3 Red Mandarines mini scrog, in dwc with some LED

[Crowmax]

Hello guys!

Started 4 Red Mandarine seeds last month.
All 4 germinated BUT did some mistakes in my setup, 1 was very lacking behind and finally managed to rip it off while working setting up the scrog net.

End of month will be the deadline for veg, hope to barely make it before June and before heat starts, i don't have a chiller or A/C



The setup is pretty simple:
- 80x80x160cm grow tent
- 2x 100w HLG 3000k leds -might add 100-150w of SILs if the scrog fill nice-
- 2x 35lt water capacity buckets, some airstones and airpumps.
- Air extractor ~350m3/h, 1 circulating fan
- Nutes GHE flora micro, bloom + some bennie tea
So far EC is @ 0.7

First weeks they were in a 60x60x140cm tent with a hlg 100w

Plants got topped. Moving them to the 80x80x160cm tent. Firing up another 100w HLG today...

accident! thought at least to capture the moment no more dilemma if i should keep her or not

Finishing setting up their final space now, and starting training them ...stay tuned

 

[DARKSIDER]

All the best with your grow m8 I will be lurking

 

[El Tigre]

Hi Crowmax, i'd let the small plant live... at the end of the day for you changes zero, being one DWC with two pots.
And the net should be filled in any case.
Even 10 g of a different pheno worth it, with no extra effort.
My 2 cents. Happy gardening!

 

[bibi40]

Happy to see you join the party Crowmax ,


some cool and funny pics here ...


You must get the photo of the month with the " accident " pic .


Really enjoying your start

 

[mr.brunch]

All the best

 

[Crowmax]

Day 36 veg

Day 36 veg

DARKSIDER, ElTigre, bibi, mr.brunch Thanks for stopping by... hope you like the grow... and hope your grows goes good guys, i see/follow everyone of them!

@ElTigre i would keep it, she had recovered, but i ripped it off by accident ...



-Day 36-
Finished all plant work... Phew...! Very tiring setting up new space and things every grow.

Gave them a dosage of Heisenberg tea. Doesn't look they have root-rot, but just in case.

Leafs look abit droopy but healthy, probably i setup watering level too high, about 1-2cm away from netpots. They should be fine in few days as they drink the water.

Grow is very remote, most times visiting once per week. Things can't be adjusted everyday.


EC @ 0.7
PH @ 5.9
Temps: 17-19c
RH: 55% (the Rh meter in photo doesn't work good anymore, having 2nd one elsewhere)


Probably 14-15 more days veg and then starts flowering

 

[Crowmax]

Day 44

Day 44

Hi guys
Plants going good and everything stable.
They get bushy with lots of side branches, not very stretchy.
Idk if they will be able to fill the space, training them hard under the screen.

Topped them again today, might help..


Temp 17-18c
RH 50-55%
EC 1.1
PH 5.9-.6.0


8-10 more days veg and i have to switch to flowering

Stay safe and healthy

 

[bibi40]

Great Salad Bar here


Happy Mandarine comings

 

[mr.brunch]

Looking good mate, spreading well

 

[Crowmax]

Day 50

Day 50

bibi, mr.brunch thanks for dropping by


Day 50
Plants look ready for flowering, they don't stretch enough to cover the empty space, too bad they are not 4 plants would be perfect.
In 2-3 days i start 12/12


Temp 17-18c
RH 60-65%
EC 1.1
PH 5.6-5.9


Before training them again

After

some roots

 

[bibi40]

Great plants my friend !!!


and i'm sure you can fill the space


in following 2 weeks it will certainly explode


continue your good work to train them


All the best !!!

 

[Crowmax]

Day 1 flowering

Day 1 flowering

Hi guys!

Bibi i don't know how much they will stretch during flowering.
When i did first grow with led and photoperiod strain, they went immediately to flower after the switch and didn't stretch much like i used to with the HPS. Ofc this can be because of other factors, lets see how much they will stretch now



Day 1 Flowering
Switched to 12/12!

Flowering will be done with only these 200w
Situation with covid19 has left me without job/money, very insecure. At the moment even 50euro shopping on couple of LEDs seems bad idea.





Bad quality pics today, had only the ''working'' light on, camera sucks on low light
Moved the left plant abit more to the center

Took clones and marked each plant.
#1 and #2 are very similar, almost like clones.
#3 is much more bushy, lot of leafs, branches and very tight internode distance. Very hard to work with the net.

Clones taken

just a leaf accidentally snapped , they look abit N overfert...

 

[bibi40]

Cool plants Crowmax !!!


yes the led light certainly don' t do the same thing about stretch , i have no experience with this kind of light , but it make sense .


Good work anyway

 

[Crowmax]

Day 3 flowering

Day 3 flowering

thanks bibi, hoping for some purple buds soon, hope all phenos purple


Day 3 Flowering

Did water change today so snapped couple of photos too.

Temp 17-18c
RH 60-65%
PH 5.7
EC 1.0
(30lt tapwater, 30ml micro, 30ml bloom)
Not sure if these nute dosages are good/balanced for now. They do seem abit heavy in N. No signs of nute burn or deficiency. Any suggestions are welcome!



Before

After slight training under the screen

Forgot to snap some root pics... next time


Take care guys..!

 

[bibi40]

Healthy plants and filling nicely

 

[DARKSIDER]

Doing a sweet job m8 lets hope you find them purple phenos.

 

[iwantmorebuds]

Great job bro. Keep it up!

 

[El Tigre]

Nice and green! Good luck for the red flowers

 

[Tommy G]

Cheers!

That's a very nice ScrOG Crowmax

You have it all levelled for an outstanding flowering, great work. Will be fun to watch

Sweet smokes!

tommy

 

[Crowmax]

Day 10 flowering

Day 10 flowering

bibi , darksider, wantmorebuds, El Tigre, tommy G , thanks for stopping by guys! Hope flowering goes as good as the veg.



Day 10 flowering

Plants doing ok, not much stretching.
Seems they got a bit over-vegged or just too big for only these 200w Leds. The lights are now 30cm away from the canopy.

Ph is getting little unstable on the bucket with the 2 plants. (dropping slightly by time, got down to 5.3)
The Ph on the single plant and bucket, stable as a rock, at 5.7 all week long.


Temp 16-18c
RH 50-60%
PH 5.8
EC 1.0
(30lt tapwater, 30ml micro, 30ml bloom)


Some quick snaps:


Did some work underneath the screen to clean the space. Broke a nice thick branch too..
Will only let them grow upwards from now on..

Stay safe guys