420's Merkle: A Grow Journal 2017

Merkle420

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My grow so far has been perfect, no sicknesses, no hiccups, no bumps, makes me wonder when the house will burn down..

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Anywhoooo.....
Shiva shanti II in veg for a little less than a month, in 2 gal pots, germ'd 5 of them and had one male, the rest grew happily in a soil mix of my own creation under a vipar 600 watt led, lined the inside of my current wardrobe with reflective vinyl the same stuff use for road signs. I freaked out when they took 2 weeks to grow 1/2 an inch then they shot up like crazy and I let them run wild for a week feeding them a mix of thrive soluble all purpose mix, molasses, seaweed extract, crushed up banana and peanut shells. Temp has stayed around 72f don't know the humidity, ph has been between 6-7 and they're into the third week or so of flower, I don't want to sound cocky but this has been a breeze but who knows of the bud will have any potency or weight to it.
I've got the last 5 shiva seeds on a heat mat sitting on perlite in peat pellet germing because I've just gotten another wardrobe meaning I can veg AND flower. I'll be using 3 led down lights I got from a bargain bin at the local lighting joint, with plans on another led panel sometime down the track.
 
Whats up! How do they look now? I want to build a setup just like yours. I am trying to buy one of those lights... do you know their real wattage? I live in brazil and its quite hard to buy good LED panels... we only get access to low quality ones and paying a lot of cash for it :(
 
Right know im flowering using a 150w LED in a 4ft tent, but its real wattage is only about 60w... i hope thats enough for me to get at least 40g out of the single special queen #1 im growing inside the tent... I still have something like 5 weeks into flowering, thats how they looked a week ago
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Whats up! How do they look now? I want to build a setup just like yours. I am trying to buy one of those lights... do you know their real wattage? I live in brazil and its quite hard to buy good LED panels... we only get access to low quality ones and paying a lot of cash for it :(

They're a little bigger but still doing great, you guys have eBay? The real wattage for my light is 274.
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Thats a great real wattage! I ended up buying on US ebay, hope my purchase arrives here, it can take up to 3 months... got a bestva 1200, those were less expensive... real wattage around 230, im not sure if its going to be worth my investment, but i will give it a try
 
Nah I'm not going to defol I'm not to eager on that. I've heard people say it can help or harm the plant, I'd just let them veg longer if I wanted more yield.
 
Hey merkle, looks really good man. I like the viparspectra light I got one based on your comment on a previous thread. Thanks man. How far into flower are you?
 
Hey merkle, looks really good man. I like the viparspectra light I got one based on your comment on a previous thread. Thanks man. How far into flower are you?

I'm 20 days away from finish and super keen to see how much I'll get! I'm going to get another two panels but the 300 watt for vegging, I have a light addiction haha. I'll post some photos in a minute mate.
 
They look beautiful! Thanks for posting pictures. Can't wait to see what kind of weight you get. And hear how the smoke:)
 
Believe it or not I'm not a smoker, it's for my wife dealing with a few medical issues, it's not legal here yet but it's worth the risk for me. But still, quality is what I'm chasing haha, thanks man!
 
Well I agree with the wife thing, if mama not happy no one's happy right? And I agree also and one can grow but not everyone can grow quailty
 
Haha I do dabble in rso though, I hope they're above average apparently led make buds produce more trics and denser. Fun time ahead haha
 
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