Experience = some outdoor/ indoor none.
Research = 420 Overgrown FAQ's, Journals & countless hours of reading.

Also thanks to Smokin ***** for many informative posts & a warm welcome to 420.


23/6 Germinated 10 seeds in cup of water for 2 days.
25/6 Transplanted to cotton wool till tap roots were sufficient.
27/6 Transplanted to Canna Coco Medium, in 22ltr pots,(plastic wrapped on top)
27/6 Put under Flouros 24/0
30/6 Firt Pre-leaves sprouted.
2/7 2 infants didn't make it.
3/7 First nutes Canna A+B applied, 10ml of each per 10ltrs in reservoir.
4/7 HPS Turned on 18/6
6/7 Second nute feed & foliar sprayed with 2ml per/ltr of Seasol (Seatea)
7/7 Excellent growth seen in 24hrs since foliar feed (this stuff is awesome)
10/7 Auto feed schedule started.
10/7 Foliar feed Seatea.
13/7 Foliar feed Seatea.
Strain:
White Widow Max from 420 seeds.com

Equipment & Grow room specs:
6ft x 4ft x 6ft high timber enclosure with Panda plastic & zips
600w HPS Phillips Son-t Plus with cool tube.
150mm exhaust duct with inline fan 324cmh connected to cool tube.
250mm fresh air inlet.
Drain to waste system ( aiming for 10-15% runoff ) using 80ltr Reservoir, nutrient heater set @ 24 degrees
& dual air pump with 2 aeration balls.
1 timed feed per day for 1 minute before lights on.(for now)
Canna Coco With 1-1/2 inches Canna Clay pebbles in bottom of pots.

Nutrient Schedule:
( Using Tap Water PH 7.7 EC 0.7 )
PH'd 5.8
EC As per Canna Coco schedule, Canna A+B nutrients with Canna Rhizotonic root supplement
+ Foliar Seatea (Seasol).
Foliar Seatea every 3 days.

Any comments/Suggestions/criticisms welcome, I am here to learn & contribute.

Pics:

8/7/08
This one taken with Mobile phone

14/7/08

Well I think I've covered most of it & touch wood they seem ok thanks to KISS

Cheers

 

[wwilde]

I woke up this morning & they are smelling quite potent from the exhaust outlet already but they are only 6 inches tall, is this normal?

 

[4twenty4all]

Nice setup and the plants look good. My white widows are just out of vegging and they did have a slight smell since they were just a few weeks old.

 

[wwilde]

Thanks 4twenty4all they are coming along nicely,
although I had a salt buildup problem from not flushing for 4 weeks as you can see from pics below:

they are looking much perkier now.

 

[wwilde]

Here are some pics, first one shows the difference in ten days from the 17th to the 27th.

They are now all in 12/12 since 29/7 after being flushed and were looking healthier.

Culled 2 males so far & I see another being diced shortly, so 5 out of 8 is not bad.

EC 1.8
PH 5.5 - I lowered this from 5.8 combined with the flush too see if it made a difference & i seems to be doing no harm, so ill leave it there.

As you can see they were droopy & the top leaves were curling under from the salt buildup which is sorted now.
Update with current pics shortly.
Cheers

 

[wwilde]

Pic Update

Setup, I added the carbon filter a few weeks ago & as a result had to change the inline fan because it was not powerful enough to pull through enough air.

The one on the far left was male so he's gone.

Clones taken a few days ago & still under 12/12 as an experiment.

They all seem so dense with foliage compared to other WW I've seen here & I am Constantly Pulling the branches out with Pipe Cleaners to get to the light.

Cheers

 

[StonerGrower]

Thats some serious Indica going on in there man.

 

[wwilde]

Thats some serious Indica going on in there man.

Yeah, some of the early leaves were 10" wide/long & blades were 2"+ thick.

 

[Boss]

Nice recovery! +Rep!

 

[wwilde]

Yep, 8 gallons of distilled did the trick, now I'm thinking a flush every two weeks?

Any experienced coco boffins out there? in regards to flushing regimes?

Cheers

 

[Boss]

Shouldnt need to flushm unless the coco is too tight I think. Some people actually add verm to slow the water up a bit because it tends to drain like a hydro setup.

 

[wwilde]

Thanks Boss for fixing up those first pics (if it was you) was gonna do it but it's been done.

 

[StonyGeoff]

Very cool setup man plants look great also!

 

[wwilde]

Thanks for the positive comments guys, They are really branching now & about 2 foot tall, I will update pics in the next couple of days.

Only slight concern is the Temps are good (75F) with the lights on but the daytime temp outside has been 52F so this is the temp being pulled into the room in the dark period which I think is a little low but doesn't seem to be doing any harm yet.

Cheers

 

[420hps]

wery nice mate! hope you get many buds there!

 

[wwilde]

Hi Guys/Gals
Update: 21 Days into Flower:
This one here has about 8 main branches/tops & the best of the bunch

The rest getting quite crowded:

The clones:

Question: I haven't done any trimming whatsoever but I have seen some growers taking of the lower branches to direct more energy to the tops but my lowest branches are nearly as high as the tops so should I leave them?

 

[wwilde]

Any ideas as to what might happen to these clones, will they bud? they were cut during flower & still under 12/12.

I was also thinking as they are from the best plant I have I might revert back to veg later on to take clones for the next crop.

 

[420]

beautiful plants!

thanks for your sharing them with us...

 

[4twenty4all]

I just gave a friend 6 clones from my girls the other day and was wondering the same thing if they can keep one on 12/12 and will it root and bud? They are putting them on 18/6 to let them get bigger, but I'd be really interested to see how yours look by keeping them on 12/12. Thanks!

 

[wwilde]

Yes well it has definitely rooted & has a small forming bud on top, but how big it will get will be interesting.

I am going to revert one to veg for clones for next grow though.