DWC - Gelato Grow - Crop King Seeds

Day 3 into my Gelato Grow.

2x2x5 Grow Tent (no space for a bigger tent, yet!)
One Plant (5 gal Bucket)
Intake/Outtake Fans w/speed control
Mini Circulating Fan
Scrog Net
Air Pump/Air Stone
Air Conditioned Room
Hydroton
Rockwool
LED Light
Advance Nutrients Grand Master Grower Box
Carbo-Load
Sensi Cal/Mag
(Considering Purchase of a Humidifier)

LED light, raised to max height, on lowest dim setting
Temp 75-79 degrees Fahrenheit (Day)
Temp 66-69 degrees Fahrenheit (Night)
50-60% Relative Humidity

Wednesday, July 08 (Germination Day 1) Day 1
1. Soaked seed overnight, placed in a dark and warm place. (75-80 degrees)

Thursday, July 09 (Germination Day 2) Day 2
1. Inspected seed. Seed still floating. Tapped seed. Seed sank to the bottom.
2. Removed seed and carefully folded into a wet, but not dripping, paper towel to soak overnight.

Friday, July 10 (Germination Day 3) Day 3
1. Seedling has germinated. Placed seedling to the side for now.
2. Added one gallon of (distilled) water to the reservoir in order to ensure aeration of solution to be used for the next week.
The solution does not come anywhere near the net pot at this time and is simply being stored in the bucket to aerate and make management of PH easier.
3. Let the air stone aerate the water for 30 minutes because I planned on adding some microbes and very small amount of nutrients.
Hoping to stimulate root growth and speed things up even just a tiny bit since I have only one plant for my first serious attempt at growing high quality cannabis to enjoy.

Added
1 drop cal/mag (was told soil-less mixes are missing this)
1 drop B-52 (to stimulate root growth)
1 drop Carbo Load (beneficial to microbes)
1 drop Voodoo Juice (microbes)
1 drop Piranha (microbes generally used during first weeks of veg/flowering)
1 drop Tarantula (microbes generally used during veg/flowering)
1 drop Sensi Grow A
1 drop Sensi Grow B
(9 ppm altogether)

4. PH'd water to 5.8
5. Dropped rockwool to soak in the reservoir for 2 hours
6. Checked PH of water still 5.8
7. Removed rockwool, shook excess moisture out of the rockwool, being careful not to squeeze it.
8. Carefully placed sprouted seed into rockwool tip down with tweezers and covered hole with a little bit of rockwool.
9. Added one layer of hydroton, placed the rockwool on top, and filled in the surrounding area with hydroton letting the sides go a little higher to cover the holes in the net pot. Dripped 1mL of water from the reservoir onto the rockwool directly in the center for good measure. Will check up in 5-6 hours to check moisture. Might drip 1mL before bed.

Saturday, July 11 (Germination Day 4) Day 4
1. Inspected rockwool, almost dry. No sign of seedling.
2. Checked PH, still 5.8
3. Dripped 15mL water onto center of rockwool 1mL at a time.
4. Checked moisture 12 hours later. Dripped 15mL water onto center of rockwool 1mL at a time.

Sunday, July 12 (Seedling Day 1) Day 5
1. Inspected rockwool. Still kind of moist. Waited 6 hours to check again. Almost dry.
2. Checked PH still 5.8
3. Watered with 15mL water (1mL at a time) onto the center of the rockwool.
4. (Taboo) Pulled rockwool piece covering the seed off to take a peak inside. The seedling had sprouted inside the rockwool cube. It was not stuck in the shell, but the seedling was folded downward with the seed holding it against the rockwool. I (with extreme care) removed the seed shells. Slightly increased the rockwool opening near the top, being careful not to expose the root or pull on it, and unfolded the seedling. Gently held it in an unfolded position to insert tiny pieces of rockwool from the same cube to fill the tiny gap around the stem. Let the seedling lay on top of the rockwool.
5. Checked PH still 5.8 and watered with 15mL water (1mL at a time) onto the center of the rockwool before bed.

Monday, July 13 (Seedling Day 2) Day 6
1. Inspected rockwool, still moist, did not water.
2. Plant is now standing and has grown slighlty.
3. Checked PH still 5.8 and watered with 15mL water (1mL at a time) onto the center of the rockwool before bed.

Tuesday, July 14 (Seedling Day 3) Day 7
1. Inspected rockwool, still moist, did not water.
2. Plant has grown 1/2 inch - 1 inch
3. Inspected bottom of net pot, root has appeared
4. Added 3 gallons of distilled water to the reservoir and aerated for 30 minutes before adding nutrients. Water is about 3 inches from net pot. Will monitor to ensure plant stays hydrated.
5. Checked PH, 5.8

Added
0.5mL per gal cal/mag (was told soil-less mixes are missing this)
0.5mL per gal B-52 (to stimulate root growth)
0.5mL per gal Carbo Load (beneficial to microbes)
0.5mL per gal Voodoo Juice (microbes)
0.5mL per gal Piranha (microbes generally used during first weeks of veg/flowering)
0.5mL per gal Tarantula (microbes generally used during veg/flowering)
0.5mL per gal Sensi Grow A
0.5mL per gal Sensi Grow B
(66 ppm altogether)

Wednesday, July 15 (Seedling Day 4) Day 8
1. Inspected plant, slight growth to single finger leaf widths and lengths, approximately 1/2 inch growth in height, approx. 1 cm growth to the root extending from the net pot.
2. Added more hydroton around the seedling stem to cover the rockwool.
3. Slightly raised light intensity, lights still kept as far away as possible.
4. Checked PH, 6.0

With all of the AN products that you're using, you should be all set with not having to check your pH unless your water supply is really out of whack. I used the Carboload, Tarantula etc on my first hydro grow but gave all that stuff up for H2O2. So much simpler. Best of luck on your grow!

Just Be said:

With all of the AN products that you're using, you should be all set with not having to check your pH unless your water supply is really out of whack. I used the Carboload, Tarantula etc on my first hydro grow but gave all that stuff up for H2O2. So much simpler. Best of luck on your grow!

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Yes, I agree! Main reason I bought it, but I had issues with another grow where the ph did not regulate itself. Not sure if it was just during low ppm or if my ph pen was off (it was a super cheap pen, so that's probably it). Bought a Blue Lab PH pen and now PH two different ways to double check everyday even if it seems pointless or mundane lol. I'll have to experiment with H2O2 sometime. I have heard a lot of people using it. Thanks for stopping by.

Thursday, July 16 (Seedling Day 5) Day 9
1. Inspected plant, slight growth in height, width, and, root length.
2. PH still self regulating
3. Added more hydroton

Friday, July 16 (Seedling Day 6) Day 10
1. Inspected plant, still appears healthy, tiny growth to height, small growth in length and width of single finger leaves, three finger fan leaves are starting to appear (but look like more single finger leaves appearing?), more roots have appeared and the main root is now touching water, roots are healthy and white.
2. All systems check, no change to grow room settings.

Saturday, July 18, (Seedling Day 7) Day 11
1. Inspected plant, still healthy, tiny growth to height, small growth in length and width of single finger leaves, 2nd set of leaves are really starting to look like a 2nd set of single finger leaves, roots have doubled in size overnight, healthy and white.
2. All systems check, no change to grow room settings

Sunday, July 19, Seedling Day 10, Day 12
1. Inspected plant, still healthy, tiny growth to height, small growth in length and width of single finger leaves
2. All systems check, no change to grow room settings.

Monday, July 20, Seedling Day 11, Day 13
1. Inspected plant, still healthy, tiny growth to height, small growth in length and width of single finger leaves, roots still healthy and growing.
2. All systems check, no change to grow room settings.

Tuesday, July 21, Seedling Day 12, Day 14
1. Inspected plant, tiny growth to height, small growth in size of leaves.
2. Reservoir Change, 3 gallons of water (could only find spring, it will have to do)
3. Nutrients

Added
1mL per gal cal/mag
1mL per gal B-52
1mL per gal Carbo Load
1mL per gal Voodoo Juice
1mL per gal Sensi Grow A
1mL per gal Sensi Grow B

Wednesday, July 22, Small Plant Day 1, Day 15
1. Inspected plant, tiny growth to height, small growth in size of leaves.
2. All systems check, no change to grow room settings.

Thursday, July 23, Small Plant Day 2, Day 16
1. Inspected plant, tiny growth to height, small growth in size of leaves.
2. All systems check, no change to grow room settings.

Friday, July 24, Small Plant Day 3, Day 17
1. Inspected plant, tiny growth to height, small growth in size of leaves.
2. Began low stress training
3. All systems check, no change to grow room settings.

Saturday, July 25, Small Plant Day 4, Day 18
1. Inspected plant, tiny growth to height, small growth in size of leaves.
2. Did a little low stress training
3. Increased light intensity (will have to monitor for signs of stress)
4. All systems check.

Sunday, July 26, Small Plant Day 5, Day 19
1. Inspected plant, tiny growth to height, small growth in size of leaves.
2. All systems check, no change to grow room settings.

Monday, July 27, Small Plant Day 6, Day 20
1. Inspected plant, tiny growth to height, small growth in size of leaves.
2. All systems check, no change to grow room settings.

I grow DWC too, once the roots get into water it will take off... You prob only have another 2 weeks of veg.