Hey all, thanks for stopin by, I'm doing this mainly for my self an to be keeping track of my flaws an perks as I endeavor into the world of growing indoors. But with that said I accept all feedback and constructive criticism as I am a newby an expect to make mistakes, since it is my first real attempt to grow some quality herb.
The set up.
-315 w LEC with 3100k bulb that I plan to run the entire grow, heard good things bout the light hope it hold up to the talk.
-2foot micro spectrum Kind led light that I pan to use mainly for flowering but ive been using it in the tent with the LEC.
-in a 5x3x7 grow lab tent
-8" hydrofarm intake with good hepa filter on it
-8" outtake and I am technically dumping the outtake into the same room that the tent is in for now which I might need to change.
-2x 6" clip fans in the tent to circulate the air
-was struggling with heat (will explain below) so I got a evaporative cooler which helps keep the room atleast 6 degrees cooler in the hottest part of the day, and help keep the humidity almost perfect for vegging.
-self activated co2 bag to help plants deal with warmer temps
So i've already had some failure which lead me to document my failures' and hopefully my to come success. I had success germinating 4 out of 4 g13 labs Pineapple express seeds with the paper towel in a plastic bag method as I've used before with success for outdoor grows, the problem came when I went to transplant. I put 2 right into Fox farm ocean forest potting soli an they took for a little bit but I think because I was running the LEC I heat stressed/ gave them more light then was needed at that stage of life but mainly heat stress. they only got about maybe half inch tall and stopped growing. that's when I went to the grow shop an bought bigger fans. was using smaller fans trying to be cheap on that part I learned my lesson. I also picked up that bag of naturally releasing co2(might need 2).
At the same time as putting 2 into soil I put 2 into rockwool and put into a propagation dome. With plans to put in a 1 plant 5 gal. res DWC tank. one sorta sprouted but not all the way before it stopped and one didn't at all.
So being as I am I put the 2 in soil outside in my outdoor garden in my backyard, and went to a reputable breeder and got some clones.(perks of Colorado) I ended up with
-1x blue dream (hunted it down for the dwc)
-2x white lemon (thought it might grow similar to the blue dream)
I transplanted my clones on Saturday 6/17/2017 and they all have been doing well since. I see roots already made there way down threw the clay pebbles. I should have said "a" root but still..
The things that I changed were
-airflow
-co2
-raised light (3 feet from top of tallest plant)
-18/6 instead of 24h of light(light off from 2pm-8pm)
I'm using general hydroponic nutrients flora trio for the DWC an I may have done the first take a little light and forgot the calimagic(noob) which I hope I can get away with till at least Friday. the nutes are also a little light for the first bucket I did. I have 4 gallons in the tank. have been keeping the PH right around 5.5 been checking and adjusting daily. ppm is between 300-400 I think it would be perfect with the calimagic.
1.5 tsp floraMicro
3/8 tsp floraGro
3/8 tsp floraBloom
using distilled water so I really need to get the calimagic from general hydro also
The Blue Dream is in the DWC so I really hope to get that right and test my training/ topping skills.
I put the 2 white lemons in ocean forest soil again and will be giving them fox farm nutes every other watering and to be honest I haven't measured the nutes as closely as I should be. I only need about a quarter of water for both of them at watering time before it starts to get to the bottom and overflow. I usually have about 1.5 tsp per gallon with fox farm.
I will update with pictures as soon as the lights come back on for the night.
Thanks for reading.
The set up.
-315 w LEC with 3100k bulb that I plan to run the entire grow, heard good things bout the light hope it hold up to the talk.
-2foot micro spectrum Kind led light that I pan to use mainly for flowering but ive been using it in the tent with the LEC.
-in a 5x3x7 grow lab tent
-8" hydrofarm intake with good hepa filter on it
-8" outtake and I am technically dumping the outtake into the same room that the tent is in for now which I might need to change.
-2x 6" clip fans in the tent to circulate the air
-was struggling with heat (will explain below) so I got a evaporative cooler which helps keep the room atleast 6 degrees cooler in the hottest part of the day, and help keep the humidity almost perfect for vegging.
-self activated co2 bag to help plants deal with warmer temps
So i've already had some failure which lead me to document my failures' and hopefully my to come success. I had success germinating 4 out of 4 g13 labs Pineapple express seeds with the paper towel in a plastic bag method as I've used before with success for outdoor grows, the problem came when I went to transplant. I put 2 right into Fox farm ocean forest potting soli an they took for a little bit but I think because I was running the LEC I heat stressed/ gave them more light then was needed at that stage of life but mainly heat stress. they only got about maybe half inch tall and stopped growing. that's when I went to the grow shop an bought bigger fans. was using smaller fans trying to be cheap on that part I learned my lesson. I also picked up that bag of naturally releasing co2(might need 2).
At the same time as putting 2 into soil I put 2 into rockwool and put into a propagation dome. With plans to put in a 1 plant 5 gal. res DWC tank. one sorta sprouted but not all the way before it stopped and one didn't at all.
So being as I am I put the 2 in soil outside in my outdoor garden in my backyard, and went to a reputable breeder and got some clones.(perks of Colorado) I ended up with
-1x blue dream (hunted it down for the dwc)
-2x white lemon (thought it might grow similar to the blue dream)
I transplanted my clones on Saturday 6/17/2017 and they all have been doing well since. I see roots already made there way down threw the clay pebbles. I should have said "a" root but still..
The things that I changed were
-airflow
-co2
-raised light (3 feet from top of tallest plant)
-18/6 instead of 24h of light(light off from 2pm-8pm)
I'm using general hydroponic nutrients flora trio for the DWC an I may have done the first take a little light and forgot the calimagic(noob) which I hope I can get away with till at least Friday. the nutes are also a little light for the first bucket I did. I have 4 gallons in the tank. have been keeping the PH right around 5.5 been checking and adjusting daily. ppm is between 300-400 I think it would be perfect with the calimagic.
1.5 tsp floraMicro
3/8 tsp floraGro
3/8 tsp floraBloom
using distilled water so I really need to get the calimagic from general hydro also
The Blue Dream is in the DWC so I really hope to get that right and test my training/ topping skills.
I put the 2 white lemons in ocean forest soil again and will be giving them fox farm nutes every other watering and to be honest I haven't measured the nutes as closely as I should be. I only need about a quarter of water for both of them at watering time before it starts to get to the bottom and overflow. I usually have about 1.5 tsp per gallon with fox farm.
I will update with pictures as soon as the lights come back on for the night.
Thanks for reading.
