Indoor Aero | LED | 36 Cream Caramel | *First Grow* | *First Journal*

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My apologies everyone, Christmas snuck up on me faster than expected, forgot what day it was. I ill get the update posted tonight. Not sure whether or not is much to get excited about. We'll see.
 
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Day 52

Hey Guys, Here is the overdue update as to whats up. Not too much excitement going on with the craziness of the holidays amongst us. Top colas are finally emerging. Plants along the core penetration zone are starting to even out at 20", with the tallest being 24" and the shortest being 8", which I experimented with trimming on that guy. Trich production came through first on the trimmed ladies and is now starting to show on the rest. It's quite obvious at this point that 2 additional LED's will be needed to take full advantage of what this system can produce. It's like a lil hill of plants that are 6-10 inches taller directly under the LEDs then on the outskirts of the system I have my "runts".

I will note that I have been using frozen v8 bottles in the res to get temps down. Running a window fan in the room also obviously helps with ambient temps, which in turn helps res temps too.

The last photo listed is just to show that the roots have grown down the drain tubes and into the reservoir, which totally caught me by surprise.

These guys went through a crazy growth spurt about 4-5 days ago, in which I was gone out of town, and they did suffer a lil bit of heat burn due to being only 8 inches from the LED.

All in all, I'm content. I won't be too excited till harvest time, I heard scissor hash was good stuff.

Air temp - 70-79
Water temp - 72-76
PH - 5.6 -5.85
PPM- 800
EC - 1.16
Humidity - 45-55%
Light Cycle - 20 on / 4 off
Light Height - 12-18" (smaller plants are further away)

:peace:
 

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I can't wait to see what the final dry weight will be, keep it up bro :wiz:
 
Me too! I am curious as to whether or not it will be over or under 2lb. I mean 30 plants that average roughly an oz, that would project 30oz, which is just a hair under 2lb. Not sure whether or not the combination of aeroponics + LED will help my per plant average, especially since I have suffered a few downfalls throughout this grow already.

It's also hard to calculate an average considering I have about 10 plants that aren't directly under the LEDs that are 4-6 inches shorter, providing less budding opportunity. I wouldn't be surprised to see 2oz+ off my big girls, they have quite a few bud sites.
 
hello m8
ok I am going to be honest with you as I am growing the same strain at about the same date under leds please take it as it is meant
I think they are to crowded and the bud formation seems a little behind for the stage they are at least compared to mine which I am growing 1 per square foot
I think from what you are saying I would raise the lights a little to give a better even coverage over the whole table I am keeping mine at around 20 " and 250 watts (actual draw) seems to cover about 6 sq feet pretty evenly as far as I can tell
I dont think this strain gives you some nice fat colas rather it seem to be heading toward a lot of smaller bud sites but it does seem to cover a area quite well..... we will see and yes like yourself Im finding this one very slow and I think I am looking at 12 to 13 weeks rarther than the 8 stated
I am also trying out some MI5 and they are ten days behind yet I am seeing some huge colas on about 50% of the plants unfortunately the other 50% are all over the place in phenos not something I would grow on a hydroponic tray
as you have seen the problems you face with plants of different height on one tray
however I am seeing the cc as very uniform when they have even light coverage from start to finish
I think you are doing great as this is your first time and you are spotting and asking the correct pertinent questions which are very relevant
this is exactly the traits you need to be good at your game
keep up the good work
I was interested in hearing the issues you have with water temps maybe a bigger tank would help
when growing with 4 x 600w hid lights covering 4sq M I was using a 200L res tank and never had this as a issue although I kept the tanks away from direct light
another thing I have noticed was The cc seemed to like a change to 18/6 whether this was a coincidence or not I'm not certain ?

LBP
 
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very nice setup m8 remember everything work better from the top...now my AM is at 151cm and i will post new pics!!!
 
hello m8
ok I am going to be honest with you as I am growing the same strain at about the same date under leds please take it as it is meant
I think they are to crowded and the bud formation seems a little behind for the stage they are at least compared to mine which I am growing 1 per square foot
I think from what you are saying I would raise the lights a little to give a better even coverage over the whole table I am keeping mine at around 20 " and 250 watts (actual draw) seems to cover about 6 sq feet pretty evenly as far as I can tell
I dont think this strain gives you some nice fat colas rather it seem to be heading toward a lot of smaller bud sites but it does seem to cover a area quite well..... we will see and yes like yourself Im finding this one very slow and I think I am looking at 12 to 13 weeks rarther than the 8 stated
I am also trying out some MI5 and they are ten days behind yet I am seeing some huge colas on about 50% of the plants unfortunately the other 50% are all over the place in phenos not something I would grow on a hydroponic tray
as you have seen the problems you face with plants of different height on one tray
however I am seeing the cc as very uniform when they have even light coverage from start to finish
I think you are doing great as this is your first time and you are spotting and asking the correct pertinent questions which are very relevant
this is exactly the traits you need to be good at your game
keep up the good work
I was interested in hearing the issues you have with water temps maybe a bigger tank would help
when growing with 4 x 600w hid lights covering 4sq M I was using a 200L res tank and never had this as a issue although I kept the tanks away from direct light
another thing I have noticed was The cc seemed to like a change to 18/6 whether this was a coincidence or not I'm not certain ?

LBP

Thanks for the feedback LHP, truly appreciate legit people that aren't affraid to tell me how it is just to help me out. This strain is def too bushy in my opinion for an aeroponic setup. The sound of MI5 keeps ringing in the back of my head for my next grow.

I'm out of country at the moment, again. (not complaining, I at least have a job and get to travel) But I passed the info on to the roommate to:

*Have the lights raised, which they are now at their highest point with these light hangers that came with the GLP LED.

*Use frozen V8 bottles in the res during light cycle and letting them refreeze during lights out (since the drop in room temps already drops res temps) Also, I invested in a timer to run the res 2 min on/3 min off, for some reason though, I must of spaced, it was still in its packaging on my work bench. That was installed a few days ago. I am being told res temps are down to 70-74.

*Trim up dead/useless leaves

*Change light cycle from 19/5 to 18/6

"pertinent questions which are very relevant this is exactly the traits you need to be good at your game keep up the good work"

I smiled, thanks, I needed that.

Will be updating you guys next year after I get back in to the country.
 
you might find the mi5 not suited to the table either I'm seeing a lot of difference in height between phenos ? I dont know :) lol its hard to make the right choices It would be brilliant to see the slightly shorter pheno which has basically one big fat cola this would be fantastic for your aero table lol it makes me dribble thinking about it.... 36 of them over 2m2 I don't think you'd be able to get your finger through the buds
I've just done a seed run with the mi5 and picked off 305 seeds from one small plant and the mum is a single cola pheno Who knows if I picked the right dad? I just picked the heaviest flowering male lol dead scientific here I feel that I've just closed my eyes and put a pin in the map :)
now I've got a good number to play around with I might try to gb acid a single cola female and X with a single cola female and see how those seeds turn out
cant help myself I love to blunder around experimenting :) happy new year
 
Hello AFN,

Just got back in town this morning, haven't seen my ladies in a week. Thought I'd share a little teaser with you till I get around to a full update. Enjoy.
 

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Day 59

I wont lie, I'm bummed. Things are looking good but honestly, these buds are small. Not sure how much bigger they are gonna get.

Some of questions/concerns I'd appreciate some feedback on:

- Roughly how much longer does it look like I have till harvest from the looks of the photos? I need to figure this out so I can know when to start the flush.

- There is some discoloration of the leaves that I am unable to understand. Can someone please take a look at the photos and help me diagnose and correct this, Or is this normal at this "stage"?

- EC is 1.4-1.6, is this ok, or no?

I'd really like to aim for 2lb on this grow and I hate to say it, but I don't see that happening.

Also, something bad happened and I have yet to reach out to find resolution, but it seems as if my hanna 98129 pen is broke. This is the second one to break on me. With the first one, neither the ppm or temp worked correctly. The second one, my current one, is now not reading EC or PPM. I need to contact the company I got it from and hope that they are able to rush me a new one, though I'm not sure at this point if they'd even be willing to do that considering I have had it for roughly 45 days already. Thoughts?

Air temp - 68-81 -Need to keep this steady
Water temp - 72-77
PH - 5.6 -5.85
PPM- 761 (last time the meter worked correctly)
EC - 1.4 (last time the meter worked correctly)
Humidity - 43-60%
Light Cycle - 18 on / 6 off
Light Height - 10-18" (smaller plants are further away)

- The iPhone I'm using picks up the blue hues over the red with the lights I've noticed. This isn't necessarily true though, there is plenty of red spectrum as well, just wanted to point that out.
 

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