Completed Grow of 2x OG kush + Mystery seed + home grown seed, citizen CLU048-1212 cobs

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.:grrr2: 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
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The beginning.
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Comments

Fantastic job mate, only just been able to catch up on yours. You must be sooooo happy you went with four girls, stunningly beautiful :worship:

Thank you Pearl-Anne, indeed I am pretty happy about how they are going, they could always be better of course, but its my will against 4 ladies... so I know that in the end they will win. :smoking:

I just added the two extra cobs, so now all 8 are up and running, but lowered the power to keep it at 240-ish watts, 8 cobs @ 34v x .875mA... running cool and efficient, the photon spread @ 30cm is a little higher (around 800 ppfd) and pretty much equal across the whole horizontal space, with just a few more days of stretch I expect this (+/-
3-5cm) will be about as high as I need to go, which leaves me plenty of space for buds to grow :smoking:

I do find 4 plants, scrogged in a 70x70x160 is deffinately the most efficient grow method, 4-5 weeks veg, flip, Schwazz, tuck, schwazz again at 21 days and then flower until ready.another 4-7 weeks.

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So, a couple more days of flowering... 19 days since flip, 44 days since the seeds popped.

I had to lift the homie 3-4cm to level the canopy, but there is always one :smoking:

I think Saturday will be cleanup and defol/schwazz day.

The weather is abysmal for growing... 30+C and humidity 70-90%, its tough trying to cool a small tent with 30C air...

Current nute regime is simply Plagron "terra bloom" 5mm per liter + 6 drops of lemon juice per liter (every other watering) to lower pH levels.

After defol, the feed regime will add Plagron "Green sensation and Royal sugar" to the Terra bloom till harvest. K.I.S.S

Top shot
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a couple of pretty girl flower shots
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the stretch is real, even on a scrog.
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flowers are beginning to show quite nice now.
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8 Citizen CLU048-1212's @ 0.875mA+/- (approx 75% of max power) 30cm above the canopy
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light penetration looks quite good, unless you compare to the shot above :smoking: it will be better after defol/schwazz and clean up.
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Today was schwazz day, so I added a new page, because, well, why not.

Nothing to do now but water/feed and wait,

Patience, really is a virtue.
 
24hrs later...
The girls seem to have recovered from the shock of extreme defoliation, they all look quite healthy and happy.
Still only running all 8 cobs at .850-875 mA, so +/- 240watts, this appears to be enough for them at the moment.
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A couple more days, a couple more pics, Quietly scrogging the days away...

Nothing to do but have a look and check they are OK, smile and wait!

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Side shot
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Close view of growth and bud grouping
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Homie looking tight and close buds
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pretty girl
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Gotta a love girl when she is this happy.
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A couple more days, a couple more pics.
Just quietly scrogging the days away.
Lamp is still only running at approx 240 watts. seems to be sufficient for these girls.

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a couple more days, a couple more pics.
Still utizing only 4 of the 8 cobs are minimum power .525mA
The "homie" front right is beginnning to push ahead in size, who would believe its 4-5 days behind.
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The homie, trying hard to catch up.
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what are cola bottles for!! a homemade dripper system, neat fella.
 
what are cola bottles for!! a homemade dripper system, neat fella.

yes indeed, a home made dripper system, work's well so I just keep on using it... grow after grow, year after year, :smoking: I only have access through the front as the tent as its in a cupboard, which makes it very difficult to do anything with the rear plants once flowering kicks in. :smoking:
 
and no overwatering, great idea mate, btw those plant look pukka

Pukka... have not heard that term in quite a while, :d5:thanks, not only no over watering, but it takes about 15 minutes for the bottle to empty so gives the soil/coco/perlite mix lots of time to soak up the water/nute mix.

I find a 4 plant scrog to be about the single most efficient grow in my small 70x70x160cm tent. I aim for 64 mains, but sometimes I am a bit heavy handed and break a few, still the end result is usually pretty fair. :smoking:
 
Lol that's the second time today someone ain't heard my choice of words for years, the other was 'twat' pmsl, looking excellent mate what your average harvest from 4 x like that.

uk420man
 
"twat" yes a favourite of mine.

Average yield, (if I take out the singleton, the last grow) My average would probably be around 310-330 grms, some strains as you are probably aware offer more than others, I plan/hope to hit 400gms one day, :smoking:.... but, well, you know...... keh serah, serah and all that.
 
wow, i'm impressed having never done auto's just started mine now so fingers crossed i'm doing things differently to the norm, vegging 24/0 until they go into flower mode phase under 2 x 18w luxx leds then when flower mode is initiated they go under a single 315cdm on 12/12, it'll work or it won't. pmsl, cheers for reply matey.

uk420man
 
A good electricity saving tip is don't listen to boris the clowns ideas of buying a new kettle, just get a pan of water simmer until it's near boiling point then pour into your kettle to boil, sorry nicked that from an old VIZ comic.
 
wow, i'm impressed having never done auto's just started mine now so fingers crossed i'm doing things differently to the norm, vegging 24/0 until they go into flower mode phase under 2 x 18w luxx leds then when flower mode is initiated they go under a single 315cdm on 12/12, it'll work or it won't. pmsl, cheers for reply matey.

uk420man

I have also never grown Auto's, I wish you luck with them and hope you get a mega harvest, :smoking:
 
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A couple more days and here we are again, quietly scrogging the days away.

Flowering stage is kinda lazy, nothing to do but feed and and water every few days, look in and say hi, take a couple of pics and inhale that wonderfull aroma.

Now that the 3 ventilation windows are closed to block any light seeping in during flower, the exhaust fan on low setting creates a hell of a strong negative pressure even though the 10cm bottom pipe is wide open. i am quite impressed with the longer slimline carbon filter.

First view as I open the tent. its busy in there.


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Side view shows light penetration is already starting to diminish somewhat after only 1 week.
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Starting to show a little jewelry
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slowly beginning to fill out
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tight bud sights
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Mass bud sites
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Top view looking directly down
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The longer slimline filter tight up to the roof of the tent.
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while I have no updates after this mornings pics.

I do want to give a big shout out to https://www.dutch-headshop.eu/ who searched through their old stock to find me some seeds from a strain that I have grown and enjoyed in the past but are no longer available "Blond Russian Ladies".

Its a wonderfull thing to get 7yrs good service, polite replies and even a small discount every now and again, as well as good products and good prices.

Anyway if you are looking for a good supplier I have nothing but positive accolades for them.
 
Time flies when you are quietly scrogging away.
A couple more days, a couple more pics

Side view, oddly still some stretchy type growth and we become a little less even across the canopy.
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Still getting some light penetration, although not as much as 1 week ago.
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Homie is showing her genetics and jewelry
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Og kush are all going ok, less crystals and longer, thinner, lighter pistils than homie
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bud clusters are nice to see though
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kinda light weight looking, but hey....
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Top shot forest view left side
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Top shot forest view right side.
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Another day... not a lot happening, just quiety scrogging the days away.
But as its a dark, wet, autumn-esch morning, i thought I would show the girls some flash in the dark and they flashed back with their jewelry a little.

I think I have around 60 main bud sites it would be really nice if they could manage to push out 5gms per main
by the end of drying, Well you know, we can live in hope :smoking:


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