Incredible Bulk - 5 Bucket DWC - 1st Cannaventure From Seed

WR420

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Hey there all you movers & shakers!!!

I actually started a grow journal on paper in a notebook, so I wanted to switch to online to get some tips & pointers from everyone! My babies are 3 weeks, 3 days old today.

Seeds were bought online from the UK & came really fast! Only took a week or two to get them in the mail.

11/17/16 - Germination- Soaked 24-36 hours in tap water until white tap root was showing.

11/18/16 - 8:00 PM. Planted root down in jiffy pellets & put in a black tray. Put it under a CFL grow light until they sprouted. Watered from bottom. Kept an heater close by & a fan on lightly to grow stem strength. Kept light on 24/7. Kept temps "spring like". There was a little white fuzz growing on top of one of the pods. Scrapped it off with tweezers.

11/22/16 - Seedlings - 3 out of 6 spouted. However, 1 pod sprouted 2 from same pod & 1 pod was a blank. Lesson #1 learned... Don't get high before planting!!!! I transplanted the pod with 2 seedlings into a separate pod.

11/24/16 - Seedlings 6 out of 6 are up!

11/26/16 - Small business Sat. 20% off at 2 local hydroponics stores. Score!!!! Plus free advice.

11/28/16 bought my lights on Amazon. All seedling are about an inch tall, except the one I transplanted. I see yellow/ brown spots on 2 of the leaves on plant #6. Started watering with PH balanced water.

11/30/16 - picked up pod & I see white roots poking out, where are my lights???!!!!

12/01/16- lights came. Transplanted 2 into my own home-made DWC bucket system into net pots & hydroton. Used nutes half strength of what bottle says to use. Smallest plant only half the size of a toothpick. I wasn't sure to keep them in their pods or to take out & transplant without pod. I took one out & left 1 in.

12/02/16 - 2AM #2 lesson learned. Don't start setup late at night. If you run into problems, you will be up all night!

12/03/16. - babes are droopy. Hoping it's transplant shock.

12/04/16 - the one I planted without pod is still droopy & yellowing. The one in it's pod still is droopy still but better.

12/05/16 - Transplanted 3 for a total of 5 into my DWC bucket system. The 6th plant was not viable for transplant. 5 out of 6, here we go! Seem less droopy. I check PH every other day. Keeps steady (apple juice yellow) between 5.7-5.9. I need a PH Pen....

12/11/16 - lights 18/6. All except 1 have white roots coming out the bottom of the net pots. Top feeding until I see roots.

12/12/16 - today. All 5 babies doing well. Changed nutes on 3 last night, 2 tonight. Very dark green leaves. A few starting their 5th leaves.


5 Dr. Krippling Incredible Bulk, Big Bud X super Skunk X Green Spirit
80% Indica / 20% Sativa
THC content: 20-24%
Flowering: 7-8 weeks, switch to flower before 2 feet tall
Yield: Indoor 600-1000 grams

1 Afghan Kush X - N. Cali Indica (maybe). I have not kept track on which plant it is! Only time will tell.
Flowering: 50-60 days
height: 75-100 cm
Yield: 350-400 grams
Feminised seeds
Is it in Veg or Flower stage? Veg
If in Veg... For how long? 3 weeks
Indoor
Hydro
Any Pests ? None
Change Nutes: Appx 1x/week w. Tap water
PPM Unknown, I need a PPM meter.
Water temp: Unknown. Room below is basement, no heat so they stay quite cool.
Bucket Size - 5 gallon
Medium - DWC
Lights - (2) 300w LED, Mars Hydro about 24"-20" away.
Nutrients - General Hydroponics FloraDuo A&B
Strain(s) - Incredible Bulk & Afghan X
# of Plants: 5
Yield: We shall see!

I'm reading up on topping next! Also Need to figure out how to add pics so you can check out my grow room!

:thanks: for reading.
 
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Leaves are shiny, lots of new middle growth. Had a crisis last night. It was 1 degree out last night in Mass & they needed a heater. I plugged it in and it ended up blowing the circuit on the plug! Out went the pump, lights etc and I didn't' know it. So they received a little extra nap last night.

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Shiny leaves!

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This one's leafs are a bit deformed, since it came out of the seed. Is it my afghan?

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A little discoloration on tip of one leaf.

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We are 4 weeks old today!!!!

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Whats up man? I like what you have going on. DWC is the way to go for size and speed.
Do you have only those two mars 300s for light? I ask because i have those too and they are aces for veg and they will make some frosty flowers but my weights were always a little light with them and that was in a 2 bucket 3 x 2 tent. I ended up buying a dimmable hid that i run at 200 or 300 watts along with the mars lights. Im interested to see how yours turn out.
 
If you'll switch to rapid rooter plugs instead of the jiffy pods, you can place your germinated seed directly into it and bury it in the dwc basket. Top water for a few days until you get roots out. Quick, clean, and less chance of a mistake.
 
R-Man - this is what I used to start, cheap at Lowes. Will go through the 42 more I have before switching to RR plugs lol. Do u think it was ok that I put 4 in with the Dwc basket or will that restrict root growth? Hold on, I need to take a pic of roots before lights out! They r doing okay too, coming along nicely. My here is some brown but I think because of the medium they are in. Hopefully!
 
Shopping spree at my local hydro store H2grow today!!! Picked up some free advice too. The owner is a cool dude. FINALLY got myself a nice conductivity pen made by bluelab. Reads in EC, PPM 50 & PPM 700. Also reads temp in either Celsius or Farienheit.

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:yahoo:

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I have given each bucket a number # 1-5.

Here are my first EC & DWC bucket readings taken today, Saturday 12/17/16 at 11:00PM. EC test #1

# 1 - 0.8 EC 65 degrees
# 2 - 0.8 EC 66 degrees
# 3 - 1.8 EC 66 degrees
# 4 - 1.5 EC 65 degrees
# 5 - 1.5 EC 65 degrees

Wtf is the degree button on a I pad??!?!!! :hmmmm:
 
My girls are looking fab

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A slight discoloration in the pic below. Must do: Nute change tomorrow before the Patriots are on!

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My 2 MARS HYDRO 300 watt LED"s were hung tonight with new rope & pulley system.

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Goodnight! It's past the girl's bedtime! ....



Many clouds of Smoke all,.
Tanyeast
WR420
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Whoa. What a weekend. Nute change after the Patriots game tonight. Done & Done. Girls are ready for another week of tremendous growth.

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Tonight got to measure PPM and water temp for the first time on a nute change. .. It's the little things that make me happy peeps.

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Bucket 1,2 & 4.

64, 66, 64 degree resv & 570, 590 & 600 on a PPM 500 unk EC equivalent.

Buckets 3 & 5

Both 67 degrees. Wtf is the degree button? Hate spelling it out. 610 & 540 PPM 500, unk EC.

Roots = white.

Most are between 5.5-6 inches.

PH - on point. Still test by GH PH control kit. Hard to see but color is piss yellow. 5.7-5.9.

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GH Flora Duo A&B at least half strength of bottle directions for general blend.

A - 3 tsp per 5 gallon bucket

B - 1.5 tsp per 5 gallon bucket.

I think I will just start using * for degrees btw. If anyone is listening out there.

Room temp 66-70* & Humidity 40-70

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LED OFF Pics

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Look at her droop after res change

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Just sitting here looking beautiful

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Figured out she is my Afghan. How? All the others have purple red stems & this one is light colored!

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When can I start topping? Afraid all that little growth underneath isn't getting enough light.

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Many clouds of Smoke all,.
Tanyeast
WR420
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you could do a little LST like i did for my bulks :) also i topped one of my bulks when it had like 4 or 5 true nodes on it and topped it above the 4th node i believe...it handled it pretty well never really stopped growing. i tried to FIM one of my other bulks but no luck so i just said fuck it and let it do its thing with a little tucking and LST also....
 
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