TeSmp's Critical Sensi Star - 6 Sq/Ft SCROG - Single Plant

Okay... I've grown with AN's Jungle Juice, and I can personally say that it is problematic to say the least. It was either burning my plants mixing at full strength, of I was having deficiency issues when cutting back a tiny bit... there seemed to be no happy medium. With BPN, at least, if a strain tells me they need a little more of something, I can just bump 1 part of the Elite 3 and it corrects without burn. And I run Crazy Growth in veg, and Monster Bloom in flower to the letter. I will say that on the bloom booster I am only using 9ml/Gal instead of the full 10 right now, but that's why the chart gives a range from 5-10... You have to watch for the plants to show you what they need. and the amount of booster gets more as the life in flower progresses.

That said, I feel I must elaborate a bit more on tweaks. There is no nutrient on the planet for hydro that is set-it-and-forget-it. Each strain will tell you what more it requires. This is where we as growers have to listen to the plants and respond accordingly. With BPN vs. AN's JJ, I have the versatility to change things up a bit with the BPN nutrients, where I had lots of trouble with AN's JJ.

I'll step down off my soapbox, now... sorry for that.
 
Pierce89 said:
Dude, you'll love the GH. I used to use their three part, but now I use their Floranova(one part grow, then totally separate one part bloom).
I've never used BPN, I'm sure its great. I just like being able to go to my local hydro shop and picking up what I need.
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I also used Flora Nova Grow i my hydro... I had massive pH issues and almost lost everything I had growing. It was so bad that I'd set it at 5.8 when I'd head to work, and then 10 hours later when I got home it was up to 6.9... So I was literally setting it low at 5.2, just so it would go through the whole range throughout the day so I would hit at least two cycles barely in range while I was at work...

Then I had all kinds of sludge in my lines I had to clear every 4 days or I'd lose flow to the plants. Not a good first hydro experience... I'm sure that stuff is good in soil, but for hydro, it's a nightmare.


That's when I got Jungle Juice.
 
jandre2k3 said:
I also used Flora Nova Grow i my hydro... I had massive pH issues and almost lost everything I had growing. It was so bad that I'd set it at 5.8 when I'd head to work, and then 10 hours later when I got home it was up to 6.9... So I was literally setting it low at 5.2, just so it would go through the whole range throughout the day so I would hit at least two cycles barely in range while I was at work...

That's when I got Jungle Juice.
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Same happened to me with GH 3part during my first few weeks, so bailed on it.
 
Well good to hear others opinions... I am simply just not hapoy. Just as you guys weren't happy with the other products. Thanks for sharing.

I don't want something that I can set and forget. I love taking care of my plants, but I'm not happy with the results. I have adjusted the BPN all over the place.. Sure you guys can have pH troubles but they're all good companies and many people use them without any problems.
 
well i think im mixing it right, the gallon to litre measure is different between my country and yours, not sure why they cant use the same measures world wide, i mean surely a gallon is a gallon no matter where you live, well it seems not, im not very good at sitting down and working out the differences but basically where i am just over 4 litres gives you a gallon, so im mixing up 2 litres at a time as i wouldnt use a whole gallon, so i fill a 2 litre pop bottle with water thats been standing for a day or 2, then i just mix half what it says, so for the monster bloom schedule it says give 20ml per gallon, so i half this and add 10ml to my 2 litre bottle, i use a syringe type measuring thing, the type you use for giving babies and young children the right dose of cough medicine and stuff.

so i measure using a syringe without a needle on it, i used it for my kids when they needed something to make them better, so i use that to measure my nutes with, i have checked it and its acurate dose wise, i know that a gallon is different in the usa but its not by much, plus im not sure how id work out the correct dose, so i just mix up 2 litres at a time and use half the dose stated in the feeding schedule, i wonder how far off i am from what the dose should be, i think where i am we have more in our gallon than the usa does, so in theory im adding slightly more, but i could have this the wrong way round id need to check, but i dont get any problems and no burning, not even on seedlings, i to have givin the agresive growth schedule to younger plants and got no problems, the plants given the higher dose did grow taller quicker,

so i hope im mixing it up right, i could be slightly off but i dont think it would be much as the difference in usa gallon and where i am is not to much so i cant be far off, i have wanted to up the dose but without an ec tester to check the ppm i think id end up causing problems that i could of avoided.

i have also seen many scrogs that are the same size as the pot, but i think this is just a waste as you wont get much of a decent spread with a plant that had the scrog the same size as the pot, it sort of defeats the issue really, plus i think a plant size scrog would not yield much more than the plant would if it had been lst or left to grow on its own, if i was going to do a scrog then id build the scrog 3ft by 3ft and use 2 monster cropped plants and let them veg under the scrog so that the whole room was full then flip to flower, the problem is your only growing 1 or 2 different strains at the most, and as i have not found something id like to keep growing then it would be the not knowing that bothers me, if i didnt like it then id have to stick with it till i grow something else.

but after watching teSmp grow these last 2 scrogs i am very keen on the idea, i just need to flower off what i got and then ill decide where to go next, i have the option of having 2 flower rooms, both are 3ft by 3ft and floor to ceiling high, so i could possibly run a scrog in the one room and carry on as i am in the other room
 
Awsum.. Thanks Jandre:) Yeah i dont want her to have weak stems, i had to tether my last girls cola's on some branches due to weight, so i hope she will have strong enuf shoots.. Some of her shoots off the branches are not far from the top canopy!! It may be the case where the shoots out grow the branches.. If this starts to occur im gunna have one shit storm of bud shoots to try sort out now!!
Today she is another inch taller so 352mm average branch height.. Looking healthy.. Cheers for ur info mate.. Much appreciated! Smokemup:)
 
Critical Sensi Star - Flowering - Day 38

Tonight is day 38 of flowering for the CSS.. I went out of town yesterday so not seeing it for 48 hours was nice, she nearly drank the whole res though.. Starting to get a little smile on my face when I peak in so that's good.. Got some far away shots, close ups, one with the flash just to see the trichs..

PPM: 1000
pH: 5.8
Temp: 79F
RH: 45%

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@donpual, it sounds like your doing the measurements just fine.. I use a medicine syringe as well. Can't wait to see you SCROG some day I can imagine how excited you'd be as it got going :)
 
Looking good teSmp! I see what you mean though by not bulking up... you got what, another week left? 10 days?
 
GreeenFingers said:
Nice update teSmp she's looking nice and frosty :)

She seems to be starting to fatten up for you. Hopefully it should swell more closer to the end.

What sort of yield are you hoping to pull from this grow if all goes according to plan ?

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Thank you! I'm not really sure to be honest.. I had two white widows in soil that took up Half the size of these and I got 3 ounces.. So 6 wouldn't surprise me especially with the hydro. I honestly only want 5.

SurfBuddy said:
Looking good teSmp! I see what you mean though by not bulking up... you got what, another week left? 10 days?
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Thank you and no not 7-10 days lol.. This is day 38 of a 50-55 day strain under perfect conditions, which mine arent perfect.. They're good but not perfect by any means and that's usually with a little more lighting.. I am thinking I'll go 60 days so 22 more. Plenty of time to turn itself around :)
 
yep yours is hands down more better:)
 
For me the most bud porn action happened in the last 4 weeks, and the 1st of these 4 was still a bit slow in growth.
I also added boost that is supposed to speed up development.

Every Css i harvested was kept till around the 55th day (some longer). I kept checking trichs regularly, and they did not seem to ripe before. Also if you plan to use it for insomnia its best if you keep it for a day or 2 longer anyway.

They'll get really fat suddenly within a week or 1.5 i think!
 
Re: Critical Sensi Star - Flowering - Day 38

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Tonight is day 38 of flowering for the CSS.. I went out of town yesterday so not seeing it for 48 hours was nice, she nearly drank the whole res though.. Starting to get a little smile on my face when I peak in so that's good..

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fish cake said:
yep yours is hands down more better:)
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K well yours is better with hands up then!

lol.. :) No but at the same time I think yours is turning out great for the lack of preparation for a SCROG. I planned how I was going to do mine for about a month and a half before I even cracked the seed lol.. Not to mention I did a SCROG a few months prior so I knew exactly what I wanted to change + your in soil.. So be happy!

invi said:
For me the most bud porn action happened in the last 4 weeks, and the 1st of these 4 was still a bit slow in growth.
I also added boost that is supposed to speed up development.

Every Css i harvested was kept till around the 55th day (some longer). I kept checking trichs regularly, and they did not seem to ripe before. Also if you plan to use it for insomnia its best if you keep it for a day or 2 longer anyway.

They'll get really fat suddenly within a week or 1.5 i think!
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Yeah I figured it would fill out the most in the last few weeks.. I plan to go 55 days minimum, I'll go 60-63 if she wants unless my house gets to much stinkier lol. My carbon filter is sucking, the ona works but I have to keep adding more frequently to keep it under control. My trichs are just long, I don't really see a ton of little heads on the end of them... Not sure if they develop or if somethings missing lol. The smell is amazing don't you think?? I think the trichs look cool on them to in person, like super long looking even without a scope.
 
My trichs don't have big tops either. I made a few trich shots and posted them in my journal if you're interested. Some of them don't even have heads they are just a long stick :o
They will look even more weird as the buds ripen, much more dense, curvy and with more random shape.

Smell is wonderful... herer gets close, but sensi is really the winner from the strains i've grown. Luckily i have the reason to touch them a little for the trich checks - i keep smelling my hands for quite some time after :)
 
invi said:
My trichs don't have big tops either. I made a few trich shots and posted them in my journal if you're interested. Some of them don't even have heads they are just a long stick :o
They will look even more weird as the buds ripen, much more dense, curvy and with more random shape.

Smell is wonderful... herer gets close, but sensi is really the winner from the strains i've grown. Luckily i have the reason to touch them a little for the trich checks - i keep smelling my hands for quite some time after :)
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Yup I'd have to agree, it's definitely the best smelling plant I've ever grown.. And that's odd about our trichs, usually all my plants have teh little heads on the end :/ I'll have to come over and check your journal out tomorrow. thanks!
 
Looks awesome as usual ... the plants look great too :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
Pierce89 said:
This beast needs a nick name.
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Lol, I did that with my first SCROG, and haven't done it sense.. I call it all sorts of shit when I'm out of the house with my gf lol.. She thinks it's like my daughter or something!

Buckshot said:
Looks awesome as usual ... the plants look great too :cheesygrinsmiley:
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Thanks Buckshot, how's everything going for you?
 
Ok if your hands are small then I might have one or two buds bigger:) but its still no contest:)
I know its early yet and maybe I have counted the flower time wrong. should you call it from the day that you start 12/12 or the day that you see flowers? I know (to me anyway that this is a stupid question) that you and I were close to the same schedual. but I now see cloudy trichs on my buds. and I counted from the day I started 12/12.
 
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