Short Rider From Nivana, Dwc,90w Ufo

[fruity86]

hey 4evr420 all is looking good planning on starting my fisrt DWC in a couple month when the soil grows finish so il be following how long will you be keeping them in the same rez ? im also thinking of starting 3 seeds in a 5gal bucket dew to not enough space in veg box then after a couple week veg they will be tranfered into there own 5gal bucket in flower room
also are you going to do LST a hear that the the ufo dont penitrate as far HPS/MH i may be wrong but it might be sumthing to look into happy growing

 

[4EVR420]

High Fruity86, we will be moving our babies to the large reservoir in about a week, dont want the roots to get tangled and cause root rot(again ), and hopefully no males(these are fem seeds) . sounds like you have a pretty good idea about your future dwc, looking forward to your dwc gj. do you kno wut strains you are gunna grow?
since this is only my second grow i wasnt gunna LST but then i decided to do the jager grow to practice on and then LSt the beans i paid for with the next grow. i kno the ufo doesnt pentrate like hid lights but i can put it 1.5" from the top of the plants and that does help a lot... next grow i wanna get a 400w hps for flower and use the ufo for veg or maybe clones idk
Heres some mojo for your grls!!!!!!:watchplant: :bong:

 

[fruity86]

im not sure yet there will be 3 strains i still have some off the DNAfreebies kandykush, og18, la confidential also hashplant haze, moby ****, afgan kush and im quite interested in shark breath and purple wreck so as you can see i dont have a clue
thanks for the mojo

 

[4EVR420]

Hi everyone!! Hope you all are doing as well as us. We want to say thank you for all the green MOJO, it must have done the job since we have all girls!!!

Got a bunch of pics, sorry for the poor quality... it's just a phone/camera (3mp) They all look REAL healthy... we seem to have 1 runt, but she's still kickin' strong.

also, thanks for everyone that posted about our pH not going down... we finally got it after adding 20mL of GH pH down... We've never had to add that much before... usually 3-5 drops per gallon works... oh well at least we got it fixed. :watchplant: :48:

p.s. the 'jager' can plant has spent a little too much time too close to the lights... we are using it for a little LST practice... so far ok, just need to find a place a little further from the lights.

 

[fruity86]

glad to see your trying the LST this was my first shot at it and i think il be useing it on all my grows it gives me alot more control over the plant height and hopefully less popcorn buds all looks good keep it up

 

[4EVR420]

hey fruity, thanx 4 stoopin by. you know i was a bit worried about tryin the lst but after actually handleing the plant i realized that its alot sturdier than i thought it would be. i think im gunna try it on my autos for the next grow. i really want a 400w hps so i wont get airy buds. with a 400whps and lst i think i could get some really nice buds from these autos.

 

[JustAnotherAntMarching]

4EVR Can i ask if you UFO is mixed spectrum??

If so IMO its not really the proper spectrums for vegging plants...

I do know they have some blues in there, as ive grown with LED, but at most theres prob only 10 blue LEDs in your UFO and thats just not gonna give you the veg growth your probably looking for...

IME T5's are much better then LEDs even if they are all blue, not to mention a mixed spectrum UFO...

 

[4EVR420]

hey JAAM, thanx for stopping by! you are right that there are only 10 blues in my ufo and that it it not enough to get proper growth, thats why i added 9 cfls to my set up trying to boost my lumens. the ufo works great in my stealth minifridge but as soon as i put it in my tent it lost all intensity and deffinitly does not cover a large enough area. thanks for the T5 info ill have to look into those.

 

[JustAnotherAntMarching]

No worries bro... Sry I didnt see any CFLs in the pic above...

I went down the LED path and it does work... you just need tons of them and its not cost efficient, nor do you get very dense buds...

 

[4EVR420]

JAAM wuts up,
its kinda funny, when i first looked into the leds all the info i found sounded really good, buuuutttt, now that i have resources like M.P. it turns out they dont perform as well as HID lights. As soon as i can afford a 400w hps i'll upgrade....until then i can dream of big frosty nugs...

 

[4EVR420]

Hi everyone thought we would smoke down:48: , and make a little update for all...


One of our ladies is in FULL BLOOM, and lookin mighty fine:woohoo: She has white hairs, and trichs all over!!! So far we've counted more than 9 individual colas spread out over the plant. We got ahold of a friends digi camera so there's ONE real nice pic of her... We can't even walk in the front door without smelling them, and they are in a spare room with the door closed ALWAYS. If anyone is considering this strain I would recomend investing in a carbon filter.

Another of the ladies is FULLY mature, but won't stop growing, and has not begun flowering yet. She is about 14" tall and we figure for these autos that's big...

And our littlest girl is about 6" tall and looks extremely sativa dom. She just doesn't seem to want to grow up... literally. She has alternating nodes and white hairs, just slower growing...

And lastly, our science project 'Jager'... We have topped this plant once, LST'd this plant, and removed EVERY large fan leaf... (I know I know, I don't want to hear it... It's just for an experiment) Despite my best efforts to hurt this plant it has done NOTHING but THRIVE!! It started to grow immediatly the day after it was topped and removing the fan leaves has only caused it to bush out so far. Really, just trying to learn from this one, but if it keeps on strong and becomes a girl I will clone and grow this regularly.

Guess that about covers everything... Thanks for stopping by. Be safe and keep growing all. Green mojo to everyone!!! hope you all enjoy the pics.

 

[4EVR420]

Hello to anyone who reads this alot has changed in the last 15 days and im not quite sure where to begin. I suppose i will start with little light change thats happened. When i started this grow i had one 90w ufo and two 42w cfls. From there i added eight more cfls to supplement the ufo. Well running 10 cfls and one 90w ufo was not logical for the results that i need. I was using 358w and only pushing 21000L... that makes no sense to me when i could be pushing 50000L for 42w more. So... i made a sacrifice and sold my xbox360 so i could buy a 400w lumatek w/6" cool tube(i think i have an addiction:hubba: ). Now its only been a week since i installed my new toy but i can already see my ladies are loving it.:woohoo: They are swelling up nicely now and all i can do is sit here and drool over them.
And on to other news, on day 45 one of the ladies was ready for the chop. She had about 25% amber trichs, so the wife and i decided to take a little sample. Well after quick drying a little bud we tossed it in the vape and :bongin: , needless to say(but i will) it totaly rocked us. For me it was the most energetic high i have ever had, i could'nt sit still my heart was racing for about a half an hour and all of a sudden i needed to clean the house... well after an 2 hours of cleaning and rearanging the house the munchies kicked in hardcore. All in all i love this smoke, and i have this sense of pride now, every time i get high now i know who grew it, ME, and that feels good!
And last but not least my jager experiment...well i ended up transplanting it into a 1.5 gal kitty litter jug and giving it a good tie down. A little LST never hurt anybody:giggle: and she seems to really enjoy it. She now has 11 tops and is looking gorgeous. 5 days ago she lifted her skirt for me :hubba: and showed me a thing or two. i am very excited for this girl because i am going to get to practice cloning and the art of bonsai! If she gives me some good smoke i plan on keeping her around for a long time.
One more thing, since i have the hps now my led is freed up to be used in my stealth minifridge. I can now veg(for a short time) and clone using it, which will alow for a perpetual harvest. At least my wife has been able to see the fruits of our labor now and will allow me to upgrade again soon
Thanx for stopping by! 4EVR420

 

[4EVR420]

These pictures are from a while ago but you get the idea

 

[fruity86]

very nice im glad you made the change you wont regret it for sure
i no wot you mean when you say addiction i just spent over £200 on a load of new gear bulbs shade nuts buckets the lot ready for my big switch to hydro and ive only just started flowering my soil grow keep it up man you doing a fine job

 

[4EVR420]

fruity86, Thank you for the kind words it means alot coming from an experienced grower. i cant wait for your new grow journal i will deffinatly be along for the ride.

 

[docfishwrinkle]

hell yeah 4evr420! sacrifice, & ye shall reap great rewards. lol yeah im blazed. looks lik etheyll be in heaven now. maybe use the ufo for a frisbee w/ that dog of yours w/ kryptonite for eyes. yeah one more thing n a serious note b4 i go rip another 1. you must replace that cheap *** plastic dryer vent w/ foil kind or better yet metal flex. we dont want yah to burn anything but weed. ok couple other things. get a 90 to cut that corner coming off the cool tube & if you have the funds go to depot & get a sheet of polished aluminum (hammered aluminum perferably). dont usually have but 1 time i did see it. gut that internal reflector out & throw that external one out. retro fit sheet of aluminum above & you have a much more efficient light

 

[docfishwrinkle]

it def throws a better footprint

 

[4EVR420]

hi Doc, i really like that reflector you have there, i just might have to give that a try. As for the dryer vent tubing it really doesnt get that hot but you're right it probably isnt safe. it was all i had when i hooked up the new light. oh, and i do plan on connecting a 90 degree elbow to decrease air resistance coming out of the cool tube, i just havnt had the time or money as of late.
also i dont think i can use the led for a frisby my wife would kill me, that and theres the fact that it would be a $200 frisby you know, it does work well on smaller plants, for vegging, but the foot print and intencity are deffinatly not enough for flowering.

Thanks for checking out my journal and thank you for the tips on the new light, i will get that plastic tubing out asap.

 

[4EVR420]

So this is what happens when you start off small... it keeps growing and growing!! I cant wait for the next evolution of my grow!:hubba: