420 Dream Team
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Hi Everyone.....
This is my first official attempt. By that I mean that I am actually trying to do it the best of my knowledge and with semi limited cash flow. Have made a half assed attempt before
( random bagseed in dirt sitting under 2 flouros that happened to be hanging in basement and I wasn't the best mom to them lol) so I started to research...I have notebooks with info and notes written down even..I am trying to do this right...well atleast the best I can do....And hopefully I am sucessful...This is first journal so I am trying not to goo on and on but still giving up relevant info......
Feel free to comment or whatever....If Im rambling feel free to let me know or ask questions....Try not to bash me though...lol...its just rude and Im learning...But I am a fan of constructive criticizm.....
Im hoping this journal starts to flow but I feel I should give some base info on the set up.
BACKGROUND
I didnt have a logical place to set this up..I researched alot about dimensions of rooms, tents pros and cons, stealth cabs ect. I knew I wanted a room but no logical room to use.... Most tents were to expensive for the size they were.. I have space in basement but its a big room...not equipped for that kind of set up lol... So in my infinite wisdom...Im going to build a room...I should tell u im no master builder... or a builder at all for that matter...So I started to sketch out a design.. I was trying to take in consideration the dimensions..with the amount of plants I planned as well as the amount of light I had available...I decided on 5 1/2 ft tall (as tall as possible
) 6ft long and a 3 ft wide. (in retrospect to big for current grow but I do have the option of using one side for flow/one for veg eventually, need to plan ahead). That gives me 18 Sqft. I knew I needed reflective walls so after more research....I found that panda film (like a thick plastic black on one side white on the other and pvc pipe...Not sturdy by no means but I didnt need the room to support anything and it was cheap...I used 1/2 inch pvc (would recommend thicker)..Tada a room is born.......
LIGHTS
I'm using Sunleaves t5 light currently...I have more CFLs but not hooked up yet..As they get bigger I will add more..That light is 47 x 25.
SYSTEM
I have set up 1 DWC 4 pot system
and 1 6 pot Bubbleponic sytem
both from Stealthhydro
Plan to upgrade if these work out by upgrade I mean make my own bigger ones lol.
SEEDS
I ordered seeds from Nirvana I got:
Auto flower feminized Short Rider
Feminized Master Kush
What has went down so far I germed 2 SR (SR) and 3 MK (Master Kush)#2 not looking so good. They got put in the system on 9/19/10 with no nutes. I feel they kinda small but hydro systems new to me so I am trying to be patient...Not one of my skills but with this you gotta be. They are on 24 light. And wow those lights get warm I am concerned because in my infinite wisdom I didnt expect that much heat to come from there..But this is a learning process.. But I cant put them too close to plants now and Im dealing with a bit of stretching..Also trying to regulate water temps with warm lights an issue. The lights in the pics are farther away than I keep them for picture purposes.
I will be flushing and adding first nutes at 25% tomorrow.
Here are some pics.. will be keeping more ontop of the pics and info now that journal started
Day 2
Day 5
Day 8
oh and my runt kush didnt make it
kush ones
Short rider
This is my first official attempt. By that I mean that I am actually trying to do it the best of my knowledge and with semi limited cash flow. Have made a half assed attempt before
( random bagseed in dirt sitting under 2 flouros that happened to be hanging in basement and I wasn't the best mom to them lol) so I started to research...I have notebooks with info and notes written down even..I am trying to do this right...well atleast the best I can do....And hopefully I am sucessful...This is first journal so I am trying not to goo on and on but still giving up relevant info......Feel free to comment or whatever....If Im rambling feel free to let me know or ask questions....Try not to bash me though...lol...its just rude and Im learning...But I am a fan of constructive criticizm.....
Im hoping this journal starts to flow but I feel I should give some base info on the set up.
BACKGROUND
I didnt have a logical place to set this up..I researched alot about dimensions of rooms, tents pros and cons, stealth cabs ect. I knew I wanted a room but no logical room to use.... Most tents were to expensive for the size they were.. I have space in basement but its a big room...not equipped for that kind of set up lol... So in my infinite wisdom...Im going to build a room...I should tell u im no master builder... or a builder at all for that matter...So I started to sketch out a design.. I was trying to take in consideration the dimensions..with the amount of plants I planned as well as the amount of light I had available...I decided on 5 1/2 ft tall (as tall as possible
) 6ft long and a 3 ft wide. (in retrospect to big for current grow but I do have the option of using one side for flow/one for veg eventually, need to plan ahead). That gives me 18 Sqft. I knew I needed reflective walls so after more research....I found that panda film (like a thick plastic black on one side white on the other and pvc pipe...Not sturdy by no means but I didnt need the room to support anything and it was cheap...I used 1/2 inch pvc (would recommend thicker)..Tada a room is born.......
LIGHTS
I'm using Sunleaves t5 light currently...I have more CFLs but not hooked up yet..As they get bigger I will add more..That light is 47 x 25.
SYSTEM
I have set up 1 DWC 4 pot system
and 1 6 pot Bubbleponic sytem
both from Stealthhydro
Plan to upgrade if these work out by upgrade I mean make my own bigger ones lol.
SEEDS
I ordered seeds from Nirvana I got:
Auto flower feminized Short Rider
Feminized Master Kush
What has went down so far I germed 2 SR (SR) and 3 MK (Master Kush)#2 not looking so good. They got put in the system on 9/19/10 with no nutes. I feel they kinda small but hydro systems new to me so I am trying to be patient...Not one of my skills but with this you gotta be. They are on 24 light. And wow those lights get warm I am concerned because in my infinite wisdom I didnt expect that much heat to come from there..But this is a learning process.. But I cant put them too close to plants now and Im dealing with a bit of stretching..Also trying to regulate water temps with warm lights an issue. The lights in the pics are farther away than I keep them for picture purposes.
I will be flushing and adding first nutes at 25% tomorrow.
Here are some pics.. will be keeping more ontop of the pics and info now that journal started
Day 2
Day 5
Day 8
oh and my runt kush didnt make it
kush onesShort rider
