Lighting DP CDB Kush - lots of leds :)

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High all and welcome to my first diary here on this board.
This is my forth grow in total so I'm still much a noob. Also I'm a single plant grower just because of the laws in my country. I can grow one and I should not getting prosecuted if caught. :no:
I've done soil, coco and a waterfarm grow before but liked the coco grow most of all so I'm now sticking to Coco.
I'm using Bionova Coco blocks that I first rinsed in some light nute solution EC 0.2 with some CalMag 0.1. I need the CalMag because I'm using rainwater

The strain I will be growing is a Dutch Passion CDB Kush. I just want to try a high in CDB strain and if I like the effects I will make some oil for a family member.

I'm growing in my loft so I need to be as quiet as possible and the light may not produce to much heat. Therefore I have always grown with LEDs. This grow I've upgraded my grow space to a bigger tent and more leds. I'm currently at about 600w true LED power. Only planning to switch them all on during flowering period and am currently vegging with my old eshine led.

The plan is to mainline this girl to 8 cola's because of hight restrictions. Only 1.6m hight in my loft tent...

A variety produced in cooperation with the CBD Crew. CBD Kush is a CBD rich variety with an approximate 1:1 ratio of THC:CBD. Tests have shown that CBD levels of up to 7% have been measured with a similar quantity of THC. This variety was produced by crossing a THC rich Kandy Kush selection with a CBD dominant strain. The variety has a mix of indica and sativa genetics but the growth pattern generally shows an indica dominant appearance with good yields and a satisfying flavour. Plants generally reach around 100cm tall.

This is a variety which will appeal to medical users looking for a CBD strain, but we also expect some recreational growers will be attracted to the strong body stone and the pleasurable and manageable high.

Enough with chitchat and now some pics.

Some pics from the top

Side view

In pink:

Environment. A bit hot a the moment...

And the leds

Only the middle one is currently in use.
First is a bysen Herlios at 180w (new)
Middle eshine 150x3w comes at about 240w
And the last is the dutch passion unit again at about 180w

Thanks for taking a look.

 

[Captain Howdy]

First in, hell yeah. Looking forward to this bro, best of luck on the grow

:Sharing One:

 

[KannibisKing]

Grownorthern LED unit looookin good, dont think ive heard of the middle one before but it looks pretty decent. guessing your growing the seeds u got free with the light? haha, best of luck looking nice and green so far.

 

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Thanks guys, lets hope all goes well. I've got my CalMag ready and loaded again for this LED grow. Coco+LED+Rainwater = Calcium deficiencies. Thats why I this time I pre-loaded the Coco before transplanting the seedling.
Forgot to mention she is about 3 weeks old and I'm using Canna A&B. Currently feeding every 3 days EC 0.4. Background EC is 0.1

 

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I just started the mainlining process. Toped at the third node and removed all growth tips below third node.

She is still a little young IMO to start the training/bondage.

Gave her 3L of fresh nutes ph 5.7 EC 0.4/0.5 (with a little calmag)

Thanks for taking a look.

 

[VapedAs]

Picture of health, I'll sign up for this "kudos"

 

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Welcome VapedAs, take a seat mate. :tiphat:

 

[EverythingsHazy]

Looks great! Just a tip: Let each branch grow to at least an inch or so before the next topping to prevent clutter. I got one to 16 tops with less than 3 inches from the main stem where it was originally topped, and it got so cluttered I ended up cutting them all off except for two and am restarting it lol.

 

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Thanks for the tip EverythingHazy. I'll let her recover for a week or so and maybe start the second topping next week. She should hopefully have grown a bit by then.

 

[Gonzo]

revert, have you done topping on autos before? One of first things I had read about them was no topping, no transplanting, no cloning.

So I have avoided these techniques so far.