New Grower CoTC Cash Crop Vipar LED's in a small tent :)

[Bilbo]

Thanks bro and as if by magic, here's some pics from today, Day 73.

She had a good rinse out twice yesterday and is on a diet now towards flushing. Keeping the EC at 0.8 now and gradually topping up with lower and lower nute mix until it's just plain water by next Sunday ready to flush for 3 days.

Temps are steady in the tent between 23c and 26c, reservoir is at 20c and pretty stable. PH is still a nightmare as she keeps sucking all the alkaline PK9/18 up and leaving it acidic so checking it quite often and using cider vinegar only to control ph since it really does disappear quicker than PH Down, just not quite as quick as the PK!

 

[ukfreak]

great update whats your estimates for end weight u think

 

[Bilbo]

She's got a max 10 days to go before the chop so probably a week or even two early but that's life.

I'm hoping to get enough off her to get me through the next grow but I've got bugger all experience to even try and guess a weight!

 

[ukfreak]

shame you couldnt leave longer as they would pack on some serious weight but like said cant be helped.hope to see weight at end..peace

 

[Bilbo]

Just decided on the orders of the wife to keep it running while we're on holiday, brim the tank and hope for the best I suppose. I'm gonna see how long the water res lasts this week from full with just the cob lamp running, more than 4 days and I'll just get a 7 day timer to turn the water pump off once it's dry or work out a gravity feed for the tank. Worst case scenario is it sits with just the roots in the tank getting water for 36 hours.

 

[ukfreak]

thats what i like to hear ..firing one up to celebrate

 

[TaNg]

Thanks bro and as if by magic, here's some pics from today, Day 73.

She had a good rinse out twice yesterday and is on a diet now towards flushing. Keeping the EC at 0.8 now and gradually topping up with lower and lower nute mix until it's just plain water by next Sunday ready to flush for 3 days.

Temps are steady in the tent between 23c and 26c, reservoir is at 20c and pretty stable. PH is still a nightmare as she keeps sucking all the alkaline PK9/18 up and leaving it acidic so checking it quite often and using cider vinegar only to control ph since it really does disappear quicker than PH Down, just not quite as quick as the PK!

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Frosting up very nicely bro.

 

[Bilbo]

Well the idea of finding out how long the res will last isn't looking so great now, she's drunk 4 litres in 12 hours so that means the res is going to empty in about 48h.
5 days without water is pushing it a bit so I'm off to investigate the cheapest possible method of gravity feeding some more water in without the risk of flooding the tank/tent!

 

[F.N.]

Just decided on the orders of the wife to keep it running while we're on holiday, brim the tank and hope for the best I suppose. I'm gonna see how long the water res lasts this week from full with just the cob lamp running, more than 4 days and I'll just get a 7 day timer to turn the water pump off once it's dry or work out a gravity feed for the tank. Worst case scenario is it sits with just the roots in the tank getting water for 36 hours.

That a boy Bilbo I would do exactly what you are doing You will come home to some really nice looking plants. Here is some holiday KARMA bro enjoy your vacation

 

[Bilbo]

Well the bad news is I've got to chop before I go, I forgot to take into account the human factor and the tent needs to be dismantled and hidden before I go and no gear can be left in the house either. Landlord has decided to use the time we're away to do some pretty vital work while we are gone and there is no way around it since some of the work needs access to the cupboard since the plumbing/electrical conduit runs up behind the sodding thing!

I've managed to cram in all 3 panels now so 560w true in there for the last week and I'll be flushing with Vitalink Flush from Sunday to Wednesday then it's harvest.

Is it worth hanging them for 24hrs before brown bagging them? I'd like to hang them for longer but not at the expense of losing 3 days growing so it's a trade off.

Here's some pics from today, Day 76,