3rd grow getting started. I started the 1st in Jiffy pellets, 2nd straight into soil, this time I'm using the paper towel method to germinate them.
I have plenty of money tied up in my tent, lights, filter, fans, etc. but I am calling this a low dough grow because compared to what others have spent or are spending, its relatively tame. I'll be using 4 of the old style Mars Hydro 300w lights (180w each actual draw). To get a comparable amount of light you could spend far more than the $250 these 4 cost. Next up, nutrients. I'll be using Dyna Gro's Foliage Pro and Pro Tekt from start to finish. It's one of the cheapest fertilizers around and has all the minerals included in one part. No fancy bloom boosters, separate grow and bloom formulas, Cal-Mag, etc., all I'm going to use is the 2 products I mentioned, other than a small amount of PH Down to adjust to my desire range. I was able to finish my last 2 grows with one 8oz, $13 bottle of Foliage Pro and I used 1/2 of one 8oz bottle of Pro Tekt (about $7 a bottle). Of course now I've replenished stock and bought bigger bottles, so the cost per ounce of each is even cheaper. So pretty cheap stuff compared to the cost of other company's base nutrients plus several other additives.
Here are the other particulars:
Strains: 2 White Cheese Autos by Dinafem, 2 Sweet Cream Caramel Autos by Sweet Seeds
Soil: Promix BX + 20% perlite. I'd just use straight Pro Mix to cut cost more but I already had the perlite.
Pots: 3 gallon fabric pots
Lights: 4 old style Mars Hydro 300w LED's (180w actual draw)
Fertilizer: Dyna Gro Foliage Pro, Dyna Gro Pro Tekt
Ventilation: 27" Tower fan, 6" 240 CFM duct fan connected to a 6" carbon filter
Tent: 32"x32"x63"
Light schedule: 18 hours on, 6 hours off
Target PH: 6.2
Water: Reverse Osmosis with a starting PPM pf 11
My feeding plan: I will start feeding them at 1/8 tsp per gallon of Foliage Pro, and increase by 1/8 tsp per gallon, each feed, until I reach 3/4 tsp of Foliage Pro. That will continue until they start to bloom, at which time I'll up it to 1 tsp of Foliage Pro. The whole grow they will get 1/4 tsp of Pro Tekt per feed. I feed every watering and water as needed by pot weight. At the beginning of the grow it might be every 4-5 days just because they are small and aren't drinking that much and they may only take a half liter or so. By the time we get to the end, they should be drinking a gallon each, every other day.
Dropped the seeds into some water this AM. Excited to get this grow started and hope you come along for the ride.
I have plenty of money tied up in my tent, lights, filter, fans, etc. but I am calling this a low dough grow because compared to what others have spent or are spending, its relatively tame. I'll be using 4 of the old style Mars Hydro 300w lights (180w each actual draw). To get a comparable amount of light you could spend far more than the $250 these 4 cost. Next up, nutrients. I'll be using Dyna Gro's Foliage Pro and Pro Tekt from start to finish. It's one of the cheapest fertilizers around and has all the minerals included in one part. No fancy bloom boosters, separate grow and bloom formulas, Cal-Mag, etc., all I'm going to use is the 2 products I mentioned, other than a small amount of PH Down to adjust to my desire range. I was able to finish my last 2 grows with one 8oz, $13 bottle of Foliage Pro and I used 1/2 of one 8oz bottle of Pro Tekt (about $7 a bottle). Of course now I've replenished stock and bought bigger bottles, so the cost per ounce of each is even cheaper. So pretty cheap stuff compared to the cost of other company's base nutrients plus several other additives.
Here are the other particulars:
Strains: 2 White Cheese Autos by Dinafem, 2 Sweet Cream Caramel Autos by Sweet Seeds
Soil: Promix BX + 20% perlite. I'd just use straight Pro Mix to cut cost more but I already had the perlite.
Pots: 3 gallon fabric pots
Lights: 4 old style Mars Hydro 300w LED's (180w actual draw)
Fertilizer: Dyna Gro Foliage Pro, Dyna Gro Pro Tekt
Ventilation: 27" Tower fan, 6" 240 CFM duct fan connected to a 6" carbon filter
Tent: 32"x32"x63"
Light schedule: 18 hours on, 6 hours off
Target PH: 6.2
Water: Reverse Osmosis with a starting PPM pf 11
My feeding plan: I will start feeding them at 1/8 tsp per gallon of Foliage Pro, and increase by 1/8 tsp per gallon, each feed, until I reach 3/4 tsp of Foliage Pro. That will continue until they start to bloom, at which time I'll up it to 1 tsp of Foliage Pro. The whole grow they will get 1/4 tsp of Pro Tekt per feed. I feed every watering and water as needed by pot weight. At the beginning of the grow it might be every 4-5 days just because they are small and aren't drinking that much and they may only take a half liter or so. By the time we get to the end, they should be drinking a gallon each, every other day.
Dropped the seeds into some water this AM. Excited to get this grow started and hope you come along for the ride.
cheers
