Green Utopia
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Gonna do a perpetual grow in an 8x5x8 converted bathroom.
When its up and running, the goal is to have the following going simultaneously:
6-12 clones or seeds - Rockwool for 1-2 weeks
6-11 veg - Rockwool for 2-3 weeks
6-8 early flower - 2.5G Grodan for 3-6 weeks
6-8 late flower - 2.5G Grodan for 3-6 weeks
3 Mothers - TBD for 3-6 months
I'm using the PureBlend Pro Organic Nutes.
2 x 600w HPS for the Flowering
2 x 150w 6500K CFL, 1 x 150w 2700K CFL for Veg (with sockets in place and bulbs to almost double that if needed)
The room is kept at a constant 68F. The res temp seems to remain about 66F.
Both the Flowering and Vegging area stay 75-78 daytime, and drop to 68-70 at night.
Humidity is a little low right now cause not enough plants going and its winter. It stays between 35-45 in all areas.
CO2 is on a timer - will be getting controlled by my controller.
1 x 14,000 BTU A/C
1 x 10" Exhaust Fan - w/Carbon Filter
1 x 8" Intake Fan
1 x 6" Exhaust Fan
1 x 6" Intake Fan
1 x 131cfm Squirrel Exhaust Fan
1 x 18" wall mounted circulating fan
1 x 6" wall mounted circulating fan
Some fans are on timers, some on thermostats. They will all eventually be controlled by my controller and thermostats.
The clones sit on a heat mat on a towel for insulation. They are on their own thermostat set at 79-80.
Hope to get at least 1.25oz per plant. 6-8 plants every 3-6 weeks.
This is NOT a commercial grow. Its for me to have the best medicine I can grow and to share with friends in need.
There are 4 plants being flipped to Flower tonight:
Group A
2 x AK-47, 1 Mystery Strain, 1 Kali-Mist
A1 - is AK-47
A2 is AK-47
A3 is an Unknown Kindbud
And finally, A4 is the Kali-Mist that we don't know what will come of it. Was abused when young. Bummer.
There are 8 plants that are just starting Veg:
Group B and C
2 x AK-47
6 x NY Diesel
There are 3 clones from the Group A plants taken to preserve the phenos if desired later. They are 2.5 days old and will catch up or pass the 8 starting Veg.
And finally - the really good stuff - I've ordered two strains from Barney's Farm - Utopia Haze and one named after a hallucinogenic with three letters starting with L ending in D the server doesn't like. I am really excited about the Utopia Haze. I have been drooling over those seeds for about a year, but they've always been out of stock when I was ready to get them. They will be here and ready to germinate on Jan 1.
Both strains have very high THC content (23% and 24%), but the Utopia has .6 CBD while the other has 1.2 CBD. I'm excited to feel the difference.
Last but not least - it is my goal to get the entire room automated. I'll be building an atmospheric and nutrient controller from scratch. For anyone not familiar with eeproms and ic chips I highly recommend checking out Parallax. For many of you here I think you will find it fairly easy and fun. Anyways, hopefully I'll be doing it here in the next few weeks.
Gonna try to build what would normally cost a few thousand dollars - sensors and controllers for: Temp, Humidity, PPM, pH, CO2 , fans power, lights power, water in, nutes in, ph in - and all that for 2 light zones and 2 reservoirs on different feeding schedules. I have some of the stuff here and I think I can get the rest for a few hundred dollars if I don't need peristaltic pumps. The room is so small I may be forced to use them and that will tack on a few hundred bucks at least - which could be hard to squeeze out right now.
I welcome any suggestions and tips or comments. There's no substitute for experience, and while I've been smoking for 22 years - I've only grown twice before. So hopefully if I take care of the grunt work, and eliminate variables in the room, you guys can help me with the really tricky part - namely learning to listen to the plants.