Hi everyone,
I would first like to start off by saying how big a fan this wonderful site, especially the posts by Roseman and the other Bubbleheads.
I just recently purchased and started growing with the 6 Gallon Bubbleponics System. Dual Spectrum Bubbleponics Complete Kit
I also opted to upgrade to the Duel Spectrum II lights.
Let me start by saying, so far this system has been fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone!
My Setup:
I have a closet which is about 11 ' long by about 2' wide. At each end, the wall sticks out and I have about a 2' inset. This is the area I have decided to use as my grow area. I went to the store and bought rolls of ReflectixReflectix Duct Wrap 12 in x25' because at the time I couldn't find any Mylar. Using reflective duct tape, I adhered the reflective wrap onto the 3 walls, top and bottom. I then added a peice to the front to create a roll up / down door. I also installed 2 pully's to raise and lower my 2 lights.
Q1 - I have been thinking alot about ventilation lately. When the door is about halfway open, but the closet closed. The air temp stays between 80-90 and the humidity is around 40 or so. When I roll down the "door" it's almost completly sealed and reflective all around my kit. Temperatures then seem to go to about 100-110 after a few hours, so I try to open it often to keep the temp down.
I am probebly going to install 2 computer sized fans, at the top (the doorway only rolls up about halfway) hoping the hot air will rise, be vented out into my closet, and new air can be circulated in.
Let me know what you think of this setup, and if there is anything drastic I should change.
My Plants:
My roommate picked up a 2-3' clone off a buddy of his. She sit's in his closet under a florecent bulb, also she is planted in soil.
I bought 2 feminized seeds off the internet, LSD and AK-48.
About 2 weeks ago, I germinated both seeds using the paper towel method. Both seeds were ready for planting 48 hours later, and I planted them in the waiting Rockwell cube's. LSD was quick to thrive and was also the first to germinate, however AK-48 seemed to be a bit slower. After constant checking over the last 2 weeks or so LSD is about 1 1/2" or so tall with 2 sets of pointy leafs, and AK now has 1 set of pointy leafs, and 1 set of round leafs, even though she is only about 1/2" or so out of the rock wool cube.
Thursday, we also decided to cut and plant our clones. We picked our 4 best bottom clones, cleaned off the bottom leafs and dipped in root hormone. (Stim-Roots #1) As you can see, they currently take up the 3 back spots and the middle front one.
PH:
It seems I am having a little issue with managing my PH. The only downfall of the Bubbleponics kit, is that they included those horrible paper test strips. I am currently looking to invest in a cost efficient Digi-meter, but in the mean time I went and bought a little bit more accurate Drop PH tester kit from a aquarium store. I'm not sure if it's just me, but I am finding it really difficult to compare the exact colors on either set.
When I first filled my tank and started the germinated seeds, I filled my tank with tap water, which sits around 7.0 PH. When I was sent the BP SH kit, it was missing a few crucial peices. (which they were quick to send replacements for, no issue) On wensday Oct. 21, I decided it was time to drain the water and replace it with PH adjusted water.
I attempted to add 6 X 1 gallon jug's of 6.6 - 7.0 PH water to the resivour, which I was conserned about because of the early stages of my seedlings. After checking a few hours later, my PH was above 7.0. Since then, I have been checking and adjusting the PH as needed, in the tank. I am pretty sure, it was advised not to add PH up or Down the resivour directly, but I find after I check after a few hours, it has raised again.
I have been testing (6.8 - 7.4) first.
Then adding a very small pinch of PH down, into the 6 gallons in the resivour.
And checking again usally changing the PH to about (6.4 - 6.
. I have wanted to then lower it again, to get it to around 6.0, but as I said, this is when it is around 6.8-7.4 and the process has been repeating it self.
I'm not sure if it's because we just added the new clones, and the system is stabilizing it self. Maybe when I close my roll down door, it becomes to humid and this raises the PH.
If anyone has any ideas, suggestions or comments on who I can resolve this PH issue, lower it and keep it maintained at around 5.6 - 6.4 it would be appreciated.
So far, my plants seem to not be drastically effected by all of the changes and conditions I have mentioned. A few other small issues.
- My hose from my irrigation head, to my pump keeps getting disconnected when I raise the lid, or at least I think it's only when I lift the lid.
- I figure from germination to this point is aprox, 2 weeks. Are my seedlings, where they are supposed to be at, growth wise? How can I help promote faster growth, espeically on little AK who as I mentioned is still quite small.
I plan to add 1/4 of my grow nute pack to the water later on today, with probebly another 1/4 in tomorrow. Do you think this will be too much for my little seedlings? And when should I put the remaining 1/2 in? Is there a typical schedule or rule of thumb, for adding nutes after this week? 1 pack a week ect?
- Currently my 1 veg bulb, is aproximately 8" or so above my tank. Would it be benifical to add a 2nd one beside it, and run 2 at all times?
- Should I leave my roll down door, open at all times to keep humidity down, down all the way and raise humidity levels, or do as I currently am, which is a mix of both. Are those fluxuations as mentioned before, going to be a issue for my plants?
Also I should probebly mention, that my lights are on, for a 24/0 cycle currently, until I am ready to flower. Then I plan to switch to 12/12 with 2 flowering bulbs.
Finnaly I would also like to mentioned, that I am by no means an expert speller, or grammertician. So please, all help, advice, comments, suggests will be accepted with open arms. I look forward to growing an amazing crop of bad ass plants. But please, if your critisim is not constructive, don't bother posting it.
Thanks again to everyone, and I look forward to updating this grow journal as I move foward, and participating in the bubblehead community.
This is a recent update to my post above.
As I mentioned, I have been trying to lower the PH by approximately .3 - .5 every 6 - 12 hrs or so, until I get to a steady 5.8 - 6.2.
When I sat down, and wrote my earlier post, I had just finished lowering the PH in my system using the method above, to about 6.4. This was at approximately 11:00 a.m.
I just checked again at 3:15, and it is once again is at around 7.0 - 7.4.
Why is PH raising so dramatically on a fairly even basis? And what could I do to lower it, and keep it stable?
I would first like to start off by saying how big a fan this wonderful site, especially the posts by Roseman and the other Bubbleheads.
I just recently purchased and started growing with the 6 Gallon Bubbleponics System. Dual Spectrum Bubbleponics Complete Kit
I also opted to upgrade to the Duel Spectrum II lights.
Let me start by saying, so far this system has been fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone!
My Setup:
I have a closet which is about 11 ' long by about 2' wide. At each end, the wall sticks out and I have about a 2' inset. This is the area I have decided to use as my grow area. I went to the store and bought rolls of ReflectixReflectix Duct Wrap 12 in x25' because at the time I couldn't find any Mylar. Using reflective duct tape, I adhered the reflective wrap onto the 3 walls, top and bottom. I then added a peice to the front to create a roll up / down door. I also installed 2 pully's to raise and lower my 2 lights.
Q1 - I have been thinking alot about ventilation lately. When the door is about halfway open, but the closet closed. The air temp stays between 80-90 and the humidity is around 40 or so. When I roll down the "door" it's almost completly sealed and reflective all around my kit. Temperatures then seem to go to about 100-110 after a few hours, so I try to open it often to keep the temp down.
I am probebly going to install 2 computer sized fans, at the top (the doorway only rolls up about halfway) hoping the hot air will rise, be vented out into my closet, and new air can be circulated in.
Let me know what you think of this setup, and if there is anything drastic I should change.
My Plants:
My roommate picked up a 2-3' clone off a buddy of his. She sit's in his closet under a florecent bulb, also she is planted in soil.
I bought 2 feminized seeds off the internet, LSD and AK-48.
About 2 weeks ago, I germinated both seeds using the paper towel method. Both seeds were ready for planting 48 hours later, and I planted them in the waiting Rockwell cube's. LSD was quick to thrive and was also the first to germinate, however AK-48 seemed to be a bit slower. After constant checking over the last 2 weeks or so LSD is about 1 1/2" or so tall with 2 sets of pointy leafs, and AK now has 1 set of pointy leafs, and 1 set of round leafs, even though she is only about 1/2" or so out of the rock wool cube.
Thursday, we also decided to cut and plant our clones. We picked our 4 best bottom clones, cleaned off the bottom leafs and dipped in root hormone. (Stim-Roots #1) As you can see, they currently take up the 3 back spots and the middle front one.
PH:
It seems I am having a little issue with managing my PH. The only downfall of the Bubbleponics kit, is that they included those horrible paper test strips. I am currently looking to invest in a cost efficient Digi-meter, but in the mean time I went and bought a little bit more accurate Drop PH tester kit from a aquarium store. I'm not sure if it's just me, but I am finding it really difficult to compare the exact colors on either set.
When I first filled my tank and started the germinated seeds, I filled my tank with tap water, which sits around 7.0 PH. When I was sent the BP SH kit, it was missing a few crucial peices. (which they were quick to send replacements for, no issue) On wensday Oct. 21, I decided it was time to drain the water and replace it with PH adjusted water.
I attempted to add 6 X 1 gallon jug's of 6.6 - 7.0 PH water to the resivour, which I was conserned about because of the early stages of my seedlings. After checking a few hours later, my PH was above 7.0. Since then, I have been checking and adjusting the PH as needed, in the tank. I am pretty sure, it was advised not to add PH up or Down the resivour directly, but I find after I check after a few hours, it has raised again.
I have been testing (6.8 - 7.4) first.
Then adding a very small pinch of PH down, into the 6 gallons in the resivour.
And checking again usally changing the PH to about (6.4 - 6.
. I have wanted to then lower it again, to get it to around 6.0, but as I said, this is when it is around 6.8-7.4 and the process has been repeating it self.I'm not sure if it's because we just added the new clones, and the system is stabilizing it self. Maybe when I close my roll down door, it becomes to humid and this raises the PH.
If anyone has any ideas, suggestions or comments on who I can resolve this PH issue, lower it and keep it maintained at around 5.6 - 6.4 it would be appreciated.
So far, my plants seem to not be drastically effected by all of the changes and conditions I have mentioned. A few other small issues.
- My hose from my irrigation head, to my pump keeps getting disconnected when I raise the lid, or at least I think it's only when I lift the lid.
- I figure from germination to this point is aprox, 2 weeks. Are my seedlings, where they are supposed to be at, growth wise? How can I help promote faster growth, espeically on little AK who as I mentioned is still quite small.
I plan to add 1/4 of my grow nute pack to the water later on today, with probebly another 1/4 in tomorrow. Do you think this will be too much for my little seedlings? And when should I put the remaining 1/2 in? Is there a typical schedule or rule of thumb, for adding nutes after this week? 1 pack a week ect?
- Currently my 1 veg bulb, is aproximately 8" or so above my tank. Would it be benifical to add a 2nd one beside it, and run 2 at all times?
- Should I leave my roll down door, open at all times to keep humidity down, down all the way and raise humidity levels, or do as I currently am, which is a mix of both. Are those fluxuations as mentioned before, going to be a issue for my plants?
Also I should probebly mention, that my lights are on, for a 24/0 cycle currently, until I am ready to flower. Then I plan to switch to 12/12 with 2 flowering bulbs.
Finnaly I would also like to mentioned, that I am by no means an expert speller, or grammertician. So please, all help, advice, comments, suggests will be accepted with open arms. I look forward to growing an amazing crop of bad ass plants. But please, if your critisim is not constructive, don't bother posting it.
Thanks again to everyone, and I look forward to updating this grow journal as I move foward, and participating in the bubblehead community.
This is a recent update to my post above.
As I mentioned, I have been trying to lower the PH by approximately .3 - .5 every 6 - 12 hrs or so, until I get to a steady 5.8 - 6.2.
When I sat down, and wrote my earlier post, I had just finished lowering the PH in my system using the method above, to about 6.4. This was at approximately 11:00 a.m.
I just checked again at 3:15, and it is once again is at around 7.0 - 7.4.
Why is PH raising so dramatically on a fairly even basis? And what could I do to lower it, and keep it stable?
Np
