ChopBro
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1st Journal - Unknown Strain - DWC - 400W MH/HPS
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BakedAlaskan
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Weclome, Bro.
I looked around a lot of sites before deciding to journal here. My main reason was the positive attitude of everyone - especially the experienced members. Pull up a seat, enjoy the discourse, and happy growing!
I looked around a lot of sites before deciding to journal here. My main reason was the positive attitude of everyone - especially the experienced members. Pull up a seat, enjoy the discourse, and happy growing!
hey mate
looking great. much improvement since i last stopped by! aerocloning looks spot on and and girls look healthy. still think u need to invest in a quality ph meter, like a bluelab. but ur definately hitting the right track now. perseverence pays off......
looking great. much improvement since i last stopped by! aerocloning looks spot on and and girls look healthy. still think u need to invest in a quality ph meter, like a bluelab. but ur definately hitting the right track now. perseverence pays off......
businessman
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i know im late but yea those brown roots are from your water being to hot. i am running a aero/dwc setup and noticed my water was getting heated up to high, best way to fix that issue is to get a water chiller and run the water through it. I try to keep my water between 65-68 in my setup
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BakedAlaskan
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Thanks Cultivator. Agree on the meters. Hopefully when this harvest completes Ill free up some more $ for stuff. We just ordered a 4' T5 light for general vegging and that will take all my extra spending capital for a bit.
Question for you - With the color test kit I feel confident that I can hit within .3 of a target PH. Probably from 25+ years of owning aquariums. Is that within a tolerable range? If so, then my 1st meter will probably be EC/PPM. If not, then I think my 1st should be PH since I mix fresh nutes for the hempy feeding.
Let me know your thoughts. I would rather emulate techniques which work well rather than invent my own.
Question for you - With the color test kit I feel confident that I can hit within .3 of a target PH. Probably from 25+ years of owning aquariums. Is that within a tolerable range? If so, then my 1st meter will probably be EC/PPM. If not, then I think my 1st should be PH since I mix fresh nutes for the hempy feeding.
Let me know your thoughts. I would rather emulate techniques which work well rather than invent my own.
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BakedAlaskan
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1st update since the flip yesterday morning.
For starters I decided that the trays in the tent were too high. My light is jacked up pretty high and the tall ones were still getting ~14" away and closing. Rather than jack it up higher I decided to lower the shelves. That required a miter saw and some measuring, but the result was just what I wanted. I decided to get some shots of my drainage system. After emptying drip trays for the umpteenth time I needed to do something different. My solution was to grommet the pots and then route tubes from each pot down to a central drain. That is the main reason why I needed some sort of shelf.
Here is a shot of the lines. It is really easy to determine when to stop watering by watching the flow.
Underneath that shelf I have a catch-tray which gets emptied before a new feeding.
So far the system works. Next time around I will get some screen into the pots and use bigger perlite. Every now and then the tube will get clogged with a chunk of perlite. I really like not having to lift the plants and empty the trays.
Now on to the ladies.. Since this is my 1st time through a bloom, I need to know what I am looking for. Here are some shots of the branches. It seems like these kinds of shoots are developing all over since the flip.
..and
Are these the start of flowers?
I mixed up my BPN nutes tonight. Even though tomorrow is officially the 1st week for bloom, I cheated and mixed the batch that way tonight. I added 1ml CAL-MG per gallon in order to lower the PH as well as provide the minerals.
Here is a shot of everyone:
My wife is going in for surgery tomorrow. Nothing life threatening - they are repairing a shoulder injury. Anyway my time will be focused on her and covering the chores she usually does during her recovery. It may be a week or two before my next post.
One more thing - I may not know growing that well but I do know photography. All of my shots were coming out yellow since the flip. I took a piece of white paper and rested it on a plant underneath the light. Then I got into my camera settings and looked for [White Balance], [Manual]. I focused in on that white piece of paper and then set the white balance. After that I took these shots. So if your images are coming out off color, you camera can compensate for the lights provided you give it a reference.
Hope that helps!
-Ty
For starters I decided that the trays in the tent were too high. My light is jacked up pretty high and the tall ones were still getting ~14" away and closing. Rather than jack it up higher I decided to lower the shelves. That required a miter saw and some measuring, but the result was just what I wanted. I decided to get some shots of my drainage system. After emptying drip trays for the umpteenth time I needed to do something different. My solution was to grommet the pots and then route tubes from each pot down to a central drain. That is the main reason why I needed some sort of shelf.
Here is a shot of the lines. It is really easy to determine when to stop watering by watching the flow.
Underneath that shelf I have a catch-tray which gets emptied before a new feeding.
So far the system works. Next time around I will get some screen into the pots and use bigger perlite. Every now and then the tube will get clogged with a chunk of perlite. I really like not having to lift the plants and empty the trays.
Now on to the ladies.. Since this is my 1st time through a bloom, I need to know what I am looking for. Here are some shots of the branches. It seems like these kinds of shoots are developing all over since the flip.
..and
Are these the start of flowers?
I mixed up my BPN nutes tonight. Even though tomorrow is officially the 1st week for bloom, I cheated and mixed the batch that way tonight. I added 1ml CAL-MG per gallon in order to lower the PH as well as provide the minerals.
Here is a shot of everyone:
My wife is going in for surgery tomorrow. Nothing life threatening - they are repairing a shoulder injury. Anyway my time will be focused on her and covering the chores she usually does during her recovery. It may be a week or two before my next post.
One more thing - I may not know growing that well but I do know photography. All of my shots were coming out yellow since the flip. I took a piece of white paper and rested it on a plant underneath the light. Then I got into my camera settings and looked for [White Balance], [Manual]. I focused in on that white piece of paper and then set the white balance. After that I took these shots. So if your images are coming out off color, you camera can compensate for the lights provided you give it a reference.
Hope that helps!
-Ty
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BakedAlaskan
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You are exactly right, Businessman. I may try DWC or RDWC in the future, but for now I dont have any temp or rot issues with Hempy. It remains to be seen if I get the same growth and yield from this approach though. No prob even if I dont - I am not growing for anyone but us so as long as I get quality then quantity will not matter as much.
Cheers!, and thanks for stopping by.
Cheers!, and thanks for stopping by.
a .3 difference could cause problems. i think a ph meter is more important than an ec/ppm meter. the strength of nutes are far more easily recogniable just by looking at the plants. i have an ec/ppm meter and rarely use it at all. i just use my ph meter, imo the most important piece of kit after ur lights for hydro growing.
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BakedAlaskan
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Anyone know how many posts I need in order to get PM privileges? I need to get in touch with Corey / BPN. I have some feedback about the nutes I ordered.
I believe its 50
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BakedAlaskan
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Thanks Jimmy. Looks like 20 more to go! Would you mind PMing him and ask him to reach out to me?
When I was unable to send pm I went to BPN website and gave him the link to my journal, along with my question.It did not take long to get a reply. He is very busy man, but Im sure you will hear back from him.
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BakedAlaskan
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Thanks. Ill reach out to him that way. Now that I think about it, would have been better to start there initially.
Nippie
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Hempys are awesome...been growing them for years without issue and frankly I would put up production weight against most other styles.
Have you tried scrogging them? I usually use the green tomato cages on mine for support and to even out the canopy. It makes moving them when they are full bloom a little easier as the buds won't snap the stems.
Have you tried scrogging them? I usually use the green tomato cages on mine for support and to even out the canopy. It makes moving them when they are full bloom a little easier as the buds won't snap the stems.
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BakedAlaskan
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Thanks for reading the journal and providing feedback.
I considered SCROG early on, but after some tumultuous weeks I took feedback from an experienced grower to hold off until I learned the basics. After seeing your tomato cage approach, I have to say it is really intriguing. It may be late for it because of the plant size but I will consider it. I really like the portability of your approach. Happy growing!
Ty
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Re: 1st Journal - Unknown Strain - Hempy - 400W MH/HPS
I got home pretty late tonight.. pushing 7:00. Was not sure when the lights flipped off but knew it was close. Got the tray empty, the nutes mixed, and ready for watering. CLICK! The lights went off. Sigh. I had no other light except the warm glow of the HPS fading from orange to dark. I quickly administered the watering by feeling for the edges of the pots. Since my eyes had adjusted to the light when it was on, I was nearly blind in the low light.
Note to self.. leave a flashlight in the grow shed. It goes without saying that I took no pictures.
My new inside light arrived! 6 bulbs of brilliant t5 glory! Man this thing is bright!! I installed it in my closet / IKEA shelf system. It fit within a 1/4 in tolerance. YOW!.
Then I unloaded the cheap-cloner. Along with the rockwool test group, I nearly filled up my baby tray. So far.. 100% cloning success this round!
Now for some obligatory shots of the new moms. Only 20 days old and already hitting puberty!
Blimburn Tijuana
Vanilla Kush
My flower room is exploding with growth. I plan to take another round of cuttings - This time longer ones. Someone told me to put some Great White into the Cheap-Cloner. Is that a good idea?
Finally, the wife's shoulder is recovering. Surgery went well, but she is in for some painful days. Needs alot of assistance during the initial period of her convalescence. I wish my 1st harvest was ready.
All for now
Cheers!
Ty
I got home pretty late tonight.. pushing 7:00. Was not sure when the lights flipped off but knew it was close. Got the tray empty, the nutes mixed, and ready for watering. CLICK! The lights went off. Sigh. I had no other light except the warm glow of the HPS fading from orange to dark. I quickly administered the watering by feeling for the edges of the pots. Since my eyes had adjusted to the light when it was on, I was nearly blind in the low light.
Note to self.. leave a flashlight in the grow shed. It goes without saying that I took no pictures.
My new inside light arrived! 6 bulbs of brilliant t5 glory! Man this thing is bright!! I installed it in my closet / IKEA shelf system. It fit within a 1/4 in tolerance. YOW!.
Then I unloaded the cheap-cloner. Along with the rockwool test group, I nearly filled up my baby tray. So far.. 100% cloning success this round!
Now for some obligatory shots of the new moms. Only 20 days old and already hitting puberty!
Blimburn Tijuana
Vanilla Kush
My flower room is exploding with growth. I plan to take another round of cuttings - This time longer ones. Someone told me to put some Great White into the Cheap-Cloner. Is that a good idea?
Finally, the wife's shoulder is recovering. Surgery went well, but she is in for some painful days. Needs alot of assistance during the initial period of her convalescence. I wish my 1st harvest was ready.
All for now
Cheers!
Ty
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BakedAlaskan
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Thanks for the email address. I reached out to Corey and we got the issue resolved.
Cheers!
Ty
Cheers!
Ty
i use pirahana, cannazym and voodoo juice in my aerocloner with no problems at all. i havent changed my res since october, just top it up with water and add a small amount of carboload once every week or 2 to keep the bacteria, fungi and enzymes alive. when roots start to show they explode with growth.
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Was working too late to visit the girls; the light shut off for the night. I decided to place the Tijuana on the rack. I hope this is how you are supposed to do it. My goal is to keep these new mothers short for long-term keeping.
From 2 days ago -
Altered her last night and took a pic this morning:
I ache just looking at her, but she seems happy. Speaking of gender - Can anyone confirm if this one is showing his/her sex? All my beans are feminized but this seed is from a new breeder (Blimburn) and I am not sure how reliable the seeds are. That said, I want to emphasise that this growth emerged from a popped seed on 3/01. As far as I am concerned that kind of growth in dirt is stellar. She has surpassed the Vanilla Kush plant which popped on the same day.
Cheers!
From 2 days ago -
Altered her last night and took a pic this morning:
I ache just looking at her, but she seems happy. Speaking of gender - Can anyone confirm if this one is showing his/her sex? All my beans are feminized but this seed is from a new breeder (Blimburn) and I am not sure how reliable the seeds are. That said, I want to emphasise that this growth emerged from a popped seed on 3/01. As far as I am concerned that kind of growth in dirt is stellar. She has surpassed the Vanilla Kush plant which popped on the same day.
Cheers!
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