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anbesol · #1 (**permalink**) Sep-12-2008, 20:41

Hey Guys, same stats as my last NYCD grow except these are 4 FIM'd Clones, each clones has 3-5 main colas. They are 4 Weeks into bloom. Still On T5 Lighting, however either 2morrow or Monday depending when i get my ballast cord, I will be blooming with a 250 watt HPS with homemade cool tube. Enjoy my Friends. I pray to Jah that one day we dont have to hide behind avatars. I would love to hang out with a lot of my CANCOM friends. Jah bless You in Ganja Name.

hydrocannabis · #2 (**permalink**) Sep-12-2008, 21:40

looks great.

anbesol · #3 (**permalink**) Sep-13-2008, 11:10

Thanks Hydro. I also have some White Berry or Blue Widow (whatever you want to call it) popping out of the soil now 2.

jakezking · #4 (**permalink**) Sep-13-2008, 11:30

anbesol! Rock and roll, brother! Man, those NYCD clones are poppin' buds like popcorn - I can't wait to see them grow to the size of soda cans! Glad to see your plants and you are doing well. I can't wait to see about your White Berry or Blue Widow. Those have to be good based upon the WW and BB crossing. Good luck with your grows, and take good care out there, my friend!

killa12345 · #5 (**permalink**) Sep-13-2008, 18:20

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Originally Posted by jakezking

anbesol! Rock and roll, brother! Man, those NYCD clones are poppin' buds like popcorn - I can't wait to see them grow to the size of soda cans! Glad to see your plants and you are doing well. I can't wait to see about your White Berry or Blue Widow. Those have to be good based upon the WW and BB crossing. Good luck with your grows, and take good care out there, my friend!

Diddo......man and the white berry sounds delicious....good luck....i cant wait to see the soda cans also...

anbesol · #6 (**permalink**) Sep-13-2008, 18:50

HAHA! I Cant wait for soda cans myself. I'll try to shoot this once a week. once the blue widow or white berry flowers i'll start a log. but not til then

anbesol · #7 (**permalink**) Sep-16-2008, 09:42

Ok, so im just minutes till morning for the plants and today will be the first day in aggressive bloom phase 1.

FYI i will be starting a second grow log for my seedlings as soon as they pass the seedling stage (i feel that seedlings are boring). From the Bud sample that i got from a dealer, I will be coining the name Blue Widow for the next grow log, due to it either being that or white berry, the buds more looked like the blue widow buds according to the cannabible (biggest run on sentence).
Next time i buy seeds i think im going to buy DNA genetics Connie Chung... Its LA confidential x G13. Ive been wanting to grow a G13 strain for a long time now. and I cant find much info on this plant and i want to grow log it for the world

I wonder if i should make up a different name for Blue widow seeing how theres an actual genetic line for that and mine arnt the exact line, yes, it may be the same breed of plants(?) but whatever... What do you guys think? Should i leave it Blue Widow/White berry? or should i change it up? i think i should leave it Blue Widow

anbesol · #8 (**permalink**) Sep-16-2008, 21:05

More Pics. Aggressive Bloom. Phase 1 first day.

sickstrings84 · #9 (**permalink**) Sep-16-2008, 21:09

Looking like some tasty buds there. I'm a big fan of NYC Diesel and it looks like you'll have plenty to enjoy at harvest.

Peace...and good smoking

Tim

SFGurrilla · #10 (**permalink**) Sep-17-2008, 07:30

Nice! Don't forget to flush and cure it right!

We had a crop of this come through town.

Incredible.

anbesol · #11 (**permalink**) Sep-17-2008, 09:25

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Originally Posted by SFGurrilla

Nice! Don't forget to flush and cure it right!

We had a crop of this come through town.

Incredible.

See my last grow of this. im not fucking around

anbesol · #12 (**permalink**) Sep-18-2008, 01:12

DONT ORDER BALLASTS OFF EBAY :

:gunfi ghter2:

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:wtf3 :

anbesol · #13 (**permalink**) Sep-20-2008, 20:30

Ebay Situation figured Out. Im now Running My Homemade 250 watt HPS Cooltube. Temps Reached to 96 at the roof of my Homebox XS. and at the bottom floor to 75. but flowering tops at 94. I think i may raise the light up a bit

daihashi · #14 (**permalink**) Sep-21-2008, 11:22

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Originally Posted by anbesol

Ebay Situation figured Out. Im now Running My Homemade 250 watt HPS Cooltube. Temps Reached to 96 at the roof of my Homebox XS. and at the bottom floor to 75. but flowering tops at 94. I think i may raise the light up a bit

Do you have an exhaust for the room itself? If you are not planning on running a carbon scrubber you can run a regular high CFM fan as your room exhaust.

I'm a believer in ventilation over raising the lights. After all what good are all those lumens doing you when you have to keep them away from the canopy. Invest in a 300CFM squirrel cage fan for the room exhaust and I think that would help your situation much more than raising the light would.

Or you could do what I do in my veg room. I leave the open end (non socket side) of my cooltube open. This allows me to extract heat from both the light and from the room.

Shovelhandle · #15 (**permalink**) Sep-21-2008, 13:50

Looking good Ambesol. I checked this am and my canopy was 90* so I turned on the exhaust fan and opened up a passive fresh air supply over the top of the grow. No need for scrubbers out in the sticks like in the village.

anbesol · #16 (**permalink**) Sep-21-2008, 14:00

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Originally Posted by daihashi

Do you have an exhaust for the room itself? If you are not planning on running a carbon scrubber you can run a regular high CFM fan as your room exhaust.

I'm a believer in ventilation over raising the lights. After all what good are all those lumens doing you when you have to keep them away from the canopy. Invest in a 300CFM squirrel cage fan for the room exhaust and I think that would help your situation much more than raising the light would.

Or you could do what I do in my veg room. I leave the open end (non socket side) of my cooltube open. This allows me to extract heat from both the light and from the room.

I already have a carbon scrubber at one end of my 200 cfm exhaust and then i have a 4" 60CFM next to the cooltube for extra pull. I got the heat issue figured out, cool tube about 6 inches away from canopy. Sound good?

anbesol · #17 (**permalink**) Sep-21-2008, 14:02

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Originally Posted by Shovelhandle

Looking good Ambesol. I checked this am and my canopy was 90* so I turned on the exhaust fan and opened up a passive fresh air supply over the top of the grow. No need for scrubbers out in the sticks like in the village.

I need the scrubber with the Diesel. She is one of the stinkiest buds ive ever smelled.

daihashi · #18 (**permalink**) Sep-21-2008, 14:48

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Originally Posted by anbesol

I already have a carbon scrubber at one end of my 200 cfm exhaust and then i have a 4" 60CFM next to the cooltube for extra pull. I got the heat issue figured out, cool tube about 6 inches away from canopy. Sound good?

sounds very good.. Wat are your canopy temps now?

good job getting that squared away.

anbesol · #19 (**permalink**) Sep-21-2008, 17:39

87.6 F . I figured thats the best im going to do now. i have a 4" duct coming out of the homebox to pull cooler air from around the room..

What kind of Improvements do you think i will have with the HPS compared to the T5?

daihashi · #20 (**permalink**) Sep-21-2008, 18:28

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Originally Posted by anbesol

87.6 F . I figured thats the best im going to do now. i have a 4" duct coming out of the homebox to pull cooler air from around the room..

What kind of Improvements do you think i will have with the HPS compared to the T5?

Photosynthesis is most effective around 78 degrees and typically you don't want to go above 85 degrees unless you're running CO2.

It's hard to say if there will be any improvement. I'm sure you were running cooler with the T5's probably. What kind of fan are you using to exhaust your cool tube? What is the ambient temperature where you have your grow (the temperature outside the grow environment). I only have 1 inline fan on my cool tube, 1 end open, ambient temperature of 76 and the temps in my box never rise above 78 with my cool tube 4" away from the canopy.

I am running a 400 watt MH/HPS at the moment.

To be honest I would pull your cooltube about 6" more away from the canopy. Put it about 1 foot away. The lumens aren't doing you any good if your photosynthesis is crawling.

anbesol · #21 (**permalink**) Sep-21-2008, 18:32

This Is where i have it now about 5 inches from canopy. 86.1 at the canopy. 76 outside the tent. you really think i should pull it up? ive dropped the hight recently and the temp hasnt risen. I wish i had a better reflecter. Home made one sucks.

daihashi · #22 (**permalink**) Sep-21-2008, 18:42

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Originally Posted by anbesol

This Is where i have it now. 86.1 at the canopy. 76 outside the tent. you really think i should pull it up? ive dropped the hight recently and the temp hasnt risen. I wish i had a better reflecter. Home made one sucks.

Well something is not right. You should be able to put the back side of your hand on the cool tube without it being uncomfortable.

You may see signs of heat stress at around 86-88 degrees and definitely around 90 degrees. I would pull it back. If you uncap your passive intake side of the cool tube you should have a very strong vacuum. If not then the air/radiant heat is sitting inside the cool tube too long and it's leaking out into your room.

I would choose temps over keeping the light close to the canopy. I'm sure others would agree with me but you may want to post this question in the plant problems forum just to be sure.

I would pull it back, or add stronger ventilation rather than leave it where it currently sits.

anbesol · #23 (**permalink**) Sep-22-2008, 20:20

Temps are stable at 81 degrees at canopy today..could be due to the extra duct work i set in a colder area in the room. still at the same distance.

daihashi · #24 (**permalink**) Sep-22-2008, 20:22

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Originally Posted by anbesol

Temps are stable at 81 degrees at canopy today..could be due to the extra duct work i set in a colder area in the room. still at the same distance.

Excellent!! Your girls will thank you for it..

anbesol · #25 (**permalink**) Sep-22-2008, 20:42

I hope so. Im really hoping to have denser buds. so far my average is about 22 grams a plant. So lets home it increase since ive added the hps at the 6th week of flowering. My next grow will be the factor with the new genetics. NYCD is going to rest for awhile. I still have 5 seeds left. lets hope they are also females

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