4 plants in autopot under vipar spectra ks3000

[brettdawg]

2 Weeks flower today.
autopots doing good.
Feeding 1.8 ec.
Strains are
3 moby dick
1 jealousy
Lights on 100% now.
Using coco 80 and 20 perlite
Using airbases but not domes.

Wil try the air domes one day
feeding cana a &b
calmag
Canazyme
flower burst
and a drio line cleaner

Video below is from day 12
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[brettdawg]

Wana try this also one of the times one big tray with one valve. Saw it earlier

 

[brettdawg]

Need to get in tent and defoliate asap.
Day 16 bloom today.
Videos after. 2-3 branches need tying over

 

[brettdawg]

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[Pipecarver]

Wana try this also one of the times one big tray with one valve. Saw it earlier

View attachment 52153

He's having trouble with roots coming out the bottom of the pots, forgot to put control pads in the pots, I've been trying to encourage him to come over here off Reddit.

I love his set up, it'll be interesting to watch.

 

[brettdawg]

He's having trouble with roots coming out the bottom of the pots, forgot to put control pads in the pots, I've been trying to encourage him to come over here off Reddit.

I love his set up, it'll be interesting to watch.

Yh wil be mate. Becus id rather put more plants in and flip quicker.

Need more people with autopots.
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Mine day 16flower today they have exploded everywhere hopefully the stretch slows this week.
I Jus pulled a load of leaves and put yoyo clips on to the taller branches to bring them down abit


The video was before defol.
Wil send anuva after defol tomorrow or later.
Also wil remove more off the lowers

 

[brettdawg]

I uses this a week before flip.
Got refil coming tomorrow
Set rez ph 5.6 to allow for a little drift .always drifts at base of auto pot tray and wil drift a bit again at root level.

 

[brettdawg]

Tried to minimise stretch by keeping night and day temps exact same didnt work for these two strains

 

[brettdawg]

He's having trouble with roots coming out the bottom of the pots, forgot to put control pads in the pots, I've been trying to encourage him to come over here off Reddit.

I love his set up, it'll be interesting to watch.

Theyl prob jus brown off and die once light gets to them

 

[brettdawg]

3 weeks in sunday ay to chek calender, so day 19 today bud size on the.moby dick looking good.
Jealousy a bit behind which i expected.

Jus trimmed bottoms an few more leaves off and took some monster clones wil root bit prob take bit longer being few weeks in to flower
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[brettdawg]

Wil more than likely take a few more leaves over next few days. Lights on fukll.
ec 1.8
Ph in rez 5.7 just.

 

[brettdawg]

Drinking 20 litres every 4 days at moment.

 

[Pipecarver]

Wil more than likely take a few more leaves over next few days. Lights on fukll.
ec 1.8
Ph in rez 5.7 just.

Yikes, you're going to remove more solar panels?.....I like my leaves on the plants and only remove what I have to, Any covering bud sites or blocking air flow, you have lots of air flow and limited leaves, are you sure you want to strip more off?

 

[brettdawg]

Yikes, you're going to remove more solar panels?.....I like my leaves on the plants and only remove what I have to, Any covering bud sites or blocking air flow, you have lots of air flow and limited leaves, are you sure you want to strip more off?

Il chek them in a few more days see how they look. See if anything is geting bloked

 

[Star Dog]

I agree with @Pipecarver I've read some theories on defoliation but I don't subscribe to any of them, leafs are the foundation of photosynthesis or growth, even the leafs not catching light still absorb Co2, transpire water and store starches which gets used during the dark period.
That's asily verifiable with a simple iodine staining test done before and after light on ...its iron clad science.

With leafs of it

The buds didn't really see light as such, it's leafs that need light afaik?

 

[brettdawg]

I agree also. Provides energy to the plant .thats y i left plenty on mine theyl be fine. Il only remove some eya and there throughout if they blocking bud sites.

 

[brettdawg]

Alot of times i defoliate to help lower humidity, mines 63 at moment temperature 27-28.which is ok.with co2.. wen i took video tent had been open a while so temps dropped.
By week 5 il have dehumidifer in there on continuous drain to lower humidity..

 

[Pipecarver]

Alot of times i defoliate to help lower humidity, mines 63 at moment temperature 27-28.which is ok.with co2.. wen i took video tent had been open a while so temps dropped.
By week 5 il have dehumidifer in there on continuous drain to lower humidity..

If I can see the floor through my canopy I figure I've plucked off too many leaves, I'm at 5 weeks now with my batch and I took off a few of the leaves pointing north but I'm leaving the rest on. Not to say I'm right, fk no I've no idea really I just go by feel, I've seen pro's strip their plants to the bone and produce big bad beauties so who fking knows but this is mine now

 

[brettdawg]

If I can see the floor through my canopy I figure I've plucked off too many leaves, I'm at 5 weeks now with my batch and I took off a few of the leaves pointing north but I'm leaving the rest on. Not to say I'm right, fk no I've no idea really I just go by feel, I've seen pro's strip their plants to the bone and produce big bad beauties so who fking knows but this is mine nowView attachment 53204

Yeh ive saw ppl tek loads off and get massive buds also. Suppose its strain dependant and how they bounce back.
Yours looking good didnt you say you battling with humidity.
Maybe removing some leaves would help a bit i also like to remove some leaves if they am over lapping others due to the increase chance of mold and mildew forming.

 

[brettdawg]

As anyone used the air domes? id like to see a side by side conparison.

 

[Pipecarver]

I use them, home made versions with air stones, this pic is with an air net I cut the rim off, works like a dome

 

[brettdawg]

Looks good. They aint much anyway are they so might try them one of the times. how loud are they?

 

[Pipecarver]

Yeh ive saw ppl tek loads off and get massive buds also. Suppose its strain dependant and how they bounce back.
Yours looking good didnt you say you battling with humidity.
Maybe removing some leaves would help a bit i also like to remove some leaves if they am over lapping others due to the increase chance of mold and mildew forming.

Yes, humidity can be an issue but it's the pots keeping my medium moist and trays of water the plants are sitting in causing most of the problem. I do remove leaves, I trim I don't defoliate, I want my leaves sucking up the light for as long as I can keep them on.

I still have 1 of these big leaves on my 5 week flowering Wedding Cake, its on the outer edge down low with nothing below it, I'd normally trim it off but it's so fking big I'm just wanting to watch it grow.

 

[brettdawg]

I used to put per perlite or the clay pebbles on top.. try to.keep the moisturie in.

Yh big leaf that.

 

[Pipecarver]

I used to put per perlite or the clay pebbles on top.. try to.keep the moisturie in.

Yh big leaf that.

Likes its food....I can relate

 

[Pipecarver]

Looks good. They aint much anyway are they so might try them one of the times. how loud are they?

The air pumps? no almost silent, I have a 4 port I use for my 6 pots, I put splitters on 2 to give me 6 output lines. It doesn't take a lot of air to get the benefit of using them in the pots.