L.O.S. - Coco Based

lowrent · Apr 24, 2018

hey everybuddy. ok, got off to a rough start. my first group was struggling and before I thought to check the pH of my water because, it's well water and has stayed the same for years, I started a second group. (it dropped from 6.0 to 5.2 for some reason??) the first group turned around and I now have to many plants but, I'll figure it out as I go.

Equipment
- 78" cube tent
- 315 cmh (I bought the conversion kit and used it with a regular hood)
- hlg 550
- (2) 6" durabreeze in-line fans (435 cfm ..I think)
- 3 and 5 gallon pots (/with most of their bottoms cut out and use screen - 4 big triangle-ish shape quadrants removed)

Soil Mix ( added to 7.5 gal of a 70/30-ish coco/perlite mix)
*Build-A-Soil products
- craft blend mix - 2 cups
- mineral mix - 1 cup
- pinto bean compost - 4 cups
- bio char - 2 cups
- cytoplus - 2 tbsp.
- vam endo myco mix - 2 tbsp.
- yucca meal ThermX 15m - 1/3 cup
- modern microbes - 2 tbsp.

Other
- worm castings - 4 cups
- carbo load (AN) - 2 tbsp

I make 2 batches a single amended (SA) batch and a double amended (DA) batch. (not doubling the microbes in the DA batch). I put the DA batch in the bottom third of my pots

Watering
- carb load (AN)
- ferocious (junglegrow)
- mammoth P

- during the veg cycle every other watering with ferocious and carbo load. during the flowering cycle every other use all 3
- I do pH my water each time and keep it between 6.3-ish to 6.5-ish.

Plants
- front group - 3 green crack, a grape kush, a banana kush, and a bad azz kush
- back group - 2 blue dream, 2 bad azz kush, a grape kush, and a banana kush

growers' note - ....my health is real bad (first and last time you'll hear me speak on it) and is on the decline. I've been essentially home bound for the past 8 years. I can make if out for short trips once or twice a week (nothing for pleasure or fun) but, it's hard on me. hard on my body to even type stuff out on the computer and is the reason i'm not real chatty. growing is way to much for me but, when you grow your own meds, you do what you gotta do.
it was time to change things up for a spell so, I thought i'd do a journal (..and maybe get above 50 post's so, I can vote in the contests...chuckle)

..with all that being said ....some pic's (couple of the pics were taken a couple days earlier)

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Apr 21, 2018

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thanks for stopping in .....b safe
k'den

Bonsaiweed · Apr 24, 2018

Oooooo.... another place to come and watch..... Great time of year for us voyeurists!!! :cool:

Looks like you got this under control...only thing to do is sit over there and munch on cheesy poofs. :popcorn:

lowrent · Apr 27, 2018

say there everybuddy.

...thanks kindly bonsai for stopping in. appreciate it.

one of a few set backs I had when starting this grow (..way late AGAIN) was one of my fans went down. ( last grow was my first grow in my garage) I had one fan in the corner of my tent (got it moved up into the attic before this grow). the second fan I had built a "silencer box" to knock the noise down. it was the fan the went bad so, I took a few pics, just in case anyone was looking for an idea for one. the black fan was the old and the blue is the new. the box is made from 2" foam board, foam padding, silicone sealer (not used for the lid or top), and white duct tape. not shown in the pictures are two thin rubber mats I lay over the top of the padding, covering front-to-back and goes down the sides. then the top gets taped down. i'd say it reduced the noise by about 90%. you can still hear it but, it's more like "quiet noise."

b safe all. k'den

fan silencer guts

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Mar 16, 2018

fan silencer /old fan

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Mar 16, 2018

fan silencer/ new fan

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Mar 16, 2018

fan silencer w/ horti shroom

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Mar 16, 2018

Bonsaiweed · Apr 27, 2018

Nice sound reduction. Looks like some thought went into it.....

millertm · Apr 30, 2018

Ha, my garage is so loud with 2 air movers running mostly all night. I remember when tent was in a bedroom, very noisy and cold. Your setup looks great. I'll keep an eye on your place.

Cheers

lowrent · Apr 30, 2018

hey there everybuddy.

hey bonsai....yeah, the hang up was what to build the box out of and foam board seemed to a good choice. it does do a good job knocking the sound down. thanks for the stopping in.

hey millertm. I think of that when I look in on your grow after, admiring your plants, of course . I know the fan I had in the tent the last grow (in attic now) was driving me crazy. I pretty much live in the garage. it's were I drink coffee, vape, smoke cigs, and listen to talk radio all day and night. I had to cut that noise down. sounds like you and I followed the same grow room evolution. I was in a spare bedroom for 10+ years and just made the move out to the garage last grow. I didn't have a tent though..

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May 8, 2017

I had to open and shut the room up everyday. I unfolded the closest doors and put a wood frame across them to hang the lights. the wife was very tolerable for many years. very happy with being in the garage and the new set up....thanks. good to have you stop in. thanks again.

I was surprised when cleaning up the lower parts of the plants and doing some leaf tucking that, what was suppose to be a banana kush and a green crack, are in fact autos. I didn't even order any autos or get any as free seeds is the kicker. not sure what to do with them. I hate to cut them down but, I don't want a 90+ day auto. plus, I could use the room and was leaning towards taking out a couple anyway. add one more thing to the "crazy" start. in the front group, they are (looking front to back) the middle left and the back right. besides that, my only issue is the "lack of" humidity. pretty much stays around zero. creeps up from time to time and I can get a 40%'er day here and there.
b safe all. k'den

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