Mango Haze - Indoor Organic Coco LED

TGTDE

TGTDE

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The decision has finally been made. This round we are popping some Mango Haze and Shark Shock (sperate thread)! Here’s a shot of some of my MH pulled from my two auction wins.

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I currently have 8 Mango Haze and 11 Shark Shock soaking (and competing for space in my limited grow space). Unfortunately there will be some casualties along the way because space is limited. Clones are not an option at the moment. The plan is to keep all the plants small and reveg any gals that stand out!
 
Awesome picture, TGTDE! I recently purchased a Nikon D7500 and am hoping you will share a little bit of your knowledge. What type of light source are you using? Aperture setting? ISO? I love great seed pictures! Like snowflakes, I have never seen 2 seeds exactly the same! Always look forward to your pictures! 🤩

Longball
 
Hey @longball , thank you very much. That is a very nice camera you’ve picked up! I’m sure with some practice (and the right lens) you’ll be shooting fantastic close up photos in no time!

** Boredom Warning ** this post is tottaly photography related. You may want to skip it lol.

@longball , (or anyone else wondering) feel free to direct message me and I’d be more than happy to bore you with camera setting / techniques / gear talk for hours, anytime you’d like haha 🙂.

The simple answer to your question is this:

To get sharp photos of subjects up close you kind of need a macro lens. Macro lenses are specialty lenses designed to focus on subjects a few inches or less from the lens (letting you get real close to the subject you’re shooting!).

For the sharpest photos possible, (I myself just recently learned that for just about every lens / camera combo) the best settings for sharpness are: ISO 100 and an aperture between f/5.6 to f/8.0 !

The problem is for many situations iso 100 and 5.6 f stop leads to an underexposed or blurry image unless using using a tripod when the subject is not moving and/or a flash to “freeze” the subjects motion. So depending what gear you have, (or don’t have) you may have to experiment to figure out how to get the sharpest possible photos in your given situation. Feel free anyone reading this to DM me and I can probably help narrow down what settings will be best for your given situation.

I’ve invested quite a bit into gear specifically suited for macro photography. (You asked about lighting and I have a canon dual macro flash setup. I found my macro lens and the dual flash second hand for less than half of what they would cost to purchase new!).

So if you try out macro photography and don’t quite get the same results you see here, or as others online don’t be too hard on yourself! Technique is a big part of it, and improving your technique will improve your results A LOT (regardless of how much or little equipment you have). However there are certain macro photos that will be close to impossible to replicate without having the certain / specific photography gear and software used to create the image.
 
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Good info. I know that there are some things you can do in Photoshop to give a macro photo better depth of field, which is something macro phots are bad at. Want all the trichomes in your nug shot to be in focus? Use a tripod and take a series of macro photos ranging from the closest trichomes in focus with the farthest ones blurred, all the way to the farthest in focus and everything else blurry. Photoshop can stack the photos and create a composite where everything appears in focus. I've read about it and have wanted to try this trick myself.

Always psyched for a mango haze grow!
 
Hello @TGTDE and @Marcus_in_the_Darkus!

I thank you both for taking the time to answer my questions and share some of your photographic knowledge. I am sure it will help many of us on this site who take photos! :)

I think that I will look into the Pornoshop program to see if I can stack some Autoflower Girls! That would be cool! ;)

Thanks again for the tips!

Longball
 
I clearly haven’t learned from past mistakes and germinated the 8 Mango Haze seeds (and Shark shocks) in the middle of a set of night shifts. When I checked on them in their paper towels this morning, they were all ready for the coco.. 12 hrs earlier than I expected.

The result was myself getting an hour and a half less sleep than planned. BUT the grow area is mostly set up. The seeds are in their labeled cell pots, in a humidity dome, on top of a warmer, about 4 feet under the Electric Sky ES 300 V3. The light is dimmed down to 140 watts. According to the instructions on the light’s dimmer the light only needs to be about 3 feet above them for this intensity, but I don’t want to risk cooking them.. so I’ll wait to see them start to stretch a little bit before lowering the light or increasing the intensity.

Snapped a couple quick pics on the Canon. I’ll edit them when I get a chance and get them posted for ya’all For now here’s my new, fancy amason outlet wattage reader lol. 😂

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I altered the mix slightly from my Super Silver Haze grow (and added dolomite lime).

The mix / ratio to start this round is:

3 gallons of coco
1 gallon of organic worm castings
1 gallon of perilite
1/3 cup of Gia Green 4-4-4 dry ammendments
1/3 cup of dolomite lime
 
TGTDE said:
I clearly haven’t learned from past mistakes and germinated the 8 Mango Haze seeds (and Shark shocks) in the middle of a set of night shifts. When I checked on them in their paper towels this morning, they were all ready for the coco.. 12 hrs earlier than I expected.

The result was myself getting an hour and a half less sleep than planned. BUT the grow area is mostly set up. The seeds are in their labeled cell pots, in a humidity dome, on top of a warmer, about 4 feet under the Electric Sky ES 300 V3. The light is dimmed down to 140 watts. According to the instructions on the light’s dimmer the light only needs to be about 3 feet above them for this intensity, but I don’t want to risk cooking them.. so I’ll wait to see them start to stretch a little bit before lowering the light or increasing the intensity.

Snapped a couple quick pics on the Canon. I’ll edit them when I get a chance and get them posted for ya’all For now here’s my new, fancy amason outlet wattage reader lol. 😂

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i go with 150watt directly 70cm above without issues no stretch no burning
"edit" it seems that the sweet spot is 65-66cm with 150 watts i have 2 plants both stop stretching at the same place but one stretched more because it has less soil in the pot
 
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Some shots from the Canon using a 50mm lens (not a macro, just cropped the photos in close).

I overwatered the cell pots. I think the mix is also a little too hot but I’m expecting them to bounce back from both errors.
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Mango Haze #5
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Mango Haze #8 Day 7
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Nice thread I appreciate the attention to detail.
Only thing I can really suggest is to put a garbage bag or sheet of plastic under everything,
anticipate spills and leaks. Those white trays, albeit more solid then the black ones, do crack.
 
Nice work TGTDE!

You also have nice photographs(y):). I'm impressed!

If I over water my plants I put a cotton towel underneath them, make sure the medium makes contact with the towel and the cotton will act as a wick and after a few hours It will have pulled a lot of water away from the medium.
 
TGTDE said:
Thanks @Swifty. The compliment and tip were both much appreciated!! I’m sure I’ll be needing to use that cotton trick at some point in the future.

Quick shot of the current two front runners. MH5 and MH8. I believe Day 11 from putting the germinated seeds under soil.

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They are looking good! Great start to say the least! (y)
 
Nice grow so far @TGTDE !
I water seedlings with a small pipette (those cheap plastic ones) to prevent overwatering. It's a bit more time-consuming but it helps.
I had the same kind of moss/algae as you have in your MH5 and SS11. I added a little bit of vinegar to the water solution and after a week the moss/algae disappeared. It lowers the pH of the solution so beware of that. I'm a novice grower so don't take my advice for granted, just sharing something that worked for me.
 
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Nice grow so far @TGTDE !
I water seedlings with a small pipette (those cheap plastic ones) to prevent overwatering. It's a bit more time-consuming but it helps.
I had the same kind of moss/algae as you have in your MH5 and SS11. I added a little bit of vinegar to the water solution and after a week the moss/algae disappeared. It lowers the pH of the solution so beware of that. I'm a novice grower so don't take my advice for granted, just sharing something that worked for me.
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Thank you, I’ll give it a try. What kind of vinegar / water ratio do you use for this?
 
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