First Journal - Hempy Led

Nutes:
FloraDuo Grow
FloraDuo Bloom
Cal-Mag

Light:
Vipar Spectra 300w Led
Light cycle has been 20/4 and will remain till the end

Grow Space:
450 x 450 x 1120 home made grow box
White paint on walls
No light leaks

Temp/Humidity:
Still waiting on the device to turn up - but everything seems to be in check

Ventilation:
2x 44cfm Fans for intake at the bottom of the cabinet
2x 44cfm Fans for exhaust - Double mounted to double the static pressure to just over 4mm H20 so it will work with my diy carbon filter
Will be running at different voltages on the intakes to match the exhausts so no smell leaks

Strain:
60Day Wonder

Grow Media:
2/3 Perlite, from the bottom up
1/3 Hydroton, on top
5Ltr Hempy square bucket
4 x holes 2-inchs up on all sides

Vegitative Stage:
Unfortunately i did not record or do this right, i faced a fair few problems that i conquered, you can see on the pictures..

I will post what pictures i have from the end of vegetation to the start of flower

The last pic will be Week 1 of Flower

Also i don't mind people commenting on my journal, I'm no master yet - so i will take any hints, tips and advice you have to offer, thanks and happy toking!

FloraDuo Grow - 5ml
FloraDuo Bloom - 15ml
Cal-Mag - 5ml
Ph: 6.4
PPM: 1340
Hardwater PPM: 380

I think i'm seeing 2 Phenos,

One being shorter and bushier and the other being a tad taller and not so bushy


Edit: A week or two after these pics the plants started suffering a deficiency, i ended up defoliating the fan leafs that were destroyed to let more light into the undergrowth... it turned out to be a good idea.

These are the shots after some defoliation and about 10-14 days difference in time to the ones above

FloraDuo Grow - 5ml
FloraDuo Bloom - 20ml
Cal-Mag - 5ml
Ph: 6.4
PPM: 1470
Hardwater PPM: 370

I'm classing this as Day 1 of flower

Is it too early to class this as day 1 of flowering?
I see pre-flowers forming nicely

Day 5 of flower

FloraDuo Grow - 5ml
FloraDuo Bloom - 20ml
Cal-Mag - 10ml
Ph: 5.8
PPM: 1550
Hardwater PPM: 360

Came back after 4 days to check the girls, they had suffered from some deficiency,
I put it down to Magnesium due to the high temps (30/31), dry air, (28%-35% humidity) and the fact i was feeding at 6.3/6.4 PH

looks like your giving them too much N, clawing leaves, don't give them bloom nutes until the stretch is over as there still using lots of vegging nutes
count the first day of flipping the lights as day 1 of flowering

You only want about an inch of water max in the bottom of that hempy, the overall droopy look of your plant looks to me like your holes are too high on your pot. If that were my plant I'd drill some holes about an inch lower under the holes you have.

Resinhound said:

You only want about an inch of water max in the bottom of that hempy, the overall droopy look of your plant looks to me like your holes are too high on your pot. If that were my plant I'd drill some holes about an inch lower under the holes you have.

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I will give this a go with one of them.. i have nothing to loose but everything to gain in experience

bobtokes said:

looks like your giving them too much N, clawing leaves, don't give them bloom nutes until the stretch is over as there still using lots of vegging nutes
count the first day of flipping the lights as day 1 of flowering

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I dont know what to say to this as they are autoflowers and i started feeding bloom nutes when i seen flowers?

Aidos88 said:

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I dont know what to say to this as they are autoflowers and i started feeding bloom nutes when i seen flowers?

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sorry didnt notice you said there autos, DUH

bobtokes said:

sorry didnt notice you said there autos, DUH

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All good mate,

Day 11 of flower

FloraDuo Grow - Nill
FloraDuo Bloom - 7ml
Cal-Mag - 5ml
Ph: 6.3
PPM: 1530
Hardwater PPM: 305

Temp: 20-22c
Humidity: 33-37%

I also drilled holes on both hempys 1 inch up from the bottom instead of the original at 2.5inchs

I reduced my feeding solution from 3litres to 1litre and also took away FloraDuo Grow to see if i can improve the droopy leaf situation


any advice ?
also should i be worried about the pistils turning brown or amber on the tips? its too early for that i believe...

Are the pictures above working? I took them with my camera instead of my phone so they are bigger files

Your pH needs to hang around 5.8 with an occasional feeding to 6.0,but I really wouldn't go any higher than that in a hydro situation.

Resinhound said:

Your pH needs to hang around 5.8 with an occasional feeding to 6.0,but I really wouldn't go any higher than that in a hydro situation.

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I was just using 6.3 because there are a fair few people on riu using higher ph in hempys
But i will take your advice and start utilizing 5.8ph
When you say occasional feeding @ 6, would i work on a ratio of say, 3:1?

Ya it's useful every few feeding to bump up to 6 to help a little with some nutrients that don't absorb well under 6 in hydro. 3/1 should be fine.

When you are growing in inert media like perlite and hydroton that's straight up hydro. You have no medium buffering whatsoever.

I've been doing a lot of research and reading on various sites comes up with different ways and methods, but you just clarified it all for me!

big thanks resinhound

I know its probably a bit late, but should i remove any of the popcorn buds forming or any of the little growth going on, or just leave it as the stress may affect it more then the main bud production im after?

I probably should have done it when it was still in veg. Bugger

Girls are packing on some weight like no tomorrow.. thats awseome!

Currently day 14 of Flower..

46 days to go before chop

I am surprised how far they have come since a terrible start

Edited my camera settings for smaller size pics

Day 15 of flower

FloraDuo Bloom - 15ml
Cal-Mag - 2.5ml
Ph: 5.8
PPM: 1500
Hardwater PPM: 310

Temp: 24-27c
Humidity: 35-38%

Packing on some nice weight,

Starting to get some nice crystals.. and the smell.. yummy
Feed day tomorrow or this afternoon, they're close