HazePhase's LED Organic No-Till Grow Journal, 2017

[HazePhase]

Hello Everyone,

This is my first ever grow and I am going to do my best to stay on top of this journal and keep it nice and tidy.
Looking forward to feedback from all angles as my plants aren't the only ones here to grow

Strain: Tangilope (Tangie X Chocolope)
Flower time: 9 weeks
Yield: 450-550 g/m2
80% sativa / 20% indica
Grow Stage: Seedling - Sprouted on St. Paddy's Day!

Indoor Grow in No-Till Organic Soil
20g Perlite / 20g Peat Moss / 15g EWC / 5g Mushroom Compost
4 cups of: Neem / Alfalfa Meal / Kelp Meal / Crab Meal
8 cups of: Dolomite Lime
32 cups of: Rock Dust Mix

Size of Pot: 15 Gallon Smart Pots w/ Scrogco 2x2 metal screens per plant
Size of Light: 48x48 - 12 COB Custom LED
6" Carbon Filter and 6" Fan with Ducting
3 x Small Oscillating Fans for air circulation
Temp: TBD - waiting on batteries to arrive
5x5x7 Gorilla Grow Tent

I am growing 6 plants but I will be taking 2 of them for cloning and will put them in a 2x4 tent for vegging awhile long while the other 4 stay in the 5x5 for flowering.

I am super excited and glad I was finally able to find some time to post my journal.
Really looking forward to continuing this and please ask away with any questions you may have and I will get back to you.

Have a wonderful day and thank you for taking the time to read and follow.

HazePhase

 

[Pennywise]

Ill tag along with ya


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[HazePhase]

Sounds good
I am going to need all the help and company I can get.
Super excited to:
1. be growing but also
2. to be doing a journal and learning with such great people!!

Yahoo!!

 

[HazePhase]

I found out today that my light is being shipped tomorrow so I should have it by the end of the week.
I'll post pictures when it arrives but here are the specs in regards to my custom made LED light:

12 Cob Vero 29 D series SE
1400 PPFD at 8"
6 COBs BXRC-40E10K0-D-73-SE
6 COBs BXRC-30E10K0-D-73-SE
108,000 lumens
Switchable 6 COBs on veg/12 COBs on flower
230 per rail
690 w total.

Pictures attached:
Sideways one is veg lights only. Other is all lights. Per array - 3 arrays total.

Super excited so I wanted to share
Have a great evening everyone!

 

[Pennywise]

Nice light.


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[HazePhase]

Thx pennywise.
I thought if I'm getting a light might as well invest and get a good one. I heard lights are somewhat important when growing lol

 

[HazePhase]

A shot from this morning.
It's funny the two that aren't shedding their seeds are:
#1 of 16 to sprout - the one that looks like a duck bill
#6 of 6 to sprout - leaves popping out yet barely

Also since then I topped off the solo cups with more soil to help cover the stretch

 

[HazePhase]

Here is a quick video from the person building my lights testing out PAR for my 4000k COBS which are on my light.

It's packaged as you can see below and will be arriving this week.

Another picture he sent me was how many cobs i could fit on this light as you see in image but that would be overkill LOL.
He also said I can add another array on there which I might down the road for sure.

Thanks everyone for following might update tonight with my seedlings.

 

[Pennywise]

Cobs are the future i think


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[HazePhase]

I have no experience but from reading online and talking with the person who builds these and who is also a Bio engineer he seems to know his stuff
either way he has my money LOL

 

[HazePhase]

Hey Everyone,

They broke through the soil on St. Paddy's Day so hopefully this is going to be my lucky Grow!!

They are doing well and I feel over the last couple of days have really started to speed up on the growth.

I was watering about a 1/4 cup of water per solo cup every 2 1/2 - 3 days and now they seem to be wanting that every 2 days which is nice to see
(PH 6.5 is what i used but it had to be lowered from 9.1 with organic lemon juice)

Probably by next weekend i will be transplanting them into 2 gallon containers for 3 weeks and then in their final 15 gallon smart pot!

Happy Sunday Everyone!

 

[HazePhase]

Quick updated picture from this morning.
They are going to be going into 2 gallon pots probably by the weekend.

I am going to be making more soil tomorrow and it will cook for 3 weeks and then I will move my girls from the 2 gallon into their 15 gallon smart pots with the exception of 2 of them which will be going into a 20 gallon smart pot and moved come flower time into a veg tent for further vegging / cloning and then flowering after the first four are done

Have a great day Everyone!!!!

 

[Pennywise]

Looking nice and healthy Haze


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[HazePhase]

Good Day Fellow Cannabis Enthusiasts,

It's been awhile since I made a post so I thought it was time.
They are now in their 2 gallon homes in their tent with 3 little clip fans moving air and my 6" intake fan on low - randomly throughout the day.

I've been having trouble getting my humidity and temperature up considering my plants are still small and my light produces no heat. (40% rh & 22 degrees celcius)

I just finished feeding my plants the following concoction:
2 cups E/W/C + 2 Tablespoons of Organic molasses + pinch of kelp meal + pinch of yeast in a nylon sock. Put into 4.5 gallons of Aloe water with an air stone and bubbled for 46 hours.

I also have some barley sprouting at the moment which should be ready for the next watering for some barley sst

In the next 3-4 weeks I will be getting a 2x4 veg tent and LED COB 4 light array for that tent.
Open to suggestions for tents

Have a great day everyone and thanks for following along.

 

[HazePhase]

Update Time:
The plants are doing well but I am open to feedback as this is my first ever grow.
I now have my light (which is still missing an array and getting fixed... should have been in on Friday... anyways... lol) on 11/11 for power so it's shooting the full amount of light at the moment but I still have it 3 feet away.
(I was told to leave it here if they aren't reaching for the light but I have no idea)

RH: 48% - need a humidifier as my intake fan lowers it down to 40% and i can't get up to the 50-70% that's best for Veg.
Temp: 22-25 degrees Celcius

The soil is still damp but in a few days when it's watering time I have brewed up some Barley SST which is frozen in ice cube trays in the freezer at the moment.

Super excited to add my other array of lights once it's back in my home!!

Please be gentle on Scraggles - she is the spindly looking one. She shed her seed later than the rest and took awhile to get going. She also only grew half of a leaf but seems to be picking up speed now

Looking for feedback, comments and company.

Question:
1. When does one start training their plant - I was going to move into 15 gallons in 2 more weeks then was going to start - that too late? - Doing Scrog individual 2x2 metal screens.
2. When does one start topping their plant?

All the very best and thank you!
HazePhase

 

[Pennywise]

Most top at 4th node as soon as you can get the snips in to top, make sure you sterilize the snips before the surgery. It makes a difference.

 

[HazePhase]

Most top at 4th node as soon as you can get the snips in to top, make sure you sterilize the snips before the surgery. It makes a difference.

Based on the picture on this post - (remember brand new - how many do i have so far - 4?)
in terms of snips - any recommendations?
in terms of sterilize - is rubbing alcohol fine?

Thanks!

 

[HazePhase]

Okay so I topped 3 plants this morning before leaving for work. (I made sure to sterilize before making the cut)
Then I went in about an hour ago when they woke up and also super cropped one of them (by pinching the stem till it bends - hope i did that right)

Pictures are attached but please leave me your feedback as I am learning every day and I am trying new things to compare and learn.
This has been such an exciting ride and its just begun

Please leave me your feedback advice etc..
Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!

 

[Pennywise]

The toppings look great, ive never supercropped them that young. Usually top them then let them grow out a bit and start lst.

 

[bobrown14]

Hey there Haze... nice looking set of girls you have there. Very nice n healthy.

Training... topping.... yes to training start early and do it often.. On topping I never really got on the band wagon with it. I do it sometimes but I actually don't see any improvement in yield which is really what I care about (quality is already there in organic soil).

I am currently doing a side by side grow same plants same soil ... topped only one at 4th node in VEG... they both look exactly the same. The one I topped was farther along in VEG and bigger.. now same size and same timing. Thats just me tho.. I'm always on a different path than most.

Ok I read your soil mix and I have just one issue with it. I've been running Coots style soil for a pretty long time even no-til for a while as well. I read that you used 12 cups or so of Dolomite lime... That's pretty much the exact same thing as Cal/Mag and in fact some Cal/Mag is actually made from Dolomite lime.

The issue is a 2:1 ratio of Calcium to Magnesium. Optimum ratio is 7:1 or higher. Your plants need very little Mg and they will get that from your Kelp Meal... the extra Mg over time ... several runs with same soil (no-til) will become an issue. It's going to be ok for say 3-4 runs with the same soil but eventually you will have an imbalance. Again not critical now.. The difference with Dolomite lime and Cal/Mag in a bottle is the time dolomite takes to break down. Dolomite is med to slow break down/release, where Cal/Mag is fast release. So that's the saving grace for dolomite. Next round you can take your soil and mix it in with a new batch of Coots mix say 1/2 and 1/2 and you will be fine to grow no-til perpetual.

Your lamp looks VERY VERY nice. Great choice. Is that a timber Lamp?? I have 3 of the Timber Vero29s and they look very very similar.

The Vero29s are KILLING it in my VEG room. I only ran 2 plants under it last run and that was only say 1/2 of the time in flower. This run the plants under the Vero29s are REALLY good.. they stretched right up to the lamp like 5" away... that perfect and the lamps get really deep penetration too so growing in a scrog you will be able to see under the canopy. My grow style is SOG and I don't really mess with my plants much. If that strain doesn't meld well with my growing style - which is LAZY ... I move on. That easy.

Yeah so subb'd and watching for bud porn! I know its coming... many many well wishes for a bountiful harvest.

Cheers