First Grow - Dr. Atomic - Atmoic Northern Lights

Dr Atomic - Atomic Northern Lights
Seeds Germinating: 10
Soil Grow

Soil - 50% Miracle Grow Potting Soil (no slow release nutrients), 25% vermiculite, 25% pearlite
Nutrients - General Hydroponics Grow, Micro & Bloom, General Hydroponics pH DOWN, Advanced Nutrients Barricade, Advanced Nutrients Overdrive, Advanced Nutrients Big Bud
Pot Size - 3" pots for initial growth, transplanted into 12" pots after two weeks.

Lighting

Sprouts - (2) 100W Plant/Aquarium Lights - 4000lumens, (4) 24W CFL's for side lighting - 4000lumens
Vegetative - (1) 600W GrowMax Metal Halide- 72000lumens, (2) 100W Plant/Aquariam Lights - 4000lumens, (4) 24W CFL's for side lighting - 4000lumens
Flowering - (1) 600W ArgoMax HPS Bulb - 95000lumens, (2) 100W Plant/Aquarium Lights - 4000lumens, (4) 24W CFL's for side lighting - 4000lumens.

Room Setup

Size - 5 x 5 space (maximum for light exposure), height is not an issue. This is set up in an open computer room, so ventilation/air circulation is not a problem
Other - One 24" rotating fan, dehumidifier, ionic air purifier, ceramic space heater
CO2 Supplementation - (4) 2 Litre Yeast Bottles, shaken twice a day while lights are on.

Tools

Soil pH meter, water pH meter, PPM Meter, soil moisture meter.

Temperatures and Humidity

Daytime Temperature Expectancy - 78 - 82 degrees Fahrenheit
Nighttime Temperature Expectancy - 72 - 76 degrees Fahrenheit
Controlled Relative Humidity - 35-40%

Timeline

12-14 weeks total
4 weeks vegetative
6-8 weeks flowering
**Allowing time for mistakes/shock/healing.**

My Plans and Goals

Ahh the precious optimism of a new grower. However, I`ve spend no less then 4 hours a day researching for the past few months. I will not fail, I will not over love. Unlike some of the posts you see on here, I am an intelligant individual and will succeed. That aside.

Growing northern lights because it is an extremely potent, resilient, time proven strain. It is high yield, low smell, and does not grow 10 feet tall (even though space is not an issue).

Plan on getting 6 females (60% germination to female ratio), which is not too much to ask. If I get 5 or 4, that is also fine. I am HOPING 6. I am not making any predictions on yields as I have not grown before, but am very confident I can produce 1.5 - 2oz dried per plant. People will say I am overreaching, but if you don`t set your goal high enough you can never push yourself to the limit.

I will be updating this grow journal every day from now it completes. I will provide pictures of the progress once a week.

Thanks and please feel free to comment as I will post pictures so your more experienced eyes can catch things I might miss.


*** Anything posted by my username in this thread is made up. It is all research and I do not condone or participate in the act of marijuana cultivation or trafficking as it is highly illegal. Everything said should be disregarded as they are not facts, rather the work of a very strong imagination. Any pictures or questions presented here are that of research and are not my own. ***

Sounds good so far. Lots of light

haha yeah i have some seeds on the back of my computer monitor right now too. this grow looks very organized.

Sublime757 said:

Sounds good so far. Lots of light

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Thanks for the input. I will get pictures up of the grow room Wednesday. Unfortunately I am not at the location and will never access this website from the location. Hope you check back to provide your opinions!

mastakoosh said:

haha yeah i have some seeds on the back of my computer monitor right now too. this grow looks very organized.

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Thank you. Back of the monitor is nice and toasty. I have a calander and sheets for every week (up to 16 weeks) on the wall so I can record height, temperatures, and nutrient feeds. As well as when I water.

Take care!

Day 2

Opened the container today to release humidity. The container is a very comfortable temperature and 3 of the seeds have already cracked and its only been 12 hours.

Will be finishing final prep on the grow room (hanging lights), and will be getting ready to transplant them into soil by the end of the week. I have (10) 3" pots with soil that has been mixed a week ago and watered so that it has had time to settle and pH balance itself (hopefully).

Nice

Seems like you have this grow very organized

Good luck

Matt2907

I smoked some original Dr. Atomic a few months back.... Quite nice buzzz

Even found a bean in one of the buds. Tried to grow it but it pooooooped out.

Day 3

5 of 10 seeds have a serious root tip coming out. I will be planting these in soil later this afternoon. A few haven't shown any signs of cracking yet but I will be patient. I would have placed a few of these into the soil already but the grow room is located an hour away from my germination layer(hahah), so I won't have the opportunity for a few more hours. In any event, they are fine and I am quite excited.

I will provide pictures of my germination method later, as well as a close up of the 10 seeds before I place them into soil.

once your plants get older is there any way I could get a few northern lights clones threw the mail? I'll pay s/h and everything since its winter thinking like next day shipping and put those glove warmers in the envelope or something

Suci said:

once your plants get older is there any way I could get a few northern lights clones threw the mail? I'll pay s/h and everything since its winter thinking like next day shipping and put those glove warmers in the envelope or something

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Sorry but I do not sell or grow marijuana. Order seeds.

Day 4 & Day 5

Four days from initial germination. 9 out of 10 seeds have now sprouted and have been planted. I think one may be a dud, but it seemed like it was trying to crack so I'll give it a few more days for sure.

The seeds were transplanted into 3 inch pots. The pots consist of a 50% Miracle Grow Potting Soil (it's not that bad, no extra chemicals), 25% vermiculite and 25% pearlite. The soil mixture was watered, and allowed to sit for a week to get settled/adjusted. Today the journey begins.

The seeds were fed pH 6.5 Reverse Osmosis water with a few drops of a rooting liquid mixed in. The seedlings were placed into the containers and watered until the meters were steady at about 6 on the Hydrometer at the bottom. They were placed under lights and we await.

Anyways, first batch of pictures I have. Nothing fancy here, just the setup and whats going on for initial setup.

The lights / setup will be adjusted after about Day 7 or so once they have sprouted (hopefully the sprout then, if not we'll adjust accordingly).

Day 6

Good news, the 10th seed popped . It will be planted this evening.

The first problem was encountered. The temperature dropped last night to about 65 degrees, and during mid day was only at about 70. Problem was alleviated however, by adding an oil filled radiant heater (brand new). I got the thermostat/heater to turn off at 77-78 degrees. The room temperature was a steady 77 degrees for over an hour after adjustments.

The humidity was also extremely low, 20% this afternoon. This problem was solved by bowling a kettle in the room for about 15 minutes. This raised the humidity to about 45%-40%. This method will have to be used to allieviate the lack of humidity.

The third issue was because of the lack of humidity. The soil dried out fairly quickly, and we have discovered that we will need to add a minor amount of water everyday. The seeds haven't sprouted out of the soil yet but I can imagine they will soon.

So all in all a good day. All issues with the environment/watering we solved within 12 hours of their being an issue. All 10 seeds have popped, and am now patiently awaiting them to break soil.

More pictures/updates to come.

edit: turns out this afternoon, 4 of our babies sprouted through the soil. The first four I put into pots (starting from far left of the original setup, I put the biggest ones on the far left. They should sprout accordingly down the line). Here are three new pictures!

looks like you have a plan and ur doing it....good for you! good luck!

Just added some pictures taken an hour ago.

Day 7

10th seed was planted. All 9 of the other seeds have since sprouted through the soil. Humidity and temperature are perfect right now. The room is checked a few times a day and there is a remote temperature/humidity transmitter so we can always monitor the room temperature even when in the main room.

The 600W Metal Halide will be set up on Tuesday or Wednesday and the real vegetation will begin.

Some water was added today, the girls will be alone for about 24 hours (Sunday afternoon - Monday afternoon).

They will be given a little bit of water tomorrow. The feed tomorrow will contain the first batch of chemicals they are given. We will be adding 0.3mL of Advanced Nutrients Barricade to 2L of water. They will not need 2L of water, but this will dilute the mixture properly. The mix will be pH balanced and we will allow it to sit for a few hours before doing so.

Here are todays updated pictures.

More day 6 pictures.

Any comments/suggestions are more then welcomed.

Let me know if you see anything based on my journals you might have a differing opinion on!

Pulls up a chair and pours a whiskey and diet coke....... This is goona be good!!!

tahoe58 said:

looks like you have a plan and ur doing it....good for you! good luck!

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Thank you very much. I appreciate the kind words.

matt2907 said:

Nice

Seems like you have this grow very organized

Good luck

Matt2907

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Thanks a lot I appreciate it.

attillathehun said:

Pulls up a chair and pours a whiskey and diet coke....... This is goona be good!!!

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Good thing I'm a huge whiskey lover. Send some of those over this way!