Thanks for creating this thread (I'm thanking you with my first post even), it will serve as great guide to many people I think. I've taken a few elements towards my initial grow setup from here too.
Anyway, I was just reading and thought of asking some questions. How's the smell issue going with it being just one plant? What colour are the new bulbs? Do you think you will be able to accurately tell the results from using Hydroplex, or would the results become vaguely inconclusive as you're lacking a control plant? One confusing thing about hydroponics I've been seeing is a gigantic list of all the nutrients people add to theirs. But there's rarely an explanation of why exactly they're using the things they are, and yet others manage seemingly fully eligible yields with just the most modestly quantified lists of ingredients (I mean like, just two or three containers of stuff). You must've done a fair amount of nute research, you must have some opinions on that?
Myselfship! Let me first start by saying Welcome to Rollitup! Glad to have you in this community. I agree these grow journals can contain so much information and can shed a lot of light on so many different things, for example, i had no idea how to connect an ac adapter to a pc fan, but during my grow i faced the issue of my temps getting too high, so being the broke mofo i am, i had to do a free DIY. Thanks to HappyHomeGrower, i now know how to wire adapters to small electronics
Thats just one example of many things i have learned. Thanks im glad i could inspire some ideas.
On to your questions.
Smell? Well my setup is just in my closet, not in anything, just under the shirt rack on one side of the closet and the initial room smells
buddy, but you cant smell shit from the outside if the door is shut, I also have two blankets nailed to my door from the inside to keep light from peeking out underneath, its also prevents any smell from getting through the door. I keep my clothes in my closet, they dont smell like weed. My exhaust is into the attic and out the top of the house, the only way they could smell anything is if they go in the attic above my room, which is in one far end of the house. They know i smoke alot of bud so they will think the smell is just smoke. Not an issue with smell. I like going in my grow room after a long day, and just soak up the smell of the sweet buds, and examine my plant for hours it seem. I love it.
New bulbs are a yellow shade of clf, not sure the exact spectrum, ill look on the box tonight. My main one is a white cfl.
I will have no way of determining if hydroplex is effective, i just simply read the description at botanicares website about this stuff, made me drool. Figured id want my grow to be more interesting instead of just 6tsp of bloom. What fun is that? No i dont have a control, and this is the first time i have used it.
About the giant list of nutes: It becomes a
ohh that looks good- type of situation, and part of it has to do with your setup, experience, and water your using. If you use RO water you need to get a calcium/magnesium soup, like botanicares Calmag. I started out with just one nute when i started, i had no idea which is best, although i have read many nute challenges ect. I just wanted to be simple, for starting out at least. So i went to the hydro store and asked the guy, who probably grows weed too, which he prefers and why. He told me botanicare has always served him and his customers well. I didnt have enough $ at the time for GH's 3 part series, which i wanted at first. So i got the botanicare pure blend pro grow, and some pH down. Seems simple, and i didnt want to be complicated about it.
Now that i have been using gro and bloom, its kind of a gateway to more nutes, so i got one more, which is hydroplex. Im now thinking about getting another in the last three weeks, maybe a cleanser , or a natural honey tea for taste. In a couple years of growing, your nute list can be 20 products or more. Its really fun imo. Starting out, i wouldnt recommend too many nutes, you could easily over nute. About botanicare, i can say it works great, but this is my first DWC and i have made many mistakes, but ive learned from them, i think i just got the hang of it around 2 weeks of flowering, but i have no experience with anything but botanicare, so i cant say its the best, or worst. and i havent had any problems since. You learn so much.
