another grow journal

Ok so I couldnt decided which way to take my grow this time was either gonna be aeroponics or bubbleponics but I just couldnt decided so I am going to attempt to do both side by side to compare the results.

So i got these containers that hold 30 gals each, they measure 80cm x 50 x 40.

I'm going to sink some 14cm net pots in the lid of both, i have 20 net pots and as soon as these containers arrive I will be working out just how i was going to arrange the pots and how many per tank.

I germinated 10 big bud x northern lights and 10 x bubblelicious but due to having to leave real early for work 1 day i didnt water them and 3 died.

For the veg part I have just been using votes dunk method which has been going ok. I dont have a light spare at the moment to veg with so they are all split between two boxes and when the flowering room is in daylight they share a 600w hps with my horizontal plant and they also get 3 hours of cfl light either side.

This is how they look at the moment, I think I will only have a few more weeks left and then i can start to flower these babies and then start the process over.

looking good man

Very nice mate, Goodluck i hope to see some updates!

ok so things are moving through the veg stace nicely, im dunking them regularly in nutes with ec of 1.4 plants are growing nicely but still a bit of time before flowering yet
because they dont have their own light yet they are sharing one with my horizontal plant so they are all in their 6 inch net pots in some drawers that i borrowed to carry them in.

There are 3 plants that are in the biggest rockwool cubes, these are potential mothers to be.

Unfortunately though im still awaiting delivery of my containers that will make up the tanks for the systems, so once they arrive i will do a step by step of how i made them but i only plan to use them once i start them on 12/12.

Looking good mate! i can hardly wate to check them out when they grow up

The Dunk method works ok, but I have found as of lately (maybe it's me) that I have been squeezing the sides of the rockwool a bit to hard. Doesn't seem to be hurting the roots, but I am setting up a different method just to avoid any problems.

How often do you dunk them for and how often vote?

When dunking, I dunk them several (about 5-7 dunks) times. The main thing when dunking is to help flush out the old nutes. I stick them in, and pull them out right away, allowing the nutes to drain through the cubes, then I dunk again.

so they still vegin and have been doing so now for about 3 weeks, they looking ok but im just waiting for some bits to come and then ill be making quite a few changes

3 are in flower now, hopefully these will have a couple of fems in as i want to use these for mothers

Lookin good man. Keep it up!

now that ive just had a harvest some space has been cleared and a light has become available. Sadly still no containers

Comming along nicley, this is going to be a good educational thread, because you are compairing Aero vs Bubble. KEEP IT UP MATE!!!!

Maybe i got bored, maybe i needed more to do, so i got some more seeds today, got 10 blue mystic.

I've put all 10 into germination using the my paper towel method.

first i got a small plate, then i added some wet paper towel, then i put the seeds on and then covered them up with some dry pieces, which soaked up the fluid from the towels beneath and gave a kind of suction effect on the paper towles.

Update shots, still no containers from ebay, i guess im going to have to ask for a refund and get off my ass and go buy some from a shop, got life sucks i got all these ounces to smoke first

Amazing what effect the question, can I have a refund has.
Containers have arrived this morning.

Just checked on the seeds i was germinating for the first time, all ten have popped and the taproots are varying in size from 2mm to 8mm. I have put them all into rockwool rooting cubes and covered the hole over with rockwool, should only be a little while now and should have some new seedlings.

They Look Nice!

I started flowering them all a few days ago, now i have the containers I have made the 2 systems.

I have been making the systems all day and now im a bit tired to say the least, so gonna roll a j and leave this pic for now.

I know they looked stretched a little but thats because they havent had the pefect growing conditions up until now.

nice plants bro.

Thnx bro, i'm just wanting to smoke all these different varieties i got now