DIY Stealth Cab, Hydro, LED & Multiple Strains in Small Space - Oh Boy!

[OldMedMan]

Aaaaaaahhhh...I wasn't familliar with this product, but it appears it is similar to SSU:

Bud Factor X - Organic Nutrients, Organic Suppliments

Hi Mr Krip

I'm getting dizzy thinking about the nutes and stuff you've been talking about! I know we all want the best possible end product for our girls, however it starts to get confusing to me. I do use Gravity and it seems to do as advertised. Bigger buds.
The pictures of your plants are great...you are doing something right with them!

 

[chrgrsfan]

Aaaaaaahhhh...I wasn't familliar with this product, but it appears it is similar to SSU:

Bud Factor X - Organic Nutrients, Organic Suppliments

I thought one of them was like it. AN makes just about everything! Man I found a couple websites that carry everything they make & jesus dude I don't think anyone makes as much shit as them.

Highly recommend the carbo load thing, by using "Sweet" all the way through man does this shit have a sugary taste to the resin coming off the end of my spliff. Early reports are good on all 3 strains. Only got 2oz off Kush & 1oz off Hawaiian, not complaining by any means, but think heavy Kush influenced strains need 2 things #1- Heavy under trimming #2 Higher nutes (maybe another 100-150ppm then I used) then more Sativa traited phenos.

Thanks Bro on the Octuplets! Hold on to you seat K~, cause dude it's on this time!!! We gonna just see what this baby can do!

Well off to finish straining my cannabutter, went out and got "Plugra 30% Butterfat European Style", for cookies & brownies or maybe blondies. Had 9oz ground weight of large leaf to 3lbs butter. Remember I am a retired Chef with a Degree. Probably make some Saute' dish with a wine butter sauce and use some too. Making buble hash later today & once I have those weights then making a full journal report, probably tomorrow.

HTGSupply.com is having a 5% off sale for opening a new Lansing, MI loaction. That would just about cover the 6% sales tax, gonna head down this morning to Taylor & gonna do it, gonna spring for a couple T5's to add to the mix.

Happy Grows ~H~

 

[Mr. Krip]

Hi Mr Krip

I'm getting dizzy thinking about the nutes and stuff you've been talking about! I know we all want the best possible end product for our girls, however it starts to get confusing to me. I do use Gravity and it seems to do as advertised. Bigger buds.
The pictures of your plants are great...you are doing something right with them!

LOL...Thanks & didn't mean to make you dizzy. But, I guess we did discuss a bunch of stuff in that last post, comparing the AN line to the Emerald stuff!

I'm only using two additives at-a-time right now in addition to the Micro/Grow/Bloom - Bud Candy & Big Bud. Next weekend, I'll stop the Big Bud and start Overdrive.

 

[Mr. Krip]

Well off to finish straining my cannabutter, went out and got "Plugra 30% Butterfat European Style", for cookies & brownies or maybe blondies. Had 9oz ground weight of large leaf to 3lbs butter. Remember I am a retired Chef with a Degree. Probably make some Saute' dish with a wine butter sauce and use some too. Making buble hash later today & once I have those weights then making a full journal report, probably tomorrow.

HTGSupply.com is having a 5% off sale for opening a new Lansing, MI loaction. That would just about cover the 6% sales tax, gonna head down this morning to Taylor & gonna do it, gonna spring for a couple T5's to add to the mix.

Happy Grows ~H~

I forgot you were a chef! I'm one, too...not formally trained, but come from a long line of great cooks. European butter rules and Pflugara is AWESOME! I use it all the time! The higher fat content is great for baking (although, I'm more of a cook than a baker!), but I didn't even think of the value in making cannabutter. GREAT idea!!!

Goodluck on the T5's!

 

[Mr. Krip]

WEEKLY UPDATE

I just finished the weekly res changes, so it's time for the updates. I hope to complete it because my new laptop just flagged me that my hard drive is about to die and I need to backup files immediately. I am copying files as I type this to a portable hard disk!

Starting on the veg side, two more of the PE clones were showing some good roots. In fact, they kinda looked like this:

So, I put them into their own mini-hempys and now the veg side looks like this:

Everyone there is doing well, of course, with the exception of Lucy still being small...I just don't have the heart to toss her (yet!!!).

The AK is starting to grow pretty quick:

And, although I couldn't really get a good pic of it, the PE that got UBT'd and then topped again has a very cool branch structure:

On the flower side, we're just starting week #6 of 12/12. It's been exactly 35 days for the AK and 33 days for the haze. I'm guessing I have about 30 more days to go on the AK and maybe 40-45 or so on the haze.

I made the switch to Advanced Nutes Micro/Grow/Bloom. The AN customer support was fantastic and they took a lot of time going through the exact dosages I should be giving. I followed them exactly, and the final PPM's were ONLY 710! This is coming from a 1,500PPM last week using the GH nutes (albeit, I pushed them a little!). AN warned me that their PPM's would be lower and I would be fine, so I'm leaving as-is and we'll see how they do. I also had to add much more PH-down to get the PH in range, so over the next day or two, I'm gonna keep a close eye on PPM's and PH and make sure they're happy with the new program.

Here they are in the cab:

When they're spread out a little, you can really see how much bigger the AK is than the haze:

And, we've got more colas & buds than a bartender at a football game!

Happy Harvests & thanks to everyone for all the help!

 

[Mr. Krip]

QUICK UPDATE: I just checked my mail and the Snow Storm Ultra came in already! So, I just mixed a foliar spray of 1ml per 1 quart of water and sprayed the girls in flower. I'll let you know if I start seeing any difference.

 

[HempRocket]

Nice root action and beautiful nugs. They are filling in very nicely!

 

[WeednFeed]

L'air très gentil Monsieur Krip! Continuez votre beau travail.

 

[Mr. Krip]

Nice root action and beautiful nugs. They are filling in very nicely!

Thanks, Hemp!

 

[Mr. Krip]

L'air très gentil Monsieur Krip! Continuez votre beau travail.

Merci!!!

Malheureusement, WnF, je ne parle pas français, mais heureusement je sais comment utiliser un traducteur!

 

[OldMedMan]

What a beauty that AK is!

Still wondering what's up with the little Lucy.

The pictures are up to your usual high standards.

It's aways fun to come by here and drool. Great work my friend!

 

[Giantsfan24]

It's amazing how different the strains look...awesome grow Krippy!!

 

[Munki]

Gonna jump aboard your perpetual ride, Mr. Krip. Love your frequent picture updates!

 

[Mr. Krip]

What a beauty that AK is!

Still wondering what's up with the little Lucy.

The pictures are up to your usual high standards.

It's aways fun to come by here and drool. Great work my friend!

Thanks, OMM! I am pretty proud of the AK and I know hindsight is 20/20, but if I had to do it all over again, I would have flowered ONLY her and done the Haze some other time. Maybe the haze will surprise me, but unless the quality of smoke is incredible, I think I could have gotten as much additional yield, or more, of better med by letting the AK spread out than I'll end up getting from the haze. In fairness, I probably should have let the haze veg a little longer, but I knew I'd be short on space and didn't want them finishing too far apart.

I guess I'm an "Indica Man" when it comes to BOTH smoking AND growing!

It's amazing how different the strains look...awesome grow Krippy!!

Thanks, GF!

You're correct that the two strains are amazingly different and it's been quite an education seeing how the different strains have grown and responded to the LST.

Gonna jump aboard your perpetual ride, Mr. Krip. Love your frequent picture updates!

Welcome, Munki!

Great to have you on board and glad you like the frequent pic updates, cuz you're gonna get 'em!

 

[SuKaFr33]

damn in the week that i've been gone ur plants have grown crazy, good job bro!!!

 

[Mr. Krip]

damn in the week that i've been gone ur plants have grown crazy, good job bro!!!

Thanks, Suka! See what happens when you go away!

 

[Mr. Krip]

QUICK UPDATE

The fourth PE clone was showing roots today, so I'll probably move to her own mini hempy tomorrow. That's 4/4 successful clones from the PE topping I did a couple of weeks ago. Also, for whatever it's worth, of all the plants I have going in both veg and flower, the PE in veg has the "sweetest" and strongest smell of all of them!

On the flower side, the PH jumped up to just over 6.5 today in BOTH waterfarms. I suspected this might happen since the PPM's on the AN nutes I started were so low and I had to add a good amount of PH down just to get it in range when I did the res changes yesterday.

The last couple of weeks with the GH nutes, I had to add little or no PH down during res changes, and make virtually NO adjustments during the week. I'll check it again in the morning and hopefully I can get PH to stablize.

Finally, I have to say, that since using the Snow Storm Ultra in a foliar yesterday, there is a notable difference in the visible fost. I don't really believe this product could have had that much of an effect that quickly, after only one treatment, so my theory (for now!) is that while it MAY improve trich production, I think it probably does something to make the existing trichs either swell, or stand up, or something that makes them more visible.

Here's a couple of pics from just before lights-out tonight:

 

[PBRMJ]

They do look very perked up and out there visibly, very nice.

 

[HempRocket]

Looking good and I hope you get that pH under control. It would suck if you have to adjust it every day.

 

[OldMedMan]

I guess I'm an "Indica Man" when it comes to BOTH smoking AND growing!

Me too!

Nothing like watching a movie with a good Indica. I think, anyway.

Snow Storm Ultra certainly did something. They look great! Of course, your pictures always do.