Hail Hydro!

[PhatNuggz]

Damn another male- worst percentage ever

Took pics of the roots so people can see how intricate they are in my DIY bubbler

Looking at the plant's fullness, one would expect a female

The only way to truly know is when they show their sex

 

[PhatNuggz]

I see.... put a frozen 2 liter in res. Once a day at lights on...

I have to swap out ice paks 3 times a day

 

[PhatNuggz]

Real bummer, of the 2 plants left the small one on the left is a male, too.

So of the 6 seeds, 5/6 from my cross of Diesel with same strain sat male, are males

Popped more WW X G 13, but now 5 weeks behind

Also, reading about no need for air stones, so I added a small lp pump but running it 24/7 made the rez temps too warm. I now have it on a timer. Currently running it 3 minutes every 8 minutes

 

[PhatNuggz]

Maybe it's just a coincidence as I have increased nutrients for transition to flower, but damn, the big girl has taken off since replacing the stones with a lp pump (on a timer). The other is likely a male

As I currently have the P 3 affixed (no yo-yos), so I lowered the table height but added lenses to get the penetration (3rd pic)

 

[PhatNuggz]

First DeFol

 

[PhatNuggz]

Since I only have one plant, I replaced the P3 with the 4 cob SE 250 to get better coverage. I also set it inside the cube

Also rearranged the room to accommodate the new tent. Setting up a 5 x 5 requires 2 people

5/6 are ~ 2" tall, one is still hiding. Time to move them into my bubbler. Using the SE 220 rings only to start them off

 

[PhatNuggz]

Changed nutes today

Rez is much cleaner without the air stones

 

[PhatNuggz]

The grower who turned me on to eliminating the air stones could be right- faster growth

My hydro store hooked me up with a sample of APTUS Fasilitor a silicone product

Just added it to my seedlings, and will add to next batch of fresh nutes

 

[PhatNuggz]

Fasilitor foams. A point that should be made clear by APTUS

Other than that, nothing to report

 

[PhatNuggz]

Ah, what a difference cool weather and low humidity makes. Most of the year the grow room is hot and humid- yuck

Babies are doing quite well under an Amare SE 220. I trim some of the long roots to force more laterals

This is by far the most bud and foliage I've had up top under Amare SE 250

 

[PhatNuggz]

Changed out both rezes today

I had to soak the air stones in bleach as they were getting a funky growth on them

Now adding APTUS Fasilitor and EH Root Wizard to each change

 

[PhatNuggz]

Branches are growing far outside the cube and SE 250 coverage, which is a square 4 CoB light, so I replaced it with the P3 to get better canopy coverage

 

[PhatNuggz]

Sentinel Basic Repeatable Timer

 

[PhatNuggz]

I started second DeFol today. Primaries not yet triching up will make it easier (no sticky arms)

 

[PhatNuggz]

Update

Lots of buds,

Rez with second lp pump (in action) that replaced the air stones

Babies will be moved to larger tote today

Also, I pollinated one small branch today

 

[ShroomKing]

Beautiful thread!
Thanks for sharing, I've been a fan of yours since ICmag and the T5 club.
Peace.

 

[mandalaman]

Looking good! I have to say I am liking the no airstones/agitation in the plant buckets :)

 

[PhatNuggz]

Beautiful thread!
Thanks for sharing, I've been a fan of yours since ICmag and the T5 club.
Peace.

Thanks, and Wow the old T5 days? That's going back some

and now you're a mod... the template is in need of serious updating.

Things like button at the top to First unread (it's here, but seems not to be on all threads), also Post reply

 

[ShroomKing]

Thanks, and Wow the old T5 days? That's going back some

and now you're a mod... the template is in need of serious updating.

Things like button at the top to First unread (it's here, but seems not to be on all threads), also Post reply

I hope that you understand that I have nothing at all to do with site management or templates, etc.
I'm just a referee really, making sure we don't cuss each other silly.
Lol

 

[PhatNuggz]

Buds a budding,

Only 6 days from second DeFol- filling in quite nicely. Only day 23 from first pistils

Did I mention that I swapped out the P3 for the SPYDR 600 (~ 360w) I did this as it gives a much bigger evenly distributed light to the canopy perimeter

Babies growing.

I transferred them to a bigger bubbler to keep root hammocking down

Also feeding APTUS Fasilitator seems to be working. Main stems have gotten real sturdy, after being very wispy

The G13 seems dominant so far, as there is very little side branching.