PPP KiloBitsSecondGrow

[KiloBit]

Good evening ladies and gentleman, I have just begun my second grow and as such starting another journal. Hope this one turns out as well if not better than my first, which will be hard to beat Please feel free to visit my first grow, as there are some great pictures and final results, which quite frankly are amazing, and makes me glad I discovered this new hobby of mine. Here we go.

I purchased the seeds from Nirvana and they are feminized. Packet states PPP.

OK, basically started by putting a seed into some very damp paper towels in a washed out lo mien carryout container (yeah you can still see some of the shit). lol This is the same setup I used for my last grow. Well, then I just put it by my cable modem and router were it is dark and not cold. I will check back in a few days.

 

[KiloBit]

I don't fecking believe it. Holy shit my girl is already forming, see the ittsy bittsy root?. Just fecking put her in yesterday. Holy shit. Now I have to start moving. I can almost see inside her. Or is just the fecking smoke?

 

[KiloBit]

Alright here are the hardware and nutes we be using. The only other medium will be hydro.

1. the guts of the shit. medium sized plastic storage cabinet, 10 gal tub of which 6 Gal is used for the grow, a couple of adjustable straps to assist with light adjustments of which majority will be done be shelf, 2 CFL one veg one bloom, some aluminum foil for reflection and privacy.
2. this is the tub that we use for the draining of the old hydro and nutes.
3. irrigation water pump, netpot with hydroton grow rocks, rockwool, irrigation dispersal and tube.
4. CFL same as for first grow very satisfied with them
5. airpump for the bubbleponics have to get new airstone
6. fan
7. nutes for the grow showing both veg and bloom with micro for both they are pre weighed and are to be mixed with 6 Gal hydro 1packet of veg and 1 packet of micro or 1 package of bloom and 1 package of micro again I used this for my last grow

 

[bxke1414]

First grow was awesome, I can't wait to see this one.

 

[KiloBit]

First grow was awesome, I can't wait to see this one.

Thanks man. I actually had a lot of fun doing it. And to reap these kinds of rewards is fecking awesome.

 

[yellowsnakes]

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Thanks man. I actually had a lot of fun doing it. And to reap these kinds of rewards is fecking awesome.

amen to that brother

Pure Power Plant, this will be good KiloBit
If it's Ok I'll pull up a seat and watch these babies grow with ya.

This box is great. Nice setup. Nice yeild on the last journal, NYC bagseed.


have a good day

cya


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[KiloBit]

Moved the girl from the wet paper to the wet rockwool. Back into the container and back into the hole.

1. the container, rockwool, utensil to widen the hole in the rockwool, knife
2. ppp exposed
3. moving her from the towels to the wet rockwool see her on the tip of the knife?
4. ppp nested in the rockwool kind of shitty pic eh
5. back into the container
6. cover and back by the modem and router

Tomorrow after work, setup the tub and get ready for the move from darkness to light. This is exactly what I did with the first grow. When the move occurs, we will have a full functioning system for her. Then in roughly 7 to 14 days we'll start with some mild nutes, full strength will be given when she's about 6 to 8 inches 15 to 20 cm.

As my pops would say, "So far so good."

 

[KiloBit]

Please remember, this grow is a low cost, stealth model, say for an apartment. We only move 6 Gal 22 liters, minimal smell, minimal noise, and depending on seed (got a 2 oz 58.1 gr first grow)a personal harvest.
If you want an idea of what to expect, I strongly urge you to view my first grow journal. Although not from seed, it does have some great pics. Plant, harvest, cure weight, etc. Please check it out so I get hits. lol Oh yeah one more thing, if your expecting ph levels and humidity readings, etc. I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. Anytime I feck with a plant I kill it. So as my farmer grandparents said, "Leave it alone, it'll take care of itself."

Today she's been moved to the tub and light. She's in her spot until harvest. Seeing as she's still in germination, no nutes, we don't need air pump for the bubbleponics yet, and the fan also need not be engaged at this time. Hey save as much electric as you can.

1. the water pump is put into tub
2. marking for 6 gallons lol I know I know I'm using one gallon containers so why not just count them? Because a couple of times I forgot, I was toking while doing it this isn't really important now, but when we start the nutes it becomes critical as the nutes are premixed and weighed for 6 Gal 22 liters
3. we use 2 containers one fills while we move the other to the tub
4. very important to thoroughly wash the hydroton grow rocks or your water will turn dark brown
5. obvious, pouring the water into the tub
6. prep for her crib
7. let her in, look how much she's grown since yesterday already popping out of the hole
8. close the door, also important to cover as much as possible so no light gets through into your water, that causes algae
9. into the tub she goes another fecking lousy picture
10. pic of the wiring it's in a drawer, the white thing on top is my speed adj for fan
11. lower the lights
12. dropback view
13. close cabinet

OK All we can do now is hope the genetics are good and we have a successful grow. Hope you've enjoyed it so far and possibly it was of help to some of you as well. I'll keep updating as required.

Also, please post your comments or questions. I know a lot of you are wondering why I'm only doing one plant. Well, frankly seeing as this is only my second grow and I'm also giving a step by step, I really don't want to become overwhelmed. Besides, it's enough for me, for now Check out my first girl, she took up the whole box.

 

[yellowsnakes]

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OK All we can do now is hope the genetics are good and we have a successful grow. Hope you've enjoyed it so far and possibly it was of help to some of you as well. I'll keep updating as required.

. . . . nice little photo journal.

This is going to be fun to watch, thanks.


Good growing to you bro


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[KiloBit]

Woke this morning and found that she's already popped the shell. I don't know, my first grow didn't happen this fast. I hope this is a good omen. Oh yeah, the roots already past the rockwool, so I'm going to have to get that airstone by the weekend.

1. here she comes
2. side ass view lol
3. OK see the shell to the right? fecking awesome, looks like a little pacman

We are on the way. hehe

 

[KiloBit]

No big deal here. Just posting a couple of pics. She has changed since yesterday though. Taller, stronger, four leaves, she is growing as expected. I believe she is officially a seedling now. Trying to post a couple every day. lol We all know that wont happen at some point. Just remembered how amazed I am at what starts and what finishes from a little fecking seed. It truly is a miracle.

 

[KiloBit]

Waited 48 hours to post. Looking healthy so far, with no issues to speak of. It's been a week since start and because she's looking healthy and strong We'll add half strength nutes after changing the water. Also bought the the airstone, thinking root might be in water by this coming weeks end.


1. Before nutes over 24 hours ago
2. side of the same over 24 hours ago
3. the nutes veg (big bag) and micro
4. mix half the veg and half the micro (reseal the other half for next feeding)
5. a small amount of warm water and the nutes
6. shaken not stirred
7. now fill the rest of the container
8. purge the old water, insert hose and siphon into other tub
9. collection tub, it's on a stool so we don't have to bend over that far, the beauty of this is you determine how much or little to empty at time
10 she's showing root out of the netpot, another fecking lousy pic
11. after pouring 4 Gal 15 liters and the 1 Gal 4 liters of nutes, put her back into the tub and slowly pour the last 1 Gal 4 liters directly into the netpot over the rocks and rockwool
12. move the lights back
13. bye for now, this is what she looked like when we started the nutes
14. breath of CO2 lol
15. feck, forgot this one, inside after the nutes with the airstone, sorry

Well it's been a week since the start of this grow and it looks like all is well. Alrighty then, until the next update.

 

[KiloBit]

The lighting is Compact Fluorescent. Using what is termed dual spectrum. What this means is that both the vegetative and flowering spectrum are used simultaneously. This is the lighting technique for the first grow. The product specs are as follows:

Company Sunlite
SL85/30K Flowering Cat. No. 05581
SL85/65K Vegetative Cat. No. 05580

Each is 85 watt producing in theory 4200 lumens each
Average life is 8000 hours

Some basic reflectors, nylon straps and tie wraps.

As you can see in the photos, with this setup the lamps can be moved any which way inside the cabinet. The only restrictions are based on the reflectors. This means if we decided to do four plants we could move the light closer to a leaner and or directly over a runt. The shelf which the straps are attached, will be at the top of the cabinet by flowering. The straps themselves are adjustable, so once the shelf is moved up the lights can be lowered and raised according. In addition, the straps can slide back and forth. Finally, the loose tie wraps can be adjusted on the strap for precision if need be. Pretty good little system.

 

[smartsoverambition]

lookin good man will definately try 2 post regularly
Rep+ and peace

 

[KiloBit]

Thanks bro.

Just a couple pics and update that foil is added around. Trial of using foil around seedling to see if growth is accelerated or plant strengthened. If not, goodbye foil.

1 thru 4. 24 hours after nutes introduced, she has grown a bit
5-6. foil is added around her

 

[tom__420]

Foil is never good from what i hear. Causes hot spots and makes temps get a little higher. Good luck with that but i would suggest just taking it all off. Keep us posted man

Tom

 

[KiloBit]

Foil is never good from what i hear. Causes hot spots and makes temps get a little higher. Good luck with that but i would suggest just taking it all off. Keep us posted man

Tom

Thanks for the info tom. I'll try overnight and then make a decision. Only reason I'm trying is because they are CFL, maybe won't be as hot, don't know. Your probably right though. Posting tomorrow with decision.

 

[smartsoverambition]

lookin good man keep it up

but the foil could be a fire hazard, somehow idk but last thing u want is a fire!

 

[KiloBit]

Well even though the internet research was inconclusive we are going to remove the aluminum foil.

Plus two more pics.

Roots are doing well. A little airing is in order.

Sure had more fun doing this than winterizing the windows.

 

[KiloBit]

24 hour update. OK OK 22.5 hour update. lol

Just wanted to show the difference a day makes as far as the roots and leaves are concerned. Like stated in one of the previous posts, the roots should hit the water by weeks end, shit maybe by Wednesday. Incredible! Oh yeah, once the roots hit the water, she really takes off. I fecking love this. Smoking my last grow while doing another. Doesn't get any better.