4 Recirculating DWC Hydro - LST Veg - LED - HPS - T5

[Green-collar]

Hey guys, This is my first hydro grow, and I will be finishing off a current soil grow. my goal is to yeild 3-4oz per plant, with a veg time of 3 weeks each, I am going to get into a perpetual groove where I will be cropping every 3 weeks and putting 2 new clones in the veg area every 3 weeks. so I will have 3 stages of flower going 2 under a 240w LED, 2 under a 250w HPS and 2 under a 400w hps all in 5 gallon buckets in a recirculating dwc fashion attached to a 10 gal resivour, much like the veg set up.

Right now the 2 clones (Pineapple haze and Durban Poison) in veg are 5 days old and girls (Pineapple haze and Durban poisin) in flower are 5 days of 12/12. The girls in flower I was messing around with during veg and trimmed the hell out of one and not the other supposedly going to cause larger buds, and topped both a little.

In the next few weeks im getting a blackstar 240w 3w each LED, for flower for the first 3 weeks out of veg, then Im getting a 250w hps for the girl 4-6 weeks, and the I will eventually use the 400w for the last 6-9weeks of flower.
GOODIES include:
Hydrologic 100 RO machine
CPW 24hr nute monitor

What strain is it? Durban Poison and Pineapple haze
Is it in Veg or Flower stage? Both
Soil or Hydro?
Size of light? Sun blazed 8 bulb VEG-T5 Yeild -master400w HPS
Is it aircooled? 2 fans,
Temp of Room/cab?75-90
PH of media or res? 5.3-6.1
Any Pests ? clones came with spider mites, currently using azamax to get rid of them, had to deal with the same thing with the las batch.
How often are you watering? top feed watering around the rockwool in the morning
Type and strength of ferts used?
-X nutrients veg
-X nutrients Bloom
-X nutrients micro
-Liquid bat guano
- Cal Mag +



Bucket Size - 5 gallon
Resivour size- 10 gallon
Medium H20 that has gone threw RO
Lights - T5 flouro, HPS, LED
Nutrients -X nutirents, Bat guano, CalMag
Strain(s) - Pineapple haze Durban Poisin
# of Plants: 2 veg, 6 flower eventually
Yield : 3-8 Ounces per crop
Hit me with questions and suggestions!

 

[Green-collar]

Re: 4 Recirculating DWC hydro,LST veg, LED/HPS/T5,

SHITTT, I didnt mean to post this yet (fat pinky hit the enter)...and if a mod reads this please change the title too "experimental multi recirculating DWC hydro, LST vegging, HPS/LED/T5 " Thanks..if not, this will do I guess.

 

[Green-collar]

Re: 4 Recirculating DWC hydro,LST veg, LED/HPS/T5,

Clones were rouch when I got them, still nursing them, they both had spider mites and ugly leaf coloring,

Resivour set up: 16- GPH pump going straight into the inlet, making a slight under current system. And you can see the probes for ph, ppm, and temp.

Better shot of the hydro set up, going to have more of these soon once these clones are done.

Canopy Shot of the flower girls

quite a difference in under shrubery.

 

[Alaskan1]

Re: 4 Recirculating DWC hydro,LST veg, LED/HPS/T5,

Yo!! Looks good but I do have a suggestion. I grow hydro and I noticed that the hydroton is not covered. If you cover it with panda this will do two things. Reflect light back up to the plant AND help reduce heat (temp) to the hydroton. I did it to mine and the hydroton temp dropped by 10 degrees. You can also cover the buckets and the lids with reflective tape which is cheap at home de*ot. Will reflect light back and not let light through. Will help with temps and so you don't end up with algae

 

[Green-collar]

Re: 4 Recirculating DWC hydro,LST veg, LED/HPS/T5,

Yo!! Looks good but I do have a suggestion. I grow hydro and I noticed that the hydroton is not covered. If you cover it with panda this will do two things. Reflect light back up to the plant AND help reduce heat (temp) to the hydroton. I did it to mine and the hydroton temp dropped by 10 degrees. You can also cover the buckets and the lids with reflective tape which is cheap at home de*ot. Will reflect light back and not let light through. Will help with temps and so you don't end up with algae

Great! I have a project tonight! Ive seen variations of this before but never really knew what the point was, Makes sence...Thanks Alaskan!

 

[Green-collar]

Re: 4 Recirculating DWC hydro,LST veg, LED/HPS/T5,

Made some deals to cover the hydroton, then covered them in reflective tape.

Still LSTing the the girls in flower

 

[Green-collar]

Re: 4 Recirculating DWC hydro,LST veg, LED/HPS/T5,

update:

Clones are finally coming around after lots of love and multiple treatments of azamax

Yesterday I picked up the 50 gal reservoir. that is going to just contain clean water that has already gone threw the RO machine, and I put a bulk head fitting and a ball valve with a hose at the bottom for easy filling of all the future smaller reservoirs

Lastly I finally got my LED light, Its a black star 240 with 3w LED bulbs. Im not going to start using it until the girls in the veg are ready for flower. (picked it up for 250$ from a buddy, which im happy with the price.)

 

[Green-collar]

Re: 4 Recirculating DWC hydro,LST veg, LED/HPS/T5,

UPDATE: 3 weeks veg/ 3 weeks flower

clones are blowing up by the day, they are loving the mykose!

sexy bitches in flower are blowing up as well, and getting nice and hairy as well

 

[Green-collar]

Re: 4 Recirculating DWC hydro,LST veg, LED/HPS/T5,

Been working on the room, setting up the new system for where the girls in veg are going to go this week under the LED for another 3 weeks.

Topped and FIMed the girls in veg a little

Got some brass adapters to fit into an airbrush pump that I had that is going to move some serisous air!

Picked up some panda film to better separate light between girls in veg and flower.

 

[Green-collar]

Been slacking major on the posts, but Im sure atleast one person will see them eventually and profit in some way...Enjoy.

girls in flower, about 5-6 weeks.

blueberry berry kush clones right before being put into flower.

ROOTS!

Just put the Blueberrys under the LED

 

[Smokemupm8]

Hey amte, how are ya?? Nice work there pal!
Im having a bit of a ' do i, or dont i ' situation atm.. My current grow is my first go at a small LST, now she is just over a month old and has a near flat canopy. As she is growing in a deep ' V ' shape, the growth in the middle is quite dense.. Ive trimmed a couple of fan leaves off so far, the same method as i always use, and they heal quickly with minimal stress. Some leaves are pushing against each other as some heads try get thru the top canopy- and as they rest on each other they sweat, and leave moisture and salts or whatever is secreted onto other leaves.. ive been told to let it go dont trim any leaves, but i kind of need to, as i cant tuck or tie these ones- ive seen a fair few ppl trim lightly for their LST, and say they needed to also?? If the shoots are out enough and i cut near to the leaf, my plant still grows fine, no shock, so do you agree or not that if leaves are squashed against each other and causing sweating and minimal light to any up-coming shoots?? I only asking cos i see you are LST ing also, im not going full on i just want to establish a better platform to fill my space.. If you can be bothered checking my current journal, see what you think.. ANY IDEAS OPINIONS APPRECIATED..Cheers bro. SMOKEM..

 

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