2015 Yogurt Cup Grow Contest

[Dr.King]

just got finished moving the the entire circus to the flower room ........

i had some old screens that the WOW method inspired (thanks Marlo!) that got revamped to hold yogurt cups and hung from the ceiling. the mousetrap ...... new and improved

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i traded the old screens in on sections of tomato cage that i hang from the ceiling but they aren't stable enough for what i'm doing. what i had to do was cap the legs and make a hook, drill some holes so i'll be able to add some bamboo stakes later and hang them up

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put these things together to hold the cups and secure the drip lines

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and the ladies are spending their first night in their new home

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both the night and day systems are plumbed and running, and i guess i'll see what happens from here

question for everybody ......... if i got them too big in veg for the yogurt cup to sustain them through flower, what do you think is going to happen? and why? will the growth just be stunted at some point or do you think they will hit a wall and be dead overnight/day?

Very impressive set up you have going for your cups. You definitely went all in, love seeing that. I would think your cups would be fine throughout flowering as long as you adjust your drip line to keep it on track so it doesn't dry out. If you do have to start heavy feeding throughout late flowering during lights out you might want to run a dehumidifier so there's no mold then turn it off during the day. Could be wrong, never seen such big plants in little cups. Should be interesting none the less, thanks for that .

 

[ALazyGardner]

Question, if i wanted can I change what I am going to grow, I kind of what to pheno out something, and figure yogi cup might be best. As my current entries are the only veg I have not sure i will be able to get a clone off it and flower in time. My other entries are teh east coast cookies, and i am waiting for the clones to root, which should be any day now.

 

[Fly by Night]

Attention walfart shoppers, wen great value makes a five gallon bucket of yoghurt I'm joining a contest such as this. Let's hear it for big box chain stores and discount retailers, long live the generics!

 

[exploziv]

A 6 oz bucket of yogurt would be more suitable for the contest..

 

[Eighths-n-Aces]

You definitely went all in,

i think thats just a nice way of saying i've gone off the deep end and i can't say i disagree

i hope it's worth it

 

[Only Ornamental]

... if i got them too big in veg for the yogurt cup to sustain them through flower, what do you think is going to happen? and why? will the growth just be stunted at some point or do you think they will hit a wall and be dead overnight/day?

Dam, do you put roids in your water? Very impressive, not only the plants but also the effort you take to build 'things' (not sure what you took there...)!

I don't think that the plants just die. They rather slow down so that you see it early enough to react. Maybe adding foliar nutrients and 'metabolic intermediates' (carbohydrates, amino acids etc.) could help at that point?

Now for my weekly update:
I think I found out why they're doing so badly. The aquarium filter material contained too much organic matter (fish dung) and fed the microbes instead of the plants. I flushed the medium with diluted fertiliser and added another 100 W metal halide only for them (until now, they shared 200 W with about 50 other plants).
Since then, they're finally taking off.
Besides that, I switched from 16 full light, 8 low light to a normal 16/8 day-night rhythm and will reduce day time bit by bit over the next weeks.

As can bee seen, the hemp hybrids in the middle aren't doing that well (I know, I know, 1 plant too many), they're water logged and short in potassium too. But they're just there to be there and I can't afford to have more plants taking away space so if they want to live, they have to do with what they got...

 

[Mitsuharu]

Wow, bio + fairtrade cups!
One size fits all, huh!?

Are there cups in cups... or what is this?

build 'things' (not sure what you took there...)

I thougt this is something like a facility @Eights house!

 

[psyphish]

A quick update. The Black Cream is the oldest of the plants, about 30 days old I think. Giving the two flowering plants 1.6ml of micro and 1.9ml of bloom per liter of water, I'm also trying out General Organics Urtica and Bio Bud, not sure if they do anything without a microherd, I guess I could foliar feed.

 

[Only Ornamental]

...
Are there cups in cups... or what is this?
...

This are 'faisselle' inserts from a French curd-like yoghurt . They are used to drain 'fromage frais' from its whey.
Look at my earlier posts in this thread or how I made them in THIS Yogi challenge.
Honestly, it's become more of a running gag than anything useful as the holes are too small and not enough. Additionally, nearly every time I remove the 'faisselle' I crush some roots. The expected high humidity micro-climate between the insert and the cup isn't what I expected and tends to promote root rot. The only advantage is that I get to observe the roots better than in a non-transparent pot.

 

[exploziv]

i put my 4 cups in a small plastic tub, for support, to make sure light doesn't get to the roots through the transparent cups and to make watering them from the bottom easier. Because the leaves started getting pretty big and thick, I had to remove 1-2 leaves per plant to be sure the bottom branches can receive light and grow better, so I get more tops.

I hope this won't stun them. other than that, they seem pretty happy. see you guys at the next update.

 

[Waldgeist]

the acc was finally put to flower, this is day 1

I fixed a new lid to the cup with some wire as the roots start to lift the media up

its still not in the pumpstation ena, i submerge it by hand twice per day, when it needs another one, then i put it to pump station.

i start the flowering with npk 15-10-15, ec 1,7, pH around 6,3

best!

 

[Garuda]

Great show so far @all

My Purple Haze x Thai turned out male, today I'll start the cup again with some new seed



Greetz,
Garuda.

 

[Anchorite]

2/26/15 update

2/26/15 update

After only a week under 12/12 they all shot out pistils so that makes me pretty happy. Sorry the pictures aren't better, I really hate my camera.

This one is my favorite, the branching is impressive. We'll call her A:


B:


C:


Here is their current situation:

 

[Eighths-n-Aces]

those girls are looking nice and stout Anchorite!

miss A looks like she was bred to carry some weight

how often are you feeding? watering?

 

[Anchorite]

those girls are looking nice and stout Anchorite!

miss A looks like she was bred to carry some weight

how often are you feeding? watering?

Oh yeah I've been meaning to mention that.

I don't have and ec meter or anything so I just do a half teaspoon of maxibloom per gallon until they complain.
I water them until i get a good bit of run off and then put them in a clean saucer with about a quarter inch of half diluted nute solution. I do that when the lights come on and the dish is dry in 4-6 hours. Sometimes I add more water to the dish during the day. before lights go out I rinse out the saucers and put new nutes in. I'm hoping this doesn't kill them haha.

 

[TDK]

nice to see all runs here, i need to say i cant make it this time ... hopping next time i can show my plantz too..
Only one month left and much around at home and others

 

[Waldgeist]

zamaldelica #6, day 46

jaggen, day 43

i switched both to a K pronounced fertilizer, the NPK is now 8-12-24, the ec remains around 1,5-6 for the z#6 and 1,7-8 for the jaggen.

 

[Mitsuharu]

Hooooot!
I think i will buy me a Zamaldelica too!

... i think i need more light too maybe i'll get out my 2x 75w CFL

[X] Done!
Now i combine sunlight with 2x 75w CFL, but for now only 1x 75w...

The male plant died...

...the third small plant gets the beauty crown now, but i will grow her(?) in a bigger pot cause i need some weed too.

@Waldgeist, Rauhfaser rules!

 

[Only Ornamental]

And we have a yoghurt cup winner! Thanks @Stoner4Live for posting this picture in the funny picture thread .

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Edit: sorry, can't post it directly, dunno why?

 

[Waldgeist]