PK from SR-71 in Coco w/ House and Garden Coco Nutes.

[ViktorVaughn]

Thought I would start a thread about about a grow with this set-up as I have heard so much contrary info not only for SR-71 cuts but for Canna vs. House and Garden nutes. It seems everyone on this site prefers the Canna but I was guided to house and Garden by more than 1 hydro store employees,... So if you are curious follow along.

 

[East Valley]

Cool! Looking forward to it.

East Valley

 

[ViktorVaughn]

Photos that bring us to today.

Photos that bring us to today.

Just moved the girls into the flowering room from under a 224W compact fluorescent fixture to under a 600w HPS reflector bulb attached to an agrmover, light mover. Will cut the light back either tomorrow or the next day.

 

[ViktorVaughn]

More Details

More Details

So they have been in the coco for 11 days and in addition to the A&B nute schedule the H&G root stimulator is being used. In those 11 days a 5% neem solution was added every two days for bugs and PM. The clones are planted in 2 gallon mesh bottom plastic pots and as of their move into the flowering chamber all but the smallest clones' roots were already growing out the bottom.

 

[meduser180056]

Nice show. I'll be watching. I'm about to do a coco drip and I will be running some of the SR-71 PK so I'm very interested to c how it goes for you.

BTW I've been growing the SR-71 PK for over a year now soil style though. I can't wait to c how she does in coco.

You won't be disppointed she's the best cut they carry IMO.

 

[ViktorVaughn]

Meduser

Meduser

I am glad to hear it. This will be my first encounter with PK. I forgot to mention that the babies are drip fed as well. I would be interested in being informed as to how your grow goes if you have the time.

 

[Tha-GOD]

MF DOOM baby... Digs that avatar and name playboy.. Oh is that a Gavita with a reflector? Cause them joints got built in reflectors my jig.

 

[Neptune]

need more info:

why are there 4 big, and 4 littles?

what was the veg period for each of these gropups (big and little)?

are you finding the little group, PK( i assume), to be very fucking slow at vegging?
The roots sure do grow quickly, but the plant itself seems to be almost STALLED>?

I think we planted our SR71 PKs on the same day, mine are also 11 days veg in rockwool. Will be interesting to follow this, mind If I post up some pics for comparison?

 

[ViktorVaughn]

4 big 4 little

4 big 4 little

Neptune: I bought all the clones on the same day and all the rockwool cubes were labeled with the same date- I had payed for six clones and two looked undersized in comparison to the others and so they gave me two extra. Of those two one took off and one didn't, but one of the littler ones of the original six is large now, so we will have to see. In the bay area clone thread some people have reported getting two obviously different strains from SR-71 when they were told they were getting only one type. I don't think this is the case but who knows? Me probably in a couple of weeks! Post away with the pics! I would love the knowledge gained from comparison.

 

[meduser180056]

ViktorVaughn- If you don't mind me asking how much were those clones when you got em $8 or $5?

You should be able to tell if the little ones are also PK. PK is easy to recognize.
Short Sqat slow veg big ass leaves. All the other strains at SR are very different.
The little ones were probably cut more recently or something.

 

[ViktorVaughn]

meduser

meduser

I paid 8$ the 27th of June

 

[clowntown]

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[ViktorVaughn]

Problem

Problem

So two days into the flowering chamber and the plants leaves are not as green and have taken to curling under. Could the light be too bright or could it be a nutrient deficiency? If you look at the attached pics and have an opinion, let me know. My nutes are at 1.3 ec and 5.6 pH.

 

[Guest]

Hi VictorVaughn. Grow's lookin good man. What kinda coco ya using?

I picked up some leaf curl during my last grow and it stayed with me the whole grow, lol. In my case it was apparently a pheno thing. If you're measuring runoff (works for me) your pH should be within 5.5-6.2 - preferably about 5.8. Any more than that and ya could be locking something out but I'm sure you know this.

Measure runoff, flush with pot size X 3 if it's out of whack, re-feed with regular dose of nutes or ease it up if you think it needs it, and always water at least once a day till about a 15%-20% runoff. Just my .02 worth.

I don't think it's a light related prob.

Peace

 

[ViktorVaughn]

Update

Update

So, I measured the runoff and it seems to be within the targets. They have been foilar fed some Epsom salts to correct a possible magnesium deficiency. The leaves looked decidedly unsucculent so I do not think that it is a pheno-typical trait. Hopefully it either is corrected by the foilar feeding or it fixes itself. The coconut being used is a 50L bag of B'Cuzz. The report on this product was that it needed no rinsing but the initial runoff H20 was at 3.0 EC or something ridiculous like that so it was rinsed to have a runoff below .4 EC. If the problem exists next week each pot will have to be flushed but it would seem that they couldn't have built up that many salts in three weeks of feeding 3x a day,... but nothing is impossible soooo. We'll see!

 

[clowntown]

That's interesting. I've also read that B'Cuzz and Canna are usable right out of the bag. Although I have not yet had problems using Canna Coco right out of the bag, I'll test the runoff when I get a chance. What precise method are you using to test your runoff?

Do you have any experience with Canna's, and if so how does B'Cuzz compare? I've heard that the B'Cuzz stuff is even finder than Canna's.

 

[ViktorVaughn]

Testing Runoff

Testing Runoff

I top an amount of coco with water let it sit fifteen minutes, let what water will run off run off then squeeze the water to be tested from the coco. I can't remember how or why I devised this method. Probably from a thread on IC somewhere. Anyway what I definitely remember about testing the B'Cuzz that way was that it registered on my Truncheon higher than I would ever bring my nute concentration and commented so to my girlfriend. She is as tired of me rinsing coco as I am. It is very time consuming, and a grow was lost to salt damaged plants. I had never thought to check salt within the coco on the first two grows with coco (I had been using Canna coco slabs then switched to a Botanicare bale) and then the plants just kept shriveling up. I caught info on the problem on the threads here but it was too late. Since then, canna coco can't be found anywhere in the north bay and all others have required rinsing regardless of what they say about their product. Probably more info than needed about my trials and tribulations but, there hasn't been a grow here that rivals those first two yet and I keep hoping to hammer out the problems before they arise.

 

[ViktorVaughn]

Update

Update

Just wanted to update with some photos. These were taken 6 days into flower. One photo is with the flash. The yellower one is without. All 8 of the clones are showing preflowers already. This is the soonest I have ever witnessed this after flipping the light.




Looking good so far I think.

 

[meduser180056]

Looking nice and happy.

Wow those smaller ones really are smaller. What a pain in the butt. You got those the same day?

I'm surprised you gave SR a chance again after reading that AK report you put up.

You'll definetly be happy with the quality of the bud on the PK maybe not the yield tho.

Thanx for that AK report BTW. After reading that I'm not going anywhere near that clone.

 

[ViktorVaughn]

Size

Size

It is weird isn't it. Yeah, same day-same clone supposedly. I always blame myself for weird shit like that though. But really everything has been the same between each one once they got here. I am convinced it is just my luck!