From Blurples To 29 DIY Cob's - Cannabeard's 1st Journal

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Got the new fan in and temporarily rigged to one of the exhaust socks, on low this thing sucks in the sides of the tent very nicely and is hella quiet. Thanks again for the recommendation Buck :thanks:
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The White Widow & Gorilla Glue Autos have been put in their permanent homes, I decided to try starting them in a smaller pot and transplant since I've always been careful with the task and it definitely didn't slow them down.
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I've taken new cuttings from the 3 Blue Dream Fems as well as the White Shark mother and slightly upped the pot size for the Sour Ripper, Blueberry Headband x SCBD and the Limited Edition Super Skunk Big Bug CBD. Unfortunately I think I exposed the tap root of the Purple Orange CBD seed and it didn't make it so I'll have to reorder and attempt it at a later date.
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And as expected the 2nd Critical Kush was low PH but it should be back on track, haven't taken cuttings from the 1st one yet due to how short these thing are. It's already branching out at around 4" tall and all the nodes are stacked.
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The Blue Dream Autos are still chugging along, 2 are pretty well at the same stage of growth while the 3rd seems a week or so behind and the runt is only now starting to get white hairs. I'll have to invest in some dolomite lime to combat the downward PH shift from the peat moss based soil so I can stop chasing the PH every few weeks.
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Had to use a digital camera for this update like it was the 90's but as promised :thumb:

I've also started a Sin Tra Bajo Auto, never even heard of it let alone smoked it so I am pretty stoked for that one.

Peace, love & empathy
 
The original panel with the HLG 185's pump about 220 watts per driver at full blast, I had them running at 180 watts at 8" and bumped it up to 220 at about 12" for the veg side. The 2nd panel and and the 3 that will proceed it are running on HLG 240's @ 1400ma but I'm waiting on the volt meters for them atm so not 100% what those are actually pulling yet. Also not sure on the par readings yet but check out Bucks grow and that'll give you an idea until I get a meter.

It's my understanding these things run a little higher than specs since the 185's are supposed to max out at 200 but you lose efficiency. Don't quote me but I'm pretty sure the Vero 29 C's are supposed to be more efficient at a higher wattage which means you can run the cobs farther apart. This build was all about maximizing the spread of photons allowing me to run the cobs low and close without a drop in par across the entire canopy.

Also the original build cost me around $800 CAD not including tools I didn't have to make my life easier.
 
That fan should last a few years. Your 240's should pull about 220w at wall with 4 chips. At 1400ma your chips can run 52w at max a piece. The 185 should be about same or just hair less than 220w at max.

Looking great bro, nice variety of different strains. I gotta flush all mine soon, I think my ph is rising in the coco loco. Have few spotted leaves at bottom.
 
Buckshot317 said:
That fan should last a few years. Your 240's should pull about 220w at wall with 4 chips. At 1400ma your chips can run 52w at max a piece. The 185 should be about same or just hair less than 220w at max.

Looking great bro, nice variety of different strains. I gotta flush all mine soon, I think my ph is rising in the coco loco. Have few spotted leaves at bottom.
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Thanks man! Now I have to start getting the rest of my drivers mounted and work on another control box. The way the clones are coming off I don't suppose it'll take long before we have enough for the flip, probably veg them a few weeks when we have enough and put the autos/mothers in a smaller tent. Should be a good variety for sure.

We definitely have the opposite problem there lol Maybe I should add some coco .
 
I think my ph is rising, I never water till runoff, I'm going to flush with weak nute solution with 5.8 ph. Hopefully that brings it down. I don't have any experience with adjusting ph in the soil.

Thought about getting an 8in can fan, my room is 10x15, or use 2 6in fans, I already have them, with 2 filters. Might do that for a while, save few $.

Those autos are fast, I just cut the unknown I had, only 65 days from seed.
 
I tried to do that in the beginning but thought that's why my plants were locking out, so watering until runoff was the only way I could combat the downward swing but I'm grabbing dolomite today and from what I read that should fix my problem. I've never had to keep plants indoors this long so it's also not something I'm experienced with. Thankfully this forum is full of people that do!

The 6" fans use next to nothing for wattage, like 89 watts at full blast. Got mine set you 1 and it's kicking ass! What kind of filter do you use? That's my next step, the autos are starting to get stinky haha

That's not bad at all! If I didn't have so many issues in the beginning I'd probably be close myself, my guess is the weekend after court I should be able to pull some as long as they don't lock me up and throw away the key :Namaste:

Made a call to the clinic I was referred to update my number (since I have no access to my cell) and looks like they had already tried to book me for my appointment with the Cannabis doctor so I have that booked for later next month. One step closer until I have permission to medicate with a plant. I find the whole concept ludicrous , I've been medicating with Cannabis for 20 years and have always told my doctors that it helped way better than the pills they give me but nobody believed me and said it was probably why I had my issues. And look at us now, the world is finally learning the truth about this wonderful plant.
 
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Installed two more 240's
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Two drivers are running the 8 4000k cobs
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One is running the 4 3500k cobs
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One running 4 2700k 90 cri
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I can now dial in the warmer cobs and the first panel is still running 8x4000k but 4 belong to my last panel so I'll be taking it down soon to change that up but I still need 2 chips still so I'm in no hurry
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The 4000k panel is basically my veg side and the autos are under the warmer panels
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I added a jumper between the two panels and ran the 4000ks on the white and black wires inside my 16/4awg (Canadian made) and the positives for the 3500k & 2700k 90 cri thru the red and green wires for the 1st lead, jumper them between panels and ran the negatives thru the red and green on my second panels lead.
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Now that everything is wired I just have to clean it up and tape wires.
 
I installed my carbon filter tonight, now that's one less stress off the mind. I was debating another week of nutes for the 2 Blue Dream Auto's but going back on my journal I figure I'll cut them off now since the buds are swelling. The other 2 I shall continue to feed for a few more weeks as I think the PH problems stalled them out so they're a bit behind the other 2. I'll make a proper pictorial update tomorrow.
 
UrbanAchiever said:
Thats a lot going on, gotta be a lot of work to feed and train all those beauties
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Yeah it's a handful, mixing nutes on the fly atm since I have different plants in different stages so keeping that straight is the hard part. Debating on cutting it down to 12 when I end up doing the flip, I'll just take the best looking ones and maybe setup some feeding lines on a timer to save some time that I can spend on training!
 
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My hemp cup experiment is coming along nicely, fattening up.

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And the plant it came from is doing the same. Cut the most mature plants off of nutes and are giving then straight water.

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Only one freedom dream remains, this one looks to be female so I've spared it and gave it a fresh res of nutes.

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The Blueberry Headband x SCBD and White Widow autos are thriving in their new homes.

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The criticals are bushes, seem to have two phenos.

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Transplanted one of the White Shark clones and it's exploding.

Thought I grabbed a picture of the other vegged plants but I'll do that next update!
 
Buckshot317 said:
Did you get your problem straightened out?
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Depends what one? Haha

I found a feed chart for the GH FN Grow and Bloom that I'm hoping should steer me away from the calmag issues I've been having.

Since it already contains both I don't have to add much calmag in the mix and this stuff is supposed to be PH perfect so we'll see lol

Two plants swelling and two hopefully in recovery. They're a tad lighter green than I'd like and had way more leaves affected but I'm still hopefully optimistic ;)
 
Buckshot317 said:
I hardly ever use cal-mag. I probably should
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I hardly used it in the beginning, probably why they get so sad along with the PH problem. With the lime stone added that should steer me in the right direction lol

From what I've read with Led the plants need more Calmag, not familiar with AN I just have Voodoo Juice from them but I have a magazine from them and their nutes seem pretty complete so that probably helped, your plants are thriving!

How tall were they before the flip? Just want an idea of how big to veg them before the flip.

Hoping in a month I'll have the plants ready, going to do 2 of all but the CBD'S which I'll have one each of .

2 x Mk Ultra, 2 x White Shark, 2 x Blue Dream, 2 x Critical Kush, 2 x Sour Ripper, 1 x Blueberry Headband x SCBD, and 1 x Super Skunk Big Bud CBD (limited edition).
 
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Every day these ladies are getting thicker.
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Gorilla Glue Auto (front) White Widow (back )
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Critical Kush and MK Ultra (Blue pot)
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Super Skunk Big Bud CBD, Blueberry Headband x SCBD, Sour Ripper.
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Back plants are the Blue Dream photos Foreground is the freedom dream in 5gal dwc)
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White Shark that needs a transplant
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