This is my first attempt at a grow journal and i'd just like to say that i'm looking forward to learning through you. All suggestions are not only requested but urged. I'm a new member to 420 and i'd like you all to know how impressed I am not only with the site but with the members also. With all your knowledge and experience I'm confident i can't help but learn plenty for all my future grows. So i"d like to thank everyone in advance and here we go:
First off my grow room is an old bedroom and i have it divided into (3) sections. The first is a closet approximately 2 1/2 x 5. I have this divided in half from top to bottom. The upper is lit by a 2 x 4 cfl light fixture with (4) 6500k bulbs. This area I use for my clones. The lower has a 2 x 4 cfl fixture with alternating 6500k and 3500kbulbs. This area I use for their vegetative stage.
The second area is 4 x 4, it has a 4 x 4 cfl fixture with alternating 6500k and 3500k bulbs. This i use for my mothers ( I have 2).
Lastly, my flowerng room is approximately 4 x 12. It's lighting consists of a 400w hps and a 600w hps. I have a 6" inline fan used for intake of fresh air located at floor level on one side of the room and a 6" vortex exhaust fan on the opposite side at ceiling level.
The closet and mother areas have detachable doors, but are left off because both areas are on an 18/6 schedule. The flowering room is enclosed and sealed light tight.
All walls are covered with mylar, and have oscillating fans. There is an a/c and dehumidifier located centrally in the bedroom. My temps in the closet and mother areas range between 65 at night to 75 during the day. With humidity in the 60% area. The flowering room's temps ranges are also 65 to 75 with the humidity slighty lower.
OK, this is what I have going now:
I have (2) mothers. The first is a White Russian, The second a Bubblegum. Both I grew from seeds I purchased from Serious.
I keep them in their own 7 gal. container, They're in B'cuzz hydromix hp which i also add perlite to approximately 30%. I feed them with FoxFarm Big Grow on a feed, water, water, feed schedule.
Also, all growing is done in B'cuzz HydroMix HP, which has course perlite added to it to 30%.
I take 4 - 6 clones from each mother. I start mine in a 16 oz. plastic cup using Clonex. I water them with plain ph balanced water and place them on the top shelf of the closet (no dome) I just mist them several times and have my light source about 6" away.
After 7 - 10 days of just watering when needed and i see new growth, I start them on 1/4 strenghth nutes (FoxFarm Big Grow). After another week i take the (3) healthiest of each strain and transfer into a 1 gal. container. (The roots look nice and white and have started to fill the container.) At this point I place the (6) containers at the bottom of my closet and place them on 1/2 strength nutes for (1) week, then full strenghth for the 4th week. At this time I take 4 - 6 more clones from each mother and start that process all over.
I'd also lke to note that after (10) days I flush the 1 gal. containers with ph balanced water with roughly 2 - 3 gal. of water, then feed.
I've found that with these (2) strains they can enter my flowering room after 4 weeks time from being taken as a clones. (especially the Bubblegum. These girls like to move a bit still in the flowering stage), but they both seem to do well.
Just before I place them in the flowering room I flush them again and transfer them into (3) gal. containers. (again the roots look great and had filled the container). At this time I give them each a feeding of Cha-Ching. Then I place them under the 400w hps.
After (4) weeks of flushing, feeding and watering I move them under the 600w hps. At this time I place (6) new plants under the 400w and begin the process all over.
In between the 6th and 7th week I flush and stop the nutes. With 1 week remaining I'll give them a final watering. Then at day 56 I place them in a dark closet for (3) days of no light what so ever.
OK, well that's the lay-out and now let's see what happens over the next several weeks. I'll try and post as many pics as possible and hopefully everything will go as planned again.
First off my grow room is an old bedroom and i have it divided into (3) sections. The first is a closet approximately 2 1/2 x 5. I have this divided in half from top to bottom. The upper is lit by a 2 x 4 cfl light fixture with (4) 6500k bulbs. This area I use for my clones. The lower has a 2 x 4 cfl fixture with alternating 6500k and 3500kbulbs. This area I use for their vegetative stage.
The second area is 4 x 4, it has a 4 x 4 cfl fixture with alternating 6500k and 3500k bulbs. This i use for my mothers ( I have 2).
Lastly, my flowerng room is approximately 4 x 12. It's lighting consists of a 400w hps and a 600w hps. I have a 6" inline fan used for intake of fresh air located at floor level on one side of the room and a 6" vortex exhaust fan on the opposite side at ceiling level.
The closet and mother areas have detachable doors, but are left off because both areas are on an 18/6 schedule. The flowering room is enclosed and sealed light tight.
All walls are covered with mylar, and have oscillating fans. There is an a/c and dehumidifier located centrally in the bedroom. My temps in the closet and mother areas range between 65 at night to 75 during the day. With humidity in the 60% area. The flowering room's temps ranges are also 65 to 75 with the humidity slighty lower.
OK, this is what I have going now:
I have (2) mothers. The first is a White Russian, The second a Bubblegum. Both I grew from seeds I purchased from Serious.
I keep them in their own 7 gal. container, They're in B'cuzz hydromix hp which i also add perlite to approximately 30%. I feed them with FoxFarm Big Grow on a feed, water, water, feed schedule.
Also, all growing is done in B'cuzz HydroMix HP, which has course perlite added to it to 30%.
I take 4 - 6 clones from each mother. I start mine in a 16 oz. plastic cup using Clonex. I water them with plain ph balanced water and place them on the top shelf of the closet (no dome) I just mist them several times and have my light source about 6" away.
After 7 - 10 days of just watering when needed and i see new growth, I start them on 1/4 strenghth nutes (FoxFarm Big Grow). After another week i take the (3) healthiest of each strain and transfer into a 1 gal. container. (The roots look nice and white and have started to fill the container.) At this point I place the (6) containers at the bottom of my closet and place them on 1/2 strength nutes for (1) week, then full strenghth for the 4th week. At this time I take 4 - 6 more clones from each mother and start that process all over.
I'd also lke to note that after (10) days I flush the 1 gal. containers with ph balanced water with roughly 2 - 3 gal. of water, then feed.
I've found that with these (2) strains they can enter my flowering room after 4 weeks time from being taken as a clones. (especially the Bubblegum. These girls like to move a bit still in the flowering stage), but they both seem to do well.
Just before I place them in the flowering room I flush them again and transfer them into (3) gal. containers. (again the roots look great and had filled the container). At this time I give them each a feeding of Cha-Ching. Then I place them under the 400w hps.
After (4) weeks of flushing, feeding and watering I move them under the 600w hps. At this time I place (6) new plants under the 400w and begin the process all over.
In between the 6th and 7th week I flush and stop the nutes. With 1 week remaining I'll give them a final watering. Then at day 56 I place them in a dark closet for (3) days of no light what so ever.
OK, well that's the lay-out and now let's see what happens over the next several weeks. I'll try and post as many pics as possible and hopefully everything will go as planned again.
