Electricity costs are rising, so I decided I will start a new grow, with the same OG seeds (turned out that 1 seed was a mystery, and 1 OG failed so replaced with a home grown seed) but this time a standard (for me) 4x scrog, quick veg, 16 nodes per plant, flower.
Top up the stash and hope it lasts untill power costs fall again.
I bought a new filter extra long as the "shorty" doesn't seem to allow enough air flow or remove enough heat, I now have great negative pressure.
Costs:
4 seeds .............................. 20 eur
2x 40l soil........................... 12 eur
6x 10l coco ........................ .. 6 eur
2x 10l perlite ...................... 12 eur
New filter ............................ 45 eur
318kwh @0.44 eur pwh. = 140 eur
TOTAL cost = .... 235 euro
OG-Kush x2 137gms
homie&Mystery 144gms
total 281gms
a little less than a euro a grm, I should live with that.
Used up current batch of nutes, zero cost, as already factored into the last grows.
The story so far:
June 30, dropped 4 x OG kush seeds into jiffies.
1 OG failed ,put in a homie
July 05, 4 seeds are now popped, 3xOG, 1 homie.
July 10, put under light at minimum power 4cobs @70w
July 18, repoted 2 plastic buckets, 2 grow bags
July 25, topped
July 27, upped volume 100watts
July 29, training/tucking begins
July 31, topped and upped volume 140watts
Aug 01, upped volume to 190watts 4x35v x1.050
Aug 03, 1st feed
Aug 06, Schwazz-defol, flip, added 2x 2700k cobs = total 225watts, last veg feed.
Aug 14, flower pistils become noticeable.
Aug 17, final tuck, looks pretty full.
Aug 21, added 2 more cobs 8 now, kept power at 240watts +/-
Aug 27, schwazz-final defol, nothing todo now but water,feed and hope nothing bad happens.
Sept 01, and boom! just like that, as of 01-Okt electricity costs 50% more.
the second such increase, so this is 100% more than when I started this grow.
Oct 15, cut down, clean up, time to wait for it to dry.
september 28, quietly scrogging the days away
The beginning.
Top up the stash and hope it lasts untill power costs fall again.
I bought a new filter extra long as the "shorty" doesn't seem to allow enough air flow or remove enough heat, I now have great negative pressure.
Costs:
4 seeds .............................. 20 eur
2x 40l soil........................... 12 eur
6x 10l coco ........................ .. 6 eur
2x 10l perlite ...................... 12 eur
New filter ............................ 45 eur
318kwh @0.44 eur pwh. = 140 eur
TOTAL cost = .... 235 euro
OG-Kush x2 137gms
homie&Mystery 144gms
total 281gms
a little less than a euro a grm, I should live with that.
Used up current batch of nutes, zero cost, as already factored into the last grows.
The story so far:
June 30, dropped 4 x OG kush seeds into jiffies.
1 OG failed ,put in a homie
July 05, 4 seeds are now popped, 3xOG, 1 homie.
July 10, put under light at minimum power 4cobs @70w
July 18, repoted 2 plastic buckets, 2 grow bags
July 25, topped
July 27, upped volume 100watts
July 29, training/tucking begins
July 31, topped and upped volume 140watts
Aug 01, upped volume to 190watts 4x35v x1.050
Aug 03, 1st feed
Aug 06, Schwazz-defol, flip, added 2x 2700k cobs = total 225watts, last veg feed.
Aug 14, flower pistils become noticeable.
Aug 17, final tuck, looks pretty full.
Aug 21, added 2 more cobs 8 now, kept power at 240watts +/-
Aug 27, schwazz-final defol, nothing todo now but water,feed and hope nothing bad happens.
Sept 01, and boom! just like that, as of 01-Okt electricity costs 50% more.
the second such increase, so this is 100% more than when I started this grow.Oct 15, cut down, clean up, time to wait for it to dry.
september 28, quietly scrogging the days away
The beginning.
Stage 3, Topped, mesh in place, ppfd approx 800
As it says, seedling done, first stage growth done, now topped, mesh in place, ready for LST to spread the branches to fill the horizontal space to the max. lights still on minimum power .525mA x4, as the branches grow and spread I can add 2 more veg cobs to the mix, up the volume, lift the lights and get a wider even spread of photons, yes I will level off the mesh as the plants grow and spread :smoking:
bit by bit.
bit by bit.
one week into flip, defol never happened it seems, also running out of horizontal space.
As the header says, one week into flip, defol never happened it seems, also running out of horizontal space.
everyday tucking, tucking, tucking looking for space to fill with new bud site, trying to keep it flat and as full as possible with as much equal space and light access as possible as the stretch goes on.
I suspect another 3-4 days and it will all be upward growth.
one thing to note, I am not seeing any pistils (or balls) on any plant, 7 days seems quite late, although I seem to remember that whenever I switch over and add the red cobs at flip it seems to take a little longer to start showing pistils. I should try to remember this :smoking:
everyday tucking, tucking, tucking looking for space to fill with new bud site, trying to keep it flat and as full as possible with as much equal space and light access as possible as the stretch goes on.
I suspect another 3-4 days and it will all be upward growth.
one thing to note, I am not seeing any pistils (or balls) on any plant, 7 days seems quite late, although I seem to remember that whenever I switch over and add the red cobs at flip it seems to take a little longer to start showing pistils. I should try to remember this :smoking:
Schwazz day, 21 days after flip, nothing to do now but feed and water, Plagron Terra bloom, Royal Sugar & Green sensation. K.I.S.S
Schwazz day, 21 days after flip, nothing to do now but feed and water, Plagron Terra bloom, Royal Sugar & Green sensation. K.I.S.S
Before
After
The aftermath
Pretty much full penetration, if your gonna defol, might as well get extreme.
Air movement under the plants should be a breeze now...
Before
After
The aftermath
Pretty much full penetration, if your gonna defol, might as well get extreme.
Air movement under the plants should be a breeze now...
