Delps8
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Growth Stage - seedling
How Long - 5 days in Rapid Rooters
Germination start - 9/21/21
First sprouted - 9/23/21
Into the res - RSN
Water source - RO
Indoor or Outdoor - indoor, unheated garage in SoCal
Grow Type - hydro
Tent - Using a Super Sprouter with Rapid Rooters for germination in a 2' x 4' Gorilla tent
Reservoir Size - 35 gals to bottom of 3" net pots
Reservoir Temperature - 68° (Active Aqua chiller)
Medium - water. Seedlings germinating in Rapid Rooters.
Watering schedule - enough to keep the RR's moist
Nutes - Using Rapid Start at 50% normal strength during germination. Will be using Botanicare Kind "expert" nutes. They did well for my previous grow. I've got plenty of nutes left over and I'll use the extras until they're gone.
Hydro Setup - RDWC, top feed.
Size (Wattage) of Light:
18" 6400k 17 watt grow light T5 that came with the Super Sprouter. PPFD of 70 µm.
Mars Hydro SP 3000, white light LED, dimmable
Growcraft X3 330, white light LED, dimmable
Tent Climate:
Temperature - had a warm day (91°) this week and tent temp is still 80°
RH - 70±% controlled by Inkbird RH controller ("Wetbird")
pH - 5.8
Pests - None known - had aphids and thrips in late flower for last grow. Once was more than enough.
Goodies:
Active Aqua water chiller (1/10 hp)
Whynter 14k portable A/C
Waykar 4500 sq. ft. dehumidifier
Kasa Smart strips
Inkbird RH controller ("Wetbird")
Inkbird Temperature controller ("Hotbird")
Pets Pioneer Reptile Humidifier Digital
700 watt oil-filled heater
PulseOne sensor
Bluelab pH, EC, and temperature monitor
BlueLab Grower's Kit with EC pen + TDS pen
Apogee MQ-500 quantum meter
Trupow 1/10HP 330GPH electric pump for res swaps
Good Ideas Imp-L50-TC Impressions Palm Rain Barrel (50 gallon cistern) for RO
HydroLogic 150 GPD RO unit
My grow of 4 Gorilla Glue autos finished about a month ago. Last grow was "a jungle" - too many plants in the tent and I had a beast of a time trying to do any LST because of all of the foliage. That was OK until it wasn't. I got a thrip + aphid infestation in late flower. I used a spray on the plants but, with all the foliage in the tent, allI coulod do was keep them in check. The infestation was bad enough to cause the plants to lose a few inches in height.
Ealerier in the year, prior to that grow, I managed to kill off two sets of seedlings. I was using a Kind LED 600XL from the grow I did in 2017 and I was careful to keep it at the recommended height. And not enough light is what did me in.
After a few emails back and forth with Kind, they sent me the PPFD map for the light I was using and I found it quite interesting. The next step after looking at the PPFD chart was to put the Kind back in its box. And then I put the box in the trash and started looking for a grow light.
The light I ended up with was a Mars SP3000 and it did fine by me. A couple of months ago, I got a Growcraft X3 at a very good price which means I've got the SP3000 as a spare. The Mars has quite a bit of blue in its spectrum so I'm teaming the Mars with the 18" T5 CFL (even more blue) that came with the SuperSprouter. That'll do well for veg.
A few changes since the previous grow. The res now sits on a riser held up by cinder blocks. The extra height makes it a little easier for me to work in the res. I've labeled all of the electrical cords and extended the power cord for the driver in the Mars so the driver and dimmer are outside the tent.
With those changes to the equipment it was time to get growing so I soaked three seeds overnight and got them in the Rapid Rooters on 9/21/21. A couple of the seeds have sprouted in the past three days but seed #3 is lagging way behind.
Winnie (#1) popped her head up on 9/23/21. I upped the light level and Mary (seed #2) showed up the next morning. Sarah is AWOL.
One problem - one of Winnie's leaves was rotated from 0° (flat) to 90° and the two nascent, first true leaves were shriveled the day after she popped. The only cause could have been too much light so I shut off the Mars, leaving just the T5. That dropped DLI from 13 to 4.3 for the remainder of the day yesterday (lights were on 18/6). As of this afternoon (9/26/21) Winnie is looking a lot better so I've upped the PPFD to 94 and I've scheduled lights out to get to a DLI of 7.
There are two extra RR's in the SuperSprouter, under the cardboard. Yesterday, with Winnie having been hit by too much light and with seed #3 being AWOL, I decided to hedge my bets so I dropped the last two seeds Gelato seeds into RR's, soaked them, and put them in the SuperSprouter. As of now, it looks like Winnie will make it so I may end up with a few extra seedlings.
How Long - 5 days in Rapid Rooters
Germination start - 9/21/21
First sprouted - 9/23/21
Into the res - RSN
Water source - RO
Indoor or Outdoor - indoor, unheated garage in SoCal
Grow Type - hydro
Tent - Using a Super Sprouter with Rapid Rooters for germination in a 2' x 4' Gorilla tent
Reservoir Size - 35 gals to bottom of 3" net pots
Reservoir Temperature - 68° (Active Aqua chiller)
Medium - water. Seedlings germinating in Rapid Rooters.
Watering schedule - enough to keep the RR's moist
Nutes - Using Rapid Start at 50% normal strength during germination. Will be using Botanicare Kind "expert" nutes. They did well for my previous grow. I've got plenty of nutes left over and I'll use the extras until they're gone.
Hydro Setup - RDWC, top feed.
Size (Wattage) of Light:
18" 6400k 17 watt grow light T5 that came with the Super Sprouter. PPFD of 70 µm.
Mars Hydro SP 3000, white light LED, dimmable
Growcraft X3 330, white light LED, dimmable
Tent Climate:
Temperature - had a warm day (91°) this week and tent temp is still 80°
RH - 70±% controlled by Inkbird RH controller ("Wetbird")
pH - 5.8
Pests - None known - had aphids and thrips in late flower for last grow. Once was more than enough.
Goodies:
Active Aqua water chiller (1/10 hp)
Whynter 14k portable A/C
Waykar 4500 sq. ft. dehumidifier
Kasa Smart strips
Inkbird RH controller ("Wetbird")
Inkbird Temperature controller ("Hotbird")
Pets Pioneer Reptile Humidifier Digital
700 watt oil-filled heater
PulseOne sensor
Bluelab pH, EC, and temperature monitor
BlueLab Grower's Kit with EC pen + TDS pen
Apogee MQ-500 quantum meter
Trupow 1/10HP 330GPH electric pump for res swaps
Good Ideas Imp-L50-TC Impressions Palm Rain Barrel (50 gallon cistern) for RO
HydroLogic 150 GPD RO unit
My grow of 4 Gorilla Glue autos finished about a month ago. Last grow was "a jungle" - too many plants in the tent and I had a beast of a time trying to do any LST because of all of the foliage. That was OK until it wasn't. I got a thrip + aphid infestation in late flower. I used a spray on the plants but, with all the foliage in the tent, allI coulod do was keep them in check. The infestation was bad enough to cause the plants to lose a few inches in height.
Ealerier in the year, prior to that grow, I managed to kill off two sets of seedlings. I was using a Kind LED 600XL from the grow I did in 2017 and I was careful to keep it at the recommended height. And not enough light is what did me in.
After a few emails back and forth with Kind, they sent me the PPFD map for the light I was using and I found it quite interesting. The next step after looking at the PPFD chart was to put the Kind back in its box. And then I put the box in the trash and started looking for a grow light.
The light I ended up with was a Mars SP3000 and it did fine by me. A couple of months ago, I got a Growcraft X3 at a very good price which means I've got the SP3000 as a spare. The Mars has quite a bit of blue in its spectrum so I'm teaming the Mars with the 18" T5 CFL (even more blue) that came with the SuperSprouter. That'll do well for veg.
A few changes since the previous grow. The res now sits on a riser held up by cinder blocks. The extra height makes it a little easier for me to work in the res. I've labeled all of the electrical cords and extended the power cord for the driver in the Mars so the driver and dimmer are outside the tent.
With those changes to the equipment it was time to get growing so I soaked three seeds overnight and got them in the Rapid Rooters on 9/21/21. A couple of the seeds have sprouted in the past three days but seed #3 is lagging way behind.
Winnie (#1) popped her head up on 9/23/21. I upped the light level and Mary (seed #2) showed up the next morning. Sarah is AWOL.
One problem - one of Winnie's leaves was rotated from 0° (flat) to 90° and the two nascent, first true leaves were shriveled the day after she popped. The only cause could have been too much light so I shut off the Mars, leaving just the T5. That dropped DLI from 13 to 4.3 for the remainder of the day yesterday (lights were on 18/6). As of this afternoon (9/26/21) Winnie is looking a lot better so I've upped the PPFD to 94 and I've scheduled lights out to get to a DLI of 7.
There are two extra RR's in the SuperSprouter, under the cardboard. Yesterday, with Winnie having been hit by too much light and with seed #3 being AWOL, I decided to hedge my bets so I dropped the last two seeds Gelato seeds into RR's, soaked them, and put them in the SuperSprouter. As of now, it looks like Winnie will make it so I may end up with a few extra seedlings.