Flaahgra
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I'll start with this intro post then get on with the journal
This is my first attempt at growing after doing research for over 4 years. I don’t pretend to know everything, but if I compare what I do know and my gear to grows my friends did in the past, I think I should get at least a decent results from this. Doing two Dinafem Blue Kush from seed.
My gear is :
SJ Darkstreet rev2.5| 2’x2’x5’
cheapo 250w mh 6500k (veg)/Hortilux 250w super hps (flower)
Lumatek 400 dimmed to 250
Vortex 4” 175cfm + odorX carbon filter
17.5”x6” cooltube
Fan control, Digital thermometer, timer for lights
Problems I've had with the setup are having only 2 straps for the fan and filter, so I made a ghetto tape strap in the middle. Could only get semirigid 6" ducting... had to squish it. Despite all these inelegant modifications, air still flows perfectly.
Being winter, I’m “fortunate” for having low temps; even with the fan on lowest speed, I can adjust it between 20-26C at around 2.5ft from the lights, though humidity is rather low at 29-35%. Night temps can get somewhat low too, around 15-17C, but that might be fine for this strain (see below). I'm exhausting straight into my room, but my intake is over a trap door leading to a cold room attached to this room so it draws in cool air (ballast is in that room and barely emits heat). The air from the exhaust is a lot cooler than the one from my house vents when the heat is on, I guess this Vortex is a good one.
Soil and nutes
For the 3.5" pots and 1 gals, I have a mix of about half Promix potting soil, a quarter each ewc and perlite, and some lime.
The organic mix is a big batch of the above with added Espoma Tomato Tone, Alfalfa and Kelp meals, plus some glacial rock dust, moistened and left to cycle until final transplant. I might add a thin layer of final mix to the bottom of the 1 gal pot to get it ready for the final pot.
As for teas, I do have extra alfalfa, kelp and ewc and other things on hand but I'm not 100% sure about them on this 1st grow. I got fish bone meal too but it smells so much I don't know if I will use it lol.
Strain:Dinafem Blue Kush - I chose this strain because it's supposedly good for scrogs, which I think would be the best way of growing in my space. The flavors/smells and THC content as well as the fact it's kush are other things that pushed me to chose it, and supposedly can turn purple with a temp drop so that would be cool (as long as it's not bad for the plant).
Procedure: Already explained which pots I will use and the transplants, other than that I will top when they're old enough, then do a 4 way LST before the scrog. I still need to make the net, will do so before they get too big. Starting the seedling right under MH, read that it's OK. Will probably keep MH a week or two into 12/12 then switch to HPS. I've heard you can switch back to MH in the last 2 weeks before harvest to get lower yields but increased potency so I might do that if it looks like yield is already going to be good. The Hortilux has added blue so maybe not necessary. Other stuff is going to be dealt with in the next few weeks, just working on getting these seedlings going right now.
Goal: Produce my own ganj, tired of relying on dealers even though most of them are friends. Don't think I'll ever go over 4 plants in the location I am now, but would like to be able to yield enough to supply me till or close to the next harvest. Also there's little info out there on this strain right now, so I'm hoping to contribute something to the growing community by writing this. Glad it's on this site because the How to grow section taught me alot of what I know.
OldManClemens has a great journal and the only one I could find on this strain right now, on this very forum: [PakaCordova's First Journal For My First Grow - Dinafem Blue Kush - Soil - Nov 2014]], scrogging it like I will but with some differences in the lights and nutes (excluding that he has two tents for a perpetual
). Be sure to check it out if you haven't and are going to follow this one.
The first journal post will be up soon
This is my first attempt at growing after doing research for over 4 years. I don’t pretend to know everything, but if I compare what I do know and my gear to grows my friends did in the past, I think I should get at least a decent results from this. Doing two Dinafem Blue Kush from seed.
My gear is :
SJ Darkstreet rev2.5| 2’x2’x5’
cheapo 250w mh 6500k (veg)/Hortilux 250w super hps (flower)
Lumatek 400 dimmed to 250
Vortex 4” 175cfm + odorX carbon filter
17.5”x6” cooltube
Fan control, Digital thermometer, timer for lights
Problems I've had with the setup are having only 2 straps for the fan and filter, so I made a ghetto tape strap in the middle. Could only get semirigid 6" ducting... had to squish it. Despite all these inelegant modifications, air still flows perfectly.
Being winter, I’m “fortunate” for having low temps; even with the fan on lowest speed, I can adjust it between 20-26C at around 2.5ft from the lights, though humidity is rather low at 29-35%. Night temps can get somewhat low too, around 15-17C, but that might be fine for this strain (see below). I'm exhausting straight into my room, but my intake is over a trap door leading to a cold room attached to this room so it draws in cool air (ballast is in that room and barely emits heat). The air from the exhaust is a lot cooler than the one from my house vents when the heat is on, I guess this Vortex is a good one.
Soil and nutes
For the 3.5" pots and 1 gals, I have a mix of about half Promix potting soil, a quarter each ewc and perlite, and some lime.
The organic mix is a big batch of the above with added Espoma Tomato Tone, Alfalfa and Kelp meals, plus some glacial rock dust, moistened and left to cycle until final transplant. I might add a thin layer of final mix to the bottom of the 1 gal pot to get it ready for the final pot.
As for teas, I do have extra alfalfa, kelp and ewc and other things on hand but I'm not 100% sure about them on this 1st grow. I got fish bone meal too but it smells so much I don't know if I will use it lol.
Strain:Dinafem Blue Kush - I chose this strain because it's supposedly good for scrogs, which I think would be the best way of growing in my space. The flavors/smells and THC content as well as the fact it's kush are other things that pushed me to chose it, and supposedly can turn purple with a temp drop so that would be cool (as long as it's not bad for the plant).
Procedure: Already explained which pots I will use and the transplants, other than that I will top when they're old enough, then do a 4 way LST before the scrog. I still need to make the net, will do so before they get too big. Starting the seedling right under MH, read that it's OK. Will probably keep MH a week or two into 12/12 then switch to HPS. I've heard you can switch back to MH in the last 2 weeks before harvest to get lower yields but increased potency so I might do that if it looks like yield is already going to be good. The Hortilux has added blue so maybe not necessary. Other stuff is going to be dealt with in the next few weeks, just working on getting these seedlings going right now.
Goal: Produce my own ganj, tired of relying on dealers even though most of them are friends. Don't think I'll ever go over 4 plants in the location I am now, but would like to be able to yield enough to supply me till or close to the next harvest. Also there's little info out there on this strain right now, so I'm hoping to contribute something to the growing community by writing this. Glad it's on this site because the How to grow section taught me alot of what I know.
OldManClemens has a great journal and the only one I could find on this strain right now, on this very forum: [PakaCordova's First Journal For My First Grow - Dinafem Blue Kush - Soil - Nov 2014]], scrogging it like I will but with some differences in the lights and nutes (excluding that he has two tents for a perpetual
). Be sure to check it out if you haven't and are going to follow this one.The first journal post will be up soon
