HunHash
Active Member
Hi everybody,
After 20 years of fantasizing about it, the time has come for me to start my very own grow. I started this project because for the last year or so I fought a hard battle with depression, and my wife (God bless her soul) supported me because she saw that this project of mine gave me something to be happy for. The funny thing is that I started to collect my equipment about a month ago, and things already started to get better (just this week I got 2 job offers).
Before I start to describe my setup and strains and all, I have to tell you (if you haven't noticed already) that English is my second language as I live in Central Eastern Europe, so my wording and grammar might be a little childish. Please, don't hesitate to correct my grammar or the phrases I use (or should use). If I can learn the language and growing at the same time, then I can kill two birds with one stone.
Because I'm in a budget, I decided to go with a Wilma hydro system (50l reservoir, 11l pots, clay pebbles).
My grow space is limited, so I bought a 1m x 1m x 2m Monster Garden grow tent.
I bought a fan (Black orchid mixed line 125mm 220/280 m3/h) and an FV carbon filter PRO-ECO 240/360 m3/h 125mm
For the lights, I fell in love with the Lumatek Attis 300w model so I purchased it from England and hoping that it was a good decision. Does anyone have experience with it? Is it as good as I hope it is?
The strains:
I purchased 3 autoflowering strains and got a 4th as a present. It's cool because I wanted to start with four different strains but run out of money when I ordered the seeds.
1st: Cream Mandarine XL Auto (Indica/Sativa/Ruderalis 35%/63,4%/1,6%) 9 weeks to harvest
2nd: Gorilla Girl XL Auto (Indica/Sativa/Ruderalis 42,1%/57,5%/0,4%) 9 weeks to harvest
3rd: Sweet Gelatio Auto (Indica/Sativa/Ruderalis 44,2%/55%/0,8%) 8 weeks to harvest
4th: Bloody Skunk Auto (Indica/Sativa/Ruderalis 62,4%/32,9%/4,7%) 8 weeks to harvest
I decided to start with the first two, but of course, on day four I broke poor Gorilla Girl in half, so I had to start germination again. The Cream Mandarine is 9 days old, the new Gorilla girl is 5. I'll wait for 2 more days and start the other two because I want them to finish together, and I only have one reservoir to flush them.
Nutrients:
They under a 18/6 light cycle. For now, I give them 40% of light power until they get stronger. I decided to let them sleep from 11 AM to 5 PM because we don't have an AC and this period will be the hottest in summer.
For now, I mixed 1/8th of the recommended amount of nutrients (grow A&B + B-52 + Tarantula + Rhino skin). I used 20L of dechlorinated PH balanced tap water (PH5,6), but when I measured its PPM (it was more than 300ppm) I immediately ordered 70l of distilled water. It's quite an expense, so I have to think about an RO filter shortly, but for now, I don't know which hand of mine I should bite.
My problem is that the PPM is constantly rising, and I can't work out why. I understand that the plants are too small to drink up all these nutrients, and in every watering, the water evaporates, but I added more PH balanced water and it didn't bring the PPM down. (it has gone like this: 585, 706, 840, 890, 884 the day I added 5L of fresh water, 903 today). I can't wait for the delivery of that distilled water.
So today stats are: 903PPM, 6,5PH, water temperature: 23,4C, Air temp.: 24,8C, RH: 44%
As you can see, the CM is a bit unsteady. She can't decide if she wants to stand or not. I decided not to help her because I want to LST her anyhow, so it's not a big deal.
Well, that's it for today. Hope some of you will join me for this ride.
After 20 years of fantasizing about it, the time has come for me to start my very own grow. I started this project because for the last year or so I fought a hard battle with depression, and my wife (God bless her soul) supported me because she saw that this project of mine gave me something to be happy for. The funny thing is that I started to collect my equipment about a month ago, and things already started to get better (just this week I got 2 job offers).
Before I start to describe my setup and strains and all, I have to tell you (if you haven't noticed already) that English is my second language as I live in Central Eastern Europe, so my wording and grammar might be a little childish. Please, don't hesitate to correct my grammar or the phrases I use (or should use). If I can learn the language and growing at the same time, then I can kill two birds with one stone.
Because I'm in a budget, I decided to go with a Wilma hydro system (50l reservoir, 11l pots, clay pebbles).
My grow space is limited, so I bought a 1m x 1m x 2m Monster Garden grow tent.
I bought a fan (Black orchid mixed line 125mm 220/280 m3/h) and an FV carbon filter PRO-ECO 240/360 m3/h 125mm
For the lights, I fell in love with the Lumatek Attis 300w model so I purchased it from England and hoping that it was a good decision. Does anyone have experience with it? Is it as good as I hope it is?
The strains:
I purchased 3 autoflowering strains and got a 4th as a present. It's cool because I wanted to start with four different strains but run out of money when I ordered the seeds.
1st: Cream Mandarine XL Auto (Indica/Sativa/Ruderalis 35%/63,4%/1,6%) 9 weeks to harvest
2nd: Gorilla Girl XL Auto (Indica/Sativa/Ruderalis 42,1%/57,5%/0,4%) 9 weeks to harvest
3rd: Sweet Gelatio Auto (Indica/Sativa/Ruderalis 44,2%/55%/0,8%) 8 weeks to harvest
4th: Bloody Skunk Auto (Indica/Sativa/Ruderalis 62,4%/32,9%/4,7%) 8 weeks to harvest
I decided to start with the first two, but of course, on day four I broke poor Gorilla Girl in half, so I had to start germination again. The Cream Mandarine is 9 days old, the new Gorilla girl is 5. I'll wait for 2 more days and start the other two because I want them to finish together, and I only have one reservoir to flush them.
Nutrients:
They under a 18/6 light cycle. For now, I give them 40% of light power until they get stronger. I decided to let them sleep from 11 AM to 5 PM because we don't have an AC and this period will be the hottest in summer.
For now, I mixed 1/8th of the recommended amount of nutrients (grow A&B + B-52 + Tarantula + Rhino skin). I used 20L of dechlorinated PH balanced tap water (PH5,6), but when I measured its PPM (it was more than 300ppm) I immediately ordered 70l of distilled water. It's quite an expense, so I have to think about an RO filter shortly, but for now, I don't know which hand of mine I should bite.
My problem is that the PPM is constantly rising, and I can't work out why. I understand that the plants are too small to drink up all these nutrients, and in every watering, the water evaporates, but I added more PH balanced water and it didn't bring the PPM down. (it has gone like this: 585, 706, 840, 890, 884 the day I added 5L of fresh water, 903 today). I can't wait for the delivery of that distilled water.
So today stats are: 903PPM, 6,5PH, water temperature: 23,4C, Air temp.: 24,8C, RH: 44%
As you can see, the CM is a bit unsteady. She can't decide if she wants to stand or not. I decided not to help her because I want to LST her anyhow, so it's not a big deal.
Well, that's it for today. Hope some of you will join me for this ride.
