Dusted
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This time it will be THC Bomb, their signature strain. I put 5 seeds into my germination system last night. They are usually ready to go after 3 days so this is a bit premature. Maybe they will all die. I don't usually do summer grows but I enjoy growing so much I had to have something going. Hopefully it won't get too hot in the grow room when we finally get some warm temperatures.
I run a 5 pot traditional hydroponic system (40 yrs old). 15 litre pails suspended in 20 litre pails connected at the bottom for nutrient drainage and supply. I pump out of the reservoir, into the chiller, then through the drain line to the end of the system where the line is plugged. In the base of each drainage bucket I take 2 feeds off the main line for each upper bucket. Total working volume is about 50 litres. You don't want that much water on your floor in case of a leak, so I use a king size waterbed liner as a containment system.
I have 1000 W hps/mh and 600 W hps/mh lamps at the ceiling with reflectors, where I pretty much keep them.
I used the Remo nutrient line, according to their feed schedule, for the last grow, and was pleased. The do have a problem with fungus growing in their bloom products though. I doubt it has any harmful effects but visually it sucks. Nutrient temperature is kept at 23 C with the chiller, otherwise it would hit 27 - 28 C, which reduces the oxygen content of the nutrient solution and allows plant pathogens to grow.
I use a living hydroponic grow media. 15 litres of clay pellets is a lot of surface area for bacteria and fungus to colonize. Once the rootlets get going there are even more places to grow. There is also of course all the dead organic material from previous grows, even though I remove the big chunks. On a regular basis I add hydrated bacterial and fungal spores to the grow media. I am blending Great White and GH Subculture B since they each have a slightly different mixture of spores. I feed them with a soluble carbon source on a daily basis. Presently I'm using malt vinegar but a citric acid solution or molasses will also work.
Hopefully I won't have to abandon this journal. I will let you know in a couple of days.
I run a 5 pot traditional hydroponic system (40 yrs old). 15 litre pails suspended in 20 litre pails connected at the bottom for nutrient drainage and supply. I pump out of the reservoir, into the chiller, then through the drain line to the end of the system where the line is plugged. In the base of each drainage bucket I take 2 feeds off the main line for each upper bucket. Total working volume is about 50 litres. You don't want that much water on your floor in case of a leak, so I use a king size waterbed liner as a containment system.
I have 1000 W hps/mh and 600 W hps/mh lamps at the ceiling with reflectors, where I pretty much keep them.
I used the Remo nutrient line, according to their feed schedule, for the last grow, and was pleased. The do have a problem with fungus growing in their bloom products though. I doubt it has any harmful effects but visually it sucks. Nutrient temperature is kept at 23 C with the chiller, otherwise it would hit 27 - 28 C, which reduces the oxygen content of the nutrient solution and allows plant pathogens to grow.
I use a living hydroponic grow media. 15 litres of clay pellets is a lot of surface area for bacteria and fungus to colonize. Once the rootlets get going there are even more places to grow. There is also of course all the dead organic material from previous grows, even though I remove the big chunks. On a regular basis I add hydrated bacterial and fungal spores to the grow media. I am blending Great White and GH Subculture B since they each have a slightly different mixture of spores. I feed them with a soluble carbon source on a daily basis. Presently I'm using malt vinegar but a citric acid solution or molasses will also work.
Hopefully I won't have to abandon this journal. I will let you know in a couple of days.
