closetcase420
Well-Known Member
The strain is Feminized AK48 from Nirvana.
I started on 4/12 by germinating 2 seeds.
I germinated the seeds by...
First letting them submerse themselves in a cup of water.
Next I kept the seeds between two moist paper towels in between two plates for 2 days.
On day 2 I moved the seedlings to rapid rooters.
The rapid rooters are now sitting in 3 1/2 inch net pots surrounded by clay orchid grow media. The net pots are sitting on the lid of a Rubbermaid 3 gallon tote filled with 6.5 PH tap water (125 PPM base). (my calculations are using a Blue Lab meter calibrated at 0.5). There is one large 2x4 inch aqua air stone driven by an EcoPlus air pump (793 GPH shared with grow cabinet res).
This set up is temporary as I will be moving one of the two plants to the grow cabinet I use for all of my grows throughout a majority of veg and all of flower. The cabinet has a 15 gallon res under air cooled 600 watt MH/HPS. The temperatures are generally in mid 70s with a low RH (been working to increase humidity). My current setup includes a water chiller that I run at about 67 degrees.
Today is about 4 weeks into VEG under the CFLs. I'll be moving the better of the two over to the grow cabinet as soon as the Aurora Indica I have finish up in the next 1-2 weeks. Here are a few pictures of the girls today.
Since I am only going to run a single plant this time I want to try and split to 4 main colas. I'm hoping this will allow me to spread the plant out more evenly across the SCROG. I have not yet decided what I am going to do with the second plant. I may just keep it small and try and run it under CFLs with the left over GH G-M-B I have. Now to the questions...
For this grow I have switched from GH G-M-B to AN Sensi A and B for Veg and Bloom base nutrients. I've been reading for the last couple days and I want to switch from a sterile environment to a live res for this grow so I have questions regarding tea, my existing nutrients, and my setup.
1) when using a microbial tea should I use any other additives or just the base nutrients in the Sensi A and B?
2) I currently have a chiller that I run at 67 degrees. Should I keep the chiller in my set up and just run it at a higher temperature like 72 degrees or should I remove it all together? What is the ideal temperature for a live res?
3) Right now I am doing a full res change about every 10-14 days. With the tea how long would I run the same res? Do I just refill purely with tea or a tea / water mixture? For example day 3 after putting in the tea I am down 3 gallons, how do I replenish?
4) Can I use any of my existing products to make the tea or in addition to the tea? I have...
Liquid KoolBloom 0-10-0
Dry KoolBloom 2-45-28
CalMag 2-0-0
SilicaBlast 0-0-0.5
FloraLicious Plus 2-0.8-0.02
Orca
Nirvana
SuperTHRIVE
H202
HydroGuard
5) Do I use RO water for the tea or can I use tap water?
6) Any advice regarding topping? When should I do it?
I think that is all for now though I'm sure each answer will lead to more questions
I started on 4/12 by germinating 2 seeds.
I germinated the seeds by...
First letting them submerse themselves in a cup of water.
Next I kept the seeds between two moist paper towels in between two plates for 2 days.
On day 2 I moved the seedlings to rapid rooters.
The rapid rooters are now sitting in 3 1/2 inch net pots surrounded by clay orchid grow media. The net pots are sitting on the lid of a Rubbermaid 3 gallon tote filled with 6.5 PH tap water (125 PPM base). (my calculations are using a Blue Lab meter calibrated at 0.5). There is one large 2x4 inch aqua air stone driven by an EcoPlus air pump (793 GPH shared with grow cabinet res).
This set up is temporary as I will be moving one of the two plants to the grow cabinet I use for all of my grows throughout a majority of veg and all of flower. The cabinet has a 15 gallon res under air cooled 600 watt MH/HPS. The temperatures are generally in mid 70s with a low RH (been working to increase humidity). My current setup includes a water chiller that I run at about 67 degrees.
Today is about 4 weeks into VEG under the CFLs. I'll be moving the better of the two over to the grow cabinet as soon as the Aurora Indica I have finish up in the next 1-2 weeks. Here are a few pictures of the girls today.
Since I am only going to run a single plant this time I want to try and split to 4 main colas. I'm hoping this will allow me to spread the plant out more evenly across the SCROG. I have not yet decided what I am going to do with the second plant. I may just keep it small and try and run it under CFLs with the left over GH G-M-B I have. Now to the questions...
For this grow I have switched from GH G-M-B to AN Sensi A and B for Veg and Bloom base nutrients. I've been reading for the last couple days and I want to switch from a sterile environment to a live res for this grow so I have questions regarding tea, my existing nutrients, and my setup.
1) when using a microbial tea should I use any other additives or just the base nutrients in the Sensi A and B?
2) I currently have a chiller that I run at 67 degrees. Should I keep the chiller in my set up and just run it at a higher temperature like 72 degrees or should I remove it all together? What is the ideal temperature for a live res?
3) Right now I am doing a full res change about every 10-14 days. With the tea how long would I run the same res? Do I just refill purely with tea or a tea / water mixture? For example day 3 after putting in the tea I am down 3 gallons, how do I replenish?
4) Can I use any of my existing products to make the tea or in addition to the tea? I have...
Liquid KoolBloom 0-10-0
Dry KoolBloom 2-45-28
CalMag 2-0-0
SilicaBlast 0-0-0.5
FloraLicious Plus 2-0.8-0.02
Orca
Nirvana
SuperTHRIVE
H202
HydroGuard
5) Do I use RO water for the tea or can I use tap water?
6) Any advice regarding topping? When should I do it?
I think that is all for now though I'm sure each answer will lead to more questions