stoneslacker
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Sup RIU. Took a break from growing since my last grow, and took the opportunity to do some modifying to my grow box. The old version was a 35"x35" cube, with the back 12" my extraction fan enclosure. This design forced me to use 2 smaller carbon scrubbers with a Y and these took up about 12 inches of my actual grow compartment. I have now removed the extraction fan from the grow box and enclosed it in a separate box, I then knocked out the false wall in my grow area, moved the new carbon scrubber to the back and really opened up my grow space.
I will now be able to run 3 plants instead of 2 and really try to push for upwards of > 0.75g per watt. I just transplanted my new test subjects to their new hempy homes last night so the official start to veg will begin today. These 3 clones are much smaller than my previous grows so I am anticipating a longer veg time, maybe upwards of 3-4 weeks before I fully train my canopy. The strains I am going with are all from clone, 2 of which I have grown previously and 1 newbie. The Blackjack is back from my 1st grow and I am excited to see what I can do with her now that I have some experience under my belt. She grows really fat and dense nuggets and should do better this time with proper ph'ing. The Blueberry is one of my all time faves, really fruity and skunky, she is not as fat as many strains but is very dense and a good yielder. The smell and taste alone make up for any slight deficiencies in yield. The new edition, Permafrost is a clone only strain that is around my neck of the woods. She is very bright green in color and has a menthol-pine taste and very skunky smell. She is a good producer and I am excited to give her a go this round.
Some info on my setup. Fairly basic micro closet, 35x35 as I said, with the actual grow area about 23x33. The difference this go round is I will be utilizing all the grow space this time by adding the 3rd plant. I am using str8 perlite in 1.25 gallon hempy buckets. Each bucket has a DIY screen separately attatched, about 11"x23" in size. Lighting is a lumatek 250w dimmable MH/HPS (I wish I would have gotten the 400w and dimmed it to 250w) supplemented with 2 42w 5600K CFL's. Ventilation is done with an Active-air 4in extraction fan and carbon scrubber. I have 2 circulating fans, one blowing between the light and canopy and one blowing through the canopies. This lets me keep my HID light about 5in from the top of my plants.
Using the GH 3 part and supplementing with Florablend and Liquid Koolbloom. Once the roots hit the rez I feed fairly heavy, about every 2-3 days and I flush every 14 days with Clearex letting them dry out for 3-5 days after flushing. This system has worked fairly well for me the past 2 grows and I will look to tweak it this round a bit maybe. I previously ran ph at around 5.6-5.8 but found in my last grow that bumping ph up to around 6.0-6.3 in flower is much more agreeable to them. Half the reason I am doing a grow journal is that I really think that it helps me to become a better grower. Being able to document the process helps my stoner memory out immensely.
Anyways that is the basics of this grow. Fire away any more specific questions if you would like.
Here is the link to my previous 3 grows. https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/514780-1st-grow-shot-250w-hps.html
From left to right, Permafrost, Blueberry, Blackjack.
I will now be able to run 3 plants instead of 2 and really try to push for upwards of > 0.75g per watt. I just transplanted my new test subjects to their new hempy homes last night so the official start to veg will begin today. These 3 clones are much smaller than my previous grows so I am anticipating a longer veg time, maybe upwards of 3-4 weeks before I fully train my canopy. The strains I am going with are all from clone, 2 of which I have grown previously and 1 newbie. The Blackjack is back from my 1st grow and I am excited to see what I can do with her now that I have some experience under my belt. She grows really fat and dense nuggets and should do better this time with proper ph'ing. The Blueberry is one of my all time faves, really fruity and skunky, she is not as fat as many strains but is very dense and a good yielder. The smell and taste alone make up for any slight deficiencies in yield. The new edition, Permafrost is a clone only strain that is around my neck of the woods. She is very bright green in color and has a menthol-pine taste and very skunky smell. She is a good producer and I am excited to give her a go this round.
Some info on my setup. Fairly basic micro closet, 35x35 as I said, with the actual grow area about 23x33. The difference this go round is I will be utilizing all the grow space this time by adding the 3rd plant. I am using str8 perlite in 1.25 gallon hempy buckets. Each bucket has a DIY screen separately attatched, about 11"x23" in size. Lighting is a lumatek 250w dimmable MH/HPS (I wish I would have gotten the 400w and dimmed it to 250w) supplemented with 2 42w 5600K CFL's. Ventilation is done with an Active-air 4in extraction fan and carbon scrubber. I have 2 circulating fans, one blowing between the light and canopy and one blowing through the canopies. This lets me keep my HID light about 5in from the top of my plants.
Using the GH 3 part and supplementing with Florablend and Liquid Koolbloom. Once the roots hit the rez I feed fairly heavy, about every 2-3 days and I flush every 14 days with Clearex letting them dry out for 3-5 days after flushing. This system has worked fairly well for me the past 2 grows and I will look to tweak it this round a bit maybe. I previously ran ph at around 5.6-5.8 but found in my last grow that bumping ph up to around 6.0-6.3 in flower is much more agreeable to them. Half the reason I am doing a grow journal is that I really think that it helps me to become a better grower. Being able to document the process helps my stoner memory out immensely.
Anyways that is the basics of this grow. Fire away any more specific questions if you would like.
Here is the link to my previous 3 grows. https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/514780-1st-grow-shot-250w-hps.html
From left to right, Permafrost, Blueberry, Blackjack.
That's crazy good for 250watts! I love the color. They're so white, they almost look albino.