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big bang's quarter pound tub - cali o & apollo 11

big bang

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Last grow I tested out my new Rubbermaid setup, with 336w of CFLs and 3 plants in DWC. Thought I would start a new diary for the next one. Last time went very well, getting about 4.5oz (.375g/w):




I saw some room for improvement and I've made a few changes:
1. upgraded the DWC tub from a small, 3 gallon container to a much larger 10 gallon container.

2. Went from 3 to 4 plants since they have a lot more room to stretch out roots.

3. Last time I topped once and then trained to the screen. I lost a few inches of vertical height by upgrading the DWC tub, so this time I am topping EVERY growth shoot to keep them much bushier in less vertical space as they grow.

The goal last time was to see if I could get over a QP in a Rubbermaid tub and I met that goal... now the goal is to get 6oz (.5g/w)! Is it possible? We'll see! As far as I know no one else growing in a Red Greenery style tub has gotten that much weight.

This grow I have 3 Cali O's and 1 Apollo 11 clones already going.

CURRENT ANIMATION:
 
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J-Roc

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cool. more progress animation!
i love when u do that!
may i suggest you do that for your avatar? they do allow animated Gifs

great ****ing grow
i love how everything is just white and GREEEEN
 

green_grow

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3 days growth ?!?!?!?

seriously, that kind of growth is taking me a month in soil . if i wasnt 100 % convinced to try a hydro set-up, i am now !
 

twistedtree

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green_grow said:
3 days growth ?!?!?!?

seriously, that kind of growth is taking me a month in soil . if i wasnt 100 % convinced to try a hydro set-up, i am now !

Isn't that insane? I may just copy your design completely, big bang. Do you have a seperate mother cab?
 

big bang

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green_grow said:
3 days growth ?!?!?!?

seriously, that kind of growth is taking me a month in soil . if i wasnt 100 % convinced to try a hydro set-up, i am now !

seriously man... i dived straight into hydro and then later on tried to keep some mothers in soil. they grew SO SLOW i thought i was doing something wrong. i couldn't believe it... i didn't realize how much faster hydro was until i had soil plants growin side by side. i mean i get growth in 2 weeks that i see other growers get in 2 MONTHS in soil.

and i'm no hydro expert or anything.. i've only been growing for about a year and i know nothing compared to most of the people on this site. i'm lazy and dumb... hydro is easy and almost no-maintenance.

Isn't that insane? I may just copy your design completely, big bang. Do you have a seperate mother cab?

yeah. before this setup i had an identical but smaller setup... probably same size as red greenery's and most people who do rubbermaid grows. when i overhauled it and went to bigger tubs, i just saved half of the old one and scavenged extra parts from it. i have 2 26w CFLs (had 3 but they grew too fast so i took it down to 2) and a little 2 gallon SWC thing for mothers/clones. just one PC fan to vent it. works almost too well... i have to trim my mothers pretty regularly.



i also keep clones and plants that need to be sexed in there.
 

big bang

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updated the animation with a picture from today... can't believe they've grown this much in only 4 days. i'm going to have to put the SCROG screen in by the end of the week if this keeps up.
 

TBug

Plz forget you know me...Sugaree
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High bang! looks awsome! Im taggin along for this one too! :lurk: Im real interested int that apollo 11.
Peace, bugout :Bolt:
 

redboi20

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hey big bang quick q if u dont mind me asking....i saw on ur last thread that u got some of joey weeds a11. did u order them from hemp depot and if so are u in the states? i kinda want to order some but i dont know how they work with US customers. thanks!
 
G

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Wow, never realised that hydro is so fast... It took 3 weeks for my plants to look like that!!!
Great grow man, have fun with it.
 

Sarm

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Hey Big Bang, the new grow is looking sweet (Update though!).

Can you shoot me an email? sleilpoker at gmail dot com. I followed you over here from SA, and plan to replicate your first A11 grow to the dime, if possible. (My post count is too low here for PM's, else I'd do that.) Thanks mang.
 

big bang

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Long time no update... been busy as always. Gotta pay the bills to keep the weed growin.

At about 2 weeks, with the screen in:


I was going to let them go longer than 2 weeks but if they get any bigger I'm not going to be able to control them when they stretch. I have been topping every growth shoot and they are really bushy with tons and tons of branches. The A11 is growing a little slower than the Cali O, but they are all doing well besides a tiny bit of nute burn.

hey big bang quick q if u dont mind me asking....i saw on ur last thread that u got some of joey weeds a11. did u order them from hemp depot and if so are u in the states? i kinda want to order some but i dont know how they work with US customers. thanks!

i did order them from hemp depot. their shipping is EXTREMELY discrete, you won't have any problems with customs. It's so discrete it took me a second to realize what it was even though i was expecting it.

I emailed you, Sarm.
 
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