zbo
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Sup everyone, I've been browsing the forums for a couple months now absorbing as much information as possible through all the available sources that have been posted here. I've been around plants my entire life... i've worked in vineyards and my family runs an organic garden. This is my first attempt at cultivating lady love. I view this more as a scientific experiment as I know there is a steep learning curve and nothing beats experience in the field. I hope to find what nutrients and strains work best with the growing environment I have available. Next grow I plan on doing 1 strain only.
I'm using a stand up 3x3 shower with a mylar shower curtain. Each of the plants are now in 5gal buckets with a mix of 3 parts perlite, 1 part vermiculite and 1 part roots organic potting soil. I'm using the "hempy bucket" technique, I have drilled 4 holes in each bucket 1 and 1/2 inches from the bottom to create a reservoir. The bottom of my bucket up to the holes is filled with river rocks. The buckets are sitting on 1-1/2inch cubes to keep them off the floor and allow for proper drainage. I taped black layered plastic around the buckets to promote root growth.
I have 2-10w fans blowing straight up from floor, and one 30w fan oscillating by the babies. I also have jimmy rigged my bathroom fan to hook to the cooltube of my HID light if I need the extra ventilation. As of now the temp remains a solid 82deg F with all my fans running with 45% hum.
I have ONE dimable (50%,75%, 100%) 600w MH/HPS ballast ( I have both bulbs) Running MH now for veg at 75%.
I have TWO 300w LED grow lights that I hang on the sides. They actually run 168w from plug so the specs they advertise with are false. Anyhow I like the combination I have for just under 9 sq feet. I started veg with 1 of the LED's... moved to 2 LEDS as they grew, and finally added the HID light as I felt the plants were big enough to handle it. You can see in the pics.
I pH when feeding to 6.2 and also check my runoff (20% hempy technique) for volume and pH to see what I have coming out. I'm using a combination of Floranova Grow and Foxfarm's Big Bloom, Grow Big and Tigers Blood. I follow the hydroponics chart that was enclosed with the foxfarm shipment using half of the recommended dose. I switch every feeding between the floranova and foxfarms nutrients. I use Half of the recommended dose each time in 1 gallon of water per plant. I water each plant based on how the bucket feels when I pick it up and the appearance of the plant... I think this is one of the hardest aspects lol.
I created a cardboard wall with plastic and blue tape and supplement 60g on CO2 every morning and turn off the fans for an hour or two. Not sure if it does much but I have the CO2 so I might as well use it. Will up the dose in flowering. I also have two grow your own mushroom boxes that I got from the grocery store on the floor of the shower.
On Monday 11/2, week 4 of my 24/0 Veg cycle will start. I feel like my plants are doing well minus some minor nutrient burn or cal/mag deficiency in one of the plants. I will post pics in the correct forum when I have the opportunity.
I'm new and welcome all feedback, advice, constructive criticism.
I'm using a stand up 3x3 shower with a mylar shower curtain. Each of the plants are now in 5gal buckets with a mix of 3 parts perlite, 1 part vermiculite and 1 part roots organic potting soil. I'm using the "hempy bucket" technique, I have drilled 4 holes in each bucket 1 and 1/2 inches from the bottom to create a reservoir. The bottom of my bucket up to the holes is filled with river rocks. The buckets are sitting on 1-1/2inch cubes to keep them off the floor and allow for proper drainage. I taped black layered plastic around the buckets to promote root growth.
I have 2-10w fans blowing straight up from floor, and one 30w fan oscillating by the babies. I also have jimmy rigged my bathroom fan to hook to the cooltube of my HID light if I need the extra ventilation. As of now the temp remains a solid 82deg F with all my fans running with 45% hum.
I have ONE dimable (50%,75%, 100%) 600w MH/HPS ballast ( I have both bulbs) Running MH now for veg at 75%.
I have TWO 300w LED grow lights that I hang on the sides. They actually run 168w from plug so the specs they advertise with are false. Anyhow I like the combination I have for just under 9 sq feet. I started veg with 1 of the LED's... moved to 2 LEDS as they grew, and finally added the HID light as I felt the plants were big enough to handle it. You can see in the pics.
I pH when feeding to 6.2 and also check my runoff (20% hempy technique) for volume and pH to see what I have coming out. I'm using a combination of Floranova Grow and Foxfarm's Big Bloom, Grow Big and Tigers Blood. I follow the hydroponics chart that was enclosed with the foxfarm shipment using half of the recommended dose. I switch every feeding between the floranova and foxfarms nutrients. I use Half of the recommended dose each time in 1 gallon of water per plant. I water each plant based on how the bucket feels when I pick it up and the appearance of the plant... I think this is one of the hardest aspects lol.
I created a cardboard wall with plastic and blue tape and supplement 60g on CO2 every morning and turn off the fans for an hour or two. Not sure if it does much but I have the CO2 so I might as well use it. Will up the dose in flowering. I also have two grow your own mushroom boxes that I got from the grocery store on the floor of the shower.
On Monday 11/2, week 4 of my 24/0 Veg cycle will start. I feel like my plants are doing well minus some minor nutrient burn or cal/mag deficiency in one of the plants. I will post pics in the correct forum when I have the opportunity.
I'm new and welcome all feedback, advice, constructive criticism.
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