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Grump's Power Plant Grow.

it depends on the system, but yes, heavy defoliation and eliminating anything that's not going to produce usable product early in flower would help bulk up and produce more uniform flower sets. allowing the plants to run slightly longer would help as well.

you'll get it down after a few grows. eventually you'll either figure out your own processes or you'll do like a lot of us and just toss anything that's not bag-worthy. when you're staring down a couple pounds of product to trim you'd rather not fuck with anything that's not appealing, and you'll have enough that tossing a couple ounces of larf and popcorn won't have a significant impact on overall yield.
I used a basting brush to do the trimming and basically tossed anything too spacey for that technique into the trim pile. Gonna press a lot of it and make some butter with the rest. I got more nugs than the lady will be able to smoke before another harvest so we should be fine.
Nice..I’m going to jump on now..I never caught up on your last grow lol. 🪑
Haha. I noticed a couple times you filled my notifications with likes 20 pages back.
 
I should be able to up the size of those nugs with a little more proactive defoliation, eh? I slacked a bit on trimming her up last time around. Reducing the number of colas would've probably helped, also.

Add those to the list of things I'll be doing differently this time around.

@smoke's advice to push her another week or so would've helped, too. Let her bulk up a bit more. I'll take that to heart this time around. Should've just listened to one of our masters. Trimming all these popcorn nugs is a PAIN.
I have an obsessive urge to Schwazze my plant.
 
I have an obsessive urge to Schwazze my plant.
Had to look that one up.

Once I placed the SCROG screen, before I knew it, I added the second screen. After that, defoliating the lower screen was damn near impossible. Everything got so sticky so fast. I have some 10" scissors for this run. That'll help.
 
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Hat to look that one up.

Once I placed the SCROG screen, before I knew it, I added the second screen. After that, defoliating the lower screen was damn near impossible. Everything got so sticky so fast. I have some 10" scissors for this run. That'll help.
Schwazze is taking so much leaves off that it doesn't look like it would help but the proponents claim it makes bugger buds. Like double by some claims. Not sure about that. I did try and schwazze my last plant and it didn't seem to hurt it. I will probably do an aggressive defol at 21 days of flower to clear the shade.
 
Had to look that one up.

Once I placed the SCROG screen, before I knew it, I added the second screen. After that, defoliating the lower screen was damn near impossible. Everything got so sticky so fast. I have some 10" scissors for this run. That'll help.
I like scrog but it's hard to deal with the plant one its grow in. I will probably make one of those pvc string ones next grow
 
I like scrog but it's hard to deal with the plant one its grow in. I will probably make one of those pvc string ones next grow
Yeah and cutting the plant down was a PIA. I didn't smash it with the first screen like Granny does. I just wove everything and kept tucking. Everything was knotted up and grown together by the end.
 
Schwazze is taking so much leaves off that it doesn't look like it would help but the proponents claim it makes bugger buds. Like double by some claims. Not sure about that. I did try and schwazze my last plant and it didn't seem to hurt it. I will probably do an aggressive defol at 21 days of flower to clear the shade.
This last run I let the canopy get thick and did a hard defol at day 20 of flip. I had to go back and retrim a week later so this time I'm going to defol almost to the point of schwazze and see how that does.
 
This last run I let the canopy get thick and did a hard defol at day 20 of flip. I had to go back and retrim a week later so this time I'm going to defol almost to the point of schwazze and see how that does.
When I did it last grow there was no larf. The tiny buds got the light and stayed dense so that seems to be one advantage. I am just so apprehensive taking that much off. If I grew more than one plant at a time I'd definitely be experimenting.
 
When I did it last grow there was no larf. The tiny buds got the light and stayed dense so that seems to be one advantage. I am just so apprehensive taking that much off. If I grew more than one plant at a time I'd definitely be experimenting.
I feel the same way. It doesn't feel right stripping all the leaves off but it's hard to argue with the results.
 
And here I sit with 15 and skipped the 21 day deadline.
I guess I may have to step up.
I remember Impulsive Grower Schwazzed his plants.
He made very few mistakes growing that I saw.
:unsure:
The slacker in me says that is like trim jail with my numbers...:rolleyes:
 
And here I sit with 15 and skipped the 21 day deadline.
I guess I may have to step up.
I remember Impulsive Grower Schwazzed his plants.
He made very few mistakes growing that I saw.
:unsure:
The slacker in me says that is like trim jail with my numbers...:rolleyes:
hell man, even with just six plants, when it comes to the multiple defoliations I do, it takes roughly an hour each time. by the end of those sessions my back and knees hate me for it, but after last run i won't be doing anything different again. the results spoke for themselves with almost no loss to larf/popcorn and a damn near uniform harvest of flowers.
 
Hey folks. The first seed from this round showed up this morning so I figured it's time to get a new journal going. This grow will be Power Plant by Dutch Passion, the original breeders of the strain. It's supposed to be a heavy yielder so, with my 3x3 SCROG screen, hopefully I'll wind up with a plentiful bounty after harvesting what will be my second grow ever. Let's kick this off.

Equipment:
SpiderFarmer 5x5 tent
SpiderFarmer SE5000 LED with controller
AC Infinity Controller 69 pro
6" AC Infinity Exhaust fan and Cabon Filter
6" AC Infinity inline fan for intake
2x AC Infinity UIS plugs for heater/humidifier.
14 gallon totes for plant and control resevoirs
30 gallon tote for top-off resevoir
2x BlueLab gaurdian monitors

Nutrients:
General Hydroponics Flora Trio and CalMag
Plant Success Orca Liquid Mycorrhizae
Mr Fulvic's Fulvic Acid

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Dropped a couple beans into some Gro Plugs Thursday evening and the first of the two made it's breakthrough sometime last night. I've got them in AC Infinity's Germination Kit with heatmat and Lights included. Once my current harvest is dried and out of the tent, I'll move in the better of two.
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Thanks for tuning in to my second grow EVER. Feel free to post your questions and comments. Despite my name, I'm not really all that grumpy.

✌️ & 💚 y'all
That is a nice dome,though.
 
Hmm..I can't see this on my pc. Will have to try from my tablet. says MIME type not supported on my end.
 
I feel the same way. It doesn't feel right stripping all the leaves off but it's hard to argue with the results.
I did a thread that was a defoliation bro trial. 2 were defoliated and 2 weren't.

The 2 that wernt defoliated yielded 18 oz more than the 2 that were.

In summary i said there was just 2 many variables to determine a winner.

Heres the mom i used to take the clones from for the trial,she was pretty well defoliated on day 21 of flower

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Got the system back together and running with an H202 solution. Once my RO spits out enough water to fill it all back up, the seedling's goin in.
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Now would be a good time to get inside the tent to look for a light leak.

The picture you showed us was from the outside of your tent that showed nothing
 
Now would be a good time to get inside the tent to look for a light leak.

The picture you showed us was from the outside of your tent that showed nothing
I most definitely will. Thanks for the reminder.

I'm almost postive the light leak came from the shitty 6" intake tube. I just swapped that out for a black wrapped duct. That should take care of it.
 
I did a thread that was a defoliation bro trial. 2 were defoliated and 2 weren't.

The 2 that wernt defoliated yielded 18 oz more than the 2 that were.

In summary i said there was just 2 many variables to determine a winner.

Heres the mom i used to take the clones from for the trial,she was pretty well defoliated on day 21 of flower

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Now would be a good time to get inside the tent to look for a light leak.

The picture you showed us was from the outside of your tent that showed nothing
18oz is a big difference.
 
I most definitely will. Thanks for the reminder.

I'm almost postive the light leak came from the shitty 6" intake tube. I just swapped that out for a black wrapped duct. That should take care of it.
Spray the first foot inside the duct with flat black paint. This will kill whatever light got into your duct from escaping into your tent.
 
I don't know what MIME is 🤣
MIME types are file formats. For instance a picture would be image/jpeg, image/png, etc. A video would be video/mp4, video/mpeg, etc. A web application will confirm that the uploaded file's header aligns with what the upload form says the MIME type is and will throw an error if the two don't align. It does this to prevent corrupted or potentially malicious files from being uploaded and subsequently served to other users.
 
Got the little one transferred into the system. Day 10 from sprout. I'm running 0ppm RO with a shot of CalMag at 1ml/gal. That brought it up to 70ppms and it's sitting at 6.1 pH.

Tent's sitting at 78 degrees and 65% humidity. The light is on at 10% 12 inches up. Things are getting pretty serious around here.
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Not only did I go with a 4" netpot, but I also gave it a custom hack-job. I wanted less restriction on the roots this run. I expect some vigorous root growth this time around.
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Hey @SweetLeafGrow, are you still using that same Agsil formula for mixing your nutes?
1. Add 1/2 gal. distilled water

2. Using GH PH Up, raise PH to approx. 11.3

3. Add 560 grams of Agsil 16H, stir/agitate until completely dissolved.

4. Add 1/2 gal. distilled water PH’d at 11.3

5. 1 gallon stock 7.8% potassium silicate completed.

P.S. I use 2ml/gallon in my recirculating ebb and flow system. 2ml/gal = 40 ppm SiO2 (approximately)
Do you remember how many gallons that guy's system was where it ended up 40ppms?
 
Lil' gal got her first batch of nutes today. Equal parts CalMag/Green/Purple/Pink at 1ml per gallon. I just mixed up the top-off resevoir (upper monitor) so I'm gonna let it set overnight before doing any adjusting. The lower res drifted up a bit after the first few hours.

I'm pretty sure the 4" netpot was the right move. It took a lot longer for the last plant's roots to reach the water. This thing is 13 days from seed and she's already slurping up the good stuff.
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