Va2Co4Grow
Member
Good evening good folks.
I have been reading here for a while now; or rather I have been directed here via google searches throughout the years. Anyhow, I have done a couple grows in the past, they were hidden style and I never really put that much into it and obtained what I would call good results.
Now here I am in Colorado with the time, energy, resources and.... an ENTIRE room to dedicate to my grow.
Overview:
I started with some kindly donated clones from a very reputable source. I'm growing them in a bedroom in my home. I am doing a soil grow that will veg under metal halide 24/7 until I switch to a HPS flowering bulb 12/12. I anticipate a 4 month grow as I am aiming to harvest 1 lb. of dried flower between all 4 plants.
What I got:
4 total plants.
- 2 Chemdawg 4
- 2 007 OG Kush
The girls came from a legitimate distributor here in Denver so I'm very confident in their exact genetics. Both being hybrids from similar lineage, I anticipate they should mature evenly throughout the grow. I received them fresh from the clone machine in Solo cups with a coco/soil mix.
I waited till I saw roots poking through the holes cut in the bottom of the cups and I was ready to transplant! I opted to go straight into the 7 gal. pots I intend on flowering in.... Several reasons...
1) I have the room
2) Transplanting always risks plant damage
3) I I was able to maximize root expansion quickly by soaking then letting the containers dry out almost, all but totally, completely for the first 2 waterings... The roots were peaking out of the containers drainage holes mid-week 3.
What I planted in:
- 7 gal. plastic containers, with drainage holes around the bottom, matching saucers.
- 50/50 mix of fox Farm Ocean Forest and Royal Gold Tupur. The Tupur (more coco based) seems to be a great cut for the FFOC to increase (soil) drainage.
What I was growing under...
1 - 400W MH "Blue bulb" via Hydrafarm magnetic ballast; But you know what? Light is addictive; So I picked up a brand new Solis-Tek 400/600/1000 watt MH/HPS convertible, digital ballast with awesome lumi2 hood... Now I was running 2 - 400 watt MH bulbs but the one looked so silly in the metal "wing" hood so I went and got the first hood a twin sister. I also wanted to build a light rack that was to my specs so I build a 5x5x5 cube (plus braces) out of 1" pvc pipe.
Nutes?
I planned on following the Fox Farm feeding schedule exactly but I hit the girls with a very mild mix a bit too early in the veg and I did sting the poor gals a bit. I flushed with ph'ed tap water and have been only been watering with that since. Based on how they look, I don't think I'll be adding anything else till I put them into flower in a few weeks. You can see my "real" first post on the forum about this here: https://www.rollitup.org/t/fox-farm-soil-feeding-schedule-way-too-strong.824056/#post-10428748
How things are doing:
I noticed a select number of what I believe to be spider mites on a couple of the plants last night. I mixed 1 tbs of Neem oil with a quarter gallon water this morning and sprayed away. I cleaned and sanitized the room and they seem to be responding very well.
Anyhow, Though I have an old magnetic HPS 1000, I plan on buying another of the Solis-Tek digital 1000s before I start to flower so everything matches. The ballasts even comes with a 10% overdrive feature that will allow me to hit the girls with 1100 watts x 2.
Misc:
- Fan blowing low 24/7
- Temp has stayed constant 74 - 79
Thoughts, critique, criticism and of course compliments, are eagerly welcome. I look forward to becoming an integral part of yalls board.
I have been reading here for a while now; or rather I have been directed here via google searches throughout the years. Anyhow, I have done a couple grows in the past, they were hidden style and I never really put that much into it and obtained what I would call good results.
Now here I am in Colorado with the time, energy, resources and.... an ENTIRE room to dedicate to my grow.
Overview:
I started with some kindly donated clones from a very reputable source. I'm growing them in a bedroom in my home. I am doing a soil grow that will veg under metal halide 24/7 until I switch to a HPS flowering bulb 12/12. I anticipate a 4 month grow as I am aiming to harvest 1 lb. of dried flower between all 4 plants.
What I got:
4 total plants.
- 2 Chemdawg 4
- 2 007 OG Kush
The girls came from a legitimate distributor here in Denver so I'm very confident in their exact genetics. Both being hybrids from similar lineage, I anticipate they should mature evenly throughout the grow. I received them fresh from the clone machine in Solo cups with a coco/soil mix.
I waited till I saw roots poking through the holes cut in the bottom of the cups and I was ready to transplant! I opted to go straight into the 7 gal. pots I intend on flowering in.... Several reasons...
1) I have the room
2) Transplanting always risks plant damage
3) I I was able to maximize root expansion quickly by soaking then letting the containers dry out almost, all but totally, completely for the first 2 waterings... The roots were peaking out of the containers drainage holes mid-week 3.
What I planted in:
- 7 gal. plastic containers, with drainage holes around the bottom, matching saucers.
- 50/50 mix of fox Farm Ocean Forest and Royal Gold Tupur. The Tupur (more coco based) seems to be a great cut for the FFOC to increase (soil) drainage.
What I was growing under...
1 - 400W MH "Blue bulb" via Hydrafarm magnetic ballast; But you know what? Light is addictive; So I picked up a brand new Solis-Tek 400/600/1000 watt MH/HPS convertible, digital ballast with awesome lumi2 hood... Now I was running 2 - 400 watt MH bulbs but the one looked so silly in the metal "wing" hood so I went and got the first hood a twin sister. I also wanted to build a light rack that was to my specs so I build a 5x5x5 cube (plus braces) out of 1" pvc pipe.
Nutes?
I planned on following the Fox Farm feeding schedule exactly but I hit the girls with a very mild mix a bit too early in the veg and I did sting the poor gals a bit. I flushed with ph'ed tap water and have been only been watering with that since. Based on how they look, I don't think I'll be adding anything else till I put them into flower in a few weeks. You can see my "real" first post on the forum about this here: https://www.rollitup.org/t/fox-farm-soil-feeding-schedule-way-too-strong.824056/#post-10428748
How things are doing:
I noticed a select number of what I believe to be spider mites on a couple of the plants last night. I mixed 1 tbs of Neem oil with a quarter gallon water this morning and sprayed away. I cleaned and sanitized the room and they seem to be responding very well.
Anyhow, Though I have an old magnetic HPS 1000, I plan on buying another of the Solis-Tek digital 1000s before I start to flower so everything matches. The ballasts even comes with a 10% overdrive feature that will allow me to hit the girls with 1100 watts x 2.
Misc:
- Fan blowing low 24/7
- Temp has stayed constant 74 - 79
Thoughts, critique, criticism and of course compliments, are eagerly welcome. I look forward to becoming an integral part of yalls board.
cant wait to see what you get
