StonyGeoff
New Member
The time has come earlier than expected to start grow No. 2 but I'm going to take the bright side of this and apply all the grow knowledge I have aquired over the last 5 months in an attempt to make this 2nd grow faster, better, stronger, sweeter Let's rock, let's roll!
The plan:
- 2x rooted female clones
- grow-closet space 18"x22"x50"
- 164w CFL lighting rig, 8 CFLs in total
- half perlite, 1/4 potting mix, 1/4 worm castings (medium)
- fish emulsion for veg
- seaweed extract for bud
Too much worm castings? anyone?
I've got MG chems and HIGH strength "nu-life weight-plus potash" formula which I could use aswell, maybe not at every feeding. I'm thinking of a weekly bottom (tray) cycle feeding with rain water and only the organic ferts, with a treat of chems to boost at irregular intervals .. hmm that sounds bad already. Perhaps I should use the organic ferts with each feeding, AND the chems, only I'll use 1/4 strength chems so as not to throw off the nute balance too much. And so I'm sticking to a REGULAR feeding/watering rather than irregular messy cycles that don't do the plants any good what-so-ever lol
I'm half expecting someone to jump in here and say "Hey kid, make a decision! either pick organic or chems and stick with it, cos using both together won't be much better than just using 1 or the other" but hey I dunno, that's why I'm asking
I'd basically like to use the SCROG method this time. Get the clones, stick them in on 18/6, supercrop them, give them time to recover, get them flowering! Unless I can put them straight on 12/12 from the get-go and top them and all that and go for bloom ferts straight away? I would've thought I'd have to feed them veg nutes and have them on 18/6 for the first couple of weeks, while I'm topping them, then I can switch nutes and adjust the light cycle after they've recovered and are back to growing
Lighting rig, for those who haven't seen it
The plan:
- 2x rooted female clones
- grow-closet space 18"x22"x50"
- 164w CFL lighting rig, 8 CFLs in total
- half perlite, 1/4 potting mix, 1/4 worm castings (medium)
- fish emulsion for veg
- seaweed extract for bud
Too much worm castings? anyone?
I've got MG chems and HIGH strength "nu-life weight-plus potash" formula which I could use aswell, maybe not at every feeding. I'm thinking of a weekly bottom (tray) cycle feeding with rain water and only the organic ferts, with a treat of chems to boost at irregular intervals .. hmm that sounds bad already. Perhaps I should use the organic ferts with each feeding, AND the chems, only I'll use 1/4 strength chems so as not to throw off the nute balance too much. And so I'm sticking to a REGULAR feeding/watering rather than irregular messy cycles that don't do the plants any good what-so-ever lol
I'm half expecting someone to jump in here and say "Hey kid, make a decision! either pick organic or chems and stick with it, cos using both together won't be much better than just using 1 or the other" but hey I dunno, that's why I'm asking
I'd basically like to use the SCROG method this time. Get the clones, stick them in on 18/6, supercrop them, give them time to recover, get them flowering! Unless I can put them straight on 12/12 from the get-go and top them and all that and go for bloom ferts straight away? I would've thought I'd have to feed them veg nutes and have them on 18/6 for the first couple of weeks, while I'm topping them, then I can switch nutes and adjust the light cycle after they've recovered and are back to growing
Lighting rig, for those who haven't seen it