3 Strains, LED & HID, Hempy Buckets

[neiro]

Hi All!
This is my second grow in 6 years. Link to the previous attempt.

Plant: Auto Fem White Widow from Dutch Passion

Setup:
DYI box (1.5 x 1.8 x 2 meters), (Sorry, report will be in metric system ;-)
DWC 30L + 2 channel 4W compressor.
LED Mars Hydro 600 (about 300W)
HESI nutrients
Airflow ~ about 100 m3 / hour
Day/night: 20/4
Automatic temperature control: 24-27 Celsius

Wish me luck!

 

[Prosper]

Hey Neiro, neat setup love a good DIY. The airflow metric you provided is that the oxygenated water (bubbles) being pumped into the bucket? Or is it airflow into the room? I'm guessing airflow into the room. I just noticed u wrote 4W compressor. How much litres an hour does that pump into the water?

 

[neiro]

Hey Neiro, neat setup love a good DIY. The airflow metric you provided is that the oxygenated water (bubbles) being pumped into the bucket? Or is it airflow into the room? I'm guessing airflow into the room. I just noticed u wrote 4W compressor. How much litres an hour does that pump into the water?

I mean airflow in the room.
How much litres in water - I don't know, but look enough ;-) I will attach video later.

 

[neiro]

She is about 10 days old. Growing slowly but growing. First day in DWC.
ph 5.7 ppm 400 t 24-28 humidity 44-52

 

[neiro]

How to move this thread to Journals in Progress?
https://www.420magazine.com/community/forums/grow-journals.56/post-thread

 

[neiro]

White Widow growing slowly.
Baby Auto Dark Purple fem just show first leaves.
Auto Lemon AK fem seed germinating in the box.
Amnesia Ryder fem dying under the jar.
And everything is surrounded by tomatos in soil.

 

[neiro]

Because of the dirty water I can't continue with DWC. I've decided to switch to the simple hempy style growing.
So, this is my new setup.
3 MJ plants in blue pots with perlite & some tomatoes in black soil.

 

[neiro]

Look's like not enough feeding. I decide to switch to GHE nutrients and put ppm higher.
My last solution is 1ml micro / 2ml grow / 1ml bloom per 1 L
ph 5.8 / ppm 630

 

[neiro]

There are dry days now, but my fingers are itching. So, I decided to made upgrade to 400W HPS Sylvania Grolux.
Now I have 2 fans: one for the lamp works 24/7 and second one with temperature controller keeps temperature in the closet between 24-27 Celsius.

 

[neiro]

I like growing progress under the HPS and with GHE nutrients.
My feeding schedule now: 2 dry days and 2 litres watering with nutrients for each plant.
I started to add Diamond Nectar & Calcium Magnesium and final solution is: 1ml micro / 2ml grow / 1ml bloom / 2ml diamond nectar / 1.5 calcium magnesium per 1 litre, ppm 810 / ph 5.75.

 

[neiro]

First time LST

 

[neiro]

So far, so good.
My feeding schedule is the same: 1 day nutrients and 2 dry days. No clear water flushing.
Solution is: 1.5 micro / 2 grow / 1.5 bloom / 2 diamond nectar / 1.5 calcium magnesium (ml/litre), ppm 850-900 / ph 5.8-5.9

 

[HugePeckerhead]

They look good. Just a tip. When you take pics try to take them in natural lighting. It allows us to see what you see.

 

[neiro]

In natural lighting after watering.

 

[neiro]

Is she going to bloom?

 

[HigherTheHigh]

Already started .

 

[neiro]

300W LED for one girl + 400W HPS for two
Happy girls

 

[HigherTheHigh]

If the cool tube is rigged up to a cooking system you could lower the tube till around 12" above the canopy, it will chance to also benefit the 3rd plant partially but they look really good!

 

[neiro]

If the cool tube is rigged up to a cooking system you could lower the tube till around 12" above the canopy, it will chance to also benefit the 3rd plant partially but they look really good!

It will destroy my climate control system ;-)

My grow room is located under the roof and temperature outside the room is about 58-64 F that is not enough for the growing and I need smthg for heating.
I have 4" hole in the lower part of room for passive air intake. And the fan in the opposite upper corner of room. The fan is plugged via temperature controller.
Cool tube fan sucks air near the inlet hole 24x7 and keeps warm air inside the room for heating.
Temperature controller runs outgoing fan to keep temperature inside the room in 75-80 F.

 

[neiro]

2 micro / 2.5 grow / 3.5 bloom / 2 diamond nectar / 1 calcium magnesium (ml/litre)
ppm 1150 / ph 5.9