ultrasonic
Well-Known Member
Hello Community!
I would like to introduce my buddy and myself as first time growers as well as first time journal posters here at 420 mag. I've said it before, the community here is just great - so friendly.
Now I'd like to clear something up - Initially, I had come on here talking about how I was going to be doing a pure fog grow. Unfortunately, I had I put that project aside for 2 reasons a) I need a crop ASAP b) I also need a chiller which I cannot afford. Everything was working great with this project, but temps just got stupidly high. So I understand any -rep, and I will be sure to modify my signature
So let me get started! We've decided to go "simple" for our first grow, choosing Nirvana's White Widow. We used a great site to purchase the seeds, but i'm not sure about what the posting rule are at the moment regarding other sites like that, so I'll just edit this post at a later date. I'll say though that I'm in Canada, and this site allows single seed purchases. We ordered 3 feminized seeds, planted 2, picked the strongest one (big difference) and have been maintaining that as a mother for the last couple months while collecting the rest of the necessary equipment.
So we had some clones taken in a aero setup, but didn't treat them well regarding humidity, so they were rough to start, but the roots exploded forth pretty soon. The roots looked brown and spotty in a couple areas near the center though, so we made the HARD decision to throw them in the garbage, and start anew in a nice warm humidity dome.
Well you've read enough! Let me just get right to the pictures:
below are a couple shots of my clones, only 5 hours after cutting, so a little wilty, but better
This is a general shot of the growing containers. The extra bulbs are there for added heat...
My carbon scrubber and room controller... No co2 yet though! (hopefully sleeping in the same room will have to do )
Now i've never seen anyone talk about using these... I've got them glued down with aquarium sealant, and they really pump out the bubbles. They're connected to a 4-port Piston pump and is noisy as hell but does the job like a trooper. I -LOATHE- diaphragm pumps. I use one on my mother plant only out of necessity....
And here is my chromed out reflector: I love this thing. Not sure how efficiently it reflects light, but from what info I can find about it, chrome is supposed to be up there which is good enough for me... it -will- be under 1000w
Well I hope you enjoyed Let me get a little more listy now, and i'll pump through all of the details:
-I plan on vegging for approx. 2 weeks, starting when it moves into the system
-plan on harvesting 40/60 cloudy amber. I know white widow is very stony, but i'd prefer something that can be smoked in the day without dire consequences!
-they're gonna be DWC using the Lucas formula, top off method, with RO water
-my bulb/ballast will be a 1000w lumatek ballast with a 1000w Sunpulse digital 3k bulb. The 3ks are rated for "entire grows" and I plan on finishing off with the 10k. 1000w of 10k will just PUSH them trichromes out.
-using a 6inch vortex on a short run sucking cool air to cool off the light, getting it nice and close, I hope!
-4 plants, and i'm hoping for a hefty yeild of around 2lbs.
I'll be back with some more photographs when more stuff arrives! I'm waiting on another vortex, 1000w lumatek ballast, 1kw sunpulse 3k bulb, etc. I know some many not find it interesting, but I'll be sure to post pics since there seem to be so few of the ballast/bulb i'll be using. Ballast is expected to be the newer dimmable model, though I won't use this feature. So i've rambled enough, judge me all!
-ultrasonic
I would like to introduce my buddy and myself as first time growers as well as first time journal posters here at 420 mag. I've said it before, the community here is just great - so friendly.
Now I'd like to clear something up - Initially, I had come on here talking about how I was going to be doing a pure fog grow. Unfortunately, I had I put that project aside for 2 reasons a) I need a crop ASAP b) I also need a chiller which I cannot afford. Everything was working great with this project, but temps just got stupidly high. So I understand any -rep, and I will be sure to modify my signature
So let me get started! We've decided to go "simple" for our first grow, choosing Nirvana's White Widow. We used a great site to purchase the seeds, but i'm not sure about what the posting rule are at the moment regarding other sites like that, so I'll just edit this post at a later date. I'll say though that I'm in Canada, and this site allows single seed purchases. We ordered 3 feminized seeds, planted 2, picked the strongest one (big difference) and have been maintaining that as a mother for the last couple months while collecting the rest of the necessary equipment.
So we had some clones taken in a aero setup, but didn't treat them well regarding humidity, so they were rough to start, but the roots exploded forth pretty soon. The roots looked brown and spotty in a couple areas near the center though, so we made the HARD decision to throw them in the garbage, and start anew in a nice warm humidity dome.
Well you've read enough! Let me just get right to the pictures:
below are a couple shots of my clones, only 5 hours after cutting, so a little wilty, but better
This is a general shot of the growing containers. The extra bulbs are there for added heat...
My carbon scrubber and room controller... No co2 yet though! (hopefully sleeping in the same room will have to do )
Now i've never seen anyone talk about using these... I've got them glued down with aquarium sealant, and they really pump out the bubbles. They're connected to a 4-port Piston pump and is noisy as hell but does the job like a trooper. I -LOATHE- diaphragm pumps. I use one on my mother plant only out of necessity....
And here is my chromed out reflector: I love this thing. Not sure how efficiently it reflects light, but from what info I can find about it, chrome is supposed to be up there which is good enough for me... it -will- be under 1000w
Well I hope you enjoyed Let me get a little more listy now, and i'll pump through all of the details:
-I plan on vegging for approx. 2 weeks, starting when it moves into the system
-plan on harvesting 40/60 cloudy amber. I know white widow is very stony, but i'd prefer something that can be smoked in the day without dire consequences!
-they're gonna be DWC using the Lucas formula, top off method, with RO water
-my bulb/ballast will be a 1000w lumatek ballast with a 1000w Sunpulse digital 3k bulb. The 3ks are rated for "entire grows" and I plan on finishing off with the 10k. 1000w of 10k will just PUSH them trichromes out.
-using a 6inch vortex on a short run sucking cool air to cool off the light, getting it nice and close, I hope!
-4 plants, and i'm hoping for a hefty yeild of around 2lbs.
I'll be back with some more photographs when more stuff arrives! I'm waiting on another vortex, 1000w lumatek ballast, 1kw sunpulse 3k bulb, etc. I know some many not find it interesting, but I'll be sure to post pics since there seem to be so few of the ballast/bulb i'll be using. Ballast is expected to be the newer dimmable model, though I won't use this feature. So i've rambled enough, judge me all!
-ultrasonic