CKS White Widow - 1800 Watt - Hydro - Scrog

[WestCoastDwar]

Hey guys I'm going to be starting my grow in the next few days, I've got 16 white widows from crop kings seeds. They are in the late seedling stage and I am ready to put them under some more intense light, just need to finish organizing my grow room. This will be my first grow, I'm planning on using a scrog net and picking out 12 healthy plants to put on my 4x8 flood table. I will be growing in 6" rockwool, and a top feed drip watering system.

3x 600 air cooled MH conversion bulbs
3 digital ballasts
8" vortex exhaust fan with carbon filter
4x8 flood table
Heater, fans ect.
My room is 9.5x9.5
I will be using a resivoir and pump to feed my manifold and emmiters to each plant
I have both handheld ph tester and ppm tester
Will be using RO 4 stage water filters and GH floraNova nutes.
I'm sure I'm forgetting something but here goes, looking forward to everyone's input and advice. Cheers

 

[captainhowdy]

Awesome, I'm excited to see what these turn out like. I am growing Crown Royale from Crop King and am using the same nutrients!
Throw some pics up! Cant wait to see them.

 

[Lockiou]

Good description. I think it should be cool journal. Regards.

 

[Greatstage]

Always nice to see more hydro Journals good luck buddi'n !

 

[WestCoastDwar]

just a quick update, im still wiring my room but nearly done hoping to be in there in 2-3 days, here are some pics of my ladies.

the four in the middle just sprouting are my blueberry seeds, im gonna pic the nicest outta the 4 and make it my mother. sorry bout the shitty photos tho my phone isnt the best and lighting tough.

 

[WestCoastDwar]

these have been under 2 24watt HO lights, next time i start from seed or clone they will move under a 400 mh alot sooner, as these ones stretched abit

 

[WestCoastDwar]

day one of veg for my white widows,

i finally got my room wired and now im just dialing in the fans a heater ect, hopefully these things take off now

 

[WestCoastDwar]

i just starting giving them half the recommended amount of floranova grow, the lights are 20 inches away to start, i wanted to see what they are gonna do and i dont wanna burn or dry them out right off the bat, temp is 76-80f with lights on and about 65-68 with the lights off

 

[Greatstage]

This shall be intressting .

 

[WestCoastDwar]

Goodmornig from the west coast, its day 6 of veg for my girls and im having a bit of a problem, at first my leafs were drooping down abit so i figured i was overwatering,i also over did it with the nutes one day but have since corrected that i believe. so ive cut back on the watering and yesturay i did not even water them because the rockwool still seemed abit wet and no as light as i had hoped, i since watered them this morning cause a few leaves were getting dry, also the bottom leaves on some or yellow which mean it needs nutes? am i correct? i will post some pics and can u guys let me know your opinion please, any advice is greatly appreciated, i am starting to worry about these girls. also i am having a difficult time trying to figure when and how often i should water them, they are in 6 inch rock wool for 6 days now, does anyone have any experience in this department, i know everyone says to feel it and what not and i have been trying to but they still seem slightly wet.
also a couple of pics of my room

one more question, my lights are at 20 inches from these girls is that too low to soon?

 

[WestCoastDwar]

i am also going to put a humidifier in today cause its pretty cold and dry around here so its not really going above 40%

 

[WestCoastDwar]

okay ive put in a humidifier and now its at 55-60% with lights on, hope this help, anyone out there in 420 land have any suggestions i am all ears, cheers

 

[WestCoastDwar]

also on the agenda tomorrow i will be making some covers for the top of the rockwool to stop any algea

 

[Justalittle]

In my experience with WW they are very sensitive to NUTES. I would not use more than a 1/4 of recommended dose on them.

JMO

 

[WestCoastDwar]

thx Justalittle i will keep that in mind

 

[b.real]

looking good. I would run 600 watt hps fixtures 2-3 feet away from plants that size for now. if the temperature isn't too high 2 feet is good. if you want you can run just 1 light for now because 600 watts is more than enough for those little ones. you should also start you nutrient regime (since rockwool is basically inert). there are many different ways to water, but this is the way I do it. I soak the cubes with a mix (about 500 ppm for plants that size) and I don't water again till they're lighter in weight. that should be in about 2-3 days. watering the cube till runoff flushes the rockwool (which stabilizes the pH in the cube), prevents patchy dry spots in the cube, and trains the roots. eventually you'll get to the point where you'll need to water them to runoff basically every day. you can water them a little every day (or even multiple times a day) not to runoff, but I like the wet dry runoff method. there are some people with emitters who water multiple times a day and claim to get the highest yields, but I'm not sure if they water to runoff or not because I don't have experience with emitters. it's really preference. when I say dry I don't mean bone dry.

 

[WestCoastDwar]

hey everyone day 7 of veg, ive been watering my plants with 300ppm and 5.8ph, hes a few pic of what they look like today

i also pulled the light away to about 28 inches and made cutouts to go on top of the rockwool to stop the algea

 

[WestCoastDwar]

thx b.real i appreciate the help. i have been watering them till they drain some out the bottom, the reason i am running to lights is cause i cant keep it warm enough during the day with one light only, and today i moved the light back to about 28 inches, i will an eye on it and see if i need to go more. again thanks for the reply i definetly need the help

 

[b.real]

no problem. they look nice and green so your mix is good

 

[WestCoastDwar]

day 8 of veg just alittle update, the girls seem alittle better today, hopefully we are going in the right direction now. this morning i pinched a couple of tops and they have responded well so far. the plan is to FIM all the plants and get them about 12 inches tall then introduce them to the netting and get them to start going horizontal.