myselfship
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My first grow, sort of (the other doesn't really count). Here are things that I have:
- 400W HPS with batwing reflector. It's hanging from a chain at the top of my closet.
- A large bin with three plants, a medium bin with two plants, and a Waterfarm with one plant.
- An Aerogarden. At this stage I am done with it, but I used it to germinate and raise four of the plants before I put them in DWC/WF.
- Com-100 TDS meter, currently calibrated and working. I currently keep all the plants at about 500-600ppm.
- Hanna Ph meter. Not currently calibrated. We're going to visit a hydro store and fix that problem in a couple days. The last times I tested my water with a drop kit, around 6.5-ish. Right now it could be causing some issues but I'm going to wait till I have accuracy and then start maintaining precise Ph levels.
- 10-amp timer. It is controlling only the light. They're on 19/5 right now.
- An oscillating fan on the wall.
- 6" 250cfm inline fan at the top where the heating vent used to be. Blows air out of the closet. I bought it from HD for $35. They say this one is weaker than the famous $150+ ones you see online, but it does the job better than anything else I could come up with. I am planning on installing a custom carbon filter on it.
- A double Aquaculture air pump pushing air to two 12" airstones, one in each of the big bins.
- A louder airpump that came with the WG. I used hemp rope to tie it to a plush toy that is inside of a basket that's attached to a pegboard. This dampens most of the vibration.
- Analog thermometer/hygrometer. The temp has been 82-88, usually around 85. I don't think it will be a problem at all once I start flowering in a few days. Humidity comes and goes, between 75 and 40-ish.
- Botanicare Pure Blend Pro, Pure Blend Grow, Liquid Karma, Cal Mag Plus.
My tapwater is about 45ppm, but I've been using mostly distilled water. If not distilled, I let the gallon jugs sit around for a few hours or days.
Plants: One night about three months ago I was high and while packing a bowl, I noticed a couple seeds from a very good strain. I had no interest in growing really, but because I had a pot of crappy soil that I pulled out of the closet, I decided to stick some seeds in it and put it by a window. Then I forgot about it. I think I even left to go somewhere for a few days, I didn't really water them daily or anything. Anyway, two of them came out, and proceeded not to die for a couple weeks. I'd occasionally give them water. Eventually I found some crappy fluorescent growlights that I bought at HD a year and a half ago. They kept crappily raising the plants. I actually had the lights laying on top of two computer monitors.
One day I whimsically bought an AG. After I got it, I put some new seeds in it, and began looking around and found RIU. That's when my real learning journey began. Four plants survived in it, and I gradually bought the other equipment, painted my closet white, and at first tried to grow the potted plants in the closet on CFLs. They looked like they wanted to die. I bought some MG soil from WM and put them into two separate pots. They responded by turning yellow, and one plant pulled out a mini-revolver and began threatening to shoot itself. Around this time I received my 3.5" rock wool cubes and net pots, and they were the first plants I put into DWC. I still expected 0 chance of success, as they were about 8 inches high, had about 10% the leaves that the plants in the AG (2-3 weeks old) had despite them being 2+ months old. The transplant wasn't perfect: I shook off as much soil as I could, made holes in net pots to pull some of the existing roots through (I did the same for my AG transplants which worked awesomely), placed the stem in the middle of a rock cube (I cut them from a side to the center). About a centimeter of the cubes were submerged in the water.
The two plants slowly regained their will to live, as you will see in the attached pictures. They are turning out to be sativas, so I am very curious about them. I will make a separate reply for all the pictures. At any time, please feel free to comment and provide suggestions. As it's my first grow, I am aware that I am not an expert and will not act that way.
- 400W HPS with batwing reflector. It's hanging from a chain at the top of my closet.
- A large bin with three plants, a medium bin with two plants, and a Waterfarm with one plant.
- An Aerogarden. At this stage I am done with it, but I used it to germinate and raise four of the plants before I put them in DWC/WF.
- Com-100 TDS meter, currently calibrated and working. I currently keep all the plants at about 500-600ppm.
- Hanna Ph meter. Not currently calibrated. We're going to visit a hydro store and fix that problem in a couple days. The last times I tested my water with a drop kit, around 6.5-ish. Right now it could be causing some issues but I'm going to wait till I have accuracy and then start maintaining precise Ph levels.
- 10-amp timer. It is controlling only the light. They're on 19/5 right now.
- An oscillating fan on the wall.
- 6" 250cfm inline fan at the top where the heating vent used to be. Blows air out of the closet. I bought it from HD for $35. They say this one is weaker than the famous $150+ ones you see online, but it does the job better than anything else I could come up with. I am planning on installing a custom carbon filter on it.
- A double Aquaculture air pump pushing air to two 12" airstones, one in each of the big bins.
- A louder airpump that came with the WG. I used hemp rope to tie it to a plush toy that is inside of a basket that's attached to a pegboard. This dampens most of the vibration.
- Analog thermometer/hygrometer. The temp has been 82-88, usually around 85. I don't think it will be a problem at all once I start flowering in a few days. Humidity comes and goes, between 75 and 40-ish.
- Botanicare Pure Blend Pro, Pure Blend Grow, Liquid Karma, Cal Mag Plus.
My tapwater is about 45ppm, but I've been using mostly distilled water. If not distilled, I let the gallon jugs sit around for a few hours or days.
Plants: One night about three months ago I was high and while packing a bowl, I noticed a couple seeds from a very good strain. I had no interest in growing really, but because I had a pot of crappy soil that I pulled out of the closet, I decided to stick some seeds in it and put it by a window. Then I forgot about it. I think I even left to go somewhere for a few days, I didn't really water them daily or anything. Anyway, two of them came out, and proceeded not to die for a couple weeks. I'd occasionally give them water. Eventually I found some crappy fluorescent growlights that I bought at HD a year and a half ago. They kept crappily raising the plants. I actually had the lights laying on top of two computer monitors.
One day I whimsically bought an AG. After I got it, I put some new seeds in it, and began looking around and found RIU. That's when my real learning journey began. Four plants survived in it, and I gradually bought the other equipment, painted my closet white, and at first tried to grow the potted plants in the closet on CFLs. They looked like they wanted to die. I bought some MG soil from WM and put them into two separate pots. They responded by turning yellow, and one plant pulled out a mini-revolver and began threatening to shoot itself. Around this time I received my 3.5" rock wool cubes and net pots, and they were the first plants I put into DWC. I still expected 0 chance of success, as they were about 8 inches high, had about 10% the leaves that the plants in the AG (2-3 weeks old) had despite them being 2+ months old. The transplant wasn't perfect: I shook off as much soil as I could, made holes in net pots to pull some of the existing roots through (I did the same for my AG transplants which worked awesomely), placed the stem in the middle of a rock cube (I cut them from a side to the center). About a centimeter of the cubes were submerged in the water.
The two plants slowly regained their will to live, as you will see in the attached pictures. They are turning out to be sativas, so I am very curious about them. I will make a separate reply for all the pictures. At any time, please feel free to comment and provide suggestions. As it's my first grow, I am aware that I am not an expert and will not act that way.