damn mopho, this looks like its going to sick. do you strip any of the fan leaves during veg?
Normally, yes. But my Loompa mom decided to keel so I need to take some clones from the bottoms of these in the next few days, so I was waiting for that. Also, I don't have much headroom, so I don't want them to stretch too crazy. If I stripped the bottoms out during the stretch period, they will go even more crazy on me!
We had better success with Aqua Flakes in coco than we did the Coco formula for what ever reason..
I would throw in the
Algen extract from H&G or sub in Maxi crop, the kelp really kicks it up a notch and I like to pop them with a shot or two of molasses the week before flush...
Fungas gnats will drive ya nuts but a proxap strip or mesquito dunks in your initial mix does the trick..
Killer setup!!
Passion baby
Tex
Thanks Tex, good seein' ya around again!
Yea, were using Aqua Flakes with good results on the buckets. From what I can tell by comparing labels and asking around to reps and other H&G people was that the only major difference in the Coco and the AquaFlakes is that the Cocos has a little bit more Iron. There could be other differences, but no major deficiencies or issues so far with the Cocos.
Algen Extract I was using in veg, its not on the H&G schedule for bloom, but I agree an extra source of Kelp seems to liven them up with the extra trace and K. I've been using
Floralicious Plus in bloom so far as a replacement, sorrry, I forgot to list it, slipped my mind. Also, since they are stretching so hard, I am hitting em with the
shooting powder before the 2 week mark to help curb some of that stretch with an early K boost. Not going by the H&G schedule, but we are using their enzyme program, MultiZen, BudXL, and
Top Booster, mostly according to schedule. And yea, later into bloom, molasses and/or another sugar source will be used.
About the fungus gnats...I religiously use mosquito dunks on any open water or reservoirs anyway, so they are rarely a problem. However, I noticed watering with a hose and wand, that the pump sucks up the particles of the dunks and they get clogged in the spray nozzle, so thats a pain in the ass. I may start using gnatoral if I see any.
We have been pretreating and expanding the bricks of coco with Bayer Complete (imid) as per a buddy's recipe. It all gets flushed out very soon after, but it wipes out any aphids, gnats, larvae, or eggs that might be hiding in that coco. Haven't seen a trace of any insects around, but I keep getting blades of grass, ferns, or other random vegetation growing out of my coco.
looking great as usual bro.
Thanks man! Nice to see you over here!
Nice clean setup man!
You're gonna have a jungle in there...
Yea, I know already its gonna get messy, I might still cull a few of the smaller plants, especially a few of those lanky weakling ass SFV OGs.
sick sick sick GM - what are the tables made from?
The tables are made from pressure-treated wood, bolted together for extra strength, and painted with oil-based Killz to prevent rotting, mold, ect. The tops of the tables are expanded steel sheets of mesh that I got for cheap from a buddy with the metal shop hook up! The bottoms of the tables are framed out of 2x6s and lined with pond liner.
Looks great Mopho! Make sure you give those Loompas plenty of room they will shove all your other plants out of the way! :lock:
Yea, they are already stretching like nuts, but I think I got it undercontrol. The Loompa HB is pretty strong plant, and although its lanky, it seems to have a tighter and more uniform structure than that damn SFV OG. That SFV OG is stretching just as much as the Loompa, but with only 1/2 as many nodes and less strength to hold it self up.
Thanks again guys for all the comments!
