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Hi Krip, everything looks great so far, hope you had a great weekend! 
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SQl2kGuy
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UPDATE & PIC DUMP
Sorry for the lack of updates this week but I've been working 20+ hour days since last Sunday and have had no time what-so-ever. I was planning on flipping Friday but had passed out and slept right through the flip, so I didn't get to flip until Saturday which was already really late to flip these girls.
I could be headed for some trouble with the stretch cuz' these girls are already about the size I've harvested a bunch of plants at and I can imagine how tall they gonna be in a few weeks!
Here's some group pics:
You can see the Blackwater (front/left) is looking fine, now, minus some of the older lower growth.
Here's a solo shot of the Blackwater:
This is the non-Vulxed Dolato:
Those two are the only ones I can get good pics of since the canopy is too thick to get good pics of the individual plants in the back and center, but, here's the monster Platinum Cake which I expect to be hitting the ceiling in a couple of weeks. The PCake is not only the best meds I've ever grown but, will now qualify as the biggest plant I've ever grown, too!:
Here's the Vulxed Dolato, which, admittedly, I haven't been focusing on enough but is pretty much identical to the non-Vulxed Dolato. I haven't noticed a difference in watering needs yet and the canopy on her is slightly shorter than the other:
Not much else to report, for now, and I need to update the other journal and get back to work!
I'll get caught up on everyone's journals soon!
Happy Harvests!
K
Wow! Excellent results from BRIX ... Vulx ... and Mars Hyrdro!!!
That'll teach ya to use high quality products ... lol
You'll need to ask Mars Hydro if they can make you a custom 2 foot or 3 foot extension for your tent so those monster plants can keep on growing like they want to!!!
limpfingerz207
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Lookin good there! How big is the tent? Doesn't look like you have much space to play with lol
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The tent is a 4' x 4' x 80" and that little bit of extra height should help on this round!
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DAY #8 OF 12/12 - UPDATE
I'm really sorry for the slow updates the last couple of weeks but have been working like crazy and have managed to crank out an ungodly amount of work, so I'm pretty happy with that.
The stretch really hasn't been that bad, so far (
) and all the plants are looking great. Even that formerly ugly Blackwater looks just beautiful (Pro Tip: No Snake Oil for Blackwater! 
) and should produce as good as any of the others.
The Vulxed Dolato is the shortest plant in the tent and is now a couple/few inches shorter than the non-Vulxed Dolato. Other than that, the two Dolatos still look pretty identical and I still haven't done the 2nd brix comparison but, now that my big project is pretty much done, I'll have time to do that this week.
Here's the packed tent with the two Dolatos on the right (Vulxed one is in back), Platinum Kush Break buried in the center (don't even try to figure out where it starts & ends!), the Platinum Cake in the back-left and Blackwater in the front-left:
The Mars lights seem to be doing a great job, so far and seem to have much better coverage than the Reflector 144's in the 4' x 4' space.
Happy Harvests!
K
I'm really sorry for the slow updates the last couple of weeks but have been working like crazy and have managed to crank out an ungodly amount of work, so I'm pretty happy with that.
The stretch really hasn't been that bad, so far (
) and all the plants are looking great. Even that formerly ugly Blackwater looks just beautiful (Pro Tip: No Snake Oil for Blackwater! ) and should produce as good as any of the others.The Vulxed Dolato is the shortest plant in the tent and is now a couple/few inches shorter than the non-Vulxed Dolato. Other than that, the two Dolatos still look pretty identical and I still haven't done the 2nd brix comparison but, now that my big project is pretty much done, I'll have time to do that this week.
Here's the packed tent with the two Dolatos on the right (Vulxed one is in back), Platinum Kush Break buried in the center (don't even try to figure out where it starts & ends!), the Platinum Cake in the back-left and Blackwater in the front-left:
The Mars lights seem to be doing a great job, so far and seem to have much better coverage than the Reflector 144's in the 4' x 4' space.
Happy Harvests!
K
Hey Krip! Looks excellent as usual! 
SQl2kGuy
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UPDATE & PIC DUMP
Sorry for the lack of updates this week but I've been working 20+ hour days since last Sunday and have had no time what-so-ever. I was planning on flipping Friday but had passed out and slept right through the flip, so I didn't get to flip until Saturday which was already really late to flip these girls.
I could be headed for some trouble with the stretch cuz' these girls are already about the size I've harvested a bunch of plants at and I can imagine how tall they gonna be in a few weeks!
Here's some group pics:
You can see the Blackwater (front/left) is looking fine, now, minus some of the older lower growth.
Here's a solo shot of the Blackwater:
This is the non-Vulxed Dolato:
Those two are the only ones I can get good pics of since the canopy is too thick to get good pics of the individual plants in the back and center, but, here's the monster Platinum Cake which I expect to be hitting the ceiling in a couple of weeks. The PCake is not only the best meds I've ever grown but, will now qualify as the biggest plant I've ever grown, too!
Here's the Vulxed Dolato, which, admittedly, I haven't been focusing on enough but is pretty much identical to the non-Vulxed Dolato. I haven't noticed a difference in watering needs yet and the canopy on her is slightly shorter than the other:
Not much else to report, for now, and I need to update the other journal and get back to work!
I'll get caught up on everyone's journals soon!
Happy Harvests!
K
Gotta love those Mars Hydro lights!!! And I love that one shot of the canopy ... this is exactly the quality of growing that I am trying to achieve!
Also, I'm trying to keep up with what I'm learning here ... so, are you going to lollipop the bottom 1/3 of the plants when the stretch is done?
And maybe get rid of any budlet sites in the middle 1/3 of the plants that won't make it to the top 1/3 canopy? In the middle 1/3 section of the plant, I believe the plant can still use the fan leaves ... but by removing the bud sites in the middle 1/3, the plant can redirect energy up to the top 1/3 of the plant ... right.
I hope I got this right
And if you just hit the bong a few times before reading this post ... ummm ... sorry
Great job @Mr. Krip ... I'm liking your work here!
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Thanks Brother and that's all essentially correct. I strip a lot of the lower growth gradually during veg but, after the stretch, they all get lollipopped and I remove any of the colas that won't see light and any "spindly" colas that don't look like they can support any buds. It just lets the plant focus it's energy on ripening what's left.Gotta love those Mars Hydro lights!!! And I love that one shot of the canopy ... this is exactly the quality of growing that I am trying to achieve!
Also, I'm trying to keep up with what I'm learning here ... so, are you going to lollipop the bottom 1/3 of the plants when the stretch is done?
And maybe get rid of any budlet sites in the middle 1/3 of the plants that won't make it to the top 1/3 canopy? In the middle 1/3 section of the plant, I believe the plant can still use the fan leaves ... but by removing the bud sites in the middle 1/3, the plant can redirect energy up to the top 1/3 of the plant ... right.
I hope I got this right
And if you just hit the bong a few times before reading this post ... ummm ... sorry
Great job @Mr. Krip ... I'm liking your work here!
SQl2kGuy
Well-Known Member
Thanks Brother and that's all essentially correct. I strip a lot of the lower growth gradually during veg but, after the stretch, they all get lollipopped and I remove any of the colas that won't see light and any "spindly" colas that don't look like they can support any buds. It just lets the plant focus it's energy on ripening what's left.
Finally things are starting to come together and make sense!!!
Now I just gotta figure out why some of my clones are wilting are some aren't
Have a great week amigo!
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DAY #10 OF 12/12
All looking good, so far.
Here are the group shots:
Platinum Cake:
Blackwater:
Approximate location of the Platinum Kush Breath (the middle of the five plants):
Non-Vulxed Dolato:
Vulxed Dolato from the front:
Vulxed Dolato from the side door:
Some random soon-to-be buds:
Happy Harvests!
K
All looking good, so far.
Here are the group shots:
Platinum Cake:
Blackwater:
Approximate location of the Platinum Kush Breath (the middle of the five plants):
Non-Vulxed Dolato:
Vulxed Dolato from the front:
Vulxed Dolato from the side door:
Some random soon-to-be buds:
Happy Harvests!
K
Jeepers Krip! Amazeballs! 
That's a shit pot of leafage... More green=more grow and faster grow. Least this point in life,, and least what I tend to believe. Till flowers get developed and you figure what's what..
They look great there Mr Krip. Going to be a packed house...
They look great there Mr Krip. Going to be a packed house...
SQl2kGuy
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DAY #10 OF 12/12
All looking good, so far.
Here are the group shots:
Platinum Cake:
Blackwater:
Approximate location of the Platinum Kush Breath (the middle of the five plants):
Non-Vulxed Dolato:
Vulxed Dolato from the front:
Vulxed Dolato from the side door:
Some random soon-to-be buds:
Happy Harvests!
K
OMG! A sea of extremely happy & healthy budlets ... I'm guessing the yield is going to come in at roughly 420 pounds!
Did you get a lift kit for the tent yet?
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Thanks, Brother! The look like some beasts...that is...until I visit your journal and see what some real beasts look like!
They should do a good a job of filling up the space, though!
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Thanks, Brother! As it turns out, there's no lift kit, so I'm gonna have to dig through the hardwood & concrete to lower the floor if things get too outa hand!OMG! A sea of extremely happy & healthy budlets ... I'm guessing the yield is going to come in at roughly 420 pounds!
Did you get a lift kit for the tent yet?
I like your estimate!
However, like me, it may be a tad bit HIGH!
If all goes well, it should come in right around 24 z's. That PCake wasn't a great producer on the first run in my smaller tent, but hopefully the extra training and veg time will have her on track for this round.
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UPDATED BRIX READINGS - THE DOCTOR KNOWS BEST! 
I finally got motivated enough to take another set of brix readings and, it appears Doc had it right when he said:
For all tests, I used three healthy, green leaves from each plant and calibrated the meter before each test. The NON-Vulxed Dolato's brix dropped from 18 down to 15 and the Vulxed Dolato dropped from 17 down to just under 14 (about 13.75).
I'll get more measurements in another couple of weeks when they're done with the stretch and flowers are set.
Happy Harvests!
K
I finally got motivated enough to take another set of brix readings and, it appears Doc had it right when he said:
For all tests, I used three healthy, green leaves from each plant and calibrated the meter before each test. The NON-Vulxed Dolato's brix dropped from 18 down to 15 and the Vulxed Dolato dropped from 17 down to just under 14 (about 13.75).
I'll get more measurements in another couple of weeks when they're done with the stretch and flowers are set.
Happy Harvests!
K
UPDATED BRIX READINGS - THE DOCTOR KNOWS BEST!
I finally got motivated enough to take another set of brix readings and, it appears Doc had it right when he said:
For all tests, I used three healthy, green leaves from each plant and calibrated the meter before each test. The NON-Vulxed Dolato's brix dropped from 18 down to 15 and the Vulxed Dolato dropped from 17 down to just under 14 (about 13.75).
I'll get more measurements in another couple of weeks when they're done with the stretch and flowers are set.
Happy Harvests!
K
If you keep them so damn healthy like that, those will be your readings throughout....
SQl2kGuy
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UPDATED BRIX READINGS - THE DOCTOR KNOWS BEST!
I finally got motivated enough to take another set of brix readings and, it appears Doc had it right when he said:
For all tests, I used three healthy, green leaves from each plant and calibrated the meter before each test. The NON-Vulxed Dolato's brix dropped from 18 down to 15 and the Vulxed Dolato dropped from 17 down to just under 14 (about 13.75).
I'll get more measurements in another couple of weeks when they're done with the stretch and flowers are set.
Happy Harvests!
K
As I begin my research into the "BRIX Kit" ... it is my responsibility to ask questions ... even if they seem sensitive in nature ... and I will be as tactful as I can.
We have two sponsors here ... BRIX & Vulx ... and I respect you both.
My concern is ... if BRIX is already a well formulated kit ... then what amendments, if any, are safe to add to it?
That is, I do not want to second guess the already well researched science of the BRIX Kit.
With this in mind ... what are we hoping to achieve using Vulx in combination with the BRIX Kit?
If the Vulx performs better ... we see a BRIX Kit which is wanting... not good for BRIX.
If the Vulx performs worse ... can we chalk that up as Vulx has it's place in grows ... just not as an amendment with BRIX ... right?
Maybe there is another scenario I am overlooking?
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The Brix kit has everything you really need, assuming you want to grow using @Doc Bud's method, which is unique, and the results speak for themselves.
Vulx was looking for growers to test their product. My original hypothesis was that it would not help with a high brix grow, but offered to test the product for them.
I could have tested using some other growing method/medium, but, my now preferred and "standard" method is using this high brix method.
Since I'm on 3rd run soil and have two Dolatos that are clones of the same mother, it seemed like an opportunity to see if Vulx improved 3rd run soil. Even if it does, I would not assume it would help with first or second run soil. Those would all need to be tested.
But, Doc's soil is specifically formulated for growing MMJ. Most soil growers don't test and/or have the scientific background Doc does, and not all soils/soil mixes are the same. So, while Vulx may not be a good combination with Doc's kit (still remains to be seen!), it will certainly help in many types of mediums.
The only way to really determine which ones, is to do this kind of testing!
My gear is carefully designed to have optimized soil microbial activity. We've dealt with everything....major, minor, trace elements....low organic content (not organic like in natural....organic like in poop and humus), foliar sprays and drenches all scientifically designed to complement the soil and our favorite crop.
I don't think I'm done with this project yet....I still believe improvement can be made. The physical characteristics of the soil are the main areas for improvement....IE porosity, drainage, etc. So, it's worth it to see if a product like Vulx can help with that! Plus, one plant---no matter the outcome---doesn't prove anything.
I would have been very happy and also quite surprised if Vulx made a huge difference.....but it's possible. I am eager to incorporate any and all products and amendments that can improve the quality of the soil.
It's just difficult to start off with a nearly perfect soil and then add something and expect it to get "perfecter."