12 Plants; ancestory unknown. (a sativa, I believe, really heady high)
soil; unknown. started with large gravel in the bottom of the pot, then a screen, like for a screen door, then a sandy and silt/clay like soil...I can see some iron pyrite like flakes, some crispy green flakes and a few whitish little balls, topped with a mulch of leaf/twig to retain warmth/moisture.
nuts; unknown, except that there are some added to the soil, so, I'm not adding any.
lights; unknown, 3 of them, 12 watts each, I think they're cfls (there is one bulb shown in one of the pics), suspended on one meter cables from the ceiling, adjustable in length from ceiling and distance from each other. at present, 24/7-I can touch a bulb without getting burned or feel much hotter than holding a womans hand!
grow room; a 4 tatami room, one tatami is about 170cmx80cm. anyway, the room is about 6x10ft. 8 ft high, you do the math, its small, probably closet size for most of you.
temp/humidity; 30 degrees celcius, 40%, constantly. I expect both to drop during flowering as fan/heater are on one timer and lights are on another.
I have a circulation fan, which is on only when the heater is on, its a small ceramic heater, no intake or exhaust fans. the door/s of this room match its width, @6ft/1.7m. I work from home and go in/out of the room many times a day/night, so get plenty of air exchange. I use a timer, exactly like most of you probably have, 24 hr w/ all those little switches.
been reading about the co2, decided to go with just under 2 litters water, a cup of sugar, and a few squirts, one squirt if you pee hard, of my own
piss. yes, my own piss! takes a few days to activate, but its working fine. there is literally no odor in the beginning, slight odor after about 8 days. smells like very sour lemonade. I could see a dramatic improvement, much fuller and greener. nothing special, 2 litter bottle, (if you use a ginger ale bottle, it will still look like there is ginger ale in it, lol) water, sugar, pee (a few cc's). no cap, no tubes, no heat, no yeast, shaken (with cap on!), set on the growing table. it will be a clear, ginger color at first, nearly odorless, then turn a cloudy white, thats when it will start to have an odor, as I described above.
time of usefullness, unknown, lol. I started a second one just now and I'll flush the first one in 2 wks or when/if the odor gets too strong, so I'll always have 2 going. I'm not worried about the settling as the fan should always keep it mixed.
cost; whatever sugar costs! and I seldom use it anyway
total cost; about 100 USD!
sorry, there are no pics of the unhealthy, dying plants. I couldn't bear it!
in short, add co2, anyway you can. an increase in growth rate or yield is still an increase at any percentage!
see my grow journal here:
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/124812-1st-grow.html#post1533784
