Heruk's 1st Hydro Grow (Indoor Bubbler)(Flora Nova & Floralicious Nutrients)

Heruk

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Greetings
I am Making this Journal to help myself and others.

! it will help me remember the step I have taken and
2 it should help myself and others compare methods

Anyway, here is what I got going on so far
  • 3 10gal rubbermade knockoffs
  • Some free pots from the local garden nursery
  • Saudering Pen
  • 1 40gal airpump from petco
  • 3 long airstones approx 12" each
  • 3 short 4" air stones
  • 1 400w hps & 400w MH conv bulb and ballast
  • litmus paper
  • Flora nova and Floralicious Plus nutrients form general hydroponics
  • Miracle Grow Acid
  • Clay ball stuff ( not recalling the name at the moment)
  • Rockwool Blocks
  • 3 OTTlites for germination
  • and most importantly BAG SEEDS
  • MAD BAG SEEDS!
There is probably a boat load of shit I left out but whatever.

I took my ox (manly knife) and made some holes in the top of my 10Gal tupper's the shape of my pots.
Then I heated up my saudering pen and made a buncha holes to mimic a net pot.
Of course my seeds have germinated and are ready to go into the pots.
18 seeds.
It took 1 day to germ my seeds, paper towel and plate method.
Then I put them into individual rockwool cubes, and put those into a shopping bag filled with my weed breath, and stuck them under 3 ottlites.
Grew like Magic Mushrooms :bigjoint:
Next I took my rockwool seedlings and put about 4 in each of my pots.
The pots were filled about 1/3 with clay ball thingys.
Hooked up my hps and let em go.
I use tap, so put in some of my aquarium dechlorinater cus i didn't want to wait a day.
Typical me shit.
I bought General hydro's Flora Nova Grow but when I got home I remembered someone on the forum hear saying Kali likes alot of Nites so I decided to use some of my Miracle grow acid that i use for my orchids.
It has a NPK ratio of 30-10-10 plus trace minerals.
The Flora Nova Has a NPK of 7-4-10.
Plus the Flora Nova has pH buffers in it so as long as you use the right amount you shouldnt have to worry about ph.
In the back of my head I was ignoring the fact that I was using a seedling dilution and not the full strength of the flora nova so the ph might still be a little high.
I know my tap ph is high cuz it killed a few of my discuss fish in my aquarium.
Anyway, the seedlings grew like crazy.
It worked well until a day or so later when I tried to f with the ph using litmus paper.
I added too much vinegar to lower ph and slayed half of my babies.
:dunce: :clap:
I immediately flushed and used some water i had sitting in my tub the whole time.
Then I said f it, and germinated 30 seeds.
I decided to use the SOH method (Sea of Huff).
JK its some alright mid grade.
And I might SOG em.
Anyway, after all those seeds germinated in 24 hours I was like :shock:
Wtf am i gonna do with all these damn babies? :wall:
:twisted: Make salad? Nah.
I went to the hydro store and got some more rockwool.
I put 3 seedlings into each 1. Lol
I put them in some shopping bags and let them sit under the ottlite and weed breath :bongsmilie: for a day.
I find that soaking your rockwool in plain tap water and not using lemon is better for germinating weed.
I have no scientific explanation as to why but they rooted in like 32 hours or so.
I took em and threw em into my bubbler
I got some of the Gen hydro Floralicious plus about 5 days later to replace the miracle grow acid(which did well btw).
Its been about 10 days now. ill post more pics later but here is the progress form then to now.
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Heruk

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:mrgreen: 1 week in bubbler

o yea
i was using yeast and sugar in spring water to make c02 but i spilled it into my backup res
so i said fuk that
now im foliar spraying with sodium free seltzar and air changing the room for co2
 

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Heruk

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the day after that
I got some leaves curling n the edges
weed world mag says its copper deficiency
have yet to figure out how to supplement that
I also suspected my lamp was too close so i raised it an inch or two
at that ot was 16 soi raised it to 18 inches
 

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Heruk

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Looking good, does it seem a little crowded? :\
lol
Just a little
There is about
30 to 35 plants in a 10 gal
so that should pan out to about 10 after i get rid of the males
and of course some inevitable fatalities
I need enough weight to support my habit until my 2nd attempt
feel me?:mrgreen:
 

jonnyblaze24

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the more the merrier...to the point your lights can handle it i guess....
lookin good so far, they really shot up
 

Heruk

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yea
they did
here are some pic from today here as well
they really like the seltzer foliar spay
I guess Im the only fool posting here on a friday night
my life outside of work is staring at my trees
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Heruk

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thx guys
its 1am and im still at the frigging officce just looking at weed stuff
cant wait till flowering time
 

Heruk

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has anyone noticed that having the fan on slows the growth of the plants?
the last time i had the fan on 24hrs my plants didnt grow at all.
is it because the heat of the lamp is disipated?
or maybe all the plants chi went into thickening the trunks?
I dunno
Im gona have to pay more attention to the trunk sizes before i turn on the fans next time
maybe its better that they dont grow tall since i only have about 8' to work with
but i think all these bag seeds are indecas anyway
I know for sure one of the slow growers is a sativa
its pretty as shit with some slim leaves
dont get me wrong
i like my women with a little meat on they're bones
but young sativas are very pretty
 

Heruk

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Im having some brown spots on a few of my leaves
1 plant has holes in it
I saw this black ant looking bug on it
it was small like an ant but kind of resembled a spider
I didnt pay him any attention until i noticed the holes
is he eating my wives?
I think im jealous
what do you guys think?
 

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Heruk

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sorry for the bad pix
the only cam i have right now is on my cell phone :(
not that thats really an excuse
i have to move the light up further whn shooting
i was kinda rushing out this morning
here is some progress pix
12/17/07
damn 2 friggen weeks
only the rest of my fukin life to go!
yay! :wall:
 

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Heruk

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well there has been alot going on since last i posted
but i figured out 1 key thing
if you want someone to read your shit
make your avatar a hot young woman :hump:
youll get all you questions answered that way
jk
kinda
anyway
I have been having alot of growth and thing have been getting really crowded
I have up to 3 plants per square inch rockwool qubes
so i decided to expand the system
here are some pics
 

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Heruk

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i have a few questions

has anyone noticed that having the fan on slows the growth of the plants?
the last time i had the fan on 24hrs my plants didnt grow at all.
is it because the heat of the lamp is disipated?
or maybe all the plants chi went into thickening the trunks?
I dunno
Im gona have to pay more attention to the trunk sizes before i turn on the fans next time
maybe its better that they dont grow tall since i only have about 8' to work with
but i think all these bag seeds are indecas anyway
I know for sure one of the slow growers is a sativa
its pretty as shit with some slim leaves
dont get me wrong
i like my women with a little meat on they're bones
but young sativas are very pretty
and

Im having some brown spots on a few of my leaves
1 plant has holes in it
I saw this black ant looking bug on it
it was small like an ant but kind of resembled a spider
I didnt pay him any attention until i noticed the holes
is he eating my wives?
I think im jealous
what do you guys think?
thanks
 

Heruk

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Got a couple of new books yesterday packed full of info.
I dont need em with the net
but i could always read through them to answer my own questions :finger:
or when the net is not available

:finger:

The cannabis grow bible by greg green (its cool)
&
Marijuana Horticulture by Jorge Cervantes (its hot! 512 colorpages 1120 color imagies!)

I like pics :finger:
 

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Heruk

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plants are now over 12 inches
but only 2 weeks old
should i begin the flowering cycle?
 

turfsire

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i cant wait for these guys to start buddin:hump:..they look great though..;
im a newbie so i could not help u on ur questions:-|
 
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