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Mr Piggy
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We're gonna need a bigger boat!
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you must teach me master. Almost at the end of my first grow - i have a small tent close to the size of your box - 30x18x36 w/LEDs & CFL. but as a grower i am sucking. i only have two wee plants but compared to your jungle mine look like shite. Very impressive...
you must teach me master. Almost at the end of my first grow - i have a small tent close to the size of your box - 30x18x36 w/LEDs & CFL. but as a grower i am sucking. i only have two wee plants but compared to your jungle mine look like shite. Very impressive...
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automaticshark
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They are a photo strain.
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micro.grower
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I.ll be back on in a bit for replys and what not, but wanted to mention this now while it was fresh in my mind.... i did a "cola/top" count since my stretch is pretty much done and i counted 61!!! That is 61 "tops" basically. Due to all my "monster topping" (a technique i have developed withthis grow i will later explain), i think i have fully utilized every bit of canopy space with 7 clones. Hope the "colas forming" count has helped with those guessing yeild. Be back later homies....
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micro.grower
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Mydankstank... i am hoping my stretch is over now. The box of buds thing is funny. Sorta like my old pc cases on a larger scale. Tbh, the cases taught me to maximize my space for sure.
Mr.piggy.... or else this bitch is sinking like the titanic. Lol.
Crushd... thanks for following. Tbh, this grow is 100% a learning experience for me. This is the first time i have ever grown in anything bigger than a pc case. However, maxxing out ur grow space iz a technique in its self. Learning when to flower, container size, ventilation, lights. Its all a science really. Lol. Hoping u.ll be able to learn from my success and not failures.
Shark.... indeed they are.
So lets see here... thought i would mention a few things i dont think i have gone over before...
My nutes... lol. Actually havent used any yet. I dont ph my water whatsoever. Never have. Im not telling a noob to do this, but this is how i have always done it. With thiz grow, i went ahead and pre.ammended some soil. Tbh, there was no "certain" recipe for my soil mixture. I got a big ass trash can. Threw in about four bags of potting soil, perilite, dolymite, vermiculite, blood meal, bone meal... ect. Basically any organic soil ammendments i could find between lowes, home depots, and stines. I prolly have about fifty bucks invested into a 40gallon trashcan full of my soil mixture. I simply mixxed everything in, in moderation. Leaving room to raise th nitrogen levels with organic nutes if need be. So far, i havent had too. I failed to mention, i water once a week. One week, each 2gallon grow bag gets there own 2liter of sparkling water. Cost about ten bucks for 7 of the 2 liters. Thenthe following week, they have received straight tap water outta my shower head. Clones havent received any nutez in their cloned life whatsoever, minus pre mixxed soil i made. So, as mentioned, not something i would recomend for a noob to try, but me reading my plants from the get go is what i beleive has helped me to become the grower i am.
So, now since we are done talking about what these ladies have lived off of their entire lives, lets talk about my new "monster topping" technique. Something i feel that has made this grow what it is...
Monster topping is simple and can be done on a very small scale to start with. Its basically taking a cutting and keeping it in a 16 oz cup its entire veg life. Heres the tricky part, once rooted, they will start to grow extremely fast. Keep them under six inches by way of topping!!! this is imprtant and seriously the key to the supa bushy growth. Keeping em in the 16oz cups control their growth immensely. Keeping the new growth rapidly coming while not letting the plants get out of hand size wise, UNTIL u want to.
So lets see. Summary of technique: keep fresh clones in 16 oz cups for about 7 weeks while constantly cutting back any new shootz that have reached the six inch limit. In a sense, u are basically turning a clone into a bonsai mother very rapidly, without keeping the cuttings, unless u want to. By keeping some of the cuttings taken off the clone, you can easily turn this into a perpetual cycle. When the clone has about 10 "tops" go ahead and throw it in its final flowering pot, give it about a week and a half and flip the lights to 12/12.
Btw, this only works for photo period plants. Nifty lil technique i figured i.d share with ya.ll enjoy!
Mr.piggy.... or else this bitch is sinking like the titanic. Lol.
Crushd... thanks for following. Tbh, this grow is 100% a learning experience for me. This is the first time i have ever grown in anything bigger than a pc case. However, maxxing out ur grow space iz a technique in its self. Learning when to flower, container size, ventilation, lights. Its all a science really. Lol. Hoping u.ll be able to learn from my success and not failures.
Shark.... indeed they are.
So lets see here... thought i would mention a few things i dont think i have gone over before...
My nutes... lol. Actually havent used any yet. I dont ph my water whatsoever. Never have. Im not telling a noob to do this, but this is how i have always done it. With thiz grow, i went ahead and pre.ammended some soil. Tbh, there was no "certain" recipe for my soil mixture. I got a big ass trash can. Threw in about four bags of potting soil, perilite, dolymite, vermiculite, blood meal, bone meal... ect. Basically any organic soil ammendments i could find between lowes, home depots, and stines. I prolly have about fifty bucks invested into a 40gallon trashcan full of my soil mixture. I simply mixxed everything in, in moderation. Leaving room to raise th nitrogen levels with organic nutes if need be. So far, i havent had too. I failed to mention, i water once a week. One week, each 2gallon grow bag gets there own 2liter of sparkling water. Cost about ten bucks for 7 of the 2 liters. Thenthe following week, they have received straight tap water outta my shower head. Clones havent received any nutez in their cloned life whatsoever, minus pre mixxed soil i made. So, as mentioned, not something i would recomend for a noob to try, but me reading my plants from the get go is what i beleive has helped me to become the grower i am.
So, now since we are done talking about what these ladies have lived off of their entire lives, lets talk about my new "monster topping" technique. Something i feel that has made this grow what it is...
Monster topping is simple and can be done on a very small scale to start with. Its basically taking a cutting and keeping it in a 16 oz cup its entire veg life. Heres the tricky part, once rooted, they will start to grow extremely fast. Keep them under six inches by way of topping!!! this is imprtant and seriously the key to the supa bushy growth. Keeping em in the 16oz cups control their growth immensely. Keeping the new growth rapidly coming while not letting the plants get out of hand size wise, UNTIL u want to.
So lets see. Summary of technique: keep fresh clones in 16 oz cups for about 7 weeks while constantly cutting back any new shootz that have reached the six inch limit. In a sense, u are basically turning a clone into a bonsai mother very rapidly, without keeping the cuttings, unless u want to. By keeping some of the cuttings taken off the clone, you can easily turn this into a perpetual cycle. When the clone has about 10 "tops" go ahead and throw it in its final flowering pot, give it about a week and a half and flip the lights to 12/12.
Btw, this only works for photo period plants. Nifty lil technique i figured i.d share with ya.ll enjoy!
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mydanksstank
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honestly i am afraid to top my plants i had a photo last grow and just couldnt do it and i should have becasue it out grew my tent
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micro.grower
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Trust me on this..
Veg em in party cups and do all your training to em then. Like i said, the dont get out of hand and they are easily manageable. When u transplant them, all the hards work done. Depending on the amount of stretch of the strain is what is dependant upon when u flower. I am now about to have to do some super cropping to knock down the shoots that are about to grow to the light. Oh the joys of micro growing. Alot of work, but one hell of a return. I think i could have gotten two ounces outta six clones in party cups in my pc case.
Veg em in party cups and do all your training to em then. Like i said, the dont get out of hand and they are easily manageable. When u transplant them, all the hards work done. Depending on the amount of stretch of the strain is what is dependant upon when u flower. I am now about to have to do some super cropping to knock down the shoots that are about to grow to the light. Oh the joys of micro growing. Alot of work, but one hell of a return. I think i could have gotten two ounces outta six clones in party cups in my pc case.
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micro.grower
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time for some legit flowering photos!!!!
so lets see here... i flipped the lights to 12/12 on the 21st of march, so now, almost 3 weeks later. they waited about a week and a half before heavily popping preflowers, so they have only been actually flowering for about a week and half... these ladies are beautiful. i have one of the densest canopies i have ever seen before. there is bud from soil to to top of canopy. its freaking amazing. as mentioned in a previous post. i am hoping this is the last of the stretch. i honestly do not feel like there will be any more. i have supercropped about 10 shoots to even out the canopy level... the thc... well... lets say its already on fan leaves on nodes below the top buds... frost every where as you can see in my one and only micro macro i took.... i was very pleased with this photo session of the ladies.
something new i added to my setup... a plug in air purifier i picked up at home depot for less than 20 bucks... it works on an area within 6 square foot. i have it plugged in directly above my exhaust, so as soon as air gets out, it is scrubbed through carbon, and released through a mountain scented air freshner. keeping my closet doors closed, having this in the closet masks the smell before it even escape the closet... anyways. enjoy the piks guys.... i think i have gotten a wall paper for my phone and a new avatar for my profile out of these photos!
so lets see here... i flipped the lights to 12/12 on the 21st of march, so now, almost 3 weeks later. they waited about a week and a half before heavily popping preflowers, so they have only been actually flowering for about a week and half... these ladies are beautiful. i have one of the densest canopies i have ever seen before. there is bud from soil to to top of canopy. its freaking amazing. as mentioned in a previous post. i am hoping this is the last of the stretch. i honestly do not feel like there will be any more. i have supercropped about 10 shoots to even out the canopy level... the thc... well... lets say its already on fan leaves on nodes below the top buds... frost every where as you can see in my one and only micro macro i took.... i was very pleased with this photo session of the ladies.
something new i added to my setup... a plug in air purifier i picked up at home depot for less than 20 bucks... it works on an area within 6 square foot. i have it plugged in directly above my exhaust, so as soon as air gets out, it is scrubbed through carbon, and released through a mountain scented air freshner. keeping my closet doors closed, having this in the closet masks the smell before it even escape the closet... anyways. enjoy the piks guys.... i think i have gotten a wall paper for my phone and a new avatar for my profile out of these photos!
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gtron
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Holy Crap dude, that grow box is almost as dense as any jungle I have had to crawl or hack my way thru and I have been in a bunch of them. Of course they weren't as pleasantly arranged as your little jungle is either, Very Nice!
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Mr Piggy
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God damn it micro, you always update right when I do and steal my thunder! 
And steal it well at that! I seriously don't envy the hand cramps you're going to get from trimming all of that when it's done, AY AY AY!
Well done! :thumbs:
And steal it well at that! I seriously don't envy the hand cramps you're going to get from trimming all of that when it's done, AY AY AY!
Well done! :thumbs:
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