Alientic's 2nd Grow of Snow White and Supergirl

[alientic]

Hey This is round 2 of my next grow of 2 Snow White and 2 Supergirl. This grow began on 3/10/09. My first grow was a little rough with the SLS nutes, so this time I'll be using Advanced Nutrients Grow-Micro-Bloom (GMB), Big Bud Bloom Booster Powder, Overdrive and Grandma Enggy's F-1 Fulvic Acid.

AN recommends these amounts for seedlings based on my reservoir size:

15.14mL Grow
15.14mL Micro
15.14mL Bloom
7.57mL Grandma Enggy's F-1 Fulvic Acid

This cocktail keeps the PPM at 250 and the pH is 5.6. And these ladies are sitting underneath a 400w MH Bulb. Thanks for stopping by

 

[fireboytommy7]

damn thats a nice setup. congrats man! with AN and that grow cabinet im sure you cant go wrong. That cool tube really keeps nice and cool huh.

 

[alientic]

damn thats a nice setup. congrats man! with AN and that grow cabinet im sure you cant go wrong. That cool tube really keeps nice and cool huh.

Thanks, well it doesn't spike the temps up to where I'm concerned. But I haven't grown in our relatively mild summers yet either. But I have the light come on at night during flowering. So we'll see. Thanks for stopping by.

 

[alientic]

I will be changing the reservoir on Tuesday and will raise the PPM from 250 to 500. I had some pics but they got deleted. Tomorrow will be Day 7 of the seedling stage and I can't wait to post pics.

 

[Vergere]

I hope all goes well this round. I want your tube. Looking forward to more pics alientic.

 

[Ms.Fox]

Good luck! I'm looking forward to the grow!

 

[DBOY101]

the system lookks really good. i did one similar on my last grow. just a recomendation would be to cover the top of your res with dark spray paint or tape.(i sprayed the entire rres black) i had problems with light getting through the top and algae started to set on the walls. that tan color doesnt block light very well?

 

[alientic]

Here are some pics from 3/14/09, 5 days into the grow.

 

[alientic]

So on 3/17/09 signified 8 days in the seedling stage and res change.

AN recommends these amounts for the seedlings in week 2 based on my reservoir size:

22.71mL Grow
22.71mL Micro
22.71mL Bloom
11.36mL Grandma Enggy's F-1 Fulvic Acid

This cocktail is supposed to keep the PPM at 500. I checked the PPM on 3/18/09 in the evening and it was just a little over 290 or so. This is a full day after I changed the Res. I am little confused because I initially added a higher amount of nutes when I changed the Res. So I added an additional:

8mL Grow
8mL Micro
8mL Bloom

Thanks for stopping by

These pics are from 3/17/09 after the Res change

 

[alientic]

the system lookks really good. i did one similar on my last grow. just a recomendation would be to cover the top of your res with dark spray paint or tape.(i sprayed the entire rres black) i had problems with light getting through the top and algae started to set on the walls. that tan color doesnt block light very well?

Thanks for the advice. I have some duct tape I could use. I just got get my lazy butt up to do it

 

[alientic]

Good luck! I'm looking forward to the grow!

 

[alientic]

I hope all goes well this round. I want your tube. Looking forward to more pics alientic.

 

[Dweeden420]

Nice job Alientic the plants look good. We too covered the top of the reservoir with reflective tape, DJB noticed after our last grow that light went through the top causing algae.

 

[Xlr8]

Nice start on grow #2 - looking nice and healthy! I'm excited to follow along...

 

[alientic]

Here are some pics from 3/20/09. Notice the burn on the leaves. I will be posting some more pics here in a moment.

 

[alientic]

These pics are from this evening and today marks two weeks in the seedling stage. Unfortunately, I have some nutrient burn. I don't know if it's the cause, but I used the Advanced Nutrients Calculator for Rooted Clones/Seedlings. I'm changing the reservoir tomorrow and converting to the Vegetative Growth Calculator which says raise the PPM to 800. The PPM is currently 342 with nute burn and it's supposed to be at 500. **Any advice or opinions are greatly appreciated**

Here are the numbers:
ppm 342
pH 5.6
Light is 16 in. above tallest plant
Cool Cab/Room Temp 86/69
Humidity 28%

Thanks for stopping by

 

[alientic]

Yesterday, I changed the reservoir and marked Day 15 of the Seedling Stage. Now I'm converting to the Vegetative Stage.

This is what I added to the 10 gal reservoir:
0.77 fl oz Grow
0.77 fl oz Micro
0.77 fl oz Bloom
0.38 fl oz Grandma Enggy's F-1 Fulvic Acid

As a result here were the numbers:
PPM 232
pH 5.6-5.8
Temp 81.8
RH 33%
Light is 16 in from the tallest plant

 

[alientic]

I checked everything when I got home this evening and the PPM dropped to 213 and they drank a gallon of water in less than 24 hours. So I added another gallon to the backup reservoir and I will add some more nutes, check the pH and take some more pics and get them posted shortly. Thanks for following

 

[alientic]

At the advice of a fellow grower, I will be keeping the PPM around 200 for the next 3 to 5 days.

 

[alientic]

Day 19, but only 5 days into the Vegetative Stage. The PPM is at 153 so I will be raising the nutes back up to the 200-220ppm range today, and tomorrow I will raise the nutes to the 275-285. I will get some pics up shortly. Thanks for following along.