BakedAlaskan
New Member
1st post, and 1st journal. Little bit of background -
I haven't used much smoke since I was 16.. waaaay too many years ago. About 10 yrs back my wife starts to get headaches. Then they got worse. For the last five years they were downright debilitating. A few months ago a mutual friend gave us some cookies. For the first time in as long as I can remember her pain vanished. We talked it over and decided that it made sense to grow our own meds. With the recent changes in state law, the risk reduced enough for us to give it a go.
Anyway, on to the grow. I lurked here for a couple of weeks and then went out to locate some seeds. I ended up coming home with four clones... all from different strains. I am still working on determining what they are, but at this point my primary focus is to grow and learn.
What strain is it? >> Unknown; four varieties
Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid? What percentages?
Is it in Veg or Flower stage? >>Veg
If in Veg... For how long?>> one week
If in Flower stage... For how long?
Indoor or outdoor? >> Indoor
Soil or Hydro? >> Hydro
If soil... what is in your mix?
If soil... What size pot?
Size of light? 400w
Is it aircooled? Not yet
Temp of Room/cab? 81.2
RH of Room/cab? Unknown
PH of media or res? 5.5
Any Pests ? Spider mites
How often are you watering? DWC
Type and strength of ferts used? GH Floranova
I had a rough starting week. The clones had spider mites. They were potted in soil w/peat moss pods. I sat those things into the DWC baskets and they simply refused to root down to the water. In an act of desperation I gently opened the peat moss bags and let the roots out. It didn't take long for them to get down to the water. I read that the "hot shot" bug killer hanger works. We picked up one Sunday and it appears to have eradicated all of the live mites already. We got a 36"x36" grow tent. So far it seems to be a pretty high quality item.
Until tonight, I had them under a 35W CFL bulb. Earlier this evening my 400w MH/HPS setup and what a difference! I think the plants perked up just in the last hour! After looking through some of the journals I am seriously considering a hempy setup. The DWC seemed like it is a good idea, but maybe I should learn more of the fundamentals before trying it. Finally, I am thinking of a SCROG. Perhaps a 34" square SCROG divided into quarters. That way I could flower all four strains and see which one works best for her needs.
Some pictures from tonight..
This is one of the leaves recovering from spider mites
The root are finally taking.. but looking a little brown. I added a capful of h202. Should I add more?
Here is a shot of the DWC. It is a 14g Rubbermaid.
I haven't used much smoke since I was 16.. waaaay too many years ago. About 10 yrs back my wife starts to get headaches. Then they got worse. For the last five years they were downright debilitating. A few months ago a mutual friend gave us some cookies. For the first time in as long as I can remember her pain vanished. We talked it over and decided that it made sense to grow our own meds. With the recent changes in state law, the risk reduced enough for us to give it a go.
Anyway, on to the grow. I lurked here for a couple of weeks and then went out to locate some seeds. I ended up coming home with four clones... all from different strains. I am still working on determining what they are, but at this point my primary focus is to grow and learn.
What strain is it? >> Unknown; four varieties
Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid? What percentages?
Is it in Veg or Flower stage? >>Veg
If in Veg... For how long?>> one week
If in Flower stage... For how long?
Indoor or outdoor? >> Indoor
Soil or Hydro? >> Hydro
If soil... what is in your mix?
If soil... What size pot?
Size of light? 400w
Is it aircooled? Not yet
Temp of Room/cab? 81.2
RH of Room/cab? Unknown
PH of media or res? 5.5
Any Pests ? Spider mites
How often are you watering? DWC
Type and strength of ferts used? GH Floranova
I had a rough starting week. The clones had spider mites. They were potted in soil w/peat moss pods. I sat those things into the DWC baskets and they simply refused to root down to the water. In an act of desperation I gently opened the peat moss bags and let the roots out. It didn't take long for them to get down to the water. I read that the "hot shot" bug killer hanger works. We picked up one Sunday and it appears to have eradicated all of the live mites already. We got a 36"x36" grow tent. So far it seems to be a pretty high quality item.
Until tonight, I had them under a 35W CFL bulb. Earlier this evening my 400w MH/HPS setup and what a difference! I think the plants perked up just in the last hour! After looking through some of the journals I am seriously considering a hempy setup. The DWC seemed like it is a good idea, but maybe I should learn more of the fundamentals before trying it. Finally, I am thinking of a SCROG. Perhaps a 34" square SCROG divided into quarters. That way I could flower all four strains and see which one works best for her needs.
Some pictures from tonight..
This is one of the leaves recovering from spider mites
The root are finally taking.. but looking a little brown. I added a capful of h202. Should I add more?
Here is a shot of the DWC. It is a 14g Rubbermaid.