The Cridic
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Hey guys,
I was in the military so It's been a while since I grew or able to smoke regularly(over 12 years). This is my "trial" setup so I can get all the kinks out of the way before I graduate to a better strain. I wanted to get some direct tips, recomendations and/or comments.
I am currently runing a DWC system and have been growing five plants from seed (1 lucky higher grade seed, others, nothing special) in 3 3/4" net pots filled with hydroton.
I started out with an aeroponic setup that I built and seemed to work fine but the maintenance was too much so I switched to a DWC system in an 18 gal. tote, also read that DWC is better, but I'm sure there is a lot of debate. I have a 12'' air stone in the middle of the nutrient resevoir, 150 watt Hydrofarm HPS and two 65 watt CFL's (used for seedling and vegative). The wall is surrounded by milar windshield deflectors that i found for a couple of dollars. Instead of spending more for sheets that i have to cut these have the same material for a fraction of the cost. I am using 3'x3'x8' of growing space with 3'x7'x8' of total closet space separated by a tarp on a shower curtain rod. The walls and floor are covered with plastic sheeting and the space is kept clean. I use a space heater with a thermostat that i set between 75-80 degrees farenheit on the opposite side of the tarp and a fan above the plants (not directly) for airflow. The humidity level seems fine since i am in an area with some humidity.
I am investing in a Growlab grow closet after this harvest.
For nutrients I'm using Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow for the vegative stage and for flowering Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom. I also use H202 and Hygrozyme that was recommended.
The res looked "curdled'' when i first started but fixed it with closer PH monitoring and H202. I only had minor nutrient burn once on only a couple of leafs but just added some more water to counter it quickly.
I have been growing from seed 38 days now. The higher grade seed germinated a week later that the others but looks like it is trying to catch up. I used one of the plants as a "guinea pig" to test out topping/prunning/trimming early and got good results with a total of six main stems opposed to one and is already the same height as the others. The trimming of the lower first sets of leafs was also benificial on the test plant so I trimmed the lower leafs of the other four but never topped (I will next grow). I was careful not to cut the main fan leafs.
The plants are between 12-24 inches. I just started the transition to flowering with the recommended half and half of the nutrients and 12/12 un-disturbed (150watt HPS) light cycle at yesterday's resevoir change.
One of my plants looked like it started to show signs of sex a couple weeks ago in the spots where it should and I am watching it closely to eliminate it in case. I heard that males usually show before females. I purchased a small magnifying glass and a 60x-100x microscope to monitor. I searched the endless pages of articles here and abroad for information on sexing so i have a pretty good idea what its supposed to look like.
I will post better pictures as soon as i can find a power cord for my camera, for now i'll use my cell cam.
Here's some pics from the start till now with tags...
9 days from seed, transplanted to system.
16 days from seed
20 Days
Day 22
Day 29...I put reflective tape on the top of the system for extra light reflection, i used a set of mirrors before. I also noticed that there was light illuminating through the the plastic and to be sure not to create an environment for algae, i covered it with this tape...
33 Days
You can see the setup in this one, windshield shade on the walls, 150 watt HPS, 18gal resevoir...
The rest of the pictures are from today at 38 days from seed...
The 2 plants on the left are tied to make room for the "late" plant that is in the middle...
I will post more pics as the weeks come...
What do you think?
I was in the military so It's been a while since I grew or able to smoke regularly(over 12 years). This is my "trial" setup so I can get all the kinks out of the way before I graduate to a better strain. I wanted to get some direct tips, recomendations and/or comments.
I am currently runing a DWC system and have been growing five plants from seed (1 lucky higher grade seed, others, nothing special) in 3 3/4" net pots filled with hydroton.
I started out with an aeroponic setup that I built and seemed to work fine but the maintenance was too much so I switched to a DWC system in an 18 gal. tote, also read that DWC is better, but I'm sure there is a lot of debate. I have a 12'' air stone in the middle of the nutrient resevoir, 150 watt Hydrofarm HPS and two 65 watt CFL's (used for seedling and vegative). The wall is surrounded by milar windshield deflectors that i found for a couple of dollars. Instead of spending more for sheets that i have to cut these have the same material for a fraction of the cost. I am using 3'x3'x8' of growing space with 3'x7'x8' of total closet space separated by a tarp on a shower curtain rod. The walls and floor are covered with plastic sheeting and the space is kept clean. I use a space heater with a thermostat that i set between 75-80 degrees farenheit on the opposite side of the tarp and a fan above the plants (not directly) for airflow. The humidity level seems fine since i am in an area with some humidity.
I am investing in a Growlab grow closet after this harvest.
For nutrients I'm using Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow for the vegative stage and for flowering Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom. I also use H202 and Hygrozyme that was recommended.
The res looked "curdled'' when i first started but fixed it with closer PH monitoring and H202. I only had minor nutrient burn once on only a couple of leafs but just added some more water to counter it quickly.
I have been growing from seed 38 days now. The higher grade seed germinated a week later that the others but looks like it is trying to catch up. I used one of the plants as a "guinea pig" to test out topping/prunning/trimming early and got good results with a total of six main stems opposed to one and is already the same height as the others. The trimming of the lower first sets of leafs was also benificial on the test plant so I trimmed the lower leafs of the other four but never topped (I will next grow). I was careful not to cut the main fan leafs.
The plants are between 12-24 inches. I just started the transition to flowering with the recommended half and half of the nutrients and 12/12 un-disturbed (150watt HPS) light cycle at yesterday's resevoir change.
One of my plants looked like it started to show signs of sex a couple weeks ago in the spots where it should and I am watching it closely to eliminate it in case. I heard that males usually show before females. I purchased a small magnifying glass and a 60x-100x microscope to monitor. I searched the endless pages of articles here and abroad for information on sexing so i have a pretty good idea what its supposed to look like.
I will post better pictures as soon as i can find a power cord for my camera, for now i'll use my cell cam.
Here's some pics from the start till now with tags...
9 days from seed, transplanted to system.
16 days from seed
20 Days
Day 22
Day 29...I put reflective tape on the top of the system for extra light reflection, i used a set of mirrors before. I also noticed that there was light illuminating through the the plastic and to be sure not to create an environment for algae, i covered it with this tape...
33 Days
You can see the setup in this one, windshield shade on the walls, 150 watt HPS, 18gal resevoir...
The rest of the pictures are from today at 38 days from seed...
The 2 plants on the left are tied to make room for the "late" plant that is in the middle...
I will post more pics as the weeks come...
What do you think?
