##> The Buckit Club - DWC n00bs <##

[JoeCrowe]

 

she's growing great! Doesn't even look like there's any fertilizer stress left. very bushy in comparison.

[GonGfreak]

 

update

I have been told by the breeder that they expect me to easily yeild a half-pound from this one autoflowering plant!

[quisqueyano]

 

I figure I'd throw my hat in the ring. This is my first grow. After reading up a bunch, pulled the trigger and dove in.

As a whole room can't be dedicated to solely this, it was decided to use a side closet and split it into two chambers. Both pumps used are GH Dual diaphragm pumps. Lights setups are both Super Sun II hoods with 400W CMH for veg and 400W HPS for flower.

The plant is to use the two sides as 30-day apart flowering chambers and setting up another area for veg. For now though, it'll just be good enough if this first attempt doesn't fail. I'll think perpetual later on.

I'm using a Bluelab pH pen and their truncheon to measure EC.

For nutes, i'm keeping it simple/cheap and just using GH maxibloom dry nutes (there is a crazy long thread all about it over at icmag, search K.I.S.S.). The additives I'm using are Protekt silica and CalMag. Even though I'm using tap water, I was having mag deficiencies around weeks 2 and 3 of vegging which really slowed things down.

Anyways, this is about bubblebucket grows, not my setup...

After starting the seeds in rockwool, when they had roots all over the place I put them in this tote. I put the SLH separate in it's own bucket since it's a bagseed and I don't care too much about it.

This picture was taken April 10th or so.


This is the two timewrecks and the SLH now. The timewrecks are my roommate's responsibility while the SLH we both tend to as needed. The plants look droopy because I turned on the light just to take the picture and so they were resting/sleeping. Normally, they're very perky.



This is the vortex (my plants/responsibility). I had to scrog it cause there isn't much room as it's a side closet. The little vortex on the right, I threw in there just because I could but I topped it after the flip which really slowed it down. Thankfully the cut rooted so I have a clone for next time.





While not DWC, this is the cloner I'm using. All it has is pH adjusted tap water.



Roots after 10 days (I think).

[Butcher Bob]

 

The more folks, the merrier...I like seein how other people do theirs.



I know I sed I wuz jus gonna practice veggin over the summer, but...eh, wut the fuk....it's flowerin.

I had some other plants that needed flowerin anyways, so I figger'd why not. It's 3 days in...



The water wuz gittin low agin, so this time I went with the Bloom nutes...20ml/gal of the Micro and 20ml/gal of the Bloom. I din't TDS it, but I figger it's runnin b'tween 1600 to 1800. Maybe I'll go stick the pen in tomorrow to see.

I mixed up 3 gallons, but it only took aboot 2 to reach the net pot agin. Since she's drinkin so quick, I jus left the rest sit in the buckit...



...and that got me to thinkin. First, that I shoulda probly bottled this up insteada leavin it out in an open buckit. But more importantly, look at the color....now think of the water sample pH testers, and the color chart they use...is that a problem? I'm not exactly sure how all the chemistry works, but it would seem to me that yer results could be skewed. Anybody know?

And as a side note...I've noticed less vibration noise, as the roots have engulfed the stones.

[Shady]

 

Hell yeah! Looks like you guys are having fun gettin' yer feet wet. Bob, you're gonna need some plant support to hold up fat colas halfway through bloom...

[GonGfreak]

 

progress,and an idea of what really can be done with autoflowering strains nowadays..still under 20/4 hours of less than 350w of LEDs..the plant is around 5ft tall...sprouted on may 5th!

[Shady]

 

Originally Posted by GonGfreak

progress,and an idea of what really can be done with autoflowering strains nowadays..still under 20/4 hours of less than 350w of LEDs..the plant is around 5ft tall...sprouted on may 5th!

Looking good GonGfreak. Why not switch to 12/12? Seems like the autoflower strains benefit if you want to flower outdoors during summer...

[GonGfreak]

 

Originally Posted by Shady

Why not switch to 12/12?

Hey dude,I think the secret to coaxing the massive yields from autos is in the 20/4 regime,if you think about a photoperiod plants bloom phase of say 9 weeks of 12/12 you end up with a total of 756 lit hours for bud/resin production..If this plant takes the same 9 weeks to bloom it will have 1260 lit hours..I know which horse I would bet on!!!

[Shady]

 

Hmmm... I'd bet on a non auto. Honestly, I've never heard much about auto plants having massive yields or even that many farmers growing autos... Maybe I'm just in the dark...

[GonGfreak]

 

It may be the difference of geography..many european growers are discovering autos have come a long way-I have been growing herb for nearly 15 years man,and have tried all kinds of techniques and genetics,I was most unimpressed by the early offerings but nowadays things are different...I have personally seen a grower pull well over 11 oz of prime nug offa one auto in less than 12 weeks from start to finish,and you won't find many photo strains that can claim that kind of production...I am confident that we will ALL see more growers bothering with them in the future,especially as when dried and cured no-one will tell the difference between the quality/potency of auto/photo buds.