Groovy Bud
Well-Known Member
Greetings again
After my long 1 year hiatus, I am returning to hydroponics growing. Many things in me have changed, and I have grown to be less stressed and paranoid about everything I invest time in.
As some of you may recall, I had my journal filled with the most detailed information of what was going on in my growing-room. It proved helpful as I refreshed all my growing experience from re-reading the thread. Nevertheless, I look at it and nowadays I find it a bit too much, and am taking things more calmly and with more patience.
I will keep the regular updates along with illustrative photos and engaging with other members. I believe that sharing knowledge is both a privilege and an honor.
Before we get started on the technicalities I must first thank the whole 420 community for being such pool of information, but especially to Cajuncelt, Light Addict and HunterNitro, my three friends and mentors who have helped throughout my last grow.
This time I am growing 4 plants again, 4 strains, a mix of the left over seeds plus the freebies. So it adds up to:
1 x Blue Dream by Humboldt (proved to be my favorite taste and high, soft dank taste, moderately energenic)
1 x Super Lemon Haze by Green House Seeds (great yield, earthy favour, super energetic)
1 x Super Silver Haze - by Delicious Seeds (know by yields and for being an ancestor of Super Lemon Haze)
1 x LA Woman -by DNA Genetics (freebie which shows great promise)
My gear is the following:
4x4x7 ft Grow Tent;
2 x DIY DWC reservoir with dripping system;
4 x 30 cm (12inch) airstones (2 per reservoir).
2 x air pump, each with 2 outputs.
300 cfm extractor
425 cfm capacity Carbon Filter
400w MH SunMaster Light Bulb
Adjust-a-Wings
600w HPS SunMaster
600w Lumatek digital dimmable ballast
Oscillatory Fan(s)
EC and pH pens.
Nutrients:
Canna Aqua Vega A,B
Canna Aqua Flores A,B
Hesi Root Complex
Cannazyme
Big Bud
Bud Candy
Overdrive
I have sterilized all my grow room and tools, re-checked the tent's structure, air entrances, all the electronics, and tested them. I have replaced out-of-date nutrients and restock on consumables.
Here's how the room looked before the seedlings were in. I always let the system circulate 5.0-5.5 pH water during a week or so (correcting it daily), so the reservoir,tubes and clay don't induce high pH fluctuations later when the seedlings come in.
The Sterilized Room
The Ladies where kept in a closed dome for humidity purposes, trying to keep it around 70%. The smaller seedling is the Blue Dream (BD) as it had to be popped later, as the second LA Woman Seed didn't germinate.
Today, the girls went in the net-pots. The Light Schedule is 24/7 until the end of the week or so. 50 % Canna Vega A and B recommended strength (7ml/10L) and 60-70% Hesi Root Complex (30ml/10L) performing a total E.C of 0.75 (using 0.20 tap water). The Metal Halide is 45-50cm/18-19inch height from the canopy, with canopy's temperature of 25-27ºC/77-80.6ºF
Close-Up on LA Woman (stands in room's bottom left corner), she seems to come with some genetic anomalies on the leaves.
Close-up on Blue Dream (BD), which stands on the top left corner) which was popped 3 days after the others.
Close-up on Super Silver Haze (bottom right corner), promises to have the fastest growing rate.
Close-up on Super Lemon Haze (top right corner)
Top feeding is gonna be applied every 4 hours, by drip. not placed directly on the rockwool.
Oscillatory Fan is set to minimum so it makes them stems wiggle and strengthen.
Comments are appreciated, I'll be back soon with more news. I know this part is the least exciting one, but patience is key at this time.
After my long 1 year hiatus, I am returning to hydroponics growing. Many things in me have changed, and I have grown to be less stressed and paranoid about everything I invest time in.
As some of you may recall, I had my journal filled with the most detailed information of what was going on in my growing-room. It proved helpful as I refreshed all my growing experience from re-reading the thread. Nevertheless, I look at it and nowadays I find it a bit too much, and am taking things more calmly and with more patience.
I will keep the regular updates along with illustrative photos and engaging with other members. I believe that sharing knowledge is both a privilege and an honor.
Before we get started on the technicalities I must first thank the whole 420 community for being such pool of information, but especially to Cajuncelt, Light Addict and HunterNitro, my three friends and mentors who have helped throughout my last grow.
This time I am growing 4 plants again, 4 strains, a mix of the left over seeds plus the freebies. So it adds up to:
1 x Blue Dream by Humboldt (proved to be my favorite taste and high, soft dank taste, moderately energenic)
1 x Super Lemon Haze by Green House Seeds (great yield, earthy favour, super energetic)
1 x Super Silver Haze - by Delicious Seeds (know by yields and for being an ancestor of Super Lemon Haze)
1 x LA Woman -by DNA Genetics (freebie which shows great promise)
My gear is the following:
4x4x7 ft Grow Tent;
2 x DIY DWC reservoir with dripping system;
4 x 30 cm (12inch) airstones (2 per reservoir).
2 x air pump, each with 2 outputs.
300 cfm extractor
425 cfm capacity Carbon Filter
400w MH SunMaster Light Bulb
Adjust-a-Wings
600w HPS SunMaster
600w Lumatek digital dimmable ballast
Oscillatory Fan(s)
EC and pH pens.
Nutrients:
Canna Aqua Vega A,B
Canna Aqua Flores A,B
Hesi Root Complex
Cannazyme
Big Bud
Bud Candy
Overdrive
I have sterilized all my grow room and tools, re-checked the tent's structure, air entrances, all the electronics, and tested them. I have replaced out-of-date nutrients and restock on consumables.
Here's how the room looked before the seedlings were in. I always let the system circulate 5.0-5.5 pH water during a week or so (correcting it daily), so the reservoir,tubes and clay don't induce high pH fluctuations later when the seedlings come in.
The Sterilized Room
The Ladies where kept in a closed dome for humidity purposes, trying to keep it around 70%. The smaller seedling is the Blue Dream (BD) as it had to be popped later, as the second LA Woman Seed didn't germinate.
Today, the girls went in the net-pots. The Light Schedule is 24/7 until the end of the week or so. 50 % Canna Vega A and B recommended strength (7ml/10L) and 60-70% Hesi Root Complex (30ml/10L) performing a total E.C of 0.75 (using 0.20 tap water). The Metal Halide is 45-50cm/18-19inch height from the canopy, with canopy's temperature of 25-27ºC/77-80.6ºF
Close-Up on LA Woman (stands in room's bottom left corner), she seems to come with some genetic anomalies on the leaves.
Close-up on Blue Dream (BD), which stands on the top left corner) which was popped 3 days after the others.
Close-up on Super Silver Haze (bottom right corner), promises to have the fastest growing rate.
Close-up on Super Lemon Haze (top right corner)
Top feeding is gonna be applied every 4 hours, by drip. not placed directly on the rockwool.
Oscillatory Fan is set to minimum so it makes them stems wiggle and strengthen.
Comments are appreciated, I'll be back soon with more news. I know this part is the least exciting one, but patience is key at this time.