Dante Danko
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I'm into my third consecutive grow now, from where i started with a few good bag seeds and took clones for the next two grows. I'm writing this grow journal too help new growers set up a simple ebb and flow rockwool system that i have been perfecting now over the last 8 months and to get criticism, praise and ideas from other advanced and peer growers.
My system consists of one 400W HPS light for flowering coupled with two 64w cfls to help illuminate lower portions of the garden. As stated above iI am growing out of rockwool 4x4 cubes in an ebb flow system that i built for under 50 dollars. I used a 10 gallon container from walmart as a reservoir and a clear plastic "steralite" tote to hold the plants. I bought a 25 dollar submersible pump and some plastic hardware to make an stacked overflow drain. I also found that getting an air pump with airstones and putting it in the res keeps the water looking clearer and cleaner as well as my ph stays consistent with less need for adjusting.
The water I'm using comes from the tap, except i run it through one of those PUR faucet water filters. I fill my res 5 gallons at a time as i don't seem to go through that much water until later on into flowering. The nutes i use are Hesi Hydro growth and Hesi Hydro Bloom and molasses during flowering. I just a 10 bottle technaflora nute package from a buddy that I'm going to experiment with on the next batch of clones to compare final yield to see if there is a difference.
As of today i have two females which are 2ft and 3ft tall, that are 6 weeks 2 days into flowering, and 7 clones 2 week 4 days after rooting. I ended up rooting them in a medium sized propogation tray with in soil, although im growing hydroponically. As many others may know and i found out the hard way its pretty difficult, maybe just for me to root, to root into rockwool. I succeeded by rooting in soil first then transplanting into rockwool starter cubes. I didn't see any shock from the clones, but these clones are from two hearty plants. Yes I know i took the clones late but the first two attempts of cloning all died.
I started flowering at a 12/12 regimen and then at the 4 week mark cut it back to 11/13 so that i can harvest them at 8 weeks of flowering. Ive been watering them once every day or two depending on how much they drink in the later weeks of flowering, but during veg i was only watering once every 3 to four days. Very important with rockwool because i have found any more then that hurts them and they show signs of being over watered. I took me a few weeks to figure that out because i could not find an answer on how often to water, so here i am posting that info now for the next beginner. I started out on half strength nutes for the first two weeks of veg and the bumped up to full strength, keeping my ph at a constant 6.0. When i triggered flowering i fed full strength bloom nutes through until about 2 days ago, at their 6 week mark when i started leeching, watering with only 6.0ph adjusted water and 1 tsp of molasses per gallon of water, no nutes.
And that is where i stand now... I will post pictures asap of the 2 in flowering and of the 7 clones and will start a daily - weekly journal depending on when i have time to write ..comments suggestions appreciated
My system consists of one 400W HPS light for flowering coupled with two 64w cfls to help illuminate lower portions of the garden. As stated above iI am growing out of rockwool 4x4 cubes in an ebb flow system that i built for under 50 dollars. I used a 10 gallon container from walmart as a reservoir and a clear plastic "steralite" tote to hold the plants. I bought a 25 dollar submersible pump and some plastic hardware to make an stacked overflow drain. I also found that getting an air pump with airstones and putting it in the res keeps the water looking clearer and cleaner as well as my ph stays consistent with less need for adjusting.
The water I'm using comes from the tap, except i run it through one of those PUR faucet water filters. I fill my res 5 gallons at a time as i don't seem to go through that much water until later on into flowering. The nutes i use are Hesi Hydro growth and Hesi Hydro Bloom and molasses during flowering. I just a 10 bottle technaflora nute package from a buddy that I'm going to experiment with on the next batch of clones to compare final yield to see if there is a difference.
As of today i have two females which are 2ft and 3ft tall, that are 6 weeks 2 days into flowering, and 7 clones 2 week 4 days after rooting. I ended up rooting them in a medium sized propogation tray with in soil, although im growing hydroponically. As many others may know and i found out the hard way its pretty difficult, maybe just for me to root, to root into rockwool. I succeeded by rooting in soil first then transplanting into rockwool starter cubes. I didn't see any shock from the clones, but these clones are from two hearty plants. Yes I know i took the clones late but the first two attempts of cloning all died.
I started flowering at a 12/12 regimen and then at the 4 week mark cut it back to 11/13 so that i can harvest them at 8 weeks of flowering. Ive been watering them once every day or two depending on how much they drink in the later weeks of flowering, but during veg i was only watering once every 3 to four days. Very important with rockwool because i have found any more then that hurts them and they show signs of being over watered. I took me a few weeks to figure that out because i could not find an answer on how often to water, so here i am posting that info now for the next beginner. I started out on half strength nutes for the first two weeks of veg and the bumped up to full strength, keeping my ph at a constant 6.0. When i triggered flowering i fed full strength bloom nutes through until about 2 days ago, at their 6 week mark when i started leeching, watering with only 6.0ph adjusted water and 1 tsp of molasses per gallon of water, no nutes.
And that is where i stand now... I will post pictures asap of the 2 in flowering and of the 7 clones and will start a daily - weekly journal depending on when i have time to write ..comments suggestions appreciated
