Dinafem Og Auto Grow.

[CharmCity915]

Yea it's a 10gal brute trash can.

That's some bad-ass-ery lol

 

[Midwestjay]

That's some bad-ass-ery lol

I love not having to top off and the plant loves the stable environment. Plus stays cooler and as much room for roots as they'll ever need

 

[Midwestjay]

That's some bad-ass-ery lol

Thanks bro. I still wanna add a res to it eventually to make adding nutes and watter easier. Plus I like to recirculate and and spray the roots. You can run lower res level and they get more oxygen.

 

[Midwestjay]

Well the Mills are in the bucket. I'm using the light schedule because it's similar measurement wise to AN 3part. And wouldn't you know the ppm works out the same too. I added what I thought should bring me to 500ppm and hit it right on the button.

Mold says to Ph down after you add the nutes. But after I added to ro water it hit right at 5.8 so I left it. Can't ask for better than that. We'll see how she reacts. I also brought home some koolbloom for pk booster. I hope it's compatible. Do you know about npk ratios @Wisher619 ? I don't plan to add the koolbloom until I'm in full flower. Just wonder

if it's compatible.

 

[Midwestjay]

Got this bucket rolling with bubbles

. Trying to get a pic of the red color of the nutes.

 

[Midwestjay]

Here's a scale pic. Sure almost everybody has a similar pen.

 

[Midwestjay]

I'll give a full update on this dinafem Critical auto.

She's basically 25 days old. Been under hid since like week 1. Started with 3part AN, and since switched to Mills A&B basis. Yesterday when I started the Mills I ended up a lil over 400ppm after it settled out. So I bumped her up to 550 today. We'll see how her ppm reacts. It should drop tho as she drinks the water down.

I've got her under 650w mixed spectrum. 250w hps, 400w mh. Temp at top is 80ish. Ambient room temperature is 73ish. Humidity at 30%, 16/8 light schedule. And took her down to a single air pump at around 1200gph.

Res temp is 70-77 range, it climbs throughout the day. Still running recommended dose of hydroguard. Roots looking great as always. Running 7gal in this 10gal bucket. When full puts me about 1" below the net. 8" net pot. I'm doing changes about every 7-10days depending on what the Ph is doing and how fast she's drinking. Miss days to Ph after but with my 10ppm blend of tap and ro, my Ph sits right at 5.8 which is perfect. Can't think of any other details.

 

[Midwestjay]

better pics.

 

[Midwestjay]

She's getting close to forming buds. I bet the next week or so. Also I've got two basically new bottle of AN connoisseur bloom. Do you think I can run them half and half with the Mills?

 

[str8smokn]

It's cool seeing how your side branches grow so quickly. Usually mine are playing chase most of the grow. Loving the DWC schooling.
I'm waiting until I get the soil down a little better before I tinker with it..
Looking great
:badboy:
STR8

 

[Midwestjay]

It's cool seeing how your side branches grow so quickly. Usually mine are playing chase most of the grow. Loving the DWC schooling.
I'm waiting until I get the soil down a little better before I tinker with it..
Looking great
:badboy:
STR8

I trimmed the top node leaves once. It helps to slow that vertical growth on the main. This is the first plant in a long time I'm not topping or training or fimming. It might also have something to do with the dual spectrum?
Thanks brother. It's been 5 years and I'm still learning every grow. I'm always trying something new.
I've been running this t5 for veg and even flower when I started this lil setup. So I was getting used to those compact lil plants, but they were to compact. I prefer plants that look closer to this. Maybe a lil less stretch but I really like the light penetration. This hydro thing is simple really. This 10gal is fill and forget. Just check ppm and Ph nite and then. But that's not necessary once you get it stable. After a couple weeks. Kinda like a fish tank. I swear if you let me wall you through it step by step you'll rock that shit out. Ask my homie @BostonGeorge. You see what he's pulling per auto plant. Pushing a lb without a scrog just some yoyos. He's recirculating tho. I'm not but need to be.

Also I just squeezed the main at the top in two places. To try and Slow the vertical growth on the main. Didn't do a full supercrop just a light squeeze to partially crush the stem. I don't wanna stunt at all .Just wanna see how well I can control growth with minimal stress.

 

[Midwestjay]

Well here's the proof. First pic is sat night second is this morning. I trimmed a couple fans near the top to. But just a simple squeeze, not crushed did the job perfect. Look how the side branches caught up. In like 36 hrs.

 

[Midwestjay]

She's starting to tighten up and form bud sites. I went and added some koolbloom to the mix. I plan to raise the ppm next change so I just added it in.

 

[Grow4me]

She's starting to tighten up and form bud sites. I went and added some koolbloom to the mix. I plan to raise the ppm next change so I just added it in.

Those really enjoyed a good squeeze. Nice work, keep em going!

 

[Midwestjay]

Put the yoyos on her. And here's some up close pics. And one of the yoyos.

 

[Midwestjay]

@Wisher619 any suggestion? Like what ppm should you be at? What mix of spectrums and what wattage would you be running. Also would you be adding pk boosters now?

 

[CharmCity915]

Midwest the crit is killin it brotha.. Gonna be a freak of nature in that big ass can dude
Wanted to show you a pic of the cheese. Transplanted few days ago to 2.5 gallon bucket.. Have yet to feed any nutes.. Only clean tap water

 

[Wisher619]

sorry for answering so late.....I would wait for them to completely form flowers to run the p/k
I would shoot for around 1.2-1.5 ec right now
for lights....what ever you feel....what you got right now is good....
I would shoot for 400-600w for her...
oh and def dont mix AN and Mills....no need for a mixture of base....just follow the mills recipe and when you are supposed to add the boost...throw in the koolbloom

 

[Midwestjay]

sorry for answering so late.....I would wait for them to completely form flowers to run the p/k
I would shoot for around 1.2-1.5 ec right now
for lights....what ever you feel....what you got right now is good....
I would shoot for 400-600w for her...
oh and def dont mix AN and Mills....no need for a mixture of base....just follow the mills recipe and when you are supposed to add the boost...throw in the koolbloom

Yea didn't mix em. Just gotta figure how I'm gonna use it up. I bumped her up to 750ppm this morning. She loved it.

 

[Grow4me]

Yea didn't mix em. Just gotta figure how I'm gonna use it up. I bumped her up to 750ppm this morning. She loved it.View attachment 603145 View attachment 603146 View attachment 603147

She looks happy and healthy, keep em going.