Very interesting grow, your hydroponics are doing great.
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Gano's Xen Garden
- Thread starter Ganoderma
- Start date
Week 4
Pictures where taken last night after lights out. I also raised the light and the fan. Keep in mind this is a 1000w light and take note to how close it is to the plants. I haven't pulled the plants out and given them a show in about a week or a little more. I continue to rotate both plants a 1/4 turn each day. I also pulled the tray and the res out away from the wall since there are no other plants in the room. I've also been dragging ass getting the 2x4 tray scrubbed
Pictures where taken last night after lights out. I also raised the light and the fan. Keep in mind this is a 1000w light and take note to how close it is to the plants. I haven't pulled the plants out and given them a show in about a week or a little more. I continue to rotate both plants a 1/4 turn each day. I also pulled the tray and the res out away from the wall since there are no other plants in the room. I've also been dragging ass getting the 2x4 tray scrubbed
Gano i think is real good buds ,interessing strain
Looks like the harvest date is right around the corner. But I have one small little issue. The heater isn't working in my drying room. I think the room might be slightly to cold to dry any buds with out potential issues. At least I've never dried anything in a room that is below 70f.
This set up is doing better then I was expected it to do. There where a few little bumps that came up over this grow, as you would expect from running a new hydroponic system/set-up.
The water rings ended up just on top of the hydroton instead of about an inch under the top of the hydroton. I didn't always have to try to bury them after each shower that I would give the two plants. The water rings had some clogging up issues on a few spots. But with all the tinkering I did, it kind of helped and the rings will be partially rebuilt after harvest.
The pots where hard to get buried back into the hydroton in the tray. I found that it wasn't to much of an issue for the pot to be really buried into the hydroton as I don't see any apparent signs of allege in the tray, which was the point of putting some into the tray. I don't yet know if the large canopy was a variable or how much of a variable it could have been.
The water rings ended up just on top of the hydroton instead of about an inch under the top of the hydroton. I didn't always have to try to bury them after each shower that I would give the two plants. The water rings had some clogging up issues on a few spots. But with all the tinkering I did, it kind of helped and the rings will be partially rebuilt after harvest.
The pots where hard to get buried back into the hydroton in the tray. I found that it wasn't to much of an issue for the pot to be really buried into the hydroton as I don't see any apparent signs of allege in the tray, which was the point of putting some into the tray. I don't yet know if the large canopy was a variable or how much of a variable it could have been.
At week 8 I took some samples, a couple of small branches from the underside of the canopy. Instead of going to week 9 and chop, I took them both to week 10.
Some of the branches that where flopped over were starting to split. I think I may have clipped another sample branch at week 9 and they were a few of the branches that where starting to split at a stem node.
Week 10 after lights out and just before harvest.
Some of the branches that where flopped over were starting to split. I think I may have clipped another sample branch at week 9 and they were a few of the branches that where starting to split at a stem node.
Week 10 after lights out and just before harvest.
Post harvest. Plus or minus a pound. I didn't weigh anything out, in the past the 1/2 gallon jars hold about 3 oz and the quart jars hold an just a little over an oz. when full.
The two 1/2g jars on the right and the left and from those plants. The 1/2g jar in the center is all the small branches (most very likely the lower branches from the plants), small stuff, not solid nuggets. The Quart jar is from select colas that I picked out while trimming.
The bag is stuff that I left on the plants after harvest the tops of the plants, some thing like 10-14 days later.
By the way the plants in the back are revegging.
The two 1/2g jars on the right and the left and from those plants. The 1/2g jar in the center is all the small branches (most very likely the lower branches from the plants), small stuff, not solid nuggets. The Quart jar is from select colas that I picked out while trimming.
The bag is stuff that I left on the plants after harvest the tops of the plants, some thing like 10-14 days later.
By the way the plants in the back are revegging.
I'm playing catch up on EVERY thing. Yes that's right I'm behind on getting things done. I've been working on getting cups and pots all washed. In the past plants would grow larger then I intended before transplanting them and plants would get too big. Having stuff washed and ready for the next cycle will make this year better.
These are the Double Dutch f3 I grew out about two years ago. I haven't gotten around to dealing with them yet either. I f'ed that year and had too much going on and my garden took the brunt force of it. But they hold something of value, f4 seeds. I ended up with some seeds and they where mature enough that when the plant died, they where mature already. I didn't intend to make them (this grow), but I have them. I need to bust down those plants and bag the buds for collecting the seeds later... I need those pots and the hydroton too...
they don't look like much because they died early before they could fatten up.
These are the Double Dutch f3 I grew out about two years ago. I haven't gotten around to dealing with them yet either. I f'ed that year and had too much going on and my garden took the brunt force of it. But they hold something of value, f4 seeds. I ended up with some seeds and they where mature enough that when the plant died, they where mature already. I didn't intend to make them (this grow), but I have them. I need to bust down those plants and bag the buds for collecting the seeds later... I need those pots and the hydroton too...
they don't look like much because they died early before they could fatten up.
mike-or-ozzy
Well-known member
Looks great @Ganoderma good job
thats how I roll, always behind and have too many thing happening but it comes out in the wash,the end.
thats how I roll, always behind and have too many thing happening but it comes out in the wash,the end.
Only issue, I never got to smoke test each plants finished flowers. I smoked on a couple of them but the rest "look" less appealing. Those two could have been keepers, but it makes knowing which seeds from each plant is going to be the potential keepers... I'm thinking I'd like to grow out some of the rest of the f2's to make several other lines of f3's.
Damn friend I love your box fan set-up. I use one too and have been for years. I will run my box fan until it don't work anymore and buy another one. Thanks for posting your work.
Which box fan set up? I've done many over the years, box fans on a light mover, the box fans hanging upside down with chains to raise and lower them.
I use a large box fan and set on the floor in the door, sucking the air out of the garden. I hang a high-velocity fan to the top of the door to blow fresh air into the garden. I have constant air exchange to keep the plants happy. Fresh air goes in at the top and old air goes out from the bottom.
The start of the update
I'm in the process of spraying the large mother plant and letting her drip dry in the shower. I'm not sure if I've mentioned that I move the plants to the shower when I spray them with anything. I can also give them a more intensive shower to wash any thing off, bugs.
Here is the only cutting that made it and survived. I rinsed most of the vermiculite from the roots before I transplanted it. I set up a 2nd water pump and timer. The first 12 hours I ran it just plugged into the outlet, then I switched to 15 on and 15 off. I'm thinking I'll be reducing that to 15 on and 45 min off soon.
I'm in the process of spraying the large mother plant and letting her drip dry in the shower. I'm not sure if I've mentioned that I move the plants to the shower when I spray them with anything. I can also give them a more intensive shower to wash any thing off, bugs.
Here is the only cutting that made it and survived. I rinsed most of the vermiculite from the roots before I transplanted it. I set up a 2nd water pump and timer. The first 12 hours I ran it just plugged into the outlet, then I switched to 15 on and 15 off. I'm thinking I'll be reducing that to 15 on and 45 min off soon.
