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

[DubV]

First of all, most of the info you get from seedbanks is usually on the short side. I have found almost every strain takes between 9-11 weeks except for a rare few and few super auto's that take 16-20 weeks. Secondly, you dont always get amber trichs for auto's. Its a completely different game than photo's. General rule of thumbs is when all the trichs are cloudy and the leaves have all died then take her.

 

[Sauce Boss]

Yes, I was feeding per Advanced Nutrients calculator there for a few days, as well as not having any idea of PPM's for the first 3 weeks of growth due to that defective hanna meter, leaving the plugs in the humidome 5 days longer than necessary before transplanting, and not having that extra LED from the beginning. Those are my only "major" mistakes that I am consciously aware of.

I will start using that scope though like you said, about a week before the listed harvest times.

When you say "a bit longer than 3 weeks", are you assuming more like an additional 1-2 weeks, or 3-5 weeks? Reason I ask is that my lease is up at the end of January and I planned on being done and out of here by then, gotta avoid that month to month rate!

---------- Post added 12-14-2011 at 12:22 PM ----------

First of all, most of the info you get from seedbanks is usually on the short side. I have found almost every strain takes between 9-11 weeks except for a rare few and few super auto's that take 16-20 weeks. Secondly, you dont always get amber trichs for auto's. Its a completely different game than photo's. General rule of thumbs is when all the trichs are cloudy and the leaves have all died then take her.

Awesome info, Thank you DubV!

 

[The Medicine Man]

Yea, I'd say probably a week or two longer than what you're thinking. You'll be done by the time you've gotta be outta there.

 

[Sauce Boss]

Yea, I'd say probably a week or two longer than what you're thinking. You'll be done by the time you've gotta be outta there.

Nice. Not as bad as I had thought then when you first brought it to my attention. In a way, this gives me a sigh of relief cuz even without experience I knew these guys wouldn't be ready by the breeders 56 day recommendation.

Is this your first hydro attempt?

Yes, actually, like a fool this is my first grow ever attempted. all or nothin right? lol.

 

[The Medicine Man]

HAHA... my first grow was aero, too. And that was just starting this past March. So... don't worry. You're doing a bang up job for sure! I love seeing stuff in aero/nft setups. My next setup tho is a true aero high pressure setup. Spring time.

 

[Sauce Boss]

HAHA... my first grow was aero, too. And that was just starting this past March. So... don't worry. You're doing a bang up job for sure! I love seeing stuff in aero/nft setups. My next setup tho is a true aero high pressure setup. Spring time.

Heck yea, once I get a few more grows under my belt and actually know wtf I am doing, I will be considering changing to a Aerojet 12 tray unit to be truly 100% aero. Not sure if I am liking these LED's though, they don't seem like they're all that they are cracked up to be, or maybe its just my lack of growing knowledge at this time. We'll see. If I get a decent crop out of this, I will def be scooping up two more LED's, otherwise, I will possibly start exploring other lighting options.

 

[lykaboss]

I absolutely love this type of hydro setup, but i can't get over how close the pots are. Since i am switching to photos i think i am going to go with the ebb and grow monster 5 gallon buckets. Hats off to you bro for this being your first hydro grow you are doing an amazing job.

 

[littlebopeep]

I just thought Id chip in here Im growing 2 cc in co-co run off to waste and I am facing the same issue as well
Im at day 51 and looking at the plants Im thinking If they were a standard plant I would be looking at 4-5 weeks more so at least cropping at 11-12 weeks under leds If they are sooner than this Im looking at some real shit yields I think what you need to do is follow what the plant is telling you and It will be ready when Its ready Ive been stressing out about this for the last week thinking OMG week 7 just look at them they should only have a week to go
what I have found with this strain is that they seem to be quite uniform and they are starting to take on a x-mas tree shape in the last week with loads of bud sites
I think we will be ok with this strain Its just going to take longer than what it says on the can
as the medicine man says you may have stunted the development the same as I did and this may add on a xtra week or so
yeah and it really annoys me how the seed companies bullshit
I was reading a thread on thc farmer by a guy called tommy who test grows for sweet seeds and he reckoned he got them fineshed In around 63 days
weel I thgink you have to take in account that he was using a 400 W HPS over a 60x60 area which boils down to 1200 watts a meter he was also putting 9 plants into this space so they were fighting for space a lot maybe thats why they finished so early
the only auto that ever finished in 8 weeks for me was a white dwarf from budda seeds however It was tiny 8" high YOU dont want that do you you would need at least 25 a M to warrant the cost of the electricity
all I can say is do what you are doing things look good ignore the propaganda by sweet seeds and finish them off
HAPPY TOKING

To be honest, I don't know. The seed package, as well as numerous websites show that it takes between 56-67 days from seed to harvest. I figured if it went longer than that, I'd risk losing out of the benefits of harvesting during the "prime". I am wanting amber triches, which I know occurs with waiting longer to harvest, just didn't want to harvest too late and possibly risk yield or potency.

I started on Nov 5th, 60 days from then would be Jan 4th, which is exactly 3 weeks from today.


Educate me?

 

[Sauce Boss]

I just thought Id chip in here Im growing 2 cc in co-co run off to waste and I am facing the same issue as well
Im at day 51 and looking at the plants Im thinking If they were a standard plant I would be looking at 4-5 weeks more so at least cropping at 11-12 weeks under leds If they are sooner than this Im looking at some real shit yields I think what you need to do is follow what the plant is telling you and It will be ready when Its ready Ive been stressing out about this for the last week thinking OMG week 7 just look at them they should only have a week to go
what I have found with this strain is that they seem to be quite uniform and they are starting to take on a x-mas tree shape in the last week with loads of bud sites
I think we will be ok with this strain Its just going to take longer than what it says on the can
as the medicine man says you may have stunted the development the same as I did and this may add on a xtra week or so
yeah and it really annoys me how the seed companies bullshit
I was reading a thread on thc farmer by a guy called tommy who test grows for sweet seeds and he reckoned he got them fineshed In around 63 days
weel I thgink you have to take in account that he was using a 400 W HPS over a 60x60 area which boils down to 1200 watts a meter he was also putting 9 plants into this space so they were fighting for space a lot maybe thats why they finished so early
the only auto that ever finished in 8 weeks for me was a white dwarf from budda seeds however It was tiny 8" high YOU dont want that do you you would need at least 25 a M to warrant the cost of the electricity
all I can say is do what you are doing things look good ignore the propaganda by sweet seeds and finish them off
HAPPY TOKING

Thanks for all of the helpful info dude. I too was reading the CC grow on THC Farmer back in June and am comparing myself to that grow now and that guy had triches on the fan leaves by day 40 I believe. That's funny you mention that because everything that goes down with this grow, I pretty much compare to that one, frustrated, because he is in soil with 400w hps and I am doing aero with 900w led along with fairly expensive nutes, which I know won't replace experience, but I figured it'd help with having the best to offer my ladies. So to see myself "behind" compared to his grow frustrates me, yet at the same time, I am toking up and learning to have patience and take this all in as it comes in regards to the grow, as well as trying to use as much common sense as possible.

---------- Post added 12-14-2011 at 07:40 PM ----------

I absolutely love this type of hydro setup, but i can't get over how close the pots are. Since i am switching to photos i think i am going to go with the ebb and grow monster 5 gallon buckets. Hats off to you bro for this being your first hydro grow you are doing an amazing job.

Thanks dude, I appreciate the love. It truly is a spectacular setup, I just need to apply what I learn from this and apply it to into future grows.. And thanks for the support, I wake up daily thinking I am doing a shitty job on this grow being that some of these plants are only 6-8 inches tall, but I just need to keep reminding myself to be patient, and that most of the growth will happen within the last 2 weeks-ish.

 

[Muddy]

How long you veg your plants for is a big factor on when they will finish. If you switch to flowering nutes at week 4 right after they sex, they can finish in the 8-9 weeks that is advertised. But given that they gain most of their vertical growth in weeks 4-6, you lose a lot of yield by doing so. I've had some plants finish in 10 but most go 11-12.

I just thought Id chip in here Im growing 2 cc in co-co run off to waste and I am facing the same issue as well
Im at day 51 and looking at the plants Im thinking If they were a standard plant I would be looking at 4-5 weeks more so at least cropping at 11-12 weeks under leds If they are sooner than this Im looking at some real shit yields I think what you need to do is follow what the plant is telling you and It will be ready when Its ready Ive been stressing out about this for the last week thinking OMG week 7 just look at them they should only have a week to go
what I have found with this strain is that they seem to be quite uniform and they are starting to take on a x-mas tree shape in the last week with loads of bud sites
I think we will be ok with this strain Its just going to take longer than what it says on the can
as the medicine man says you may have stunted the development the same as I did and this may add on a xtra week or so
yeah and it really annoys me how the seed companies bullshit
I was reading a thread on thc farmer by a guy called tommy who test grows for sweet seeds and he reckoned he got them fineshed In around 63 days
weel I thgink you have to take in account that he was using a 400 W HPS over a 60x60 area which boils down to 1200 watts a meter he was also putting 9 plants into this space so they were fighting for space a lot maybe thats why they finished so early
the only auto that ever finished in 8 weeks for me was a white dwarf from budda seeds however It was tiny 8" high YOU dont want that do you you would need at least 25 a M to warrant the cost of the electricity
all I can say is do what you are doing things look good ignore the propaganda by sweet seeds and finish them off
HAPPY TOKING