Come on in and check out my first grow! Should be HUGE

Hello everyone!

Well after a lot of research and time put in on this project i have made quite a bit of progress..

This is my first grow.. I guess you can classify me as a newbie

I purchased some seeds from Nirvana. They're white widow... Waited like 3 weeks started to get worried.. so i check my email to make sure everything is straight, you know stage 7 or whatever.. and after that i go out to check the mail and it was like fuckin christmas, they were all there i the package from the netherlands..

Well anyways, I germinated some of them in a paper towel and planted what cracked.



these are some pics of the plants at around 2-3 weeks











Out of these 5 plants I was fortunate enough to get 4 females..
The one male that I had I decided to plant outside... way back in the woods. I live out far from anyone who might notice


And now to bring you up to speed on where I am now...








These are the four females, one is on her 7th week, the other are on no.6
These plants are basically mothers.

I just took about 8 cuttings from to most mature of the bunch and put them in my new homemade cloner i just finished.





These are on day 2. I am misting once a day then putting the dome back on. How are they looking?

I need to get as many healthy clones going as soon as possible because I want to load up my DIY hydro system.




Currently its a 40 site with 3in net pots filled with hydroton in 6in pvc pipe. There are two main 1/2 in tubes that feed each site via 1/8 on tubing. There are no emitters just open tube for a gentle trickle onto the rocks. The pump is an eco 396gph







I'll be using the botanicare line of org. pro grow nutes including liquid karma. This 40 site will soon be expanded to a 60 or even an 80 once i get the concept down. This is my first grow so im new to hydro. I have done a ton of research, bought Jorge Cervantes's book and dvds, ect...

Once my clones root here is my plan:
I'll transfer them into the pvc system by filling the 3in net cups halfway with hydroton then carefully placing the wet rooted clones on and then filling the rest of the way with more hydroton.
Once i get them placed i'll have to feed them nutrients from the res.


My question is this: CAN i run the pumps 24/7 that drip down over the rocks/roots and return to the reservoir. I dont have a recycling timer for say 5min on 1min off, and they are fairly expensive so 24/7 pumps... WILL this work???


In the mean time i've constructed a diy ebb/flow table that will serve as a future mother growing area.
The medium i'll be using is the loose rockwool grow cubes
I got the idea from Al B Fuct. Seems like a pretty easy and efficient setup and will be perfect for mother plants.












The pot size i'm planning on using in the ebb/flow table is about a gallon to two gallons. I'm not sure exactly how big of a pot to use for hydro. I've always been told that you need a gallon for every month of life for soil growing, but i'm not sure for this ebb/flow system... How big do u think the pots should be for say 3 months max for mother plants while they grow and supply cuttings???




Just a little purple haze seedling. hope it turns out to be female



Well.. I guess that about does it. Post back and tell me what u think i should do so I can get this JUNGLE started!!

Thanks in advance. Peace

hey Cartman! ma-han you're systems are looking good! how long you plan on leaving the clones in the aero? are you using a rooting hormone in the aero?

looks da bomb dude!!! u've done ur homework i would like to know what are the bannanas for??!

looks good fella! i dont do hydro myself but it looks like uv put the time and effort in so im sure u b ok! one thing i would suggest though, ur moms y not keep them in soil u never know one power cut u could lose the lot!

nice looking set up cartman

awesome dude........


love the pics

cheetah2007 said:

looks da bomb dude!!! u've done ur homework i would like to know what are the bannanas for??!

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me too, and what's with the double ducting? is one an input and the scrubber the out?

hey guys thanks for checkin out my post. Click on the link in my signature and you'll be up to speed on my grow.

hey cartman looks great and extremely clean ... very nice job man, how much do u have invested total so far money wise and what lights are u gonna use ? keep up the good work

I was just wondering why you had the banana in your grow? Is it for the ethylene gas they produce? If this is the case, it will cause stunted growth, leaf abscission, senescence, etc. You don't want leaves falling off when they are not supose to. You also don't want to bring on senescence any sooner than need be. At that point is when you plants stops getting more potent.
Here is a link that list some stuff ethylene gas does to plants. Ethylene
This quote here, "It was in 1864, that leaks of gas from street lights showed stunting of growth, twisting of plants, and abnormal thickening of stems (the triple response)(Arteca, 1996; Salisbury and Ross, 1992)." and the fact that it causes leaves to fall off would be just a few reasons not to have it in there.

man! that w.w. looks a LOT more indica than mine!- from bcseedking, and mine look like 75% sativa, with fingers that are more straight than delicate curves seen in haze...