Start again I guess

Re: reaching. . .

looking good DO7..that place is gonna be stuffed before you know it! keep on, keepin' on!

You're doing a great job there. They look very healthy. I would be topping them to induce more lateral growth and encourage them to fill out a bit more.

This is actually the first time I have not topped this strain out of the dozen or so times i have grown her.I wanted to see how they do with a single main cola instead of multiples.

If I had known they were this damn stretchy. .. screw "what ifs" and top them all from here on LOL

half way there

half way through the 8 week flower cycle now.
I have bent and manipulated some of the taller plants to fit more spaciously under the lamp shade.
Flower developement is right about where it should be for this strain at this stage and they recieved
thier heaviest feeding of the cycle yesterday.
The CT fans are working out great.The temps in the cab are peaking at 72f and bottoming out at 67f.
I am really liking these Quantum digital ballasts.No big clang and buzz when the lights come on
and it seems to light the bulb to full brightness faster than my old coil ballasts.
My buddies little orphan plants from his back-yard only have about two weeks left.
Although they are going to be a solid cola from top to bottom,they arent going to yield much
as they are only about 10 inches high.
They were already well into flower when I got them so they gained no height at all even after being put into larger pots.
My original Skunk orphan is producing lots of flower,but is likely still going to take an extra week or two longer than my
other girls.Looks like it will be a pretty good yielder for its size. . wish I knew a bit more about what it really is LOL.
Okay. . toss up a couple pics here and good to go for this weeks update,

Just past the half. . .

Time for the weekly update. .
The girls are finally starting to mass up in scale to the stretch.
Just entering fifth week of flower.Getting some yellowing of the lower sucker leaves,but I do expect that at 5 weeks.
Gave them one last big push of Tea on friday,they will run water now untill harvest.
I was worried about humidity as there is no cabinet exhaust,just a light shade exhaust.
So far it hasn't caused me any issues.Entering into the rainy season here though and humidity levels are way up in the ambient air.
I will keep a really close watch now that there is some bud mass that could actually mold given the right(or wrong) conditions.
my original orphan plant is really packing on the buds now,she is going to be a very good yielder, just no idea what the hell she is LOL.
My late added 3 orphans are almost ready.Another week for two of them,and two more weeks for the last one.
As they are only about ten inches tall they arent going to be heavey yielders. .
All the "new" gear is holding up well.
The Infinite Breeze fan has been running continuously since july,still quiet and head bobbin as ever.
The Quantum digital ballast is a real treat.This is my first experience with the newer Digital style ballasts and I am extremely pleased with it.
Cant wait to run the 600 watt.
My little Canadian Tire vent fans are a real treat.I really wish I had discovered them earlier as they are very quiet,and very effective for a smaller grow.
here are some pics to keep it going. . .

great job

5 down 3 to go

This is the start of sixth week of flower for the girls in green.
With the last feeding done,the rest of the cycle should chew up the residuall nutes still in the soil.
Most of the large fan leaves are starting to show some yellow now,so the ripening stage is definately under way.
Humidity in the cab is still climbing.With the extra mass of the plants and the wetter cooler ambient air,
this could be an issue through the winter months.I will be installing an exhaust fan and filter for next run.
Two of my three little orphans I have chopped.They were no longer taking any water nor were they gaining any more mass.
As sad as they were,my buddy should be getting about 1/2 ounce for his stranded girls LOL.
The third orphan is the largest and will come down end of this week.
I am still not sure that the early skunk plant I rescued is going to be done at the same time as the rest.
If it were an 8 week strain I would say it is two weeks behind. . .but she isnt an 8 weeker so she could be a month behind.
If she is even close to ready i will take her down with the rest.I dont want to delay starting the next round just for one plant.
This is the drawback of having a single cab for veg and flower.
The main crop of KushX's is doing very well.There may be gaps in the main colas on a few but most of them are filling the spaces nicely.
So far so good. . . three weeks to go!

heading into the home stretch

it seems like this run is taking bloody forever! LOL
probably has something to do with the fact that it was in the high 90's when I planted this crop and now it's freakin cold out.Makes a guy feel like he's been at it for 6 freakin months.
had a couple of the main colas just touching the shade for a night.Although the shade stays cool enough to leave your hand against,it did curl the top hairs down on a couple of buds LOL
No serious damage though.
have hacked the last of the three lost orphans,trimmed dried and sent them back to the owner.
The first 2 little ones produced just over a 1/4 the last girl just over a 1/2.
The rest of the girls are filling in nicely. I dont think I will have any issues of reaching over my 1/2 lb from the 400watt.Hoping closer to 3/4...time will tell.
I have learned a fair bit about this new cabinet on this run.Overall I am very happy with it.Swapping between HOCFL and HID is fast and easy.The space is easy to work and is a good size for a 400hid,a 600hid or two 8 racks of HOCFL.
With a dozen plants in 3 gallon buckets I still have space empty by the doors for the fan and other gear to stay out of the plants and lights way.
I am really concidering using two of the Badboy 8 light racks for next run.I think that 16 blue spec would give me massive veg,and I am anxious to see what I can get with two racks of red spec in flower.
I think the height and depth of the cabinet would be able to take full advantage of High output compact floro T-5's.
Besides this is a hobby and the T-5 concept is a newer one for me than HID digital or not.
Girls are getting naught but water of course from here to harvest,Temps are remaining stable in mid seventies at peak light cycle and humidity is a bit high but not problematical.
Thats it for first day of week 7's report.

Last week of existance for the girls in this show.
The big initial stretch is going to cost me some weight in the long run.
The main colas arent bad but they havent all managed to join with lower buds.
As the girls havent had any food of any type for 3 weeks they wont need a flush...love organic growing LOL
Still havent fully decided but I am leaning towards trying a 16 bulb T-5 run next time.Or I may just switch up from the Quantum 400 to the 600 watt digital ballast.
Temps and humidity did not become an issue at all on this run so at least the airflow is working.I am going to change the way the lights are hung though.
I want to be able to get them flush to the roof at peak height,which I cant do with the present configuration.
Anyways...they start coming down this weekend, I will post final results of harvest.

Well, all the girls are down and dried.
My little alien orphan looked nice...but it smells like a box of rubber bands.Tastes reasonable though.
All the other girls came out very sweet with reasonably hard nugs after curing.
I did make my goal of 1/2lb dry.Actully,three grams over LOL.Not bad for a 400.Would have done better yet I think,had the girls not stretched so bad during pre-flower.
What really amazes me though...is no one really noticed that I battled spider mites the whole way through the grow.
Although I had cleaned the cab very well after the last run,turned out some christmas cactus I had in my bathroom picked up mites from being set out side for a while this spring.
Guess the little bastids hitched a ride on me into the grow room.
So I have re-sterilized the cabinet, pots etc.and treated my house plants so that should be that for the damn bugs.
This next run I have set up for I will be doing under a double 8 lamp rack of T-5s. I really want to see what these Quantum Badboy fixtures can do on thier own.My last T-5 run was 8 bulbs anf I had no flowering spectrum bulbs.I still made just over a QP from it.
So I am going to compare a 16 bulb run with proper spectrum bulbs,and see how it compares to the 400 HID.
So thats that for this grow everyone.I will start a new thread next week when my seedlings have popped....thanks for following along.