I started a thread detailing my research, design, building and first grow of my DIY grow Cab. Since it is now a straight grow, I wanted to begin a official grow journal.
Check here for the beginning: Stealth Cabinet Build-Input Requested
To Summarize:
Double Chunk Strawberry-Not a lot of knowledge of the strain, but a indica that grows very short and bushy. I believe it has roots in the Deep chunk x Strawberry cough from No Cal (Blue Sky I think). I was told a very short flower of about 5 weeks. Main reason strain was picked for me as this is my first grow and just tiring to not F things up too much.
Currently in my 3rd week of veg under 400w hps in a cool tube. (Next grow will veg with T5's or MH) 10 of the clones were cut on 3/6/10, and 2 the day I received them 3/9/10.
Indoor grow cab in garage (see cab details at previous thread) with a Turbogarden ebb and flow with 20 gal res.
The temps have been around 80-85 max (with a few 90 in there during a heat wave) and 60-65 minimum. RH has been as high as 65 and as low as 20.
Pests-Started with a few fungus gnats and root aphids when in just 3" tall size RW, used the yellow sticky traps and when RE transferred to 5" pots with Hydroton, most disappeared. A few every other day or so, but easy to kill.
Two days ago I found my first Spider mite I was told to use Neem and SM90. So last night I got the supplies and made 1 gal of Neem (1 oz per gal of RO). Then put 6 oz of SM90 in spray bottle and added 30 oz of the neem mixture. (Why the SM90 gives a ml/gal for mixing with res and not for foliar spray I don't know, just says 1:5) I took each plant out and gave them a complete spray down concentrating on the undersides of the leaves. After all were sprayed, I had a little spay left, so I took them out and shot them again. This morning the plants looked great! I have been dealing with a over watering problem, and they have never looked so perky!
Watering-I am using GH 3 part with tap water. I have 2 air stones and a 160 gph water pump to keep the nutes circulating. I am currently using the GH recommended 3-2-1 mixture for general veg. Tap water starts about 230 and after the nutes are added it is around 1450-1500 ppm with a Hanna ppm meter (blue top). The ph of the water out of the tap is high 7's, after the nutes are added goes down to ~6.5, then use GH ph down to get to 5.7-5.8. When ph gets up to 6.0(2-3 days) then I lower it down to 5.8 again. Changing the nutes about every 9 days or so. (First full res change was actually last night) Is your res supposed to start to smell like a fish tank? Mind you not a rotten nasty fish tank, but but a normal fish tank. The res temps have maxed about 74, but this last week I started to put in a frozen bottle of aquafina (larger size) in the morning and that is helping to keep it below 70.
Pictures: I have a few at the old thread (check link above) or you can check them in my gallery here: - 420 Magazine Photo Gallery
Here is one from this morning:
Check here for the beginning: Stealth Cabinet Build-Input Requested
To Summarize:
Double Chunk Strawberry-Not a lot of knowledge of the strain, but a indica that grows very short and bushy. I believe it has roots in the Deep chunk x Strawberry cough from No Cal (Blue Sky I think). I was told a very short flower of about 5 weeks. Main reason strain was picked for me as this is my first grow and just tiring to not F things up too much.
Currently in my 3rd week of veg under 400w hps in a cool tube. (Next grow will veg with T5's or MH) 10 of the clones were cut on 3/6/10, and 2 the day I received them 3/9/10.
Indoor grow cab in garage (see cab details at previous thread) with a Turbogarden ebb and flow with 20 gal res.
The temps have been around 80-85 max (with a few 90 in there during a heat wave) and 60-65 minimum. RH has been as high as 65 and as low as 20.
Pests-Started with a few fungus gnats and root aphids when in just 3" tall size RW, used the yellow sticky traps and when RE transferred to 5" pots with Hydroton, most disappeared. A few every other day or so, but easy to kill.
Two days ago I found my first Spider mite I was told to use Neem and SM90. So last night I got the supplies and made 1 gal of Neem (1 oz per gal of RO). Then put 6 oz of SM90 in spray bottle and added 30 oz of the neem mixture. (Why the SM90 gives a ml/gal for mixing with res and not for foliar spray I don't know, just says 1:5) I took each plant out and gave them a complete spray down concentrating on the undersides of the leaves. After all were sprayed, I had a little spay left, so I took them out and shot them again. This morning the plants looked great! I have been dealing with a over watering problem, and they have never looked so perky!
Watering-I am using GH 3 part with tap water. I have 2 air stones and a 160 gph water pump to keep the nutes circulating. I am currently using the GH recommended 3-2-1 mixture for general veg. Tap water starts about 230 and after the nutes are added it is around 1450-1500 ppm with a Hanna ppm meter (blue top). The ph of the water out of the tap is high 7's, after the nutes are added goes down to ~6.5, then use GH ph down to get to 5.7-5.8. When ph gets up to 6.0(2-3 days) then I lower it down to 5.8 again. Changing the nutes about every 9 days or so. (First full res change was actually last night) Is your res supposed to start to smell like a fish tank? Mind you not a rotten nasty fish tank, but but a normal fish tank. The res temps have maxed about 74, but this last week I started to put in a frozen bottle of aquafina (larger size) in the morning and that is helping to keep it below 70.
Pictures: I have a few at the old thread (check link above) or you can check them in my gallery here: - 420 Magazine Photo Gallery
Here is one from this morning: