Multi-strain Grow

hotlabbe · Mar 9, 2015

Started this grow a couple months ago. Been through some issues with ph but finally got em to this point. Using DTrave420's growing methods. One week from flower. Transplanted to 5 gallon pots yesterday. Strains are Trainwreck, Acapulco Gold, Tangerine Dream, Summit Sweet Skunk (2), Pineapple Express (3), and a mystery seed. They were all started from seed. Planting (flower) medium is ProMix HP fortified with worm castings, perlite, bone meal, bat and seabird guano, Happy Frog 5-5-5 All-purpose, and Dolomite lime. They are under 2x600W, and 1x400W MH. Unfortunately, I have not been able to afford the side lighting for this room. In the future, there will be 6 Fluorescent shop light fixtures mounted on the walls. Each fixture will have 4x4ft T8 bulbs. Running about $130-150 each makes it a very expensive add on. However, it will dramatically enhance the yield. Will be flipping the lights this week Saturday for the flower cycle.

Ned Kelly · Mar 9, 2015

Looking nice and healthy

hotlabbe · Mar 13, 2015

One day before flower. 18"!

Ned Kelly · Mar 14, 2015

You definitely have a green thumb bro . Looking forward to the flip

hotlabbe · Mar 14, 2015

Thank Ned Kelly! Owe it all to Dtrave420. His grows inspired me, and I saw things in a way that made it much easier to grow plants, in general. I expect 1/4lb+ from each plant, and once this is done the room will become my hot house for peppers, tomatoes, and herbs. I live at 9600ft in Colorado, and our growing season is too short for those vegetables and herbs. I am however going to grow some short season plants like squash, cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, kale, and a siberian tomato outdoors in containers. I'm looking forward to applying some of this knowledge to this year's fall garden harvest. Supposedly potatoes grow well here. We'll see!

Ned Kelly · Mar 14, 2015

Good luck with all that bro . Sure it will come up trumps

hotlabbe · Mar 15, 2015

First day flowered

Ned Kelly · Mar 15, 2015

Looking good !

hotlabbe · Mar 25, 2015

1st shot day 6 flowered. rest of the shots day 12 flowered

hotlabbe · Apr 5, 2015

beginning week 4 flowered

metaray · Apr 6, 2015

hotlabbe said:
Started this grow a couple months ago. Been through some issues with ph but finally got em to this point. Using DTrave420's growing methods. One week from flower. Transplanted to 5 gallon pots yesterday. Strains are Trainwreck, Acapulco Gold, Tangerine Dream, Summit Sweet Skunk (2), Pineapple Express (3), and a mystery seed. They were all started from seed. Planting (flower) medium is ProMix HP fortified with worm castings, perlite, bone meal, bat and seabird guano, Happy Frog 5-5-5 All-purpose, and Dolomite lime. They are under 2x600W, and 1x400W MH. Unfortunately, I have not been able to afford the side lighting for this room. In the future, there will be 6 Fluorescent shop light fixtures mounted on the walls. Each fixture will have 4x4ft T8 bulbs. Running about $130-150 each makes it a very expensive add on. However, it will dramatically enhance the yield. Will be flipping the lights this week Saturday for the flower cycle.

Looking great!! How much do you expect the fluoros will enhance yield?

hotlabbe · Apr 6, 2015

Overall I'd say 20-30%. it really helps lower bud development. Gonna be a good crop regardless, but I'm hoping I can get the lighting bought and setup during the next veg period. Unfortunately, I lost one of the plants last week to a sex change. Went hermie on me. We are now down to 8 but to be honest 8 fits in the room much better. This will also help lower growth, in my case, because the 9th plant really crowded the space, preventing light to reach the lower growth.

hotlabbe · Apr 25, 2015

6 Weeks Flowered

Samwell · Apr 27, 2015

what are the last three photos? nice !

hotlabbe · Apr 27, 2015

tangerine dream. it must have not liked something I gave it. Purple as fuck, looking like a low yield. like an ounce. bummer

hotlabbe · May 13, 2015

First Pineapple Express chopped down at 60days. 3 Pineapple Express, 1 Trainwreck, 1 Acapulco Gold, 1 Tangerine Dream, and 1 Summit Sweet Skunk to go. 1 Summit Sweet Skunk hermied on me but I was able to get 1 1/2 ounce off the little shit. hoping the next SSS will bring about 2 1/2 oz. Stay tuned ass this week through next is the big chop down week! I just stuck a PE clone in the room. It's 20" tall and I've pruned it much better this time around. Also did some super cropping, so I hope I get more head bud and less lower popcorn nugs. We'll see