New Place, New Grow

[basement420]

Well here I am again to update this post. I have rolled the timer back to the 12/12 cycle. The Screen is really full, due to the fact that I waited to flip till this morning instead of saturday, I was out of town for the weekend unexpectedly. The plants are all doing very well I think. I am running a PH of 5.9 and by accident, but with no negative repercussions yet (2 days), a ppm of 1500. I am going to add back plain water tomorrow, probably a total of about 1/3 of the system so I can bring that down. The Kali Mist is the monster in this set of plants the main trunk is almost twice the size of any other plant I have growing. I plan to train through the stretch some more than let them start vertical canopy growth by this weekend I believe. Here are some pics, nothing fancy yet again but hopefully soon we will begin to see some nice bud formations in a week or two.

 

[MedTokeRx]

looking good bro! whered you get that screen?

 

[basement420]

Thanks, the screen is actually made up of four smaller screens sections that were originally part of a modular shelving system from ikea.

 

[stoned teacher]

Ready for takeoff!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[basement420]

So it has been one week since the flip to 12/12 now and they are just starting to show some bud development. I have started the Veg/Clone area above this grow and will post pictures once finished but for now I have also made progress on enclosing the room and installing the carbon filter, both are now done. Ph is still sitting at 5.9 it barely ever moves at all, kinda nice being so stable. PPMs are at 1300 now using GH Micro/Bloom + floralicious + Liquid Koolbloom.



Still training to the screen and it seems to be going well, not great but well:



Bud Development:



And I finally got my daytime temps down to where I would like them now at 77 instead of 84:

 

[basement420]

So its only been two days since my last post but alot has happened, at least in my book. I got the closet enclosed and bought a stanley blower and installed it to cool the 600W and the cabinet. Created intakes for passive intake and have achieved negative pressure. Plumbed in the carbon filter after refilling with fresh carbon. Trained some more, but now I think training is over just gonna let them grow. With adding the stanley blower and removing the 4" inline I have managed to get my temps down even better to a max of 76*. PH is at 5.8 and PPM is 1100. Seems to be going very well. Gonna have to get in there today and trim some of the undergrowth as it is getting pretty dark under there now. Here are some pics:

 

[basement420]

I don't think anyone even looks at this but oh well

I don't think anyone even looks at this but oh well

Ok, now two weeks into flowering, Cant complain about any aspect of the grow yet. The green crack has caught up, not much, but will be a viable plant still. I have the 600W lower than before as with the fan running it is much cooler, so hopefully that is helping the plants. The PH is set at 5.8 and a PPM of 1300. I removed the air-stones from the reservoir for use in the cloner, but I installed a two way splitter on the H2O pump, both outlets of the splitter have their own valves. One goes to the feed ports on the buckets and the other outlet points straight up into the reservoir and allows for both water movement and some oxygenation. Here are some pics:

 

[crzygirl]

Very nice setup, looks good in there!
Will be watching on this one

 

[stoned teacher]

I'm checking.....
Looks real healthy...Keep it up you'll be real happy with the results!

 

[Drt9288]

very nice grow. I just took my seat....

 

[The Slickster]

It's filling in nicely basement420, perhaps that GC clone didn't acclimate to the high PPM's as it is not said to feed high. Do you have 2 clones now, and were you going to flower one out and veg the other to get a mother for clones or just flower them both? Keep on lowering that light as much as you can over your scrog as the temps cool the room and nutrient solutions. There will be more dissolved oxygen in the reservoir and oxygen as well as CO2 that the plant can pull more from as the light sucks nutrients up the plant and causes more transpiration in fueling photosynthesis.

 

[basement420]

Thanks, Slickster. That might be with the GC but i truly credit it to the first week or so when the air line to the bucket got clogged and I didn't notice, my bad. I have two clones of each strain I am currently running being made, a SSH(romulator cut) clone, and two unsexed Pine Tar Kush Seeds going. I am going to have four ready for right as harvest happens so I can put them into the 12/12 system, and then the others will be kept as moms I will be trying to bonsai them. The light is about as far down as it can go now as the vent system is cramping it all up.

 

[basement420]

Ok well now for an update, here is day 21. The plants are all doing very well in my opinion, temps in the room are now 76* during day, and the ladies are using a good portion of nute solution daily. White hairs are getting larger and more plentiful now. I personally am getting pretty excited about them, I think the yield will be good and I hope that the strains are as good as I think they will be. Green Crack is the furthest forward development wise but the rest are not far behind at all. Ph is now set at 5.7 and the PPMs were 1100 when I got up this morning but I have done an add back of water and lucas + koolbloom + Floralicous not sure on the PPMs yet as it needs a few minutes to circulate before i get an accurate reading. I anticipate the solution being around 1380 ppm. Here are some pics:

 

[stoned teacher]

Looking real healthy....You won't be disappointed in the results

Glad to see they're not stretching too much for you...

 

[basement420]

Teach - Thanks, they have not stretched too bad, they are still stretching though at day 21, so hopefully they will lose some steam here soon and start packing on the weight.

 

[basement420]

Had the day off so decided to take some pics of the girls, they are doing fine PH is 5.8 and PPMs actually turned out higher than thought they are at 1450 probably as high as I will go, I think. Here are some pics:

 

[Dr Dog]

Looks great basement

Nice full screen, will look fantastic once the buds start really packing it on

Strong work

 

[basement420]

Thanks, Dr Dog. I cant wait for the buds to start packing on, I am sure this will be the most productive grow of mine so far.

 

[crzygirl]

Hey basement, your room is looking delicious! Whats the model number for your Sunleaves DuraPump, and is it running your four buckets and your res tank? One more question, what kind of air stones are you using? Thanks!

 

[basement420]

crzygirl- Thanks for the good words. Here is the air pump I am using:
Sunleaves DuraPump Air (SDA530) it is the 600gph pump and I have it running simply to just the four buckets. It is pretty loud though so think about that if you are considering it. I dont aerate the res with an air pump. i have the H2O pump split so that one output goes to the bucket's feed system and the other outlet shoots up into the res creating a surface turbulence.