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[b.c.high]

thanks for all the info.look forward to talking to everyone. anyone growing blueberry need help.

[KUSH]

Hey thanks for joining BC high!

[buzlightyear]

what is the potency of blueberry??

[VeryNiceG]

I have a friend doing some blueberry right away 10 feminized Dutch Passion. hes going to do 10 plants under 1 1000 watt hps in a square arrangement of 12" rockwool cubes in 2- 2by4 foot grow trays flodding twice a day. the grow space will be a 6 by 6 foot space with 8 foot ceiling and a good ventilation unit with 6" insulated tubing out the chimeney.the plants will be flowered 45 days after the seeds arrrive so probably like 35 days veg is this good?how much yield will each plant produce?

[rebel dawg]

thanks for all the info.look forward to talking to everyone. anyone growing blueberry need help.

Not growing blueberry but have in the past. Good to have you on board. shoot your question, along with info on the grow and maybe one of us can get past the weed fog in our brains long enough to give a good answer.

[VeryNiceG]

Ok SO the 10 BB's are going into 1"rockwool cubes to start. then at day 10 into 8" rockwool cubes.Then at day 21 the 8" cubes go into 12" grow buckets with hydro rocks/balls.I will water 1" cubes by hand. Then I will flood 8" cubes about 4 " up with good nutes for veg.RESEVIOR will have air pump/stone. SO here's my question because I have never done hydro before.

When I put my 8" cubes into the buckets they will have 2" of rocks on the bottom and some on the sides to hold the cube in and some on top to keep it sturdy.

HOW HIGH DO I NOW FLOOD TABLES BEING THAT THERE IS 2" OF ROCKS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BUCKETS?????

ALSO CAN YOU COMMENT ON MY SET UP DESIGN FOR THE HYDRO??

[rebel dawg]

First off, your set up will work and is an easy one for a first hydro grow. I am curious why you would change sizes of rock wool rather than just starting with the size you intend to finish with though? Seems that you could damage the roots with all that transplanting.

Down the line I would reccomend that you read up on aeroponics though (I am somewhat biased here) and give it a whirl, once you have you will never look back. In aeroponics I simply use a 1" rockwool start to finish but the plant is still supported by a net cup and the system itself.

As for the rocks at the bottom, not to worry, that is where your roots will be at, although in that large of a cube you will also have to get at least a couple of inches of it wet also and you should be fine.

[VeryNiceG]

I'm going to be using 10 BB seeds and 10 unknown free seeds from Dr chronic seeds. He already promised he would send freebies so im stoked about that anyway. Ok so I'll use only 1 size of rockwool cubes from start to finish then to avoid the shock. What size should i use 4", 6",8" or even 10-12"?? which one? Are the grow buckets with rocks a good idead??

Also you had mentioned you use 1" from start to finish. What medium do you use and how much??

I am not sure if i am going with just one 400 watt mh or if im going to throw in a 400 watt hps also but for sure the one 400 watt mh. I'm going to use 2 tables that are identical with 2 seperate reseviors. Each will be under a 400 wat light.Ok so assuming everything unfolds itself and is going as planned. I will have my room full of veged plants. Now flowering. I will obviously get some males because I'm not getting the fems anymore due to insuficient amount on my money order (mixed up pounds and USD). but out of 20 regular seeds i hope to get 12 females due to my good conditions.

So to maximize my yield for the grow space i am using, how long/tall should i veg for so that i have big females that use up all the light????

Also I plan to incorporate training during wk 3-5 aswell as a SOG at wk 6. Sounds pretty good hey??? I know but I'm still new to growing having only had 1 successful grow outdoors where i got 1/2 oz off of a bonzai bush that i had raped during the 3rd, 4th, and 5th wk of flowering due to the city being dry. So basically i ruined my harvest.
I want to yield 2-4 lbs. Is this resonable????

Thanks for the help I will post my entire week to week scheme on my next post.

[rebel dawg]

sounds good on the seed deal, feminized seeds have a tendency to hermie anywise. Funny how I know that from experience but still use them myself, guess that's cause it only happened to me once out of many grows.
12 females sounds about right.
I would use the 4" but also some type of support system for the plants. But any of the above could be used. Grow buckets with rocks will work.

What medium do I use? Good question and the answer will make some perk their heads up cause it sounds crazy. I simply put 1" rockwool into a 3" net pot with a few rocks around it and place into my home made aero system. Works great because the system itself holds the plant firm and the injectors spray the nutes directly into the side of the net pot from 6 angles and I use General Hydroponics 3 part nutes.

If you have a 400 mh and a 400 hps use the mh for veg and the hps for flower. If you can handle the heat then use them both after about two weeks into flower. If you don't have them yet invest in a 600 hps/mh convertible.

As to when to flower, depends on several things.
1. how much upward space do you have free and clear of the light at highest point? Meaning if light is as high as it can go, how much space will you have and still leave 6" below the light?
2. usually when doing a sog folks force flower at less than 6-9" due to the idea is to have a lot of plants that never get very tall.
3. If you mean a scrog, you will be using some sort of netting or chicken wire to hold the plants down while budz grow above the netting.
4. keep in mind that plants will triple or even quadruple in size while flowering so leave enough space. If they are sativa it could 5 fold on you.
5. If you wait to long to flower you will get a forest that the light can't penetrate. Looks great at first but not much bud in the end.

There have been grows where I didnt have any money or weed left and the baby budz were tempting but yes you destroy your grow doing that. What I do instead, only when I have too, is smoke the dam leaves, make tea, make bubble hash out of leaves, anything but mess with my precious budz.

Remember when you were a kid and wished there was a money tree in the backyard? Now you have one in your spare bedroom and it is very real.

3 to 4 lbs off of 12 plants is reasonable as long as you keep your act together. I have gotten as much as 18 oz off of one plant, but was a scrog plant that took up as much room as 3 plants.
Dont ever adjust ph, tds or add anything while getting stoned or you may kill your plants, hydro is not forgiving at all and mistakes are paid for instantaneously. So be careful.

Hope this helps.

[VeryNiceG]

Ok my grow space is 7 feet left to right 4 feet front to back and about 8 foot ceiling. So minus 1 foot for the light and minus 2 feet fot the hydro set up thats about 5 feet of space for the plants. So my actual space for the plants is 7 x 4 x 5 feet high.

Now what are the advatages of say 6-8" cubes instead of a 4" cube? Is there any??Like I want to use 10" cubes so that there is lots of water and air and space for the roots.But everyone else is using 4", 6" and 8" cubes so for my set up what size cubes would be the best? and would 10" grow buckets be good to incorporate or is it a waste of time???

[rebel dawg]

To my knowledge there is no advantage or disadvantage to using any of those sizes except for personal preference. Keep in mind though that the roots will be both inside the cube and coming out of them too going down into the rock. Personally, I would not utilize a cube that would leave my roots exposed without moisture. In other words I would use the smaller ones. Just my preference though

[TheFunnyFog]

whats up..glad to have u