Clrwatrtom's 1st Grow

[FishEyedFool]

Wow. A gallon of water a day. I better get an RO buddy sooner - rather than later. Either that, or buy stock in Publix because that will be a lot of spring water to purchase.

 

[clrwatrtom]

remember, i'm 8 weeks in and i almost killed them by overwatering...remember

 

[clrwatrtom]

that's just so far today. i can see all of them wanting more water daily now as the size is so much bigger than it was a month ago when i was trying to bring them back. i fully expect them to consume another gallon today before lights out.

 

[clrwatrtom]

How about some blurple sidelite while the tent is open.

 

[clrwatrtom]

here's a question. with a week to flip, should i consider one more light defol on them and some top pinching? i'm guessing they will be in flower at least 90 days. they will be 9 weeks in veg when they flip. the af's are already 2 and 3 weeks in flower. the ww is the big girl and totally different from the runt pk. But she has many beautiful kolas forming and getting fat and sticky. The pk flowers look like christmas trees, in fact it make me think of a bonsai tree. Please, anyone following who wants to share i invite you to share.Hats off to this forum and those mentioned above. My current guru is Emilya and my light tech is Chris, though he may not want anyone to know that. i think Emmy will assume the title bestowed and Chris is a phenom grower as well.

 

[Emilya Green]

This is exactly the time when I plan on doing the majority of my defoliation prior to bloom. This gives them a week to recover and not give me any additional lag during the flip.

 

[clrwatrtom]

i will get them out tomorrow and take care of it. do you recommend another pinching or topping? I think i have achieved good results so far. pics will be up when they come out and i'll start low and work my way up. Thank you Maha Sensemilya

 

[clrwatrtom]

well i just closed up the tent to cool em off a little before lites out. drivers down, blurple off and the all shared about a gallon of water and the ww's bottom was bone dry so she got a shot of nutes and a healthy watering. She will have a dry bottom again, i'm guessing around 5:30 or 6 tomorrow morning. i have bloom and grow nutes ready now for whenever they look like they could use some love.
i will also have to upgrade my lazysusan drain pan as these girls are getting so heavy. i'm gonna have to add additional rollers to the base and strengthen it up for the weight. These ladies are getting heavy. It's always something. I like your setup George with the tilting drain pan. easy to wetvac out xtra waste.

 

[DonkeyDick]

Nice, Tom. Wow your garden has exploded! Nice to see the girls getting to a good size. Heavy is good, right? Glad to see it all coming together for you

 

[clrwatrtom]

Thanks Dick. It's really starting to take off and i guess I've learned that nothing stays the same. I am really excited about flipping the pp's. You all have been so encouraging and now our girls are fascinating me every day.

 

[clrwatrtom]

Good morning all,
The ladies are awake and lovely. Pps coming out for defol and pinch topping and lst

 

[DonkeyDick]

Heading for a very healthy harvest there, brother!

 

[clrwatrtom]

Good morning all,
Just finished my morning chores in the garden. Defoliated the pp's and fed them all. Another gallon and a half of nutes and water between them as well as constant drinks for the af's as the ww as is insatiable and the pk has 3 fist sized sticky kolas.

 

[Alafornia]

Those look like some happy girls, Tom. You should be proud. Keep up the great work.

 

[clrwatrtom]

how about that pile of trim? that's 2 times so far for the pp's.

 

[clrwatrtom]

Guess who's thirsty? Gotta cal mag 3 more gallons of water.

 

[clrwatrtom]

the af's, mostly the ww got another half gallon and i finally got her bottom wet. the pp's appear to b thirsty again too but they can wait til prelites out check. if their bottoms are dry, they'll get some too.

 

[Mariguana]

Plants looking good! What are you using for nutes/tea compost/super soil?

 

[clrwatrtom]

Fox farm ocean forest and Reefertilizer from canada. RO water, calmag. Its shown in the beginning of my grow.

 

[clrwatrtom]

I might b the 1st to do a journal with this system on this site.