Indoor RocBudinc Genetics Purple Rolex DWC

[420master]

The radiator.... The wall wart adapters I tried did not have enough oomph to turn it. We connected it straight to a truck battery, and it was way too loud at full speed. With the fan removed, it is minimal, and if we can find a proper size fan, this will be great.


Stupid pump.


This box says 1/2 inch fitting, but it's not. The lift is a lie too. I would say the lift is 1/2". It barely trickled out.


Light controller! This thing is awesome. I have the red a little lower because I read that red causes stretching, and I want less hight. We'll see how that goes. I have to get a handle on everything else before I get into trying to tweak the spectrum.


This is the stupid hole and the useless 14v drill. The battery was junk before I started this, and now it will barely charge enough to turn a screw. My new drill is coming in a few days.


I still need more storage space. I made this shelf, but it's not enough.


Loud AF air pump. It was mounted to the wall but it was so loud you could hear it outside. This is it hanging from the ceiling by a piece of the clear airline. It helps with the vibration, but it is still too loud. It might go into the freezer we will be using.


Purple Rolex 2


Purple Rolex 1


Grape Rolex Day one-ish?

 

[PotDaddy]

Seed/Germination:

I had five purple Rolex seeds and three grape Rolex. I initially put 3 PR in Rockwool in a Tupperware container to erm, but only one made it to the pot, so I put the other 2 in more Rockwool, and only 1 of those made it. So out of the 5 PR, I now only have two living in pots.​

I germed a grape Rolex in a paper towel and baggie, and I feel right about that one, I got it potted last night. I have never had so much of an issue starting seeds. I don't think its the seeds fault though. I blame my lack of experience with the Rockwool. It holds too much water.​

I will not be using the Rockwool again. I liked the GH or GO, rapid rooters that I used in the past a lot better.​

​

This may be a silly question but did you PH the rockwool cubes to 6?
I initially struggled when I switched to rockwool cubes but then the hydro guy asked me the same question and ever since I have had much greater success.

 

[420master]

This may be a silly question but did you PH the rockwool cubes to 6?
I initially struggled when I switched to rockwool cubes but then the hydro guy asked me the same question and ever since I have had much greater success.

I did not. I just used tap water. ph was over 8. I had no problem with the last seed I germinated in a paper towel and baggie though and have never ph'd water when germinating.
I know it was too wet, but ph probably had some effect too now that you mention it.
I think in the future I will be using ph'd water when I germ just to be safe.

 

[420master]

I just smoked a couple of bowls and was looking at some pics. I think I am seeing more yellow than I initially thought. I'm going to do a res change tonight and get the ppm back down.

 

[420master]

I was just looking at some other journals and pics of the same strain and I'm not having anywhere near the progress of the other guys. Im at day 50

I am at the end of my rope as far as trying to do any more improvements and I don't think I will be doing another grow there with him. Next time I will do it at home, alone, so I don't have to listen any more hair brain ideas about lights. (car headlights?)
I also ended up having to pay triple the cost of the energy we used because he apparently cant understand that everything related to this grow is running through dedicated circuit and a kill a watt strip with a meter on it. I contacted to power co and spoke to a supervisor to get the cost per kwh and we only used about $20 worth of power for the first month, checked the usage on the same the power co checks meters. I was very particular with the equipment I bought, so as to use as little power as possible, and I verified the numbers and math several times, but he insisted it was wrong because he says his bill has never been over $200. Last month it was $260. So I just gave him the $60 and told him how i felt about it, and that he was wrong and I knew he was wrong but I was paying it anyway and that we would not be doing another grow when this is finished if he cant agree to split only what we use.

I don't think I can do another grow with him. I cant spend that much time over there to do everything that need to be done. He's driving me nuts and nothing is clean. I have to go behind him to wash buckets and tools, and wipe up spills. Flies in the nute buckets (just one fly on two separate occasions in the buckets), mice all over the place, roaches allover the place.... Too much clutter and no space to work. The only water is hot water out of the shower (he has a 4ft fluorescent shop light on the ceiling in the shower. its an 8 ft ceiling) I cant get cold water from outside because neighbors and his family would see us carrying buckets inside.

I'm also starting to worry that he will be picking at the plants to have something to smoke. He has been smoking the leaves that I picked, and when he has grown outside in the past he dries his bud in the microwave, and no clue about curing.

He's in his early 60's, set in his ways and I cant tell him anything...

/endrant


I culled the Grape Rolex. It was short, about 8-10 inches tall, thin, very stretchy and looked like it started developing male flowers in the tiny buds. It never showed any issues as far as I could tell other than just being a runt.

The two Purple Rolex I have left look nothing alike. The PR1 is about a week older than the PR2. #1 is bigger, but has no signs of flower, #2 does have some flower coming in.

I do have to fight low humidity, so I am topping off everyday with at least a gallon of nute solution. if my meter is correct, its was around 2ppt. I've been meaning to check the meter and re calibrate it but I haven't gotten around to it. I had been using half label strength, but was noticing what looked like some significant deficiencies so I went to full strength two days ago and I didnt check ppm or ec.

I got a couple of 7 gal containers that I keep bubbling. i with plain water and the other I mix 6 gallons at a time, and pump it to buckets as needed.

I gave up on the recirc for now.
I'm keeping ph between 5.8 and 6.2, but it did get down to the high 3s once and then down to mid 4's again. That happened when I didnt go over there for 2 days in a row a few times. After I had already explained to him how to check it and adjust it. I did finally get him to start checking on it. temps can get to 86f on warm days, but generally stay in lower 80's.
RH is too low, but has gotten better since the plant has gotten larger and it is transpiring more. It was as low as 34% early on, and I think it is in the upper 50s, lower 60s. I gave up trying to control it. It needs to be sealed before I would put a humidifier in there.

I will be so glad when this is over and I can set up at home.

Purple Rolex #1 (11/21)is on the left, #2(11/28) is on the left. They started 7 days apart.

I am using the entire line of Emerald Harvest at full strength as of Wed 1/8. I have not checked on them since I upped the strength from half.

The metal links in the bottom of the tent are being used for lst.

PR2 was topped about 2 weeks ago, PR1 will not be topped, but I have taken a shitload of large leaves off of it.

I have turned up the red light to about 85 I think. White is 90, and blue is 95. Idk... I stopped keeping track of a lot of stuff.
I think I'm going to change it 12/12 since I'm not seeing any signs of flowering on PR1. It has been 18/6 from day one.

Some yellowing and necrosis in new growth on PR1?

Bud forming on PR2. Leaves are a lot thinner.

Another shot of the buds on PR2.

PR1

PR1

 

[420master]

Couple of shots from 1/16. I have no idea what the one on the left is. It's definitely not Purple Rolex.

 

[420master]

A few more from 1/24.

 

[420master]

It's been about 79-80 days.
Ended up using the complete emerald harvest line, with the 3 part base.
Overall, things are good, but I was really hoping for better yield on that Purple Rolex.

I have no clue what that other photo plant is. They were both supposed to be there same.

I am just starting to see some cloudy trichs and if I look long enough I can find a few amber scattered around. I am hoping to have enough amber in the next two weeks.

I won't be using the UV on the PR,
because I still have a long way to go on the mystery photo that is just starting to bud.

I had to move the PR outside of tent and drag out the UFO.

Pics from 2/5 and 2/6.