Hello I will just use this thread as an introduction to myself and my first journal for personal record keeping and to show this community what im up to. Hopefully at least someone will learn something throughout the life of this thread, i have learned an unbelievable amount of information just reading here for the last few weeks or so.
I am Zinkopig, and this is my very first grow. I have wanted to grow my own medicine since i was 16 and now that i have my own house i can finally make my dream come true. These plants are only being grown for medical purposes to treat severe long term depression. And well i sure do love MJ!!
Im not really trying to be too cheap on this grow, but i do want to stretch my money as far as possible (I get some sort of sick joy out of Ghetto riggin everything). Im using a cabinet my parents had lying around, actually most of what im using I or my parents had lying around there house.
So lets get to the details... and then pictures, and im sorry but this thread will have a lot of pictures, even of the babies, im trying to use this as a personal tracking experience for myself as well.
What strain is it? There are 4 growing that are bag seed (reggies?). The rest are seeds that were collect over 25 years by a long time connoisseur from the best batches of chron he ever had.
Is it in Veg or Flower stage? Veg
If in Veg... For how long? 4 Days
Indoor or outdoor? Indoor
Soil or Hydro? Soil
If soil... what is in your mix? 10% Perlite 90% Ph flushed MG Cactus and Citrus well draining soil. (i know not ideal but im rolling with it for now)
Size of light? 8x 23w(100wEQ) 6500k 1900lumen. + 2x 2700k for veg, Opposite for flower
Is it aircooled? Yes, Right now i have one medium fan blowing directly on plants from left, from the top i have one intake above the lights and one exhaust (PC fans). I then have a white (reflective?) box fan in the front of the box now pulling tons of air out. Which is going to be relative to me first question of this grow.
Temp of Room/cab? Average, Finger testing, i live in the Southwest our temps range from a low of 40 in the winter to a high of 120 in the summer. My fingers are very adept to telling temperature and i am positive its an average of 70-83 in my grow box at plant level.
RH of Room/cab? Unknown
PH of media or res? 7.5ish... Idk, trying to get it down, which will lead to my second question of my grow.
Any Pests ? Bugs don't do well here. Unless crickets count.
How often are you watering? Multiple times a day (small amounts just enough to sink to roots)
Type and strength of ferts used? Nothing so far
With that said, I have a few questions for all you pro growers. First, I have a heavily ventilated box, a lot of air flows through there, and i did this so i could get my plants very close to the light and they seem to love it. But obviously the humidity suffers greatly for this. Is this an acceptable trade off for now?
My second question is, at the hydro store they recommended Aluminum Sulphate (sulphuric acid?). Is this okay to bring down the PH of my soil? Or should I not risk it?
Thanks all for reading, im sure there is a ton of things i missed but i look forward to having a good grow experience with all of you... here is some pix, they are weak at the moment and the 1mb ul limit doesn't help...
By the way i planted these on 3/10 (did not use towel or whatever used plugs) and the latest photos are today 3/14. They stretched a bit so when i transplanted the plugs into my pots i buried stems on a few.
Comments welcome tips highly appreciated!
Day 1 Early
My box (Temp setup)
Example of voluntary ghettoing
This one stretched broke from a breeze and i pulled to make way for chron plants, IM ONLY GROWING 2 FINAL PLANTS!
This is when they were stretching (day 2 or 3 from seed)
I have more pix but ill stop there. Sorry if any doubles, not quite organized on that front yet.
Peace,
Zinko
I am Zinkopig, and this is my very first grow. I have wanted to grow my own medicine since i was 16 and now that i have my own house i can finally make my dream come true. These plants are only being grown for medical purposes to treat severe long term depression. And well i sure do love MJ!!
Im not really trying to be too cheap on this grow, but i do want to stretch my money as far as possible (I get some sort of sick joy out of Ghetto riggin everything). Im using a cabinet my parents had lying around, actually most of what im using I or my parents had lying around there house.
So lets get to the details... and then pictures, and im sorry but this thread will have a lot of pictures, even of the babies, im trying to use this as a personal tracking experience for myself as well.
What strain is it? There are 4 growing that are bag seed (reggies?). The rest are seeds that were collect over 25 years by a long time connoisseur from the best batches of chron he ever had.
Is it in Veg or Flower stage? Veg
If in Veg... For how long? 4 Days
Indoor or outdoor? Indoor
Soil or Hydro? Soil
If soil... what is in your mix? 10% Perlite 90% Ph flushed MG Cactus and Citrus well draining soil. (i know not ideal but im rolling with it for now)
Size of light? 8x 23w(100wEQ) 6500k 1900lumen. + 2x 2700k for veg, Opposite for flower
Is it aircooled? Yes, Right now i have one medium fan blowing directly on plants from left, from the top i have one intake above the lights and one exhaust (PC fans). I then have a white (reflective?) box fan in the front of the box now pulling tons of air out. Which is going to be relative to me first question of this grow.
Temp of Room/cab? Average, Finger testing, i live in the Southwest our temps range from a low of 40 in the winter to a high of 120 in the summer. My fingers are very adept to telling temperature and i am positive its an average of 70-83 in my grow box at plant level.
RH of Room/cab? Unknown
PH of media or res? 7.5ish... Idk, trying to get it down, which will lead to my second question of my grow.
Any Pests ? Bugs don't do well here. Unless crickets count.
How often are you watering? Multiple times a day (small amounts just enough to sink to roots)
Type and strength of ferts used? Nothing so far
With that said, I have a few questions for all you pro growers. First, I have a heavily ventilated box, a lot of air flows through there, and i did this so i could get my plants very close to the light and they seem to love it. But obviously the humidity suffers greatly for this. Is this an acceptable trade off for now?
My second question is, at the hydro store they recommended Aluminum Sulphate (sulphuric acid?). Is this okay to bring down the PH of my soil? Or should I not risk it?
Thanks all for reading, im sure there is a ton of things i missed but i look forward to having a good grow experience with all of you... here is some pix, they are weak at the moment and the 1mb ul limit doesn't help...
By the way i planted these on 3/10 (did not use towel or whatever used plugs) and the latest photos are today 3/14. They stretched a bit so when i transplanted the plugs into my pots i buried stems on a few.
Comments welcome tips highly appreciated!
Day 1 Early
My box (Temp setup)
Example of voluntary ghettoing
This one stretched broke from a breeze and i pulled to make way for chron plants, IM ONLY GROWING 2 FINAL PLANTS!
This is when they were stretching (day 2 or 3 from seed)
I have more pix but ill stop there. Sorry if any doubles, not quite organized on that front yet.
Peace,
Zinko