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NorthernKronic's 400 watt closet grow!!!

Dr Dog

Sharks have a week dedicated to me
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That sugarshack is looking NICE!!
Hopefully you get some nice strains in that variety pack

And if Core Approves, then count me in too LOL
 

SirSmokalot

My Zips Be So Fluffy The Whole Town Love Me
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hell yeah bro. props on the greenthumb. i think you will love the bubble cloner... they work great and there's not a dome or heat pad or really any maintnance. i just top itt off with a little grownute kahrma and water. extremely light dose but it keeps them from yellowing while they root and i think it helps a little, but not sure. the SS looks nice and frosty . it fattens up in the last two weeks, but not to fat. it puts alot of energy into trics. got some of inb's shack here and some of maj's shach here. they are both dank but slightly different. maj's are denser... that extra light was all the differance... INB's, his has some purps on it... both nice like yours is gonna be! well is! your cola nugs are dank lookin homie! you have a keeper in the bunch i see. mmmm
GROW SAFE!!
SIR
 

NorthernKronic

Grower of fine herbs...
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SS day 42 new clones day 18 12-3-07

SS day 42 new clones day 18 12-3-07

Core - Thanks for the approval brother :rasta:

Dr. Dog-Thanks dog, the shack is looking killer so far. I hope it puts on a bit of weight over the next two and a half weeks. I have confidence that it will bulk up soon :headbange The variety pack has good contributers so i am hoping that i will get some killer blockhead phenos. Thanks for coming by dude :wave:

Buzzed Day-
THanks bro!!!

Grunt-- Thanks dude, the shack is a keeper... there has never been any doubt about that. Oh yea congrats on your latest harvest, have fun smoking on all that AI :headbange

SIR- Hey there Sir :wave: Yea the bubble cloner seems to be working well. With the super cheap setup i have i cant take large cuttings with the bubble cloner. I hope it works!!! I the shack is going to fatten up over these last two and a half weeks. I cant wait to smoke on some sugar shack after new years. I really am going to try and let it all cure at least a month though. I want it to be really chronic by the time that i am puffing on it. It must be nice to be puffing on both Majors and INB's shacks, I have noticed that every home grower that i know has a particular flavor to the herb that they grow that is different from everyone else's. Even if they use the exact same nutes the flavors are still very different. Just something I have noticed over time :joint: I definitly think my lady is a keeper. I hope that she smokes like one. Thanks for coming by dude.


Well i took pics and wanted to upload them but the server seems to be down
:badday: Oh well, I will update as soon as they are back up. Have a great day all and grow safe. Peace,

-N.Kron:rasta:
 
hell ya homie! That SS is a monster, shes gonna make ya happy pretty soon my friend. I know you will love the bubble cloner, they are just so easy. i will check back with ya tomorrow for some snap shots. i should have some too. Peace!!
 

NorthernKronic

Grower of fine herbs...
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Dude soooooo fvcking happy to have uploading working, these pics are from last monday so almost a week ago now. Everything has gotten a lot fatter, except for the SS, she really hasnt put on very much weight, but she is still beautiful and i cant wait to smoke her.

INB
- I got some shots for your right now, but thats just to tide you all over until tonight. Had to change the setup a lot over the past week so that i could cut back my electric bill, that shit was getting out of hand... but more on that later... thanks for always coming by dude. Hope youve been riding, better bet i have...


Soo i got some shots here from last monday, wish i could have uploaded them then, but im happy enough that i can finally do it now. First up is the Sugar Shack at 42 days.. shes pretty but its not really putting on the weight like the others..




Here are the other clones at day 42, i now call this strain, Northern's Atomic Craze.. hows that sound hehehe.




Here are the new kids on the block at day 18, they are way ahead of schedule and are looking to be my best producing plants yet...




This was the veg cab on Monday night, the two mothers on the left are B and F. I put both of these plants into flower closet on Thursday night because i dont have room for them to veg anymore. They are going to be my largest plants to flower yet :muahaha: The mothers on the right are L and H, they are both still in the veg cab and will stay there for awhile. the other two big plants are both SS, the smaller one will go into flower on dec 23 and the other will stay in veg as a mother for now, or until i find a better pheno.


Now these are the two SOL MIxed seedlings that i have. They got put into dirt on thanksgiving. so there just a bit over two weeks old right now. They are gonna start getting nutes today, should help em to pick up their growth. Everything is going to be slower now that i have to use flouro's for veg....




Alrighty..... well this week had a little scare with my landlord. got a call from him saying that we were using way more power than we should have been. I explained it away as using two space heaters in the attic, but he asked us to stop using them. :badday: In response to this i had to change the garden around quite a bit. First of all i took the 400 watt MH out of the closet and put it away. It wont be coming back out anytime soon. So to replace the 400 that i took out of the flower closet i put in the 250 from the veg cab. I then took the flouro's from the clone chamber and now i am currently using them to veg my mothers and new clones all in the veg box. soooo that puts me at

VEG-120 watts of flouro for the veg box...

FLOWER-680 in the flower closet. 1 430 hps and 1 250 hps

bringing my total electrical usage to 11.04 kwh per day on electrical usage for the grow. I think that is fine, with our fridge, stove, fans etc..... it ends up to be about 19-20 kwh's per day, which will make it about 600 kwh per month witch is much more reasonable than last months reading of 1400 kwh :fsu: :cuss: :bashhead:

But now that i have done this i feel safe, back to normal power readings with only one month of extremely high use. I hope this is enough of a cut back. I dont want to have to cut back my lighting anymore, but if i have to i will. Gotta stay safe.


I will be back with an update on whats currently going on tonight when they wake up. Thanks for sticking with IC and me through the past week all, it really sucked not being able to put up these photo's to get all of your feedback.

Do you guys think i need to do anything more to cut back my electrical use. We changed all of our light bulbs from 60 watt halogens to 15 watt cfl's. I also unplug any appliance that im not using. anyone have any other ideas that might help me and my girl cut back on our electrical usage. She said we could cut it back to candle light if we have to. I love her sooo much hahahha. but i dont think i want to go that far. Thanks for stopping in everyone, I have much more to come later. Peace for now. Grow safe..

-N.Kron:rasta:
 

NiteTiger

Tiger, Tiger, burning bright...
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Lookin' beautiful NK! Had to stop by and check things out, can't believe I hadn't made it by before.

Tagged in now though :rasta:

:lurk:
 

NorthernKronic

Grower of fine herbs...
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Hey there NT:wave: thanks for taking the time to stop by and check out my little perpetual garden setup. Its been an evolving project for almost a year now. Hopefully when i move to my next residence i will have the ability to up my wattage a bit. I want to be able to run a 1000 watt flower room with c02, and keep my separate veg cabinet. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, should be fun to have you along for the ride with the rest of the great regulars that I have stopping by. Thanks for the visit bro:rasta:
 

Dr Dog

Sharks have a week dedicated to me
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Yo NK
Quite an update brother
Lots of pics, I like seeing someone else rocking reflectix too.

The SS is looking nice and sweet, should be some tasty smoke

Sucks about teh landlord dude, my landlord is the GF I know how to keep her quiet! LOL

Hopefully he no longer cares about the lights
 

NorthernKronic

Grower of fine herbs...
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DrDog-- Hey Dog, yea that shit with my landlord was stupid, I got it on the handle now though. I wish my GF was my landlord, that way i wouldn't have to worry about a damn thing. hahaha thanks for stopping by dude!

BR- Thanks buddy, means a lot coming from you. Hows that outdoor harvest treating ya, Im sure your puffin like a fiend on a stash that big hehehe. Thanks for stopping by :wave:


So tonight is day 48 of flower for the Sugar shack and the rest of the clones that went in with it. They got their last feeding two nights ago, and will be receiving only water and molasses until they are harvested in 11 days.

Next thing i have to comment on is how well this new batch of flowering plants is doing. Tonight is day 24 of flower for them and they are looking to be my best producing bunch yet. There is a big difference currently between the larger phenos and the smaller pheno's, the larger ones you will see have much larger and frostier buds than the small. This may be because they are farther away from the light because they are smaller, or because they are just prone to having smaller but denser buds, but im still not sure. I gave em their first dose of Budswel today, 1 tbsp per gallon of soil as a top dressing. I have heard that this product really helps pack on the weight, so we will see if it really makes a difference.

Here are the 3 smaller more indica phenos of Northern's Atomic Craze D, O and N




Here are the 3 larger more sativa phenos of N.A.C. M, J and A






Alright, here is the newly adapted veg cabinet, its really jank right now i know, but i just dont have the funds to invest in anymore or different lighting at the moment, this will have to suffice for now :badday:


This is a shot of what the closet looks like right now under the 1 400 watt hps. In the back is the SS its the tallest one by far. I will take a closeup later tonight. Also under the 400 are the other plants that are on day 48 and the plants that are on day 24.


Now here are the newest additions to the flower closet. Mothers of phenos B and F. They are monstrous, basically the reason i put them into flower was because i am worried that they are going to outgrow my grow area. I usually like to keep my plants to <3.5', not sure im gonna be able to do it with these girls but we will see how much bending i can do. Wish me luck :spank:


Im gonna snap some pics of the SS before i crash for the night. Im just happy i can upload pics again to show everyone how the garden is going. Hope you all like. Thanks for stopping in and grow safe everyone. Peace.

-N.Kron:rasta:
 
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SirSmokalot

My Zips Be So Fluffy The Whole Town Love Me
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nice buddy! sorry that the ss is not getting to fat for ya. honestly they dont get that huge normally. i had freaks and mad lighting. the budswell and guano helped me too. but i can tell you thee ss makes very dense buds under a 1k very dense.
i think if you ran off of 240 you would save alot on your amp usage. and a digital ballast would help. the cfl's is a good idea. so is unscrewing any unneeded lightbulbs. say for instance your ceiling fan has four bulbs i run one cfl in it. bathroom vanity bulbs are a killer too. every little corner helps save.
 

AlaskaGrows

Member
hey NK! nice update, your perpetual seems to be coming along smoothly. glad u got that landlord business settled... i got one of my own..

peace
 

Mr GreenJeans

Sat Cat
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Hiya NK :wave:
Wow, what an update! :yes: I'm sure glad we can post pics again - you've done a great job on the re-design. I think you are on the right track for the power concerns - gotta do what you gotta do. SirSmokalot raises a good point - if you can wire a 240V run down to your lights and use a 240V digital ballast, you can save quite a few amps while still pumping lots of lumens.

Congrats on the SS - you're gonna get shacked :rasta::biglaugh: Not long now!

Your young ones are looking primo.. :yes: I can vouch for the Budswell - I like topdressing the soil more than making tea - works great!
 

steve green

Member
good to hear you took care of your landloard :asskick:
im feeling your veg cab bro-it got u this far...
the sugarshack looks pretty-i hope in 11days they pack on some more weight for you- and u enjoy your harvest :rasta: if you dont mind..i'd like to pull up a seat- :lurk: Cheers N.Cronic :wave:
 

NorthernKronic

Grower of fine herbs...
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SIR- What the hell are you apologizing for? this is one of the best looking plants ive ever grown :bashhead: hahaha well it may not really have the weight it should definitely make up for it in the quality. Also i think that the next SS clone that i put into flower near this end of this month will be much bigger and fatter than this one. I will fill her up nice and fat with some budswel and guanos:headbange

Yea i know that i could use a lot less amps if I had my ballasts wired for 240, but i really dont have the time or loot to be doing that right now. I was looking at trading up my two 400's and the 250 so i could get a new 600 watt hortilux with silver star hood. Now that could be wired for 240, but i also only have one 240volt outlet and its for my stove :asskick: I changed out all of the lights to 15 watt cfl's thats seeming to help. Ive pretty much curbed my electrical usage. So i hope thats all i have to do....

AG- Whatup dude! Yea ive been trying to do the perpetual thing for a while now. I get a harvest every month now come about the 23-25 of the month. Its really nice. I want to eventually have it down to where I am harvesting every 1-2 weeks, that would really be prime in my eyes.

Just keep that landlord happy thats all that matters :muahaha:

Buzzed- As always thanks for the kind words my friend.

MGJ- Dude honestly i cant wait to get shacked! hahaha Ive been wanting to smoke this herb since i joined this site in 2006 and saw major growing it. Its a primo plant there is no doubt, hopefully in a run or two i will have her dialed :rasta:

The young ones are the ones that I'm really looking forward to seeing grow up. They are all so nicely branched that i think they will do well for me.. I also think that now that im adding budswell it will help my plants get a boost during flower. I hope it works as good for me as it did for you. Oh yea and I am also just top dressing with it, dont like how it doesnt like to get wet though... thanks for stopping by :wave:

Hey Steve Green thanks for stopping by, chill as long as you want bro!!

Well i should have some pics up later tonight of the Sugar Shack, she is slowly putting on the pounds... more like grams hahha. but its looking super dank. I cant wait to take some pics. Ill be back later. Peace.

-N.Kron:rasta:
 
Bummer about the landlord issues bro thats a major bummer. I know the SS's dont get those huge monster colas but its like they say, quality not quanity. Cant wait to see those pics bro!!!
 
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