Kandy Kush Scrog, 1200W, 5x5 Grow Tent

flaiks

flaiks

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Kandy Kush SCROG grow journal

Equipment:

Secret Jardin DR150 5x5 Grow Tent
2x600W Digital Ballasts[1xNanolux 600w, 1x Quantum 600w]
2x400w LightEnerg Super MH Bulb for Veg
2x600w iPower 600w Super HPS For Flower(changed every grow)
1x6” Centrifugal Stealth f6 inline fan
1x6” MountainAir Carbon filter
2x6” cooltubes w/ no reflector[took reflector off on purpose, was limiting light spread in last grow]
1x Random Oscilating Fan
4 Bucket Custom built rdwc system, using 5 gallon buckets, netpot lids, and a rubbermaid ruffneck 68L tote for Reservoir
3 Air pumps, 1x4 Outlet ecoair pump, 2x2 Outlet marina pumps
2 small round airstones per bucket
timers, power bars, etc.
Smallboy RO Filter
ActiveAqua 1/10HP Water Chiller(ordered on the 17[SUP]th[/SUP], in transit)

Nutrients:

House and Garden Aqua Flakes A&B for Base
Botanicare Vitamino for B-Vitamins
GH CaliMagic

AN Big Bug
AN Overdrive
(nutrients are open to opinion, might run something else if it is advised)

The grow:

I will be growing 4x Reserva Privada Kandy Kush plants from seed, under 1200w of lighting for flowering, 900w for veg(running 400w mh @ 450w in a 600w ballast). Plants will be growng using the Scrog method, each will have a 2x2 modular scrog net dedicated, self built. I have had 2 grows prior to this, first with coco doing 4 plants in a “Scrog”, didn’t fully understand the concept and fucked it up, had a very uneven canopy, was bubba kush from GH Seeds under 600w. 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] grow I did 20 plants in a wilma 10 pot drip system, 1[SUP]st[/SUP] hydro grow, got just over 1lb but had to pull a bit early due to extenuating circumstances. I hope to do AT LEAST ½ gram per watt on this grow, I have been bettering my techniques and feel I am now ready to do a scrog again, but right this time.

December 13[SUP]th[/SUP]: Germinated Seeds
Dec 14[SUP]th[/SUP]: Seeds were placed taproot down into rockwool cubes, pre-soaked ina solution of ro water and voodoo juice ph’d to 5.8.

Dec 15[SUP]th[/SUP]: plants have come through the rockwool and are showing a minor taproot about ½ inch long, placed in RDWC system to prevent stretching, I will just hand water until the roots hits the water. Also placed them quite low in the netpots so they will reach faster.

Dec 18[SUP]th[/SUP]: The seedling seem to be progressing slowly, I am water with about a ¼ cup water per plant, twice a day, with water I take from the Res. The system currently has 25 gallons of RO, with ½ dose of calmag, ~100 ppm of H&G Aqua Flakes, and some vitamino, considering adding some sillica blast once the wee lads are a bit taller.

Also, im not sure if these have stretched too much, I intially had them under 2x23w t5's and they were getting taller every few hours I checked, so I moved into the system and am running them under the MH running @ 300w.

Pics:(sorry for bad quality on some of them, took with my iphone)

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im actually gonna do liquid kool bloom, bud xl, and top booster for flowering, the big bud is too pricey lol.
 
however is that how your actually "supposed" to place the seedlings into a hydro set up? (like start them)
honest question. :P
i want to try hydro from seed for the first time
 
pretty sure I would just use a rockwool cube to start the seedling in and once the roots start to come out the bottom place it in the hydro setup otherwise you risk sogging the seedling and it can break off because the stem is too weak
 
the only ones i have not purchased are the big bud and overdrive, i have a bit of overdrive leftover from the last grow.
 
frizzlegooch said:
however is that how your actually "supposed" to place the seedlings into a hydro set up? (like start them)
honest question. :P
i want to try hydro from seed for the first time
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last grow i did hydro this is how i started them, I germ in paper towel then place in rockwool once the taproot has come out, this is my first DWC so im not sure if I placed the seeds in too early. Its probably important to note my last grow was drip system, so this time before the roots sprout out at the bottom im hand watering about 3 times daily.
 
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh ok, till the seedling has established itself you can just treat the rockwool like a pot of soil or a jiffy pod .
thanks for the clarity
 
flaiks said:
Kandy Kush SCROG grow journal

Equipment:

Secret Jardin DR150 5x5 Grow Tent
2x600W Digital Ballasts[1xNanolux 600w, 1x Quantum 600w]
2x400w LightEnerg Super MH Bulb for Veg
2x600w iPower 600w Super HPS For Flower(changed every grow)
1x6” Centrifugal Stealth f6 inline fan
1x6” MountainAir Carbon filter
2x6” cooltubes w/ no reflector[took reflector off on purpose, was limiting light spread in last grow]
1x Random Oscilating Fan
4 Bucket Custom built rdwc system, using 5 gallon buckets, netpot lids, and a rubbermaid ruffneck 68L tote for Reservoir
3 Air pumps, 1x4 Outlet ecoair pump, 2x2 Outlet marina pumps
2 small round airstones per bucket
timers, power bars, etc.
Smallboy RO Filter
ActiveAqua 1/10HP Water Chiller(ordered on the 17[SUP]th[/SUP], in transit)

Nutrients:

House and Garden Aqua Flakes A&B for Base
Botanicare Vitamino for B-Vitamins
GH CaliMagic

AN Big Bug
AN Overdrive
(nutrients are open to opinion, might run something else if it is advised)

The grow:

I will be growing 4x Reserva Privada Kandy Kush plants from seed, under 1200w of lighting for flowering, 900w for veg(running 400w mh @ 450w in a 600w ballast). Plants will be growng using the Scrog method, each will have a 2x2 modular scrog net dedicated, self built. I have had 2 grows prior to this, first with coco doing 4 plants in a “Scrog”, didn’t fully understand the concept and fucked it up, had a very uneven canopy, was bubba kush from GH Seeds under 600w. 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] grow I did 20 plants in a wilma 10 pot drip system, 1[SUP]st[/SUP] hydro grow, got just over 1lb but had to pull a bit early due to extenuating circumstances. I hope to do AT LEAST ½ gram per watt on this grow, I have been bettering my techniques and feel I am now ready to do a scrog again, but right this time.

December 13[SUP]th[/SUP]: Germinated Seeds
Dec 14[SUP]th[/SUP]: Seeds were placed taproot down into rockwool cubes, pre-soaked ina solution of ro water and voodoo juice ph’d to 5.8.

Dec 15[SUP]th[/SUP]: plants have come through the rockwool and are showing a minor taproot about ½ inch long, placed in RDWC system to prevent stretching, I will just hand water until the roots hits the water. Also placed them quite low in the netpots so they will reach faster.

Dec 18[SUP]th[/SUP]: The seedling seem to be progressing slowly, I am water with about a ¼ cup water per plant, twice a day, with water I take from the Res. The system currently has 25 gallons of RO, with ½ dose of calmag, ~100 ppm of H&G Aqua Flakes, and some vitamino, considering adding some sillica blast once the wee lads are a bit taller.

Also, im not sure if these have stretched too much, I intially had them under 2x23w t5's and they were getting taller every few hours I checked, so I moved into the system and am running them under the MH running @ 300w.

Pics:(sorry for bad quality on some of them, took with my iphone)

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Great setup flaiks but i did notice one thing... you might want to mount that power bar on the wall, just in case one of your dwc buckets leaks all over the floor.
 
frizzlegooch said:
Great setup flaiks but i did notice one thing... you might want to mount that power bar on the wall, just in case one of your dwc buckets leaks all over the floor.
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This is probably a good idea, not sure quite yet how I can mount it to the tent fabric though.
 
Update: They stretched a bunch for some reason, so I had to move the CoolTubes closer, and add more hydroton to help stabilize them, seem to be doing better now though, leaves are getting bigger, and almost getting bright green, so I should probably increase the nutrients soon.
 
i recently did a big bud test of my own in soil & found no real advantage to using it i had been using it in coco for awhile ill be spending that money elsewhere nutrients used in the grow was gh-3part flora series keep it simple schedule the strain was r/p-skywalker
 
horribleherk said:
i recently did a big bud test of my own in soil & found no real advantage to using it i had been using it in coco for awhile ill be spending that money elsewhere nutrients used in the grow was gh-3part flora series keep it simple schedule the strain was r/p-skywalker
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Do you mean increase vs using no boosting supplements? or an increase vs kool bloom ?
 
Update Dec 22nd;

The plants stretched a bit, and were leaning so I re-arranged the lights so they're now staggered, the bulbs are not centered in the cooltubes so it created some uneven light spread. I took out the shitty tin reflector inside the tube and attached some proper ones, seems to have helped overall light spread.

The chiller should be here tomorrow hopefully, the roots are breaking through as you can see in the one pic. I also added in the 2 airpumps so each bucket now has 2 stones bubbling like crazy.

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flaiks said:
Update Dec 22nd;

The plants stretched a bit, and were leaning so I re-arranged the lights so they're now staggered, the bulbs are not centered in the cooltubes so it created some uneven light spread. I took out the shitty tin reflector inside the tube and attached some proper ones, seems to have helped overall light spread.

The chiller should be here tomorrow hopefully, the roots are breaking through as you can see in the one pic. I also added in the 2 airpumps so each bucket now has 2 stones bubbling like crazy.

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Sweet setup man! I have similar going that I just started, 5x5x7 tent with 9 clones in soil. Ive been very interested in doing a DWC system like this on a future grow. Have you grown in soil before in that tent and how did it turn out? Is hydro better in a tent?
 
TheyCallMe2K said:
Sweet setup man! I have similar going that I just started, 5x5x7 tent with 9 clones in soil. Ive been very interested in doing a DWC system like this on a future grow. Have you grown in soil before in that tent and how did it turn out? Is hydro better in a tent?
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I have done coco in a similar tent, I had a DS120, the 4x4, and upgraded to this one because its higher quality and has more vent holes, more sturdy roof poles etc. My DS120 was perfect for coco, which would work the same as soil, the only problem was hand water is a pain in the ass because you have to get a shopvac to suck up the runoff water
 
Update: Had some algae on a rampage in my system, my chiller arrive though so I scrubbed the system out with a strong h202 solution, and hooked up the chiller and refilled the system, we'll see how this goes. Pics soon. The plants are on a growing rampage however.
 
flaiks said:
This is probably a good idea, not sure quite yet how I can mount it to the tent fabric though.
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Velcro? Stitch on some big hooks? put holes and plastic tie wrap it? like the plastic strips with the grooves that lock through itself.

Or if you have a metal frame inside you could probably just tie wrap it to that.. just some ideas
 
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