Critique my grow system and setup...fun!!!

BRANDON77

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keep it nice, but I would love some criticism on some of the specific points.


GROW AREA:

ALL GROW AREAS TO HAVE DRIP IRRIGATION, AIR CONDITIONING, AND CO2



MEDIA:

MEDIA: FOX FARMS COCO LOCO, 2” GRODAN BLOCKS, 4” GRODAN BLOCKS,

POT SIZE: 1 GALLON BLACK POT, 5 GALLON BLACK POT IN ADDITION TO 2” AND 4” GRODAN BLOCKS



WATERING AND FEEDING PROCEDURES:

WATERING WILL BE AUTOMATIC WITH A TIMER AND RESEVOIR-DRIP SYSTEM SET UP TO RUN FOR X MINUTES PER X HOURS

ON SUNDAY THE RESEVOIR WILL BE CHANGED WITH NUTRIENTS ADDED BACK IN AT THE RATE OF:

VEG: 400PPM @ RESEVOIR

BLOOM: 800PPM @ RESEVOIR


FOLIAR FEEDING SCHEDULE:

MON= ACTIVE AEROBIC COMPOST TEA AND DIRT MD (HUMIC/FULVIC

WEDS= DIRT MD MIKRO (SILICA) AND KELP EXTRACT

FRI= NEEM WITH A SINGLE DROP OF DAWN



NUTRIENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS USED

GENERAL HYDROPONICS MAXIBLOOM (LUCAS FORMULA), BOTANICARE CAL-MAG, EPSOM SALTS (MAG-SULFER), AZOS (BACTERIA FOR N), MYKOS (MICHROCHAZAE)





PLANTING PROCEDURES:

SEEDLINGS ARE GROWN FROM SEED IN 2” GRODAN BLOCKS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY SETTING THEM ABOVE A STANDARD SEEDLING TRAY ON A GRODAN BLOCK RACK TO ALLOW FULL AERO-PRUNING. ONCE ROOTS HAVE GROWN OUT OF BLOCK (APROX 2 WEEKS) THEY ARE THEN TRANSPLANTED INTO 4” GRODAN BLOCKS THAT ARE SOAKED IN WATER AND SEAWEED EXTRACT. ONE TEASPOON OF MYKOS IS ADDED TO BOTTOM OF 4” GRODAN BOCK HOLE WHERE 2” BLOCK IS TRANSPLANTED INTO.



CLONES ARE GROWN IN A TURBO-CLONER AFTER BEING CUT FROM THE PLANT THEY ARE THEN DIPPED IN CLONEX GEL AND PLACED INTO THE CLONER. IN ROUGHLY 2 WEEKS THEY WILL BE READY TO TRANSPLANT INTO COCO LOCO IN ONE GALLON POTS. CLONES ARE TRANSPLANTED INTO ONE GALLON POTS WITH MYKOS WP BEING SPRAYED ONTO THE ROOTS PRIOR TO BEING PLANTED. ALTERNATIVELY, THEY ARE PLACED INTO 16OZ RED CUPS OF FOX FARMS COCO LOCO TO BE TRADED AND OR GIVEN AWAY.



AT THIS POINT IN THE PLANTING PROCESS WE HAVE PLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN VEGETATIVE STATE OR “ALIVE” FOR ABOUT A MONTH. THEY SHOULD BE IN 4” GRODAN BLOCKS OR 1 GALLON POTS IF CLONES. THESE “BABIES” ARE THEN TRANSPLANTED INTO 5 GALLON POTS OF COCO LOCO ONCE AGAIN USING A TEASPOON OF MYKOS WHEN TRANSPLANT IS BEING COMPLETED. THEY WILL FINISH THEIR LIFE IN THESE POTS.



GROWING PROCEDURES:

AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS WE NOW HAVE A PLANT IN A 5 GALLON POT AND IT IS READY TO BE MOVED INTO THE BLOOM ROOM. PRIOR TO ENTERING THE BLOOM ROOM THE PLANT SHOULD BE GIVEN A LARGE DOSE OF NEEM OIL AND LET SIT FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR TO ALLOW BUGS TO LEAVE IT SHOULD THEY EXIST. AFTER THE NEEM OIL HAS BEEN APPLIED, THE PLANT IS THEN MOVED INTO THE BLOOM ROOM TO START THE FLOWERING PERIOD. ONCE IN FLOWERING ROOM A TOP DRESS OF EPSOM SALTS IS ADDED TO BUFFER THE ADDITIONAL LIGHT THE PLANT IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE.






COMPOST TEA RECIPE (5 GALLONS)

2 CUPS EWC

2 TBL ALFALFA MEAL

2 TBL KELP MEAL

2 TBL MOLASSES

10 ML OF DIRT M.D. HUMIC/FULVIC ACID

BUBBLE FOR 24-36 HOURS
 
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