MY FIRST GROW - diary - snow white fem from nirvana seeds

hello RIU followers,

this is my first diary so any feedback, help or advise would b very welcome and appreciated...

i will be growing snow white fem seeds from nirvana seeds, which i have heard have a good rep,...

has any1 every grown these and had good results?

this is a list of the equipment for this grow...

* Secret Jardin DR100 Tent.
* Maxibright 400w IPac Ballast.
* Euro Reflector.
* Powerplant 400w HPS Lamp.
* Powerstar 1 way 1kw Light Contactor.
* 2 x Grasslin 15 minute Timer.
* Eazi Roll - light hangers.
* 4" Prima Klima Carbon Filter - 18 month.
* 4" Systemair HVK Fan/Cable/Plug.
* 4" Fast Clamp.
* 4" Jubilee Clip.
* 4" Aluminium Duct x 5 metre.
* 6" Clip on Fan.
* Wilma 4 Pot System.
* Root Riots - tray 24.
* Medium Propagator.
* Scalpel.
* PH Test Kit.
* PH Down 250ml.
* 5ml Pipette.
* 10ml Syringe.
* Thermometer & Humidity Dial.
* Softy Scissors.
* Canna Rhizotonic 250ml.
* Canna Aqua Vega A+B 1 litre.
* Canna Aqua Flores A+B 1 litre.
* Canna PK 13/14 250ml.
* Hydroton Clay Pebbles 50 litre.

could anybody shed some light on the effciencyhttp://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hs=cUD&ei=76DdSuyWOtfajQe0tNhn&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CBIQBSgA&q=efficiency&spell=1 of the tent, light and hydro system?

also any info on when to start feeding nutes?

what lighting schedule is best to maximis yeild?

also what watering schedule to use in the wilma 4 pot drip system?

thankou for reading, you can expect a update next week as that is when my babies will be going into there new home, pic's will follow..........

peace all, keep growing dont let the law get there own way, they cant stop an unmovable force, if all growers stick together and stand up for there rights to grow and smoke what this earth has provided.................

I had bad luck with Nirvanas Snow White.
Careful you dont over nute they are a little shy.

thanx cruzer101 i will bear that in mind....

Couple things,

Lighting, 18/6 is best. you can go 24/7 while young but I think I have had better results with 18/6.

Feeding starting from seed, no nutes untill second set of leaf or two weeks.
Start 1/4 strength first week, then up to 1/2 strength and see how they do.

You want your medium to dry slightly between waterings. While young they dont use much water. I water about a teaspoon or 5 mil every other day the first week. Then every day the second week. By the third week I put them on a timer and water once a day for 30 min. by the end of the month I drip 30 min twice a day.

Check on them twice a day the first couple weeks. after that once a day.
works for me.

Good luck.

Can't wait to see them babies grow

have you germinated yet vaporsmoke? I am looking to purchase some seeds from nirvana and wanted reassurance of their germ success

hello greenfingers,

yes they germinated in 2 days: 4 out of 4 success rate, and they r growing strong... i would recomend nirvana seeds to any1, they have a good rep and also fast and secure delivery....

peace

week 1.

all 4 of the babies sprouted on mon 26/10/09 and they r now about 2" tall and growing strong under 18 hours of light. cant believe how stable everything is, ph is 5.9 and ec is 1.40 after a quarter stength feed, going to keep feeding them at 1/4 strength n see how they get on. tempreture is good 75f/78f during lights on, 60f/65f during lights off. humidity is at 52%...
they r due there first water change on wed 4/11/09..cant wait to see what happens over the next week or so, pure EXCITEMENT.
will keep every1 posted and should have some pic's up soon so pls keep following my progress.

thanx all riu members.
peace

hello riu members,

here are the pic's i promised from the first week. hope u enjoy....

Damn vaporsmoke - your setup looks sweet! Them little ladies look like they're raring to go.

hello all,

well 3 of the four are growing well second set of leaves are growing well, but 1 of the liitle girls is poorly and im not sure if shes gonna make it, so i have decided to germ another 1 2nite just in case she is dead in the morn.........oh well u win some and u lose some. not quiet sure what happened really she ws growin well, then suddenly she started to look ill, she was bending just under the first set of leaves also she was wilting and had stoped growing..i will post when i know what is happening....

picture 1 is the poorly plant, she looks a little worse 2day as these pictures were taken yesterday.......

peace

hello all,

well she died! sooo i am germinating a new seed 2nite. hope this one gos a bit better....lucky it happened in the first week!!! lol

peace

hi all,

1/4 strength canna aqua vega nutes (20ml per plant a day)
p.h :- 5.8
e.c :- 1.2

lights on :- 77df 50% humidity
lights off :- 59df 32% humidity


well what a week we lost some seedlings last week, GUTTED. we now have 2 strong plants that doing quite well apart from a bit of nute burn so we nocked the nutes back and we have turned the wilma system off, feeding by hand to see how they get on for a week.
also a freind of mine told me that we would get a bigger yeild from 2 or even 1 plant under a 400w hps, is this correct? he reckons i could get 400g dry if the plant had optimal conditions, is this correct?
also i am a bit concerned about the humidity just before and after the lights go off, as the humidity raises up to about 70% it does'nt stay there for long but im just a bit worried, could some 1 ease my nerve's, lol. anyway i think they are doing ok and im sure that the nute burn will back off a little as it is not getting any worse.
cant wait for week 3 as they are starting to grow very quick, ahh my little babies all grown up. hahahahaha

thanx all

here are some pictures from week 2.

hi all,

1/4 strength canna aqua vega nutes (30min of watering per plant a day)
p.h :- 5.8
e.c :- 1.3

lights on :- 77df 50% humidity
lights off :- 59df 32% humidity

well the babies have both been topped last week and are doing really well, the lower first leaves are still very yellow but the new growths are green so i am not that concerned. thought that topping was going to stun them but both seem to be coping very well. 1 is still really short and bushy, and the other is tall and not so bushy....really looking foward to the next few weeks as they are growing really fast now, faster than they have since i started as i think we finally have everything stable......

here are the pictures after being topped, enjoy.....

hello all,

here r some pic's of week 6..

hi all,

1/6 strength canna aqua vega nutes (15mins drip every 2 hours )
p.h :- 5.9
e.c :- 1.2

lights on :- 77df 50% humidity
lights off :- 59df 32% humidity

hi all,

so far so good, last weekend i done a water and nute change, cleaned the res fully. this time we added 1/6th strength nutes as we were still getting some burn on the tips of the leaves. apart from that everything else is good, we reckon another 2-3 weeks veg then they will be ready to go......
here are some pics of week 7

hi all,

well we decided to move the light closer yesterday (17-12-09) to 18" from the tops of the plant. and my god have we noticed the difference already, thought i would just share some more pic's so here go's.

p.s going to do a water change tomorrow (sat 19-12-09) as the res is starting to get a bit low, we will not be changing the water again until we change over to flowering nutes....

peace

merry xmas all riu members...

babies are doing fine nearly ready to go into flower....yay
i will post again with some pic's after the festive fun....LoLoL

peace

Subscribed

lookin good, how many leaf sets were through before you topped them?