Ill_Evan

Did you spray the neem oil during the day or night? It might be a combination of cold and the neem oil spray. 

3 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

Hahahah nice, yeah Ripper does proper work. What made you decide on them? 

BnB had a special on them and I was interested in the Zkittlez part of the ZxP. The ZxP was so great I tried more of their stuff. So far I'm keeping three of their strains.

3 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

yeyeyeee what you got planned?

Probably more Ripper Seeds  but I'm not sure. Maybe even get a cut from a homie of something they are rocking. I'm open to ideas. 

2 minutes ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

Oh shit yeah then you are lucky, but I do have to say that you're selecting good breeders too  

I've been a Ripper Seeds whore through and through for a long while now, all my strains are Ripper Seeds. 

3 minutes ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

You plan to make any of your own seeds with those genetics you collecting? 

I would like way more space and plants to do selections for breeding. I will leave it to the experts for now  

I actually want to buy something new soon for after my one small tent is done. I have the opportunity and space. 

2 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

The ph down is for hydro growers, if you're in an organic setup you use organic inputs to control ph (bakin soda for ph up and vinegar for ph down) though you basically never want to do this it will only be the last resort when your soil media is locked in an undesired ph range.

Agreed. Stopped pH'ing organic soil/nutrients and it was probably the best organic run I ever did. 

12 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

You really don't have to do any digging at all to find a good pheno when selecting the right seeds. Did you clone them all to select a keeper or how do you plan future grows with the new genetics? If I remember correctly you ran your zurple punch pheno quite a few times?

I honestly think I am just lucky when it comes to the strains/genetics. I got the ZxP from a pack of 3 seeds of which only 1 grew, so there was zero pheno hunting. I have grown it now for more than two solid years. I just kept cloning before switching to flower to preserve the strain. Now with the new genetics I try keep an original mother plant that I bonsai and take clones from. 

I'll pop the seeds, clone before flowering, keep the clones until I've cured the buds and then do the final selection. Most times though I can get a really good idea of which plants I can shortlist by the time I harvest, considering the way the plants grew up until that point. 

Some cheeky pics. Harvest window ETA is in about a week ie. ~7 July. 

 All the same strain, but some variance between the plants 

The frost is at least looking clean. It smells great! The bud is pretty leafy though. Trim time is longer but there's always plenty sugar trim for other things. 

19 hours ago, iGrowDagga said:

Is Crex Cannasaurus Rex on Instagram?

Negative. Crex's Instagram is this.

45 days since flip to flower. Getting some fade on some plants but also a colour shift on others  I am starting to experience more variance from this strain. Making me suspicious. Could this be what they call genetic variance? I've been cloning the shit out of this strain now for three years and only really started keeping a mother plant recently. Up until then I just took clones before flipping the tent. I had a feeling in my bones to prepare for such an event and that's why I did the organic tent above with new strains (Radical Juice + Zombie Bride).

Honestly the Radical Juice claps me too hard, like it makes me uncomfortable, especially the chosen pheno that at this point is already all gone. The people love to use it, but it isn't for me. The Zombie Bride is way more mellow and something I personally enjoy toking anytime of day. Doesn't get you too monged, can wake and bake with it, and it comes down to a chill vibe. 

It'd be a bleak day chopping the ZxP. 

@PsyCLown

2 hours ago, AK-47 Gold Arabesque said:

When a grow is done, should you rinse heavily with just balanced water to clear out the coco of any residual salt buildup? That makes sense, but then I imagine you would also need to buffer it again (with calmag) before starting the next grow. 

Preferably with a chelate solution like FlashKleen. Do until runoff shows low enough EC. I'd recommend adding a little fresh coco anyways though if reusing. 

2 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

I know mr.Third Evan the master grows with salt, maybe he can confirm this or tell me how far off I am.

You are correct. In fact I am not sure how I have gotten away this far with the bottom feeding autopots with no runoff. Maybe because there is no excess at all due to each pot being independently regulated so each pot only gets as much as that specific plant needs. I also have oxygen pumped to the bottom of each pot so it doesn't really just "sit" in the nutrient feed. I also agree that the medium should remain relatively moist for coco/hydro growing. I've managed to finally get that right with the autopots by developing the root system substantially before switching to the reservoir for the bottom feeding. It causes a wicking effect which draws moisture all the way from the bottom to up the pot. 

I will say though, reusing the medium was a major fail last time I did it, most likely because of the salt buildup. 

12 hours ago, AK-47 Gold Arabesque said:

Wanted to ask, what week are the plants at here? As it is your first picture of the new grow, I'm not sure of the age. Seems you already defoliated the whole lower part?  Is that something you can get away with doing early during veg for photoperiods?  I assume the plant didn't stretch that high without any lower leaves or offshoots  Could be wrong through.  Thanks in advance! 

I don't really count weeks in vegetative state, but those plants are roughly 1.5 months from cloning. I've already topped and trained them and I'm still hand watering to develop the root zone before switching on the reservoir for the autopots. 

I will keep at least 4-5 branches and cut away the bottom branches as I go. This strain is well suited for training and I wouldn't try this style with any strain. I've had some belly-up grows because of trying to train a new strain far too much. 

You just gotta find the one that will fit your grow style  takes time but is well worth it. 

Halfway through flower. Cleaned up the canopy and defoliated the lower to mid branches. All good in the hood. 

@AK-47 Gold Arabesque

Great start, good equipment, solid method. You should have a really good run with this. 

19 days since flip. Nice preflower development so far. Clean under the net, environment is also tops. Happy with the grow so far. 

2 hours ago, Stinger96 said:

These Are such a bad representation of Ethos genetics.!

Bummer about the seeds dude. I have been hearing a lot of similar things regarding Ethos in general. Probably not the fault of Ethos, I think somewhere during the supply chain a batch of seeds must've spoiled. 

6 hours ago, TheLazyFisherman said:

During the lockdown there was no Biobizz Biobloom. I had Grow and used TA tripart bloom with good results on a 15 plant run. 

You can do it this way around no problem. 

7 hours ago, Apoche Alypse said:

I'm going into last few weeks of flower and wondering if I could add the bloom booster to the tri part or feed it on separate days or Can they even be fed to the same plant at all?

As far as I know, salt nutes kill the micro life in a soil. Also, you'd probably be using an inert medium such as coco which has no micro life to begin with. Adding organic bloom nutrients would essentially do nothing in my understand. 

Happy to be corrected though, just going on my knowledge. 

20 hours ago, CoolJ said:

Just throwing a spanner in the works here but have a look at Secret Jardin tents.

I got myself one last year and love that I can place my vents and outlets where I want to.

Definitely more custom. It's nice to be also able to decide the sizes of the outlets. Only problem is resale. It's never a guarantee the next guy will want the same configuration, if you happen to get a little wacky. 

Put in the net and gave the bottom branches a final trim. I should be good from here until full flower. Canopy is looking real good and level. 

One week since flip. 

For science! 

3 hours ago, koosjr said:

To get down to 40% is very rare in natural conditions so I highly doubt your figures.

What I suspect is that you used one of these electronics Temperature/humidity meters to give an indication.

Definitely true. In that case disregard all my measurements. 

The dehumidifier and tent plus ventilation might be a factor as well. 

3 hours ago, koosjr said:

https://migrolight.com/blogs/grow-light-news/cheap-par-meter-hack-use-a-lux-meter-to-measure-par-accurately
 

Perhaps not a bad ay of doing it initially.

I'm aware of MiGro, clever dude. You can definitely do it that way as well. 

They were like R12k easy when they first came to the country. There were a few guys that would lease them out a day at a time so guys could just calibrate their setups. I'm sure there are still a few grow shops that would do it, or at least know of someone with it. 

In the pursuit of obtaining the perfect environment, the optimum vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is used in order to program your perimeters. 

I wouldn't worry too much about CO2 unless you're going to push your umol past 700 and do CO2 injection. 

You'll probably forget about the lux once it's dialed in during setup and after a few runs. 

1 hour ago, koosjr said:

The question is then: Is LOW humidity often a problem in a cannabis room, or only high humidity. The latter can at least be catered for by either the AC unit or adding some fresh air.

I would rather have a grow room in low humidity during the entire run than I would want a room with high humidity. They say you want a humidity of 60% during veg and below 40% for flower. I have grown a full cycle with a room below 40%. I have only ever experienced bud rot and fungus issues if the environment goes above 60%. This can also happen very quickly so even if you experience a high humidity for an hour or two like during loadshedding it could cause issues. You don't want to give any latent spores in the air any reason to bloom. 

1 hour ago, koosjr said:

OK, so the umol values are probably not related to lux as the lux meters are tuned to measure human perception.

Do you get a specific meter or sensor for that?

Apogee makes a par meter, locally it would be something like this.