not experienced enough though with hydro. My only punt would be nutes as if your roots look as good as you say. They cant hate the res temps to much?? best I can do chap!
This is my second AeroGarden Journal. First journal and grow wasn't successful for reason outside of my control. Not going to be the same this time.
Several White Widow seeds left behind from the August 2010 attempt. Also have some Afgan Kush my baby brother sent me from Cali and just ordered some Bubblelicious from Nirvana. All fem's so I may just try and pop all three flavors at the same time and play with that. Still haven't decided.
So we’ve all heard about it now lets’ give it a go. My statement from my first attempt. Since then, I've seen others who have attempted and were very successful in growing from these little toys so this is just my shot at being just as successful.
I will update as often as work and life allows and will include pics when we meet a stepping stone.
Begin this journal with as much information as possible so everyone is on track with me and I hope to get some valuable input.
So let it begin...
A pic to start with....
Week 3, Day 3....
Temp at 0600 was 81, humidity was 29%. Night time temps ranged 81-84, 25-32%
Temp at 2200 was 82, humidity was 32%, water temp 29.9C=85F
Plant height is around 2 1/2 to 3" tall with a wing span....get this 11" for one set of 3's and 9" for the other set of 3's. I would love to get excited but all I'm doing is what I'm learning and I'm using GH's FloraSeries nute's. Running their suggested feeding schedule.
Now going with Cronic's suggestions of water temp and light. I first covered the top of my pod with one of the paper disk's that come with the AG. I could see the difference from below with and without the paper and the amount of light that was coming in. Second for my reservoir temp I placed a baggie with some ice cubes in the water. These two were another "Duh" moment because I was aware of the importance of light in a hydro setup not getting into the res because of algae. I dam should have remembered the water temp. I'm sure I caught both in time. The comment about flushing...maybe it was a bad use of the word because I don't flush with flushing nute's I just drain the res, refill it with tap water let it run for 15-20 and repeat 2 more times. Then add the distilled with fresh nute's already in it. Yes, I add the nute's to the water the night I'm draining and not sooner.
Then going with King's suggestion of placing my mister (when it gets here) in the area of my fans. I made the second adjustment by moving my glass water dish over below my fans. The dish is sitting on top of a heating pad (heating pad temp on high, not sure of exact but mildly hot to touch). So far humidity (with doors open) is holding at 35%. Normally when I open the doors it drops to about 30% or below. This is a big improvement from where it has been. Mean while I purchased a personal mister from Amazon and will be here next week just before the next drain and fill. King I believe i'm in all my ranges except for the humidity. I would like to keep my temps around 85 but anywhere in the range of high or low of that I would be happy. Most times the temp just wavers around 82-83 or 84. I'm taking notes on the humidity range and will adjust accordingly. As to the Calcium and Magnesium supplements...Do you think GH's FloraSeries accounts for that? If not where would I get those supplements? I would think since I'm changing out my nutes weekly it shouldn't be a problem. And my res is only a 1 gallon tank. And right now it's just one plant. When I checked my PPM before the drain it was still above the 1K range.
And lastly but no less important are Sling's suggestions and comments about my light question. Mine is only a question in return...yea, yea I only get one...LOL. The break down of my grow cabinet. It's an old computer hutch that was transformed. It is perfect for my needs of just wanting a hobby and it gives me meds for my wife...assuming I'm successful...LOL. The area I'm currently working with is no more then 5sqft and could squeeze another 2sqft out of it if I tried real hard by removing the upper cubbies...which I plan on doing for my next grow and when I decide on the light sets. That gives me 7.31sqft to work with. With that little area anything above 400watts would burn my plants. Agreed? Wouldn't a 3watt system like the ReflectorSeries be better suited? And could you please break down the difference and benifits of LED, HPS and CFL bulbs. I believe from what I could find online my bulbs are 50 watts each with a spectrum of 2700? Not even sure what the hell that means but someone else gave me that last bit of information.
And lastly, based on the pics of my little gurl (better be), I'm already thinking of the next stage for her. Namely sexing and then hopefully pruning, and training. Assuming she's a gurl when can I begin cutting the lower fan leaves?
My internodes are short...the area between the nodes. The "Stiplues can now be seen clearly with my mag glass and the lateral branches have made their way out. I will grow to 16" and begin flowering and blooming. And hopefully by then my SOG will be nice and full.
Annndddd.....i'm finally able to introduce my trellis...yea...LOL.
So in closing...LOL. Whatcha think?
Comments and suggestions are of course welcomed.
Sorry I am filling up your page
I totally understand about the flood of information. It is hard to figure out what to do and not. I really like the 420 site compared to some of the crap I read in other places. My first grow was a mess. I had to much info and tried it all. So! happy I ended up here
Awesome haircut my friend, great going indeed!
Sorry I am filling up your page
with a scrog your weaving the plant into the net/wires. With training using wire you get better access to the plant and more say in manipulations I am really new at this but your large leafs are they under developed? I am trying to learn how to recognize early signs of possible issues in my grow. I think your plant looks nice and green
