Kaiser Wilhelm
Active Member
Hi all and welcome to the Kaisers perpetual grow. I grew with a roomie back in college for a year and got great results using entirely perlite but unfortunately I haven't had a chance to grow again till this summer. Last year I was able to reacquire most of the equipment I needed and have been vegging since the beginning of the summer. My goal for this grow and moving forward is too test a couple 'myths' I have seen. The first is the use of a 15 gallon (or larger) smart pot with perlite which many consider identical in performance to 7 or 5 gallon smart pots, even with a relatively longer veg time. Given adequate time for root expansion, I think the extra space will allow for some impressive stretching and much greater nutrient uptake during flower, but we will see! I also I wanted to play around with is the use of organic nutes in a hydroponic setup which is supposed to be nightmare. Rather than jump into this one head on, I have slowly been integrating all organic nutes as various bottles have gone empty and will continue to do so until I am entirely organic. Finally There were quite a few hurdles to jump at the start including root rot, a gnat infection and some deficiencies but I think I have things pinned down well now.
My setup is pretty simple:
2x4ft Veg tent with a 150watt metal halide, 2 bulb t8 panel and a little 25 watt t5 led. The panels are used for clones and small plants and to give coverage where the halide is blocked. Lights on temps are usually in the low 80s with humidity varying between 60% and 35% depending on when I last watered. Lights off and it stays around 72.
3x3 Flower tent with 3x 1000w amazon blurple (pulls ~400watts from the wall). Temps are usually in the low 80s lights on, 72 lights off with humidity sticking to ~40%.
Strains:
Veg:
Ayahuasca Purple from Barneys Farm in a 15 gallon smart pot, entirely perlite. She is 85 days old from seed.
Critical from Dinafem in a 10 gallon hempy bucket, entirely perlite. She is 54 days old from seed and a week from transplant into the hempy bucket. She is probably the strongest plant out of all the seeds I popped this round and based on space restrictions is stuck in veg for another two months minimum.
Flower:
Bagseed Beta in a 2 gallon pot, 50/50 steer manure/perlite. She is 85 days old from seed, 42 days into flower
Kush 'n Cookies CBD from Garden of Green Seeds, 5 gallon pot entirely perlite. She is 85 days old, 30 days into flower
Red Diesel from Barney's Farm 2 gallon pot, entirely perlite. She is 85 days old, 11 days into flower.
Mama Mia from Seedsman 15 gallon smart pot, entirely perlite. She is 85 days old, 7 days into flower.
Watering is done entirely by hand, usually with a shot glass until I can water by the gallon. Nutrients are as follows:
Veg: 18/6
Fox Farms Grow Big: 15ml/gallon
Roots Organics Surge: 5ml/gallon
General Hydroponics CaliMag: 3-4 ml/gallon
Botanicare Rhizo Blast: 2 ml/gallon
Botanicare Hydroguard: 2 ml/gallon
Earth Juice micro nute: 2ml/gallon
Root Farms Ph up: ~2ml/gallon
Root Farms PH down: >1ml/gallon
I also do some foliar feeding with 1ml of Grow Big to 32oz spray bottle when the plants start to get a bit bigger. They love this!
Flower: 12/12
Roots Organics HPK: 8-16 ml/gallon depending on timing and plant size
Roots Organics Surge: 5-10ml/gallon depending on timing and plant size
General Hydroponics CaliMag: 4 ml/gallon
Bud Builder 1000: 2ml/gallon
Botanicare Rhizo Blast: 2 ml/gallon
Botanicare Hydroguard: 2 ml/gallon
Earth Juice micro nute: 2ml/gallon
Root Farms Ph up: ~2ml/gallon
Root Farms PH down: >1ml/gallon
If the roots get nasty I usually add 2ml of hydrogen peroxide and withhold the Rhizo blast and hydroguard for a feeding which happens maybe once a month. I also have a P shooter and amino acid blend from Roots Organics in the mail. The Rhizo blast is getting low and will likely be replaced with something from Roots organics.
Shout out to Seedsman as the Red Diesel, Mama Mia and Critical were all freebies!
I'll start with some photos of Bagseed Beta and then work from oldest to youngest.
My setup is pretty simple:
2x4ft Veg tent with a 150watt metal halide, 2 bulb t8 panel and a little 25 watt t5 led. The panels are used for clones and small plants and to give coverage where the halide is blocked. Lights on temps are usually in the low 80s with humidity varying between 60% and 35% depending on when I last watered. Lights off and it stays around 72.
3x3 Flower tent with 3x 1000w amazon blurple (pulls ~400watts from the wall). Temps are usually in the low 80s lights on, 72 lights off with humidity sticking to ~40%.
Strains:
Veg:
Ayahuasca Purple from Barneys Farm in a 15 gallon smart pot, entirely perlite. She is 85 days old from seed.
Critical from Dinafem in a 10 gallon hempy bucket, entirely perlite. She is 54 days old from seed and a week from transplant into the hempy bucket. She is probably the strongest plant out of all the seeds I popped this round and based on space restrictions is stuck in veg for another two months minimum.
Flower:
Bagseed Beta in a 2 gallon pot, 50/50 steer manure/perlite. She is 85 days old from seed, 42 days into flower
Kush 'n Cookies CBD from Garden of Green Seeds, 5 gallon pot entirely perlite. She is 85 days old, 30 days into flower
Red Diesel from Barney's Farm 2 gallon pot, entirely perlite. She is 85 days old, 11 days into flower.
Mama Mia from Seedsman 15 gallon smart pot, entirely perlite. She is 85 days old, 7 days into flower.
Watering is done entirely by hand, usually with a shot glass until I can water by the gallon. Nutrients are as follows:
Veg: 18/6
Fox Farms Grow Big: 15ml/gallon
Roots Organics Surge: 5ml/gallon
General Hydroponics CaliMag: 3-4 ml/gallon
Botanicare Rhizo Blast: 2 ml/gallon
Botanicare Hydroguard: 2 ml/gallon
Earth Juice micro nute: 2ml/gallon
Root Farms Ph up: ~2ml/gallon
Root Farms PH down: >1ml/gallon
I also do some foliar feeding with 1ml of Grow Big to 32oz spray bottle when the plants start to get a bit bigger. They love this!
Flower: 12/12
Roots Organics HPK: 8-16 ml/gallon depending on timing and plant size
Roots Organics Surge: 5-10ml/gallon depending on timing and plant size
General Hydroponics CaliMag: 4 ml/gallon
Bud Builder 1000: 2ml/gallon
Botanicare Rhizo Blast: 2 ml/gallon
Botanicare Hydroguard: 2 ml/gallon
Earth Juice micro nute: 2ml/gallon
Root Farms Ph up: ~2ml/gallon
Root Farms PH down: >1ml/gallon
If the roots get nasty I usually add 2ml of hydrogen peroxide and withhold the Rhizo blast and hydroguard for a feeding which happens maybe once a month. I also have a P shooter and amino acid blend from Roots Organics in the mail. The Rhizo blast is getting low and will likely be replaced with something from Roots organics.
Shout out to Seedsman as the Red Diesel, Mama Mia and Critical were all freebies!
I'll start with some photos of Bagseed Beta and then work from oldest to youngest.
