Mastergrow's Crazy Closet Techniques

[Guest]

I've decided not to use the floor lights during veg in the future. Plants don't need as much light during veg, and started thinking that I was just wasting power. I actually think the young plants did better w/o them.

I went to 12/12 yesterday, and I will turn the floor lights back on in a week or so...they do make quite a difference in flower. This past grow (plants pictured earlier in the thread) yielded just over 11 ozs of dried, manicured bud from 9 plants.

BTW, I traded the Sony S60 for a Nikon 4600....much better macros!

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Big Bud x Bogglegum seed

"Magic Bud" bud from last grow

 

[Guest]

Well, it's been awhile so I figured I'd post some of the latest pics from "the closet" lol.

Here it is @ 45 days 12/12....

and here are some of the plants...
Nirvana Papaya...

Nirvana Blue Mystic....

and Wallyduck's Pineapple C99xGrapefruit

I've already got seedlings going for the next grow.... Nirvana AK-48 and Ice, Reservoir's Bottle Rocket, and my own Bogglegum f2s.

MG

 

[Guest]

Mastergrow,Thanks for the look and a good read I just love the last photo of your ladies they are sweet and your camera skills are looking great also.Peace and stay safe dequilo

 

[Guest]

Mastergrow,Thanks for the look and a good read I just love the last photo of your ladies they are sweet and your camera skills are looking great also.Peace and stay safe dequilo

Thank you for the kind words dequilo...you humble me. As for my camera skills... I am pretty new to digicams, and for every good shot I save, I delete about 10 pathetically bad ones . I'm afraid Nikon deserves most of the credit.

Hopefully, will see you 'round the forums!

MG

 

[Guest]

Very nice closet. FYI for veg you can run a MH bulb in your HPS fixture, the only difference b/t the two ballasts is HPS requires a ignitor while MH does not, which is why a MH bulb is fired up by a HPS ballast, but not vice versa, because the MH ballast lacks and ignitor.

 

[Guest]

Very nice closet. FYI for veg you can run a MH bulb in your HPS fixture, the only difference b/t the two ballasts is HPS requires a ignitor while MH does not, which is why a MH bulb is fired up by a HPS ballast, but not vice versa, because the MH ballast lacks and ignitor.

Hi northernlightss...Interesting...I never heard that before, but I'm no electrician...lol.
I have a switchable ballast anyway.

I used to use the MH bulb in veg, but it produced too much heat for me to manage in the summer. I used a Hortilux HPS bulb in veg w/ this last grow, but I am going back to the MH in veg for the next grow. It does keep the plants somewhat shorter and stockier than the Hortilux. In the future, I'm just gonna use the Hortilux during veg in the hot summer months.

MG

 

[Guest]

nice trees, what size are they when you flower them?

 

[Guest]

nice trees, what size are they when you flower them?

Thank you GB... I turned the lights back @ 44 days (18/6) this time. The plants were about 24" then. After flowering stretch, plants ended up being between 3 and 6 feet tall.

The shorter plants I sit atop other pots or buckets, and if the taller ones are over 5 feet, I bend the top....gives a pretty even canopy that way.

MG

 

[Opt1983]

Hello Mastergrow, Very sweet looking pics there , even for a cam noobie! That pic of your Pineapple C99 x Grapefruit has givin me motivation! I think imma go with Wally's Pineapple C99x Blackberry when i order some new seeds in the coming months!
How is that performing for u? staying nice and somewhat squat at all? tight buds?
And how bout that Papaya! my favorite thing ive grown to date, such a nice plant she is! -Opt

 

[Guest]

Hello Mastergrow, Very sweet looking pics there , even for a cam noobie! That pic of your Pineapple C99 x Grapefruit has givin me motivation! I think imma go with Wally's Pineapple C99x Blackberry when i order some new seeds in the coming months!
How is that performing for u? staying nice and somewhat squat at all? tight buds?
And how bout that Papaya! my favorite thing ive grown to date, such a nice plant she is! -Opt

Hello Opt1983...

Thanks for the compliments. I like the sound of the C99x Blackberry, and C99x Blueberry too! Hopefully I will get around to them in the future.

My Pineapple C99 x Grapefruit was a dream to grow! I vegged her for 44 days, and she only got about 3' tall....not bad for 100% Sativa! She was shorter than both the Papaya and the Blue Mystic. Buds are tight and heavy, and this plant has the most trichs of any plant I have grown. I chopped her on Friday 2/10 @ 59 days flower, and these are the pics I took just before chop:

The Papaya is nice...I have sampled a couple buds after only a week or so of cure, and it is smooth, tasty, and stoney. She should be fantastic after a couple months in the jars!

Good luck w/ your grows!
MG

 

[Guest]

Nice setup - its what I was going to do, but I ended up putting a C25 in my closet instead. Now I am glad I did it this way cause I need to move out.

 

[Mr GreenJeans]

Hiya MG

Wow, that Pineapple C99 x Grapefruit looks mighty frosty, nicely filled in! congrats on a fine grow!

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys...

Welcome to IC jumblyjoe!

Always nice to see you pop in Mr GreenJeans!

MG