Van Diesel
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OK, I am already well into this grow, but its going to be kinda perpetual so might as well go ahead and start a journal.
I am growing sour diesel #8's from clones I got from a friend. I built my own grow room with the 2 600w hps on one side and my veg chambers on the other, small footprint of 8'x7' with a 7.5' ceiling.
I am using Fox Farms ocean forest and ProMix BX soil(less) with about 25-30% volcanic cinder (mahalo Pele!) mixed, and I always add in 1 Tbs dolemite lime and 1 Tbs green sand amendment per 5 gal soil/cinder.
I finished my first batch of 6 SD's about a month and a half ago and I fricken love this strain! I got 1.5 oz per plant average (total of 9 oz) dried and perfect nugs from that run. Hoping to get them up to 2 oz per on this current batch of 6, which are about 2.5 weeks from harvest. I have another batch of 8 that were put into flower just over a week ago. Also some clones getting ready to go in when the 600w opens back up. So its kinda busy in my little room.
More grow space details...like I said, a 8x7 room (2x4 and ply framing), its air is exchanged every 5 min with a pair of 424cfm 6" fans with carbon filters on intake and exhaust. I have two 5000 btu air conditioners keeping things cool, one is on lowest setting and stays on 24 hrs, the other runs at med/high and shuts on and off with the 600w's. This keeps my "daylight" temps at about 76 and "night" at about 68 without having to have any fancy controllers, and the AC's cost just $115 each, so this was THE cheapest way to go that I could find.
I have a 4' veg chamber with 4' T-5 HO and a 2' chamber with 2' T-5 HO to keep my moms and clones.
Oh, and nutes...using the Fox Farm trio right now, dosages straight from the label. I hope to start adding in their dry nutes in on one of the next batches, but haven't been able to afford them yet.
In just a bit I'll get some pics up, meantime pakaloha!!
I am growing sour diesel #8's from clones I got from a friend. I built my own grow room with the 2 600w hps on one side and my veg chambers on the other, small footprint of 8'x7' with a 7.5' ceiling.
I am using Fox Farms ocean forest and ProMix BX soil(less) with about 25-30% volcanic cinder (mahalo Pele!) mixed, and I always add in 1 Tbs dolemite lime and 1 Tbs green sand amendment per 5 gal soil/cinder.
I finished my first batch of 6 SD's about a month and a half ago and I fricken love this strain! I got 1.5 oz per plant average (total of 9 oz) dried and perfect nugs from that run. Hoping to get them up to 2 oz per on this current batch of 6, which are about 2.5 weeks from harvest. I have another batch of 8 that were put into flower just over a week ago. Also some clones getting ready to go in when the 600w opens back up. So its kinda busy in my little room.
More grow space details...like I said, a 8x7 room (2x4 and ply framing), its air is exchanged every 5 min with a pair of 424cfm 6" fans with carbon filters on intake and exhaust. I have two 5000 btu air conditioners keeping things cool, one is on lowest setting and stays on 24 hrs, the other runs at med/high and shuts on and off with the 600w's. This keeps my "daylight" temps at about 76 and "night" at about 68 without having to have any fancy controllers, and the AC's cost just $115 each, so this was THE cheapest way to go that I could find.
I have a 4' veg chamber with 4' T-5 HO and a 2' chamber with 2' T-5 HO to keep my moms and clones.
Oh, and nutes...using the Fox Farm trio right now, dosages straight from the label. I hope to start adding in their dry nutes in on one of the next batches, but haven't been able to afford them yet.
In just a bit I'll get some pics up, meantime pakaloha!!