GH Waterfarm Grow-BIG BANG

bf74 · Sep 2, 2009

putting aside my silly little led experiments, I'm moving right along to my GH Waterfarm grow-the strain is big bang from Greenhouse.Right now shes veggin under 200 watts of 6500k cfl.This will probably be replaced with a MH in the near future.She's been veggin for 9 days now.And she just grew this way-topped herself.Started with organic nutes, but flushed and switched to GH flora after 4 days-ph was a nightmare.No probs now-ph holding at 5.8.I threw in some pics of my 400w hps sog.The big bang will flower under 400w hps/400w mh.

bf74 · Sep 2, 2009

I got a bunch of stuff going on, but this thread will concentrate on the waterfarm

dlovejah · Sep 2, 2009

Nice Grow Bf.. Enjoyin the Ride. d:RastaBong:

bf74 · Sep 3, 2009

thank you dlovejah.I've got both eyes on your grow as well.Nice clean work.

bf74 · Sep 3, 2009

Tobor the 8th Man · Sep 4, 2009

Nice but that is a Power Grower and not a WaterFarm. I am a Power Grower fan and they are a step above a WaterFarm in my opinion. They are bigger and sturdier. Both PG and WF rock the buds though.

bf74 · Sep 4, 2009

Tobor the 8th Man said:
Nice but that is a Power Grower and not a WaterFarm. I am a Power Grower fan and they are a step above a WaterFarm in my opinion. They are bigger and sturdier. Both PG and WF rock the buds though.

I keep screwing that up, I just got used to everyone else calling it a waterfarm.Nice unit, definitely very sturdy.I think I'm gonna try scrapping together a diy waterfarm-I figured it would come out to less than 20 bucks, just poly, tubing, couple airstones and a bucket-I've matched most of the fittings, but a little rigging will do the trick.I'll post the details if I ever get it done.

bf74 · Sep 4, 2009

the weathers been nice so I added an extra 250w hps I had laying around.So thats 650 watts in the flowering tent.

bf74 · Sep 5, 2009

pretty pictures

bf74 · Sep 5, 2009

One thing I learned from screwing with leds, is that adding or subtracting different parts of the visible(as well as invisible-ie-infrared)spectrum, you really can control the will of the plant.Adding alot of red-630-660nm-will stretch the hell out of your plants.Alternately, adding blue-440-470nm-will stop the stretch, dead in it's tracks if enough is applied.But dont get me wrong, I was not impressed with current led tek's ability to flower cannabis.I actually wish I kept at least one all red, and one all blue ufo-just to see what happens if applied in certain situations.

bf74 · Sep 5, 2009

Then again, they have a very cheap, and effective alternative to the ufo...cfl's.

devilrays · Sep 5, 2009

Hey man, a little friendly advice...not being rude at all, but I would cover up your clear plastic cups with something. Roots don't like light. Or least that's what I've read. Don't wanna see ya have any problems.... Good luck with the grow!!

bf74 · Sep 5, 2009

devilrays said:
Hey man, a little friendly advice...not being rude at all, but I would cover up your clear plastic cups with something. Roots don't like light. Or least that's what I've read. Don't wanna see ya have any problems.... Good luck with the grow!!

Interesting you brought that up.I was thinking the same thing, and I dont like it.I think they're showing enough root mass to tranfer them to hempy buckets-I like the neutral verm/perlite mix.But yeah bro, I appreciate every bit of advice I get.One of the main reasons I post my grows is to keep from goofing up.And many a fellow grower has kept me from making a fatal error.I'm actually going up now to put some tape around the cups.It's the little details that can screw you up.