My Grow Video / Journal - BERRY BOMB, WHITE WIDOW & SLH.

[ottawaliquid]

Thanks for that; ill aim for a P.H of 5.8.!!

In regards to smell... yes that will be an issue exactly like you stated; so my plan is to get a 'carbon filter' and attach it to the existing ducting that leads out of the attic to remove the smell.

Topping wise you detailed it good; i just down understand the terms too much just yet.. but i vidoes on youtube that are giving me tips to learn.
Do you have a reccommended video i could watch in regards to topping the plants?... in regards to the super lemon haze, i only want to top it twice.

I dont plant on making any clones until i setup a uniuque smaller grow tent dedicated to this; but thats atleast three months down the track.

I have also dropped the room temperature down to 27 C, 28 C ....Degrees Celcius.. (But keep in mind its because my light is super close - 8 inches away now)
If i had my light about 18inches away like most people the temperate at plant level will drop down to 22 C.
Im in the middle of summer in my part of the world; so if the house gets warm.. the grow room gets warm.average abouts 32 C outside most days.. in winter i wont expect any heat problems considering in winter outside temerates range from 2C & 15C .

This is my first indoor grow; and my first official grow.
Other grows have been bag seed tests & uncussessful outdoor grows..
i did hours and hours or youtube and internet research, compared grows and i set up my room so its 'self sufficient' and easy to run.

This grow room is the best because its a 'controlled' environment' thats best suited for the plants.. which is why they grow so well and you just need to make sure nutrients, water and PH levels are good, check the room setup ensure all is working.. thats all i do.

You might also want to set up your fan so that it is pulling air across the light rather than blowing/pushing it.

Especially when you add a carbon filter in the future. You will get much better airflow/cooling with pulling rather than pushing

ie.


carbon filter>Cooltube>inline fan>exhaust out the tent.

Of course the fan could be placed outside the tent. also if space and/or hanging the carbon filter is an issue. You can have the carbon filter outside the tent.

 

[deza]

You might also want to set up your fan so that it is pulling air across the light rather than blowing/pushing it.

Especially when you add a carbon filter in the future. You will get much better airflow/cooling with pulling rather than pushing

ie.


carbon filter>Cooltube>inline fan>exhaust out the tent.

Of course the fan could be placed outside the tent. also if space and/or hanging the carbon filter is an issue. You can have the carbon filter outside the tent.

Hello my man;

Carbon filter....Yes i need one.. its in veg and im starting to get a whiff.. hmm..

So this is my plan:

Once i switch my bulb in the tube to a 600 watt HPS ' it will get a little warmer anyway.. so by then ill get a proffessional/industrial grade carbon filter fan; then attach / mount that inside the roof if possible' then connect the ducting from the carbon filter to lead to inside the tent.

Good idea?

So it means..

I have a 6'' can fan sucking warm air out from the room... pushing through the tube 'cooling the tube'..

'then connect ducting to the end of the tube for the hot air being pushed through the tube to ducting out of the tent .......
This will lead straight into the carbon filter in the attic/roof = Thus creating a push/pull scenario from both fans, and throwing the clean air out through the filter.

This should increase the ''pull' from the carbon filter fan because the 6'' fan connected to the cooltube in the tent is pulling & pushing air out of the room & assisting the suction of air from the 6'' carbon filter & fan by creating a 'vortex' - Tornado type effect.

is this possible?

ive been told you can reverse the flow of the carbon filter, so it sucks in through the fan and out of the filter or vice versa.. if i cannot reverse it out of the filter then ill have to change my plans, and ill have problems because i cant fit the carbon filter in my room.

Ive never installed one of these not sure whats the best and easiest way to to it; but i want it setup like my plan unless that will be a problem.
i want it clean and proffessional looking.. no ghetto rigs.. and i i dont have room in the tent to fit a carbon filter etc.

 

[ottawaliquid]

Hello my man;

Carbon filter....Yes i need one.. its in veg and im starting to get a whiff.. hmm..

So this is my plan:

Once i switch my bulb in the tube to a 600 watt HPS ' it will get a little warmer anyway.. so by then ill get a proffessional/industrial grade carbon filter fan; then attach / mount that inside the roof if possible' then connect the ducting from the carbon filter to lead to inside the tent.

Good idea?

So it means..

I have a 6'' can fan sucking warm air out from the room... pushing through the tube 'cooling the tube'..

'then connect ducting to the end of the tube for the hot air being pushed through the tube to ducting out of the tent .......
This will lead straight into the carbon filter in the attic/roof = Thus creating a push/pull scenario from both fans, and throwing the clean air out through the filter.

This should increase the ''pull' from the carbon filter fan because the 6'' fan connected to the cooltube in the tent is pulling & pushing air out of the room & assisting the suction of air from the 6'' carbon filter & fan by creating a 'vortex' - Tornado type effect.

is this possible?

ive been told you can reverse the flow of the carbon filter, so it sucks in through the fan and out of the filter or vice versa.. if i cannot reverse it out of the filter then ill have to change my plans, and ill have problems because i cant fit the carbon filter in my room.

Ive never installed one of these not sure whats the best and easiest way to to it; but i want it setup like my plan unless that will be a problem.
i want it clean and proffessional looking.. no ghetto rigs.. and i i dont have room in the tent to fit a carbon filter etc.

Every carbon filter I've seen you can either suck through it or push out of it.

Depending on how good your current fan is. I don't think you'll need the second fan.. you can just buy a good carbon filter and push or pull the air through the carbon filter.

Of course having more air flow is never a bad idea so whatever works for you.

 

[Thedillestpickle]

Hey Deza, I take it you didnt know coco was supposed to be at 5.8 pH then?
In case your not already doing so you should be using coco specific nutes for coco. You use a pH of 5.8 just like hydro but theres a catch, coco tends to lock up more of certain nutrients than normal hydro mediums, so you actually need to have a nutrient that is specifically modified for use with coco coir, Otherwise you will almost certainly run into nutrient deficiencies along the way.
Hopefully you already knew that, and hopefully that doesnt make things more difficult for you. Obviously it would be ideal to be able to use the same nutrient mix for both your automated top feed rockwool plants and the coco SLH but thats just not going to work

 

[Thedillestpickle]

House and Garden make a good coco nutrient line and so does Canna

 

[deza]

Every carbon filter I've seen you can either suck through it or push out of it.

Depending on how good your current fan is. I don't think you'll need the second fan.. you can just buy a good carbon filter and push or pull the air through the carbon filter.

Of course having more air flow is never a bad idea so whatever works for you.

So this shouldnt be a problem then? Putting it in reverse? ill just get a powerful fan/carbon filter combo!

I just rang the shop i buy my stuff from.. he knows me well lol - harrassing him with questions but he doesnt complain because i spent a shit load there.

He said he can get me:

* 6'' Fan + Carbon Filter which pulls in = 120 Litres of air Per/Second... Is this too strong for my room?.. which is 1m x 1m x 1.8.

So what does that measure up to in CFM?...

If i get this filter setup i should be able to ditch the 'can fan' attached to the cooltube already right?.. (as seen in the video) and have the carbon filter sucking the heat and smell through the ducking and out into the roof out of the cooltube?

Id leave the can fan on the cooltube but im worried the powerful suction of the carbon filter will stress out the fan on the cooltube currently because the carbon filter will be twice as strong id imagine.

 

[deza]

Hey Deza, I take it you didnt know coco was supposed to be at 5.8 pH then?
In case your not already doing so you should be using coco specific nutes for coco. You use a pH of 5.8 just like hydro but theres a catch, coco tends to lock up more of certain nutrients than normal hydro mediums, so you actually need to have a nutrient that is specifically modified for use with coco coir, Otherwise you will almost certainly run into nutrient deficiencies along the way.
Hopefully you already knew that, and hopefully that doesnt make things more difficult for you. Obviously it would be ideal to be able to use the same nutrient mix for both your automated top feed rockwool plants and the coco SLH but thats just not going to work

Yep your right.. i didnt know.. like i said my first grow.. ive dominated my hydro experience but not when it comes with coco/soil etc.. they always have problems with lockouts and hydro is too easy to say no too. At this stage all i have been doing is getting a empy plastic bottle, putting it into my tank to fill the bottle and then pouring the bottle into the coco coir... which looks like its doing fine for 'now'

Ill purchase some COCO-COIR nutrients from CANNA at my local store when i purchase my carbon filter; and ill also drop the PH of the coco down to 5.8-6.0.
But this will take atleast a month and a bit because i get paid monthly.. hope she will do fine until then.

Thanks for giving me the heads up on this!

 

[ottawaliquid]

Hey man I gotta ask... as an ignorant north american...

what's your accent?

 

[ottawaliquid]

or more specifically.. where?

 

[deza]

Hey man I gotta ask... as an ignorant north american...

what's your accent?

Australian accent bro, its so unique how couldnt you tell? lmao.

 

[Thedillestpickle]

Australia, I'm guessing adelaide or tazzy

 

[Thedillestpickle]

Yea it should have been pretty obvious when he said "Pee Hache" lol

 

[Thedillestpickle]

To be honest I think your SLH will probably hold on until then, you'll probably start to see some deficiency but hopefully nothing too severe. Don't neglect that SLH, out of the 3 plants I'll bet she gives you the best smoke/high. Might not yield as much and she might be a bitch to keep out of the way as she stretches, but itll be worth having some top shelf buds.

She's not the stretchiest sativa out there though, a cross between O Haze and Lemon skunk I believe, try to keep her healthy

 

[ottawaliquid]

Australian accent bro, its so unique how couldnt you tell? lmao.

You know what man.. I couldn't assume anything.. I'm terrible with accents.

I was at a resort in the Caribbean last year... Met these nice folks.. I thought they were from Australia... first of all.. fucking dumb..

Why would Australians go to the Caribbean in February?! but at least the folks said that the area they were from in England (somewhere in the south) often gets confused or most closely resembles an Australian accent.

I have a friend who is South African and I'm always telling him to toss a shrimp on the barbie.. it really pisses him off

 

[Thedillestpickle]

haha I told an australian once she sounded like she was english! hahah that pissed her off

I thought a scottish guy was irish... he didn't like that too much

 

[deza]

Back to topic ppl ... Please but keep this chit chat related talk to another thread please.
Next update will be in 3/4 weeks prior to me switching to flower.

 

[deza]

BUMP update guys I have decided to throw in a Dinafem Blue Widow in there also newly sprouted, just as an experiment not for yield. And too see what its like and the taste etc.. Also might throw in an unknown landrace thats about 40 years old whos already 4 months in veg, a sativa but its history was bad as it almost died.. Was 90% dead and I threw it out of the grow room and outside with neglect and she or he recovered. Its a random seed that was between 20/40 years old. Video up in a week!

 

[deza]

4 WEEK UPDATE!! BUMP!!!!

[video=youtube;rNqko_MBswA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNqko_MBswA[/video]

 

[Budist]

I would trim up the bottom a lil. I'v had up to 2 foot growth in flowering but have never grown your strains.

 

[Thedillestpickle]

I woudl just leave the bottom leaves until they die on their own, they will likely die eventually anyways as bottom leaves do and you can remove them then

Looks like youve got alot of height still to work with. I would continue to let them veg longer. It looks like the two plants are a little bit close to eachother and might get intertwinded as they get bigger. I would LST them so they move away from each other. Each branch above where you LST will become a main shoot and will help fill in your canopy so that no light is wasted. Continue letting them veg after you LST for a good amount of time. When you flip to 12/12 youll have 12-16 colas between the two plants instead of just 2.