AUS LED/HPS SOG 2019 A.D.

JEX SPERGO

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Hello,

This is my Australian LED and HPS grow journal. The grow will be a 15 pot Sea of Green type grow.

I have a new digital camera also so this will be sweet!

Two lights will be used, First my 195w actual draw LED light, which has 2 blues, 2 reds, cool and warm white, orange and UV. The second is a Magnetic Growlush ballast, with an "Indoor Sun" HPS bulb at 600 watts. (I may procure an adjusted spectrum Growlush bulb before flower, they work really well in my experience, they're a more of a true white HPS you can use for vegetative cycle also for a higher lumen count.)

The soil is a mix of pre-made compost, potting soil, some decomposed food scraps in there, and some sand and ash I obtained from a remote location in the bush where a tree had burned to a stump, so there's some silica and a good amount of ash through the soil slightly.

The pots are around 1 Liter each, and due to myself having regular seed... I will get a less than half female plant rate. I used these seeds once and got one female from five plants. I will be happy with a 1/3 of 15 plants female rate. If I get that I will consider it a good grow.

The strain is a modern variety, with large buds which spread well and look leafy, as opposed to tightly packed hairy weed, which I don't like. I bought a garbage bag filled with a half moldy seeded plant and smoked what wasn't moldy, and collected all the seeds so this will be my mainstay regular seed for a while until shit is legal in Australia. It's a modern medium grade strain, which I will be improving the strength of via...

Fertilizers to be used:

1: "Thrive, all purpose" supermarket sold N/P/K with small trace levels.
2: Trace elements fertilizer purchased from hardware store, has a lot of calcium.
3: Epsom salts for magnesium.
4: Leonardite coal tar, up to 90% humic acid.
5: SUPERthrive vitamin and hormone tonic since 1940 A.D.
6: Canna P/K.
7: Organic seaweed powder, contains 16% potassium.

I use a grow-tent setup that is 1.2 meters / 1.2 meters / 2 meters, a Carbon filter attached to a 2 speed fan, which operates around 450 CFM - 510 CFM, it has two settings. Will be on constantly.

I have also for this grow a usage meter. Vegetative stage power draw I can tell you is between 270-280 watts continuous. I am going for 15 hour days and have a digital timer. I like to let the plants rest at night and save on bills.

There is a potential to have a small passive ozone generator in the room, and also I use 9 hour candles during the day time for carbon dioxide. I find these effective and cheap, just light a candle for Jesus in the morning :weed:!

Pictures in next post! Wish me luck!
 
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JEX SPERGO

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Should look into fem seeds next run mate.
Pretty easy nowadays to source fem seeds
Yeah, my credit card has too high a fraud chance apparently to get fem seed from an international seed bank into this country. Of course fem is the way to go. I want the strain EM DOG by Humboldt. Humboldt is what I would choose to begin with, i did a rad Blue Dream harvest once, best weed I ever had.
 

Papasmurf99

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Yeah, my credit card has too high a fraud chance apparently to get fem seed from an international seed bank into this country. Of course fem is the way to go. I want the strain EM DOG by Humboldt. Humboldt is what I would choose to begin with, i did a rad Blue Dream harvest once, best weed I ever had.
Can get some decent fems from yantra local postage if ya need mate. Buy the breeder stuff tho not the yantra bred
 

JEX SPERGO

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Second Grow ever.

Last time I got Blue Dream seed from some guys bag they had, when I grew it it was markedly stronger. Best weed I ever smoked.

I haven't planted any seeds yet, Just germinating.

Signing up to Yantra right now, thanks for telling me I thought I would have to go Bonza.

EZ
 

Bongsmoke420

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Second Grow ever.

Last time I got Blue Dream seed from some guys bag they had, when I grew it it was markedly stronger. Best weed I ever smoked.

I haven't planted any seeds yet, Just germinating.

Signing up to Yantra right now, thanks for telling me I thought I would have to go Bonza.

EZ
Bonza was my first seed bank, frankly I’m lucky I got my seeds after reading some
Recent review of them. I have been getting mine through Neptune but put myself on a buying ban, spent over 2000 on seeds last year
 

Papasmurf99

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Second Grow ever.

Last time I got Blue Dream seed from some guys bag they had, when I grew it it was markedly stronger. Best weed I ever smoked.

I haven't planted any seeds yet, Just germinating.

Signing up to Yantra right now, thanks for telling me I thought I would have to go Bonza.

EZ
Southern star seeds are good too mate. Aussie breeders got some cool stuff and post locally aswell
 

JEX SPERGO

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Sup guys.

Today I ordered 7 meters of 5630 LED, Cool White spectrum. I added copper foil tape onto the grow tent on the inside where I want them to go. First is the copper foil tape, which is 5cm wide, around 7/8 of the inside, this is for electromagnetic shielding and it will also heat spread for the LED strips, then I will use the LED strips included adhesive backing, and then I will use clear packing tape over that to make sure it sticks.

I've done this before but not with copper foil backing. Last time was good, this time will be better. I've got a 10 amp LED power supply unit too, which is fastened to the inside on the right where you cant see in the photo. It's a good power unit. Can power a lot of LED.

Also I got LED strip connectors which are like clip connectors where you cut the LED strip at the copper terminals and clip this on, so you can flip them and go around corners, so all the led is flush stuck to the surface.

See photo for copper tape. Babies yet to sprout are in the soil!
 

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zypheruk

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@Jex SPERGO looking good im gonna follow along for the ride. Im doing a 19 plant sog along with a scrog etc in a cabinet great fun. Feel free to check it out. Link in my sig.
 
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