My First Hydro Grow, Pineapple Express, Blueberry, NL + Big Bud

[melonmobe900]

Hello everyone, this is my first hydro grow. Well, to be honest this is my first grow period. My buddy had some seeds left over from a grow he did a year back, so he gave them to me and said, "Have Fun".

Honestly it was a rough start. He gave me a Super Silver Haze seed, and a Sour Diesel Auto, and a random seed that we finally decided was blueberry (His buddy was smoking Blueberry on a regular).

Then a few weeks after we started the first seeds, we decided to buy some Pineapple Express Auto Seeds, which came with a free NL + Big Bud seed (Attitude Seedbank). To say the least i lost 2 of the pineapples, have one thats struggling, and the last two are kicking ass. My Blueberry is a beast of a plant cause I vegged it for about 7 weeks. We first thought it was another Sour Diesel Auto but we were wrong. Oh, i must not forget i did loose the Super Silver Haze, I fed it way to much at the beginning.

So below are pics of my beautiful ladies.

Below is my 1st Pineapple Express (She's been having issues since the beginning any advice would be great)


Below is my Blueberry



Below is my NL + Big Bud (had some issues early on as well, advice needed)


Below is my 2rd Pineapple Express


Below is my 3rd Pineapple Express

 

[mufastaa]

nice dwc is the best... super easy.

that blueberry looks great, I am currently looking for a good blueberry also, ill follow this and see how it goes. It has those double-serrated leaves, very typical, good id. take some cuttings of that girl (also really easy with dwc, no cloning products necessary)

looks like you're set but ask away if you want advice and ill do my best.

 

[melonmobe900]

Here are some picture updates of my ladies, everything seems to be going well. However, my Pineapple in Flower is still struggling with rusty colored spots, pH is good, PPM is around 750.

Pineapple Express 1


Pineapple Express 2


Pineapple Express 3 (In Flower - Problems with rusty spots, that start grey, then turn red, then to rust. Any advice would be great)


Blueberry


Blueberry Top (She's so pretty)


Northern Lights + Big Bud


Let me know what you think, and if you have any suggestions please post.

 

[mufastaa]

are you only using cfls?

 

[melonmobe900]

Yeah, currently i have 3 125w 6400k in my veg box, and 2 105w 5000k, 2 85w 2700k, 5 105w 2700k, and an LED for the top of my Blueberry in my flower closet. Seems to be working out nicely.

 

[wehedo]

keep it up

 

[melonmobe900]

Here is a progress shot of my blueberry, she is getting huge. Kinda getting scared not gonna lie.

 

[melonmobe900]

Here is a progress shot of one of my Pineapple Express's


Here is my second beautiful girl


And here is my third Pineapple who is in full flower (anyone have an idea of how far in flower she looks?)


Here's another shot, I am also still having issue with the spots, i'm gonna put her in plain water tomorrow for a few days


Here is my NL + BB, she seems to be taking her time

 

[Bigz2277]

Nice to see someone test the Cfl's. personally perfer the HID's but whatever works for ya man! keep it up. + rep

 

[melonmobe900]

So i went a little crazy and bought a Carbon Filter and Inline Fan, seems to be working nicely, the smell is now gone.



The 2 following pics are of my flowering closet, this shit is awesome. Well at least i think so.



I know this is a hydro/Aero forum, but i thought i would show off my mom's. I will be growing the cuttings in Hydro DWC.

This little lady is my Grape Ape


This beautiful lady is Third Dimension by Subcool


Lastly my baby Cotton Candy (can't beat free seeds)


And here is where they live, my wonderful Veg Box.


Oh the two cuttings you see are of my Blueberry.

 

[melonmobe900]

I wanna go HID and HPS, but i'm worried of the heat and the cost to run those monsters. I was thinking about putting 2 HPS 400w in my flower closet, but I'm pretty sure the heat would get out of control. What's your suggestion Bigz?

 

[melonmobe900]

Here are some progress shots. Just changed the water, sprayed w/ neem oil, and changed res water. Daily i'm blown away, i can't believe this is actually happening.

Here is a pic of the top of my Blueberry


Here is a full closet shot


Here is Pineapple Express #2


And #3


Here are two bud sites on PE #1


So far so good.

 

[LongHairedCountryBoy]

wow she is a beauty ,,I have 13 blueberry seeds and after seeing yours I think I will start a all bluederry grow very soon

 

[Bigz2277]

2 400's will get way to hot unless they are aircooled. I started my grow in a 4x4x2 micro cab with 2 150w hps sun systems and i couldnt leave the door on without the temp getting over 90.

 

[melonmobe900]

Then i think for my setup i will stick with CFL's they seem to be working pretty good. The plants seem to respond well, and my temps stay around 75-79 during lights on, and 66-70 during lights off. I know CFL's don't have the light penetration like HPS and HID lights, so i hope my yield will be ok. I guess we'll see.

 

[Bigz2277]

Then i think for my setup i will stick with CFL's they seem to be working pretty good. The plants seem to respond well, and my temps stay around 75-79 during lights on, and 66-70 during lights off. I know CFL's don't have the light penetration like HPS and HID lights, so i hope my yield will be ok. I guess we'll see.

If you really want some hps. the lights i use are 150w and they dont put out too much heat at all. i have an A/c with the theromostat set to 75 and a single ocilating fan and my temps never go over 78

 

[melonmobe900]

Do you need a ballast with 150W HID and HPS lights? Luckily for me my apartment put a air condition vent in my closet. My closet size is 5x5x8, how many 150's would you use?

 

[Bigz2277]

Do you need a ballast with 150W HID and HPS lights? Luckily for me my apartment put a air condition vent in my closet. My closet size is 5x5x8, how many 150's would you use?

the lights i use are the 150w sunsystem compact system. its a ballast reflector bulb in one unit. ready to plug in when you get it. MSRP 89.99 sun light supply.

depends on how many plants and how big. 2ft by 2ft is the recommended light distribution. I have 3 plants under each light. I vegged for too long and is a multisite res grow so its crowded with tops. check out my sig if interested. I vegged them with 2 t5's and 2 t8s then hps to flower.

 

[melonmobe900]

I know i can fit at least 6 plants nicely in my closet, so i think i'm gonna try 2 of those Sun System Compacts. This should be fun, once they arrive i will update with pics.

 

[Bigz2277]

I know i can fit at least 6 plants nicely in my closet, so i think i'm gonna try 2 of those Sun System Compacts. This should be fun, once they arrive i will update with pics.

ya my room is still a workin progress. i have passive venting. ac and single fan. thats all i use to cool my room.