easysmoker
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Hi all, this is my second full coco grow. My first grow I made a lot of mistakes that I've learned from. Not doing DTW(Drain-to-Waste) with coco, nute burn, calcium issues (didn't use coco-specific nutes while not supplementing with calmag until too late), not transplanting soon enough, no PH meter until flowering, not being able to recognize males soon enough, light burn, heat stress (it got to 25C during March for a week or two, was not prepared for that, normal temps are 0-10C during that time) letting coco fully dry out near the end, plants were completely seeded. Despite all that managed to still pull out around 3-5 ounces of high quality bud from 600w(Master kush from Nirvana, also grew g13 Haze, which was weak as it was cut down 1.5 weeks too soon).
My current grow is 3x Aurora Indica (Nirvana seeds), 1x Violator Kush (Barney's Farm)(Bought to get an extra freebie, the OG Kush), 1x OG Kush (Reserva Privada)(Freebie), 1x Bubba 76 (Emerald Triangle)(Freebie). It was supposed to be 5x AI, but two of the seedlings died(my fault) and I decided to add the others. I also decided to germinate 4 of my G13 haze x MK seeds(home grown), I kept the best 50-60 seeds, threw out those seedlings as I just wanted to see their health and germination rate. I put seeds in water over night, and into most paper towels in the afternoon. All Seeds cracked/opened within 24h some even as soon as 12h while still sitting in the water! (100% germination rate in both grows)
2 bulb 4' t12 fixture with Plant and aquarium bulbs to start seedlings. (free from a friend, will possibly upgrade to t5's for perpetual grows) (
Cheap ebay 600w Digital ballast which came with hps bulb, 16" wing reflector, hangers , and I bought a 600w MH conversion bulb at 6500k, cheapest I could find off ebay. (~$220)
4x4 Grow tent off ebay (~$120)
Ebay 400CFM fan (~$100)
8 Seeds from attitude (~$65)
DNF veg nutrients($25)(wasted money as I bought other nutes soon after doing more research on coco)
House and Garden Coco A+B, Drip Clean, Roots Excel, top booster, BudXL, Magic green. (~250$) (will need more A+B)
Nutradip PH pen (80$)
10 2 Gallon Dirt bags (Cheap version of smart pots) (~$35)
Coco ($25)
Misc (~$45-75) (timer, ducting, thermal/RH thermometer, etc)
Total of about $950-$1000.
The Aurora Indica sprouted during the 1st weekend of October, I'll count October 6th as Day 1.
The OG Kush and Violator Kush were germinated a week later, October 13th as day 1.
The Bubba 76, because of a mixup it was germed and forgotten, had a 4" tap root and seed pod coming off before being planted.(thought my OG died but it survived). October 18th as day 1.
They were all germinated in water overnight, then put into moist paper towels and kept in a dark area, once there was a clear tap root sticking out, were put into moist Oasis cubes. I like these because I can etch the strain label right into the cube, and they don't need to be pre-soaked. I soaked them with non-PH'd water, flicked out the excess moisture, I would water them with 25ml of non-ph'd water whenever they felt light which ranged from twice a day to every other day(some plants received PH'd/nuted water while in cubes, made no difference). No heat pad was ever used. As soon as the tap root stuck out the slightest, which was roughly 5 days, they were put into 4" square pots pre-soaked, PH'd coco at 5.8 with a very light nute mix. They were also watered as soon as they were put in the pots with the same strength nute mix, with a lot of drainage. H&G Recommends 1.5ml per litre for the first week, I did .75ml. All plants receive the same feeding schedule as the AI.
Aurora Indicas are in the smart pots, the VK and OGK are in the 4" pots(Should be able to see the label), and the Bubba 76 is in the cup, was never put into a cube as the tap root was so long already.
The AIs 2nd set of leaves looks very awkward, some have 2 leaves, while other leaves are just one. Here are a couple pictures, and I will update Sunday with more, and then will have weekly updates.
Anyone know what the light/lime green dots are on that leaf? It seems to be the only one with the issues. Could it be nutes getting on the leaf while water, I tend to be careful with that, or maybe because of the mutation?
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My current grow is 3x Aurora Indica (Nirvana seeds), 1x Violator Kush (Barney's Farm)(Bought to get an extra freebie, the OG Kush), 1x OG Kush (Reserva Privada)(Freebie), 1x Bubba 76 (Emerald Triangle)(Freebie). It was supposed to be 5x AI, but two of the seedlings died(my fault) and I decided to add the others. I also decided to germinate 4 of my G13 haze x MK seeds(home grown), I kept the best 50-60 seeds, threw out those seedlings as I just wanted to see their health and germination rate. I put seeds in water over night, and into most paper towels in the afternoon. All Seeds cracked/opened within 24h some even as soon as 12h while still sitting in the water! (100% germination rate in both grows)
2 bulb 4' t12 fixture with Plant and aquarium bulbs to start seedlings. (free from a friend, will possibly upgrade to t5's for perpetual grows) (
Cheap ebay 600w Digital ballast which came with hps bulb, 16" wing reflector, hangers , and I bought a 600w MH conversion bulb at 6500k, cheapest I could find off ebay. (~$220)
4x4 Grow tent off ebay (~$120)
Ebay 400CFM fan (~$100)
8 Seeds from attitude (~$65)
DNF veg nutrients($25)(wasted money as I bought other nutes soon after doing more research on coco)
House and Garden Coco A+B, Drip Clean, Roots Excel, top booster, BudXL, Magic green. (~250$) (will need more A+B)
Nutradip PH pen (80$)
10 2 Gallon Dirt bags (Cheap version of smart pots) (~$35)
Coco ($25)
Misc (~$45-75) (timer, ducting, thermal/RH thermometer, etc)
Total of about $950-$1000.
The Aurora Indica sprouted during the 1st weekend of October, I'll count October 6th as Day 1.
The OG Kush and Violator Kush were germinated a week later, October 13th as day 1.
The Bubba 76, because of a mixup it was germed and forgotten, had a 4" tap root and seed pod coming off before being planted.(thought my OG died but it survived). October 18th as day 1.
They were all germinated in water overnight, then put into moist paper towels and kept in a dark area, once there was a clear tap root sticking out, were put into moist Oasis cubes. I like these because I can etch the strain label right into the cube, and they don't need to be pre-soaked. I soaked them with non-PH'd water, flicked out the excess moisture, I would water them with 25ml of non-ph'd water whenever they felt light which ranged from twice a day to every other day(some plants received PH'd/nuted water while in cubes, made no difference). No heat pad was ever used. As soon as the tap root stuck out the slightest, which was roughly 5 days, they were put into 4" square pots pre-soaked, PH'd coco at 5.8 with a very light nute mix. They were also watered as soon as they were put in the pots with the same strength nute mix, with a lot of drainage. H&G Recommends 1.5ml per litre for the first week, I did .75ml. All plants receive the same feeding schedule as the AI.
Aurora Indicas are in the smart pots, the VK and OGK are in the 4" pots(Should be able to see the label), and the Bubba 76 is in the cup, was never put into a cube as the tap root was so long already.
The AIs 2nd set of leaves looks very awkward, some have 2 leaves, while other leaves are just one. Here are a couple pictures, and I will update Sunday with more, and then will have weekly updates.
Anyone know what the light/lime green dots are on that leaf? It seems to be the only one with the issues. Could it be nutes getting on the leaf while water, I tend to be careful with that, or maybe because of the mutation?
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