Alkhemist
Well-Known Member
greets all!
this is my first hydro journal on 420mag and my first time using a top feeding drip system.
-i'm using 4x 15litre pots
-hydroton clay balls for grow medium
-30 litrewater/nutes(rain water)
-growzilla a and b for vegetative stage(with nitrozome for added N and trace element boost)
-budzilla a and b for flowering stage(with head master to boost budding)
-i use a bluelab digital ec pen and liquid ph testing kit
-single flexi air stone and single 280w water pump
-600w hps light with medium mat-white reflector
-single oscillating fan for air movement
-water temp is kept at around 21degrees celcius
-ph raise and ph down on hand to adjust ph
clean with a little hydrogen peroxide every week or so to prevent algae build up and bug build up.
at present my feeding schedule is every 3 hours for 20 minutes
ec reading is at present around 1.7-1.8 ec with a ph kept at around 6
im at around week 3 in hydro but i used 4 cuttings that were started in soil, i washed the root system thoroughly with cold water- also aiding in anaesthetising the roots until i transplanted them to hydroton. the first week in hydroton showed signs of older leaves suffering browning of the tips but after i brought the ec slightly down to 1.5 ec for the first week they recovered well.
i tip(cropped) them after week 1 and they have recovered from that and have really started to come away as nice little multi-leader plants.
please excuse my early photos as my digi cam was on loan at that time.
first photos are week 1 of hydro(but they were 3 weeks from being cut from mother plant previous to being transplanted to hydro)pls excuse the quality/interference of first set of pics
and these from week 3: recovered from being transplanted and cropped(main leader only)
here you can see the chain links i use to weight branches down instead of tying down, these links are used in pipfruit horticulture to hold reflective mulch down(with bungies attached to trees) between rows of trees etc
as you can see recovered well and starting to come away from being cropped 2 weeks ago
digi bluelab ec pen(also gives reads in ppm 500 and ppm 700/faren or celcius, ec faren or celcius and cf)
the room temp is approx 25 celcius and humidity is around 40%.
i'll continue vegetative stage at 24hours on until approx 4 foot tall then re-evaluate to see whether or not i'll turn them over to 12/12.
thanks everybody!
this is my first hydro journal on 420mag and my first time using a top feeding drip system.
-i'm using 4x 15litre pots
-hydroton clay balls for grow medium
-30 litrewater/nutes(rain water)
-growzilla a and b for vegetative stage(with nitrozome for added N and trace element boost)
-budzilla a and b for flowering stage(with head master to boost budding)
-i use a bluelab digital ec pen and liquid ph testing kit
-single flexi air stone and single 280w water pump
-600w hps light with medium mat-white reflector
-single oscillating fan for air movement
-water temp is kept at around 21degrees celcius
-ph raise and ph down on hand to adjust ph
clean with a little hydrogen peroxide every week or so to prevent algae build up and bug build up.
at present my feeding schedule is every 3 hours for 20 minutes
ec reading is at present around 1.7-1.8 ec with a ph kept at around 6
im at around week 3 in hydro but i used 4 cuttings that were started in soil, i washed the root system thoroughly with cold water- also aiding in anaesthetising the roots until i transplanted them to hydroton. the first week in hydroton showed signs of older leaves suffering browning of the tips but after i brought the ec slightly down to 1.5 ec for the first week they recovered well.
i tip(cropped) them after week 1 and they have recovered from that and have really started to come away as nice little multi-leader plants.
please excuse my early photos as my digi cam was on loan at that time.
first photos are week 1 of hydro(but they were 3 weeks from being cut from mother plant previous to being transplanted to hydro)pls excuse the quality/interference of first set of pics
and these from week 3: recovered from being transplanted and cropped(main leader only)
here you can see the chain links i use to weight branches down instead of tying down, these links are used in pipfruit horticulture to hold reflective mulch down(with bungies attached to trees) between rows of trees etc
as you can see recovered well and starting to come away from being cropped 2 weeks ago
digi bluelab ec pen(also gives reads in ppm 500 and ppm 700/faren or celcius, ec faren or celcius and cf)
the room temp is approx 25 celcius and humidity is around 40%.
i'll continue vegetative stage at 24hours on until approx 4 foot tall then re-evaluate to see whether or not i'll turn them over to 12/12.
thanks everybody!