Project Journal

Hey guys, this is my project journal.

here is a little background on my setup.

flowering room:
i am using an ebb and flow system. i have a 19"x19" tray that is 6 inches deep. it is made out of aluminum and lined with plastic sheeting. my grow medium is hydroton, and i'm using square plastic pots. once the plants get big enough, i will transplant them to pots that are a little bit bigger.

my reservoir is just a regular old cooler. it holds about 12 gallons. i am using 8 gallons right now for my small plants then will switch to 10 for flowering, maybe even 12 if they are really thirsty.

i'm using a 185 gal/hr water pump with a digital timer set to come on 15 minutes every 6 hours. this is for the veg cycle with the lights on 24/7

my nutrients are a basic 3 parts grow, micro and bloom.

right now i am mixing in 1/4 teaspoon per gallon of water for small seedlings. my PH is at 6.0 and PPM around 700.

right now i am using 4 30w CFL's.
i have on order a 400/600w switchable ballast and 6" cooltube which will hopefully be up and running by next week.
for ventilation i have a squirrel cage fan and several small desk fans and computer fans.

it is 4 feet tall x 3 feet wide x 2 feet deep

veg room:

1.5 feet tall x 3 feet wide x 2 feet deep

ventilation is a 6 inch duct fan and a computer fan.

i currently have 3 clones in a small one gallon DWC container with 3 net pots with hydroton. inside are 2 6 inch airstones with a airpump rated for 30 gallon aquariums. the nutrient solution is exactly the same as the flowering room. these will probably be mothers.

there are 4 more clones in soil. the one in the larger container is a special strain given to me by a friend. she hasn't told me the name of the strain yet but i'm planning on asking her next time i see her.

the other clones are from a plant i have outdoors. just bagseed.

right now i have several growlux 15w tubes and one coolwhite 30w tube. plus 2 30w spiral cfl's. i may change that soon though.

thats it for now, i will add more as i think of it.

here are some pictures

these plants are in flower and in a small cabinet above my bed with a 70w HPS.

both from bagseed in soil with bonemeal

both 12/12 from seed one the weird looking one was topped early on and is much older

anyways back to the journal

its all about these seedlings and will be a week long?

they just regular old bagseed and its been about 5 days from germination.

they are in my flowering room in 24/0 light

here are some older pictures.

the last 3 are really old

they have grown a little bit more, i'm surprised at how fast.

my PPM is right on at about 700-800 and PH right at 6.0

i am germinating more seeds because i have so much room in my tray and only 3 plants...

i also attached some pic's of my reservoir with the top off

so i finally got the tracking info for my ballast and cool tube and it won't be here till thursday! i can't wait that long!!!

i'm planning on changing the reservoir and raising the PPM to about 1300-1400 once the HPS is setup.

here we go. i also added a freshly rooted clone. more bagseed

Hello Forced,

Great Start!

You have done well by explaining what set up you are running, photos look good and clear. Let us know when your lights show up. I look forward to seeing more.

Woodsman.

hey good too see your back. lights should come thursday. i'm about to take some more pics so stay tuned.

here we go. i added another sprout and a few more empty containers

here's today's update. some more seedlings have sprouted

i also broke a branch off of one of my outdoors plants so i decided to clone it!

got my 400w and cooltube. they are lovin it

Any new pics?