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Gangalicious Experimental Grow Lab, Part 3b: flowering a plant with T5s and fluoroescents
Strain: Grape Ice
Plant Name: Flotsam (sister to Jetsam)
FFOFerlite ratio is 4:1 (80%/20%)
Nutes: General Organics BioThrive Bloom, high phosphorus guano. For veg, I used a little BioThrive Grow, kelp, and high phosphorus and high nitrogen guanos.
Tent: Secret Jardin dR80 (32x32x62inches). Exhaust fan is a 70cfm ultra quiet bathroom ventilation fan. It is rated at 1.0 sones. There is a slim oscillating tabletop fan blowing air into the canopy and also into the space between the lights and canopy.
Temp: generally 78-85F with lights on. I've got the lights about 2" from the canopy, so the tops are living at about 87-89F
Humidity: will probably be on the dry side for the rest of this grow. 41% right now. Will probably go lower as Summer approaches. Cool mist humidifier on standby.
Lights: She vegged completely under CFLs. For flowering, it's a panel of eight 24" T5 HO bulbs (of mixed spectrum) along with a couple of 55W 4000K fluorescent bulbs flanking the sides. I'll show more about the lights later.
History: a little pH trouble in her early days . . .
Took some time, but she made a nice recovery:
And here is a pic from a few days ago, at day 35:
Today is day 40, so I'll snap some more shots of her tonight and put up some more info on the lights.
Strain: Grape Ice
Plant Name: Flotsam (sister to Jetsam)
FFOFerlite ratio is 4:1 (80%/20%)
Nutes: General Organics BioThrive Bloom, high phosphorus guano. For veg, I used a little BioThrive Grow, kelp, and high phosphorus and high nitrogen guanos.
Tent: Secret Jardin dR80 (32x32x62inches). Exhaust fan is a 70cfm ultra quiet bathroom ventilation fan. It is rated at 1.0 sones. There is a slim oscillating tabletop fan blowing air into the canopy and also into the space between the lights and canopy.
Temp: generally 78-85F with lights on. I've got the lights about 2" from the canopy, so the tops are living at about 87-89F
Humidity: will probably be on the dry side for the rest of this grow. 41% right now. Will probably go lower as Summer approaches. Cool mist humidifier on standby.
Lights: She vegged completely under CFLs. For flowering, it's a panel of eight 24" T5 HO bulbs (of mixed spectrum) along with a couple of 55W 4000K fluorescent bulbs flanking the sides. I'll show more about the lights later.
History: a little pH trouble in her early days . . .
Took some time, but she made a nice recovery:
And here is a pic from a few days ago, at day 35:
Today is day 40, so I'll snap some more shots of her tonight and put up some more info on the lights.